Immortals of the End Times

Chapter 54: The Bone Spirit Master Catches a Whale
Zhao Wuji was not surprised to hear the icy female voice suddenly appear beside him. He had already sensed the aura and recognized it as that of the Grandmaster of the Returning to Truth Realm whom he had previously detected.

"My lord, run! They're after the buried wine map you have!"

Just then, Kobayashi suddenly spoke up to remind him, his tone urgent.

Ye Wu, standing to the side, looked utterly hopeless.

It seemed that seeing Zhao Wuji gave them a glimmer of hope, but before they could escape, they plunged back into the abyss of despair.

With a whoosh, a dark figure burst through the door like a ghost, blocking the way. The wide black skirt fluttered in the wind like a raven spreading its wings, making the pale face look like the Black and White Impermanence.

Zhao Wuji glanced at the woman who entered, remaining calm. His hand, hidden behind his back, was already forming a hand seal for a qi-sealing technique. He said calmly.

How did they know I had the map to bury the wine?

"Yes, sir."

Ye Wu said with a pained expression, "They branded my buttocks with hot irons and asked me how I knew to come here to dig for wine. I told them that my father had been taking me here to dig for wine since I was a child."
He suddenly coughed violently, spitting out a bloody tooth. "They...they found out my dad had a picture and used pliers to pull out my fingernails, sir. I was wrong."

Xiao Lin, standing to the side, said with shame, "My lord, it's not Ye Wu's fault. It was I who wrote the letter to you. They knew I had written to you, and from that they guessed that the 'Buried Wine Map' was in your hands."

Zhao Wuji glanced at Ye Wu, whose body was covered in cuts and bruises, and shook his head, saying, "Forget it. The world is dangerous, and you shouldn't have been dragged into this."

"Heh heh heh, at a time like this, you still have the mind to feel sorry for your subordinates?"

At this moment, the woman at the door stared coldly at Zhao Wuji and smiled faintly.

Zhao Wuji calmly asked, "How did you find out I entered the mountain stronghold?"

The woman chuckled lightly, her expression mocking. "Do you really think the Wajin Gang didn't have any spies in Chishui Town?"

Zhao Wuji suddenly realized, "A wine shop waiter?"

The woman shook her head slightly, walked around with her hands behind her back, and said, "It's the wine shop owner. You're quite calm. You must have the strength of the Returning to Truth Realm, right? It's rare to be so young and handsome with such strength."

But you should know the formidable reputation of the White Bone Sect, for I am a member of the White Bone Sect.”

"I've finished asking my questions, shut up!"

Zhao Wuji suddenly interrupted the woman's words with a calm voice.

"What did you say?"

The woman was taken aback, frowning as she stared at Zhao Wuji. She had never encountered anyone who dared to interrupt her so rudely while she was speaking, not even a grandmaster of the same realm.

Her face fell, and she sneered with a murderous glint in her eyes, "After I capture you, I'll slowly torture you, you pretty boy, until you slowly hand over the burial goods."

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly felt a surge of chaotic energy within her body, causing a sharp pain in her dantian.

The two people behind Zhao Wuji, Xiao Lin and his companion, felt their breathing become suffocated and their breaths became weak. They fainted without even uttering a sound.

Zhao Wuji didn't bother with any more words and directly cast a Qi-sealing technique!
Whoosh whoosh! ——

Several golden needles suddenly shot out from his sleeve, piercing through the air. The true energy at the needle tips formed a sharp and tangible force, instantly striking the woman in front of him.

The woman felt that all she could see was golden light.

A series of sharp air currents, accompanied by an astonishing killing intent, approached, but her entire body was in disarray and stiff, unable to immediately unleash her power, and she was immediately horrified.

At this tense and agonizing moment, she suddenly raised her hand and flung out something from her sleeve.

Buzz! —

A powerful surge of spiritual energy, accompanied by a rushing stream of air, burst forth, instantly blasting the incoming golden needles apart in mid-air.

A sharp, cold glint flashed through the air and swiftly reached Zhao Wuji.

"Magic weapon!?"

Zhao Wuji was startled and retreated, but the approaching cold light quickly changed course.

It drew a beautiful arc in mid-air and swept over him with lightning speed.

"Bang!"

A strange, muffled explosion suddenly rang out.

An invisible armor of energy appeared around Zhao Wuji, deflecting the incoming magical artifact. The powerful airflow generated by the collision pushed the surrounding debris back a foot.

The magical artifact suddenly took shape in the air, resembling a long strand of hair wrapped around a pale white finger bone, extremely eerie.

"kill!"

