Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 271: Some progress, but not much
The blood-red shadow moved extremely fast, accompanied by sharp whistling sounds, scrambling to try to tear Wei Xi apart.

It was as cold as a cancer attached to the bone, gnawing at Wei Xi's marrow and nailing him to the spot.

Life and death were at stake, and Wei Xi spent most of the spiritual power in his Qi Palace, thus breaking free from the control of Yin Qi and gaining the ability to move around.

“People in this world are in a hurry and confused, and they don’t know how to respect life and fear death. They often regret their actions only when death is imminent…” The Huiyang Immortal Master, who looked like a young child, spoke eloquently, spewing out a string of fallacies and heresies, which made Wei Xi’s head ache.

Yet, she still had to save her life from the phantoms. Wei Xi could clearly see that these dark red phantoms were carrying a large amount of Yin Qi, which was so dense that it was visible to the naked eye, and one could even make out the human form.

Wei Xi had a bad guess in his mind: Could it be that these Yin Qi were extracted from the bodies of dead people?
Although Wei Xi was well-versed in digging up corpses, dismantling corpses, and destroying evidence, she absolutely did not want to touch this obviously wrong evil spirit.

Some of these shadowy figures swooped down on their prey, extending their sharp, wispy claws and stabbing them fiercely; others opened their bloody mouths and stuffed everything in their path, dead or alive, into their mouths, then fell from their limbs, as if mocking their ignorance...

If Wei Xi had not had rich experience in fighting in her childhood, these fast-moving shadows might have chewed her into pieces long ago, and then let the evil spirits leak out all over the ground along her jaws made of Yin Qi.

Even so, Wei Xi had to use her spiritual power to support her normal movements, which left her with little time.

As ghosts and wolves howled in the background, Wei Xi hid while trying to think of a solution. Unfortunately, she didn't study hard, so how could she have the necessary knowledge?

"There must be an antidote within three steps!" Wei Xi kept reminding herself. The mud defense puppet following behind her was penetrated by the phantom, and she turned her head to avoid the fatal blow.

Playing around with the phantom like this is not a good idea. The more desperate the situation becomes, the clearer Wei Xi's mind becomes.

It was impossible to use puppets to dispel the phantoms. These phantoms were staring at him, perhaps because of the spell cast by the pretending to be young demon, or because the puppets had no spiritual power. If he ran out now, the aisle would be narrow and it would be like digging his own grave. Jumping out the window... Where were the windows in this granary...

For a moment, several ideas flashed through Wei Xi's mind. She thought about her unrevenged revenge - she got angry when she thought about the fact that Coach Li and the emperor behind him had never been to jail. She also thought about Qin Feng's uncertain life and death outside. She quickly put aside all distracting thoughts and forced herself to think seriously.

Why didn't that skin-changing demon outside retreat? Was it to protect the so-called "Master Huiyang"?
But he and Qin Feng were just two foundation-building cultivators. How could they threaten the demon in the warehouse who could command phantoms?

Wei Xi was puzzled, but she vaguely felt that the solution to the problem lay within it.

Therefore, Wei Xi began to reason from the other end of the matter: the granary was the location that the skin-changing demon told him when he was posing as He Xiniang. If the [Water Basin] and the Soul-Calling Banner were done by her and Huiyang, why did he come here alone?

Casting a spell to spray out a large amount of water mist, Wei Xi slightly delayed the shadow chasing her and continued her reasoning.

"Could it be that the contents of the granary are dangerous? They're sure I'm young and don't know much about the layout inside, so they're pretending to lure us in to investigate, but in reality, they're luring us to explore the area. If we get killed inside, they've also eliminated the insider. Killing two birds with one stone, what a great tactic!"

Thinking of this, Wei Xi was secretly shocked: she didn't expect things here to be so complicated. If she made a wrong step, she would die.

Wei Xi's mind was in a state of disarray, but he finally understood everything: the arrangement in the granary was done by these two evil men, and for some reason something went wrong, so they had to evacuate.

The demon disguised as He Xiniang came across her and snooped around to get information. She pretended to be helpful and lured her in, but in reality, she had evil intentions and lured her in to explore the area, a sure-win business.

After having a rough guess about what happened, Wei Xi began to worry about how to solve the problem at hand.

"The skin-changing monster outside is not easy to deal with. His cultivation is quite high, but she is obstructing him at every turn and is only concerned about protecting this powerful monster..." "Could it be that this monster is injured? Or is this monster a living eye of the formation?"

Wei Xi had some guesses in his mind, so he paid attention to Huiyang's movements while dodging.

After several rounds of observation, Wei Xi discovered that apart from the appearance and brain of Master Huiyang, he had no obvious wounds. Apart from the surrounding yin energy, there was no other spiritual power overflowing.

Wei Xi suddenly discovered that Huiyang... ah, no, this little brat, hasn't he moved since he was chased by the phantom?

At this time, Wei Xi's Qi Palace had not much spiritual power left. She gritted her teeth and began to approach Huiyang intentionally or unintentionally.

Huiyang kept chattering, muttering some crazy words incoherently as if he was possessed. I don't know who he was trying to brainwash.

Anyway, Wei Xi didn't believe a word of it.

Seeing the enemy approaching, a trace of gloom flashed across Huiyang's face, but he could not move, so he could only pretend to be an old monk in meditation and ignore it.

Huiyang's expression gave Wei Xi the courage to try. Counting the amount of spiritual energy she was using, she decided to take a risk and test the feasibility of the method herself.

At this time, Wei Xi suddenly remembered his other big treasure.

Wei Xi reluctantly put the pretending dead [Pulling Thread] into the Qiankun bag, controlling the puppet that was proficient in self-destructing before death. Seeing the right moment, he threw the puppet at Huiyang's face and shouted, "Die!"

It doesn't matter what is said. What Wei Xi wants is the spirit, and it would be best if he can scare the other person to death.

Huiyang was genuinely frightened by the shout. Seeing the other party throw a puppet at him, he initially thought this unlearned young cultivator had gone mad, using the life-saving magical instrument left by the sect on herself. Huiyang ignored the taboo and leaned to the side, avoiding the wooden block that fell from the sky.

It can only be said that Huiyang still doesn't understand the Qingcheng Sect: with the financial resources of the Qingcheng Sect, life-saving magic weapons and the like are simply nonsense.

At this moment, Wei Xi shot a stream of spiritual power at the puppet, and he stood against the wall as if gambling his life, holding his breath, and standing there like a wooden chicken.

Dozens of phantoms rushed over at the same time, and the edge of the nail of the nearest one almost touched Wei Xi's eyelid.

The shadow stopped moving, and Wei Xi didn't even dare to blink.

With a bang, the puppet exploded, emitting a huge light. Huiyang, who was in the shape of a child, was lifted up by the explosion and almost hit the pillar. He subconsciously urged his spiritual power to make himself fall to the ground.

"Puff" Huiyang spat out a mouthful of blood. Because something went wrong with the soul flag, his Qi Palace suffered severe damage. Now he was forcibly activating his spiritual power, so spitting out blood was considered lucky for him.

But luck is sometimes conserved. Look, the shadow formed by the negative energy in the granary slowly turned its head towards him.

　Huiyang = Youlanjing, Huiyang is equivalent to his nickname
　　The demon who changed her skin was Tu Mi, but Wei Xi didn’t know her name now.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)