12dz Chapter 56 Demonic Memories, Three Pillars of Fire Clouds
Chapter 56 Demonic Memories, Three Pillars of Fire Clouds
The sky was getting dark.
Baiquanhu Market.
Baisong Mountain is lined with caves.
"Fellow Daoist, spare me! Leave me a wisp of your soul so that I may be reincarnated."
"I know that within the ruins of Penglai Mountain, there is the place where a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator perished, and there must be treasures left behind."
"if only…"
As soon as Lin Li released that wisp of trapped demonic thought, a series of begging voices came from within it.
"snort!"
"So noisy!"
A murderous glint flashed in Lin Li's eyes.
The so-called ruins of Penglai Mountain, the place where late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators perished, might have a slight possibility, but he had already experienced the power of the second-tier demon puppets there today.
One or two is manageable.
But if there are too many, it becomes troublesome, and there is even a possibility of backlash and death.
As for entering the ruins of Penglai Mountain to search for the place where the late Foundation Establishment cultivator perished, that is now even more impossible.
Even a cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage could perish, let alone someone in the early Foundation Establishment stage. Wouldn't entering the ruins be like sending himself to his death?
"Soul Search!"
Lin Li stared at the demonic thoughts within the cold flames in his palm, a murderous intent flashing in his heart.
A powerful Foundation Establishment divine sense enveloped him and began to cast the Soul Searching Secret Technique.
Although soul searching can only uncover fragments of memories, it is enough for Lin Li.
This demonic thought is a wisp of remnant will from a human cultivator; it cannot be absorbed into the bloodline, so keeping it is useless.
The export version still uses the same deceptive tactics; it can be easily erased through soul-searching.
Such a wisp of demonic thought might have some hidden tricks up its sleeve; how could it be allowed to slip through my fingers? What kind of trouble might it bring in the future?
"No…"
The wisp of demonic thought within the cold flames then abruptly ceased.
With the help of the soul-searching technique, Lin Li also managed to recall some memories related to this demonic thought in his mind.
However, they are all fragmented and cannot be put together.
However, some information can still be pieced together: this demonic thought was a righteous cultivator in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage in his previous life. After an unknown number of years, he and four other Foundation Establishment cultivators entered the Penglai Mountain ruins to explore for treasures.
However, what Lin Li found quite intriguing was that in the fragments of the Penglai Mountain ruins they entered within these demonic memories, it wasn't on this sandy sea, but on a boundless ocean.
"Does this Penglai Mountain ruin have two entrances?"
Lin Li was puzzled. The Penglai Mountain ruins emerged abruptly from the sea of sand. Perhaps there really was a second exit inside the ruins.
Of course, this is just speculation at the moment.
The next memory fragment is that they encountered dozens of demon puppets, and even human puppets, who attacked and surrounded them together, like a swarm of demon puppet locusts flying in from all directions.
Furthermore, trapped by the array's restrictions, the fellow treasure hunters perished one by one.
The master of this demonic thought had cultivated a secret technique of the ghost path. Before his death, he transformed a wisp of his remnant soul into a ghost cultivator, which is why he possessed one of the second-tier demon puppets, waiting for an opportunity to use the wandering demon puppet to leave the ruins.
After the soul search, that's all the memories you can get.
However, what Lin Li feared most was the overwhelming attack of the demon puppets. If they were all second-tier demon puppets, even a Core Formation stage cultivator might not be able to escape unscathed.
"Can…"
Immediately, Lin Li thought of the Core Formation cultivators from Thousand Shadows Pavilion who had once entered the ruins of Penglai Mountain and might have encountered something, but had not told anyone.
Lin Li didn't think about it any further.
The formation of those dozens of demon puppets surrounding the ruins makes it impossible for even a Foundation Establishment cultivator to venture inside.
It is likely that only cultivators at the Core Formation stage can glimpse a corner of the truth.
