Chapter 1172

"Uncle Martial Master Han? You mean..." Mu Mu Peiling was startled and began to stammer. WM Net

"That's right, it was given by Fellow Daoist Zi Ling, whom I once told Junior Martial Sister Mu about. She once accompanied Uncle Martial Master to break into the inner valley back then. That's why she knew such a safe route," the woman surnamed Song said with a gentle smile.

"I saw this Miss Zi Ling once several decades ago. She is indeed a great beauty like a celestial being, even we women are moved when we see her. I heard that there are many male cultivators with great status who pursue this woman bitterly, and just for the sake of jealousy, I don't know how many battles and fights have occurred. She is even called the number one beauty of the Tiannan cultivation world by those busybodies. However, this woman's background is quite mysterious, and she knew Master quite early on, looking quite like a confidante. Junior Martial Sister Mu, you have to be careful!" Liu Yu's eyes rolled, and she giggled lightly, her words filled with teasing.

"What do I have to be careful about?" Mu Mu Peiling's jade-like face flushed slightly, and she spat lightly.

"Junior Martial Sister Liu, stop teasing Junior Martial Sister Mu. We had better get down to business. Do you two Junior Martial Sisters intend to break into the inner valley?" The woman surnamed Song asked with a serious expression.

Mu Mu Peiling and Liu Yu's smiles faded, and after looking at each other, they revealed looks of hesitation.

"Senior Martial Sister Song, is the route map that Zi Ling gave you really the route that Master walked in the past? If so, it's not impossible to give it a try. After all, the Phantom Spirit Grass is related to the breakthrough of our bottlenecks in the future. Returning empty-handed like this is truly something I am unwilling to do." Liu Yu raised her eyebrows and said slowly.

"If we only search for spirit medicine near the entrance of the inner valley, I can go." After Mu Mu Peiling's face turned cloudy and sunny for a while, she finally couldn't resist the temptation of the medicinal pills and sighed lightly.

"Good, since both Junior Martial Sisters have made up their minds, then we will take a risk. But let's agree beforehand: we will only operate within a few hundred miles of the entrance. If we still can't find the Phantom Spirit Grass, we will immediately retreat from the inner valley and must not venture deep into it. No matter how important the spirit pills are, they are not as important as our lives." After the woman surnamed Song nodded, she gave a warning.

"That goes without saying. If we really venture deep into the inner valley, even with a route map, with our mere Core Formation cultivation, it would just be 'suicide.' I heard that some of the ancient beasts in the inner valley would make even Nascent Soul cultivators flee at the mere sight of them," Liu Yu said with a charming smile.

"Those ancient beasts generally hide deep in the inner valley. If we are near the entrance, there won't be any problems. There is no time to lose, let's set off." Mu Mu Peiling said decisively.

The other two women were also unwilling to delay any longer. The three of them turned into three streaks of light, soared into the air from in front of the cave, and shot away in a certain direction.

Five days later, on the edge of the inner valley, in a world of ice and snow, the figures of three women appeared in the cold, biting wind.

Not far behind them was a huge ice fissure, which was the passage that Han Li and Zi Ling had followed the Ghost Spirit Sect into the inner valley years ago.

The three women had already activated thick light shields, so they were not afraid of these cold winds.

They whispered to each other for a while, and then the three women flew slowly toward the distance, only a few zhang above the ground, not daring to be even a fraction faster.

This snowfield was not large, and the three women flew out of this area in just half a day. A mountain peak that was exceptionally emerald green appeared right before their eyes.

The three women were overjoyed. They immediately moved their charming bodies and separated on their own, starting to search for spirit grass everywhere with this mountain as the center.

After a day and a night, the three women gathered again at the top of this mountain.

After looking at each other, they couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"This mountain does have many spirit medicines that don't exist in the outside world, but it just happens to have no trace of the Phantom Spirit Grass," Liu Yu said first, feeling exceptionally depressed.

"I am the same. I didn't find the Phantom Spirit Grass. But I did manage to collect the missing herbs for another set of medicinal pills. So I won't be returning empty-handed," Mu Mu Peiling also looked like she didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"It looks like we are truly not destined for the Phantom Spirit Grass. Let's return to the sect now," Song Yu sighed lightly and said with some loneliness.

"Why don't we search carefully one more time? Maybe there's some place we missed," Liu Yu suggested, feeling very unwilling.

"Forget it, if there's no destiny, it can't be forced. Moreover, the inner valley is too dangerous. Even if we are only near the entrance, if we stay too long, I'm afraid something will happen. We are leaving immediately," Song Yu shook her head and said without hesitation.

When Liu Yu heard this, a look of unwillingness appeared on her beautiful face. Just as she was about to say something, a rumbling thunder sound suddenly came from the distant horizon.

The three women were startled and couldn't help but look up in that direction.

They saw that in the direction the thunder came from, it was pitch black. It seemed that a large dark cloud was flying toward them at an extremely fast speed. Its speed was incomparably fast, and in the blink of an eye, it had grown several times larger. As it got a little closer, they could see it clearly: the dark cloud was rolling, and thunder was rumbling, the momentum was truly astonishing.

