Chapter 30 Part 2

“This way.”

Xie Linlang raised an eyebrow and flung the Lotus Root Rope. Senior Ying’s Puppet probe took the stage again.

With Le Qingping’s guidance, they bypassed two areas with obvious remnant prohibitions, climbed over a massive mountain of abandoned building trash, and luckily found a courtyard that was clearly a Storage House.

The Storage House surprisingly held many remaining bottles and jars. Xie Linlang even found some high-grade spiritual pills he had refined under the name Linlang Dao Lord, special orders for auction houses.

Xie Linlang and Le Qingping split them evenly.

Though Xie Linlang could still refine them, his current cultivation was low and materials scarce, so recovering some past pills was good.

“There are also some high-grade feeds for nurturing Spirit Beasts here.”

Le Qingping said delightedly, “Nine Spirits Sect was famous for beast taming. Since its destruction, high-grade feeds on the market have been all show. Selling this batch could fetch quite a few Demonic Stones.”

Xie Linlang glanced over but said nothing.

Both had gained nicely, but Xie Linlang was still somewhat disappointed.

Because after stepping onto the platform and building cluster of the Inheritance Hall, he had found no more sword marks from Pei Ji.

For some reason, the Silent Night Demon Lord loved burning so much. Everywhere one looked were ashes from the Silent Night Demon Lord’s burn, burn, burn; no other traces could be found.

Xie Linlang couldn’t help grumbling inwardly.

The two pressed on and finally reached a depression: one side a roof stuck upright, the other a tilted building truss forming a “mountain” shape, before a pit.

“Huh?”

Le Qingping and Xie Linlang’s expressions changed simultaneously.

Because shallow marks lay before the pit—something had frequently entered and exited here!

They exchanged a glance, each took out pills to replenish Demonic Qi, prepared their Protective Artifacts, then slowly advanced.

Le Qingping stowed the Nine Evolutions Heavenly Star Disk, which reformed into the Embroidered Fan held in her hand.

Xie Linlang swept the Lotus Root Rope across the ground, revealing a pitch-black cave mouth hidden beneath the ruins.

A chill wind blew from the cave mouth, faintly carrying a fishy scent.

Xie Linlang said softly, “Perhaps it’s a Spirit Beast from Nine Spirits Sect that was halfway nurtured and not fully hatched.”

He reminded Le Qingping, “Those empty bottles we saw in the Storage House might have been eaten clean by demon beasts and left behind.”

Le Qingping worried, “What if there’s a demon beast above Nascent Soul…”

Xie Linlang was unconcerned. “Impossible. They can’t undergo heavenly tribulation reckoning here, so absolutely none exceed Golden Core.”

Le Qingping thought and agreed. Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment might delay heavenly tribulation with secret arts, but Golden Core had to face it no matter what.

After all, the true Dao began at Golden Core.

How could the stingy Heavenly Dao allow unvetted beings to tread the great path?

And as long as it was Foundation Establishment, Le Qingping, also at Foundation Establishment, was confident she could handle it.

“Then shall we go?”

Xie Linlang manipulated Senior Ying’s Puppet to probe ahead as before, then Le Qingping took the lead, followed by Xie Linlang. The two and the puppet filed into the pitch-black pit.

The ground was initially uneven, but soon steps appeared, and the ceiling height abruptly rose, truly entering the underground palace complex.

Contrary to expectations, they thought the underground palaces would hold diverse Spirit Beasts, but upon entry, the palaces were eerily quiet and empty, with nothing there.

Until they reached a massive door, ajar with a gap, did they understand why.

Behind the door coiled a gigantic Spirit Snake.

The Spirit Snake was pitch-black throughout, gray fluorescence flowing over its scales. Its body coiled into a huge mass, making its full length unclear.

Xie Linlang and Le Qingping seemed to know where the other Spirit Beasts in the underground palaces had gone—they had likely become meals in this black snake’s belly.

Le Qingping gestured: kill or not?

Xie Linlang nodded. They were here, it was Nine Spirits Sect’s Spirit Beast, and a snake—of course they had to kill it!

Le Qingping nodded. The next second, Xie Linlang pinched a Magic Formula, turning the Lotus Root Rope into a massive net that silently pounced to the ground.

At the same time, Le Qingping flung the Embroidered Fan, smashing heavily down on the sleeping snake head.

Boom—

With Le Qingping’s attack succeeding, the Spirit Snake writhed in pain, its massive roar rising to the heavens and echoing deep in the underground palace.

But immediately after, Xie Linlang and Le Qingping’s faces changed.

Because besides the snake head Le Qingping struck, another snake head reared up from the seven-inch spot on the snake’s side!!

This snake head was slightly smaller than the main one. Looking closely, it was not as ferocious and terrifying as the main head but rather had an immortal, scholarly air, with clear brows and bright eyes?

“What junior dares sneak attack this old man?!”

Le Qingping sucked in a cold breath.

Heavens, demon beasts needed at least Golden Core to refine True Spirit Bone and speak human words. Had this Spirit Snake already reached Golden Core? What about heavenly tribulation? How did it transcend here?

Xie Linlang, however, was struck like lightning, his body swaying unsteadily.

He recognized it—he remembered this voice; he had heard it!!

This was the voice of the Nine Spirits Sect Master!!

Back when he investigated Pei Ji’s disappearance here, this fellow had righteously scolded him for meddling and threatened to demand an explanation from Jiuxia Mountain over Xie Linlang’s slander.

Xie Linlang thought of the sword marks from Pei Ji he had seen on the rock walls earlier, and rage boiled within him.

But at the peak of fury, he instead calmed completely.

He stepped forward abruptly and said agitatedly, “Heavens, this junior is so fortunate to meet the Nine Spirits Sect Master?!”

Xie Linlang closed his eyes, tears actually falling.

“Sect Master, outer sect menial disciple Pang Sanxian has finally found you!”

Le Qingping slowly turned to Xie Linlang in disbelief.

Who would have thought this Reincarnation Recultivation beauty senior sister’s waist was even softer than hers!? She lost!!

She immediately choked up. “Junior Hong Kui pays respects to senior. We’ve finally found you!”