Cultivation Starts with Rejuvenation

Chapter 360: Chapter 8: Trapped Like a Turtle in a Jar (Part 2)

”What about the puppets and medicinal field here?” Li Ji’an immediately received a voice transmission again.

”I’ve been guarding outside all along, never went in.” Li Ji’an answered without any hesitation.

”Hmph!” Fu Xiaochen pondered for a moment, and suddenly his eyes flashed with a cold gleam.

”Let’s move!”

Two hours later, they finally passed through the second tomb chamber, approaching the third.

At this moment, the sound of Wu Weixiong’s attack burst out more clearly.

”Who goes there?” As Fu Xiaochen’s group reached the entrance of the third tomb chamber, Qin Henian suddenly turned his head.

”Whoosh!” Wu Weixiong and the four from Gao Yang’s side immediately returned to Qin Henian, taking a defensive stance.

”You... aren’t you afraid of the backlash from the blood contract?” After recognizing Li Ji’an as the guide, Qin Henian’s side all glared angrily.

Li Ji’an looked innocent, signaling behind him with his eyes, helplessly saying, ”In front of an Upper Sect Master, I... what can I do?”

”Not you?” Qin Henian and Wu Weixiong narrowed their eyes slightly.

But before they could figure out the situation, their faces changed drastically upon seeing Fu Xiaochen stepping out slowly from behind Li Ji’an.

”Hahaha! There’s a road to heaven, yet you do not take it; there’s no gate to hell, yet you charge in. The heavens have eyes.” Fu Xiaochen laughed heartily after instantly seeing through Qin Henian’s disguise.

Qin Henian’s heart sank. Ever since Fu Xiaochen personally went to the Biyun Sect to demand justice, he had been on guard, avoiding him. Unexpectedly, he got cornered here.

If outside, he might have a chance to escape with his many trump cards, but here, it’s truly like catching a turtle in a jar.

”True Man Fu, how did you find this place?” Noticing the animosity between Qin Henian and Fu Xiaochen, Wu Weixiong reluctantly stepped forward, sinking his magical power into his dantian, trying to conceal his inner anxiety.

Fu Xiaochen glanced at him, ”Does a three-named house slave have the right to speak with this old man?”

”You... True Man Fu, I am a Walker of the Ten Thousand Laws Palace, and this tomb is nameless. Those with fate may claim it.” Wu Weixiong forcefully swallowed his shame and anger, attempting to secure a chance for himself.

”Hahaha, just a wild dog from the Holy Palace, yet you dare flaunt your status in front of me?” Fu Xiaochen sneered.

He then swept his gaze over the six opponents, ”With you dead, I will be the rightful claimant!”

”Kill!”

With Fu Xiaochen’s command, he immediately struck a palm towards Qin Henian.

A flame of lamp size emerged in midair. Though it appeared only as large as a soybean, it contained supreme fire spiritual mechanism, causing Qin Henian to become instantly serious.

Daring not to confront the flame head-on, he immediately summoned a whirlwind, leaving a shadow in his place as he disappeared without a trace.

”A petty trick!” Fu Xiaochen didn’t even move an inch, his lips curled slightly. The next moment, the flame vanished, seemingly teleporting instantaneously to Qin Henian’s side.

Boom~

The flame, initially the size of a soybean, swiftly expanded into a huge fiery maw, attempting to engulf Qin Henian in one go.

”Old scoundrel, I’ll fight you to the death!” Qin Henian could no longer hold back. The Celestial Spirit Cauldron, which he had decided to never use again in his lifetime, surged out from his body once more.

Clang~

The flame collided with the Celestial Spirit Cauldron, bursting into countless fiery rains, instantly illuminating the tomb chamber brightly.

”For such a magical treasure to fall into the hands of a mere Qin Family, truly a pearl cast before swine, such a waste.” Fu Xiaochen gazed at the Celestial Spirit Cauldron protecting Qin Henian, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes.

”Sever the magical treasure contract on your own and offer it up with both hands, and I’ll grant you a whole corpse, allowing your soul to return to the underworld!”

”Old codger, I’ll self-destruct my fake pill and magical treasure, even in death, I’ll take a layer of your skin off!” Qin Henian cursed loudly.

Fu Xiaochen’s lips curled into a cold smile, but his heart hesitated slightly.

His attack was just magic, if he used his lifebound magical treasure, Qin Henian wouldn’t withstand a single blow, but doing so would completely destroy the Celestial Spirit Cauldron, which is barely comparable to a magical treasure prototype due to damage to his treasured item before and it was once a seventh-grade magical treasure.

And his lifebound magical treasure was merely a ninth-grade Wind-Fire Fan.

Naturally, he wanted to seize the Celestial Spirit Cauldron in hopes of restoring it to its former glory.

”Hmph! Stubborn fool.” Having made up his mind, Fu Xiaochen still did not bring out his lifebound magical treasure, instead continuing to suppress Qin Henian with magic, not pushing him too hard.

