An Unexpected Turn, a Phantom
Beside the door, Fang Hexuan and Xie Zheng were observing carefully.
Further away on the ground lay the corpses of several Devil Cultivator.
"Master, Senior Xie." Li Yunjing stepped forward to greet him.
Upon hearing this, Fang Hexuan immediately turned to look at Li Yunjing.
"Yunjing, you've come at the right time. This Devil Cultivator built this portal here, probably plotting to obtain that so-called Immortal Artifact," Fang Hexuan said.
Li Yunjing nodded slightly; Fang Hexuan's guess was correct.
Li Yunjing had long known that the Devil Cultivator were collecting large quantities of Void Nether Stone, and Zhang Jianchen had also said that the Devil Cultivator were collecting Void Nether Stone to build a passage to the location of the Immortal Artifact.
The portal currently uses a large amount of Void Nether Stone, so it must be the passage to the location of the Immortal Artifact.
"Senior, Sect Leader, why don't we enter this passage and take a look at that so-called Immortal Artifact?"
At this moment, Xie Zheng looked at the two of them and suddenly spoke.
Fang Hexuan raised an eyebrow. "Very well, I've never seen what Immortal Artifact looks like in my life, I'd like to broaden my horizons."
Upon hearing this, Li Yunjing frowned and said, "Senior Xie, but I'm afraid it won't work. This spatial passage is not yet perfected, and we may not be able to enter."
Xie Zheng immediately turned his head to look at the gate.
"That shouldn't be the case. With such vast spatial power, how could it be incomplete?"
Fang Hexuan shared the same thought.
Both of them had inspected it and were certain that there was nothing wrong with the portal.
But Li Yunjing knew more. When he met Gao Jin before, Li Yunjing learned that the spatial passage was still a little short of success.
Therefore, Gao Jin was very eager for the Void Nether Stone that Li Yunjing mentioned, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to be manipulated by Li Yunjing.
The batch of Void Nether Stone that Li Yunjing mentioned did not exist, and not much time had passed since he met Gao Jin.
Therefore, Li Yunjing can conclude that this spatial passage is definitely not yet complete.
Li Yunjing originally intended to tell Fang Hexuan and Xie Zheng about this.
Suddenly, a white rainbow shot out from the spatial passage.
The white rainbow landed on Li Yunjing, and Li Yunjing's body was involuntarily pulled away by the white rainbow, heading towards the spatial passage.
"Yunjing!"
Upon seeing this, Fang Hexuan shouted.
A bolt of purple lightning shot out from the vertical eye between its eyebrows, carrying a terrifying aura, and was about to annihilate the white rainbow.
Seeing this, Xie Zheng immediately stepped in to help Fang Hexuan retrieve Li Yunjing.
But the white rainbow Indestructible; their attacks landed on it without even causing a ripple.
In just a breath, Li Yunjing was pulled into the spatial passage by the white rainbow.
"Senior Fang, what should we do?"
Upon seeing this, Xie Zheng broke out in a cold sweat.
Li Yunjing, as the head of the upper sect, is the future pillar of their Seven Treasures Sect.
Li Yunjing now welcomes the Seven Treasures Sect and tries his best to help Seven Treasures Sect in every way.
If something happens to Li Yunjing and someone else takes over, who knows how their attitude towards the Seven Treasures Sect will be.
Moreover, Li Yunjing is now in trouble right in front of Xie Zheng.
If the Luozhen Sect were to pursue the matter further, Xie Zheng would likely be held accountable.
"Don't panic, perhaps Yunjing is alright," Fang Hexuan said.
Fang Hexuan vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
Fang Hexuan knew a little about Li Yunjing's extraordinary encounters, such as the mysterious buildings within the Luozhen Sect.
Fang Hexuan was convinced that Li Yunjing had a powerful figure behind him.
Otherwise, the wondrous buildings of the Luozhen Sect would be inexplicable.
Therefore, now that Li Yunjing has suddenly encountered a misfortune, the powerful figure behind him will not sit idly by.
