Chapter 78: The Last Demon Soul

Looking at the map, I realized that our journey would take four more days to reach the tomb of the next great demon, and three more days to reach the tomb of the immortal. Interestingly, the tomb of the last great demon was right next to the tomb of the immortal, not far away.

Could it be that one of them is the tomb of the idiot tiger? I thought so when I looked at the map. Ruoxue had already told me clearly that the idiot tiger was one of the spirits of the great demon, but there were clearly four tombs, so my inference was not wrong.

Of course, this itinerary calculation assumes that everything goes smoothly, and that we can reach the immortal’s tomb within a week. According to Lao Zhang, there are seven dangerous places along the way. Now it seems that we have inexplicably passed three of them without incident. Who can guarantee that the rest will not have an accident?

Xiaoxi and Xiaomao told us that the remaining four dangerous places are all inhabited by demons.

I don’t care much about it. If there are monsters blocking the way, then fight! I must get Ru Xue to the Immortal Tomb safely.

On the way, Brother Chengxin asked me, “Chengyi, if Silu is also counted as one, then we will be one short of the soul of the great demon.

“Yes, if it was left by the master, four is just right. After all, the two meridians of life and death are inherited by the same person. No matter how amazing the master is, he is still a person. He definitely did not count on the existence of Chengyuan. In those days, our little sister-in-law went very early.” I also frowned, this matter is a bit troublesome.

No matter when she joined the sect, she was recognized by our master, and she was definitely a member of our Li family, so she would never be excluded.

Just like that time, in the Bamboo Grove, she accused me of leaving her behind on such an important matter.

In response to my answer, Brother Chengxin said, “Don’t analyze the reasons there. The point I’m making is how to solve this problem.”

How to solve it? I was walking along the road, thinking deeply, when suddenly I had a flash of inspiration and thought of a possibility, but I had to discuss it with Yuan Yi.

I whispered to Chengxin, who said, “Little sister should take care of it in any case. If Yuanyi doesn’t agree, the young fox will give it to Chengyuan.”

“Hmm,” I nodded and agreed. I always felt that everyone had the soul of a great demon, and that was the key to the next operation in which our Li family would go out in full force to find Penglai.

When we reached the next tomb of the great demon, I felt more and more that this was all a “conspiracy”!

Three and a half days later, we arrived at the next tomb of the great demon without any problems. We were especially cautious when we passed through two dangerous places, but Xiao Xi, who wanted to communicate, told me that the demons here were gone.

It’s gone? When Chengxin heard this, he sneered. It’s no wonder Chengxin sneered. If you think about it carefully, you’ll know what’s going on.

There are four demon spirits, and I have two of them, not to mention the soul of the stupid tiger that they don’t even know about!

And because of the deliberate arrangement of the master, I’m afraid that only our old Li family can successfully obtain the soul. If they weren’t stupid, they would have already seen the key to the problem. It turns out that no matter what the reason is, only I can obtain the soul.

If that is the case, then if they are a little smarter, they will fight for it when the immortal’s tomb is completely opened, and in order to ensure that this key does not encounter any accidents, they will clear the way for me.

As it turned out, they were really smart and did just that!

And the fact is that they looked down on us, who were weak and powerless, and treated us as the “key.”

Therefore, when Cheng Xin Ge learned of this fact, he sneered, playing with a small, exquisite medicine bottle in his hand. His expression said that the outcome would not be known until the very end.

I was too lazy to care about these things, and after analyzing the facts, I was naturally happy and relaxed. But when I looked at the final tomb of the great demon, I really had a headache!

Because the final tomb of the great demon is not on land, but in a small lake formed by the confluence of a river!

On this cold and freezing day, the small lake was already frozen, but judging from the traces on the ice, it was probably once ‘lively,’ but it is estimated that the two gangs that mixed in were all in vain.

“There is an entrance under the lake, and only one person can enter the tomb of the great demon.” Xiaoxi said this, and when she said it, everyone looked at me, and I shuddered.

