Chapter 109: Restoring Her Beauty

Soon, a demon guard went to fetch the treasure.

Chu Yuyao crouched beside the ice coffin, secretly studying the taut line of Ye Cangming’s jaw.

The madman looked like a bowstring drawn to its limit. Unable to resist, she reached out and poked him with her finger. “Hey, what kind of curse put your mother into this deep sleep?”

She had only heard from the system that Ye Cangming’s mother had fallen victim to an ancient curse, but she did not know the specifics.

All she knew was that after something happened to his mother, Ye Cangming’s relationship with his father had deteriorated badly. She had no idea what had happened between them.

The moment he finished speaking, there was a sharp crack. The black-clad man’s neck had been twisted clean off, and he collapsed heavily to the ground. Clearly, he was beyond saving.

Shitian Peng gripped the white-wax staff in one hand and panted heavily. With difficulty, he gave a slight nod in reply.

The doctors of that era believed that water weakened the functions of the organs. When one bathed in hot water, the pores opened completely, allowing poisonous air to enter the body.

Not only that, the Ji bloodline of the Zhou dynasty and the Liu bloodline of the Han dynasty were both passed down because of it. In particular, during the Han dynasty, after Wang Mang usurped the Han throne, Liu Xiu received Heaven’s favor and unified the realm.

The Potala Palace truly deserved its reputation as an outstanding representative of Tibetan architecture. It was magnificent and unforgettable, as well as one of the finest achievements of ancient Chinese architecture.

Suddenly, Abu, who had been watching Lu Fei closely all this time, raised his head and looked straight toward the distant sky.

She put away the iron fragment and tapped her forehead with her fingers. Her mind still felt far from clear, so she took out a Heart-Clearing Pill and swallowed it. After meditating for a while, she finally felt somewhat better. Only then did she realize that the coffin seemed to possess some mysterious power. Whenever she drew near it, she felt her spiritual consciousness becoming disoriented.

The moment he said this, his own body suddenly shuddered. Xiao Nuoyan and I fell silent as well, and the atmosphere instantly became unnaturally quiet.

Zhang Cheng was just about to act when an unfamiliar voice suddenly sounded beside his ear, frightening him badly.

This was the Immortal Sorcerer’s usual mocking tone. Had it been anyone else, they might have leapt to their feet. Even Niu Gao’s dark face had already clouded over, and he looked very much as though he wanted to open a paint, salt, and sauce shop across Wei Ye’s face.

After a demonic beast was hunted, it would drop a demon core. These cores contained vast amounts of primordial energy, allowing cultivators to increase their cultivation. Likewise, if a demonic beast consumed a human cultivator, its strength would also rise considerably.

Lu Tianming’s eyes lit up, and he looked somewhat surprised. Did this mean that moving through the Great Abyss would be far safer for him now?

Before they realized it, Lu Tianming and Meng Tianzheng had already been fighting for a quarter of an hour. Although Lu Tianming was at a certain disadvantage, he had still managed to withstand Meng Tianzheng’s attacks, and it was difficult for either of them to determine a victor.

“Manager, we need a quiet dining environment right now. Please take care of it for us,” Ye Xiu said with a smile.

In the dozen or so breaths that followed, at least a third of the retreating human forces had perished, leaving barely more than six thousand survivors. Any martial artist touched by demonic energy was reduced to dust, transforming into a wisp of black vapor that carried ominous matter high into the heavens.

Li Xing remembered it as well. His stamina had declined, and the power of his two light swords had been greatly reduced too.

Besides, judging from the way those old fellows did things, it would already be a blessing if they merely crippled the few of them and left them behind to draw the ghosts’ attention.

“Hey! What a pair of ill-fated lovers. It’s a pity that you still have to die. After all, you’re the ones who have slaughtered living beings!” Zhang Tiansheng began dissecting them with a Malay sword, which he had found in an old man’s room on the forty-fifth floor.

“I never would have imagined that, in the final battle, you would be the ones to come knocking on our door!” Yin Lei dragged his long saber behind him and glanced indifferently at Ma Long and the others.

“Hey, Old Wang! This isn’t something to joke about. It concerns the future of our families—even the future of several regions—as well as the lives and fortunes of every one of us. You can’t simply brush it aside by saying that your absence won’t affect the overall situation!” the slightly plump figure roared.