The cave entrance was deep and almost straight, with a depth of nearly a hundred feet. The handsome young man jumped down and unfolded his innate true yuan, making himself as light as a swan feather. From time to time, he would grab the wall of the deep cave to slow down his speed, and it took him a while before he finally landed on the ground.

  "This is really deep, huh? I wonder where Master's secret chamber is?" The handsome young man looked around and carefully made his way forward along the winding passageway. Ahead of him, a dazzling green light was already shining brightly. Soon, he saw an open stone gate, and inside the gate was a sea of green light, also with waves of palpable fluctuations that made one's heart tremble.

  "Master." The handsome young man shouted outside the stone gate.

  "Come in." The shrill voice commanded.

  "Yes." The handsome young man suppressed his fear and walked in. This was a sealed stone chamber with a diameter of over ten zhang, and in the center of the chamber stood a giant stone, on which sat a man wearing a large black robe, with long black hair draped over him, and a pale face. The man's eyes emitted a faint green glow, and his entire body had an aura of evil that seemed almost tangible.

  In front of him, there was a large cauldron. On the cauldron, there were green flames burning but emitting a chill. Above the green flames, an ancient, blood-red banner was floating. On the banner, there were faces that seemed to appear and disappear, silently screaming and howling as they slaughtered and devoured each other.

  The entire fabric is surrounded by a layer of visible black fluff.

  "Sin!" The handsome young man's heart trembled, "Great sin."

  Doing good deeds has merit, doing evil deeds also has guilt.

  Those who are guilty of great crimes naturally have an aura of evil that is shocking to behold, but for such guilt to be visible to the naked eye on a piece of cloth is truly terrifying.

  "This is indeed a treasure born from endless sin and guilt." The handsome young man was both shocked and couldn't help but feel greedy, he knew very well that refining this great sinful treasure would be incredibly terrifying during the three disasters and nine calamities, but the power of this treasure itself was also incredibly astonishing, which was why some evil sects, despite producing great sin and guilt, still had cultivators going to learn from them one after another.

  Because of this evil way, it becomes more accomplished, so that it can fight beyond its rank.

  "No wonder Master said that once he has cultivated his treasure, even Wanxiang True Man wouldn't dare to be arrogant." The handsome young man held his breath.

  "Xiao Qi." A man with long hair sat cross-legged and let out a shrill voice, "Gan Er is my first disciple, just like my own son! This Ji Ning killed my son, how can I, Mozi Shan, spare him?"

  The handsome young man lowered his head.

  "I want to refine the Fa Bao, but I'm unable to split my body." Bo Zi's bright green eyes took a glance at the handsome young man. Refining this kind of great sinful treasure was extremely perilous in itself. During the refining process, there were cases where one would be counterattacked and bitten to death by countless fierce ghosts, causing their soul to scatter. Of course, forcibly stopping it was also an option, but the cost would be great as well.

  "Xiao Qi, I'll give you a 'Heart Eroding Powder'." A porcelain bottle appeared in the palm of Bo Zi Shan's left hand. With a flick of his wrist, it flew straight towards the handsome young man.

  The handsome young man connected below, and he looked at the porcelain bottle in his hand with even more horror: "Heart Eroding Powder?"

  He had also heard of the famous "Heart-Erasing Powder".

  The value of this porcelain bottle of Heart-Eroding Powder is even more precious than a piece of treasure that can elevate one's cultivation to the next level. Many Purple Mansion cultivators have died from this powder, making it increasingly difficult to obtain; his master was also able to get this terrible poison only because he had some connections within the sect.

  "If I couldn't split myself, would I have wasted a dose of Heart Dissolving Powder?" Bó Zǐ Shàn said sharply, "Remember, smash the porcelain bottle within ten zhang of Jì Níng, and he will definitely be poisoned. Once the Heart Dissolving Powder invades his body, although its toxic effects take three days to manifest, it is almost impossible to eliminate once it takes hold. He may have a divine demon cultivation physique, born with a spiritual aura, even if he cultivates the legendary first divine demon cultivation method, Red Bright Nine Heaven Chart, but he will still undoubtedly die!"

  The handsome young man nodded.

  "Remember, be careful yourself and keep a distance. If you're poisoned again, come back to me and I'll give you the antidote." said Bozi Shan.

  "It's just poison, after all; my disciple still has a way to deal with it." The handsome young man said.

  "Go." Bozi Shan's gaze fell again on the blood-red banner being scorched by the green flames, and countless fierce ghosts emerged from it, crazily letting out silent screams and roars at Bozi Shan, whose green eyes remained cold and gloomy.

  The handsome young man retreated respectfully and then quickly jumped up along the deep and quiet cave, occasionally grabbing some protrusions on the stone wall, and soon came out of the cave entrance.

  Hehehe~~~

  A piece of iron plate rotated and the opening was sealed again.

  ……

  Dark fog is pervasive.

  Water and fire lotus flowers surround, Ji Ning's divine soul is highly deducing, one by one array model appears in the sea of consciousness, the composition of the array is also constantly changing. In this crazy study, Ji Ning's insight into the way of arrays is also constantly improving.

