Chapter 2300: Water Mirror Blurred

This is Xu Aiqin's Primordial Spirit.

How solid a immortal's Primordial Spirit is, ordinary people simply cannot imagine, but he previously burned his Primordial Spirit to resist the white fungus invasion, in order to delay the death of his body, almost without reservation, therefore his Primordial Spirit has suffered heavy damage, now it is weak as a candle in the wind, and even his soul body can barely condense.

Liu Qingdao solemnly bowed to him, taking out the prepared jumu wood.

Xu Aiqin's Primordial Spirit immediately drilled into the jumu wood and settled down.

A Primordial Spirit heavy injury is the same as a bodily heavy injury; once settled, it will immediately fall into sleep to replenish vital energy.

This means that in the short term he cannot leave the jumu wood, nor can he come out to tell the sect the truth.

But this is unavoidable; if he did not burn his Primordial Spirit to fight with all his strength, his body would have long been annihilated, and the war between Qixia Sect and Cangyan would have erupted even faster.

Liu Qingdao softly said: "The time Elder Xu bought for us is unexpectedly long."

Wind blowing tree shaking, at the foot of Xunyang Mountain it was as if nothing had happened.

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Qixia Sect minor cave heaven.

In the side hall there is enshrined a shrine, incense burning continuously year-round, inside the shrine are placed three palm-length crystals.

The crystals were originally colorless, but within one there is a wisp of dark blue drifting to and fro, called "crystal soul".

On each one is written a name:

Yuan Xilin, Chu Xuanhe, Xu Aiqin.

At this moment, the crystal inscribed with Xu Aiqin's name suddenly emitted a crack, breaking from within.

This sound was still very small in the shrine, but transmitted to the outside world it was like mountains collapsing and earth splitting, instantly echoing throughout the minor cave heaven.

Disciples outside the hall were startled, just about to rush in, when a figure flashed before their eyes, Sect Leader Yuan and Elder Chu arrived.

"Xu Junior Brother's soul-hosting pillar!"

The expressions of the two were both startled and angry.

Elder Chu picked up the broken crystal from the shrine, seeing the fracture was not even, and the blue crystal soul inside had also disappeared.

The ancient immortal sect has some records of methods to monitor the safety of disciples; whether soul lamps or soul-hosting pillars, the principle is largely the same, able to show the state of the soul master, life or death, suicide or murder, and the soul-hosting pillar can also show one more thing, namely health or injury.

But the soul-hosting pillar is difficult to refine; within Qixia Sect only elders and above are entitled to possess one.

Xu Aiqin's soul-hosting pillar suddenly broke, the fracture like sawteeth, this indicates he first suffered heavy injury, then passed away.

What could cause an immortal to suffer heavy injury? Only combat.

Xu Aiqin went to Weian City to gather information, while externally responding for the sect. He suddenly died——

"It must be Cangyan's sneak attack!" Elder Chu gritted his steel teeth until they creaked, "Xu Junior Brother merely entered the city, and did nothing that gods and men alike resent, how dare Cangyan treat him thus!"

They had never carried out a great slaughter in Weian City, nor had they clashed head-on with the authorities, indeed they had even spoken amiably with the Bingyuan Office, truly showing great restraint!

As for using golden cores to cut off Weian City's water supply, that was merely one method.

Yuan Xilin picked up the broken pillar and held it in his palm, killing intent rising greatly:

"Yes! Only Cangyan!"

Xu Aiqin is an immortal cultivator; ordinary people could not get close to him; in this Weian City, those capable of placing him in a deathly situation are only Cangyan.

Qixia Sect is an ancient immortal gate; over the past three thousand years, great beings have continually fallen, leaving only the three brothers mutually supporting each other, sharing weal and woe, with exceptionally deep feelings.

They endured three thousand years, finally awaiting the recovery of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, the immortal sect could again display its grand ambitions, but Xu Aiqin fell before Qixia Sect could regain its prosperity!

