[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl":3,"chapter-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-493":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Great Jin's Most Iron Rice Bowl",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1897267,2531,"Chapter 493: The Oriole Behind","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-493",493,"\u003Cp>By the banks of the Yellow Spring River, a deathly silence reigned, deep as an abyss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment that exclamation reached her ears, Hua Changxi reacted with extreme speed; she immediately sat cross-legged, hunched her spine slightly, and lowered her head, perfectly mimicking the posture of the surrounding ghost races who were intoxicated by the scent of the Red Spider Lilies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In merely the span of a breath, she merged seamlessly with the dense crowd of ghosts around her, as if she had always been one among these myriad spirits, without a trace of incongruity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, five figures slowly emerged from the churning gray mist along the banks of the Yellow Spring River.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first glance, these five appeared entirely like members of the ghost race—shrouded in dense, congealed ghostly qi, their faces pale as paper and devoid of blood, their eye sockets sunken like caves, and their pupils revealing a chilling coldness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, through her Eye of Truth, Hua Changxi clearly 'saw' the vigorous blood and qi surging within the five bodies, as well as the solemn, statue-like human-shaped Nascent Souls seated in their dantians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were human cultivators!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, they were five experts who had opened their Spirit Platforms!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this sight, the light in Hua Changxi's eyes flickered uncertainly, her gaze surging with surprise that was difficult to conceal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When human cultivators descended into the Nine Netherworlds, they generally only set foot in the regions surrounding the Nine Passes; few cultivators dared to venture deep into the heart of the Nine Netherworlds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last cultivator she knew of who had ventured deep into the heart of the Nine Netherworlds was Gongshu Xingyan, who had been imprisoned by the ghost race for over a hundred years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was the background of these five?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Hua Changxi was secretly observing the five, their gazes also swept over rapidly; at the very instant she withdrew her line of sight, one gaze brushed past her and paused for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leader, I've spotted a ghost capable of manipulating ghost fire.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do not alert them; although they are merely fierce ghosts and wandering souls, if their numbers are great, they will still be troublesome.\" Clearly, these ghosts had all been intoxicated by the fragrance of the Red Spider Lilies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their gazes slid away, turning toward the sea of Red Spider Lilies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leader, it's a top-grade Red Spider Lily!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice could barely conceal its excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the five had set their sights on the top-grade Red Spider Lily she had targeted, Hua Changxi felt somewhat anxious but dared not act rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The five possessed powerful divine consciousness and were extremely vigilant; if she moved, she would likely be discovered immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, contrary to expectations, faced with the top-grade Red Spider Lilies, the five did not take immediate action but instead cautiously surveyed their surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything is normal; there are no anomalies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yet, it is too quiet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This region is the Ancient Path of the Yellow Spring; with the Ghost Realm Fortress ahead and the Forbidden Ghost Lands behind, it is normal that no one dares to tread here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All ghost races dare not approach the top-grade Red Spider Lilies; there must be a reason...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Regardless of the reason, since we have encountered them, we must give it a try.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, the five quickly deployed themselves; then, one of them, like a phantom, silently passed through the myriad ghosts, approaching several pure white, bone-like top-grade Red Spider Lilies within the flower sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very moment that cultivator was about to touch one of the top-grade Red Spider Lilies, a sudden change occurred!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A strip of exceedingly bewitching red light burst forth from the depths of the stamens of the billions of Red Spider Lilies, instantly igniting the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately following, a terrifying pressure that made the soul tremble erupted violently from beneath the flower bushes without any warning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red light gathered and circulated wildly in mid-air; amidst the interplay of light and shadow, countless petals danced out of thin air, and within merely the span of a breath, the red light subsided, revealing a breathtakingly beautiful figure standing prominently above the flower sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman wore a crimson long skirt, its hem formed by the condensation of countless blooming shadows of Red Spider Lilies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her slight breathing, the flowers on the skirt seemed to come alive, their petals unfolding one by one, shimmering with colorful light, as if fresh blood were slowly flowing beneath the fabric.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman trod upon the void with bare feet; her slender, fair ankles formed a heart-stopping contrast against the scarlet flower sea beneath her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her waterfall-like black hair was adorned with no ornaments, casually tied up with only a single blood-colored flower branch; a few strands of hair fell beside her slender neck, adding a touch of lazy yet fatal allure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was so beautiful it was suffocating, yet so beautiful that one dared not look directly at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi and the five cultivators were all stunned, their breathing involuntarily coming to a halt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, all things in the world seemed to fade in color; only the woman in red remained the sole focal point in this blood-red world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such audacity! Even a Ghost King would not dare to touch my descendants; you lot are merely at the Ghost Marshal realm, yet you presume to steal the juniors I have carefully nurtured.