  "Huh?" Ji Ning's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

  His divine soul was so strong that he could sense the terrible danger that was about to come. The last time his divine soul had this feeling, it was when the ancient water palace was about to break through the third pass. And this time, the feeling was even stronger than before, as if no matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't escape the impending crisis.

  "Danger?" Ji Ning opened his eyes and looked around.

  Suddenly——

  The black fog in front of him on the left suddenly parted automatically, and at the same time, a large number of white silk threads instantly enveloped him. In the distance, it was that handsome young man holding a duster in one hand and a Taoist talisman in the other. The white silk threads on the duster instantly approached Ji Ning.

  "Hmm." Ji Ning's hands materialized into a pair of swords, and the Water-Fire Lotus went to block that white silk thread.

  "Boom!"

  In the instant when thousands of white silk threads and the water fire lotus collided, it seemed as if something had exploded. Only then did Ji Ning discover that the thousands of white silk threads were wrapped around a porcelain vase, which shattered into pieces at the moment of contact. Seeing the vase shatter, the intense crisis sensed by his divine soul grew even stronger, causing Ji Ning's face to change color.

  "There must be something inside the porcelain bottle." Ji Ning wasn't a fool, but he couldn't see anything at all, no color, no smell!

  The handsome young man in the distance immediately put away his duster as soon as the porcelain bottle burst, and he also cast a escape talisman, disappearing instantly.

  "This... this vase..." Ji Ning felt a wave of unease.

  "Ah."

  Suddenly, a sharp pain appeared in her heart, and Ji Ning's face turned pale as she covered her chest. The Vermilion Bird divine power inside her immediately began to scan her entire body, but no matter how it scanned, it couldn't detect even the slightest trace of poison. However, her heart was throbbing with increasing pain, and her entire body was aching all over, unable to be stopped, even her head was faintly hurting.

  "What to do? The toxin is corroding my entire body, I can't even sense my Red Bright Divine Power, nor can I perceive my divine thoughts." Ji Ning thought of the words of the black cow from the Water Department at this moment, don't underestimate any opponent, especially cultivators.

  Cultivators have different methods, and the other side can kill you with just one dose of poison. No matter how fiercely you fight, others simply won't engage in combat with you.

  This is an immortal cultivator!

  No one knows what means will be used...

  "Hahaha." A triumphant laugh echoed from afar, "Ji Ning, no matter how talented you are, you will definitely die."

  Inside the grand array, Ji Ning's face looked unpleasant. Although his divine sense and divine will couldn't detect any toxins, the pain in his body made him feel a creeping sensation. This invisible toxin was slowly but steadily eroding his entire body. Despite its slow invasion, it was relentless and steady, and even the powerful vitality of his divine body couldn't expel it.

  "What a formidable poison, colorless and odorless, yet undetectable." Ji Ning secretly exclaimed in horror, "Although it doesn't act like ordinary poison that takes effect instantly, it seems to be deeply embedded in every cell, making it impossible to eradicate. At this rate, I'm afraid my body will be finished in just a few days."

  "For a couple of days?"

  Ji Ning's eyes had a hint of madness.

  "In these last few days, even if I die, I must break through. The flames of fury burned in Ji Ning's heart, 'Kill them one by one, and maybe with good luck, I can get the antidote from their bodies.'"

  "There's no way out."

  "We must break through!"

  Ji Ning sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, surrounded by a halo of lotus flowers, and frantically pushed the formation to its limits.

  ……

  Mountain belly

  A handsome young man walked in and glanced at the stunned-looking Mong Yu, Ji Wuyu, and other members of the Ji family, as well as some members of the Ji family from the Eastern, Northern, Southern, and Ancestral Estates who were also staring at him angrily.

  "What are you looking at? You've been poisoned by the Ning Gongzi, and you'll definitely die within three days." The handsome young man was full of confidence. "Not to mention him, even if it were a Zifu repairman, this poison would still be fatal."

  "My ancestor from the Ji clan will definitely come."

  "I will definitely kill all of you and save Master Jining."

  Meng Yu and others did not want to believe that Ji Ning would die.

  "Hahaha, your family's old ancestor?" The handsome young man Zhang laughed wildly and said, "Just you Yan Mountain small tribes, how could you possibly have such a toxic poison. Even in my sect, this kind of poison is hard to come by. Don't look at me, I won't tell you what kind of poison it is."

  "Go die."

  "You will definitely die."

  The people of the Ji clan cursed one by one, and even other bound congenital spirits also cursed in despair.

  ……

  Inside the western city of the Ji family's compound.

  Ji Yichuan was accompanying his wife Wei Chi Xue, occasionally looking out of the door.

  Suddenly, through the door, he saw a Qingyan bird in the distance with two people on its back. One was Ji Honghua in red clothes, and the other was an old man in gray robes with fiery long hair. Ji Yichuan recognized him at a glance... That was the true pillar of the entire Ji family - Ji Jiu Huo, the patriarch of the Ji family!

  "Xue Er, Xue Er, the clan leader has arrived." Ji Yichuan shouted repeatedly.

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