Abundant Martial Arts Virtue

Flower Sect?

Wu Xiaode already started to chuckle and said:

"I've received many favors from your sect; I will definitely do my utmost to help you escape this time."

"Really? Do you know my master or my senior?" Wang Lingxiu immediately asked.

Wu Xiaode explained:

"Your sect, Tao Spirit, gifted me a Jade Slip Mountain, which is still in my ring, just difficult to take out."

Wang Lingxiu covered her mouth, laughed, and said with understanding: "My master loves grandeur; not to mention jade slips, every disciple's residence is a gigantic palace."

"Alright, this isn't the time for reminiscing, let's think of a way to get out of here first." Wu Xiaode said.

"Look over here." Wang Lingxiu said.

She waved her hand casually, releasing a floating flame, sending it flying to illuminate the darkness.

In the distance at the end of the darkness, there was an extremely thick giant pillar.

That giant pillar wasn't bronze, nor was it made from any single material.

Hundreds and thousands of coffins gathered together, twisted into shape, forming the entire giant pillar.

"What is that?"

Wu Xiaode asked.

"Supreme Evil Demon Pillar, it connects the two sides of time." Wang Lingxiu said.

"The two sides of time?"

"It's too complicated to explain; just understand that I was captured on the other side of time, then dragged to the side where you are hidden."

"I must return to my original timeline."

Wu Xiaode examined the giant pillar, hesitatingly said: "This giant pillar is entirely made of coffins, emitting a towering evil air. How are we supposed to climb up it?"

Wang Lingxiu said: "In fact, each coffin is a small evil-transformed world; we need to pass through these small worlds to ultimately reach my timeline."

Wu Xiaode silently gazed at the thousands of coffins.

This is doomed, isn't it?

With so many evil-transformed worlds, how could it be possible to pass through safely?

"Don't worry, as long as we hide well, we should be fine."

Wang Lingxiu comforted.

She tapped her storage bag, touched out a long cloak, and enveloped Wu Xiaode and herself within it.

Two lines of small bronze characters appeared:

"Evil Cloak."

"This cloak exudes evil power, capable of confusing perception and temporarily making evil objects ignore you."

"——Produced by Flower Workshop."

Wu Xiaode looked up at the cloak, seeing a hidden "Qin" character embroidered at a corner of the cloak.

To have made a cloak imbued with evil power!

The Flower Sect's strength is truly formidable!

"Alright, with this cloak so spacious and draped over both of us, there's indeed hope to climb that pillar—"

"Let's go!"

"Okay!"

Xiuxiu crouched down and pressed her hand against the ground.

This section of the solitary passage immediately flew towards that giant pillar.

In no time.

They reached the base of the giant pillar.

"Don't think about climbing from the outside; there are countless evil demons watching, even with this cloak, if stared at for too long, problems will arise."

Wang Lingxiu said.

Although she was merely seven or eight years old, small in stature, Wu Xiaode simply carried her on his back, both of them cloaked.

"Can we get through one evil-transformed world after another from within the coffins to reach the top?" Wu Xiaode asked.

"We can!"

After Wang Lingxiu spoke, she pointed with her hand, and the lid of a coffin was opened.

Suddenly.

A strong suction force arrived.

The two were directly pulled in.

The coffin closed again.

...

Grey soil.

Wu Xiaode stood on the ground motionless.

Surrounded by towering ancient trees, each tree littered with skeletons beneath it.

Standing for a while.

Wu Xiaode discovered those skeletons continually sinking into the ground.

Upon closer observation, the trees with the most skeletons were thriving the best, even the bark was about to reveal human facial contours.

Those trees with fewer skeletons appeared listless, with branching leaves drooping, resembling a sickly appearance.

On the largest ancient tree in the distance, two strange characters were written.

"Those two characters read 'Mountain Gate'."

Wang Lingxiu whispered.

Mountain Gate.

Meaning the place to enter the mountain.

Wu Xiaode squinted towards the depths of the forest.

A beast roughly as tall as three humans slowly crossed the slope towards the sound of the stream.

That beast has black fur all over, with a white human face atop its head, using all its limbs, and green flames floating around it.

Wherever it passed, the ground was left with persistent flames.

"—This beast is evil-transformed, quite formidable."

Wang Lingxiu whispered.

"If it's just one, I'm not afraid, but I'm worried about other evil-transformed monsters in the dark." Wu Xiaode said.

Before the words were finished, they saw dozens of the same monsters rushing over the hill, following closely behind that monster, neither hurried nor slow as they disappeared into the distance.

