bǎi liàn chéng xiān dì sì juǎn qī xīng dǎo dì wǔ bǎi qī shí wǔ zhāng yuán yīng hóng líng
百炼成仙第四卷七星岛第五百七十五章元婴红绫
In the midst of a fierce battle between an old monster and a stone lion, Lin Xuan also encountered something.
zài gè lǎo guài wù yǔ shí shī jī liè dòu fǎ shí 。 lín xuān yě yù jiàn le |
在个老怪物与石狮激烈斗法时。林轩也遇见了|
At this moment, he stood beside a small pond. His expression was grave.
cǐ shí 。 tā zhàn zài yī tán xiǎo hú de páng biān 。 biǎo qíng níng zhòng 。
此时。他站在一潭小湖的旁边。表情凝重。
"Where did that Corpse Infant go?"
“ nà shī yīng dào nǎ ér qù ？”
“那尸婴到哪儿去？”
Lin Xuan frowned as he looked before him. A winding path led into the depths of the misty clouds.
lín xuān zhòu méi kàn zhuó yǎn qián 。 tiáo xiǎo lù wān yán qū zhé 。 tōng xiàng yún wù de shēn chù 。
林轩皱眉看着眼前。条小路蜿蜒曲折。通向云雾的深处。
Originally, Lin Xuan had been following the terrifying monster secretly with some secret technique. The Corpse Infant had a characteristic: although it excelled in various bizarre and evil spells, its divine sense was not particularly strong, roughly equivalent to that of a Condensation Core中期 cultivator.
yuán běn 。 lín xuān shì píng jiè zhe mǒu zhǒng mì shù 。 qiāo qiāo gēn zōng nà kě pà de guài wù 。 shī yīng yǒu yí gè tè diǎn 。 suī rán jīng tōng gè zhǒng guǐ yì xié fǎ 。 dàn shén shí bìng bù tè bié qiáng dà 。 dà yuē zhǐ xiāng dāng yú níng dān zhōng qī de xiū shì zuǒ yòu 。
原本。林轩是凭借着某种秘术。悄悄跟踪那可怕的怪物。尸婴有一个特点。虽然精通各种诡异邪法。但神识并不特别强大。大约只相当于凝丹中期的修士左右。
In other words, it was slightly worse than Lin himself.
huàn jù huà shuō 。 bǐ lín hái yào chà shàng yī chóu 。
换句话说。比林还要差上一筹。
With the help of Hidden Spirit Pills and Concealment Techniques, Lin Xuan didn't fear being discovered. However, things went smoothly until here, where the monster inexplicably vanished. Lin Xuan's expression was naturally terrible because there seemed to be some kind of restriction set up here that greatly limited his divine sense.
píng jiè zhe yǐn líng dān yǔ liǎn mì shù 。 lín xuān dào yě bù pà fā xiàn zì jǐ de xíng zōng 。
凭借着隐灵丹与敛秘术。林轩倒也不怕发现自己的行踪。
"Which path should I take?"
zhī shí 。 hái shì pǒ wèi shùn lì 。 kě zhè lǐ 。 nà guài wù jū rán mò míng qí miào de xiāo shī 。 lín xuān de biǎo qíng zì shì nán kàn wú bǐ 。 yīn wèi zhè lǐ sì hū bèi shè xià le mǒu zhǒng jìn zhì 。 dà dà de xiàn zhì le zì jǐ de shén shí 。
之时。还是颇为顺利。可这里。那怪物居然莫名其妙的消失。林轩的表情自是难看无比。因为这里似乎被设下了某种禁制。大大的限制了自己的神识。
Lin Xuan looked at the several paths before him and rubbed his forehead, his face full of contemplation.