How could this not make them feel indignant and unable to find peace?

"Sect Leader Senior Brother, Xu Junior Brother still has several disciples beside him. He unfortunately met disaster, those disciples may not all be dead." Elder Chu's eyes flashed, "If they fall into enemy hands, Qixia Sect's position and passage orders will not be preserved!"

They are standing on Cangyan's territory; even if Qixia Sect wanted to leave, where could they go?

Cangyan would even kill the harmless and mild Elder Xu; would they spare Qixia Sect?

"Take out all the xuan crystals, awaken the Gigantic Spirit, the Vast Reverberation!" Yuan Xilin's face turned gloomy, "Cangyan killed Elder Xu, we will bloodbath Weian City, this is returning courtesy!"

One of the three pillars of Qixia Sect, Xu Aiqin, suddenly met disaster, sect combat power greatly diminished, the mountain gate entrance is very likely exposed, Qixia Sect instantly arrived at a life-or-death juncture!

Facing such a strange great nation, Yuan Xilin deeply knows compromise is now useless, hiding away is merely waiting for death. Qixia Sect only has to bare its fangs, display its strength, let Cangyan nation know its might, then they will not dare to invade again.

At that time, the millions of common people in Weian City will be their hostages.

At this moment, a disciple suddenly ran over, urgently saying:

"Ancestor, the water mirror is blurred!"

The water mirror blurred again, and precisely at this moment? The two great beings exchanged a glance, turned and hurried back to the main hall.

The water surface in the courtyard rippled without cease, no longer smooth as a mirror, those images also became blurry, unable to be scanned clearly.

"Did they act against the stone skin grass essence?" Elder Chu gritted his teeth, "The movement was so swift!"

"How could this be possible?" Yuan Xilin's eyes slightly moved, "Qixia Sect's means of monitoring the outside world are secret, only we three know! Even if Cangyan captured Xu Elder's disciples, they could not decipher this secret!"

"Then..." Elder Chu also understood, stone skin grass covers mountains and fields, forming a sensory net, enemies could not possibly pull them all out by the roots. If Cangyan had this ability, what would we still struggle for? We might as well surrender directly.

But to say the enemy precisely captured the stone skin grass essence, cutting off Qixia Sect's line of sight to the outside world, this is again utterly bizarre.

How did Cangyan know the water mirror technique and stone skin grass essence are linked?

How did Cangyan know the position of the stone skin grass essence?

Unless Xu Elder told them.

Heh, heh, what a joke.

Yuan Xilin asked the disciple: "How long has this abnormality persisted?"

"This... we just walked in, upon seeing it we immediately reported to you."

No one was specially assigned to guard beside the courtyard, this disciple also only saw the abnormality upon walking in.

So how long it had persisted before, no one knows for certain.

"The stone skin grass essence occasionally goes awry; perhaps this is again a coincidence." Sect Leader Yuan, amidst grief and anger, still tried to remain objective, "Recently there have always been idlers wandering about Xunyang Mountain, and just two ke before a large group of farmers and hunters passed by the Butterfly Creek side."

Qixia Sect is located deep in Xunyang Mountain; usually several months may pass without anyone entering the mountain, after all, after the recovery of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy, dangers in the deep mountains have greatly increased.

But these past two days there have been far too many idle people forming groups and wandering about everywhere; just along Butterfly Creek two or three parties have already passed by. Fortunately the mountain gate entrance has a restriction that cannot be opened without a special technique, otherwise Qixia Sect would have to waste effort dealing with them.

If someone happened to walk over to Hundred-Trace Creek and happened to take a fancy to that Stone-Skin Herb spirit… one must know, scaling cliffs and climbing rocks is originally the hereditary skill of spirit farmers. Sect Master Yuan pressed his forehead, hesitated a moment, then said:

"Send someone to go take a look."

Just to be safe.