Chapter 120 Using Myself as Bait [5K]
"It's useless to think too much, it's better to do well now."
Ye Linyuan collected his thoughts and then headed towards the core area silently.
This time, he tried his best to restrain his own magic power, and pushed the Black Turtle Breathing Technique to its limit. He walked several hundred miles before stopping.
"We can't go any further."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his heart, and then looked forward, but saw three islands, one big and two small, floating in the ocean. Each island was hundreds of miles in size, and the diameter of the big island was as huge as three hundred miles.
These islands are the core territories of the Cold Jade Snake Clan. They contain a second-grade superior spiritual vein, with a large number of Cold Jade Snakes lurking in them, and there are more than a dozen Cold Jade Snakes in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Even with Ye Linyuan's current cultivation level, he wouldn't dare to rush in rashly.
"Wait a little longer. When the situation becomes chaotic, we will have a chance to enter and steal the spiritual spring."
Ye Linyuan's mind moved slightly, and then he hid in a deserted island, restraining all his aura to the extreme.
After completing this step, Ye Linyuan heaved a sigh of relief. With his current Black Turtle Breath-concealing Technique, as long as he did not mobilize his magic power and blood, even those who had reached the Great Perfection of the Foundation Establishment would find it difficult to detect him.
With this guarantee, Ye Linyuan calmed down and waited patiently on the deserted island.
Of course, he did not wait in vain, but stayed in the surroundings and continued to explore, looking for the best time to set up the layout.
"There's an old friend."
After exploring several deserted islands nearby for a while, Ye Linyuan actually discovered a lot of hidden auras.
There are at least dozens of these hidden cultivators, and most of them have reached the Qi Refining Perfection stage or above. Among them, there are even three with very familiar auras.
"Zi Yu Taoist, Xuan Ling San Ren, Su Shao Yu, and many others are trying to take advantage of the situation."
"They are all hiding very well. If it weren't for my foundation-building divine sense and the Black Turtle Breath Concealing Technique, I wouldn't be able to find them easily."
Ye Linyuan's mind was wandering, and he suddenly realized that these people were hiding here, most likely for the opportunities on the island.
After all, the Cold Jade Snake lineage is very powerful, and the treasures they have collected are numbered in the hundreds and hundreds. For a Qi-cultivating cultivator, it is like a treasure mountain.
If they could sneak in to search for treasure while the foundation-building war was about to begin, they might be able to find an opportunity to build their foundation.
"However, it is not so easy to plot against the treasures of the foundation-building demon race."
Ye Linyuan's eyes moved slightly, as if he sensed something. He immediately withdrew his consciousness and continued to hide.
"Shhhhh-"
Just after Ye Linyuan restrained his spiritual sense, more than a dozen streams of light suddenly flew out from the three core islands.
Obviously, the Cold Jade Snake Clan also noticed something. A group of Cold Jade Snakes at the Foundation Establishment level hovered in the sky, and began to investigate the surrounding islands with a large number of Qi Gathering Demon Snakes.
Soon, a large number of cultivators who had reached the peak of Qi Refining were found, and were hunted down despairingly in this sea area.
Just on the island where Ye Linyuan was, seven or eight cultivators who had reached the peak of Qi training were found and killed. This shows that the wisdom of these cold jade snakes should not be underestimated.
"The decline of the Frost Jade Snake Clan is a feast for the major foundation-building immortal clans."
“But for these lesser cultivators at the Qi training stage, the ripples caused by the fall of a giant whale are still enough to kill them without a burial place.”
Ye Linyuan whispered in his mind, but no sympathy appeared on his face.
The world of cultivating immortals has been extremely cruel since ancient times. For cultivators without support, every breakthrough in a major realm is a life-and-death challenge.
Talent, background, opportunity, resources, each one is hard-earned, especially the opportunity to break through the realm, which often requires them to plan with their lives, and finally have that glimmer of chance of success.
If you succeed, you will surpass the existing class and become the person you once dared not to look up to. If you fail, you will die and become like everyone else.
Ye Linyuan had no support after he established his foundation in his previous life. In order to break through the Golden Core realm at that time, wasn't it also like trying to grab chestnuts from the fire to get the opportunity for a breakthrough?
The investigation of the Cold Jade Snake Clan lasted for a long time. During the period of half a month, they conducted seventeen or eighteen investigations, and each time they captured a group of cultivators who had reached the perfection of Qi Refining.
Moreover, the later the stage, the faster the frequency of their inspections, which made everyone present tremble with fear, but also made many people more delighted.