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the woman in the red skirt appeared, Chu Junyi immediately lashed out with his soul whip, pulling Ye Jingzhou, who had ventured deep into the Red Spider Lily sea, back out, while the other three simultaneously launched attacks against the woman in red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Battle was imminent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unwilling to cause a major disturbance, Chu Junyi and the other five struck with moves that were fatal in every instance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially since they all knew that the Yellow Spring and the Red Spider Lilies were born together; historically, the Master of the Yellow Spring and the Master of the Red Spider Lilies always became husband and wife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the woman in the red skirt referred to herself as 'Madam,' her identity needed no guessing; she was the Master of the Red Spider Lilies, and simultaneously the Dao companion of the Master of the Yellow Spring.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, this section of the Ancient Path of the Yellow Spring bordered the Forbidden Ghost Lands and the Ghost Realm Fortress; to ensure that the Master of the Yellow Spring and the Master of the Red Spider Lilies did not threaten the rule of the ghost race, their true bodies could not descend.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, the woman in red whom Chu Junyi and the five were currently facing could only be a mere avatar of the Master of the Red Spider Lilies, making her not too difficult to deal with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, they had to conclude the battle quickly; otherwise, once the Master of the Yellow Spring also intervened, they would likely find it difficult to escape.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the chaotic battle that had erupted in an instant, where the five cultivators and the woman in the red skirt were locked in an inseparable fight, Hua Changxi made a decisive move, darting straight toward the top-grade Red Spider Lilies far from the battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seeking death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the very moment Hua Changxi stored the first top-grade Red Spider Lily into her Shennong Cauldron, the woman in the red skirt, who was entangled in combat with Chu Junyi and the others, suddenly turned her head; her originally bewitching beautiful eyes were instantly filled with overwhelming ferocity, locking死死 onto Hua Changxi as if intending to swallow her alive and peel her skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi paid her no heed, her footsteps not slowing in the slightest as she headed straight for the second top-grade Red Spider Lily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the woman in the red skirt was burning with rage and wished to break away to pursue and kill, she was tightly entangled by the trapping formation laid down by Mencius Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The light of the formation circulated, firmly imprisoning her within a square inch of space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Unable to free herself, she could only transform her full measure of hatred into an even more fierce offensive, frantically bombarding Chu Junyi and the other five.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that a ghost race member was acting as the oriole behind, waiting to reap the benefits, Chu Junyi also made a decisive move; he abruptly withdrew his killing moves against the woman in the red skirt, shouted a low command for his companions to contain her, and then violently retreated, actually imitating Hua Changxi's actions by darting wildly toward the top-grade Red Spider Lilies on the other side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One flower, two flowers, three flowers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi's movements were so fast that only a lingering afterimage remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In merely an instant, she had plucked five top-grade Red Spider Lilies, more than ten high-grade Red Spider Lilies, and dozens of medium-grade spiritual flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as she intended to rush toward the next top-grade Red Spider Lily, a tremendous roar that shattered the void came from behind her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Lady will make your souls scatter and your spirits vanish!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by a fierce, angry roar, Lady Bihua finally forced the formation apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the exploding red light, she ignored the four attacking her and instead lunged madly at Hua Changxi—the thief who had stolen countless of her descendants and drained her vital essence!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hua Changxi frowned slightly; unwilling to reveal her aura by fighting, she swiftly flew out of the Bihua flower sea and plunged headlong into the dense gray mist covering the Ancient Huangquan Road.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the woman in the red skirt pursued with meteoric speed, arriving behind her in an instant, her bone-chilling killing intent nearly eroding Hua Changxi's back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sensing the approaching lethal crisis, Hua Changxi sighed helplessly, halted her steps, spun around quickly, and grabbed at the void with her right hand; a black broken blade suddenly materialized in her palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Facing the red figure charging forth with the force of thunder and ten thousand jun, she employed no flashy techniques, simply reversing her grip and slashing down in one plain motion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pfft~\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no deafening clash of metal, only a soft sound, like a sharp blade slicing through thin paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That woman in the red skirt, who seemed invincible and whose oppressive aura dominated all, proved as fragile as a mortal paper doll before this black broken blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the blade light flashed, her entire body instantly split neatly in two from the middle, without even time to let out a scream.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was not yet the most terrifying part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What was even more hair-raising was that the cut made by the black broken blade suddenly erupted with a strange suction; the body of the woman in the red skirt, condensed from pure energy, disintegrated in an instant, transforming into surging red radiance that was greedily devoured completely by the broken blade, like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In merely the blink of an eye, that invincible Lady Bihua vanished completely from this world, leaving only that black broken blade trembling slightly in the gray mist, upon whose blade a trace of bewitching red light flashed and vanished, making it appear even more profound and unfathomable.\u003C\u002Fp>",1882,"2026-06-12T02:51:24.126Z",1,"Qwen3.5 397B","745a54b924f8b5a756cad2c904cb7bf95ddfbe5b05d475b6577f7545bfd76021","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-494","the-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-chapter-492",558,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-great-jin-s-most-iron-rice-bowl-cover.jpg"]