The crazed Yu Wenming gazed at me. He didn't care about what was behind him. When the evil sacrificial spirit pressed his finger, he froze in midair. The thick Yin energy in his hand shook and dispersed. Only his bloodshot eyes didn't change. However, the light in his eyes had disappeared.
After a few seconds of silence, his body slumped to the ground.
When I was in the Imperial Tomb of the Shang Dynasty, I had witnessed the death of many Celestial Masters. When I got out of there, I saw the bodies of around twenty Celestial Masters or Yang God Celestial Masters. However, it was the first time I had seen someone die in front of me.
Looking at Yu Wenming's body, I suddenly remembered the Gate of Eternal Life that the Celestial Masters had mentioned in the Imperial Tomb of the Shang Dynasty.
The Celestial Masters were almost like Gods, but their lives were still so fragile … Did eternal life really exist?
The so-called "Gate of Eternal Life", and behind the gate was eternal life?
While my mind was running wild, the evil sacrificial spirit walked toward me. First, he scanned the cut on my arm. Then, he said to me, "This man cultivates Yin energy. I can use the Taotie technique to swallow the half-formed Yang God in his body to increase my cultivation base."
After listening to him, I was bewildered for a while. The evil sacrificial spirit was asking me for my permission.
I had always been in awe of the evil sacrificial spirit. Normally, I wouldn't give him any orders. But now, his behavior made me feel awkward.
However, it was also his behavior that confirmed my identity in my previous life.
I could feel the reverence and obedience the evil sacrificial spirit had for me. This reverence and obedience was even stronger than his pupils. It was like an innate nature that had been engraved in his soul for a long time.
The evil sacrificial spirit didn't tell me the relationship between him and me in my previous life, but I could guess that we had a close relationship.
I gave him a slight nod. The evil sacrificial spirit picked up Yu Wenming's body. He opened his mouth and sucked at the Baihui area above his head. A jet of dark liquid flew out of his scalp. The evil sacrificial spirit swallowed it all at once.
The whole process was so fast that I didn't even see what the so-called "half-formed Yang Spirit" was.
After swallowing, the Yin energy on Yu Wenming's body was all gone. Nothing was left. The evil sacrificial spirit sat down cross-legged and told me that he needed one hour to digest the energy. After that, he would recover a lot of his power.
He's my biggest reliance. If his ability can be improved, I'll have more confidence in this trip to the Heavenly Yin Cave.
Of course, I couldn't slack off. I also sat down cross-legged and continued to meditate.
As long as my arm is nourished by Taoist Qi, it can be completely healed within a short period of time. However, not only did Yu Wenming's attack just now break my arm, but it also dispersed the Witchcraft and Taoist Qi in my body. It will take some time for me to gather them again.
There were only two hours left before the ion timer. I pulled myself together and tried to recover as fast as I could.
Fortunately, I had the Yin energy of the Corpse Sect to replenish my shaman energy, and the True Dragon's vein in the jade bracelet to replenish my Dao energy. Around ten minutes before the time limit, I had fully recovered my shaman and Dao energies. I didn't stay any longer. I didn't even deal with Yu Wenming's body and directly headed to the Flying Zombie Cave.
When I arrived at the Flying Zombie Cave, the nine elders of the Corpse Sect, aside from Yan Dongyue and Yu Wenming, who died in my cave, were all there. The nine winners of the competition had already gathered.
After I arrived, Elder Zhao, who had been in charge of this matter, walked in front of a stone door in the Flying Zombie Hall and said in a clear voice, "It's almost midnight. Everyone, follow me into the sacred grounds of the sect. Remember not to make any noise."
With that, he was about to push the stone door open when Xu Yingqu suddenly said, "Wait!"
Everyone's movements froze. Elder Zhao stopped, turned around and asked with a frown, "What is it?"
Xu Yingqu said, "The Sect Master hasn't arrived yet. We might as well wait for a while."
Elder Zhao was silent for a moment, but he immediately replied, "It's almost midnight. The Sect Master will definitely arrive soon. We can't delay the time to welcome the Ancestor. We should go in first."
