Chapter 192: Earth Vein Spirit Essence (1/2)

”Junior Sister Qiuhua, you look beautiful today!”

Jiang Li habitually praised her. Looking at the capable and experienced Shenshan Qiuhua, it formed a contrast with her petite figure, giving him a novel feeling.

Although the young lady's face was still red, when faced with Jiang Li's praise, she was no longer shy and evaded it.

The two of them flew together towards the location of the Demon Subduing Pagoda.

In the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak, all the disciples and elders rode on their swords. Their two legs were not much different from accessories.

Coupled with the fact that the terrain of these five mountain peaks was too steep, there were often vertical cliffs in many places. It was not suitable to walk at all. It was possible that one could reach a height of more than a hundred meters just by walking next door. Therefore, there was no staircase designed here from the beginning.

The Demon Subduing Pagoda was not on the five peaks, but in the deep valley surrounded by the five peaks.

This place was suppressed by the joint array formation of the Five Elements Sword Peak. If one was locked inside, even a peerless demon would not be able to escape.

Even if the demons inside really escaped through some method, they had to consider whether they could withstand the siege of the Shu Mountain Five Elements Formation.

The two of them flew down from the top of the Water Element Peak. After passing through the clouds and fog, the air below became more and more moist and dark.

When he landed on the ground, a dense murderous aura made one's scalp go numb.

If a mortal were here, they would bleed from their seven orifices in less than a second. It was not inferior to the internal environment of the Yin Burial Coffin.

However, there were actually plants growing here.

In such an environment with dense baneful aura, it was normal for there to be no plants, but there were many here.

Jiang Li bent down and picked up a few plants on the ground. However, as soon as these plants left the ground, they withered and died before he could observe them properly.

This was an interesting phenomenon. He had never seen it before.

He casually threw away the withered grass in his hand. Who would have thought that there would be such a ferocious place hidden in this Immortal Mountain-like Five Elements Peak?

However, this was not corruption, nor was it hiding evil.

Instead, they used their sect to suppress countless demons and devils, silently protecting the peace of the Great Mountain Region. This was worthy of his status as the leader of the Shu Mountain righteous path.

As Jiang Li sighed silently, he suddenly recalled something.

'I, Jiang Li, am also silently resisting the terrifying evil forces without anyone knowing.'

He recalled the Spiritual Root Branch and the underwater graveyard.

Not long ago, he had even destroyed a demonic cultivation sect that might make a comeback. Just now, he had even taken in the corpse of an asura who could bring calamity to the Great Mountain Region at any time.

Come to think of it, he had made so many contributions to the cultivation world of the Great Mountain Region, but he did not say anything. As expected, Jiang Li was a great person who has broken away from lowly self interests.

The two of them walked towards a white stone platform in the center of the valley.

In fact, in this valley, the only thing that was higher than the ground was this stone platform that was less than two meters tall. There was no building that could be called a ”pagoda”.

Shenshan Qiuhua blinked her eyes and secretly looked at Jiang Li, preparing for his question.

Although Jiang Li had already learned a portion of the situation of the Demon Subduing Pagoda through the memories of the sword cultivator clone, he still deliberately spoke after seeing the other party's expression and asked this little princess of the Shenshan Clan for guidance.

It turned out that this Demon Subduing Pagoda was not built upwards, but downwards. It was built using the earth veins of the five peaks. It was extremely deep and could not be seen.

After all, this was a place where peerless demons were imprisoned. It was impossible to trap them with ordinary buildings or artifacts.

However, relying on the power of the earth vein to build a cage was different. If he wanted to destroy the tower, he could not do it unless he had the ability to break the Shu Mountain's earth vein.

Jiang Li could not help but feel admiration towards this. He did not know when his attainments in formations would reach the extent of being able to rely on the energy of heaven and earth.

A huge spirit carving array formation was meticulously carved on the stone platform. With his current vision, he could see that this array formation was a compound array formation formed from at least seven different types of array formations.

The degree of precision and complexity was shocking.

On the stone platform, there were densely packed talismans of various colors.

There were not many types of talismans. They were basically used to exorcise evil spirits.

It could be seen that Shu Mountain had been diligently managing this place every year to prevent the baneful aura in the tower from gathering too much.

