Underground Palace Ruins.
Situ Hong, Liu Jinxian, and Gu Zhengshun were within the Moon Gathering Palace. This core area of the Ancient Sect Ruins was indeed quite mysterious.
One year ago.
Liu Jinxian, who had arrived first, used a Restriction Breaking Talisman to break through the outer Barrier of the Palace and obtained many benefits, including Spirit Material, Elixir Pill, Magic Manuals… and so on.
Among them, the most helpful for the current situation was a High-Second Tier Magic Artifact, which was difficult to control even with her Cultivation Level.
Just as she was about to break into the inner Palace.
An accident occurred.
Inexplicably, a Foundation Establishment Corpse Demon rushed in and violently attacked her. After a short, entangled fight, signs of defeat emerged, and she had no choice but to use her Trump Card to break through the Second Layer Restriction.
Who knew that Gu Zhengshun and Situ Hong would suddenly enter? They were being chased by a three-meter-tall giant Poison Bee Queen, followed by a swarm of Poison Bees the size of water vats.
Flying needles and Venom were constantly being sprayed.
The two shouted for Liu Jinxian as soon as they entered, obviously knowing she was here, intending to divert the trouble. But the result…
The Poison Bee Queen and the Foundation Establishment Corpse Demon ended up together.
The fighting caused the three of them to scream miserably. Helpless, they could only join forces and use a Second Rank Restriction Breaking Talisman to break into the inner layer of the Moon Gathering Palace. Who would have thought that the Venom of the Poison Bee Queen seemed to have mutated?
It also had a corrosive effect on the Barrier.
The hole blasted open by the Second Rank Restriction Breaking Talisman had not yet had time to heal before the Venom slowed down the healing speed, causing the Corpse Demon and Bee Queen to rush into the Second Layer Restriction together.
The interior of the Moon Gathering Palace was divided into two parts by the Yin and Yang Pattern and Mechanism Floor Tiles.
One side belonged to Yang, and the other side belonged to Yin.
The three landed on the Yin side, while the Bee Queen and Corpse Demon landed on the Yang side. According to observation, both sides needed to cooperate sincerely and stand on the Yin Eye and Yang Eye at the same time, using Spirit Power to activate the Formation Eye in order to open the Third Level Palace Gate.
The Yin Pattern was covered in ice and frost. As soon as the three entered, their bodies immediately froze. Although they could break the ice, they would be frozen again after only a few steps. The closer they got to the Yin Eye, the lower the temperature became.
The Yang Pattern was unbearably hot, and fiery iron chains emerged from the floor tiles, binding the Corpse Demon and Bee Queen tightly, constantly suffering the pain of being burned by fierce flames.
Thus, the two sides were deadlocked.
During this year, Liu Jinxian and the others had not tried to cross over, but when they took the initiative to go over, the flame chains that bound the Corpse Demon would loosen a lot.
From being unable to move, they became able to move freely within ten meters.
And the Yang Eye happened to be in the middle of the two Foundation Establishment Demonic Entities, which was simply disgusting!
They even suspected that the Moon Gathering Palace had a Spirit, otherwise, this arrangement would be too disgusting. In such a stalemate, they had wasted a year.
At the edge of the Yin Pattern, Gu Zhengshun said, shivering.
"It's been a year, and your two subordinates haven't come down yet. I can't hold on much longer."
Situ Hong heard this and shook off the ice shards all over his body. An evil ghost wearing an ice mask hovered around him, resisting the cold erosion from the outside world for him.
"Brother Gu, the Restriction Breaking Talisman to enter the second layer was provided by me.
"Senior Martial Sister Liu has also broken into the Yang Pattern side more than once during this time. Among the three of us, only you have been complaining, but you are reluctant to move.
"Tell me, isn't it your turn to move?"
Gu Zhengshun immediately fell silent. On the other side, Liu Jinxian, who was also covered in frost, appeared calm and unhurried.
She closed her eyes and meditated to regulate her breathing, using Spirit Power to resist the cold. A blood-red mosquito on her shoulder was staring intently at the Poison Bee Queen. She said:
"Soon, at most half a month. I'm not sure about the people from Five Yin Peak, but the disciples of Gu Poison Peak will definitely come."
