206: Chapter 206 Powerful Magical Artifact

The sound of explosions in mid-air was deafening.

Xuan Ming was forced to circulate his cultivation with all his might. His ghost-head blade danced so fast it was impenetrable, and the sound of Devilish Qi colliding with demonic power was piercingly loud.

With every hard clash, his arm grew a bit more numb.

It was true he was at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, but his opponents weren't just one, but a group!

A group of Yao Beasts that were unafraid of death and only listened to their master's commands!

Below, the injured Yun Jian was also wide-eyed at this fierce battle. This Ye Jing was actually so powerful; he had only heard Ye Tianhao and his sister talk about their grandfather before.

Yun Jian and those from the Qingyun Sect had all thought he was merely an old patriarch living in retirement whose strength would naturally be weaker than the younger generation's. But looking at this beast-taming technique and his prowess in trading blows with a Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator...

The strength of this Patriarch Ye simply far surpassed Ye Tianhao!

Xuan Ming was shaken by the Yao Beasts to the point where he couldn't advance a single step, and being pinned down by Ye Jing's blade, his aura gradually became disorganized.

He gritted his teeth and shouted coldly, "Old man, don't think that just because you can summon so many Yao Beasts to assist you, this seat will be afraid of you! I'm telling you, this matter between the Xuanyou Sect and your Ye family will be a fight to the death!"

With that, he didn't have time to feel distressed as he directly sacrificed a treasure. It was a dragon-head staff, and he raised his hand to toss it.

The staff instantly transformed into a black dragon dozens of feet long. As soon as the black dragon appeared, the surrounding Yao Beasts immediately felt a strong sense of pressure.

Immediately after, Xuan Ming used a purple talisman treasure, striking it into the staff. Instantly, the black dragon let out a roar.

Ye Jing suddenly felt uneasy, seeing that the surrounding Yao Beasts were all terrified and didn't dare to step forward.

What exactly was the origin of this dragon-head staff?

Xuan Ming didn't want to perish together with Ye Jing yet. This Magical Artifact consumed an extreme amount of spiritual power and he hadn't formally contracted with it; only the power of a Golden Core could truly master it.

Being able to use it now was merely for deterrence.

Xuan Ming instantly flicked his cloak and fled into the distance with the dragon-head staff at an extremely fast speed.

The Xuanyou Sect Cultivators who didn't have time to escape also tried to flee, but they had already been surrounded by Ye Jing's Yao Beasts.

Ye Xuan wanted to continue the pursuit, but Ye Jing called him back, "Xuaner, don't chase him. You won't be able to catch him."

They were so close to taking down this Foundation Establishment devil Cultivator, yet he had escaped. Ye Xuan gritted his teeth and cursed, "Damn it!"

Ye Jing looked at the trembling Xuanyou Sect Cultivators and waved his hand before they could even beg for mercy.

The Yao Beasts then instantly surrounded the Xuanyou Sect Cultivators and devoured them all.

As Ye Xuan descended from mid-air, the heavily injured Yun Jian below also stood up unsteadily and bowed respectfully, saying, "Thank you, Patriarch Ye, for saving my life!"

Ye Jing nodded slightly and then asked, "Elder Yun, why did you suddenly provoke the Cultivators of the Xuanyou Sect, causing them to pursue you so relentlessly?"

Yun Jian's body trembled slightly as he looked at Ye Xuan, appearing somewhat hesitant to speak.

Ye Xuan said bluntly, "Elder Yun, if there's something on your mind, feel free to speak plainly."

Hearing this, Yun Jian said helplessly, "I was ordered by the Sect Master to attend a birthday banquet for a family friendly with the Qingyun Sect, but I unexpectedly stumbled upon a scene of them refining Sacrificial Vessels, and was then hunted down by them."

"Sacrificial Vessels again?" Ye Xuan frowned.

Hearing this, Ye Jing said, "Xuaner, could the Sacrificial Vessels Elder Yun mentioned be related to the Ghost Hand you discovered?"

Ye Xuan nodded, then looked at Yun Jian and said, "At this point, please don't hide anything anymore, Elder Yun."

Seeing that Ye Xuan had put it that way, Yun Jian also said helplessly, "In that case, this is not the place to talk. Why don't the two of you follow me to find a quiet place to speak!"

On a remote rocky beach, Yun Jian waved his hand and cast a soundproof barrier, encircling the three of them inside.

