Chapter 958: Purifying the Forbidden Zone

The events of the past surfaced before Xu Qing's eyes, and eventually, the images in those memories gradually blurred, like ink spreading in water!

It dyed everything, converging into the distorted face of Li Zimei, carved into that tree!

It was very clear!

Thus, the sense of malevolence became even more intense!

Combining this with the letter Li Zimei had sent back then, a cold glint appeared in Xu Qing's eyes as he looked toward the location of the Taisi Daozi Sect!

He had discerned the reason!

Li Zimei had practiced a special cultivation technique, and her soul had developed a problem!

It had been continuously invaded by a malevolent aura, riddled with holes!

This invasion was clearly not a matter of a single day!

This was likely the "enlightenment ritual" Li Zimei had mentioned back then!

And under this invasion, the pain brought to Li Zimei had distorted her personality and affected her mind!

It caused her to slowly become enveloped by the madness and killing intent born from this pain, transforming her from a timid person!

If Li Zimei's soul were ultimately torn apart completely and ceased to exist, then perhaps this ritual would have succeeded!

What returned would no longer be Li Zimei, but a monster at the peak of killing intent!

But clearly, an accident occurred during this period, leading Li Zimei to flee, which in turn created the entanglement with the Taisi Daozi Sect!

"This must be the 'falling into devilry' described by the Taisi Daozi Sect in the Sword Holder's classified files!"

The coldness in Xu Qing's eyes grew even more intense!

He had already seen that the so-called malevolent aura was, in reality, a soul.

An ancient and cruel soul!

The so-called invasion was actually a form of transformation and possession!

They were transforming Li Zimei into a suitable embryo, and then letting this ancient soul perfectly occupy it!

This was also the reason why Li Zimei was enveloped by the large tree at the center of this Lingyin Forbidden Zone... because this transformed embryo was also very suitable for the choice of the Master of the Lingyin Forbidden Zone!

"Parasitizing this suitable body to escape the Forbidden Zone..."

Xu Qing murmured in his heart!

As for whether this was a coincidence... Xu Qing did not bother with it at this moment; the Yinghuang Prefecture Sword Holder Department would naturally be able to investigate it later!

And Qingqiu was also in the tree!

Completely surrounded within, the blood light radiating from her body became the nourishment for the parasitism of the Master of the Lingyin Forbidden Zone!

This, in fact, was also the law of all things in cultivation!

The weak are prey to the strong!

Fuxie was like this back then, the Taisi Daozi Sect was like this, and the Master of the Forbidden Zone was also like this!

The weak would all endure similar experiences in different destinies!

Xu Qing was silent!

With his current strength, he could not change the laws of cultivation for all things, but he could prevent such things from happening to those he was familiar with!

Thus, Xu Qing lifted his foot and walked toward the depths of the Lingyin Forbidden Zone!

Every step he took, this Forbidden Zone would tremble; the strange substances here could invade all things, but for Xu Qing, they could not exert the slightest effect!

Because at this moment, Xu Qing's body also radiated the aura of a god, forming his own strange substances that rapidly spread in all directions!

The two types of strange substances collided invisibly in an instant, causing

the entire Forbidden Zone to tremble violently, countless trees to sway, and mountain after mountain to roar!

The sound also became much louder all of a sudden!

And the moment these sounds were emitted, they were immediately controlled by Xu Qing, becoming his spiritual sense, becoming his weapon, rising from all areas within the Forbidden Zone, and striking toward the large tree at the center with sound-based killing!

It was as if a storm had shocked the heavens!

The sound waves, which should have been invisible, became tangible at this instant, approaching the large tree at the center like a mountain-toppling sea, about to sweep everything away!

But just at this moment, Li Zimei's head suddenly lifted, her expression distorted as she opened her mouth, emitting a sharp, shrill sound!

Once this sharp sound emerged, it could pierce metal and crack stone!

The heavens and earth roared, and all directions shook!

The sounds within the Forbidden Zone that were controlled by Xu Qing actually showed signs of breaking free at this moment!

This was the Lingyin Forbidden Zone; the name "Lingyin" (Spirit Sound) to a certain extent also represented the ability of the Master of the Forbidden Zone. Although it was far from reaching the level of a god, as the Master of the Forbidden Zone, relying on the advantage of its identity,

its counterattack was still swift and fierce!

At this moment, the sharp sound spread across the heavens and earth, shaking Xu Qing's control,

and then it came toward Xu Qing as a sound-based killing attack!

Xu Qing's expression remained as usual; he lifted his right hand, grabbed toward the void in front of him, and then clenched his five fingers, suddenly forming a fist!

It was as if he had crushed the void and snatched everything away!

In an instant, the shaken sound authority became like a towering mountain, which even the heavenly wind could not shake in the slightest!

Not only that, even the killing intent transformed from the sharp sound emitted from Li Zimei's mouth was crushed by Xu Qing at this moment!

Sound Seizure!

The heavens and earth fell silent.

Afterward, Xu Qing opened his palm and waved it toward the Forbidden Zone!

The next instant, the power of sound authority was completely released!

Countless sounds broke the brief silence, like the rising sun tearing through the dark night, erupting comprehensively within this Lingyin Forbidden Zone!

The sound of flowing water shattered the invaded riverbeds, the sound of leaves collapsed the evil branches where they resided, the roars from strange beasts, and the sounds of all things within this Forbidden Zone now turned into lethal damage!

83 Chinese Website latest address

The sound of the booming was heaven-shaking!

Countless trees collapsed and exploded, and one strange beast after another died shrilly!

