The Secret of the Sarira
"Awoo!"
Suddenly, the black energy entered its body, causing the red-eyed wolf to twitch violently before it began to tremble.
The moment the black energy entered its body, the red-eyed wolf felt a bone-chilling cold, which made it restless and agitated.
At this moment, Granny Thousand Hands and Shentu Nantian were stunned. Although they knew that the Empress's relic had a defect, and the ancient formula they obtained also described this defect in detail, they were still stunned.
But Granny Thousand Hands never knew that this dark aura was hidden within the relic.
What is this?
"That kid really found the flaw?" Shentu Nantian stared intently at the Red-Eyed Wolf, his eyes bloodshot.
"Impossible!"
Granny Thousand Hands suddenly became hysterical, her aged face contorted in pain, her thin, hunched body trembling slightly. "We don't even know what this black energy he found is! The outcome is still uncertain!"
At this moment, everyone in the arena looked at the red-eyed wolf who had been possessed by the black energy.
This weak wild beast, whose strength was only equivalent to an ordinary Purple Blood Realm martial artist, was suddenly stared at by so many powerful figures. Coupled with the chill that had just entered its body, it was terrified and its body began to tremble.
About three breaths later, the red-eyed wolf suddenly shuddered and let out a mournful howl.
Its fur began to grow at a visible rate, and the red-eyed wolf began to struggle violently, its howls growing louder and more painful.
Its eyes turned increasingly scarlet; what was originally a pale red was now a deep, blood-red!
"Awoo!"
The red-eyed wolf's muscles crackled and popped as it frantically pounded its head against the ground, its fur growing longer and longer.
Originally, it was bound by the cursed seal, and with its power, it was impossible to break the seal. But now, all the muscles in its body are swelling, and the cursed seals on its body are shattering one by one.
"Careful!"
The Lin Family Old Matriarch stood up abruptly. Red-eyed wolves were not considered powerful wild beasts at all, but those red-eyed wolves that had been possessed by the black energy were a different story.
The Old Madam locked onto the red-eyed wolf with her spiritual power, flicked her finger, and several beams of energy shot out, forming a cage of primordial energy around the red-eyed wolf, imprisoning it inside!
The red-eyed wolf seemed to have gone mad, recklessly ramming into the cage until it was bleeding profusely from its head!
And in the eyes of the red-eyed wolf, people saw a chilling hatred and evil!
"What's going on!?"
The Old Madam spoke with a face full of anger. She Lin Xin Tong, and now that the relic had a problem, she was furious!
"This... what's so strange about this!" Granny Thousand Hands suddenly calmed down. She snorted and said, "The Empress's relic is extremely potent. Even if only a tiny bit is extracted from it, how could a red-eyed wolf withstand it? It's not surprising that the red-eyed wolf died. What does this prove?"
As soon as Granny Thousand Hands finished speaking, the mutated red-eyed wolf let out a heart-wrenching howl.
Its fur had grown to two feet long, and the fur on its belly hung down to the ground. Its whole body was trembling violently, and its flesh was shrinking at a visible speed, eventually piling up.
Then, its fur began to fall out, and its eye sockets became sunken.
Its eyes were no longer scarlet; instead, they became murky and dull, as if it had gone blind.
"It is getting old!"
"It's shocking," said one of the elders of the Lin family.
The red-eyed wolves aged at a rate visible to the naked eye.
The red-eyed wolf could originally live for hundreds of years, but now it seems that hundreds of years have been compressed into a few breaths.
Soon, the red-eyed wolf had lost its life. It lay on the ground, all its fur gone, leaving only a withered skin. And this was not the end.
The wolf pelt seemed to have been buried underground for hundreds of years, slowly rotting away until, in the end, all that remained of the red-eyed wolf was a nearly weathered skeleton.
"This is..."
Seeing the fate of this ungrateful wretch, the Old Madam's pupils contracted, and her face turned completely pale.
Such terrifying toxicity!
What would happen if Xin Tong ate it?
Not only the Old Madam, but even Yi Yun was stunned. Although he could tell that the black energy was Evil Energy, he did not expect that after it entered the Red-Eyed Wolf's body, it would turn the Red-Eyed Wolf into such a state.
"No... impossible!"
Granny Thousand Hands' face also turned deathly pale, looking like a paper effigy burned for the dead, and torn to shreds at that!
Beside him, Shentu Nantian's face was contorted, his temples bulging, as if a thousand drums were pounding in his ears, making his brain buzz.
That's not how it's recorded in ancient prescriptions!
If swallowing it would turn them into a pile of bones, how could they possibly give the pill to Lin Xin Tong?
This is Lin family territory! Don't they want to live?!
According to the ancient prescription, if a woman born with Fatal Meridian takes these twelve pills, they will cure her congenital Fatal Meridian, making her exceptionally talented and allowing her cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds.
However, the relic has a strong side effect: it can shorten one's lifespan.
A woman born with a congenital Fatal Meridian in her meridians may have her Fatal Meridian cured, but she will also be poisoned, and her life essence will be corroded by the poison, limiting her lifespan to no more than two thousand years.
Two thousand years would have been enough for the Shentu Family!
