Shi Hao held her in his arms and walked slowly in the underground cave.
Suddenly, a low laugh of an old woman came from the darkness, which made Du Yuejiao's hair stand on end.
Shi Hao shone the Sui Hou Pearl in the direction of the sound and saw a skinny old woman sitting on the pit in front of him.
The old woman was so thin that she was just skin and bones. Her wrinkled face seemed to be stuck directly to her skull, and she was as thin as a piece of firewood.
"Who are you?" Du Yuejiao asked in surprise.
The old woman snorted: "You broke into my house for no reason, and you want to know who I am?"
Shi Hao and Du Yuejiao suddenly remembered that Xianggu had indeed mentioned that there was an old woman living here.
The old woman's eyes turned to Shi Hao again.
Her eye sockets were so deep that they seemed to be completely sunken into her skull, and her eyeballs seemed to be rolling in the holes of her skull: "Boy, what is your relationship with Taisu Xian Pavilion?"
Du Yuejiao turned her head and looked at Shi Hao in surprise... She had never thought that her lover would be related to Taisu Xian Pavilion.
However, Shi Hao said, "Tai Su Xian Pavilion? How can I, a man, be related to Tai Su Xian Pavilion?" He didn't even blush while lying.
His words also made the old woman hesitate, and she murmured, "If you have nothing to do with Taisu Xian Pavilion, why would the Suihou Pearl that was forbidden by Fairy Shengxuan fly towards you? It is obviously only affected by the secret skills of Taisu Xian Pavilion."
Shi Hao thought that it was indeed because he had used the Sacred Heart Mirror Technique.
Although this old woman was thin and ugly, like a mummy, she was still a living person after all.
Du Yuejiao also felt relieved and asked, "Are you the only one here?"
The old woman laughed strangely and said, "I'm not the only one here. There are many, many more! Listen, listen... Aren't there a lot of them?"
The numbing sound of countless resentful ghosts crawling around made Du Yuejiao's scalp numb again.
Shi Hao bowed to the old woman and said, "May I ask, old lady, where exactly is this place? Why is it like this?"
The old woman laughed strangely and said, "You come here and ask me everything?"
Shi Hao said: "To be honest, we didn't know there was such a place. We just went to Baxiantai with our friends for fun, and somehow we were dragged in by the group of people above."
The old woman snorted, "Young man, you are still young, but you lie without thinking. The guy who played with the poisonous insects with you has been here before and wanted to steal my immortal materials. You are clearly in the same group with her."
Shi Hao was surprised and asked, "What? She has been here before? Could it be that she brought us to Baxiantai for another purpose?"
The old woman snorted again and stared at him. "A long time ago, this place was called the Immortal Chi Blessed Land. It was the place where the Taoists cultivated immortals. It is said that in the pre-Qin period, the fairies of Taisu Xian Pavilion once attracted a stream of Chi dragon spiritual energy from the heavens, which made this place unique in spiritual energy. This is also the origin of the name 'Immortal Chi Blessed Land'."
"Due to the existence of this unique spiritual energy, some immortal materials that cannot be found anywhere else have been cultivated here, such as the Azure Vermillion Fruit. This kind of immortal material must be nourished by the spiritual energy of the heavens, but this kind of spiritual energy is very rare."
"Those who grow immortal materials here are called immortals. Because they were born and raised in this place with unique spiritual energy, their lifespan is much longer than that of ordinary people. Almost everyone lives to be two or three hundred years old."
"Ordinary people cannot enter this blessed land of immortals. Only the masters of Taoism can ascend here through the 'ladder to heaven' that ordinary people cannot see. Although the Demon Sect knew that there was such a place, they did not know its exact location and could never find it. Until three hundred years ago, the Demon Emperor unified the Demon Sect and brought about unprecedented changes."
Shi Hao whispered, "What did she do?"
The old woman said: "At that time, the Demon Sect, including the Ghost Sect, the Poison Sunflower Sect, etc., were all under her secret control, but at the beginning, the Taoist Sect was not alert yet."
"The Taoist sect was at its peak at that time. After the Taoist sect supported the Li family of the Sheng Dynasty to take the throne, Taoism became the state religion of the Sheng Dynasty. The remnants of the Demon Sect were suppressed and hid everywhere, so that the various Taoist sects no longer took the Demon Sect seriously. No one expected that such a rare genius would appear in the Demon Sect and accomplish such a great feat of unifying the Demon Sect."