“ gāi zǒu nǎ tiáo ne ？”
“该走哪条呢？”
Moon emerged from his sleeves. Seeing her master in a dilemma, the little girl naturally wouldn't sit idly by. She widened her eyes and began to search for any clues.
lín xuān kàn zhuó yǎn qián de jǐ :- xiǎo 。 yǐ shǒu é 。 liǎn shàng mǎn shì yín zhī sè 。
林轩看着眼前的几:-小。以手额。脸上满是吟之色。
Suddenly, she sniffed delicately with her nose and her expression changed.
yuè yě cóng tā de yī xiù chū lái le 。 kàn jiàn shào yé wéi nán 。 xiǎo yā tou zì rán bú huì xiù shǒu páng guān 。 yě dèng dà yǎn jīng 。 xún zhǎo qǐ le zhū sī mǎ jì lái 。
月也从他的衣袖出来了。看见少爷为难。小丫头自然不会袖手旁观。也瞪大眼睛。寻找起了蛛丝马迹来。
Pointing at the third path on the left: "Master, it seems this way. I sensed residual Corpse Qi."
tū rán 。 tā xī xī xiù qì de bí zi 。 shén sè yī dòng 。
突然。她吸吸秀气的鼻子。神色一动。
"Oh."
zhǐ zhe zuǒ shǒu biān de dì sān tiáo lù ：“ shào yé 。 sì hū yīng gāi shì zhè lǐ 。 wǒ gǎn jué dào le cán cún de shī qì 。”
指着左手边的第三条路：“少爷。似乎应该是这里。我感觉到了残存的尸气。”
Lin Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly walked towards that path, carefully identifying the faint Corpse Qi. Indeed, there was very slight Corpse Qi, but in such small quantities that he might not have noticed without Moon's hint.
“ ó 。”
“哦。”
Girls' intuition is indeed sharp. Of course, this was also due to Moon being a yin spirit body, naturally more sensitive to these ghostly matters.
lín xuān dà xǐ 。 máng jǐ bù le guò qù 。 zǐ xì biàn shí 。 guǒ rán yǒu hěn qīng wēi de shī qì 。 bù guò liàng tài xiǎo le 。 ruò fēi yuè ér diǎn pò kǒng pà zì jǐ shì wú fǎ fā jué de 。
林轩大喜。忙几步了过去。仔细辨识。果然有很轻微的尸气。不过量太小了。若非月儿点破恐怕自己是无法发觉的。
With an appreciative glance at the little girl, Lin Xuan turned slightly and the green light around him instantly became dazzling as he enveloped Moon, vanishing from sight.
dào dǐ shì nǚ hái zi xīn 。 dāng rán 。 zhè yě yóu yú yuè ér nǎi yīn hún zhī tǐ 。 duì yú zhè xiē guǐ dào de dōng xī 。 zì rán mǐn gǎn yī xiē 。
到底是女孩子心。当然。这也由于月儿乃阴魂之体。对于这些鬼道的东西。自然敏感一些。
The small lake returned to its silence. Half a cup of tea passed before a pebble the size of a goose egg suddenly rolled without wind, flipping several times before transforming into a tiny figure no more than an inch high.
xiàng xiǎo yā tou tóu qù yí gè zàn shǎng de yǎn shén lín xuān shēn xíng wēi zhuǎn 。 hún shēn de qīng máng dùn shí yào yǎn le qǐ lái jiāng yuè ér guǒ zài miàn 。 yǐ zài yuán de xiāo shī bú jiàn 。
像小丫头投去一个赞赏的眼神林轩身形微转。浑身的青芒顿时耀眼了起来将月儿裹在面。已在原的消失不见。
This figure resembled an infant but had dry, withered skin and no blood color on its face; even its eyeballs were grayish-white, sending shivers down one's spine. It was indeed the Corpse Infant.
xiǎo hú biān yòu huī fù le chén jì 。 zú zú guò qù le bàn zhǎn chá de shí jiān 。 pū 。
小湖边又恢复了沉寂。足足过去了半盏茶的时间。噗。
This guy hadn't gone far but used some bizarre illusion to transform into a stone, hiding nearby.
de shàng yī kuài é dàn dà xiǎo de yán shí 。 tū rán wú fēng zì gǔn 。 fān le jǐ shēn hòu 。 biàn huà chéng le yí gè shù cùn gāo de xiǎo rén
的上一块鹅蛋大小的岩石。突然无风自滚。翻了几身后。变化成了一个数寸高的小人
At this moment, he grinned, looked at the path Lin Xuan had chosen, and began muttering:
zhè xiǎo rén wǎn ruò yīng ér què jī fū gān kū bù zhǐ liǎn shàng háo wú xuè sè 。 lián yǎn zhū dōu shì huī bái sè de ràng rén máo gǔ sǒng rán 。 zhèng shì shī yīng nà , guài 。
这小人宛若婴儿却肌肤干枯不止脸上毫无血色。连眼珠都是灰白色的让人毛骨悚然。正是尸婴那,怪。
"This boy is brave and meticulous, but his extensive knowledge is his downfall. He knows that our Corpse Infant's divine sense is inferior to those of our peers. He thought I wouldn't notice him following."
