A sword, a donkey, and a pot of wine

Xu Tianjiao was about to open her mouth to speak when she suddenly heard a majestic voice from the Immortal Emperor's spirit in the spirit platform: "Wuzhong, this is the Emperor's intention!"

Upon hearing this, Immortal Wuzhong quickly stood up and said respectfully, "Since this is what you want, my Lord, then I will do as you wish, Brother Xu."

Monk Fahai and Taoist Tiande, standing by, exchanged a look of astonishment, thinking to themselves, "Brother Xu actually has a spirit hidden within his spirit platform. Judging by the attitude of Immortal Lord Wuzhong, the owner of this spirit must be of a very high status!"

Immortal Wuzhong turned to look at Xu Tianjiao and asked, "When do you plan to enter Pangu Cave?"

Xu Tianjiao thought for a moment and said, "There's no time to lose, let's set off now!"

Immortal Wuzhong nodded in agreement, "In that case, everyone please follow me."

After saying that, he took the lead and led everyone towards Pangu Cave.

Soon, everyone arrived in front of Pangu Cave.

Immortal Lord Wuzhong quickly made seals with his hands and muttered something.

After a while, the passage of Pangu Cave slowly opened.

Immortal Lord Wuzhong turned around and looked at Monk Fahai and Taoist Tiande, and warned them sternly, "You two, this Pangu Cave is the treasure house of my immortal court. Once you enter, you must obey Brother Xu's instructions and do not trespass without permission!"

Monk Fahai, with a pious expression, quickly responded, "Don't worry, Immortal Lord Wuzhong, I will be very careful with my words and actions and follow your instructions."

Taoist Tiande also bowed and said, "Please be at ease, Immortal Lord. We understand the seriousness of this matter."

Wuzhong Immortal Lord nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Xu Tianjiao and said, "Brother Xu, please go in quickly."

Xu Tianjiao nodded, and then said to the donkey, "Zhuifeng, you stay in Tiandu Palace and wait for Qimeng and the others."

The donkey nodded and said, "Don't worry!"

Xu Tianjiao looked at Monk Fahai and Taoist Tiande again and said, "Both of you, follow me!"

After he finished speaking, he jumped up and jumped into the passage first.

Monk Fahai and Taoist Tiande looked at each other, suppressed their excitement, and jumped in immediately.

After the three of them entered an open area in Pangu Cave.

Xu Tianjiao stopped, looked at the two of them, and said, "Can you two tell me now where the soul of the Nine Tribulations Emperor is in my body?"

Tiande's expression was solemn. He raised his hand and pointed directly at Xu Tianjiao's dantian. He said in a deep voice, "Brother Xu, the spirit of the Nine Tribulations Emperor is in your dantian right now!"

"What?" Xu Tianjiao couldn't help but exclaim.

Dantian? How could he still have a Dantian? It had already turned into a furnace.

Moreover, there was nothing else in this furnace except that Dao seed.

Xu Tianjiao took a deep breath and asked doubtfully, "Are you sure?"

Taoist Tiande nodded firmly and responded, "Of course this cannot be faked. The spirit is indeed in your Dantian!"

"But a cultivator's Dantian can't nourish the soul at all?"

As soon as Xu Tianjiao asked this question, a memory suddenly flashed through her mind.

When I was condensing the peerless sword spirit, wasn't that inky black peerless sword spirit already in my dantian from the beginning?

Later on the road of reincarnation, it was Lord Huangdi who took action and used the law of reincarnation to help him revive the peerless sword spirit. Only then did it leave his dantian and enter his spiritual platform.

"We don't know the specific situation." Monk Fahai frowned.

"In this way, the two of us will practice the Buddhist and Taoist skills at the same time, and you will know it at a glance, Brother Xu." Taoist Tiande suddenly suggested.

Upon hearing this, Xu Tianjiao nodded slightly and signaled the two to take action.

Taoist Tiande and Monk Fahai looked at each other, and then each of them started to practice their own skills.

In an instant, Buddha's light bloomed around Monk Fahai, and an atmosphere of peace and tranquility spread.

Taoist Tiande is surrounded by Taoist energy, with runes flashing, exuding a mysterious charm.

"It's actually the authentic Buddhist and Taoist techniques!" The Immortal Emperor's spirit was horrified in Xu Tianjiao's spirit platform.

But Xu Tianjiao seemed not to hear it. At this moment, his spiritual power had already been immersed in the furnace in his body.

Two completely different yet inexplicably harmonious forces slowly surged towards Xu Tianjiao.

Xu Tianjiao only felt a strange sensation spreading throughout her body.

At this moment, a strange and terrifying wave suddenly appeared on the wall of the furnace in the body.

Just like a huge rock suddenly thrown into a calm lake, strange ripples quickly spread out.

The originally red-hot furnace wall suddenly turned as black as ink and felt cold, forming an extremely strange contrast with the high temperature inside the furnace.

Immediately afterwards, twisted lines appeared on the furnace wall.

These lines intertwine and entwine with each other, gradually outlining a vague human figure.

As the outline gradually became clear, a terrifying face slowly emerged.

It was an extremely distorted face, with the facial features as if they had been forcibly pulled and deformed by an evil force.

His eyes were wide open, his eyeballs bulging out suddenly, and a strange green light flickered in his empty eye sockets, as if he was staring at all the fears in the world.

The soul of the Nine Tribulations Emperor seemed to be struggling to emerge from the endless darkness.

His lips were chapped, as if they had not been moistened for a long time.

As it opened and closed, a creepy hum was emitted, as if it was a vicious curse coming from the Nine Nether Hell.

The voice was low and hoarse.

Like a rusty saw rubbing against a rough wooden board.

Every syllable was wrapped in a biting chill, flowing freely along Xu Tianjiao's meridians.

It seemed as if all the blood in his body would freeze into ice.

The spirit's body appears and disappears, yet within the illusion there is a chilling sense of reality.

Its arms were slender and dry, its fingers were curved like eagle claws, its nails were as black as ink, and as sharp as blades, deeply embedded in the furnace wall, as if it wanted to scratch the furnace alive.

There were deep scratches on the furnace wall, from which a black slime with a foul smell oozed out.

The mucus flowed slowly along the wall of the furnace. Wherever it passed, the light of the runes on the wall dimmed instantly, as if their power had been eroded by this evil liquid.

The temperature in the entire oven dropped sharply, and the originally blazing flames died down.

Under the suppression of this evil force, it swayed violently.

The light became faint and strange, and it seemed to be turning into a ghostly green will-o'-the-wisp.

The interior of the oven was illuminated with a gloomy and terrifying light, as if it had instantly turned into a hell on earth.

Xu Tianjiao felt a surge of blood in her chest.

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, lost his balance and fell to the ground.

"Brother Xu!" The monk and the Taoist were shocked when they saw this. They quickly stopped practicing their skills and hurriedly helped Xu Tianjiao up.

"It's actually in the furnace inside my body..." Xu Tianjiao was shocked. Before she could finish her words, she spat out another mouthful of blood.

"Boy, I know what's going on with this soul!" The Immortal Emperor's soul was also looking at the furnace in Xu Tianjiao's body. At this moment, he shouted anxiously.