Shentu Nantian not only obtained Lin Xin Tong and extracted her primordial yin, but also gained immense benefits, causing his cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds. Moreover, with Lin Xin Tong's help, Shentu Nantian was also able to cultivate the <Empress Heart Sutra>. Two thousand years would be enough time for Shentu Nantian to master the <Empress Heart Sutra>.
In addition, with the help of the Lin family, the Shentu Family can also safely overcome the difficulties and allow the Old Ancestor Shentu to recover from his injuries.
Finally, Lin Xin Tong died two thousand years later, which eliminated her possibility of becoming an unparalleled empress.
A woman Innate Yin Meridian, once she reconnects with her Fatal Meridian, will become an emperor and rule the entire Tianyuan Realm, unmatched by anyone!
Although Shentu Nantian could become an emperor at that time, his strength was far too weak compared to Lin Xin Tong.
The Shentu Family was also afraid that Lin Xin Tong might harbor ill intentions and allow the Lin family to annex the Shentu Family, which was something the Shentu Family did not want to see.
If Lin Xin Tong dies two thousand years later, Shen Shentu Nantian might become the number one person in the Tianyuan Realm!
Therefore, the Shentu Family's move can be described as achieving multiple benefits at once.
But now, because of Yi Yun's appearance, this brilliant move has been completely ruined. The sudden change is something that Granny Thousand Hands and Shentu Nantian never expected!
They both felt a bone-chilling cold!
This chilling feeling came from the Lin Family Old Matriarch! She had already decided to kill!
Granny Thousand Hands was terrified; she felt as if her neck was being choked, making it hard for her to breathe.
"Boom!"
Just then, a loud explosion!
Not far from Granny Thousand Hands, the Empress's relic exploded!
What?
Everyone was shocked; the explosion of the Empress's relic was no small matter!
As the powerful shockwave swept towards them, the long-browed elder who was closest to the relic, along with several other elders from various Lineage, joined forces to block the surging energy.
Boom boom boom!
The violent energy impact caused the shields of several elders to teeter on the brink of collapse in the energy storm, and the expressions of the elders changed slightly, clearly indicating that they were struggling greatly.
The Empress's explosive power was too strong. This was only because the energy from the relic's explosion rushed into the sky, with only a very small portion flowing to the surroundings. Otherwise, they would probably have been vomiting blood from the shock!
It took more than ten breaths for the shockwave from the explosion to subside. Several elders wiped the cold sweat from their foreheads, still shaken.
Why did the Empress's relic explode?
People were puzzled, but Granny Thousand Hands and Shentu Nantian knew the reason.
The flaws in the Empress's relic cannot be eliminated!
When the Shentu Family obtained the Empress's ancient formula, it was already stated in the formula that it was written by an ancient Savage Heaven Master from the same era as the Empress.
This ancient Savage Heaven Master was a prodigy, and he was infatuated with the Empress, wanting to continue her innate, unborn Fatal Meridian.
He searched for a way to restore the empress's severed Fatal Meridian, and devoted countless efforts to writing this ancient prescription.
However, after the ancient formula was written down, the relics produced contained an inexplicable Evil Energy.
The ancient Savage Heaven Master tried various methods to extract this Evil Energy, but once the Evil Energy was extracted, the energy structure in the pill would collapse and explode completely!
Therefore, the Empress Relic is a complete failure!
In the end, even the extraordinary genius of the ancient Savage Heaven Master had to give up.
Although she knew all this perfectly well, Granny Thousand Hands dared not admit it.
She suddenly went berserk.
Because of her overwhelming emotions, her internal energy surged wildly, causing the hairpins on her head to fall off and her sparse, gray hair, resembling tangled weeds, to scatter wildly.
She suddenly looked at Yi Yun, her eyes filled with murderous intent!
"You little beast, you destroyed the Empress's relic of my Shentu Family, and you even prepared deadly poison beforehand to frame the Shentu Family! I will take your life!"
Suddenly, Granny Thousand Hands launched an attack, lunging at Yi Yun!
She stretched out her withered claws, which transformed into a huge black hand shadow, and grabbed at Yi Yun's neck!
Yi Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he retreated rapidly. Of course, he couldn't escape Granny Thousand Hands' attack, but at this moment, how could Lin Family Old Matriarch, Su Jie, and the others stand idly by?
The two of them, along with several elders of the Lin family, attacked together!
"Boom!"
A dazzling seven-colored light flashed, and the combined power of the group utterly destroyed Granny Thousand Hands' black claws.
Then, the seven-colored light continued its momentum, striking Granny Thousand Hands' chest heavily.
"Puff!"
Granny Thousand Hands' thin body suddenly stopped, she coughed up a mouthful of black blood, and flew backward like a dead dog, crashing heavily onto the cauldron that the Lin family used to suppress the mountain's vital energy.
"Bang!"
The cauldron suddenly trembled, emitting a metallic roar. Granny Thousand Hands was hit on the back of her head, which was covered in blood. She slid to the ground like a piece of dough.
"You... you little beast, I... I will grind you to dust!"
Granny Thousand Hands shouted viciously, but as soon as she opened her mouth, she spat out another mouthful of black blood.
...(To be continued~^~)