Capture a Xi Family Disciple Alive
Chen Lingxi stood up, straightened his robes, and activated the Concealed Edge Method to its fullest extent, concealing his aura as if he were a stubborn rock.
After leaving the cave abode, we climbed up the cliff face.
Thick fog rose from the depths of the valley, completely enveloping the entire Inlaid Gold Mountain, making it impossible to see anything more than a few steps away.
Just as in the moment of Total Perception.
Chen Lingxi saw Consort Chun again, who was traveling by boat.
Just like what Total Perception had seen before, a small boat broke through the clouds in the distance, and a woman with the face of a young girl but the demeanor of a noblewoman stood at the bow of the boat.
Her robes shimmered with rosy light, and her body radiated intense spiritual energy. With a flick of her finger, a long sword flew out and slashed into the sea of clouds, shattering the spiritual light within.
He withdrew his gaze, turned around, and headed towards the cliff face.
The place he went to was the very spot where Total Perception had faced off against that young man before.
It was a protruding rock formation, shaped like an eagle's beak, extending more than ten feet out of the cliff face, with a hundred-foot abyss below.
Chen Lingxi stood on the rocky outcrop, closed his eyes, and carefully recalled the events.
During the previous Total Perception, the young man appeared from the mist.
He was standing not far below, behind a group of old pine trees.
The old pine tree grew on the edge of the cliff, its thick trunk twisted like a dragon, its branches and leaves lush and verdant, appearing and disappearing in the mist.
The young man was standing in a secluded spot, hidden by the branches of an old pine tree, so well that it was almost impossible to spot him without careful observation.
Chen Lingxi suddenly retreated several steps to avoid the ice spear, and the direction he retreated was behind the few short pine trees on the east side of the rock face.
He opened his eyes and took out the Spiritual Arrow again.
He channeled a tiny wisp of spiritual energy into the arrow, and the Spiritual Arrow trembled Subtle Insight, like a hunting dog that had been suppressed for a long time, waiting only for its master's command to pounce on its prey.
He looked around, his gaze finally settling on an old pine tree.
The old pine needles are extremely dense, clustered together like countless dark green steel needles piled up layer upon layer.
Hidden among the pine needles are many deep crevices, which are not noticeable unless you look closely.
"This is it!"
Chen Lingxi walked to the old pine tree and quietly hid the Spiritual Arrow in the gaps between the pine needles not far from where he appeared. The pine needles concealed it, and it would be impossible to detect without using Spiritual Qi.
The Spiritual Arrow was hidden in an extremely cunning way, its tip pointing outwards, directly at the rock face where the young man had stood when he emerged from the mist.
He carefully concealed the Spiritual Arrow and then wrapped it with a very thin and faint protective barrier of spiritual energy, completely concealing its already weak spiritual energy. Only then did he step back a few paces and examine it from head to toe.
The pine needles, layered like a canopy, completely concealed the dusty feathered arrow. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary withered branch mixed in with the pine needles, without the slightest flaw.
Chen Lingxi with determination. "I've already gained the upper hand, I refuse to believe I can't take down a Qi-Tracing Qi Circulation Sixth Floor who's severely injured and exhausted!"
He returned to the cave in the cliff, just as he had done when he was in the Total Perception Divine Chamber.
Inside the cave, the medicinal soup in the bronze stove was still bubbling gently, its aroma filling the entire cave.
He then took the Soul-Severing Pill from his bosom and placed it in a small jade box, but did not close the lid, letting the strange fragrance of the pill waft out from the opening of the box, mingling with the aroma of medicine.
Then, he sat cross-legged behind the bronze furnace, closed his eyes, concentrated, and circulated the Six-Qi True Method.
Wait patiently.
The firelight in the bronze furnace cast his shadow on the cave wall, sometimes long, sometimes short, sometimes bright, sometimes dim.
He sat there cross-legged, his back straight as a pine tree, his breathing long and steady.
Less than half an hour later, another strange thing happened.
Chen Lingxi opened her eyes and stood up.
After a few more breaths, he got up and left the cave.
Outside the cave, mist still billowed.
He frowned and pretended to search.
Just then, the surging fog began to ripple, and the water vapor condensed.
Chen Lingxi's mind stirred slightly, and she withdrew.
Just like Total Perception, a thin, fine ice blade silently formed from the mist and slashed toward his throat.
He feigned panic, jerking his body backward to narrowly avoid the icy gleam.
