Ling Yunhe took out a jade bottle from his Qiankun Bag and raised his hand. The jade bottle flew up and floated in the air.
"Brother Tian!" Ling Yunhe shouted.
Tian Zhiqian immediately answered, "I know!" As he spoke, he pointed with his spiritual aura and the jade plate in his hand spun rapidly.
Right at that moment, a puff of smoke rose from the jade bottle in the air. Suddenly, a refreshing fragrance appeared in their surroundings, making them feel refreshed. The spiritual aura inside their bodies started to circulate faster.
On Tian Zhiqian's jade plate, Yin and Yang flashed and the Five Elements moved from slow to fast and from fast to slow. After a long time, it finally stopped.
When the needle on the jade plate stopped completely, Tian Zhiqian pointed with his right hand and shot out an invisible spiritual energy, "Stop!" A steady force flowed out, and the light of the three Qi in the surroundings suddenly stopped, no longer drifting.
Ling Yunhe immediately jumped up. An ordinary cloth bag appeared in his hand. He began to wave it left and right, collecting the light particles condensed from the three Qis into the bag as if they were tangible beads.
As he waved the cloth bag, the light particles in the stone forest became fewer and fewer, gradually clearing a path.
After a while, Ling Yunhe finally stopped. He wiped his face and said to the others, "Fellow Daoist Qin, Fellow Daoist Tiancan, use your spiritual aura to protect us."
Mo Tiange and Tiancan nodded. They then used their auras to form a spiritual aura barrier around the six of them, blocking the light of the Three Qis outside.
"Second Brother, are your injuries okay?" Ling Yunfei asked.
"They're fine. It's just a loss of spiritual aura.
Alright, let's not waste time. Let's go. "
The six of them entered the passage. When they reached the end, Ling Yunhe handed the cloth bag to Ling Yunfei. Ling Yunfei used the same method to clear a path.
Although Ling Yunfei's cultivation level wasn't high, he wasn't bad at spells. Moreover, the stone forest wasn't too deep, so the path was cleared very quickly.
When the six of them were about to walk out of the stone forest, the jade bottle in the air suddenly swayed and fell from above.
"Brother Ling!" Tian Zhiqian reacted quickly, and hurriedly retreated as he shouted.
Seeing this, Ling Yunhe's expression changed. He crossed his hands and made a set of complicated hand seals, hitting the jade bottle.
Halfway to the ground, the Cloud Ascending Crane caught the jade bottle and stopped its fall. However, it could not stabilize itself. It swayed as if it was struggling between two forces.
Ling Yunhe's face flushed red as he struggled to form another set of hand seals. Finally, the jade bottle slowly stabilized.
Seeing this, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. Just as they were about to continue forward, the three lights that had been cleared suddenly flashed again, intertwining to form a net that trapped the six of them in the center.
At the same time, the fragrance emitted by the jade bottle suddenly disappeared.
"What's going on?" Yang Chengji looked around and said, "It seems like the aura has suddenly become chaotic?"
Everyone else felt what he said.
The moment Ling Yunhe's jade bottle swayed, the originally stable light of the three Qi in the stone forest suddenly became chaotic. It seemed that there was no order to follow, and it began to crisscross chaotically.
This situation was a little similar to when they first entered the outer valley, but the three Qis here were even more complicated and intertwined, making the situation even more complicated and inexplicably strange.
"What should we do?" Ling Yunfei turned around and asked Ling Yunhe.
Ling Yunhe's face turned green, and he didn't say anything for a long time.
The fragrance emitted by the jade bottle was a kind of spiritual item that could refresh one's spirit. It could temporarily increase their strength while they were surrounded by the light of the three Qi.
Under such circumstances, Tian Zhiqian used the Jade Plate to stabilize the Yin, Yang, and Five Elements in the surroundings and then used the cloth bag to clear the light of the three Qi. This way, it wouldn't cause the surrounding aura to become turbulent and cause more variables.