After doing all this, Yun Jian said, "The Ghost Hand Little Friend Ye discovered before, and the Sacrificial Vessels I stumbled upon at the family's place, are essentially the same thing. They are all keys specifically refined by the Xuanyou Sect to open the entrance to the Minghai Realm."

"Minghai Realm?" Ye Xuan and Ye Jing looked at each other, both seeing surprise in the other's eyes.

But it quickly returned to calm.

Ye Jing thought of the Chen family, who had been exterminated by the Xuanyou Sect, mentioning a treasure that could open the gates of the Minghai Realm. However, this secret had been buried deep in his heart and the hearts of his family members, never revealed.

Yun Jian sighed, his hand tightening slightly.

This is a Secret Realm left over from ancient times, hidden within the cracks of the Void Realm in the Canggu Realm. There are only brief mentions of it in the secret records of various Sects. It is said that within that Secret Realm, there is not only the ancient demon god inheritance but also countless Heaven And Earth Treasures.

However, it is extremely dangerous, and very few Cultivators have ever come out alive."

Ye Jing's brow furrowed slightly, and he said in a heavy voice, "So that's how it is. No wonder they are refining this item at any cost. Could it be that they have already found the entrance?"

Anxiety showed on Yun Jian's face. "If that's truly the case, and they find the entrance and enter ahead of time without a sound, they might very well obtain the demon god inheritance. At that time, let alone the Mortal kingdoms, even our cultivation Sects will face a great catastrophe!"

Ye Xuan hurriedly asked, "Is the Minghai Realm that difficult to enter? Even after finding the entrance, do they still need to prepare so many sacrifices?"

"Very difficult!" Yun Jian said without hesitation.

"There's something you don't know. The entrance to the Minghai Realm only appears once every hundred years, and it's extremely difficult to find. It requires a massive amount of tracking Magic Treasures just to barely locate it. When the entrance opens, it also requires several Golden Core Cultivators to join forces to resist the void turbulence within to barely enter safely."

"Because the passage between the Minghai Realm and the Canggu Realm is extremely unstable. The so-called void turbulence is the spatial force generated by the collision of the two realms. Even a Golden Core Cultivator caught in it would be instantly torn into ashes."

As Yun Jian reached this point, his complexion was already quite poor.

Ordinary Cultivators can't even get close to the entrance, let alone force their way in.

The Xuanyou Sect has been slaughtering everywhere all these years. Our Sects all thought it was for their cultivation needs, but we didn't expect it was for the sacrificial vessel realm-key developed by the old devil Xuan Ye.

Three hundred years ago, Xuan Ye, the first Sect Master of the Xuanyou Sect, bypassed all the Sect Masters and created the sacrificial vessel secret-key to smuggle himself in. That secret-key consisted of a total of seven Sacrificial Vessels refined from human bodies.

They were two hands, two feet, a torso, a head, and a Heart Soul Pill.

All were refined from the physical bodies and souls of tens of millions of Mortals. Combined with the secret techniques of the Xuanyou Sect, they could protect Xuanyou Cultivators as they went deep into the Minghai Realm, completely bypassing the Golden Core Cultivators of other righteous Sects."

Ye Xuan felt a chill in his heart and gasped, "The Xuanyou Sect is truly going all out! Then how have you not discovered this after so many years?"

Yun Jian gave a bitter smile, his fingertips unconsciously rubbing the long sword at his waist. His voice was full of helplessness and guilt. "It's not that we didn't notice anything unusual; it's that they hid too deeply and were even better at disguising themselves!"

He looked up at Ye Xuan and Ye Jing and explained slowly, "The Xuanyou Sect has been very methodical in its actions over the years, never massacring Mortals on a large scale.

Instead, they secretly dispatched Disciples to lurk in remote villages of the Mortal kingdoms or gathering places for Loose Cultivators in the cultivation world, taking only the souls and bodies of hundreds or thousands of people each time, doing so very discreetly."

It was only this time when Ye Xuan killed those from the Xuanyou Sect and accidentally discovered the Ghost Hand they didn't have time to move that Yun Jian had some suspicions.

Combined with the sudden encounter with Xuan Ming massacring a family and then frantically trying to intercept and kill him, Yun Jian was able to confirm it was truly that kind of evil technique.

Hearing that one of the seven Sacrificial Vessels was a Heart Soul Pill, Ye Jing couldn't help but recall the Pill-vessel found in the imperial palace earlier, which contained many souls.

It could be seen that the Xuanyou Sect was quite patient; they had already begun a long time ago.