Chapter 275: Chapter 168: All Must Die (2)

Unaware of its demise.

Moreover, Baiyun Zhenren was convinced that the aura he sensed from Golden Flood Dragon True Man was a perfect match, unlikely to be mistaken.

“How is it inside the array?”

“The ice guards have revived, and their strength is formidable. However, the master said they would perish on their own soon enough.”

Li Jizhou controlled the puppet to glance inside the array,

At this moment, the ice guards, unable to find a target, had calmed down and were patrolling the medicinal garden in an orderly manner.

Though unsealed, their consciousness had shrunk. They now possessed only magical power and a suitable cultivation technique for this place, but could not use divine sense to observe it.

Ghost Shadow concealed its presence within the medicinal garden and remained undiscovered until now.

However, the puppet lacked the ability to hide its aura. The moment it entered, it would likely be discovered with the slightest movement.

“I see those guards have settled down. I’ll go in and have a look!”

“Senior Brother Golden Flood Dragon, the master said to wait for her return.”

“No worries, I’m just checking if the spirit medicines have been affected by the cracks in the array.” As soon as the puppet finished speaking, it stepped inside without waiting for Baiyun Zhenren’s response.

As soon as the puppet entered the array, the nine remaining ice guards immediately looked over.

“Bold! What thief dares to trespass into the Royal Medicinal Garden?” The same rebuke echoed around.

Immediately, the nine ice guards erupted with the magical power at the Peak of Core Formation, triggering the icy momentum of the place to surge violently.

“Pfft~” At this moment, Ghost Shadow darted out like a phantom, beheading the last of the ice guards with a single slash and throwing its corpse toward the puppet.

Subsequently, the aura from Ghost Shadow burst forth.

In an instant, the puppet let go of its divine soul linkage, turning into a lifeless puppet.

Indeed, as the eight ice guards rushed forward, they halted suddenly, having lost their target for the moment.

At this moment, Ghost Shadow’s aura exploded again, attracting the eight ice guards once more.

“Boom!” Countless ice crystals formed beneath Ghost Shadow’s feet, instantly trapping it in place.

Following that, an ice-dragon shot into the sky, striking directly at Ghost Shadow.

Boom~

The strike was so powerful that it caused Ghost Shadow, who had the Half-Step Dragon Transformation black scale body protection, to tremble greatly, approaching the point of breaking.

Ghost Shadow dared not face the eight ice guards directly; instead, it used the Top-Grade Spiritual Artifact, the Soul-annihilating Blade, to pierce through the ice wall and flee.

At the same time, the puppet’s divine soul reentered its body. The figure of Golden Flood Dragon True Man was clearly visible as he hurried to touch the ice guard corpse thrown by Ghost Shadow, collecting its essence blood and aura.

Regrettably, there was no residual divine soul.

After the puppet finished collecting the aura and essence blood, Ghost Shadow immediately concealed its aura and, with a flicker of its figure, hid behind a pile of ice crystals, vanishing from sight.

The eight ice guards, having lost their target, instantly sensed the puppet’s aura direction. Just as they were about to shift their focus, they suddenly noticed that the puppet had transformed into the appearance of an ice guard, with matching aura.

Subsequently, the puppet started to walk freely within the medicinal garden in the form of an ice guard.

“Boom~” It lightly touched every ice crystal it passed.

A Tier Two, century-old field lotus instantly turned to dust.

“Boom~”

A millennia-old Tier Three thunder willow could not last beyond ten breaths before turning to dust.

…

“Boom~”

A human-sized ice crystal shattered, and another ice guard awoke.

It glanced at the puppet and without any reaction, quickly joined the regular patrol of the other eight ice guards.

…

As the puppet arrived before the Tier Three Longevity Fruit plant and the Nine Bends Spirit Ginseng that Ghost Shadow had discovered earlier, all the ice crystals along the path shattered, releasing three ice puppet guards, eight Tier Three spirit medicines, and two Tier Four spirit medicines. Unfortunately, all the spirit medicines crumbled to dust.

However, upon seeing the fully matured Nine Bends Spirit Ginseng, all the disappointment in Li Jizhou’s heart vanished, leaving only immense satisfaction.

Carefully transplanting the Nine Bends Spirit Ginseng into the Jade Purification Bottle, his heart finally found peace.

“Six hundred years of lifespan in hand!” This means that in the next life, the potential of the spirit root is very likely sufficient to step into the Celestial Spirit Root realm!

Subsequently, neither the puppet nor Ghost Shadow paused as they both advanced from outside to inside.

Every ice crystal in sight was pierced through.

“Boom~”

“Boom~”

… In an instant, the whole medicinal garden was filled with the sound of shattering ice crystals.

Spanning a thousand acres, the medicinal garden held many spirit medicines.

