Chapter Eighty-Seven: The Bond of Sworn Brothers

  The Gale is a condensed gas above the nine heavens, generally stored in the ground or on the surface. The combination of Gale and Evil can refine powerful equipment. Some cultivators also use it for cultivation.

  But this way is really dangerous and few people do it.

  An ordinary Qi cultivator, when evil energy enters the body, will have to grind down their spiritual realm, damaging their true yuan. Whether it's the yin spirit or the yang spirit, both will be injured. And the evil energy of the heavenly wind is even more a rare and unusual thing in the world, naturally combining the characteristics of heavenly and earthly evil, similar to that of the heavenly evil, all are terrifying existences.

  "Big Sister, is it very troublesome with this evil energy and gale?"

  Zi Hong was uncomfortable in Bai Qi's arms, but still explained: "No trouble, you have the Inverse Scale Spear with you, absorbing it is also good, only the Inverse Scale Spear makes too much noise, we're waiting here and wasting time."

  Two people couldn't see each other, and Bai Qi also didn't notice Zi Hong's expression.

  She had just trembled with her body, because Bai Qi suddenly hugged her. For decades of cultivation, there has never been a man so close to her body. It's just that Bai Qi didn't have any other thoughts, he was afraid she would get hurt, and Zi Hong didn't blame him, nor did he explain himself.

  Bai Qi's nature was lazy, and he didn't bother to use his mind on people close to him, so he didn't notice Zi Hong's abnormality. He said softly: "I'll try using the Youling calabaza."

  "Good." Zi Hong and Bai Qi both sealed their breath, when speaking, there was no airflow coming out of their mouths and noses, completely using the fetal breathing method. Their entire body did not leak a single bit of yuanqi. Otherwise, Zi Hong would have been even more embarrassed.

  Bai Qi immediately took out the demon spirit gourd, and the demon spirit gourd rushed into the killing aura storm, starting to quickly absorb the killing aura. However, Bai Qi did not use the reverse scale spear, so the demon spirit gourd's speed of absorbing the killing aura was thousands of times slower. But this mountain cave was narrow, and the number of killing aura storms was not large either. With the demon spirit gourd absorbing the killing aura in the middle, the power of the killing aura storm suddenly decreased a lot.

  Bai Qi finally let go of Zi Hong and said, "Do you want to wait a little longer?"

  Zi Hong nodded, if that fierce gust of wind had blown onto her body just now, she was afraid that half of her would have melted away.

  In the cave, the evil wind blew for a long time and suddenly became strong, making a low humming sound for the first time. The previous evil winds were all quiet and incomprehensible. Now Bai Qi hoped that there would be more incomprehensible things, and after the evil wind made a sound, it became several times stronger.

  Bai Qi finally understood why there was no growth around Mount Fuzi, the evil spirits that condensed into a miasma would make it difficult for any living thing to survive if they were released outside.

  The ancient demonic path, which can utilize the earthly evil spirit veins to cultivate, is unaffected by the yin spirits and is considered unique. Unfortunately, the demonic path consumes much more than a normal qigong practitioner, and for a demonic cultivator to become an immortal, it would require nearly ten times the consumption of ordinary cultivation methods. This led to the downfall of the demonic path.

  In the gourd of the demon spirit, the speed at which the green thunderbolt surrounding the General Sealing God Platform transforms into evil energy is far inferior to that of the Inverse Scale Spear. However, the ghost god Jīng Kuáng is also helping to digest these evil energies. His digestion method is simple, just opening his big mouth and directly swallowing the evil energy into his belly to digest it away.

  The demon god was originally formed in the midst of evil spirits, and the evil energy had no harm to him. It's just that the type of evil energy is different, and his digestion speed is also different. This evil energy gale blew for six hours, each time stronger than the last.

  The last gust of wind was already pitch black, and Bai Qi had to rewrap Zi Hong in the Qing Emperor's robe before they could escape.

  "Sister, it seems that the approaching land evil spirit's dark pulse is not very realistic. Let's move down another two miles to cultivate, and then Luo Fu's cultivators won't be able to feel it." Bai Qi didn't know how terrifying the source of this evil energy was, so he could only make such an inference. Three miles away from the ground, a cultivator in the Hua Shen stage would definitely not be able to detect the changes below.

  "All right, let's hurry." The gust of wind stopped, and Zi Hong finally left Bai Qi's arms. The two people rushed deep into the underground, this cave has many branches, but the source of the gust is clear, and Bai Qi is not afraid of getting lost.

  The terrain was undulating, and after walking for over ten miles, Bai Qi felt that he had exceeded three miles above the ground. Here, he and Zi Hong displayed their Taoist skills, so they were not afraid of being discovered by Luo Fu's refining Qi practitioners. Even if they encountered danger, it would be fine to fight intensely.

  It's just that this place is very narrow and the path is straight, if there is a fierce wind blowing by, it would be difficult for Bai Qi to defend against it directly. Although the Qing Emperor's robe is a top-notch Taoist instrument, it still has its shortcomings, and Bai Qi's Qing Lei True Solution has only cultivated eight chapters, so it is impossible to exert the full power of the Qing Emperor's robe.

  Moreover, Qingdi's clothes are immortal artifacts themselves, but after being damaged, they fell to the realm of Taoist instruments. In terms of use, there will always be some trouble.

  He walked more than half a mile forward, and Bai Qi finally saw a turning point. However, the space ahead suddenly became much larger, with a width of tens of meters, and the height of the cave top exceeded four meters. As he entered it, Bai Qi caught sight of a deep well on the ground.