But now, the power of the light of the three Qi exceeded his estimation. The jade bottle couldn't hold on any longer. Without the jade bottle's help, Tian Zhiqian's ability wasn't strong enough to maintain the secret technique. The stable situation they previously maintained collapsed in an instant.
What should we do?
Mo Tiange's mind was also spinning quickly.
Should she help Tian Zhiqian stabilize the Yin, Yang, and Five Elements in the surroundings and let him use the technique again?
No. Tian Zhiqian's face was pale. Obviously, he used too much of his spiritual aura just now. Ordinary Core Formation cultivators couldn't use techniques like stabilizing the Yin, Yang, and Five Elements. Even if he wanted to use it now, he might not be able to.
Should he protect his spiritual aura and rush out?
That wouldn't work either. The light of the three Qi was too strange. It definitely couldn't be withstood by a simple spiritual aura protection.
Before she could figure out what to do, Ling Yunhe suddenly took out the Spirit Confining Bead from his robe. He touched the space between his eyebrows, forcing out a drop of blood essence and smearing it on the Spirit Confining Bead. In an instant, the bead shone brightly and flew into the air.
When the Spirit Confining Bead's light and the light of the three Qi collided, a low buzzing sound rang out. Everyone felt their minds go into a trance and the surrounding aura changed again.
The Spirit Confining Bead's light carried a formidable power, wanting to subdue the light of the three Qi. The light of the three Qi was unwilling to be subdued and resisted with all its strength. The two forces were both very powerful and began to compete with each other.
Comparatively speaking, the momentum of the Spirit Confining Bead was a bit stronger. Since this bead was Ling Clan's heirloom, it wasn't easily revealed in front of others, so it naturally had its own peculiarities. Just now, Ling Yunhe fed it blood essence, so its momentum was even more astonishing.
However, although the momentum of the light of the three Qi was inferior, they were connected and supported each other, while the Spirit Confining Bead was isolated and helpless.
As time went by, the light of the Spirit Confining Bead became weaker and weaker, while the light of the three Qi became brighter and brighter.
"No!" Ling Yunfei shouted, "Second Brother, this won't do. The Spirit Confining Bead's power isn't enough!"
How could Ling Yunhe not know?
The Spirit Confining Bead could control the chaotic spiritual energy around it, but it couldn't sort it out. It could only subdue it.
However, to subdue it required a much more powerful force. If it wasn't enough, then it could only be … destroyed.
However, he couldn't think of any other way. He was good at fighting but not at dealing with this kind of chaotic situation. This was why he specially asked Tian Zhiqian to come with him. But now, Tian Zhiqian was powerless even though he wanted to.
Seeing that the light of the Spirit Confining Bead was getting weaker and weaker, the others knew that they couldn't rely on it anymore. They weren't people who would wait for death without a fight. In an instant, they all used their own techniques.
Yang Chengji's Ghost Face Banner unfurled. Demonic energy gathered, forming a line that surrounded the six of them.
Tian Can didn't say a word. Suddenly, he punched the ground fiercely, causing dust to fly up and forming a circle of wind around the six of them.
Ling Yunfei threw out a small flag. The small flag grew in the wind and became as big as a mat, withstanding the pressure from above.
Just then, there was another "buzz". The light of the Spirit Confining Bead suddenly extinguished, and it fell from the sky.
Ling Yunhe reached out to take it, his face ashen.
This Spirit Confining Bead was personally given to him by the Ling Family's Nascent Soul Stage ancestors. This represented their trust and expectation towards him. But now, the light of the Spirit Confining Bead was extinguished, and it had lost all its power. Even if it wasn't destroyed, its vitality was greatly damaged!
If he could successfully bring the Carefree Fruit back and obtain the position of Sect Leader, this price would be worth it. But now, they were surrounded by the light of three qi. They might not even be able to keep their lives!