zhè jiā huo jū rán bìng méi yǒu yuǎn 。 ér shì shǐ yòng mǒu zhǒng guǐ yì de huàn shù 。 biàn huà chéng shí tou 。 yǐn nì zài yī páng de 。
这家伙居然并没有远。而是使用某种诡异的幻术。变化成石头。隐匿在一旁的。
"Hmph. Why say such cold words now? Although he's only a Condensation Core中期 cultivator, the power of concealment and hiding is formidable. If not for my reminder, you might not have noticed," another悦耳 voice suddenly sounded, but with a hint of disdain and disgust: "Still, I didn't expect Brother Senior to survive for a million years in such an abhorrent Corpse Infant form."
cǐ shí tā liě zuǐ yī xiào 。 kàn le kàn lín xuān suǒ xuǎn nà tiáo lù 。 zuǐ bā lǐ kāi shǐ dí gū ：
此时他咧嘴一笑。看了看林轩所选那条路。嘴巴里开始嘀咕：
The owner of that voice seemed the monster's companion, speaking without any reservations.
“ zhè ge xiǎo zi suī rán dǎn dà xīn xì 。 kě huài jiù huài zài jiàn wén tài guǎng bó le xiē 。 jū rán zhī dào wǒ men shī yīng de shén shí yuǎn bù jí tóng jiē xiū shì 。 yǐ wéi gēn zài shēn hòu lǎo fū huì yī wú suǒ jué 。”
“这个小子虽然胆大心细。可坏就坏在见闻太广博了些。居然知道我们尸婴的神识远不及同阶修士。以为跟在身后老夫会一无所觉。”
Upon hearing this, the Corpse Infant paused but wasn't angry. Turning his head, he stared at some empty space on the lake: "So many years have passed. Sister still speaks so harshly. What of it? We cultivators seek to escape the cycle of life and death, aiming for eternal survival. After entering the Separation Stage as a魔 cultivator, we become demons or monsters. Brother is already content to live. As for whether I'm a ghost, what does that matter? It's you who are bold enough to interfere in our elders' disputes during the internal strife."
“ hēng 。 nǐ xiàn zài yòu hé bì shuō zhè xiē fēng liáng de yán yǔ 。 nà xiǎo zi suī rán zhǐ shì níng dān zhōng qī de xiū shì 。 dàn qián cáng yǐn nì de shén tōng 。 què shí fēi tóng xiǎo kě 。 ruò bú shì wǒ tí xǐng de huà nǐ wèi bì néng fā xiàn de 。” lìng yī yuè ěr shēng yīn sà rán xiǎng rán ér yǔ qì zhōng dài zhe jǐ fēn bù xiè yǔ yàn wù ：“ zhǐ shì wǒ yě bù céng xiǎng 。 bǎi wàn nián hòu shī xiōng nǐ yī jiù néng gòu huó xià lái kě xī què shì yǐ shī yīng zhè zhǒng lìng rén zēng wù de xíng tài 。”
“哼。你现在又何必说这些风凉的言语。那小子虽然只是凝丹中期的修士。但潜藏隐匿的神通。确实非同小可。若不是我提醒的话你未必能发现的。”另一悦耳声音飒然响然而语气中带着几分不屑与厌恶：“只是我也不曾想。百万年后师兄你依旧能够活下来可惜却是以尸婴这种令人憎恶的形态。”
"How so?" The woman's voice grew cold when she mentioned it, though still pleasant and melodious.
nà shēng yīn de zhǔ rén sì hū guài wù de tóng bàn 。 shuō huà què yì diǎn yě bù liú qíng miàn 。
那声音的主人似乎怪物的同伴。说话却一点也不留情面。
"Nothing. I merely express admiration. After all, both Uncle Li and Master Senior are滞留在人间的 Separation Stage cultivators. Your daring to intervene in their conflicts is beyond what an ordinary person could do," the Corpse Infant said with a smile.