Shi Hao thought to himself, Su Xi’s wife is really amazing!
The old woman continued, "Under the secret planning of the Charm Emperor, the Ghost Extreme Sect and the Poison Sunflower Sect sent many experts to capture the Immortal Chi Blessed Land and destroy the Heavenly Ladder. The Taoists were unable to enter the Immortal Chi Blessed Land and thought that something had happened, not knowing that the Immortal Chi Blessed Land had long been under the control of the Demon Sect."
"Under the control of the Ghost Extreme Sect and the Poison Sunflower Sect, they killed all the 'immortals' living in this blessed land. The Ghost Extreme Sect even used its secret teachings to turn the bodies of these immortals into mummies, imprisoning their souls inside, and then tempered them with the poisonous water of the Poison Sunflower Sect, turning them into corpse soldiers. If these corpse soldiers are released, they will spread like a plague."
"In addition, the Poison Sunflower Sect uses the spiritual energy and many immortal materials here to cultivate the Black Blood Red Snake, which is an extremely terrifying monster and a mysterious weapon that the Demon Sect is preparing to use to attack the Taoist Sect."
"Haha, although the Demon Sect has always been suppressed by the Taoist Sect in most of the history, that is mainly because the Demon Sect always fights among themselves. Once the Demon Sect begins to unite, the power it will unleash cannot be underestimated."
Shi Hao said: "But the Black Blood Red Snake was killed by Fairy Sheng Xuan?" He thought of the stone tablet outside.
The old woman said, "That's right! In fact, at that time, Fairy Shengxuan had not yet stepped into the mortal world, and no one in the martial arts world knew her name. It was just that the Demon Sect destroyed the 'Ladder to Heaven', which attracted the attention of Taisu Immortal Pavilion."
"So Fairy Shengxuan stepped onto the Baxian Terrace. She is also a rare and extraordinary woman in the world. Even if the 'ladder to heaven' is cut off, she can still break through the void with her sword and step into this place. The people in the Demon Sect here thought that outsiders would never be able to enter, but they didn't expect that the legendary heir of the Immortal Pavilion would appear and easily step into this place by himself."
Du Yuejiao said in admiration: "Fairy Shengxuan is indeed amazing."
The old woman continued, "When Fairy Shengxuan set foot here, it was already under the control of the Guiji Sect and the Dukui Sect. It was filled with demonic energy and had long lost its name as a 'blessed land'. The people in the Demon Sect renamed it the Demonic Dragon Ghost Den.
"Fairy Shengxuan took action and killed the Demon Sect master here. The Demon Sect master released the Black Blood Red Snake that he had painstakingly cultivated, but unfortunately he was still no match for Fairy Shengxuan.
"Fairy Shengxuan killed the Demon Sect's masters and Black Blood and Red Snake, and those 'immortals' who were trained as corpse soldiers were also destroyed by her. But the spiritual energy here had long been reversed into demonic energy by the Demon Sect, and the souls of those immortals turned into evil spirits, which were difficult to disperse.
"So Fairy Shengxuan took the Suihou Pearl and set up a ban at a high place to suppress the evil spirit here. If left alone, in twenty or thirty years, the evil spirit will dissipate on its own, and the evil spirits transformed by the immortals will also dissipate underground."
Shi Hao said: "But it seems that the evil spirit here has not completely dissipated?"
The old woman laughed strangely and said, "That's because after she left, the Charm Emperor sneaked in here to check the clues, set up another layer of restrictions underground, and placed a black-blooded red snake egg. That's right, the black-blooded red snake you just saw was originally placed by the Charm Emperor."
"The Demon Sect destroyed the ladder to heaven, and Fairy Shengxuan placed restrictions. However, the Charm Emperor was not affected by this. However, except for her, no one else in the Demon Sect could come in. At that time, she was still unifying the underworld and did not have time to stay here for too long. Therefore, she only made some arrangements that might be useful or useless in the future, and then left."
Du Yuejiao asked: "According to what you said, except for Fairy Shengxuan and Emperor Mei, it should be difficult for others to come in, so why are you here?"