However, even so, there were too many demons in the tower.

Walking into the stone platform, there was already a group of cultivators waiting at the center. Jiang Li also saw Chang Wanzhou standing beside Wei Wangxuan. Apart from him, there were also eight other Shu Mountain disciples waiting.

Clearly, they were preparing to enter the Demon Subduing Pagoda today.

The Demon Subduing Pagoda was very important. Every time it opened, there had to be five peak elders present and a Peak Master presiding over it.

The person-in-charge today was naturally Wei Wangxuan.

Everyone waited quietly as the sun gradually rose above their heads.

Because the Shu Mountain Five Elements Peak was so tall that it reached the clouds, the sun could only be seen at noon. This was also the only time the Demon Subduing Pagoda could be opened.

The rays of the sun passed through the layers of clouds and mist in the mountain. When it scattered down, it was no longer fierce, but it also raised the vitality in this valley.

At noon, the sun gradually illuminated the entire stone platform.

At the center of the stone platform, a Five Elements Array Disk embedded in it automatically lit up.

As an array master, Jiang Li was even slightly dizzy when he saw this light. This meant that even with his current Mind attribute, he was still unable to understand this array formation.

Wei Wangxuan took out a token and shot out a spiritual light.

Then, the other elders of the five peaks produced spiritual lights in the order of the five elements.

After the five elements completed their cycle, the stone platform beneath their feet began to shake slightly. Amidst the friction between the rocks, the Five Elements Array Disk in the middle slowly opened.

He had just opened a gap when a baneful aura ten times stronger than the surrounding environment spewed out.

Among the ten disciples, a few of the weaker ones were shocked until they took two steps back. One of them even sat on the ground directly. It could be seen that this fiendish qi was really extraordinarily terrifying.

Among the disciples present, only the few who had already awakened their Sword Heart could remain calm.

”Remember! After you go down, don't touch anything you shouldn't touch! Demons are cunning and don't communicate with them! You can't pity or trust them!”

”Remember to guard your mind and do your best! If you are unable to continue after paying respects to the pagoda monument, return immediately. Remember, you must not go below the third level!”

”Wanzhou, you'll go in first.”

After opening the pagoda, Elder Wei repeatedly reminded everyone to take note of things.

After all, there were countless ferocious demons locked up in the Demon Subduing Pagoda. Even if they were firmly locked up, they had to be careful. If anything happened, there would be huge trouble.

Elder Wei let Chang Wanzhou take the lead, but he showed no fear. He took two steps forward and glanced at the hole that was still spewing out baneful qi before jumping down.

With someone taking the lead, the disciples behind became braver.

The ten Shu Mountain disciples jumped into the pagoda one after another, but Elder Wei left Jiang Li to the last.

After Shenshan Qiuhua finished drawing, Jiang Li originally wanted to follow closely behind, but he was stopped by Elder Wei, and then a five-sided token was handed to him.

”Kid, you're really as restless as your master. This is the token for opening the door on the last few levels of the Demon Subduing Pagoda.”

”You're not a Shu Mountain disciple, so I can't say much. However, you still have to act within your means and not push yourself. Do you understand?”

Jiang Li touched the token and was slightly surprised. His master was really reliable.

Previously, Jiang Li had roughly understood the situation of the Demon Subduing Pagoda and knew that under normal circumstances, Qi Refinement realm disciples were not allowed to descend to the third level or below.

The baneful qi and demonic qi were too strong and were not something that Qi Refinement realm disciples could withstand. However, Jiang Li was naturally not satisfied with this.

In the beginning, he went to ask Elder Mu for help, but the other party rejected Jiang Li's request out of safety considerations.

Because Jiang Li was a disciple of the Scripture Storage Valley, Shu Mountain naturally had to consider the responsibility if anything happened. They could not agree to it.

This was the same reason why doctors had to have family members sign the forms before major surgeries.

Therefore, Jiang Li had no choice but to use a communication spirit stone and call the Scripture Storage Valley. He got his master Elder He to contact Peak Master Wei.

He did not expect it to really succeed.

Perhaps other than Elder He, his performance in the Heart Questioning Sword Cave last time had also made this Peak Master acknowledge his strength.