shī yīng tīng le yī zhì 。 dàn yě bìng bù shēng qì 。 zhuǎn guò tóu 。 dīng zhe xiǎo hú de mǒu gè kōng kuàng chù ：“ dōu guò qù zhè me duō nián le 。 shī mèi shuō huà yī jiù shì zhè me kè bó 。 shī yīng yòu rú hé 。 wǒ men xiū xiān bù jiù shì wèi le táo bì shēng lún huí de tiān de fǎ 。 yǒng jiǔ de shēng cún xià qù me 。 xiū mó zhě jìn rù lí - qī yǐ hòu 。 biàn chéng de hái bú shì yāo mó 。 wèi xiōng wǒ néng gòu huó xià lái yǐ jīng shì xīn mǎn yì zú 。 zhì yú shì bú shì guǐ wù 。 yòu yǒu shén me 。 dǎo shì shī mèi 。 dà dǎn bāo tiān 。 dāng chū nèi luàn zhī shí 。 mén zhōng de jǐ wèi tài shàng zhǎng lǎo dòng shǒu hù ōu 。 wèi le tǎo hǎo lì shī shū 。 jū rán gǎn chū shǒu tōu xí zhǎng mén shī bó 。”
尸婴听了一滞。但也并不生气。转过头。盯着小湖的某个空旷处：“都过去这么多年了。师妹说话依旧是这么刻薄。尸婴又如何。我们修仙不就是为了逃避生轮回的天的法。永久的生存下去么。修魔者进入离-期以后。变成的还不是妖魔。为兄我能够活下来已经是心满意足。至于是不是鬼物。又有什么。倒是师妹。大胆包天。当初内乱之时。门中的几位太上长老动手互殴。为了讨好厉师叔。居然敢出手偷袭掌门师伯。”
"Oh, Brother Senior is mocking me?" The woman was initially angry but then seemed to think of something, becoming calm: "Back then, you two brothers also fought each other."
“ nà yòu rú hé ？” tí qǐ wǎng shì 。 nà nǚ zǐ de shēng yīn lěng le xià 。 suī rán yī jiù yuè ěr dòng tīng 。 què dài shàng le yī gǔ lì zhī qíng 。
“那又如何？”提起往事。那女子的声音冷了下。虽然依旧悦耳动听。却带上了一股厉之情。
"Enough, Sister. Even though we serve different masters, time changes everything. Now that Uncle Li and Master Senior are both gone, what enmity remains? If I hold a grudge, why would I have freed myself from the玄冰禁制?"
“ méi shén me 。 wèi xiōng zhǐ shì biǎo shì pèi fú 。 bì jìng bù guǎn shì lì shī shū hái shì zhǎng mén shī bó 。 kě dōu shì zhì liú zài rén jiān de lí hé qī xiū xiān zhě 。 mèi gǎn chā shǒu tā men jiān de zhēng dòu 。 yǒng qì zhī zú 。 shí fēi cháng rén kě yǐ bǐ nǐ de 。” shī yīng liǎn lù wēi xiào de shuō 。
“没什么。为兄只是表示佩服。毕竟不管是厉师叔还是掌门师伯。可都是滞留在人间的离合期修仙者。妹敢插手他们间的争斗。勇气之足。实非常人可以比拟的。”尸婴脸露微笑的说。
The woman's voice fell silent. After several minutes, a tiny元婴 appeared on the opposite side of the lake.
“ ó 。 zhào shī xiōng shì zài fěng cì wǒ le ？” nǚ zǐ xiān shì yǒu xiē fèn nù 。 dàn suí jí yòu xiàng xiǎng dào le shén me 。 dùn shí biàn de píng xīn jìng qì qǐ lái ：“ dāng nián nǐ men liǎ xiōng dì bù yě tóng yàng shǒu zú xiāng cán 。”
“哦。赵师兄是在讽刺我了？”女子先是有些愤怒。但随即又像想到了什么。顿时变的平心静气起来：“当年你们俩兄弟不也同样手足相残。”
This元婴 had a clear and handsome appearance with full skin tone, vastly different from the Corpse Infant. Indeed, it was an ordinary human cultivator's元婴, not a ghostly monster.