Looking from the sky, one could see a destructive power rising from the edge of this Forbidden Zone, spreading fiercely, like a giant palm covering the entire Forbidden Zone!

At this moment, it was heading toward the central large tree with an unstoppable momentum, destroying everything in its path!

Direct contact.

The central large tree shook throughout, unable to withstand it, falling apart and shattering into pieces.

Amidst the flying dust and debris, the figures of Li Zimei and Qingqiu appeared within, but they did not fall with the collapse of the giant tree; instead, they floated strangely in mid-air!

It seemed as if a mysterious force was controlling them!

And behind the two women, in the dust and fog, a wooden puppet three feet tall walked out, swaying!

This puppet was tattered all over, and a decaying broken flute hung around its neck!

One eye on its face was lost, while the other eye was opened very wide, revealing a sense of chaos, as if its own intelligence was in a turbid state!

But there was a rich divine fluctuation rising within its body!

Furthermore, the moment it appeared, this dilapidated Forbidden Zone seemed to regain vitality, and the remaining strange beasts and anomalies could not help but bow toward the puppet!

But the puppet's attention was not on the Forbidden Zone; at the moment, it was all focused on Xu Qing, and ripples appeared in the chaos and turbidity of its eyes, as if it were trying very hard to barely maintain a trace of intelligence, emitting a low roar from its mouth!

"Go away."

Xu Qing ignored it and continued walking over!

Seeing this, the chaos and madness in the puppet's eyes rose again, and immediately after, Li Zimei, who was controlled by it, suddenly moved and headed straight for Xu Qing!

Intense killing intent erupted from Li Zimei, causing the wind and clouds to change color, and cold, sharp winds rose in all directions, distorting perception and vision wherever it passed!

That was the artistic conception of slaughter!

As for Qingqiu, her eyes also opened immediately, filled with confusion, as if she had just awakened from a deep sleep.

Then, a sheet of blood light erupted from her body, dyeing the surroundings into a blood prison!

A strange laughter was emitted from Qingqiu's mouth!

"Hehehe!"

The moment this laughter, carrying a sense of eeriness, was emitted, Qingqiu's eyes remained blank as she looked at Xu Qing!

"You... are very familiar..."

While speaking, blood from the dead strange beasts of the Forbidden Zone was rapidly converging from all directions!

Xu Qing gazed at Qingqiu!

He knew that the strangeness appearing on Li Zimei and Qingqiu was called artistic conception!

Li Zimei's artistic conception was primarily based on slaughter!

And Qingqiu's was the Taisi Blood artistic conception.

The Master had once said that this was a forbidden secret technique of the Taisi Daozi Sect, and even for a practitioner to achieve minor success, it was incomparably difficult!

It is said that those who successfully comprehend this blood artistic conception will all develop more than two personalities.

And with each additional personality, the world in their eyes will lack one color, until after eleven personalities, only blood color remains, which is considered great success.

However, until now, in the history of the Taisi Daozi Sect, no one has succeeded in possessing eleven personalities; all of them died in madness during this process!

"Artistic conception is a direction researched by the Sword Palace during the Xuan You Ancient Emperor era, with the goal of finding an ability that could make gods bow... but in the end, it failed!"

Xu Qing's mind recalled the words spoken by the Mingnan Shizi when he was teaching him cultivation back in the Jiyue Great Domain!

While pondering, facing Li Zimei and Qingqiu rushing forward, Xu Qing's footsteps did not pause, but his right eye shone with the power of origin, revealing a Dao mark.

Once this mark appeared, the heavens and earth shook!

That was... the authority of erasure.

With this eye of authority, Xu Qing looked at Li Zimei and Qingqiu again and immediately saw countless silk threads connecting the two women to the puppet!

And once seen, they could be erased!

Xu Qing's right eyelid drooped, and the closing motion was like a snip!

The next instant, the figures of Li Zimei and Qingqiu rushing over paused, their bodies trembling!

The silk threads on them, which were invisible to ordinary means, all snapped at the moment Xu Qing closed his eye.

At the moment of erasure, the two women's eyes closed simultaneously, and their bodies fell to the ground, motionless!

The artistic conception they radiated also rapidly dissipated!

A wail, even shriller than before, was emitted intensely from the mouth of the puppet whose silk threads had been erased, and its body flew up suddenly at this moment, amidst this anger and resentment, heading straight for Xu Qing!

Combining with its own shrillness, it transformed into a semi-transparent sound wave spear, stabbing fiercely toward the position of Xu Qing's heart.

Xu Qing did not dodge, letting this sound spear fall!

The moment it made contact, it was as if it had struck an indestructible giant mountain, and the sound spear visibly disintegrated and collapsed!

In an instant, it was completely shattered!

Furthermore, a counter-shock was emitted, affecting the puppet, causing this Master of Lingyin to recoil, with several more cracks appearing on its body!

The instinctual fear of life toward death also overcame the chaos of its intelligence at this moment, and it was about to accelerate its retreat, far away from this place!

But it was too late!

Xu Qing took a step out, and a great sun gathered in his dantian sea; externally, his entire body shone brilliantly in an instant, radiating countless light and heat, transforming himself into a vast sun!

Rising from the Lingyin Forbidden Zone!

At this moment, it was dusk passing, and the night was descending, but in an instant, the night reversed, and the firmament brightened again.

The pitch-black Forbidden Zone was also pierced through by the light, and the river water filled with strange substances also presented a sense of clarity!

Everything was as if purified.

83 Chinese Website latest address ===== CHAPTER 961 =====