Chapter 1056

Fortunately, this iron-water-like liquid flowed more and more.

In not too long, it had already melted away this last master alive.

If not for that pool of molten iron on the ground, no one would be able to prove that this master had ever existed in the world.

The last master died a tragic death, and the radiance of the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom gradually condensed, no longer as wild as before.

This subtle change was spotted by Cao Zhengchun at once.

Looking at the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom spinning in mid-air, Cao Zhengchun was also filled with indecision.

Now that Luo Jusheng and Lady Luo had been drained dry and lay limp on the ground, even if one wanted to help them up, they probably couldn't be lifted.

The other six great masters—one he had killed himself, and the rest, including Tiezhua Feiying, had all been sacrificed to the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.

At present, apart from Cao Zhengchun himself, there was truly no one left to use.

Yet five people had died one after another, each in a different manner of death.

Although the deaths followed the five elements, the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom had also undergone changes.

But Cao Zhengchun truly did not dare to guarantee that this Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom would not "kill again"!

But now there was no one left who could explore the danger for him.

At this moment, the great battle between the Bewitching Shadow Divine Art and Zhuge Shenhou was nearly at its end.

Although the Bewitching Shadow Divine Art of the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi was unrivaled in the Great Ming martial world, their experience was ultimately insufficient.

Zhuge Shenhou came from the Nine Provinces and had seen countless similar strange and peerless skills.

Therefore, after fighting for so long, he had long since drawn on the experience of the Nine Provinces to slowly wear down a considerable amount of the true qi of the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi.

Now the effect of the Bewitching Shadow Divine Art grew smaller and smaller.

Zhuge Shenhou had also gradually regained his perception of the outside world.

The first thing he did was search for the location of the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.

He discovered that the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom had not only already appeared in the world, but was also safely floating in mid-air.

As for Cao Zhengchun and the eight great masters of the Eastern Depot, apart from Luo Jusheng and Lady Luo lying on the ground with their fates unknown,

the other six great masters had all vanished without a trace.

Instead, a small sapling had abruptly appeared in the stone hall.

Seeing Cao Zhengchun not far from the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, looking utterly indecisive,

Zhuge Shenhou could not help but grow greatly anxious and shouted,

"Cao, you eunuch dog, don't you dare touch my Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom! It's mine!"

In Zhuge Shenhou's eyes, this Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom was truly his only hope of turning the tables.

Immediately, he exerted force with his hands again, wanting to drive back the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi.

But although the true qi of the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi was already somewhat unable to keep up, they were still unwilling to give up.

They actually still forced themselves to persist, wanting to perish together with Zhuge Shenhou.

In their hearts, with the four of them joining forces, the depth of their true qi was absolutely number one under heaven.

After wearing Zhuge Shenhou down for so long, although they still had not drained him dry,

they felt that Zhuge Shenhou must certainly not be much better off than themselves.

Perhaps if they held on a little longer, they could wear Zhuge Shenhou to death?

On the other side, Cao Zhengchun, who had been hesitating all along, was startled awake the moment he heard Zhuge Shenhou's voice.

For the sake of this Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom, he had sacrificed the eight great masters of the Eastern Depot.

Now, if he did not dare to take the risk and let Zhu Wushi snatch it away,

he feared he would never have peace of mind for the rest of his life!

Immediately, Cao Zhengchun gritted his teeth and stamped his foot.

He poured all of his Primordial Yuan Tiangang true qi into his left hand, then reached out to grab the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom.

"Ah! Put it down for me..."

Seeing Cao Zhengchun stretch out his hand, Zhuge Shenhou could tolerate it no longer.

He immediately summoned the cultivation of eight hundred experts, surging like tide and sea, and attacked the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi.

How could the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi have known that Zhuge Shenhou had not only not been drained to utter exhaustion by their Bewitching Shadow Divine Art, but still possessed such surging cultivation within him!

Could it be that this shameless Zhuge Shenhou had been putting on an act all along?