“ hǎo le 。 shī mèi 。 dāng wǒ men suī rán gè wèi qí zhǔ 。 dàn cāng hǎi sāng tián 。 rú jīn bù guǎn shì de lì shī shū 。 hái shì zài xià zhōng de zhǎng mén shī bó 。 dōu yǐ chén guī chén 。 tǔ guī tǔ 。 wǒ men zhī jiān jiù suàn yǒu shén me ēn yuàn yě zǎo gāi liǎo liǎo 。 wèi xiōng ruò shì jì chóu 。 yòu zěn me huì jiāng cóng xuán bīng jìn zhì zhōng jiě fēng 。”
“好了。师妹。当我们虽然各为其主。但沧海桑田。如今不管是的厉师叔。还是在下忠的掌门师伯。都已尘归尘。土归土。我们之间就算有什么恩怨也早该了了。为兄若是记仇。又怎么会将从玄冰禁制中解封。”
She sighed softly: "Brother Senior is right. With time passing, all grudges should be like clouds dissipating. Speaking of those days, if I hadn't been blinded by my desire to please Uncle Li and sealed in the玄冰禁制, I wouldn't have been trapped. But fortune and misfortune go hand in hand; this state of apparent death saved me from the great calamity that destroyed our sect. Without it, even if I had survived then, I would have long exhausted my lifespan."
nǚ zǐ de shēng yīn chén mò xià qù 。 guò le shù fēn zhōng 。 yī shǎn 。 yí gè shù cùn gāo de yuán yīng zài xiǎo hú de duì àn chū xiàn 。
女子的声音沉默下去。过了数分钟。一闪。一个数寸高的元婴在小湖的对岸出现。
"Good. Red Silk should be grateful to Brother Senior for rescuing me from the玄冰禁制," the red-robed woman said with a smile. "But repaying your kindness by leading one person and one ghost astray is also a form of repayment. The great array was set up personally by Master Senior back then, using only a fragment of his divine sense. Killing two Condensation Core中期 cultivators should be easy for a Separation Stage cultivator's power. Brother can now rest assured."
cǐ yuán yīng méi qīng mù xiù 。 fū sè zé bǎo mǎn 。 yǔ shī yīng dà bù xiāng tóng 。 què shí shì rén lèi xiū shì de yuán yīng ó 。 ér bìng fēi guǐ dào guài wù 。
此元婴眉清目秀。肤色泽饱满。与尸婴大不相同。确实是人类修士的元婴哦。而并非鬼道怪物。
The Corpse Infant didn't believe this and furrowed his brow, asking:
tā yōu yōu de tàn le kǒu qì ：“ shī xiōng suǒ yán bù cuò 。 shí guò jìng qiān 。 yī qiè chóu hèn yě gāi rú fú yún piāo sàn 。 shuō qǐ dāng nián 。 ruò fēi wǒ guǐ mí xīn qiào yī xīn xiǎng yào tǎo lì shī shū huān xǐ 。 yě bú huì bèi zhǎng mén zhēn rén fēng yìn zài xuán lǐ miàn 。 bù guò fú xī huò xī 。 qià qià shì zhè zhǒng jiǎ sǐ zhuàng tài 。 ràng wǒ táo guò le nà chǎng ràng běn mén fù miè de dà jié 。 ruò fēi rú cǐ 。 jiù suàn dāng shí wèi sǐ 。 yě zǎo gāi shòu yuán hào jìn mǐn miè 。”
她幽幽的叹了口气：“师兄所言不错。时过境迁。一切仇恨也该如浮云飘散。说起当年。若非我鬼迷心窍一心想要讨厉师叔欢喜。也不会被掌门真人封印在玄里面。不过福兮祸兮。恰恰是这种假死状态。让我逃过了那场让本门覆灭的大劫。若非如此。就算当时未死。也早该寿元耗尽泯灭。”
"What do you mean? Don't you plan to go with me to retrieve the treasure?"