I am the one who will take the soul, so only I can go down.

Chengxin brother took a cigarette and said, “What are you still talking about? Let’s break the ice.”

Wu Lao Gui said with a sigh, “Then I can only cheer everyone on.”

Qin Huai patted my shoulder and said to me, “My condolences, buddy, don’t get cold and impotent.”

After hearing this, Ru Xue glared at Qin Huai, who immediately shrunk his neck and stopped talking.

The ice-breaking work went very smoothly. After all, two groups of people had already come before us, and the ice surface had frozen over again. The ice layer was not very thick. I gritted my teeth and took off my clothes, leaving only a layer of underwear on my body. I used cold water to beat myself repeatedly, and it took a while to get used to it before I finally gritted my teeth and went into the water!

Once I got in the water, I realized that the water wasn’t as cold as I had imagined. With a good physical foundation, I could barely adapt, but this was not diving with professional equipment. Although I had practiced Taoist qigong since I was a child, I could not hold my breath underwater for too long. During this precious time, I had to hurry to find the cave.

The water was clearer than I had imagined, and I could barely open my eyes to see anything. I thought the hole would be difficult to find, but it was not far from the side of the ice we had broken. It was near the shore at the foot of a mountain, but the entrance to the hole was indeed hidden in the water, and you couldn’t get into the hole without getting into the lake.

I swam over quickly and entered the hole, which was full of silt from the bottom of the lake.

Half of the entrance was submerged in water, but after climbing in a few steps, there was no water, which reminded me of the lairs of animals like the otter. Could it be an otter? I thought rather boringly.

I thought I would be cold in such thin clothes, but strangely, the mud was warm. I rubbed myself all over and didn’t feel cold anymore. I climbed in.

Like the lair of a cute snake, this hole is also sloping upward, and it gets wider and wider as you go. I was worried about the existence of insects before I went into the water, but Ruoxue told me that her compatibility with the insect king was already very high. She had released the insect king before, and it had entered the hole through some small gaps, allowing the insect king to temporarily command the insects to drill into the walls of the hole.

In fact, they were wrong to think that I was the key to this. Without Ruoxue, I would not have been able to obtain the soul of the great demon, because of the existence of these insects.

However, those people must have also suffered from the bugs. I thought to myself, maybe they thought I was the key to controlling the bugs!

While I was thinking about this, I had already reached the end of the cave. The actual darkness still existed. I took out the flashlight sealed in a plastic bag and searched little by little. I finally found the chandelier in one of the places. As if it had been calculated, the chandelier was in the right place. I could light it up smoothly by climbing a little on the nearby stone.

I didn’t think too much about it, and quickly took out a lighter from the plastic bag and lit the chandelier. The warm yellow light slanted down and finally dispelled the darkness.

Looking at the light, I felt a little cold, but I also felt a little warmth in my heart.

At this time, I took a look at the cave by the light. I have to say that the ‘owner’ of this cave is a complete slob, and it is even more crude than the giant snake’s cave.

If I had to describe it, it would be like a pig digging a hole in the mud. Even though it is a cave, I sensitively discovered that this cave and the cave of the young fox are on the same “yin vein,” and the terrain is an excellent place for demons.

I don’t know what kind of lazy person it is, I thought to myself, and began to look for a target. Before going into the water, I asked Ruoxue what kind of being the owner of this place was, but Ruoxue played mysterious with me, saying that I should go down and see for myself.

I’ll go down and see for myself. Where will I collect the soul? After all, the great demons hide the remaining soul in a critical location.

Ruxue smiled and told me, “This underwater creature, you just need to search in a wide area and you will find its remnant soul!

Is that true? I thought to myself, and at the same time, I finally saw the owner of the cave, the last great demon spirit for me! No wonder I almost didn’t find it. Although it was so huge, the color of its back shell had completely blended in with the mud.

In front of me was a huge turtle. Its body had already shriveled up because of the worms, leaving only a shell that still maintained its awe-inspiring presence, as heavy as a mountain!