The icy blade swept past, the biting cold air brushing against his neck, leaving a very thin, faint white mark in the air.
A cold glint flashed in Chen Lingxi's eyes!
The instant he dodged the ice blade, he did not stand still and wait for the young man's next spell, as he had done before.
He silently recited it in his heart.
The Spiritual Arrow he left behind, imbued with a trace of spiritual energy, suddenly sensed its presence!
The pine tree was in that mist, right where the young man had appeared.
As if Total Perception, the young man slowly appeared...
In an instant!
At that moment, the Spiritual Arrow moved instantly, transforming into a streak of cold light!
A fierce, cold light flashed, arriving in an instant!
The attack came too suddenly and too precisely, as if the attacker knew his location beforehand and that he was about to take those two steps in the fog.
The young man's pupils contracted slightly. Before he could react, the Spiritual Arrow flew straight at him and pierced his body from behind!
It happened in an instant again!
The Spiritual Arrow drew out a wisp of blood!
It pierced the man's heart!
Almost exactly!
Chen Lingxi heard the young man let out a muffled groan.
Chen Lingxi had been waiting for this moment.
Chen Lingxi, who had initially looked puzzled, now pressed forward, his long sword suddenly unsheathed, moving fiercely, with lightning, Azure Edge Method, and purple qi arriving one after another.
The pale gold patterns on the blade shone brightest at this moment, with fine, hair-like lightning crackling and winding along the edge. The sharpness of the Azure Edge Method clung to it, and the Purple True Treasure Aura burst forth from his mouth, the three colors intertwining as he slashed down!
The blade flashed so fast that it tore through the misty fog like a three-colored lightning bolt.
The mist churned and swirled under the force of the blades, and finally, the young man's figure became visible.
He was clutching his chest, blood gushing from between his fingers. His handsome face was deathly pale, and his lips were moving as if he were casting some kind of spell.
But Chen Lingxi wouldn't give him that chance.
With a single slash, he severed the young man's arm.
The arm was severed at the shoulder, the cut smooth as a mirror, and blood gushed out.
The young man let out a miserable cry as the hand seal he was forming with his right hand collapsed before it was even completed, and the cold light that had gathered at his fingertips vanished silently.
Young people have a continuous supply of their own spiritual energy to their hearts, preventing them from stopping beating.
But his eyes burned with fury.
He was completely unable to reveal his trump card in order to deal with Chen Lingxi.
Chen Lingxi, however, completely ignored the anger in his eyes, her expression cold, and swung her right fist horizontally...
Shattered Jade!
He pushed the power application method of the fifth Jade-Severing Stance," to its limit at this moment.
The Golden-Soup Blood Qi burst forth from deep within his bones, converging entirely on his right fist.
As the fist passed, the air was compressed into a visible white ring that spread outwards in layers.
Bang!
The punch landed on his head, causing him to bleed from all seven orifices.
Then, without pausing, another blow severed his leg.
With a flash of light, the young man's left leg was severed at the knee.
"Ah!"
The young man screamed in pain.
The scene was extremely bloody.
Blood gushed from the severed limb, pooling on the rock and staining its surface a dark red, before trickling down through the cracks.
The young man was powerless to resist.
Chen Lingxi his sword and sheathed it.
The lightning and blue light on the blade slowly faded, leaving only the faint golden patterns still shimmering.
He stood in the pool of blood, his robes splattered with the young man's blood, the fangs and patterns on his demonic face gleaming coldly in the dim light.
"Gaining the initiative and making early preparations... capturing this person alive is easier than I imagined," he thought to himself.
"The Undying Willow Branch and the Soul-Severing Pill were never used."
He looked down at the young man, his gaze calm.
The young man lay in a pool of blood, the blood from his severed arm and leg still flowing, staining his moon-white robe a shocking dark red.
His face was ashen, his lips were dry, his eyes were wide open, and his eyeballs slowly rolled in their sockets before finally landing on Chen Lingxi.
In his agonizing pain, he vaguely saw Chen Lingxi's face.
He truly didn't understand why this cultivator on the Fourth Floor of Qi Circulation seemed to know exactly when he would appear, as if he knew he would take two steps out of the mist...
Those dull, lifeless eyes were filled with disbelief, resentment, and doubt.
He opened his mouth as if to say something, but no sound came out.
Chen Lingxi stepped forward, raised her right hand, and brought her index and middle fingers together like a sword.
A faint blue light flickered at his fingertips, and a very thin, pale blue blade hissed, tearing the surrounding air into countless fine white streaks.