“ shī mèi néng xiǎng tōng zhè diǎn jiù hǎo 。 gù rén dōu zuò le chén tǔ 。 wǒ men hái zhēng dòu xiē shén me 。” shī yīng kǔ xiào zhe dào 。
“师妹能想通这点就好。故人都做了尘土。我们还争斗些什么。”尸婴苦笑着道。
"Treasure? I no longer care about it. As Brother Senior said, we are lucky to have survived that great calamity. Red Silk doesn't want to take risks. Besides, so many years have passed; what remains in the central hall is uncertain."
“ ń 。 hóng líng hái yào gǎn xiè shī xiōng jiāng wǒ cóng xuán bīng zhōng jiù chū 。 dàn wǒ zhù nǐ jiāng nà yī rén yī guǐ yǐn rù qí tú yě suàn bào le ēn 。 qián fāng dà zhèn shì dāng nián zhǎng mén shī bó qīn shǒu bù xià 。 suī rán jǐn jǐn yòng le yī lǚ shén niàn 。 dàn bì jìng shì lí hé qī xiū shì de shén tōng 。 miè shā liǎng míng níng dān zhōng qī de xiū shì 。 yīng gāi shì qīng ér yì jǔ de 。 shī xiōng cóng cǐ yǐ gāo zhěn wú yōu 。” hóng yī nǚ zǐ mǐn zuǐ yī xiào 。 dàn dàn de dào 。
“嗯。红绫还要感谢师兄将我从玄冰中救出。但我助你将那一人一鬼引入歧途也算报了恩。前方大阵是当年掌门师伯亲手布下。虽然仅仅用了一缕神念。但毕竟是离合期修士的神通。灭杀两名凝丹中期的修士。应该是轻而易举的。师兄从此以高枕无忧。”红衣女子抿嘴一笑。淡淡的道。
"Sister," the Corpse Infant was stunned and opened his mouth as if he wanted to persuade her.
shī yīng tīng liǎo què bù yǐ wèi 。 fǎn ér méi tóu yī 。 yǒu xiē bù jiě de kāi kǒu ：
尸婴听了却不以为。反而眉头一。有些不解的开口：
"Enough, Brother Senior. Although we can put aside our grudges with a smile, we were once enemies for different masters. We fought to the death. Do you think we can become friends or cooperate?" The woman's voice suddenly turned cold: "Brother, take care of yourself. I bid you farewell."
“ shī mèi zhè huà shì shén me yì si 。 nán dào bù dǎ suàn yǔ wǒ tóng qù qǔ bǎo ？”
“师妹这话是什么意思。难道不打算与我同去取宝？”
After saying this, a flash of red light appeared as that元婴 used Instantaneous Movement and vanished without a trace.
In the midst of a fierce battle between an old monster and a stone lion, Lin Xuan also encountered something.
At this moment, he stood beside a small pond. His expression was grave.
"Where did that Corpse Infant go?"
Lin Xuan frowned as he looked before him. A winding path led into the depths of the misty clouds.
Originally, Lin Xuan had been following the terrifying monster secretly with some secret technique. The Corpse Infant had a characteristic: although it excelled in various bizarre and evil spells, its divine sense was not particularly strong, roughly equivalent to that of a Condensation Core中期 cultivator.
In other words, it was slightly worse than Lin himself.
With the help of Hidden Spirit Pills and Concealment Techniques, Lin Xuan didn't fear being discovered. However, things went smoothly until here, where the monster inexplicably vanished. Lin Xuan's expression was naturally terrible because there seemed to be some kind of restriction set up here that greatly limited his divine sense.
"Which path should I take?"
Lin Xuan looked at the several paths before him and rubbed his forehead, his face full of contemplation.
Moon emerged from his sleeves. Seeing her master in a dilemma, the little girl naturally wouldn't sit idly by. She widened her eyes and began to search for any clues.
Suddenly, she sniffed delicately with her nose and her expression changed.
Pointing at the third path on the left: "Master, it seems this way. I sensed residual Corpse Qi."
"Oh."
Lin Xuan was overjoyed and hurriedly walked towards that path, carefully identifying the faint Corpse Qi. Indeed, there was very slight Corpse Qi, but in such small quantities that he might not have noticed without Moon's hint.
Girls' intuition is indeed sharp. Of course, this was also due to Moon being a yin spirit body, naturally more sensitive to these ghostly matters.
