Chapter 1: When the father suffers humiliation, the son will surely avenge him

  "Roar!"

  The broken road was originally the core of the Three Absolute Slaughter Array, and outsiders who entered this place would be killed by the restrictive spell in an instant, even if they were Golden Elixir cultivators.

  However, at this moment, a bony and gaunt figure with red and green lights flashing in his eyes was moving forward swiftly and smoothly.

  "Hehe, little guy, why are you in such a hurry to move forward? Why not stay and chat with your sister instead?" The mysterious woman's figure emerged from the ripples of water, smiling as she blocked his path.

  "Roar!"

  This person was the very same vengeful spirit who had been possessed by an unknown entity, yet when this monster gazed at the woman, its eyes revealed a hint of fear, and its stiff face even showed a few signs of panic.

  But suddenly, he seemed to sense something and let out a furious roar, a residual shadow flashing by as he rushed towards the woman at incredible speed.

  "Haha, having had two souls and six spirits erased, you've indeed become extremely foolish. If I weren't trying to stall for a moment to activate the seal, I wouldn't be speaking with an existence as lowly as yours. Haha, the things your master left behind will now be used on you instead; enjoy it while it lasts." The woman's expression instantly returned to its icy, emotionless state, and she gave a cold glance at the spirit corpse still trapped in the seal before her figure gradually disappeared from view.

  "Roar!"

  "Rumble!"

  Inside the shortcut, all that was left was the angry roar of the Ling corpse and the powerful momentum after the ban was activated.

  "Twelve-leafed Purple Heart Grass, Ten-thousand-year-old Ten-leafed Misty Water Treasure Lotus!" Xiao Chen's pupils contracted for a moment, and his face revealed an expression of wild joy.

  Carefully approaching this small medicine field of several tens of feet in diameter, even with Xiao Chen's temperament, he couldn't help but feel slightly distracted.

  Purple Heart Grass, a relatively rare spiritual medicine in the Cultivation Realm. It takes a thousand years to grow one leaf, and three leaves or less have mediocre effects, not even comparable to other medicines that take hundreds of years to mature. However, after surpassing ten thousand years, its effect changes greatly, becoming a treasure among all herbs and woods. For cultivators, no matter how severe the injury, as long as their soul has not entered reincarnation, it can revive them from death.

  Misty Water Lotus, one of the wonders of heaven and earth. Half of the time it is in a solid lotus flower shape, and half of the time it is in a misty water vapor state. The Misty Water Lotus grows one leaf every 2,000 years, ten leaves are called the Misty Water Treasure Lotus, and growing another leaf takes 5,000 years, until twelve leaves are called the Twelve Lotus Platform. It has the effect of washing the spirit and improving the physical quality to enhance the spiritual root attribute! In other words, even if it is a person with poor heavenly talent and spiritual roots, if they can completely ingest this Treasure Lotus, they will definitely become a person with excellent talent that appears only once in a thousand years.

  Xiao Chen's eyes flashed with a hint of disappointment. If he had any spiritual roots, no matter how poor they were, he might have been able to make tremendous progress under Bao Lian's guidance, and reaching the foundation stage would be a mere formality.

  Shaking his head, Xiao Chen put aside this thought for the time being. He licked the corner of his mouth and encountered such a treasure, naturally he couldn't miss it.

  The little god's divine consciousness carefully swept over the spiritual shield outside the medicine field, and Xiao Chen's face showed a few points of relaxation. Presumably that mysterious woman was quite confident in this place, and this shield was only to prevent the spread of medicinal power and condense the heavenly and earthly spiritual powers, but it didn't have any attacking ability at all.

  Even so, Xiao Chen still carefully stretched out his hand and pressed it on the shield, a thread of spiritual power slightly emerging from his palm.

  Bang!

  The spiritual energy shield shattered, and the two thousand-year-old spiritual herbs were unscathed. The intense fragrance of the medicine wafted over, and with just one breath, Xiao Chen felt his entire body instantly restored to its peak state. It was indeed a treasure among the thousand-year-old grasses and trees!

  Carefully taking out two jade boxes from the storage bag, Shao Xing performed a spell to store the two spiritual herbs and pasted seven or eight talismans on them to prevent the medicine's power from leaking out. Only then did Xiao Chen's face reveal a few hints of satisfaction, and he continued to move forward step by step.

  "How detestable! What kind of treasure does this little brat have on him to be able to escape from my seal?! You've taken my treasure, young brother. It seems that the accounts between us two are becoming increasingly unclear." In the jade plate, the mysterious woman suddenly opened her eyes, and a cold glint flashed within them.

  "Jin Hua, Daoist friend, hurry up and take action! This Ghost King is extremely formidable, I can barely hold on!" The slightly plump Daoist's face was deathly pale, with a faint trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were filled with shock and anger. At this moment, the color of the black gold Hu Lu protective gourd gradually faded away, and the dark mist surrounding the two of them had thinned out to an extremely thin layer, as if it would disappear at any moment.

  Outside the dark fog, three pale-faced and towering ghost kings were furious, with their ghost tribe's divine powers constantly striking the dark fog, making the slightly chubby Taoist priest's face look even more unsightly.

  The old woman's face was extremely solemn at this moment, her dry and wrinkled skin like a withered orange peel, surrounded by a ghostly mist. Black air swirled under her skin, spreading out in strange patterns. It seemed that this old woman was a practitioner of the ghost path, currently displaying a ghostly divine ability. The old woman's face gradually revealed a few hints of pain, and a pitch-black, ferocious ghost face slowly emerged on her forehead. This ghost face twisted and turned like a living thing, its mouth emitting low growls.