Though the war from millennia ago had not destroyed the garden, the chaos of that time made it a target for careful attention.

The spirit medicines on the edge were slightly better, mostly just trampled and slightly damaged.

However, the closer to the center, the fewer spirit medicines remained, mostly with signs of having been picked.

After the ice crystals of the peripheral spirit medicines shattered, most quickly perished, and the puppet and Ghost Shadow swiftly moved on.

Finally, only one Longevity Fruit remained in the marginal area.

This Longevity Fruit was merely a Tier One Earth Rock Fruit, which directly consumed could extend life by five years.

However, after being nurtured for ten thousand years, it matured and could be refined into a premium Lifespan Extension Pill, which, with a fourfold enhancement, would provide twenty years of life.

Subsequently reaching the middle area, ice crystals were already scarce.

Li Jizhou controlled the puppet to approach the only ice crystal, about a yard around.

This ice crystal was as tall as two people, as thick as a faux mountain.

Lightly touching it with a finger,

“Boom~” The moment the ice crystal shattered, Li Jizhou already had the puppet retreat three yards.

Though the puppet now exuded the essence blood aura of the ice guard, being cautious would never be wrong.

“Roar~” A deafening roar instantly resounded.

With falling ice shards, a demon beast with three heads, a cow’s body, and Qilin hooves, all covered in ice armor, stomped the ground fiercely, causing the puppet to lose balance and nearly fall.

In the next moment, the beast teleport instantly appeared before the puppet, its heavy breath spraying onto the puppet’s face, bringing intense pressure.

“Above Tier Four, perhaps even a Tier Five demon beast! And naturally ice-attributed!” Li Jizhou’s breath halted slightly.

“Moo~” The beast exhaled a stream of white gas, then paid no more attention to the puppet, turning towards the other eleven ice guards.

Looking closely, one of the beast’s legs was nearly severed, causing it to limp, clearly severely injured before being frozen.

Based on its attitude towards the puppet, Li Jizhou judged it might be the garden’s guardian beast.

Sure enough, it paused briefly in front of each ice guard, then, like the ice guards, began to patrol regularly.

Li Jizhou breathed a sigh of relief and accelerated the pace of searching for spirit medicines again…

Meanwhile, Nie Jinghong led the Hongtian squad and finally found Master Duobao and his partner, Master Ni Chang, in front of a palace gate in the east.

“Captain, what exactly happened? Who killed Copper Mountain?” This was the question everyone most wanted to know, as it related to the attitude towards the disciples of Guzhu City.

Master Duobao looked at the gathered crowd with a slight hint of surprise.

“Within the palace, an ancient frozen figure revived, and neither Copper Mountain nor I could withstand even a single move from it. Copper Mountain was slain, and I barely escaped after expending two top-grade spiritual artifacts.” Master Duobao’s face was serious.

Then hurriedly added, “You’re just in time. This place bears significant karma, beyond our reach. Do not ask anything, and find an exit quickly!”

“Captain, is it because this place is a Moon Worship Dynasty ruin?” the yellow-faced female cultivator asked straightforwardly.

Master Duobao frowned slightly, pondering before asking, “You all know?”

Everyone nodded.

Master Mu even relayed the conflict outside the medicine garden with the few from Guzhu City.

Hearing this, Master Duobao’s frown deepened.

“Friend Duobao, what exactly do you know?” Nie Jinghong couldn’t help but question.

Master Duobao sighed and said, “As soon as I entered this place, I first encountered Copper Mountain, and as I reached the periphery of that Central Palace, I was suddenly aware that this was a relic of the Moon Worship Dynasty, which was annihilated ten thousand years ago.

Back then, the Moon Worship Dynasty was involved with Quasi-Immortal Artifacts and Immortal Scriptures, and even held secrets of ascension to immortality, all things beyond our meddling.

The most crucial part is that this is something the currently very prosperous Cangming Dynasty has always been pursuing.

As Master Mu mentioned… Today we have already encountered Master Huaiyu, marking extreme danger!

Moreover, if word gets out that we’ve set foot in this place today, I’m afraid there’s no escape from having our souls searched by the Central State’s Cangming Dynasty.”

“We have already been noticed by those from Guzhu City. Even if we leave now, there’s no guarantee they won’t silence us. What should we do?” someone asked heavily.

“With the magical power tokens we left at the City Lord’s Mansion, it’s hard to escape the fortune-telling of a High-Tier Divination Master. Simply fleeing far away and living incognito poses risks.”

“Why don’t we go out and spread confusion, let everyone know?”

“That would only lead to a quicker death!”

“No wonder Master He said we’re all doomed. Now it truly seems bleak!”

…

Master Duobao suddenly lifted his head to look at the others: “Since we can’t hide, then we won’t hide!”

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