Night Emperor in his past life had gone to the North Sea and entered Old Man Taixuan’s seclusion cave dwelling. After experiencing all kinds of hardships, he’d finally obtained the Taixuan True Scripture.
That was absolutely a past too difficult to look back on, even bringing psychological trauma.
However, several thousand years later today, Jun Changxiao brought Lu Qianqian to the place he’d once been. Facing the same crises, they easily resolved them.
Thank goodness Ye Xingchen hadn’t come along, or he’d definitely vomit blood on the spot.
Though unwilling to admit it, the fact was that Jun Changxiao, with only Wusheng Grand Perfection realm cultivation, was stronger than Ye Xingchen back then. The various prohibitions left by Old Man Taixuan could hardly trouble him.
Even the sealed cave dwelling entrance, because he had the Taixuan Ice Heart Formula, required no forceful breaking or waiting—he just went right in.
The system roared: “He was just there to play around, wasn’t he!”
Jun Changxiao not only slapped Ah Niu’s face from afar, he was also slapping its face, since it had previously told him to take it seriously.
Walking through the dark tunnel, Lu Qianqian remained silent throughout, but looking at the back walking ahead, she couldn’t help thinking—just how powerful had the Sect Master become?
The two waves of obstacles they’d encountered outside, if it had been her, she simply couldn’t have withstood them. But before Jun Changxiao, they were trivial.
“Boom!”
Snake-like spirit beasts rushed into the tunnel, but were directly annihilated with one punch.
Jun Changxiao picked up the crystal core, smiling: “This place is certain death for you, but for this seat there’s no danger at all.”
“…”
Lu Qianqian fell silent.
“Whoosh, whoosh!”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
Just then, more snake beasts surged from within, their numbers so great it felt like entering a snake den.
“Step!”
Jun Changxiao took one step forward, spreading both hands to the sides, leaning his head forward, perfectly cosplaying the fourth Calabash Brother, opening his mouth to spray rolling flames.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
Scorching flames swept along the tunnel. All the attacking snake beasts were burned to nothingness.
Lu Qianqian’s eyes showed shock—the flames the Sect Master sprayed, whether in intensity or purity, were much stronger than before!
Was this already very strong?
You should know, Dog Leftovers hadn’t even used his Fire Soul Spirit.
“Don’t just stand there.”
Jun Changxiao said: “Hurry and pick up the crystal cores.”
Lu Qianqian came back to her senses, collecting the crystal cores scattered all over the ground, her mind continuously replaying the fire-breathing scene from just now.
Ice cultivators were quite sensitive to fire cultivators, because they countered each other.
Jun Changxiao’s flames had completely suppressed Lu Qianqian before, and still did now—in fact, the gap was growing larger.
…
After resolving the snake beast horde, no other dangers attacked.
The two walked for about several minutes until reaching the tunnel’s end, stopping before a cliff edge. Connecting to the opposite side was only a suspension bridge.
“Roar!”
Below, fierce beast roars continuously transmitted, blowing up extremely violent air currents.
“Sect Master.”
Lu Qianqian frowned: “This bridge may be dangerous, we should…”
“Come over quickly.”
Jun Changxiao stood on the bridge’s other end shouting.
“…” Though Lu Qianqian’s expression remained unchanged, internally she’d already collapsed.
“Swish!”
Her toe tapped lightly as she traveled along the suspension bridge. Below, that hair-raising aura grew even more intense.
“Roar—”
Suddenly, as if from a dark hellish cliff bottom, three enormous snake beasts rushed out, their expressions fierce and roaring.
At the Eternal Sect, Ye Xingchen thought of how back then when he’d reached the cliff’s edge, he’d battled the three-headed snake beasts, his lingering fears making him think: “Who would have thought that the extinct ancient three-headed snakes would be in Old Man Taixuan’s cave dwelling?”
“Though I couldn’t defeat them.”
“They also couldn’t do anything to me!”
