Mo Tiange was a little surprised. Did she guess Jing Xingzhi's intentions wrong?
He was actually willing to act with them and didn't mind her low cultivation level?
On second thought, the situation had changed. Jing Xingzhi didn't have anyone to cooperate with except them. Even if her cultivation level was a bit low, the three of them could go up and try their luck.
Qin Xi didn't look happy or angry. He just asked, "Fellow Daoist Jing, didn't you just come back with your life?
Why do you still want to go up? "
Jing Xingzhi touched his nose and said, "I had no choice but to go alone. Since I ran into you guys, of course I want to go back and see if I can get some benefits. After all, Immortal's Ruins isn't easy to go up."
He blinked and said, "Hey, you're so sure you can take your junior martial sister away. In fact, you've been confident for a long time, right?"
"…"
Qin Xi didn't speak for a while. Judging from his expression, he wasn't unhappy, but he didn't agree immediately either.
Mo Tiange looked at Jing Xingzhi and suddenly felt he was very familiar. Right, Qin Xi also did this.
Speaking of which, although their characters weren't compatible, their conversations always gave people a sense of familiarity … What kind of familiar relationship could they have?
Their personalities were completely different, and they didn't agree with each other at all.
"I'll say this first. When we get up there, the place we're going to is only a corner of Immortal's Ruins. If you want to go somewhere else, we definitely won't accompany you."
Jing Xingzhi didn't care at all. "Whatever."
"Alright, let's join hands."
Qin Xi said calmly, and Jing Xingzhi just smiled. The two of them didn't high-five or do anything equivalent to a promise; they just did their own things.
This time, the earthquake lasted for a whole day. By the time the mountain stabilized, the three of them were unbearably tired.
Each of them used their strongest defensive means and were ready to attack at any time. Although it was more daunting than dangerous, they consumed a lot of spiritual aura.
Moreover, there was also floating devil aura on the way, so they used up a lot of spiritual aura.
The three of them rested in the small cave for a day. When they were full of spiritual aura, they continued to fly to the summit.
With Jing Xingzhi's help, the journey was a lot easier.
With Qin Xi's Three Yang Real Fire Sword Formation, Mo Tiange's White Silk Handkerchief, and Jing Xingzhi's protective sword light, they originally thought they would need more than a day to reach the summit, but they arrived in just one day.
If not for the large amount of demonic energy released due to the collapse of the restriction at the summit, the three of them would not have dared to approach it. Perhaps, they would have been even faster.
Upon reaching the summit, Mo Tiange was dumbfounded. "This is … Immortal's Ruins?"
There were rocks everywhere, spirits and demons mixed together, it was a barren wasteland, how could there be a word 'celestial' here?
Qin Xi said, "The so-called Immortal's Ruins is just what we, the later generations, call it. Demonic Mountain has been a battlefield since ancient times. Although it's said to bury all the immortals, it's actually just a place where all the immortals fell."
Mo Tiange heaved a sigh.
Before the Immortals and Demons were separated, the ones who died here were real Immortals. Perhaps they would never be able to achieve such heights in their entire lives, but these Immortals had only fallen to such a state.
Jing Xingzhi grinned and said, "Don't underestimate this place. Even after so many years, there are still many treasures left behind by the Immortals. It all depends on whether you have the opportunity to obtain them."
"Really?"
Looking into the distance, they couldn't see anything special except for one thing — the spiritual aura here was too strong. There was a transparent layer of spiritual aura floating in the sky, purer and cleaner than the spiritual aura they had seen before. In the area enveloped by this spiritual aura layer, the demonic aura could only move around the periphery.
"What's that?
How come I've never seen such a special spiritual aura? "
"It's immortal aura," Qin Xi said.
"Too many Immortals died here. After they died, their bodies didn't remain; they all turned into immortal aura."
"… I see."
"Alright, if you have something to say, you can talk about it later. It's time to get to work." Jing Xingzhi waved his hand. The flying sword on his back was unsheathed, ready to go, and he took the lead.
Qin Xi also nodded at her. "Let's go."
Although there was no devil aura, immortal aura was equally terrifying. They were only cultivators, not immortals. The powerful power contained in immortal aura wasn't something they could withstand. Once their bodies were invaded by immortal aura, their bodies would explode and they would die.
The three of them used all kinds of defensive methods and cautiously entered the rubble.
Before they arrived at Tens of Thousands of Feet Peak, they could occasionally see skeletons in some places, but on this peak, it was completely clean. After Immortals died, even their bones wouldn't be left behind; they would directly turn into immortal aura.
There were many traces left behind by spells in the surroundings. Even after a million years, these traces could still be clearly distinguished.
Because Immortals had the ability to move mountains and drain seas, the power of their spells was too great, so the traces left behind were naturally spectacular.
For example, this Tens of Thousands of Feet Peak was originally connected to other peaks, but it was cut off by some kind of immortal weapon, turning it into a lone peak.
It wasn't easy for them to even take a stone off this Tens of Thousands of Feet Peak, but for Immortals, they could easily split it.
There was also a huge lake on this peak. Upon a closer look, it was actually a trace left behind by a water spell. After a million years, it actually still existed.
There were also the rubble, the blackened traces, and the huge holes — all of them were traces left behind by spells.
Although she didn't see the remains of Immortals, Mo Tiange clearly saw that magnificent battle a million years ago.
This gave her a wonderful feeling as if she was personally experiencing that battle, seeing spells flying everywhere and immortal weapons crisscrossing.
Qin Xi walked very slowly on purpose, as if he was deliberately letting her experience this feeling.