  "Condense!" The old woman's face was stern and she shouted, the ghostly face on her forehead instantly disappeared, and a ball of dark air in front of her continued to twist and turn, and after a moment, it actually formed into the shape of that ghostly face.

  The old woman's face was gloomy, and she fiercely bit her finger, sticking it into the ghost's mouth.

  The ghost face revealed a look of crazy joy and greed, opening its big mouth to bite the old woman's finger and sucking it fiercely. In an instant, the old woman's vital energy and spiritual power surged out like a dam breaking, and her breath weakened instantly. Three times in a row, the ghost face let out a few ear-piercing "ah" sounds, and only then did it slowly release its bite, seemingly reluctant to let go. However, at this moment, after absorbing a large amount of vital energy and spiritual power, a strong aura began to emanate from within, mixed with a hint of blood color.

  The old woman quickly withdrew her hand, patted it once and took out a medicinal pill emitting a pungent and irritating smell from her storage bag, swallowed it in one gulp. Instantly, her originally weak breath surged up again, and soon she recovered to her peak state. Her face even showed a few shades of unusual redness, apparently due to the huge side effects of some forbidden Dan medicine.

  "Go!" The old woman stretched out her hand and pointed forward, the ghost face let out a few more "heh heh" sounds of ghostly laughter, instantly piercing through the dark fog, directly charging towards those three Ghost Kings.

  A low growl, and the three ghost kings' faces showed a few points of fear, their bodies quickly dispersing, their eyes fixed on that blood-red, rolling ghost face, continuously howling without stopping.

  "Liu Daoyou, the Gui Wang-level ghost creature is already equivalent to you and me as cultivators of the same level. However, looking at these three Gui Wangs, although their strength is not weak, their spiritual intelligence seems to have been erased a long time ago, otherwise they would not have given me the opportunity to cast my secret technique." The old woman's face slightly cleared up, seemingly quite confident in her own divine abilities.

  The slightly chubby Taoist nodded slightly, first taking out several elixirs from his storage bag and swallowing them. Only then did he speak with a lingering fear: "Just now I clearly sensed at least seven ghost kings' auras, although I don't know what happened, only three appeared here, but this pass is finally passed. Golden Flower Taoist friend is indeed extraordinary, the power of the Ghost Path's divine ability is boundless, just this ghost face can drive away three great ghost kings."

  Later on, a hint of vigilance appeared in the Taoist's eyes.

  The old woman smiled wryly and shook her head, saying bitterly: "Liu Daoyou really thinks it's easy to use this divine ability. That ghost face was originally a heavily injured ghost king's soul that I accidentally subdued back then. Although I've refined it with secret methods, every time I use it, I need to absorb a large amount of vital energy and spiritual power. This divine ability can only be used once a month, otherwise I'll definitely suffer from backlash and be controlled by the ghost king's soul."

  Wei Bao Dao Ren heard this, although he didn't entirely believe it in his heart, but earlier the old woman had indeed displayed a ghostly face which made him feel spiritually weak and his cautious intention was slightly reduced.

  "Since Golden Lotus Taoist's divine power has already scared off three Ghost Kings, it would be best for us to quickly rush out of this cave."

  "What Liu Daoyou said is right!"

  The two of them exchanged a glance, and at the same time, they set up a smokescreen and advanced deep into the mountain cave. The three ghost kings roared in anger, but under the pursuit of the ghost face, they retreated again and again, watching helplessly as the two of them left.

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  Xiao Chen's face showed a cautious expression as he looked ahead at a small tree less than three feet tall, on which hung a fruit shaped like an infant, entirely green in color, emitting a faint, unusual fragrance.

  "Metamorphosis fruit!"

  Infant Transformation Fruit, a heavenly and earthly rare treasure. The fruit is shaped like an infant, entirely green in color. Ordinary people who eat it will not fear the Yellow Springs (hell), and their memories of three lifetimes will not disperse. Cultivators who eat it will have their spiritual awareness suddenly increase, equivalent to hundreds of years of bitter cultivation.

  Recalling the records of the ancient books about the transformation fruit on the first floor of the Dianji Pavilion, a few sparks of excitement appeared in Xiao Chen's eyes.

  However, this time he didn't rush over, but instead infused his spiritual energy into his eyes and looked towards the changing fruit tree. Sure enough, on the third branch, he discovered a tiny green snake that was the same color as the tree, with a slender body less than an inch long.

  Infant-changing snake, born from the same root as the infant-changing fruit tree. Its body is less than an inch long, thin as a flying needle, extremely venomous, and can kill with just one touch!

  Xiao Chen's eyes revealed a hint of solemnity. The treasure was indeed precious, but ultimately, one needed to be alive to enjoy it.

  Be careful to lay down the next layer of spiritual energy shield, Xiao Chen flipped his hand and took out a jade box from his storage bag, hesitated for a moment, and casually threw out a fireball, which landed tens of meters away from that mutated fruit tree.

  Suddenly, the seemingly sleeping infant's eyes snapped open, revealing a few hints of icy indifference in their needle-sized pupils. In an instant, they were firmly locked onto Xiao Chen several meters away.

  At the moment when he was locked by the infant transformation snake, Xiao Chen's heart suddenly rose with a strong sense of crisis, and cold sweat instantly appeared on his forehead. As the infant transformation snake's small body suddenly arched up, Xiao Chen only felt a flash of green light in front of him, and that infant transformation snake had directly flown to his face, instantly piercing through the spiritual power shield.

  Xiao Chen only felt a slight pain on his hand, as if he had been pricked by a needle. His face suddenly turned pale and his body stiffened, slowly falling to the ground. The snake that had transformed from the infant stood upright beside him, its icy pupils revealing a hint of mockery.

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