Wu Xiaode patted his chest and let out a breath.

These monsters appeared silently, so much so that he hadn't even noticed them.

Luckily he didn't go up to cause trouble just now.

"Let's set off. We must find a safe place to spend the night before it gets dark."

Wang Lingxiu said.

"Let's go!" Wu Xiaode said.

As the two were about to move, they suddenly raised their heads simultaneously and looked towards the mountains.

A giant twin-headed serpent about tens of meters long shot up from the forest, spitting a green mist towards the distant valley.

The entire valley was filled with the screams of various birds and beasts.

Only then did the twin-headed serpent drag its tens of meters long body down towards the valley.

The evil power it was emitting was too intense, and even at a distance of several hundred meters, Wu Xiaode and Wang Lingxiu broke into a cold sweat.

"This won't do... never mind crossing this world, we can't even be sure we'll survive."

Wu Xiaode said.

"What should we do then," Wang Lingxiu was a bit anxious, "I could fight my way through, but if too many monsters are attracted, my spiritual power wouldn't be enough, and even the treasures given by my master need spiritual energy to activate—"

As she said this, she started to sob, whispering:

"It's all because I haven't been diligent enough in my cultivation."

Wu Xiaode kept his expression calm, countless thoughts flashing through his mind.

Indeed.

This is just the first evil-transformed world.

Is there a way to pass through here "safely"?

From the previous actions of that twin-headed serpent...

Even if they are all evil-transformed monsters, there remains a brutal law of survival of the fittest among them.

And he and Wang Lingxiu only have this cloak.

If during a battle, the cloak falls off or gets damaged, they would immediately be discovered by all the evil-transformed creatures!

That would be the end!

A solution must be thought of...

What kind of solution can deal with the current situation?

Wu Xiaode pondered intensely, and suddenly a spirit light flashed through his mind.

Got it!

Though I'm not sure if it will work—

But it's worth a try!

He pulled out the flag of flowing sand from behind.

"Slow!" the flag shouted, "You want to change the flow of time here, which will cause a chain reaction, and all worlds connected to this evil-transformed world will sense it, then truly unbeatable evil demons will come to check the situation."

"No, I'm not trying to revert to the time before this place was evil-transformed," Wu Xiaode explained, "because perhaps before it was evil-transformed, this world had no use for building the pillars."

The flowing sand flag asked, "Then what do you want to do?"

"I just want you to bring my technique from the future, it's a technique I cast, and it's only related to me—"

The more Wu Xiaode thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, and he continued, "Bring it back to me, it definitely won't affect this world's time flow."

"Technique? Which technique?" the flowing sand flag asked.

"The technique I just cast—"

Wu Xiaode said, "Evil Thought Burning God · Ghostly Fate Disaster Action, before I entered the coffin to track Wang Lingxiu, I was connected to it, I knew what was happening with it, and I think I need it now."

The flowing sand flag couldn't help but ask:

"That powerful evil object is inside your technique, do you intend to bring it here as well?"

"Yes, bring it over." Wu Xiaode said.

"Alright, I hope you've thought this through, and aren't just being foolish." the flowing sand flag said.

Wu Xiaode raised the flag and gave it a strong wave—

Endless flowing sand surged, and then vanished completely.

The Evil Spirit Book opened.

A line of small bronze characters appeared before Wu Xiaode:

"Your technique 'Evil Thought Burning God · Ghostly Fate Disaster Action' has returned to your side and is directly unfolding."

In an instant.

The sound of "rustling" footsteps came from the forest.

"Put away the cloak."

Wu Xiaode quietly transmitted his voice.

Wang Lingxiu complied by putting away the cloak and immediately tensed up, asking in a whisper:

"Why?"

"Because it's humans coming, let's not create a misunderstanding." Wu Xiaode said.

He looked towards the bushes.

Several figures emerged from the forest.

"Hey? There are people here."

A young man in a Taoist robe said.

He was riding a white horse.

A black gorilla stood beside him.

And a Dutch pig was flying in mid-air.

"Master, they are humans."

The black gorilla stared at Wu Xiaode and Wang Lingxiu and said.

The young man seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and said with cupped fists, "I am Ye Huangyun, may I ask who you are?"

"I am Boss Ming, and this is my sister Xiuxiu. We are going to the Spirit Mountain in the Western Heavens for cultivation." Wu Xiaode replied with cupped fists.

Ye Huangyun was overjoyed and said with a smile:

"Friends of the Tao, I am also going to Spirit Mountain to seek the true scriptures, why not go together?"