14.Flee with the spirit

Xu Shan didn't care at all and continued on his own, "Am I wrong? If it were me, I'd just go and deal with them directly. I'd raid their homes and expose their misdeeds! You've already died once. Why are you still so spineless in your thinking..."

"Oh, why are you still talking about this? Don't you care about your life?" Zhang Biao jumped around in a hurry.

He was indeed an honest person, so honest that he was hopelessly so.

"Alright, I won't talk about this with you," Xu Shan waved his hand and said, "Tell me about the sesame oil in the temple. What else have you seen in the temple?"

Zhang Biao murmured, "I can't remember clearly. At first, I clearly hanged myself in the temple, but then I suddenly woke up. My head was dizzy, and all I felt was hunger."

"Later, after eating the sesame oil, I felt better. I couldn't get out of the temple, so I kept eating the sesame oil until you came."

"But there was still a bit of sesame oil at the bottom of the bowl before you came. It was enough for me to eat for several days... It's all gone since you came."

Xu Shan walked towards the offering table and picked up the empty bowl again to examine it. The bowl was still empty. Zhang Biao said that the sesame oil was gone as soon as he came. Ever since he entered this forest, the center of his forehead had been feeling hot. Could it be that the thing Zhang Biao mentioned was eaten by Qing Yin...

Xu Shan frowned. As he observed the bowl in his hand, his eyes suddenly scanned around. The bowl itself was an ordinary one, but it was too new. Everything around it was covered with so much dust that it was almost impossible to tell what it originally looked like. It was obvious that those things had been placed there for a long time. Only this bowl stood out. Even if Zhang Biao had used the bowl to eat, it couldn't be this clean all over.

Xu Shan kept turning the bowl over and over. When he turned it to the bottom, his heart skipped a beat! There was a round piece of black jade engraved with runes at the bottom. It was clearly something used by a cultivator.

Zhang Biao... was likely being kept here by someone.

"Master Xu... I really seem to have become a ghost... Can you take me out? I can't even die, and I don't want to be trapped here for the rest of my life..." Zhang Biao started chattering beside him.

Xu Shan turned around and gave him a deep look. He was very likely to have come into contact with something extraordinary. If he took Zhang Biao away, it was very likely to cause some trouble. The cultivator who left the means here was definitely someone he couldn't contend with.

But what Zhang Biao said about the sesame oil was obviously related to Qing Yin, and the cultivator who left the means here might not appear for a while. Moreover, that person was sneaking around and doing things in this dilapidated temple. There wasn't the slightest bit of spiritual energy here, and it didn't seem to be from the right path. As long as he could rush back to the Xinglan Sect in time...

After thinking for a long time, Xu Shan gritted his teeth. He decided to do it!

"Stop talking. I'll take you away. I, Master Xu, am an immortal and can save you out. Not only can I save you out, but I can also take you to the immortal mountain to enjoy delicious food and a good life!"

"You're an immortal? Really, Master Xu!" Zhang Biao was surprised and looked at Xu Shan in disbelief.

Xu Shan nodded seriously, "It's true. But there are some things you need to pay attention to. Not everyone has the same attitude towards ghosts as I do."

"The outside world is very dangerous. Only I'm willing to be good to you. Others just want to harm you."

"When I take you to the immortal mountain, you must not come out without my permission. But don't worry. I'll take you out for a walk at the right time. Are you willing to come with me?"

Without hesitation, Zhang Biao knelt down with a thud, "This humble one is willing to follow Master Xu! Thank you, Master Xu, for your great kindness and virtue!"

"Get up. Don't be so spineless! Let's first see what abilities you have. I'll see if I can find a jar to put you in."

...

As the sun set and night fell, the sky was getting dark. Two figures descended from the sky into Chi Yun Temple like comets swooping towards the moon, coming from different directions. One was dressed in a black robe, and the other was in a purple robe.

The old man in the purple robe had a sinister expression. He was holding a bloody human head in his hand, and the blood flowing out was continuously flowing back into his palm. In an instant, the blood was absorbed clean. The purple-robed man threw down the dried-up head and狞笑道 (sneered) at the black-robed man, "Good disciple, how did it go on your side?"

The middle-aged man in the black robe nodded slightly, "The pursuers have been led away... It seems that there's no problem on Master's side either, right?"