Perhaps I'll have the chance to explore this place in my next life.
...
Three days later.
Lin Li took the opportunity to leave Baisong Mountain. After leaving the market, he headed straight for Sanzhu Mountain according to the instructions on the map jade slip.
Having acquired a second-tier demonic puppet, I now have a legitimate reason to go to Three Pillars Mountain to find the weapon refiner Ouyang Jue.
Soon after.
Lin Li then saw the outline of the Three Pillars Mountain, a strange peak standing on a Gobi Desert. Among them, three peaks were the most prominent, shaped like three upright fingers. The three peaks were close to each other, just as their name suggests.
The closer Lin Li got to Sanzhu Mountain, the more active the fire-type spiritual energy in the void became.
On the largest peak in the center of Sanzhu Mountain, there are many semi-circular black stone buildings, which look quite strange.
As soon as Lin Li arrived outside the formation of the Three Pillars Mountain, he saw a huge fire python, nearly ten zhang long, rising up in a fiery red cloud and hovering in front of him.
"I am Liu Ya from Baiquanhu Market. Greetings, fellow Daoist."
"I have come here to ask Fellow Daoist Ouyang to craft a magical artifact."
"Previously, I acquired a second-tier demon puppet and an unknown second-tier medium-grade spirit stone from the ruins of Penglai Mountain. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Ouyang has any free time?"
Lin Li cupped his hands and said.
"Liu Ya, who just joined Baiquanhu Marketplace!?"
"I heard about this some time ago. We are both spiritual practitioners, and since we are meeting for the first time today, there's no need to be so polite."
"My name is Huoyun. Fellow Daoist, please follow me."
"My master is very interested in the materials used for second-tier demon puppets from Penglai Mountain, and he certainly won't refuse you."
"Moreover, Fellow Daoist Liu, you also have a mid-tier second-order spirit stone."
"Even if you don't want to forge magical artifacts, my master will beg you to do it. You can try to negotiate the price later."
"My master will certainly not refuse."
Huo Yun brought his head, which was as big as a millstone, closer and gestured to Lin Li with his eyes, while speaking in the voice of a young woman.
"Well done, Fellow Daoist Huoyun is truly a spiritual cultivator of character!"
A relaxed smile appeared on Lin Li's face.
However, Lin Li could understand, since the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators among the Foundation Establishment forces around them was extremely small, and it was not easy to encounter one.
Moreover, Huo Yun himself held Liu Ya, a fellow Foundation Establishment cultivator who was able to take care of a group of younger clansmen, in high esteem.
"I greatly admire Fellow Daoist Liu for being able to protect so many of his clansmen and allow them to settle in the Hundred Springs Lake Market."
"Fellow Daoist, follow me."
"My owner is free right now."
After Huo Yun finished speaking, the array barrier in front of him opened a portal, and Lin Li landed on the demonic wind beneath Huo Yun's feet, heading towards a stone building halfway down the mountain.
As it descended, Huo Yun's form shrank from ten zhang in length to a fire jade spirit snake of only about half a foot in size, hovering to one side of Lin Li.
A pair of crystal-clear ruby-red serpent eyes glanced at Lin Li from time to time.
Inside the stone building below.
Push the door open and enter.
In an instant, Lin Li felt a chill rush towards him. This chill was very comfortable for him, an ice-type spirit fox. The spiritual energy contained in the chill was easily refined and absorbed into Lin Li's body.
To Lin Li's surprise, the stone building was actually an ice cave with a layer of ice about ten feet thick.
In the center of the ice cave is a cold pool about the size of an acre.
Ten pale blue ice lotuses, each about ten feet in size, bloomed in the cold pool. On the lotus platforms, there were many condensed ice crystals, each crystal clear and sparkling with spiritual light.
Beside the icy pool stood a burly man, about ten feet tall, wearing a simple vest, holding a white icy toad the size of a basketball in his arms, his right hand constantly stroking the toad's head.