There was no time to think. After the Spirit Confining Bead was extinguished, the other three's defensive methods were met with a strong impact.
Luckily, although the three of them looked troubled, they were able to hold on.
Ling Yunfei held on with difficulty for a while. With a pale face, he shouted, "Second Brother, we can't!
We have to find a way to stabilize our aura, otherwise … "Otherwise, they would be like a lone boat on the sea in a storm, torn to pieces by the waves!
Ling Yunhe didn't say a word and reached into his spirit beast pouch. The fifth rank vulture let out an ear-piercing cry and rushed out. Death energy filled the air, blocking the filthy energy that was rushing towards them.
Mo Tiange shook her sleeve, and the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram was thrown into the air. With a flash of spiritual light, the scroll slowly unfolded.
As the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram unfolded, waves of spiritual aura rippled around the scroll. This wave of light slowly spread, and wherever it reached, the aura fluctuations gradually stabilized.
Upon seeing this, Ling Yunhe was overjoyed. "Fellow Daoist Qin!"
The Spirit Confining Bead's function in breaking restrictions was superior to the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram. However, the real use of the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram was to sort out spiritual aura and stabilize Yin, Yang, and the five elements.
After a while, the spiritual aura and devil aura were sorted out by the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram, leaving only the filthy aura drifting around.
However, as long as the spiritual aura fluctuations stabilized, this wasn't a difficult thing for the six of them.
Tian Zhiqian swallowed a medicinal pill then spun the Jade Plate again, quickly laying an invisible formation.
Soon after, Ling Yunhe threw out a defensive magic weapon, which formed several lines of defense with the others' defensive magic weapons. With the addition of the vulture's dead aura, the situation finally stabilized.
When the six of them came out of the stone forest, they all felt exhausted.
Ling Yunhe and Yang Chengji were injured, Ling Yunfei and Tian Zhiqian cleared the three auras, and Mo Tiange and Tiancan used their aura to protect the others.
In the end, the six of them attacked together, almost using all their trump cards, and their spiritual aura was greatly damaged.
However, Mo Tiange still had it easy. She had the Primal Chaos Origin, so her spiritual aura circulation was fast. In addition, she had the Tai Chi Eight Trigrams Diagram in her sleeve, so she was less affected by the three auras intertwining.
When they came out, the six of them were so exhausted that they almost couldn't care less about their appearances. They directly sat on the ground, panting heavily.
After a while, Ling Yunfei calmed down and looked back at the stone forest with lingering fear. "Fortunately, the Fretless Fruit isn't here. Otherwise, it would've been troublesome."
Ling Yunhe had already calmed down and was sitting cross-legged to adjust his breath. When he heard what Mo Tiange said, he shook his head. "It's better here. Although the three auras in the stone forest are troublesome, there's always a way to solve them.
It's always troublesome to find the Fretless Fruit, but it'll be easy once we find it. "
"Second Brother!" Ling Yunfei was dissatisfied. "We almost died in there, but you make it sound so easy!"
Ling Yunhe didn't take it seriously and said with a smile, "You … These Fellow Daoists aren't ordinary people. They won't die so easily."
As he spoke, he glanced at the others one by one and finally fixed his gaze on Mo Tiange. "Fellow Daoist Qin, I have to thank you this time. Fortunately, you have such a treasure."
Mo Tiange was leaning against a tree to rest.
She was the most relaxed among the six of them, but she also consumed a lot of spiritual aura. Right now, she swallowed some high grade Restorative Panaceas and took several middle grade spirit stones to replenish her spiritual aura.
Upon hearing Ling Yunhe's voice, she opened her eyes. "Even without my magic weapon, Fellow Daoists should've been able to escape safely. Fellow Daoist Ling is too polite."
"But with this thing, it'll be a lot easier for us."
Ling Yunhe, who was still staring at her, suddenly asked, "Fellow Daoist Qin, where did you get such an amazing spiritual treasure?"