Chapter 173

"Just like you, when you joined the sect, I left a trace of your soul power to create soul tablets."

"If you are unfortunately killed, with the help of the soul tablet, you can at least preserve the last trace of your true spirit, and later refine a new body to cultivate again."

"And I can also use the feedback from the soul tablet to go and suppress the enemy and avenge you."

"But if even your soul is destroyed, the soul tablet will shatter immediately. By then, even I will find it difficult to know who killed you."

"This is a method that large factions in the immortal cultivation world have, but it is generally only given to genius disciples."

"Therefore, when walking in the immortal cultivation world in the future, once you have made an enemy, do not hesitate, and do not have any psychological burden."

"If they don't die and their path doesn't vanish, you will be in danger."

"Abandon womanly benevolence. Since you have decided to kill, you must cut the weeds and eliminate the roots."

"The immortal cultivation world has never been kind. If your heart is not ruthless, you cannot make a name for yourself in the immortal cultivation world."

Everyone listened in a daze. This was the first time the usually gentle Jiang Yan had said such cold-blooded and cruel words to them.

Xiao asked himself, even though he had dealt with many evildoers over the years, but regarding souls...

He really couldn't do such a vicious thing.

Killing someone is just a matter of a head hitting the ground, but to scatter someone's soul...

"You are just entering the immortal cultivation world now, and there are many things you don't understand, but every word I say is a truth verified by blood."

Jiang Yan looked at them seriously and said in a deep voice:

"Back then, when I reached the early stage of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, I left Shushan to train."

"I encountered a strong enemy on the road, and after killing them, I also missed the opportunity to destroy their soul due to a momentary lapse in judgment."

"After that, I was hunted by the Longbei Sect for three months, and in the end, it was the Dharma Protector Elder who solved the problem for me."

"Since then, I have understood that in the immortal cultivation world, one should not easily make enemies, but once an enemy is made, no matter what, cut the weeds and eliminate the roots."

"Perhaps you still don't understand now, but it doesn't matter, you will understand later."

"Your accidental negligence is destined to become a choice that you will regret for the rest of your life."

Everyone nodded, and in their hearts, they temporarily accepted this cruel fact.

But such things were still very far away from them.

For a short time, they could not leave Teyvat.

Suddenly, the climate, which had been quite mild, took a sharp turn for the worse.

Biting cold surged like a wave, roaring through the jungle and the sky.

The area where the three-headed demon bird had been was instantly frozen, and even the ground was covered in a thick layer of ice.

Lisa reached out her hand to catch a snowflake, and the cool sensation made her spirit perk up slightly.

"The environment of the Nine Netherworld Secret Realm is truly magical. It was bright and sunny just now, and now it’s suddenly snowing?"

Hearing this, Jiang Yan sighed helplessly.

"Snowing? It’s the Snow Hou who has come..."

"What?!!"

Everyone was shocked and looked up. Far away, centered on the area where the three-headed demon bird had been.

Within a radius of a thousand miles, it was instantly a world of ice and snow.

Before even showing its face, it displayed such power of heaven and earth.

This Snow Hou was far stronger than they had expected!

111. The true battle of the Demon Kings that shocked the Teyvat disciples

"Quick! Set up the formation! Moon Carver! Quickly take out your formation disk!"

With disaster imminent, Venti couldn't care about joking and hurriedly urged Moon Carver.

Seeing this, Jiang Yan had another headache and said:

"Don't move!"

"No one is allowed to mobilize True Essence, and no one is allowed to expose their aura!"

"The Snow Hou is a genuine ten-thousand-year-old Demon King, with a highly refined strength, only one step away from reaching Spirit Refining and Returning to Void."

"If you use even a trace of True Essence now, he will be able to detect it."

Hearing this, Venti and Moon Carver’s movements paused, and everyone held their breath, looking nervously at the distant sky.

Now, they could only pray that the opponent hadn't discovered them.

Perhaps because everyone’s eyesight was excellent after immortal cultivation, in an instant, a small black dot suddenly appeared in the distance.

Looking closely, a young man with a snow-white body and an eerie appearance appeared, his long hair like a waterfall covered in snowflakes.

It was white to the extreme.

The opponent stared downward for a moment, then suddenly spoke, his voice spreading throughout all the ice-covered areas.

"Shushan people? After several hundred years, I have smelled your scent again. It is as disgusting as ever..."

The Snow Hou looked up to the sky, his tone calm but revealing a biting murderous intent.

"Such obvious traces of True Essence. It seems that the hypocritical bunch at Shushan did not teach you well how to behave in the Nine Netherworld."

"Come out, I can give you a quick death."

A drop of cold sweat dripped down Zhongli’s forehead.

Even from such a distance, it already made him feel a trace of a fatal threat.

There was no way to resist.

That was a power as strong as the heavens.

The Martial God, who had always been invincible in Teyvat, felt such a strong sense of powerlessness for the first time when facing an enemy.

"Sect Master."

Ganyu called out to Jiang Yan in a low voice.

"Ignore him."

Jiang Yan shook his head.

"He is bluffing you. As long as you don't reveal your True Essence, he won't be able to detect you."

"The Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range has a complex aura. Even at the peak of Qi Refining and Spirit Transformation, it is impossible to sense everything carefully one by one."

Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, but looking at the Snow Hou in the distance, they still felt a tremor from the bottom of their hearts.

This was the strongest existence they had ever seen.

Jiang Yan was, of course, not included.

Although he was at the late stage of Spirit Refining and Returning to Void, Jiang Yan had never shown his strength, and his aura was gentle.

Although occasionally when cultivating, he would reveal that trace of a weak aura, it also made everyone feel like they were facing a world, far stronger than the Snow Hou.

But Jiang Yan had never truly been serious.

Right now, this Snow Hou was using its full strength, and the pressure it gave them was not just a little bit.

Zhongli estimated in his heart.

If his Clear Source Wonderful Law Manifestation Spell was perfected, Venti’s Wine Immortal Art was perfected, and Alice’s Separation and Union Divine Light was perfected.

If the three of them cooperated seamlessly, they could probably hold out for a while.

But it would only be for a while...

The final result would still be death.

As for now...

With their unskilled spells, if they faced him, they would likely be gone in an instant.

The opponent’s aura was too terrifying.

"Sect Master, what should we do?"

Ganyu looked at Jiang Yan with some worry, and the latter shook his head and said:

"This is your exploration; you cannot always rely on me, otherwise how will you grow? What do you think should be done?"

Everyone was silent for a moment, and Ningguang said in a low voice:

"The only plan now is to wait..."

"Wait? Wait for the opponent to find us and kill us?"

Cloud Retainer asked back with some anxiety.

Today’s exploration was truly unlucky to the extreme.

They had finally found a high-quality spirit fruit after coming in, but it turned out that the guardian of the spirit fruit was a personal guard of the Snow Hou King, one of the Seven Kings of the Nine Netherworld.