Jing Xingzhi wore a rare solemn expression as he silently watched the scene in front of him.
The three people's almost leisurely advancing speed was disrupted by the sudden attack.
Jing Xingzhi, who was walking in the front, suddenly stepped on something. A slight "click" sound was heard, and then a burst of light smoke rose.
Jing Xingzhi's reaction was also very fast. His flying sword flew out at lightning speed, and he leaped into the air, barely dodging a flash of lightning.
Mo Tiange and Qin Xi instantly flew away.
Qin Xi's Three Yang Real Fire Sword immediately counterattacked. Mo Tiange waved her hand, and the White Silk Handkerchief turned into a wisp of light smoke, twining around him. At the same time, she held a magic weapon in her hand, ready to attack at any time.
Soon after, the three people were stunned.
Because it wasn't a demonic beast, nor was it a restriction, but … a wisp of light smoke?
Jing Xingzhi's sword light had already pierced it, and Qin Xi's Three Yang Real Fire Sword also instantly emitted a fiery red light. However, this wisp of light smoke was split apart and instantly gathered again.
"What's this?" Jing Xingzhi looked at Qin Xi in astonishment. "Did you see it last time?"
Qin Xi shook his head. "I also don't know."
Mo Tiange naturally didn't know either.
Just as they spoke, that wisp of light smoke slowly rushed towards them.
The three people didn't dare to be careless and retreated. Mo Tiange's speed was slightly slower, so she felt a pain in her arm. She looked down and saw that wherever the wisp of light smoke floated past, a part of the White Silk Handkerchief's fog was corroded, and a part of her sleeve was also scorched.
Qin Xi stepped forward and pulled her. After retreating a certain distance, he pulled up her sleeve, only to see that her originally smooth arm was also scorched black.
Qin Xi's expression changed. "Does it hurt?"
Mo Tiange frowned and said, "Let's not worry about it for now. What should we do with this thing?"
Jing Xingzhi glanced at her with that faint smile on his face and said, "My flying sword can't cut it, and my magic can't burn it. What else can we do?
We can only run! "
As soon as he finished speaking, he rode his flying sword and ran away madly.
Qin Xi shook his head. In the next moment, he flung his sleeve, summoned his flying cloud, and pulled Mo Tiange to escape.
That wisp of light smoke caught up with them. It wasn't slow, but both Jing Xingzhi's flying sword and Qin Xi's flying cloud were extremely fast. Before long, that wisp of light smoke finally stopped chasing them.
The three people stopped and all heaved sighs of relief.
"What kind of strange thing is this?" Jing Xingzhi muttered.
No one answered him. Qin Xi pulled Mo Tiange's sleeve and looked at her skin corroded by the wisp of light smoke. He frowned and said, "Something's wrong. This thing …"
At first, she only felt a little pain, but now, Mo Tiange felt a burning pain. Moreover, this kind of pain was getting worse and worse. She originally endured it, but in the end, she couldn't bear it anymore. She grabbed Qin Xi's sleeve, sweating profusely. "It hurts a lot."
Qin Xi knew her temperament. If it wasn't really painful, she definitely wouldn't scream, so he immediately took out a medicinal pill from his Qiankun Bag. "Eat this."
Mo Tiange swallowed it as he said and felt a little better.
Qin Xi pressed her arm and slowly released his spiritual aura. Starting from the wound, he carefully examined it bit by bit.
"What's wrong? Is there something strange about this thing?" Jing Xingzhi asked.
Qin Xi didn't say anything. After a while, he suddenly made a hand seal. A string of Real Fire came out of his palm and stuck to the scorched area.
Mo Tiange shivered. His Real Fire wasn't an ordinary cultivator's Real Fire. He originally cultivated a fire element cultivation technique, and his body also had pure Yang spiritual aura. When it burned, her arm, which was already numb, felt another kind of pain.
Qin Xi noticed it. He paused for a moment, then used his Yang spiritual aura to surround the Real Fire and slowly burned it.
The pain eased a little, and Mo Tiange slowly felt the Yang spiritual aura enter her body. She didn't need to use it herself; the Yin spiritual aura in her body followed it, and the two of them converged.
Qin Xi's Real Fire was surrounded by Yin and Yang spiritual aura and slowly burned it.
After a long time, the scorched area finally began to shrink.
By the time the scorched area disappeared from Mo Tiange's arm, most of their spiritual aura had been consumed.
Jing Xingzhi didn't understand what happened. Now that they stopped, he asked, "What's going on?
Your Real Fire can burn it, but why didn't it work just now? "
Qin Xi said, "This is the Extreme Yang Real Fire I comprehended when I formed my Nascent Soul. It's different from the Real Fire on the Three Yang Real Fire Sword."
"Then why didn't you use it just now?"
This question made Qin Xi snort. "That's easy for you to say. It's very troublesome to mobilize this Real Fire. The smoke was too fast; I couldn't do it in time."
"Oh, I see." Jing Xingzhi nodded. "Since you can heal, I'm relieved."
"Don't be happy too early." Qin Xi glanced at him indifferently. "If it were you, I wouldn't be able to help."
"Huh?" Jing Xingzhi was puzzled. "Why?"
Qin Xi didn't answer. He just shook his head and said to Mo Tiange, "Rest for a while and restore your spiritual aura."
His Extreme Yang Real Fire was very overbearing. If it weren't for his and Mo Tiange's Yin and Yang spiritual aura acting as a buffer, Mo Tiange's hand would've been burned before she could burn the black aura.