Chaotic Sword God

Chapter 4020: Cosmic Hollow

Seeing Ye Kai and the surrounding disciple’s faces filled with surprise, Jing Mumu blinked in some confusion. “Don’t tell me it’s very time-consuming to absorb Taiji spiritual Qi?”

“You may not be aware, fellow Jing, but even peak Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortals will need two hours to absorb a strand of Taiji spiritual Qi. If they’re a little weaker, they’ll need even more time. Fellow Jing’s speed is truly unheard of.” Ye Kai smiled wryly. Shortly afterwards, he looked around and immediately became stern. “According to great elder Ye’s instructions, our Black Demon Palace will assist fellow Jing in obtaining a strand of Taiji spiritual Qi. You had obtained the previous strand of Taiji spiritual Qi through your own abilities, so we can’t count that one. As a result, we’ll give fellow Jing the priority with the next strand of Taiji spiritual Qi we obtain. Are there any objections?”

Ye Kai appeared to be talking to all of the disciples in the surroundings, but in reality, he observed Jing Yao as well as Sheng Zhiyi and Sheng Zhibai from the corner of his eye. He was not after the opinions of the other disciples. Instead, he was seeing how these three special people would respond.

Jing Yao was in a daze and slightly sorrowful. She was still submerged in the sadness of her master’s departure, so she did not care about the Taiji spiritual Qi.

Meanwhile, Sheng Zhiyi and Sheng Zhibai already knew that Jing Mumu was under great elder Xue’s care, so they obviously did not dare to have any objections. Perhaps because they that heard great elder Xue was currently observing the situation here, they even spoke up first, expressing that they would do their best to take care of Jing Mumu. They wanted to leave behind a good impression in great elder Xue’s eyes.

Afterwards, everyone left the valley together. They began searching for traces of Taiji spiritual Qi in the surrounding mountains. The sounds of battle rang out endless from afar, basically spanning the entire mountain range.

Numerous battlefields of various sizes had already taken shape. Some people fought for the sake of Taiji spiritual Qi, while others fought over previous feuds. In short, everyone was particularly aggressive. Battles of life and death unfolded, dyeing the sky red with blood.

However, the Taiji mountain range was a land of opportunity for the core disciples of various organisations to contend for fortune. None of the organisations wished for that many deaths to occur here, so they nurtured a formation spirit in the formation around the Taiji mountain range.

This was the soul of an immortal beast. It possessed the strength of an Immortal Exalt when it was still alive. Now that it had merged with the formation, it protected the lives of every single disciple here using the power of the formation.

As a result, even though there were battles everywhere in the mountain range, with many mountains dyed red with blood, none of them perished.

Whenever they were about to die, the power of the formation would interfere with the battle and forcefully transport these people outside.

Once they were sent outside by the power of the formation, that was equivalent to falling out of the competition. It was similar to death.

Ye Kai roamed the Taiji mountain range with the other disciples. He would take out his jade slip and communicate through it from time to time, contacting the other disciples of the Black Demon Palace and exchanging information.

Approximately an hour later, they finally found a strand of Taiji spiritual Qi, which they gave to Jing Mumu without any hesitation.

Jing Mumu originally wanted to decline, but she was unable to turn down their enthusiasm, so she was forced to accept the strand of Taiji spiritual Qi in the end. She absorbed it on the spot.

This time, all of the disciples from the Black Demon Palace watched Jing Mumu without blinking as if they wanted to see if she was still capable of digesting the Taiji spiritual Qi with the same terrifying speed as before.

Once again, in just a few minutes, Jing Mumu opened her eyes. She had successfully absorbed the Taiji spiritual Qi that other people would need at least an hour to refine.

The first time might have been due to luck or coincidences, but she still managed to absorb it so quickly the second time, which made the surrounding disciples of the Black Demon Palace gasp.

But at this moment, a dense wave of spiritual Qi surged forth under everyone’s feet. Over a dozen wisps of Taiji spiritual Qi emerged.