The purple-robed man smiled and turned to walk into the main hall, with the black-robed man following closely behind. Looking at the empty bowl on the offering table, the purple-robed man murmured, "The Ancient Immortal Marrow was actually absorbed completely in just two months..."

The black-robed man exclaimed, "It's just as we speculated. I didn't expect that something as useless as a Nether Spirit could actually be transformed into a spiritual root... The methods of the ancient immortals are truly mysterious and unpredictable."

The purple-robed man released his spiritual consciousness on his own. In an instant, he swept through the area around Chi Yun Temple. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "Good. It seems that it has been successfully cultivated. Even my spiritual consciousness can't detect him."

"Go and find that spiritual root. When I complete my cultivation, you and I, master and disciple, will surely be able to dominate the world in the future, and we won't be restricted by either the righteous or the demonic paths anymore!"

"The disciple congratulates Master. Master will surely have a place in the demonic path from now on," the black-robed man knelt down and congratulated.

The purple-robed man showed a smile and was about to speak. Suddenly, the black-robed man formed his five fingers into a claw shape, surrounded by thick black qi. He struck towards the other party as fast as lightning!

In a hurry, the purple-robed man only had time to cover his body with a layer of blood film. This seemingly ordinary strike exerted a suffocating momentum! The blood film was directly torn apart, and this claw struck the purple-robed man without any reservation. A burst of explosive energy directly swept through the black smoke, pierced through the roof, and rushed towards the sky. The main hall collapsed with a loud bang. The rising dust covered the entire Chi Yun Temple, and nothing could be seen.

When the smoke cleared, the middle section of the main hall of Chi Yun Temple had been completely blasted to pieces. The ground had been blasted into a deep gully several meters deep, with only small parts remaining on both sides. The figures of the two men gradually became visible. The black-robed and purple-robed men stood at opposite ends.

The black-robed man summoned his magical treasure. The ink-colored blade wheel behind him was continuously accumulating momentum, and dots of black light were constantly condensing. It indicated the next powerful and unparalleled strike!

Master was already at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage. Although he was injured, his strength was extremely strong, and it was definitely not something that he could succeed in with just one strike.

The purple-robed man spat out two mouthfuls of blood, but there was no sign of defeat on his face. Instead, he laughed maniacally, "Good disciple, you've mastered your skills! Aren't you afraid of drawing the pursuers back again?"

The black-robed man smiled faintly, "Master is joking. Haven't the pursuers been dealt with already? I don't believe that the cultivators in this barren land have the ability to see through the forbidden formation left by Master."

The purple-robed man spat out another mouthful of blood, and his two rows of teeth had all been dyed red. He still maintained a ferocious smile, "Traitorous disciple! I took you to break into the Ancient Immortal's tomb, to seize the Ancient Immortal Marrow. We fled all the way to the territory of the righteous path. How many times have I saved you in total?"

"If it weren't for you, you stupid fool, whose aura leaked out, scaring a group of ordinary people to death and bringing the pursuers here, we wouldn't have missed the process of the Nether Spirit transforming into a spiritual root. Have I ever blamed you for that? You ungrateful wretch!"

The blade wheel behind the black-robed man kept rotating, and the black light had covered nearly half of it. This magical treasure was good in every way, except that it took too long to prepare...

The black-robed man was anxious in his heart and was ready to face the enemy at any moment. He was stalling for time with his words, "Zi He, what's the use of saying so much? Do you think you can tolerate me after I know your secret?"

"Besides, have you forgotten the last words of the ancient immortal? The method of cultivating the spiritual root was just his speculation. The Ancient Immortal Marrow was even refined from his own body while he was alive, just for future generations to verify his results. How can you trust such a crazy person?"

"You don't dare to try. Even if you're old, you may not be able to break through anymore. But my spiritual root is mediocre. This spiritual root is perfect for me to use."

Zi He coughed violently, calmed his breath, and laughed bitterly twice, "Good disciple, you're not an ordinary person. Otherwise, I wouldn't have accepted you as my disciple in the first place."

"Oh? I didn't expect... I also have a special spiritual root. No wonder Master has taken such good care of me. I'm afraid you've long wanted to refine me into a corpse puppet. Since we've come to this, why don't you just tell me clearly what special qualities I have that caught your eye?"

"You have a mean and despicable nature."

"Fxxk you!"