He used the Concealed Edge Method to wrap the wisp of green light, and then channeled his spiritual energy into the young man's severed limb, sealing the wound and stopping the gushing blood.
The young man's life was saved for the time being.
Chen Lingxi squatted down, removed the thumb-sized pearl from the young man's waist, and then looted all the young man's pouches, jade pendants, talismans, and even the ice crystal talisman he was holding on his severed arm, storing them all in his Universe Bag.
He looked down at the young man, his eyes calm and serene.
"You wanted to kill me, and now I've captured you alive," he said. "You deserve it."
The young man's lips moved slightly, but he couldn't utter a word.
Chen Lingxi said no more, reached out and grabbed the young man by the back of his collar, his body leaping up, his toes lightly touching the cliff face, and he silently flew towards the cave like a night bird.
Once inside the cave, he tossed the young man onto the bluestone ground, then Soul-Severing Pill from the jade box into his pocket, closed the lid, and suppressed the alluring fragrance of the pill.
Inside the cave.
Chen Lingxi his Spiritual Qi to probe into the young man's body, activating the Azure Edge Method.
The Azure Edge Method invaded the Qi Sea, using its unparalleled Sword Qi to tear apart the Qi Sea barrier inch by inch, causing the spiritual Qi to scatter and leak out.
The young man's Qi Sea was instantly damaged, and his spiritual energy leaked out.
The once vast and boundless Qi Sea is now riddled with cracks. Spiritual liquid gushes out from these cracks, dissipating into the meridians, and is then forced out of the body by Chen Lingxi's spiritual qi, dissipating into the air.
Chen Lingxi then used her spiritual energy to protect the person's heart, barely managing to keep it beating.
The young man looked pale and sickly.
That handsome face now showed no trace of its previous composure and sinister aura.
All that remained was a deep, almost despairing, grayness.
Chen Lingxi finally spoke, asking, "What's your name? And what's your background?"
The young man remained silent.
He lay on the bluestone floor, his eyes fixed on the jagged stalactites on the cave ceiling, his pupils unfocused, as if he were a dead man.
Without the slightest hesitation, Chen Lingxi felt the spiritual energy protecting his heart diminish slightly.
A piercing pain spread from the young man's chest, causing him to shudder violently and cold sweat to pour down his forehead.
The young man's eyes widened in fear as he said, "My name is Xi Mu, and I am a member of the Xi Family the Que Ten Stars."
His voice was broken and intermittent; with each word he uttered, a fine wisp of blood mist would spurt from the hole in his chest pierced by the Spiritual Arrow.
Descendants of the Xi Family.
Chen Lingxi a slight stirring in her heart.
Que Ten Stars, Xi Family.
This was the Xi Family that Lin Suri had mentioned to him during the process of Total Perception Evolution.
The head of the Xi Family is True Lord, who commands the Que Ten Stars and wields the Cauldron Vessel "World-Refining Furnace." He is about to refine this Cave Heaven and forge the Great and Mysterious Golden Grotto Xi Hengsu, a genius of the clan.
And the Xi Mu before them was actually a member of the Xi Family.
He continued, "If you kill me, once the Cave Heaven is refined, my Xi Family elders will surely hunt down the culprit and avenge me."
When he said this, his tone carried an almost instinctive arrogance. Even though he had fallen to such a state, even though he could not even activate a trace of spiritual energy, he still habitually invoked the name of his clan.
"It's like a spoiled child who only knows how to call on adults for support when things go wrong."
Chen Lingxi sneered, "Truth-Seeking Realm and Cauldron-Seizing Realm is inherently a game of chance, and disciples of each sect rely entirely on their fortuitous opportunity."
What? Is your Xi Family so domineering that only you can kill people, but others can't kill you?
Xi Mu remained silent.
Chen Lingxi then asked, "How did you know I was here?"
Xi Mu, "I... was injured, and originally wanted to come to Inlaid Gold Mountain to find a secluded place to heal my wounds."
Unexpectedly... my Whale-Swallowing Method detected residual spiritual energy here.
I followed the remaining spiritual energy and thus sensed your location.
Chen Lingxi frowned slightly.
"So you wanted to kill me because you saw that my cultivation was weak?" Chen Lingxi asked.
Xi Mu remained silent.
That silence was tacit agreement.
Chen Lingxi did not pursue the matter further.
He stood up, his gaze growing increasingly cold, and suddenly said, "I ask, you answer."