Everyone’s eyes lit up. Without any instructions, they immediately began collecting the Taiji spiritual Qi.

Very soon, the Taiji spiritual Qi all ended up in the hands of the disciples of the Black Demon Palace. Sheng Zhiyi and Sheng Zhibai’s eyes shone with excitement. They did not need to participate in collecting the Taiji spiritual Qi, but they would always have priority. With the Taiji spiritual Qi, three would go to the two of them and Jing Yao. Only then would the rest go to the other disciples.

“Fellows of the Black Demon Palace, that’ll be our Taiji spiritual Qi!” But at this moment, another group of around a hundred people flew over in an extravagant manner. Their leader directly threatened the Black Demon Palace.

“It’s people from the Comic Grotto!” Many of the faces of the disciples from the Black Demon Palace changed as a result. Even Ye Kai’s face sank.

The Comic Grotto was the greatest organisation on the Taiji Heaven. They were far more powerful than the Black Demon Palace.

Of course, a new organisation had already risen up to the title of the greatest but only peak experts were aware of that.

“Sir, our Black Demon Palace and Cosmic Grotto have always minded our own business. Do you really want to steal our Taiji spiritual Qi?” Ye Kai yelled out.

“If it’s just a couple of strands, we’d obviously be too lazy to contend for them, but unfortunately, over a dozen strands of Taiji spiritual Qi have appeared. The Taiji spiritual Qi in the Taiji mountain range is only becoming rarer. Now that we’ve run into so much after all this trouble, we obviously can’t just let it slip past us,” the leader from the Cosmic Grotto said with a forced smile. Afterwards, he looked at Ye Kai and said, “You must be the greatest core disciple of the Black Demon Palace, fellow Ye Kai. I heard your battle prowess is startling, that you managed to last three rounds against an Immortal Monarch with your strength as a peak Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal. I was wondering if you’d be interested in sparring against our senior brother Shi Tian of the Cosmic Grotto?”

When he heard Shi Tian’s name, Ye Kai’s eyes narrowed.

Shi Tian was the primary disciple of the Cosmic Grotto. He was bleeding with talent and was regarded as a peerless genius on the Taiji Heaven. His master was an Immortal Exalt ancestor of the Cosmic Grotto. He possessed numerous powerful secret techniques and startling battle prowess, earning him the title of the strongest Nine-heavenly Xuan Immortal of the Taiji Heaven.

Ye Kai was confident, but he was well aware that he was not Shi Tian’s opponent.

“Give it to them!” Ye Kai ordered with a sunken face.

The disciples of the Black Demon Palace with the Taiji spiritual Qi hesitated for a moment. Their eyes were filled with intense refusal, but in the end, they could only toss their Taiji spiritual Qi over.

Sheng Zhiyi and Sheng Zhibai did not dare to say anything. They could only swallow the humiliation.

If they could avoid offending the Cosmic Grotto, that would be for the best.

Jing Mumu stood beside Ye Kai silently. However, her gaze towards the disciples of the Cosmic Grotto turned cold.

“Thank you for your generosity, fellows!” Only then did the disciple from the Cosmic Grotto smile gently.

With a sunken face, Ye Kai left with everyone without uttering another word. The Cosmic Grotto was not the Immortal Sect of Divine Arrows. They could ignore the Immortal Sect of Divine Arrows, but they had to be careful around the Cosmic Grotto.

“Fellow Ye Kai, I will make them return the Taiji spiritual Qi they stole on fold in the future.” Jing Mumu comforted him.

When he heard that, Ye Kai sighed gently. “Many of our disciples have already begun fighting against people from the Blade Sect of Trickling Moon. We’ve sustained losses on both sides. It is not a wise idea to start any conflicts with the Cosmic Grotto at a time like this. It’s just a few strands of Taiji spiritual Qi. If they’re gone, then they’re gone.”