Chapter 168: The Female Corpse Sealed in the Cave

The two flew over the main hall of the Void Sect and headed toward the back mountain; only then did Jiang Xun realize that the Void Sect was actually quite large.

It was just that Si Yuyan was in Jiang Xun's divine sense at the time, so she knew where all the treasures were kept, making it unnecessary to search the entire mountain.

"Senior Brother, Xuwang Mountain is different from Lingxiao Mountain; it is one complete whole. Right now, the Elders, the Great Elder, the Left and Right Protectors, and Master all live in the houses clustered near Xuwang Hall."

Tu Qing pointed below for Jiang Xun as she spoke.

Indeed, a circle of houses could be seen surrounding the area not far from Xuwang Hall.

"Then the Inner Sect Disciples all live on the mountainside, while the Outer Sect Disciples and male disciples live at the foot of the back mountain. That sword mark was discovered there."

"You were also supposed to help me find a woman's corpse; did you see it?" Jiang Xun nodded and asked.

He was asking about Tang Ying's corpse.

"The corpses... there were quite a lot of them."

Tu Qing looked troubled.

When they were cleaning up the Void Sect, they dug up many, many skeletons, both male and female; they were basically all wearing the attire of Void Sect disciples, and the clothes were tattered.

"It shouldn't be those." Jiang Xun shook his head.

Si Yuyan would surely have properly preserved Tang Ying's corpse; since she could keep her own corpse from decaying, she certainly wouldn't let Tang Ying's corpse become a skeleton.

"I thought so too, so I just burned all those skeletons. I couldn't find anything else after that; the whole mountain was turned over."

Tu Qing nodded.

"Alright, then I will look for it myself later."

Jiang Xun nodded: "Thank you for your hard work, A Qing."

"It's not hard work at all." Tu Qing shook her head and smiled: "It's just that Senior Brother has been gone for so long, I've missed you terribly. Can Senior Brother sleep with A Qing tonight?"

"Of course you can." Jiang Xun nodded and smiled.

"That's great!" Tu Qing was very happy to hear this, then pointed below: "We're here, we're here."

The two then descended together into a crevice. The crevice was very dark, with only a small amount of sunlight filtering in. Jiang Xun took out the Purgatory Fire Bead to ignite a flame, illuminating the surroundings.

Led by Tu Qing, they arrived at a protruding stone wall halfway up the mountain.

"It's this one." Tu Qing hovered in mid-air and said.

Jiang Xun leaned in to take a look; it appeared to be the mark of a very sharp sword that had fallen vertically and then stabbed directly into this stone wall.

It had been pulled out later.

Could it be that Si Yuyan or Jun Tianling took it when they were building the Void Sect?

But there was no construction here; who would be idle enough to run over here?

"Senior Brother, look here. This mark was likely caused when it was stabbed in, and this one here in the opposite direction was caused when it was pulled out. And look at the age of these marks; they were clearly not made at the same time."

Tu Qing pointed at the sword marks and said.

"How is it? Do you have any memories when looking at this?" Jiang Xun immediately asked Si Yuyan.

"No." Si Yuyan shook her head: "But this valley looks a bit familiar; I seem to have some impression of it."

"Try to think hard." Jiang Xun said upon hearing this.

"... You, go east, about ten kilometers. There is a cave there. Break through the deepest part of the cave; there is something I left there."

After thinking for a moment, Si Yuyan said somewhat uncertainly.

"A Qing, you go back first." Jiang Xun looked at Tu Qing and said after hearing this.

"Alright, then I'll wait for you in my room." Tu Qing didn't ask any more questions; she looked at Jiang Xun and licked the corner of her mouth, looking impatient.

"Alright." Jiang Xun nodded and smiled.

Then Tu Qing waved her hand and left.

Jiang Xun flew east along the canyon. Ten kilometers passed in the blink of an eye, and after flying slowly for about another three kilometers, he saw a cave halfway up the mountain.

Jiang Xun dropped directly into the cave, then used the fire bead to illuminate it and walked toward the depths of the cave. The cave was quite deep; Jiang Xun walked for about a thousand meters before finally seeing the end of the cave.

"It's this." Si Yuyan said, looking at the wall in front of her.

Jiang Xun nodded, then reached out his hand, wrapped his fist in Spirit Power, and struck it.

With a loud boom, the wall in front collapsed, revealing a translucent barrier.

Looking further back, there was another new path.

"What is this?" Jiang Xun pointed at the barrier and said.

"Wait a moment, let me think." Si Yuyan clutched her head and racked her brains. Jiang Xun waited for a full hour, which gave him the feeling of returning to the Dungeon.

"Big Sister? Are you asleep?" Jiang Xun couldn't hold back and asked.

"Don't talk, I'm about to remember it..."

Si Yuyan waved her hand, telling Jiang Xun not to disturb her, as she was very seriously trying to recall this Dharma Formula.

Jiang Xun was helpless and simply began to sit in meditation to cultivate.

After another hour or so, Si Yuyan finally spoke: "I'm not entirely sure, but... Supreme Boundless, Heavenly Palace Sea Vast, Desire to Open Metal Stone, Metal Stone Not Yet Opened."

"What gibberish are you saying?" Jiang Xun was full of question marks.

"The Dharma Formula! The Dharma Formula for opening the barrier." Si Yuyan said.

"You took an hour to remember just these few words?" Jiang Xun raised an eyebrow.

"If I say one word wrong, everything inside will be destroyed." Si Yuyan said helplessly.

"..." Jiang Xun was also speechless. After all, Tang Ying's corpse might be inside, so it was better to be cautious.

"Supreme Boundless, Heavenly Palace Sea Vast, Desire to Open Metal Stone, Metal Stone Not Yet Opened... Are you sure? If you're sure, I'll open it." Jiang Xun asked.

"Open it." Si Yuyan nodded heavily.

"Supreme Boundless, Heavenly Palace Sea Vast, Desire to Open Metal Stone, Metal Stone Not Yet Opened."

Jiang Xun placed his hand on the barrier, channeled his Spirit Power, and recited the Dharma Formula.

As Jiang Xun's voice fell, the barrier before him flickered with a burst of light, then vanished from Jiang Xun's sight.

Before him was a passageway continuing further back.

Seeing this, Jiang Xun continued walking into the depths of the cave.

Before long, he saw a brightness ahead, and he no longer needed the fire pearl.

At the same time, gusts of cold air drifted over.

Jiang Xun put away the fire pearl and walked for about five hundred meters, when a cave within a cave appeared before him.

Inside the cave, patches of ice flowers were blooming, emitting a white light, and at the center of the cluster of ice flowers was a large ice sphere, about two meters tall, frozen solid.

Jiang Xun looked carefully, and there was indeed a figure faintly visible inside the ice sphere, appearing to be a woman.

Seeing this, Jiang Xun could not help but feel a bit excited; he walked over quickly, reached out to wipe the ice sphere, and revealed the face of the woman inside.

Afterward, Jiang Xun was stunned, and Si Yuyan was also stunned.

Tang Qingming?

"Tang Qingming? How could it possibly be Tang Qingming inside here!" Si Yuyan shouted in disbelief.

"Indeed!" Jiang Xun was also dumbfounded; if he remembered correctly, Tang Qingming's body had been invaded by Jun Tianling's flames through her meridians at the time, and her entire physical body had exploded directly: "How could it be Tang Qingming!?"

Jiang Xun took out the Liu Hong Sword, and Si Yuyan immediately emerged from the sword, circling the ice sphere to examine it; she was absolutely certain that this was the Saint they had killed back then, the Qingming Sword Saint Tang Qingming.