The unspoken meaning was understood by both of them. After all, when it came to using Gu on Fellow Disciple, as long as it wasn't said publicly, no one would jump out to cause trouble.
Situ Hong became even more anxious. He glanced at Liu Jinxian and said impatiently.
"Gu Zhengshun, if you don't act now, when the Gu Poison Peak disciples come down, neither of us will have a chance."
Gu Zhengshun shrank his neck, as if doing so could warm him up a bit. He looked at Situ Hong with eyes that seemed to say.
Am I an idiot? Me, make a move?
"You…"
The three were evenly matched, and none of them would submit to the others.
Suddenly.
Disorderly sounds came from outside, footsteps and conversations, quite a commotion.
This sudden change instantly broke the stalemate.
Liu Jinxian immediately Get Up, channeling Spirit Power into her throat and loudly said: "Where are the disciples of Gu Poison Peak!"
"Senior Sister."
"Senior Martial Sister Liu!"
A large group of Gu Poison disciples appeared outside the Second Layer Restriction Barrier. At first glance, there were at least a hundred people. The leader, after discovering the three inside, quickly approached.
"Senior Martial Sister Liu, we've arrived. How do we break this Restriction Barrier?"
Liu Jinxian was about to speak, but was interrupted by Situ Hong. He said, "Everyone, you can take a look over there. Two Foundation Establishment Demonic Entities, do you really want to come in?"
Everyone's expressions changed immediately. They had paid too much to come down. The Profound Essence Flower was one aspect, and the large number of Corrosive Poison Bee Swarm they encountered after entering the Underground was even more troublesome.
The Bee Gu that had emerged early could only disperse ordinary Poison Bees, and had no effect on the descendants of the Second Rank Poison Bee Queen. Out of a mighty group of nearly three hundred people, only one hundred and seventy-eight remained when they reached the Moon Gathering Palace, they had already done their best.
Moreover, those who needed Liu Jinxian's Spirit Power to soothe the Gu Insect in their bodies were only those few newcomers who had broken through to the Late Qi Condensation Stage.
Having seen the scale of the Underground Palace Ruins, the Mid Qi Condensation Stage disciples who were not being controlled immediately developed ulterior motives. They exchanged glances and reached a tacit understanding.
Liu Jinxian was about to speak, but saw the crowd at the Doorway scatter in a rush. In the blink of an eye, only five people remained: three new Seventh Layer Qi Condensation Stage cultivators, and two Qi Condensation Sixth Layer cultivators.
Situ Hong laughed loudly upon seeing this!
"A wise man submits to circumstances. Senior Martial Sister Liu is indeed deeply loved."
Indeed, taking a risk once was already their best effort, taking a second risk would be a bit Unprofitable. But these scattered disciples would not know that the people from Five Yin Peak had blocked the road again, and they could not get out.
"Shut up!"
Liu Jinxian turned her head and glared angrily at Situ Hong, barely stopping him before turning back to her subordinates and saying, "I initially brought eighteen good men with me. Did you see them when you came down?"
The Gu Poison Peak disciples shook their heads: "No, but we saw many tattered clothes on the road, but no corpses."
This situation made Liu Jinxian glare at Situ Hong again.
The other party waved his hands repeatedly.
"Not me, Brother Gu and I don't have this Skill.
"But… four were killed by the Poison Bee Queen, two died in my hands, as for where the remaining twelve went, I really don't know."
The atmosphere instantly fell silent. They would not know that Wang Yu alone had killed ten of them, half of them.
But how Liu Jinxian would think, was unknown.
"You guys step back a few steps, and after coming in, help me activate the Formation Eye of the Yang Pattern."
"Understood."
Next, she took out the High-Grade Magic Artifact she had obtained earlier, which was a seal. She stamped it on the Barrier and flushed it with Spirit Power.
Soon, a small hole was broken open, and the five people entered in order, being stared at by the Bee Queen and Corpse Demon, all shuddering.
A fierce battle was about to break out!
End of Chapter