Journey to the Abyss
Chapter 22

Confucian Dao Spiritual Abilities

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Chapter 22: Confucian Dao Spiritual Abilities

"Is it really him?"

The Confucian scholar Tong Xuan, the woman with the flower umbrella, and the round-faced monk all looked at Su Yun, their expressions filled with surprise. "He's not a demon, but a living person living in the no-man's-land?"

The appearance of a living person in the no-man's-land, especially a young man, was far more astonishing than the appearance of a large group of monsters.

Given the danger level of the no-man's-land, it was impossible for humans to survive here!

This was indeed the case. Ever since the other world event occurred, this place had become a no-man's-land, overrun with demons.

They would rather believe Su Yun was a demon.

The round-faced monk's prayer beads spun around his neck. His eyelids drooped, his gaze inward, as he said, "Tong Fan could die at the hands of the ghosts and gods of the Ghost Market, or he could die at the hands of the demons in the no-man's-land, but he absolutely cannot die at the hands of a human. If he dies by human hands, it will tarnish the reputation of the Tong Family."

The Tong Family was a prominent family in Shuofang, and they could not afford to lose face.

The woman with the flower umbrella said, "Therefore, no matter who he is, he must be punished."

Flower Fox's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly jumped to Su Yun's side, shouting, "Xiao Yun, wake up quickly!"

Almost at the same time, thunder roared in the sky, and lightning poured down from the clouds like a waterfall!

At this moment, the Blood Essence behind Su Yun had completely transformed into a Flood Dragon. The friction of the Blood Essence against the air erupted with a dragon's roar: "Gu--!"

His Blood Essence Flood Dragon coiled around his body with a whoosh. The dragon's long body circled him more than twice.

The powerful surge of Blood Essence caused his pupils, which had been compressed to the extreme by the sword light of the Immortal Sword, to suddenly spin and enlarge!

For the first time in six years, he had vision!

He had not refined the sword light of the Immortal Sword but had used his powerful Blood Essence to break through the suppression of the sword light on his pupils, temporarily gaining sight.

Simultaneously, the black Flood Dragon in Snake Ravine finally shed most of its snake skin, with only its tail still attached.

He had been beaten by the surrounding demons until not a single intact spot could be found on his body. He was on the verge of death. Pumping his remaining Blood Essence, he let out a dragon's roar, and the water in Snake Ravine immediately surged.

In the sky, the lightning was like a waterfall, crashing down. One bolt landed directly on the black Flood Dragon.

"Gu--!"

Amidst the thunder, a long dragon's roar echoed. The water surged, and the surface of the water crackled with electricity. The ox demons, sheep demons, and weasels in the water trembled incessantly. Those with lower cultivation were instantly cooked by the electricity, resulting in heavy casualties!

Snake Ravine became like a pot of soup, exuding a rich aroma.

As the waterfall of lightning descended, on the cliff top, opposite Su Yun, the Confucian scholar Tong Xuan roared, "Attack!"

Behind him, the woman with the flower umbrella and the round-faced monk immediately leaped off the cliff.

The woman with the flower umbrella threw out her umbrella, and from it flew two Bi Fang Divine Birds, one male and one female. As they flapped their wings, flames surged beneath them, rushing towards the thunderous Snake Ravine.

The prayer beads around the round-faced monk's neck flew up, spinning in the air, growing larger and larger, making a whistling sound. They followed closely behind the divine birds.

Each prayer bead was two feet square, orange and semi-transparent. Suddenly, a fiery shadow of a Bi Fang Divine Bird lit up within each bead!

The two Bi Fang Divine Birds under the flower umbrella charged into the thunderstorm. They extended their claws, grabbed the black Flood Dragon by its head and tail, and lifted it up.

The prayer beads followed closely, fitting around the black Flood Dragon's neck, shrinking and tightening.

The two great experts of the Tong Family were extraordinary, far superior to the rogue monsters near Tianmen Town.

On the cliff top, the Confucian scholar Tong Xuan looked at Su Yun opposite him.

When Su Yun heard Flower Fox say "wake up quickly," he had already become alert. He had just gained vision, and as the surprise welled up in his heart, a wave of blood suddenly appeared in his "vision," coming from afar, rising higher and higher, until it obscured his "line of sight"!

Su Yun's hair stood on end. This "line of sight" was his Blood Essence sensing.

The Confucian scholar Tong Xuan on the opposite bank had not moved, but his Blood Essence had moved first. With his incomparably powerful Blood Essence, he had directly obscured Su Yun's perception!

Su Yun opened his eyes, a sharp glint radiating from them. He glanced at the Confucian scholar Tong Xuan.

Although he had broken through the seal of the Immortal Sword's light, the sword light was still present. The moment he opened his eyes, he could vaguely see the light of an Immortal Sword floating in each of his pupils.

"Go!"

Su Yun suddenly leaped, jumping off the cliff!

The four fox demons hesitated for a moment, but at this time, a blood-red Flood Dragon coiled up from below the cliff, wrapping around the four fox demons and plunging down the cliff!

The cliff was sixteen or seventeen zhang high, with Snake Ravine below.

It had already become an extremely dangerous place. The waterfall of lightning was boiling the water in Snake Ravine. Countless monsters were struck dead by the lightning, electrocuted by the electric light, or cooked alive.

The monsters that survived, though heavily injured, were fighting desperately.

On the shore, five old weasels were using their Spiritual Abilities to attack Snake Ravine.

With the addition of the round-faced monk and the woman with the flower umbrella joining the fray, Snake Ravine had become an incredibly perilous place!