From Night Emperor’s words, it wasn’t hard to see that visiting Old Man Taixuan’s cave dwelling once, there were only gains, never losses.
After all, he needed face. After all, being made utterly miserable, barely managing to cross the suspension bridge in the end—that was something he absolutely couldn’t tell others even if beaten to death.
Back to Lu Qianqian crossing the bridge, at this moment she’d already frozen in place, because Jun Changxiao had appeared below at some unknown time, his right hand manifesting an evil aura even stronger than the violent energy, pressing it against a snake beast’s head: “Be good, behave.”
The three-headed snakes’ eyes filled with terror.
This human’s palm emanated an aura, carried an evil energy, that made their hearts and spirits tremble with extreme wariness.
“Whoosh!”
Just then, within the pervading evil aura a three-year-old child appeared, eyes burning: “Dad, can I eat them?”
“Go ahead.”
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!”
Little Xie released overwhelming evil attributes, instantly enveloping the three-headed snakes.
“Roar—”
Screams rang out.
“Whoosh!”
Shortly after, the evil aura returned to Little Xie’s body.
The originally massive and fierce three-headed snakes had turned into skin and bones, their internal evil energy and crystal core energy all completely absorbed.
The three-headed snakes that had troubled Night Emperor, even making him flee in panic, thus became supplements. Because of their ugly appearance, Jun Changxiao didn’t even have interest in taking them as contract beasts.
Lu Qianqian was stunned.
Not stunned that the violent fierce beasts were dealt with, but stunned that the suddenly appearing child called the Sect Master “Dad.”
“There’s no more danger, come across.” Jun Changxiao said.
Lu Qianqian traveled along the suspension bridge to the other end, thinking silently: “So the Sect Master and she already have a child.”
Ultimately with her ice-cold temperament, though surprised, she could still maintain absolute calm. If it had been Su Xiaomo, she’d probably have already jumped up shouting.
“Dad.”
After digesting the evil energy, Little Xie patted his little belly, looking at Lu Qianqian with a smile: “Is this my mother?”
“Boom!”
The cliff wall shook, the little guy’s head embedded within.
…
The cliff’s other end still had a tunnel. Because evil aura occasionally blew from within, Jun Changxiao brought Little Xie with the big bump on his head along.
The little guy had learned his lesson.
Occasionally glancing at Lu Qianqian, he wondered silently: “If she’s not my mom, who is?”
After about a moment, the three reached the tunnel’s end, entering a several-dozen-square-meter stone cave. Inside were stone stools, stone tables, and stone cabinets for placing items.
“Dad!”
Little Xie raised his hand pointing toward the front wall: “There are words!”
Jun Changxiao looked over, seeing carved on the smooth stone wall six characters: “Night Emperor Was Here.”
“Since the deceased Night Emperor also came here, this proves this really is Old Man Taixuan’s seclusion cave dwelling.”
Jun Changxiao had learned from the nine Wudi that Night Emperor obtained the Taixuan True Scripture during his lifetime. Both this item and the Taixuan Ice Heart Formula were created by Old Man Taixuan. Now that this guy whose grave grass was three zhang high had left his handwriting here, it fully proved he’d found the right place.
“From the somewhat sloppy handwriting.” Lu Qianqian analyzed: “This former one of the Ten Wudi, breaking through to this place, should have paid an extremely high price.”
“Indeed.”
Jun Changxiao said: “Just the outer defensive barrier and the sand people we encountered—if Spirit Emperor and the others had come to break through, they’d definitely have been defeated long ago.”
“Night Emperor could break through here, showing he had some ability.”
“What a shame.” He shook his head: “Such a strong person would fall at a woman’s hands, ultimately even helping her ascend to the upper realm.”
“Buzz!”
Suddenly, the previously blank area’s floor cracked open, then gradually revealed three stone platforms, each displaying three exquisite boxes, two of which were already opened, one remaining tightly closed.
“I have left three opportunities in this cave dwelling. Those who enter may choose one from among them.” An ancient voice that seemed able to pierce through the void leisurely rang out.