Chapter 235: Resurrection of the Old Witch Master

Xu Chen finally let out a long breath, completely withdrew his Divine Sense from the coffin, and raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

Although this battle of the Soul was not as dangerous or intense as the fight with the giant clam, it was by no means easy.

Because when fighting the giant clam, he only needed to fight with all his might.

But this time, not only did he have to contend with a Soul that had been corroded by Underworld Qi to the point of near-total blackening, he also had to do everything in his power to preserve the last remaining trace of the Old Witch Master's intelligence.

If he had used the Demon Refining Art to strike the Old Witch Master's Sea of Consciousness with full force from the beginning, he feared that the agitation of the Soul would have caused that trace of intelligence to dissipate instantly.

But fortunately, although the process was extremely perilous, it ended perfectly; the Old Witch Master's intelligence had fully awakened and grown strong enough to reclaim control of the Soul.

Right now, he only needed to continue inputting large amounts of white Qi to regrow the tendons, bones, and flesh of the Old Witch Master's body, which had been completely corroded and withered by Underworld Qi and Blood Poison.

Feng Yi and the other three, their faces pale and filled with excitement, slowly withdrew the suppression of their Divine Pattern Battle Techniques.

Because they had all felt the Old Witch Master's intense Soul fluctuations; that extreme, frigid aura had dissipated, replaced by the familiar aura of a normal person.

Xu Chen adjusted his breathing for a moment to calm his mood, then circulated the Demon Refining Art again, his Divine Sense guiding a large amount of white light to surge into the Old Witch Master's body. Suddenly, a sound like a thunderclap crackled from within the Old Witch Master's body; as the withered skin and flesh burst violently, waves of five-colored light permeated the entire Stone Coffin and then flowed outward.

Under the destructive impact of the white light, the large amount of flesh that had been corroded to the bone marrow by Underworld Qi continuously crumbled, then quickly began to accumulate and grow again.

Streaks of blood-colored patterns also began to appear, twisting and merging with the newly formed tendons, bones, and flesh, condensing into familiar or unfamiliar Divine Patterns.

Xu Chen carefully sensed these Divine Patterns, continuously replicating them into the Blue Light Treasure Bottle.

"Hey, what kind of miraculous technique is this? I can actually sense the aura of Divine Patterns!"

In Xu Chen's mind, the Old Witch Master's voice, filled with surprise and confusion, rang out.

Before Xu Chen could reply, he heard the Old Witch Master let out a surprised cry of "Wow."

"This is truly a Divine Pattern Battle Technique, Wrath of the Wind God... Haha, I can actually feel the power of the Wind God!"

"Wow, this is the Divine Pattern Battle Technique Wind Wing."

"Wow, this is the Divine Pattern Battle Technique Storm Hammer."

"Wow, this is the Divine Pattern Battle Technique Wind Barrier."

"Wow, this is the Divine Pattern Battle Technique Wind Song."

"Wow..."

The Old Witch Master was like a chatterbox, his exclamations of "wow" constantly ringing in Xu Chen's mind, shaking Xu Chen until he felt dizzy and lightheaded, as if his Soul might run wild at any moment.

"Senior, please don't speak, or it will affect my treatment. If the body recovery fails, these Divine Patterns might all collapse and disappear."

"Wow... Gah, alright, I won't speak... I definitely won't speak... definitely... wow..."

The Old Witch Master's voice, which sounded like he was talking to himself, slowly quieted down, but his agitated emotions had not diminished in the slightest, though he really did not dare to continue wailing.

Only then could Xu Chen focus his attention on continuing to repair the Old Witch Master's body.

However, given the Old Witch Master's child-like reaction, Xu Chen had a vague, bad premonition. Although this old mummy had woken up, he feared that he had lost many memories, and his temperament seemed somewhat immature; he also did not know if he had any clues about leaving Minghuang.

If not, this operation, for which he had waited and prepared for at least three months, would likely have been mostly in vain.

"Crack—"

A faint, shattering sound echoed in the stone cave.

However, because the Old Witch Master's flesh and blood were constantly exploding and regenerating, this sound did not attract anyone's attention.

At this moment, not only Xu Chen, but also the four Divine Pattern Warriors including Feng Yi, had all their attention focused on the Old Witch Master.

As Xu Chen used his full strength to mobilize the white light to repair the Old Witch Master's body, a powerful vitality grew rapidly, and the Old Witch Master's life aura became increasingly rich, which made the four of them even more excited and surprised.

"Crack!"

Another slight cracking sound came from a nearby stone chamber, where a large hole had broken through the bottom of a massive Stone Coffin that had been sealed for who knows how long.

Accompanied by a thick, rolling Black Mist, a claw flickering with black light reached out from the broken hole, and a moment later, a powerful aura exploded within the Stone Coffin.

"Boom—"

The massive Stone Coffin shook violently, stone debris shattered into the sky, and amidst the churning black fog, a pitch-black giant insect several feet in size lunged out from the exploded stone chamber.

"Benefactor, watch out!"

Feng Yi and the others' expressions changed drastically, and amidst their cries of alarm, they hurriedly released their Divine Pattern Battle Techniques to sweep toward the giant insect.

