Chapter 29: Seizing Medicine

  A "Cloud Piled Flower Exploded" thundered on his left chest, Nie Kong felt his soul slowly floating out of the top of his head, and then he stared wide-eyed as his muscles burst, blood splattered, and his heart turned into a pile of fragments...

  This scene is like being captured with a high-definition digital camera, slowed down hundreds of times and clearly displayed in front of Nie Kong's soul.

  Along with this scene, there was also that heart-wrenching pain. At this moment, Nie Kong even felt as if countless dull knives were sawing through his skin and flesh, and thousands of ants were biting at his soul, wishing he could faint immediately.

  However, the soul cannot be knocked unconscious. Now, Nie Kong finally understood why those boys' faces were so twisted and ferocious when they died.

  The body finally fell powerless, and after a dozen seconds, it slowly dissolved into thin air, taking with it that inhuman torture.

  "Finally free!"

  That brief moment, to Nie Kong, was like a thousand years had passed. Watching his physical body completely dissipate, a sigh of relief escaped from Nie Kong's soul. With the dissipation of his physical body, his soul could immediately return to his outer flesh and no longer suffer in this ghostly place!

  "Huh?"

  The next moment, Nie Kong, who was waiting to return to his physical body, suddenly felt astonished. He discovered that the white jade stone wall actually emitted a strange suction force.

  In his spiritual state, Nie Kong easily sensed the strangeness of that white jade stone wall.

  It was like human skin, with a smooth surface that actually had countless tiny pores. After the suction force appeared, Nie Kong saw his soul being divided into strands of weak fine silk, which were sucked into the interior of the white jade stone wall through each small pore.

  What's going on? I used to absorb it, now it absorbs me? Nie Kong was shocked for a moment. If he didn't leave before the seven-day deadline ended, his soul would fall asleep forever, and his physical body in the outside world wouldn't be able to wake up again?

  This thought emerged, Nie Kong struggled with all his might, wanting to break free from the shackles of that suction force. Unfortunately, compared to that suction force, Nie Kong's strength was too weak and small, no matter how hard he tried, his soul still slid along the small holes in the white jade stone wall.

  This struggling process seems long, but it's just a fleeting moment.

  "Boom!"

  Suddenly, Nie Kong heard a fierce shockwave, and immediately afterwards, the white jade stone walls around him suddenly disappeared. His soul was sucked into a blood-red vortex. With a whoosh, his soul spiralled downwards into the increasingly narrow bottom of the vortex, and a strong sense of dizziness washed over him.

  Dazed and confused, Nie Kong didn't know how much time had passed. He only felt his soul lighten, and then, strangely, he had a feeling of being grounded, and his consciousness also recovered its clarity.

  He looked at himself, Nie Kong was stunned, and he was no longer a pure soul. The soul was wrapped in a body wearing pants! Not only was the spiritual power in his body full, but all parts of his body were intact and undamaged. The scars left by the battle with the spirit beast had disappeared without a trace.

  Nie Kong moved his limbs, sensing the various parts of this body, and suddenly had a strange and eerie feeling that was neither true nor false, just like when he entered the Life and Death Domain. Nie Kong's heart was bewildered, wondering whether he was still in the domain or had already come out.

  For a moment, Nie Kong gazed around, only to see the distant mountains stretching far and wide, the nearby waves crashing against the sky, but high above was a vast expanse of blood red, so much so that the entire sky was filled with a faint bloody hue. With just one glance, an extremely oppressive aura enveloped his entire body, making Nie Kong feel like he couldn't breathe.

  The discomfort gradually disappears as the vital energy is mobilized to run quickly through the meridians.

  "This is..."

  His gaze shifted to behind, a steep cliff stood tall in front of him, Nie Kong saw the arched blood-red color at the bottom of the cliff wall, his face changed, except for the different colors, this piece of jade pendant was exactly the same size and shape as the white jade stone wall that sucked out his soul.

  Could it be that the white jade wall and this crimson jade pendant are connected?

  As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Nie Kong smelled a familiar medicinal fragrance. He sniffed and looked down at the bottom of the Jade Plate, from the cliff to tens of meters away to the lake, all were smooth and grassless, except for a plant about one foot high with blood-red color under the Jade Plate.

  This plant looks quite strange.

  The thick and thin stem rises in a spiral shape, with the circle getting smaller as it goes up. The end of the stem is topped with a single leaf, about the size of a face basin, with clear veins on its surface, like blood vessels.

  Nie Kong was certain that the fragrance of the medicine was emitted by it, and the excited cries of the little guy in the Jade Pool could also prove this point. Just the fragrance of the medicine alone could make him reach the first rank of Tongling, and let Xiang Xiang advance to the second rank, if it were the whole herb...

  "It's truly effortless and trouble-free!"

  Nie Kong took a step forward, then crouched down and began to dig at the edge of the herb with both hands filled with spiritual power. Large amounts of sand and soil were dug out, and the root of the herb gradually revealed its appearance. The part that was buried in the ground looked like a small snake curled up.

  The snake's head, neck and body... even the surface of the medicinal herb roots are densely and neatly arranged with crimson scaly protrusions.

  The source of the fragrance is this snake-shaped root.

  Sniffing the thick fragrance, Nie Kong couldn't help but get excited, his hands digging faster and faster, soon only leaving behind the increasingly pointed snake tail part.

  "Whoosh!"

  Tens of meters away from the lake's edge, a large expanse of water suddenly surged up, and a flat, huge head burst out of the waves, rushing straight into the air ten meters high. Below that head was a cylindrical body as thick as a water bucket, its surface glinting with a faint, cold light.

  As soon as it emerged from the water, its lantern-like eyes looked towards the bottom of the cliff.

  "Hiss!"

  Seeing Nie Kong digging medicinal herbs with all his might, it stared blankly for a moment before its mouth opened wide and let out a low, angry screech.

  Nie Kong heard the noise and subconsciously turned his head back.

  "What a big snake!"

  The two substantial, blood-red gazes of the giant snake seemed to contain a power that could penetrate people's hearts. Nie Kong couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. In an instant, he saw the giant snake spew out scarlet threads, its tail slapping against the lake and creating massive waves. Its long, sleek body suddenly shot towards him like a projectile.

  Tens of meters away, Nie Kong felt an inexplicable pressure, his face suddenly changing color, and he couldn't help but grab the roots of the herb and pull it out, putting it into his pet backpack. At the same time, his left fist slammed into his own heart.

  "Clouds Piled Up, Flowers Exploded!"

  All the spiritual power in the cave, nearly overlapping two explosions, the moment the fist landed on the solid ground, blood and flesh exploded, and a bloody big hole appeared on his chest. At this moment, Nie Kong felt that his soul was escaping at a speed much faster than before...

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