Chapter 21: The Murderous Terracotta Soliders (1/2)

Chapter 21: The Murderous Terracotta Soliders

When Qin Yu thought of going out, he carefully checked his surroundings only to discover that the area had actually changed. Originally, he had been sitting on a black stone slab. However, the slab had disappeared and he was currently sitting on bare soil.

There was no differentiation between night and day in this place. Daytime was filled with violent winds while there was endlessly surging demonic qi during nighttime. Even if it was a cultivator, they wouldn’t be able to see further than ten meters. Unwittingly, even Qin Yu didn’t know where he had been pushed by the demonic qi.

There was nothing he could do. Qin Yu was forced to follow the demonic qi’s current, fumbling forward like a blind person.

The whole way he stumbled forward. He still couldn’t manage to leave the boundless demonic qi and he had no clue as to how long he had been walking for.

Continuing like this was clearly out of the question. He wouldn’t be able to escape even if he walked for a lifetime. Even though he was a cultivator, he would still starve to death after a long period of time. Furthermore, he didn’t have much time left. There were only ten days left before the preselections for the Martial Exam began and he was afraid that half of that time had already passed. If he couldn’t get out soon, he would be forced to miss the preselections.

He sat down and entered a meditative state, inspecting his sea of consciousness.

Inside his sea of consciousness, the Earth Spirit Pearl had already stopped absorbing the Yin Demon’s qi and its previously rapid rotation had slowed down dramatically. Now, it seemed to be digesting the absorbed essence of the Yin Demon’s qi.

The impurities that had been discharged by the spirit pearl earlier had turned into a foul, black fluid. Qin Yu sunk into his mind, using his thoughts to connect with the spirit pearl in the hopes that it could help him escape this damned Yin Demon’s place.

The Earth Spirit Pearl received Qin Yu’s intentions and decisively stopped rotating. It faded away from his sea of consciousness in a flash. In the next moment, a small bright, black pearl flew out of Qin Yu’s forehead with a *whoosh.* The pearl released a long black trail of fog as it flew in a certain direction.

Qin Yu swiftly jumped up, chasing after the flying spirit pearl. After recovering for the past few days, he had replenished most of his blood. He also became slightly stronger than before as a result of cultivating. Thus, his cultivation speed wasn’t much slower than when he was at his most optimal state.

The Earth Spirit Pearl that contained powerful spirtual energy deserved to be called a spirit pearl. After about an hour, Qin Yu could sense his surroundings changing. The Yin Demon’s qi wasn’t as heavy and violent as before and his field of vision also cleared up quite a bit.

Inside the black fog not far ahead, a bulging hillside could be seen. The Earth Spirit Pearl was flying toward it.

“Could it be that there’s an exit there?” Qin Yu was overjoyed as he sped up his pace.

He soon arrived at the hill and found that there was actually an opening there. However, it wasn’t the exit. Rather, it was a very large cave. Inside it was pitch black, resembling the wide bloody mouth of a gigantic beast, waiting for somebody to devour.

After the Earth Spirit Pearl arrived at the mouth of the cave, it stopped for a moment before heedlessly flying into the cave with a *whoosh.* Seeing this, Qin Yu had no choice but to prepare himself to rush into the pitch black cave.

The cavern was very dark and it took a moment for Qin Yu’s eyes to adjust to the darkness. He could faintly make out bits and pieces of his surrounding.

The only good thing about this place was that it didn’t have any berserk, turbulent demonic qi outside. However, it had many daunting bursts of cold wind that came from the innermost part of the cave. What laid within was truly a mystery. What made Qin Yu really gloomy, however, was that he hadn’t seen the Earth Spirt Pearl since he had entered and didn’t know what direction it went.

There was no choice. He could only blindly walk forward with arms streched out as he raised his vigilance.

He continued on just like this and turned once as he followed the root. Everything seemed to be safe. The whole journey through, there were no perculiarities or dangers.

Qin Yu’s body and mind gradually relaxed and he was no longer as vigilant as before.

Ahead, there was another turn. Corners were usually the places with the worst visibility because it was impossible to see what was ahead until you actually turned the corner. Therefore, Qin Yu was very careful when he reached this turn. He prepared for whatever dangers may arise at any time.

Like the previous corner, there were no anomalies. Qin Yu released a sigh of relief and continued to walk forward when suddenly, an icy wind attacked swiftly and violently. It aimed at his neck, approaching dangerously.

“Cloudtrack Phantom!” Qin Yu frantically dodged as he released a loud shout. “Attack!”

Rushing Thunder Palm exploded out as the sounds of thunder rumbled inside the cave. It echoed over and over as it reverberated in the cavern, causing the entire cave to slightly tremble and some sand to fall from the ceiling.

A strange banging sound sounded as a black shadow was smashed by the palm strike, changing into black qi as it disintegrated in the air.

“What’s this?” Qin Yu frowned at the disintegrating black shadow but before he could dwell on it, another burst of icy wind came to attack him.

“Attack!” Qin Yu released another loud shout, this time using Bone Eroding Evil Winds Palm to attack. After cultivating for the past few days, he had finally cultivated one pulse and wanted to test its strength.

His palm struck out, the cold winds whistling as the black qi surged out, attacking and engulfing the yellow figure in a flash.

The yellow figure was actually a girl clothed in yellow. Her familiar face made Qin Yu cry out in surprise. “Miss Murong!”

*Bang* The same noise from earlier sounded again as the figure dissipated.

Why was it Wang Murong?

There was definitely something strange inside.

Qin Yu’s expression sank as his eyes sharply stared ahead. In the next moment, he no longer hesitated, walking forward with long strides.

He walked for about a kilometer. The entire way was free of danger and he didn’t encounter any more attacks.

Qin Yu was confused as his footsteps sped up. He wanted to see what exactly was inside here.