  This is not a naturally formed cave, but someone has built a well with jade stones. The mouth of the well is octagonal in shape and has a diameter of about six feet. The jade stone foundation of the well has already turned pure black, as a result of years of absorbing evil energy, and the concentration of evil energy contained within the jade stone is astonishing. Bai Qi estimated that even if it were someone like Wang Wei or Light Dust, a cultivator of the same level, who touched it, they would still be injured.

  "It seems to be something set up by that powerful demon from back then, Master Brother, below might just be a part of the Earthly Yin Convergence." Zi Hong's insight was greater than Bai Qi's, and he had already figured out that this octagonal well mouth was part of an array.

  Bai Qi said: "Master sister, if we absorb the earth's killing yin veins, Luo Fu's refining qi masters will immediately know. Let's cultivate slowly here."

  Zi Hong could only nod in agreement. Since they were too close to Luo Fu, it would be better for the two of them to first improve their cultivation and gain enough speed before attempting to extract the Di Sha Yin Mai. That way, if they accidentally provoked someone from Luo Fu, they could make a quick escape.

  However, this spacious cave is not suitable for habitation. When the evil air and fierce winds blow out, this place becomes the most dangerous spot, where one can lose their life in an instant.

  Even without the ominous wind, the intense aura here was almost unbearable for Zi Hong.

  However, Bai Qi had already made up his mind. As long as the gale did not blow directly on him, he would be fine. He brought Zi Hong to the outside and found a fork in the road, where he let Zi Hong use the Qing Si sword to cut out a stone house against the direction of the gale.

  After the stone house was cut out, two people drilled in and blocked the entrance, leaving only a small opening that could barely allow people to enter and exit. Bai Qi put the demon gourd on top of it, and then took out the inverted scale gun.

  The Inverse Scale Spear was inserted into the ground by him, and as soon as it was pulled out, it began to frantically absorb the killing aura in the cave. However, at this time, the killing aura was not as potent as before, so the Inverse Scale Spear could only condense a thin Cyan Lightning Seal.

  Bai Qi was helpless, he could only wait for the evil wind to return. The stone room was only a few meters in size, Bai Qi handed over all his remaining Ziyang Lian Shen Dan to Zi Hong and said: "I have the Inverse Scale Spear, I'm not worried about my vitality. Once I get that..."

  Bai Qi suddenly remembered that he had obtained eighteen Luohan lotus seeds and the golden body of the toothless monk.

  He patted his forehead heavily and laughed: "That old monk was still okay, unfortunately he escaped without saying thank you to him."

  Bai Qi took out the golden body of Wu Chi Shen Seng and placed it at the entrance of the stone room. Suddenly, the evil spirit was expelled from the room. This Bodhisattva's golden body was indeed able to resist the evil spirit.

  Zi Hong finally relaxed, she didn't want to be hugged by Bai Qi for six hours every day.

  With the golden body protecting them, both people relaxed a lot. They also wanted to confirm whether the evil spirit whirlwind would blow for six hours in one day, so they didn't rush to cultivate and instead chatted idly. Because even with the Bodhisattva's golden body, the evil spirit whirlwind was enough to kill the two people in the stone room.

  Bai Qi took the opportunity to hastily review some common knowledge of Qi refining masters. Zi Hong spoke very quickly, only mentioning the key points, and by the end, even he felt a bit bored.

  Bai Qi also realized it, if he let him continue talking about things that were no longer fresh for several hours, he would be the same.

  "Hey, Shifu, tell me more about Big Brother again."

  As soon as she mentioned her senior brother, Zi Hong's excitement grew. She said to Bai Qi: "Senior brother is a very handsome man. No, he's a demon. When I first arrived at Yun Meng Sect, I was just a little kid, only six years old. Senior brother would play with me every day, using his magical skills to create illusions. That's how I fell in love with cultivating and started working hard on my own."

  "Handsome?" Bai Qi felt somewhat amused. Cultivators were always divided by their realm, but here with Zi Hong, it was by appearance.

  "Hey, junior brother, don't laugh at me. I do like senior brother, but senior brother is a demon, and we're from different worlds, so the effect is greatly reduced. As cultivators, we still strive for immortality. This little infatuation really isn't worth much. Otherwise, one day he'll die, or I'll die, leaving one person behind to miss the other for tens of thousands of years - that's just not worth it." By this point, a hint of sadness had crept into Zi Hong's eyes.

  "Hah, Shifu Jie, I'm also a demon, don't know if I count as handsome?" Bai Qi said this to make Zi Hong happy, his master had taken care of him all along, with deep affection.

  "It doesn't count, you and Big Brother Master compared to each other, lack a bit of masculine energy." Zi Hong's answer made Bai Qi feel depressed. What is meant by lacking a bit of masculine energy, am I supposed to be like a woman?

  But Bai Qi said: "Sister Shifu is right, I grew up in a pile of women since childhood."

  Zi Hong laughed and said to Bai Qi: "You have a broad mind, I'm saying this to you..."

  Bai Qi was slightly distracted, and Zi Hong stopped talking. She saw a hint of sadness in Bai Qi's eyes, but didn't know what he was thinking about.

  Bai Qi saw that Zi Hong didn't say anything, and said: "It's nothing, I just thought of a friend who grew up with me since childhood, was taken in as an apprentice by the Kunlun Sect. If we offend Luo Fu, let's go to her for help."

  "Is it a girl?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Don't do it then, you'll be looked down on."

  "Aren't you also always protecting me?"

  "I'm your senior sister, and since our master and eldest brother are not around, it's only right that I take care of you. The teachings of our sect must be passed down. To speak in a worldly manner, if one day I were to be killed and reincarnated, the people I could trust to help me cleanse the impurities from my soul would be the few of you."