But their thoughts could only go this far.

The Four Ghosts of Xiangxi, already worn down to a sorry state, had not the slightest room to resist before the sea-like, tide-like cultivation of eight hundred experts.

The Bewitching Shadow Divine Art was directly broken open.

The Four Ghosts of Xiangxi were sent scattering in all directions by the force of this strike.

They were respectively slammed into the surrounding walls, embedded within them, every bone in their limbs shattered—dead beyond any possibility of death.

842 Frogs at the bottom of a well!

"Old eunuch dog, let go of my Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom!"

At the same moment he blasted away the Four Ghosts of Xiangxi, Zhuge Shenhou saw that Cao Zhengchun had finally made up his mind and stretched his hand toward the Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom within arm's reach.

If it were taken by him, it would be extremely difficult for Zhuge Shenhou to obtain it again.

After all, a few old monks of the Heart Chan Hall had once said that the first and second Heavenly Fragrance Cardamoms to appear in the world were nothing particularly remarkable.

But the third Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom—that is, the last one in this world—

was formed by gathering the essence of heaven and earth and the spiritual qi of sun and moon.

To put it plainly, this last Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom was the object upon which the fortune of this world converged.

Once one found the Famen and consumed this Heavenly Fragrance Cardamom,

Then one could gather all of this world's fortune of destiny upon oneself.

With the fortune of a world, even if this world was far inferior to the Nine Provinces, could it not still push one's cultivation to a higher level?

What's more, with fortune upon one's body, add to that diligent cultivation.

Hiding within this world, even if the Qinglong Society truly came to cause trouble, what was there to fear?

Could they possibly contend against the Heavenly Dao?

This was the reason why Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou was determined to obtain this Sky Fragrant Cardamom.

Even to the point of abandoning the entire foundation of the Protecting Dragon Shanzhuang for this Sky Fragrant Cardamom.

Only now this Sky Fragrant Cardamom was about to be seized by Cao Zhengchun.

If that old eunuch dog obtained it and monopolized this world's fortune of destiny, how could one's own life survive?

After a fierce shout, Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou's figure exploded into motion.

He employed a movement art learned from the Nine Provinces, his whole person seeming to teleport, arriving before the Sky Fragrant Cardamom in an instant.

"How could this be? What lightness skill is this?"

Cao Zhengchun's eyeballs bulged wide; he could not believe that such a terrifying lightness skill existed under heaven, and had been learned by Zhu Tie Dan.

"Frog at the bottom of a well!"

Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou gave a cold laugh and taunted.

At the same time, his hands were not idle, reaching to grab the Sky Fragrant Cardamom.

He was close, and his strike was as fast as lightning.

It seemed this Sky Fragrant Cardamom was about to be taken into Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou's hand.

"Damnable! Leave it for me!"

If Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou had not thrown in such capital to snatch it, Cao Zhengchun might not have taken a fancy to this bizarre Sky Fragrant Cardamom.

At this moment Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou had not only revealed a lightness skill never heard of nor ever seen.

His eyes were even fervent, gazing at the Sky Fragrant Cardamom within arm's reach.

Cao Zhengchun immediately gave a great shout, and drove his own Hunyuan Yuan Tiangang true essence to the absolute limit.

A faint smile on his face, his right hand raised in an orchid-finger gesture, then flicked several fingers in rapid succession from his palm.

Several invisible forces shot toward the major acupoints on Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou's wrist.

Among them was one force that actually headed straight for the Shanzhong acupoint on Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou's chest.

"What a eunuch dog — so it turns out he's learned the Yunzhou Shaolin Temple's Flower-Picking Finger art."

Zhu Tie Dan Shenhou saw that this finger force was not only invisible and formless, but also yin-yang unstable, impossible to fathom.

At a glance he discerned this was the Flower-Picking Finger art, one of the Yunzhou Shaolin's Seventy-Two Supreme Skills.