The sky was a hazy, murky gray, devoid of the sun, moon, stars, clouds, and rosy hues. Only a thin, cicada-wing-like spatial barrier, riddled with spiderweb-like cracks, barely enveloped this small patch of land.
What greets you is not the ethereal vastness of a celestial Grotto-Heaven, but rather a sense of desolation and decay that has persisted for millennia.
As soon as Li Yunjing opened his eyes, he saw the entire landscape of this place.
"This place is..."
Li Yunjing looked around warily.
"Give me your body!"
But at that moment, an extremely weak voice rang out, startling Li Yunjing.
Li Yunjing looked in the direction of the sound and saw a nearly transparent, ethereal figure that seemed ready to vanish in the wind, staring at Li Yunjing with a hungry expression.
Li Yunjing carefully examined the illusory figure. The figure barely maintained a human shape, half-real and half-illusory, swaying uncertainly.
"Who are you..."
"Why all the nonsense? Hand over your body, and I'll guarantee you immortality!" the illusory figure shouted sternly.
However, this shout seemed to have consumed a great deal of the phantom's energy, causing it to become even fainter, as if it were about to disappear.
"Give up your body? What a joke." Li Yunjing laughed.
"If I'm not mistaken, you must be the spirit of the Five Aggregates Cauldron."
I never imagined that the once glorious spirit of the Five Aggregates Cauldron would fall to such a state of disrepair! Where is the radiant beauty and divine aura that Immortal Artifact should possess?
You talk too much nonsense!
The illusory figure had a ferocious expression and stretched out its hands to rush towards Li Yunjing, as if it wanted to strangle Li Yunjing's neck.
Just then, Li Yunjing felt a sudden heat in his chest, and the next moment, a protective divine light suddenly appeared, tightly enveloping Li Yunjing.
The phantom directly collided with the protective divine light. With a hum, the phantom trembled violently, as if it were about to collapse.
"Ah!!! Why!?"
The trembling phantom looked incredulous, yet filled with boundless rage.
He was so close; he could have taken over Li Yunjing 'Li Yunjing body and used it to return to his peak.
But then, an unexpected incident occurred.
"We are both celestial beings, why don't you help me, but instead help this mortal!?"
The phantom's gaze was fixed on Li Yunjing, and it roared at Li Yunjing.
Li Yunjing was taken aback, but then he realized that the illusory figure was not questioning him, but was talking to the Immortal Bone inside his body.
This sent chills down Li Yunjing's spine. Could the Immortal Bone within him still possess consciousness?
If that were really the case, it would be quite frightening!
If that Immortal Bone were to do something, Li Yunjing probably wouldn't even know how he died.
"What!? Submit to this mortal? By what right?"
The illusory figure abruptly changed the subject, much to Li Yunjing's surprise.
The Immortal Bone inside him really did have consciousness and could talk to the illusory figure. Judging from what it said, the Immortal Bone seemed to be helping him.
"Submit or die!"
The phantom roared out in fury.
Driven by anger, the phantom flickered like a star, its light fading and changing.
"Having fallen to this point, what's the point of struggling anymore?"
Li Yunjing, seeing the illusory figure, added fuel to the fire, rubbing salt into its wounds.
"You still think you're some high and mighty spirit of Immortal Artifact? Let me put it this way: you're on the verge of collapse, and only I can save you right now. If you don't want to die, submit to me."
Li Yunjing was merely borrowing the tiger's power; with his Immortal Bone, this illusory figure certainly couldn't do anything to him.
Therefore, whatever Li Yunjing said, the phantom could only rage in vain.
Sure enough, after Li Yunjing said those words, the phantom's gaze seemed to be able to kill, looking at Li Yunjing as if it wanted to devour him alive.
Li Yunjing remained calm, knowing that the illusory figure couldn't do anything to him anyway.
"Alright, I'll give you five breaths to think it over. If you can't, then you might as well die!"