"The more urgent the investigation, the closer it is to the day when the Frost Jade Snake King will become a Taoist."
Ye Linyuan's mind moved slightly, and then he looked up at the sky with some anticipation.
Through his sensing, it seemed that there was more than one powerful aura of the Foundation Establishment level hidden in the depths of the sky. It was obvious that there were definitely more than just them, the Foundation Establishment cultivators, waiting for the Cold Jade Snake King to achieve enlightenment.
"I'm afraid these foundation-building monks can't wait any longer."
Ye Linyuan's mind was floating, and suddenly he felt a strong chill emerging in the distant void.
He immediately raised his head and looked into the distance, and suddenly found a gorgeous blue and white lotus blooming above the core avenue.
A brilliant light of light blue illuminated the surrounding area for hundreds of miles, and the entire core island was covered with a layer of silver frost.
A dark cloud covered the vast sky and earth, and then heavy snow fell.
And in the center of the magnificent lotus, a huge white snake shaped like a dragon was coiled, with wisps of faint Taoist aura flying around its body.
"That Frost Jade Snake King has already begun to transform into the Dao."
Ye Linyuan whispered in his mind, a hint of emotion appearing in his eyes.
While we are alive, our lifespan will eventually come to an end. Even if you have achieved the status of a Golden Elixir or a Nascent Soul, as long as you cannot ascend to become an immortal, there will come a day when your lifespan will come to an end.
For cultivators who have reached the foundation building stage and above, their cultivation and fortune come from the heaven and earth. When they are dying, they can choose to transform themselves into the Tao, allowing themselves to completely transform into the purest Tao essence and origin and return to the heaven and earth.
Legend has it that after returning the Tao to heaven, the cultivator's soul will be favored by heaven. Not only will he or she be given the opportunity to enter reincarnation, but he or she will also be blessed by fate in the next life, and the possibility of having the qualifications to practice will be greatly increased.
Moreover, it is said that the higher the cultivation level of a person, the more luck he will get after becoming a Taoist, and the stronger his qualifications and foundation will be in the next life.
It is also because of this that most of the cultivators above the foundation building stage in the world will choose to become Taoists when they are dying.
The same was true for the Cold Jade Snake King. When his life was almost over, he returned to heaven, just to seek a chance to achieve enlightenment in the next life.
This is a meritorious deed to the heaven and earth, and it is also a rare opportunity for cultivation for the countless low-level monsters in the Hanchi Islands.
At this time, magnificent light rain was flying all over the sky, and wisps of faint light rain were dissipating above the sky, making all living creatures within hundreds of miles feel a sense of vitality.
On the other side, a trace of death emerged from the body of the Cold Jade Snake King, which was in sharp contrast to the vitality, and it seemed that it was on the verge of complete dismemberment.
"Don't let him become a Taoist."
Suddenly, a light sighing sound came between heaven and earth.
Three monks with extraordinary bearings came through the air. The leader attacked the Frost Jade Snake King while looking up into the sky and calling out, "The Frost Jade Snake King is full of treasures. If we return them to heaven like this, wouldn't that be a waste of heaven's gifts?"
"Friend Meng is right."
As he was speaking, four more foundation-building cultivators broke through the air and immediately attacked the Cold Jade Snake King.
At the same time, the great foundation-building monsters of the Cold Jade Snake Clan also came to attack and a fierce battle broke out with the seven foundation-building monks.
Ye Linyuan only took a glance and immediately recognized the identities of these seven foundation-building cultivators.
Among these seven people, the first three who rushed out were foundation-building cultivators from the Meng family. This lineage was a very prestigious foundation-building immortal clan under the Tianxing Sea.
It is said that the Meng family has five great foundation-building ancestors, and the three people in front of them are the three strongest ancestors among them, two at the peak of the early foundation-building stage, and the strongest patriarch of the Meng family who is in the middle stage of the foundation-building stage.
The other four were also foundation-building cultivators from the Tianxing Sea area, and only one of them was in the middle stage of foundation-building.
"Only seven of them came out. I'm afraid that's far from enough."
Ye Linyuan's eyes moved slightly, and then he looked up at the sky.
As expected, as soon as the seven foundation-building masters fought against the Cold Jade Snake Clan, they immediately fell into an absolute disadvantage.
The Meng clan ancestor sensed something was wrong and immediately looked into the distance and shouted, "Daoist friends hiding in the dark, if you don't take action, the Frost Jade Snake King will completely become a Daoist."
"Why are you so anxious, sir?"