The black Flood Dragon, which had transformed from "The Whole Village Eats," encountered two formidable enemies, the round-faced monk and the woman with the flower umbrella, and its ferocity intensified. The reverse scales on its neck spun rapidly, forcefully resisting the round-faced monk's prayer beads, preventing them from tightening.

The black Flood Dragon was held by its body by the two Bi Fang Divine Birds. The divine birds flapped their wings, lifting it up and flying towards the flower umbrella.

The black Flood Dragon was long and slender, over three zhang long. Its long body was filled with tendons as thick as a thumb. The great tendons exerted force, and its muscles tensed. Its body writhed and coiled like a snake, making it impossible for the two divine birds to hold him steady. He swatted at them with his claws, crushing them one by one!

This black Flood Dragon broke free from the Spiritual Abilities and roared, tilting its head back. It was at this moment that Su Yun, leading the four fox demons, leaped down from the cliff.

As the black Flood Dragon tilted its head back, it saw Su Yun take out a coil of rope from his embrace.

The scholar Tong Xuan didn't want to let them go like this. He leaped forward, also jumping off the cliff, and said indifferently, "Go? Where do you think you can go?"

The moment he jumped off the cliff, he suddenly saw a rope shoot straight up into the sky. With a whoosh, it pierced through the clouds and extended into the high heavens.

The scholar Tong Xuan was stunned. He saw Su Yun and four foxes holding onto the rope, being pulled high into the sky by it. They flew past him at an extremely fast speed.

"Immortal Rope!"

The scholar Tong Xuan was incredibly surprised, his body already falling towards the ravine.

"The Immortal Rope is no longer a Spiritual Ability, but a spiritual treasure. How can there be a treasure like the Immortal Rope in this desolate place? However, even with the Immortal Rope, you can't escape my grasp!"

He activated his spiritual power, and suddenly saw a magnificent tapestry of writing surge into the sky above his head. Each piece of writing was as large as a plate, arranging themselves in the sky, reaching a height of about thirty zhang.

These writings were all born from his diligent study of the Sage's texts, contemplating the meaning of each word and sentence, and visualizing them over time. Or perhaps, they were his own creations, born from a profound understanding and a deep well of knowledge within him.

The scholar Tong Xuan stepped onto the brilliant writings, rising higher and higher at an incredibly fast speed, chasing after the Immortal Rope.

The thirty zhang distance was covered in an instant. Tong Xuan saw the tail of the Immortal Rope and reached out to grab it, but his hand grasped empty air.

He continued to step forward, trying to catch up, but his foot landed on nothing. Tong Xuan's heart sank: "This is bad! My knowledge isn't enough..."

His knowledge was only enough to form writings thirty zhang high. Beyond that, he had no knowledge to draw upon, not a single character could be formed. Therefore, he was merely a scholar among Spirit Scholars, not a Great Scholar.

"If I can't capture them alive, then I can only kill them!"

The scholar Tong Xuan flipped his wrist, taking out a writing brush. He raised the brush and lightly waved it. A string of characters from his spiritual abilities, glowing with light, whistled out and chased after the Immortal Rope.

Su Yun and the foxes, holding onto the Immortal Rope, were pulled into the clouds by the rope. Tong Xuan's characters also followed them into the clouds.

The string of characters flew rapidly through the air, radiating light, and carried with it waves of grand recitation: "The origin of humanity, born from the Taiji, profound and divine, the images of the I Ching are foremost!"

As the characters entered the clouds, the voices gradually faded, sounding distant.

A moment later, Su Yun and the four fox demons, riding on the rope, were shivering from the cold. The rope had broken through the clouds and was now suspended above them.

"Did you see that?"

Hu Buping excitedly shouted to them, "There's a dragon in the clouds!"

Just now, as they passed through the clouds, they saw lightning flashing and thunder rumbling all around. The Immortal Rope led them to dodge and weave, avoiding the crackling bolts of lightning.

Tong Xuan's characters were still chasing them. The voices from each character remained grand, but these characters were quickly shattered by the lightning bolts.

However, just as Su Yun and the others were about to break out of the clouds, the Immortal Rope seemed to sense danger and abruptly changed direction.

Su Yun and the four foxes riding on the rope suddenly saw a slender, shimmering green body swim past the Immortal Rope. The body was enormous and long, with massive claws that stomped on the clouds, erupting with the roar of thunder.

Su Yun and the four foxes stared, wide-eyed. However, they didn't get a clear look at the true form of this behemoth before the Immortal Rope carried them out of the clouds.

"It's not a real dragon,"

Su Yun shook his head. "I sensed that it was just a mass of Origin Energy."

"Origin Energy?" The four foxes were stunned and confused.

Qingqiu Yue, however, thought of something else. "Little Yun, your eyes are healed?"

"Not yet."

Su Yun suddenly stood up, his feet one in front of the other on the Immortal Rope. His expression was solemn as he turned around.

The clouds exploded with puffs of air, and the characters "God" and "Image" burst out of the clouds. These two characters were tattered and their light was dim, clearly having endured the baptism of lightning in the clouds, but they had survived.

As the two characters flew towards them, "象" (xiang) was in front. It suddenly transformed into a white elephant with a long trunk and large ears, galloping forward. The character "神" (shen) followed closely behind, leaping up with a whoosh and transforming into a golden-armored divine being, straddling the white elephant with legs spread wide.

The radical "礻" transformed into a Halberd, which the divine being seized and aimed directly at Su Yun!

Zhai Zhu: Giddy up, giddy up! Riding my beloved little model (yes, this line is imitating a reader's comment from AS You Ning), I'm here to ask for recommendation votes~~

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