The old woman chuckled and said, "Even if they set up a forbidden magic circle, it will gradually wear out over time. According to rumors, Fairy Shengxuan and Emperor Mei died together, so naturally no one took care of this place. Over time, the spiritual energy and demonic energy inside got out of control and overflowed, and a secret passage reappeared."
"I am Madam Demon Vine. I was originally a Taoist. In an incident, I sacrificed my Taoist body and turned from a Taoist into a demon. Later, in an incident, I fled to Changbai Mountain and accidentally entered this place."
"The restriction set up by Fairy Shengxuan in the sky with the Suihou Pearl as the dragon's eye is the white Chilong. The magic array set up by the Charm Emperor underground is still gathering the devilish energy, causing the spiritual energy and devilish energy here to be clearly separated, competing with each other, and it lasted for a long time."
"The snake eggs were always suppressed by the ban and difficult to hatch. Therefore, I cultivated immortal materials on the upper level and hatched black blood and red snakes on the lower level. During this period, some people occasionally entered here for various reasons, and most of them were killed by me."
"The disheveled, dirty girl who was with you a few days ago probably couldn't find the Taoist immortal material she wanted to advance to, and she found out from the Taoist records that a long time ago this place was a place dedicated to cultivating that kind of immortal material, so she came here too."
"That girl has some strange skills, and she actually managed to sneak in here. I originally wanted to kill her, but unfortunately she escaped."
Chapter 173 The Demonic Dragon Blood Poison: Red Snake Pill!
Shi Hao asked: "How did the Guiji Sect and those barbarian soldiers find this place? They also knew that there was the Suihou Pearl here."
After a pause, he said, "Also, those barbarians clearly knew that there was a Black Blood Red Snake here, so they brought a monster in specifically to deal with the Black Blood Red Snake."
Madam Mo Teng shook her head and sighed: "There are some complexities here, but now is not the time to talk about that."
Shi Hao thought, she had said a lot before, but when it came to this matter, she was hesitant. It seemed that there were other hidden secrets.
This old woman went from Taoism to evil, and she knows how to cultivate black blood and red snakes. Maybe she has some relationship with the Guiji Sect.
Madam Mo Teng looked at them and said, "Now that you have obtained the Suihou Pearl, those people outside will never let you go. Only I can help you get out. Why don't we make a deal?"
"I think you came here for the immortal materials, but what do you want?"
Shi Hao said: "We only need one Blue Sky Vermillion Fruit and one Soul Separation Tear."
Madam Mo Teng chuckled and said, "This is easy! Although the immortal materials above are all destroyed, I still have the Azure Vermillion Fruit and Soul-Separation Tears."
She waved her hand, and the stone wall beside her suddenly made a sound, and a stone drawer stretched out: "This is the Azure Vermillion Fruit!"
He extended his hand again, and another drawer popped out: "Here are the Soul-Separation Tears."
Shi Hao did not look at the Blue Sky Vermillion Fruit and the Soul-Separating Tears, but instead looked at Madam Mo Teng: "I don't know, what do you want us to do?"
Madam Demon Vine said: "Wait a moment, I will collapse the top and summon Black Blood and Red Snake. I want you..." Her voice became smaller.
Du Yuejiao was just about to listen when the young man next to her suddenly grabbed her waist and flew up quickly.
He leaped forward and flew far behind.
Madam Mo Teng sneered, "What a smart boy, but it's too late!" She slapped out with her palm.
Shi Hao only felt that an invisible wall suddenly appeared in front of them.
Behind him, a thin black shadow emerged from the ground and rolled towards them.
It was dark all around, and they could only see clearly with the help of the light from the Sui Hou Pearl.
Shi Hao stuffed the Sui Hou Pearl into his arms and chopped out with his palm. Bang, he and Du Yuejiao were both knocked back.
Du Yuejiao didn't react at all. She didn't know why Shi Hao suddenly took her away and suddenly slapped the air in front of him.
It was not until the energy rebounded and they were all knocked back that they were shocked.
The Qi condensed into a tangible but invisible entity, blocking directly in front of them.
Madam Mo Teng's skills are much higher than that of Huang Fa Cai, the leader of the Hanyang Gang.
She clearly has the foundation of a fourth-grade master!
As they were pushed back, a black shadow rushed out from below and wrapped around their feet at the same time.