However, what no one expected was that this giant insect could ignore the impact of the Divine Pattern Battle Techniques, piercing through the mountains and the Azure Dragon phantom like a beam of black light, and lunging straight at Xu Chen.

A sense of unprovoked horror washed over Xu Chen; he flickered and vanished from his original spot, the Ming insect passing directly through the afterimage left by his Cloud Flow Step, and with a shrill shriek, it plunged into the Old Witch Master's Stone Coffin.

"Ming insect!?"

The Old Witch Master's terrified cry rang out in Xu Chen's mind.

"Pfft—"

The black giant insect lunged directly onto the Old Witch Master's forehead, its huge and sharp mouthparts stabbing fiercely into the center of his brow, and then its body contracted as it tried to burrow inside.

Xu Chen's expression changed drastically, and without time to think, he lunged onto the Stone Coffin, grabbing the Ming insect's wings with both hands and pulling hard.

"Hiss—"

The giant insect, pulled forcibly from the Old Witch Master's forehead, let out a shrill hiss; Feng Yi and the others immediately screamed, clutching their heads and swaying like drunkards.

Although Xu Chen resisted the shriek, the black giant insect broke free from his hands, turned, and lunged onto his forehead; accompanied by a burst of intense pain, the black giant insect's mouthparts stabbed fiercely into the center of his brow.

But at this very moment, a blue light sprayed out from the center of Xu Chen's brow, instantly transforming into a blue light vortex, and the black-armored giant insect plunged headlong into the vortex.

The blue light vortex flashed and vanished, and the black-armored giant insect disappeared along with it.

"Pat—"

A pitch-black Jade Piece fell from the center of Xu Chen's brow.

The stone chamber quickly returned to calm.

Xu Chen was stunned for a moment, then bent down to pick up the Jade Piece.

This was the second time he had seen this kind of Jade Piece; the first time was when he made a bet with Lan You to enter the Black Wind Ridge cave and encountered that two-headed bat, which was sucked into the Blue Light Treasure Bottle and eventually became a sharp weapon for him to fight the Black Spider Soul Beast, similar to a type of Spirit Talisman from the Immortal World, which seemed to be usable by summoning it.

"Benefactor, are, are you alright!" Feng Yi, his face pale and panicked, rushed over while clutching his forehead to ask.

Xu Chen shook his head with a strange expression and said, "I'm fine, but it seems we cannot stay here for long. Let's hurry and get the Old Witch Master out of here first!"

"Right, right, hurry and get out! These are the Ming insects formed after the powerful sleepers of the Feng clan from the past underwent Ming-transformation; they are extremely terrifying, hurry and leave!"

Feng Yi and the other three did not dare to continue staying here, so they hurriedly lifted the Old Witch Master out of the Stone Coffin, then the group quickly retreated from the stone chamber, and after closing and sealing the stone door again, they trotted all the way to escape the grotto.

Seeing Xu Chen and the others emerge from the cave entrance, cheers from the Feng clan members immediately erupted in the valley.

Xu Chen did not have time to explain and hurriedly had the Elder seal the cave again, while he himself took Feng Yi and the others to bring the Old Witch Master back to the cave where they resided.

"Senior, are you alright!" After placing the Old Witch Master's tattered body, which had been impacted and repaired by the white light, onto the ground, Xu Chen then used the Divine Sense Transmission of the Wind Whisper to ask.

"I, I am fine. It is fortunate that these Ming insects did not burrow inside, otherwise I would have been completely dead!" The Old Witch Master seemed still shaken, his voice carrying a trace of trembling.

Xu Chen breathed a sigh of relief, signaled for Feng Yi and the others to keep a watch on the surroundings, and then continued to circulate the Grand Void Demon Refining Art to keep repairing the Old Witch Master's body.

Because the Old Witch Master's strength was formidable and his body had been dormant for too long, even though a large amount of white light was constantly dispelling the body parts corroded by Underworld Qi, the newly grown sinews, bones, flesh, and blood still consumed a very long time, and it was only when Xu Chen felt his own body beginning to collapse and he could no longer persist that he stopped the repairs.

At this time, the Old Witch Master's body had only been repaired to less than half, but fortunately, a large number of bones, meridians, and blood vessels were almost completely repaired, and he had already begun to be able to recover slowly on his own.

After settling the Old Witch Master, Xu Chen returned to his own stone chamber for another brief period of seclusion to recuperate.

One day later, Xu Chen came out of seclusion and visited to find that the Old Witch Master had recovered quite well; a clear Zuwon Yinji had also appeared on the center of his brow, and although his body was still tattered, his Soul aura and vitality were extremely powerful.

Seeing Xu Chen, the Old Witch Master was very excited and expressed through Divine Sense Transmission that he had already learned of Xu Chen's origins and intentions through communicating with the clansmen, stating that once he recovered, he would definitely accompany Xu Chen to search for the path leading to the Mortal World.

He even told Xu Chen that he had heard that there indeed existed locations of such ancient passages in Minghuang, but they were very far from the Feng clan, and whether they could be found or passed through could not be guaranteed.

Xu Chen was overjoyed.

As long as there was a direction and a clue, it was enough; at the very least, this piece of news gave him a clear goal, so he would no longer have to wander around Minghuang like a headless fly searching.

(End of this chapter)