As soon as he finished speaking, seven or eight figures flew out of the darkness. Ye Linyuan only took a glance and found that these were all foundation-building monsters, and several of them looked familiar, they were from the Black Kui Islands.
"Hei Kui, I didn't expect you would attack us too?"
At this moment, among the group of cold jade monster snakes, a leader in the middle stage of foundation building spoke, staring intently at the Black Kui monster.
In response, the Black Kui demon sneered, and then said: "You, the descendants of the Han Chi, are nothing more than dogs that have lost their homes. When the Han Chi demon king died, you should have ceased to exist."
"My Black Dragon Clan took you in with good intentions, but you have always refused to join us. Now you are still stubborn and unyielding. You should be killed without a burial place."
At this point, the Black Kui demon said, "I will give you one last chance. As long as you join my Black Dragon lineage and become a subordinate demon of ours, I will protect you."
"Insanity."
The cold jade snake roared, and said in anger: "We are both of the true dragon bloodline, how can our cold dragon lineage submit to you!"
As soon as the words fell, the cold jade snake became furious and attacked fiercely towards the Hei Kui monster.
After hearing this, Ye Linyuan roughly understood the relationship between the two parties.
Legend has it that in the Cangling Sea, there is a real pure-blooded dragon, which is a true spirit of heaven and earth that evolved step by step from a purple-scaled snake.
Dragons are inherently lustful, and no one knows how many bloodlines that real dragon has left behind in the entire Cangling Sea.
The Cold Chi Demon King and the Black Jiao Demon King should both be descendants of the true dragon, but because their cultivation was too low to attract the attention of the true dragon, they were left in the vast Cang Ling Sea.
In the entire Cangling Sea, there are probably at least eight hundred such true dragon bloodlines. After all, there are so many bloodlines left behind by true dragons that it is very likely that the bloodline of any snake demon may be derived from that true dragon.
The Cold Jade Demon Snakes are the descendants of the Cold Chi Demon King. Their inner pride makes them unwilling to submit to the Black Dragon Demon King, thus causing the Black Dragon Demon King's dissatisfaction, and he no longer protects their opportunity to become a god.
He was too lazy to take action himself, so he took this opportunity to either make the Cold Jade Demon Snake clan surrender or completely destroy this lineage.
"boom--"
Just as Ye Linyuan was deep in thought, the battle between the two sides above the sky became increasingly fierce.
Fifteen powerful foundation-building warriors from the human and demon races fought with the Hanyu Snake clan, and an extremely fierce struggle broke out.
Both sides are extremely powerful, but overall, the humans and demons are three times stronger. When they joined forces, they have clearly suppressed the Cold Jade Demon Snake.
They forced the Hanyu demon clan to fight and retreat, and killed their way to the Hanyu snake king who was in the process of transforming.
But just when the Cold Jade Snake King was about to be killed, a sudden change occurred on the battlefield.
Suddenly, the Cold Jade Snake King, which was in the process of transformation, suddenly coiled up and swallowed a crimson blood pill into its stomach. Then it burst out with a violent aura that shook the heavens and the earth.
"No, it's the Three Day Death Pill."
In an instant, the face of the Meng ancestor changed drastically, and he immediately called on all the Meng clan members to withdraw, but it was too late.
But the Cold Jade Snake King swallowed the scattered Dao essence into his stomach in one gulp, and then turned into a white stream of light that pierced through the sky and passed through the battlefield in an instant.
After just one encounter, a foundation-building cultivator from the Meng family was swallowed up on the spot.
Then it flew through the sky and passed through the group of monsters. These monsters were too close to the Cold Jade Snake King and had no power to resist at all. Two monsters in the early stage of foundation building died one after another, and were split in half in a flash.
"Go back!"
It was not until this moment that the faces of the foundation-building cultivators present changed drastically and they distanced themselves from each other.
They looked at the Cold Jade Demon Snake with great horror, and each of them showed a look of shock and anger.
The pupils of the Black Kui demon turned cold, and he could not help but speak in a very gloomy voice: "Three-Day Death Pill, did you transform into a Dao just to lure us into taking action?"
"If not, how can I lead you out?"
The Cold Jade Snake King sneered and then turned into lightning and attacked, killing a group of foundation-building warriors and making them retreat step by step.
At the same time, Ye Linyuan, who was hiding below, saw this scene, and a hint of understanding appeared in his eyes.
The so-called Three-Day Death Pill is actually a second-grade top-grade precious pill that can be used to fight to the death.
After taking this pill, the cultivator's cultivation and blood will be raised to the extreme, and then the combat power will be increased by 50%.