At this moment, the woman had barely managed to stabilize her internal energy. Although she was shocked and terrified by Zhao Wuji's strange magical power, the more shocked and terrified she was, the more it fueled her fighting spirit in this life-or-death situation, and she let out a fierce shout.

"die--"

With a whoosh, the hair-like magical artifact moved, about to sever Zhao Wuji's throat.

However, a cold light struck her first, instantly hitting her forehead and brow, piercing a bloody hole with a 'poof'.

Before the woman could even scream, a burst of silver light accompanied by a burst of blood erupted.

A multitude of blades pierced the woman's head in an instant, sending sprays of blood flying out, only to reassemble into a silver pellet in mid-air.

"Boom-"

The headless corpse fell heavily to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Zhao Wuji maintained his Qi Armor Technique, his sword blade swirling around him like a dragon.

He loosened his grip on the Beast Claw magic weapon behind his back.

Opposite, the strange magical artifact had fallen to the ground in despair with the death of its master.

He kicked the magical artifact that resembled a skeleton, but his brows furrowed even more deeply.

This woman knew her opponent was also a Grandmaster of the Returning to Truth realm, yet she dared to be so arrogant; it turns out she was relying on this evil weapon.
Suddenly, his pupils contracted.

Those who can possess such magical artifacts are certainly not ordinary figures in the White Bone Cult. This time, they may have inadvertently stirred up a hornet's nest.

"Forget it, she's already been killed, and her head is gone, so I can't sew it back on."

Zhao Wuji looked at the corpse on the ground and shook his head.

As was his custom, he performed a hand seal to communicate with spirits.

The divine soul transformed into a wisp of green smoke, splitting off a wisp of yin wind divine soul, which swept towards a wisp of soul drifting out from the woman's corpse.

"Don't be so arrogant now that you've died and become a spirit. Let me see your memories."

With a gust of yin wind, Zhao Wuji's soul swept over the black-clad woman's soul and began to browse through her memories.

After using the Soul-Searching Technique to search for memories for a while, Zhao Wuji's expression alternated between gloomy and strange.

This woman was none other than the Black Jade Spirit Master, one of the Four Spirit Masters of the White Bone Path.

This status is roughly equivalent to that of a candidate saintess in the Supreme Cult.

In other words, he killed someone who resembled his fiancée.

No wonder the other party had a magical artifact in his hand and spoke as "this humble one" repeatedly.

"You keep calling me 'this lord,' now you won't have a seat!"

Zhao Wuji shook his head.

Nan Zhixia had never put on such an act in front of him; she was always gentle, virtuous, and considerate. The White Bone Spirit Master's death was not unjust.

However, there is even more important information in the other person's memory.

It turns out that the four kinds of precious wines of the ancient Yelang Kingdom—Heaven, Earth, Man, and Golden Goblet—were not ordinary wines.

The ancient Yelang Kingdom was once a land of wine immortals, attracting many cultivators who came for its wine.

Although the Yelang Kingdom was destroyed, some of the four kinds of precious wines were still preserved.

Even after the depletion of spiritual energy, the aged wine buried deep underground for thousands of years still contains amazing spiritual charm.

Therefore, after learning this secret, the White Bone Sect drove the Wajin Gang to excavate the ruins of Yelang everywhere.

Although he found Qinghualang at the old place of Ye Wu's father half a year ago, he still could not find the Four Treasures Wine. He only found that the map of the buried wine had been taken away.

When Xiaolin and Yewu came to dig for wine, the Wajin Gang noticed and quickly reported it to the White Bone Path.

Therefore, the White Bone Path sent out this White Bone Spirit Master to provide support.

This woman was also shrewd. She deliberately let Xiao Lin and his companion go for a few days, and only after Xiao Lin wrote a letter to Zhao Wuji did she capture them.

The goal was to lure Zhao Wuji, the master who held the buried wine map, to Chishui Town so that they could capture them all in one fell swoop.

However, it is clear that these people have bitten off more than they can chew. They were too confident in their own abilities and ended up fishing for a whale, which capsized their boat.

"In this Spirit Lord's memory, the White Bone Sect Master of the White Bone Path was a cultivator who had achieved success in his cultivation, possibly even surpassing the mid-stage of Qi Refining."
Furthermore, the two True Venerables also possess some magical abilities, being around the early stage of Qi Refining. It seems the White Bone Sect's power is even stronger than the Supreme Sect's."

Zhao Wuji let the woman's soul dissipate, his expression thoughtful.

"Fortunately, this woman is in charge of everything here, so it didn't alarm the White Bone Cult Leader so quickly."

At this moment, a commotion arose outside, clearly indicating that some of the Wajin Gang's experts had been alerted by the fighting.
(End of this chapter)