Shi Hao hurriedly took out the Suihou Pearl again, shone it under his feet, and saw the shadow of a snake.
The snake shadow was afraid of the light of Sui Hou Pearl and dodged in fear.
Madam Demon Vine grabbed her hand, and with an amazing suction force, she sucked Shi Hao away and dragged him in front of her.
"Master Brother!" Du Yuejiao turned around and said in surprise.
When he looked again, Madam Mo Teng, who was sitting cross-legged, had already grasped the acupuncture point on Shi Hao's back and sneered, "I've already told you, it's too late!
Du Yuejiao tightly grasped the sword and angrily asked, "What do you want to do?"
Madam Mo Teng snatched the Sui Hou Pearl from Shi Hao's hand and said with a strange smile: "Don't worry, you are still useful. As long as you are obedient, I will let you go." She used her other hand to touch the edge of the earthen kang, and a rumbling sound came from above.
Amid the shaking of the mountains and the earth, Du Yuejiao's face turned pale, his footing was unstable, and he staggered.
Madam Demon Vine listened attentively, and after a while, she heard another sharp whistle.
Du Yuejiao was afraid for her lover's safety, so she didn't dare to move. The wall on the other side suddenly collapsed, and then two lights as big as lanterns came closer from afar.
Du Yuejiao looked carefully and immediately saw a bloody mouth.
But it turned out that the one that appeared was the black-blooded red snake.
Watching the black-blooded red snake appear in front of her, ready to bite her off in one bite, Du Yuejiao felt horrified and wanted to scream.
Madam Demon Vine made strange sounds as if she was chanting a spell.
The black blood and red snake rolled up with a scream, and dust fell around Du Yuejiao.
She saw the black-blooded red snake's skin torn apart, and its skull protruding from the broken flesh.
Although snakes can shed their skin, it is obviously not shedding its skin now. Instead, it has discarded its entire flesh and skin and forcibly emerged from the snake bones.
Such a scene made the girl extremely horrified.
She had never seen such a horrific scene and felt as if she was in a nightmare.
The giant snake was also in great pain, but it couldn't stop.
Following the strange spell cast by Lady Magic Vine, its skull completely emerged from the flesh and skin, opening its white snake mouth.
Madam Mo Teng laughed strangely and said, "Girl, go in!"
Du Yuejiao turned around and asked in surprise: "What?"
Madam Mo Teng said, "Go in, there is an inner elixir in there, go and take it out." She sneered sinisterly, "If you don't obey, I will kill him!"
Although Du Yuejiao felt a tingling sensation on her scalp, she had no choice but to follow her arrangements as she was afraid that something might happen to her lover in the hands of this old woman.
She gritted her teeth, held her sword, and walked towards Shekou.
The giant snake skull that emerged from the flesh was pale white, with stains of blood and remnants of skin and flesh hanging on it, which was extremely disgusting.
Du Yuejiao was a spoiled girl from childhood. She was originally a rich lady, but now she was forced to step on the remaining blood and step into the terrifying snake's mouth. Her scalp was numb and tears flowed inexplicably.
"Hurry up!" Madam Mo Teng shouted, "Otherwise I will kill him now!
The girl was forced to move forward, only to see a pale green bead hanging high up at the end of the snake mouth.
They were called beads, but they looked more like lumps of flesh, constantly vibrating like living things, which was truly terrifying.
"Take it off!" Madam Mo Teng looked at Du Yuejiao's back with shining eyes.
The girl walked under the bead, stretched out her hand and picked it up.
But there was a loud noise coming from behind, followed by a bang, and then Madam Mo Teng's scolding: "Stinky boy!"
When the girl turned around, she saw Shi Hao approaching her quickly.
Ever since Madam Demon Vine held Shi Hao's vital points, he has been very obedient and has not moved a muscle.
Despite this, he was secretly gathering his energy, allowing the two inner forces of Taoism and Demon to condense around him.
When the girl stepped into the giant snake skull, he quietly observed Lady Demon Vine and saw that Lady Demon Vine was looking at the girl's back with greedy eyes.
That’s right, what she was looking at was not the pale green light in the giant snake’s skull, but Yue Jiao’s back.
What she wanted was definitely not just the inner elixir of Nei Heixue Chilian, but also Yue Jiao.