With that, he didn't wait for Xu Yingqu to speak again and directly pushed open the huge stone door, revealing a small path that led downwards.
He took the first step and then turned around to beckon everyone to follow him.
I followed the crowd all the way. After entering, I found that this place was next to the stone wall that separated the Tian Yin Cave.
At this time, there were less than ten minutes left before the ion timer. Everyone was solemnly facing the stone wall with their heads lowered. They didn't even dare to breathe loudly. It wasn't just the Corpse Sect disciples, even Elder Zhao and the other elders were the same.
Only one person was an exception. He didn't look at the stone wall, but turned his head to look at me out of the corner of his eye. There was a trace of surprise on his face.
Actually, when I was outside, he kept looking at me. I reckoned that he knew that Yu Wenming had gone to find me, so he was bewildered as to why I was still here.
Yu Wenming had already been killed. Even if Xu Yingqu knew about it, he wouldn't be able to cause much of a storm.
I didn't care about it at all. All of my thoughts were focused on the Tian Yin Cave as I stared at the stone wall in front of me.
On the stone wall, there were many holes filled with purple plant roots. When Yan Nantian and I went in, we dug out one of the roots and directly went in.
When I returned to the Corpse Sect this time, I didn't dare to approach the Ancestor because I knew that he was in the Tian Yin Cave. It was only now that I saw the holes and the roots again.
Looking at the roots, I vaguely felt that it was different from the last time.
The last time I saw the roots, I only felt that they were a bit bigger. Apart from that, they were no different from other plant roots.
But this time, I found that there was a layer of black light covering the roots. It faintly emitted a metallic luster, as if they weren't real plant roots, but rather patterns carved on the stone.
Inexplicably, I felt that the roots had become very hard, perhaps even harder than the stone wall.
Now, it would be impossible to dig out the roots and get in.
I guessed that this situation was related to the Ancestor. It was most likely because the Ancestor was inside that the roots had become like this.
Bored, Lin Fan stared at the thick plant roots. Time passed second by second, and soon, it was the midnight hour.
Elder Zhao was the first to raise his head. He first looked around, then without saying a word, he lifted his foot and walked in front of the stone wall. He held a black stone in his hand and placed it in a small hole on the stone wall.
As soon as he put it in, the stone wall slightly trembled twice. Then, a stone on the dark mountain wall caved in, and a huge square hole appeared there. It seemed to be a secret passage leading to the Tian Yin Cave.
I craned my neck to take a look. It was dark inside the cave, and I couldn't see anything.
As for Elder Zhao, he didn't even dare to look. Instead, he quickly retreated a few steps and turned his head towards us. "It's midnight, the nine of you, quickly line up and enter!"
The nine winners of the tournament had lined up to welcome the guests. As soon as they heard him, the people of the Fourth Discipline Group took the lead and walked over.
I was about to follow the crowd, but right at this moment, Xu Yingqu hurried toward Elder Zhao. He looked worried as if something had happened.
I glanced over and didn't think too much about it. However, the moment I shifted my gaze, I heard a horrible shriek. In this quiet environment, the sudden shriek made everyone stop and look in that direction suspiciously.
I then saw a dagger in Elder Zhao's lower abdomen. His eyes didn't have a beam of life. He leaned against the stone wall and slowly slid to the ground.
Xu Yingqu, who was standing to the side, had a strange smile on his face. He raised his head and looked at the secret passage.
Without waiting for me to react, a few more screams came from behind me. I quickly turned around and saw that one of the Corpse Sect's elders was already lying on the ground. There were two other elders besieging another person. That person was also seriously injured. He angrily roared while struggling to hold on.
Only my cheap teacher, Lin Xue, was standing to the side in a daze. She didn't seem to understand what had happened.
What's going on?
Is there an internal conflict in the Corpse Sect?
Why did they choose this critical moment?
Could it be some kind of conspiracy?
Before I could figure it out, I saw a figure rushing toward me. I looked carefully and saw that it was Jiang Dongcheng.