With an appreciative glance at the little girl, Lin Xuan turned slightly and the green light around him instantly became dazzling as he enveloped Moon, vanishing from sight.
The small lake returned to its silence. Half a cup of tea passed before a pebble the size of a goose egg suddenly rolled without wind, flipping several times before transforming into a tiny figure no more than an inch high.
This figure resembled an infant but had dry, withered skin and no blood color on its face; even its eyeballs were grayish-white, sending shivers down one's spine. It was indeed the Corpse Infant.
This guy hadn't gone far but used some bizarre illusion to transform into a stone, hiding nearby.
At this moment, he grinned, looked at the path Lin Xuan had chosen, and began muttering:
"This boy is brave and meticulous, but his extensive knowledge is his downfall. He knows that our Corpse Infant's divine sense is inferior to those of our peers. He thought I wouldn't notice him following."
"Hmph. Why say such cold words now? Although he's only a Condensation Core中期 cultivator, the power of concealment and hiding is formidable. If not for my reminder, you might not have noticed," another悦耳 voice suddenly sounded, but with a hint of disdain and disgust: "Still, I didn't expect Brother Senior to survive for a million years in such an abhorrent Corpse Infant form."
The owner of that voice seemed the monster's companion, speaking without any reservations.
Upon hearing this, the Corpse Infant paused but wasn't angry. Turning his head, he stared at some empty space on the lake: "So many years have passed. Sister still speaks so harshly. What of it? We cultivators seek to escape the cycle of life and death, aiming for eternal survival. After entering the Separation Stage as a魔 cultivator, we become demons or monsters. Brother is already content to live. As for whether I'm a ghost, what does that matter? It's you who are bold enough to interfere in our elders' disputes during the internal strife."
"How so?" The woman's voice grew cold when she mentioned it, though still pleasant and melodious.
"Nothing. I merely express admiration. After all, both Uncle Li and Master Senior are滞留在人间的 Separation Stage cultivators. Your daring to intervene in their conflicts is beyond what an ordinary person could do," the Corpse Infant said with a smile.
"Oh, Brother Senior is mocking me?" The woman was initially angry but then seemed to think of something, becoming calm: "Back then, you two brothers also fought each other."
"Enough, Sister. Even though we serve different masters, time changes everything. Now that Uncle Li and Master Senior are both gone, what enmity remains? If I hold a grudge, why would I have freed myself from the玄冰禁制?"
The woman's voice fell silent. After several minutes, a tiny元婴 appeared on the opposite side of the lake.
This元婴 had a clear and handsome appearance with full skin tone, vastly different from the Corpse Infant. Indeed, it was an ordinary human cultivator's元婴, not a ghostly monster.
She sighed softly: "Brother Senior is right. With time passing, all grudges should be like clouds dissipating. Speaking of those days, if I hadn't been blinded by my desire to please Uncle Li and sealed in the玄冰禁制, I wouldn't have been trapped. But fortune and misfortune go hand in hand; this state of apparent death saved me from the great calamity that destroyed our sect. Without it, even if I had survived then, I would have long exhausted my lifespan."
"Good. Red Silk should be grateful to Brother Senior for rescuing me from the玄冰禁制," the red-robed woman said with a smile. "But repaying your kindness by leading one person and one ghost astray is also a form of repayment. The great array was set up personally by Master Senior back then, using only a fragment of his divine sense. Killing two Condensation Core中期 cultivators should be easy for a Separation Stage cultivator's power. Brother can now rest assured."
The Corpse Infant didn't believe this and furrowed his brow, asking:
"What do you mean? Don't you plan to go with me to retrieve the treasure?"
"Treasure? I no longer care about it. As Brother Senior said, we are lucky to have survived that great calamity. Red Silk doesn't want to take risks. Besides, so many years have passed; what remains in the central hall is uncertain."
"Sister," the Corpse Infant was stunned and opened his mouth as if he wanted to persuade her.
"Enough, Brother Senior. Although we can put aside our grudges with a smile, we were once enemies for different masters. We fought to the death. Do you think we can become friends or cooperate?" The woman's voice suddenly turned cold: "Brother, take care of yourself. I bid you farewell."
After saying this, a flash of red light appeared as that元婴 used Instantaneous Movement and vanished without a trace.