This Cold Jade Snake King was originally an eighth-level demon in the foundation-building stage. After taking the Three-Day Death Pill, his combat power increased again, reaching a level comparable to that of a great perfection in the foundation-building stage.
Such amazing strength is enough to easily kill those in the early stage of foundation building. The Cold Jade Snake King waits for them to suddenly approach before attacking. No wonder he can kill three people in the early stage of foundation building in one encounter.
Of course, as a life-threatening elixir, the side effects of the Three-Day Death Pill are also very terrifying. Legend has it that after taking the Three-Day Death Pill, the cultivator can only maintain his peak state for three days at most.
After three days, the person who took the pill will exhaust his last bit of blood and magic power, and will eventually die suddenly.
However, the life span of the Cold Jade Snake King was already coming to an end. Even if he did not take the three-day death pill today, he would have passed away within ten days or half a month.
It set up the trap itself, lured these enemies into action, and eliminated all future troubles for the Hanyu Snake Clan in one go, which was a very cost-effective deal.
In this battle, as long as it kills enough enemies, the hope of the Hanyu Snake Clan to defend the Hanchi Islands after its death will be greater.
Even if they cannot defend the Hanchi Islands, after these enemies suffer heavy losses, the Hanyu Snake Clan will be able to retain most of their strength and leave the Hanchi Islands safely.
"Use yourself as bait to plot against these enemies."
"This monster can come up with such a plan. He must be a very intelligent person."
Ye Linyuan's mind was floating, and then he continued to look at the battlefield in the sky.
At this time, the Hanyu Snake Clan, under the leadership of the Hanyu Snake King, reversed their downward trend and launched an extremely fierce counterattack against the enemy in front of them.
Although the foundation-building cultivators of both the human and demon races were strong, they were simply unable to resist the attack of the Cold Jade Snake King. They were killed and defeated in just a moment, and two more powerful foundation-building cultivators fell.
Seeing that things were going badly, Patriarch Meng couldn't help but shout, "Brothers, if you don't take action now, I'm afraid no one will be able to restrain the Frost Jade Snake King."
"Hmph, useless stuff."
In an instant, a ray of blood flew from the sky, and a black snake with red wings flew into the air, flapping its wings and colliding violently with the Cold Jade Snake King.
But after just one encounter, the double-winged black snake was suppressed and flew backwards.
At another moment, a green sword light came from the sky and attacked the Cold Jade Snake King together with the two-winged black snake.
The Cold Jade Snake King's strength increased dramatically after taking the Three-Day Death Pill. Even when facing the attacks of two powerful men, he still forced them to retreat.
It was only at this moment that the Cold Jade Snake King revealed a trace of solemnity. He looked at the double-winged black snake and the figure behind the green sword light, and said with a burning gaze: "Red Feather Black Snake, Taoist Qingchi."
"There is another person in secret, why don't you take action?"
"To kill you, there is no need to join forces with others."
A cold voice was heard from the sky, followed by a graceful woman in white walking towards them.
The Frost Jade Snake King froze for a moment, then said, "Xuanpo Sword Girl, we have no grudges against each other, and I am not the enemy of the Great Dao, so why do you want to kill me?"
When Ye Linyuan heard this, he immediately had a certain understanding of the three people who had taken action.
These three powerful men are all powerful cultivators in the late stage of foundation building, and they come from three powerful Jindan forces respectively.
Among the three, the red-feathered black snake is the direct descendant of the Black Flood Demon King. It is said that it was born from the combination of the Black Flood Demon King and the red flame bird in the golden elixir realm.
It inherited part of the bloodline of the Black Dragon Demon King and the flaming wings of the Red Flame Bird, and also possessed some of the magical powers of the dragon and the Red Flame Bird. Its strength is considered to be quite strong even in the late stage of foundation building.
Taoist Qingchi comes from the Luoxia Sect, a Jindan force. This lineage has only one Jindan cultivator, and its strength is slightly weaker than that of the Tianxing Sword Sect.
Ye Linyuan has roughly calculated over the years and believes that Luoxia Sect is most likely the force behind Xuanling Sanren.
Because he was the only Jindan cultivator in Luoxia Sect, and the golden elixir he forged was the legendary "Sunset Molten Gold".
This is consistent with the situation at the time. The Luoxia Sect was not as powerful as the Tianxing Sword Sect. They were worried that after the third Jindan cultivator appeared in the Tianxing Sword Sect, the strength would completely crush their Luoxia Sect, so they secretly took action to prevent Minghuang Sword Master from becoming an immortal.
(End of this chapter)