While Fu Xiaochen toyed with Qin Henian like a cat with a mouse, the remaining five from the Fu Family charged toward Wu Weixiong and the four from Gao Yang’s side.

Three in the late Foundation Establishment stage and two in the middle stage faced Wu Weixiong and Gao Yang, who were in the late Foundation Establishment stage, along with two in the middle stage and one in the early stage, yet didn’t immediately gain the upper hand.

Because Wu Weixiong’s Earth-Split Bear held its own against one of Fu Family’s late Foundation Establishment members.

In fact, after a brief clash, Wu Weixiong and the Earth-Split Bear tied up two of Fu Family’s late Foundation Establishment members, leaving Gao Yang to face one late Foundation Establishment member, and Fu Family with two middle-stage members against Gao Yang’s remaining three brothers.

Gao Yang’s three brothers, two in the middle Foundation Establishment stage and one in the early stage, though loose cultivators, managed to hold off two of Fu Family’s middle-stage cultivators, not allowing them any advantage.

For the moment, the scene appeared evenly matched.

Moreover, on the sidelines were Li Ji’an and Xiaoqiao, seemingly sealed of magical power by Fu Xiaochen.

In reality, only Xiaoqiao was truly sealed by Fu Xiaochen.

As for Li Ji’an, Fu Xiaochen merely put on a show, having already passed on advanced instructions, waiting for an opportune moment to strike unexpectedly.

”Useless!” Moments later, Qin Henian was already battered and bruised by Fu Xiaochen, yet temporarily spared any fatal blow, preventing him from self-destructing out of desperation.

However, upon realizing the situation of the Fu Family members, he cursed quietly, then once again transmitted secretly to Li Ji’an, ”Find an opportunity to attack that three-named house slave!”

Li Ji’an remained nonchalant, but his focus was ever on Gao Yang and his three brothers.

Now the situation had clarified, Fu Xiaochen must have found this place due to a traitor’s tip.

That traitor, though, was eliminated from among us who had signed the blood contract as helpers.

So the true traitor is among the initiators of this opportunity, the five who hadn’t signed a blood contract.

Previously one had already fallen, and that person hadn’t seen the puppets or spirit soil.

So, the traitor is among the current four.

”Who could it be?”

Given the current situation, even if Li Ji’an played all his cards, there was no guarantee he could escape from under Fu Xiaochen, an Upper Sect’s old-fashioned True Pill Elder.

He has his trump cards, so why wouldn’t others?

With his years of solidifying the True Pill and backed by the deep resources of the Fiery Sun Sect, his treasure arsenal wouldn’t be meager at all.

Just previously, when breaking the formation outside, he used a tier three Breaking Ban Talisman, which speaks volumes.

Yet, it wasn’t devoid of a glimmer of hope.

The safest course is to maintain the persona of Huang Jie, bluffing through the situation, with a high probability of eluding the calamity.

But the result wouldn’t be what he wanted to see.

Which is, all others here must die!

Unless absolutely necessary, he would not choose this approach.

The second option is for him to join forces with Qin Henian and Wu Weixiong, three Fake Pill battle powers facing Fu Xiaochen, particularly with his nine-tier three lifebound talismans, and Wu Weixiong’s set of body cultivation boxing techniques.

This scenario needs to gamble on Fu Xiaochen’s hidden cards, basically a fifty-fifty.

Certainly, this also relates to the conditions of Qin Henian and Wu Weixiong.

From the current standpoint, the longer the delay, the worse Qin Henian’s condition will become.

Thus, he felt increasingly anxious at that moment.

But before the traitor was identified, he remained cautious.

”Hmm?” At this moment, Li Ji’an’s brow slightly raised.

He noticed Gao Yang’s third brother, the middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, intentionally or unintentionally approaching Wu Weixiong during his fight with Fu Family cultivators.

”Brother Wu, I’ll assist you!” Seeing himself about to get close, he even drove back his opponent with a move and turned to help Wu Weixiong.

”Is it him?” Li Ji’an dared not hesitate any longer, immediately instructing Gugu, hidden underground, to take action.

”Whoosh~”

That person flashed to Wu Weixiong’s side as if he were about to cooperate against the opponent when a black cold shadow suddenly emerged from the ground.

”Puff~” In a heartbeat, it struck his body-protecting dharma shield.

Although the same middle-stage Foundation Establishment power, Gugu’s strike rendered his protective dharma shield flickering.

Though it didn’t injure him, it prevented him from getting close to Wu Weixiong.

”Someone else?” Seeing his third brother nearly in peril, Gao Yang’s expression shifted.

”It’s a demon beast!” As a Beast Tamer, Wu Weixiong was the first to sense Gugu’s attack.

”Hmph, it must be a despicable trick by the shameless Fu Family. Brother Gao, don’t take them lightly!”