"Not good, there's a problem with this dark cloud. It might be an ancient beast!" With the experience of the three women, they naturally saw the strangeness of the dark cloud at a glance. The woman surnamed Song immediately shouted in alarm.

The three women immediately leaped up, turned into three streaks of light, and fled along the path they had come.

The thunder in the large black cloud paused. The thing inside seemed to have discovered the three women. The dark cloud's speed changed, and it chased after the three women with a speed even faster than before. Inside, a cold "hehe" laugh could be vaguely heard.

"It's not an ancient beast, it seems to be a demonic cultivator!" Liu Yu had been born in the demonic path in the past. Once she heard the cold laugh and looked back carefully at the black cloud, her beautiful face changed, and she suddenly reminded them.

"Whether it's human or demon, the other party has ill intentions. We cannot fight them head-on!" Seeing the black cloud gradually approaching, Song Yu shouted anxiously. She patted the storage bag at her waist, and a white, hazy round bead appeared in her hand.

Incantations sounded from her mouth, and as the bead shook, it suddenly turned into a stream of white mist, wrapping all three of them inside.

Then, the white cloud trembled unexpectedly and broke through the air like a shooting star, its speed not inferior to the dark cloud behind.

"Petty tricks, and you dare to perform them in front of me!" A gloomy voice came from the dark cloud. Immediately, the dark cloud rolled, and it suddenly condensed into a huge black hand. After this hand flashed and disappeared, it turned into a streak of black light more than ten zhang long. Its speed suddenly increased by a fold, and in just a few flashes, it had caught up by more than half the distance.

"The one behind is a Nascent Soul stage demonic cultivator. Quickly think of a way to block him!" Song Yu's voice of shock and anger came from the white cloud.

"I'll release my spirit insects. I'll sacrifice these few centipedes if I have to, just to block the other party for a moment," Liu Yu said anxiously.

As soon as these words fell, after a few light "pu pu" sounds, seven or eight snow-white centipedes, half a foot long, shot out from the white cloud, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws as they pounced toward the black light behind.

"Eh, Six-Winged Frost Centipedes! Haha, I was wondering who it was, so it's you, little girl Liu Yu! You actually dare to release these few tiny insects to deal with me?" The person in the black light laughed loudly instead of being surprised when he saw the centipedes.

Several pitch-black thin threads suddenly shot out from the black light, piercing through the white centipedes in a flash. The black light itself shook and swept past the centipedes without stopping at all.

The centipedes hung motionless in the air. After a long while, they were wrapped in balls of black flame with a "bang" sound, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into fly ash and disappeared into thin air.

This black flame was some kind of strange secret technique, and the Six-Winged Frost Centipedes were unable to resist it at all.

The three women in the white cloud in front were scared out of their wits when they saw this scene. Liu Yu, in particular, was extremely horrified and surprised, not knowing what the background of the demonic cultivator behind her was, as he had recognized her background from just a few centipedes, yet his voice was completely unfamiliar.

The black light's speed was truly too fast. Before the three women could think of any other way to retreat, it caught up to the white cloud in a flash.

After circling once, the huge black hand appeared again, and it grabbed down ruthlessly and unscrupulously.

The three women screamed in alarm at the same time, and three sword lights, a long ruler, and a Jade Ruyi all shot out from the white cloud.

Black light flashed on the huge black hand, and it grabbed all the treasures into its hand. With a spread of its five fingers, the flying swords and other magic treasures disappeared strangely, not knowing where they had been collected.

But with this moment of delay, the white cloud exploded on its own with a "boom," and three streaks of light shot out in different directions.

The three women actually intended to flee for their lives separately. But an unbelievable scene appeared!

A piece of black mist suddenly flew out from the huge black hand, sweeping toward the three streaks of light respectively. In just a flash, it wrapped the three women strangely and shot back. The huge black hand grabbed all three women at once.

Song Yu and the other two were captured alive just like that.

They were both shocked and afraid, their protective spiritual light still flashing uncontrollably, struggling desperately to break free from the huge hand's restraint.

But just at this moment, a cold hum sounded in the ears of the three women at the same time.

Wisps of black gas emerged from the huge hand. When the three women were sprayed in the face by the black gas, their spiritual sense scattered, and their eyes went black as they fell into a coma.

Only then did the huge black hand let go of the three women. It flashed and turned into a large piece of black gas. Then, the black gas gathered in the middle, and after spinning around, it revealed a tall human figure.

This figure was pitch black all over, but its eyes were flashing with green light, emitting astonishing cold light.

"I didn't expect it to be these three women. This is also good. If I restrain them, it can make that person a little hesitant. Hehe, these three women all have a certain relationship with you. If I ask you to sacrifice yourself to save them, I estimate you won't do it. But if I threaten you a little, it won't be without any effect." The black shadow made a hoarse voice, staring at the three women in the black gas, and laughed coldly in his mouth.

After an unknown amount of time, the woman surnamed Song, who had the deepest cultivation among the three, was the first to slowly wake up.

As soon as she opened her eyes, she discovered that she was lying on a cold ground, with stalactite pillars flashing with white light everywhere nearby. This woman was startled in her heart, sat up, and at the same time pinched an incantation with both hands, wanting to release her protective spiritual light first.

But immediately after a scream, Song Yu's whole body went limp and she collapsed to the ground again.

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