147: Tang Fu

Li Xiangyun shrugged, saying, "There's nothing to believe or not believe. I can't gamble my own safety on you not harming me."

"Especially in a place like this, and having just met and exchanged a few words."

"Then you're asking me to gamble on your kindness?" Tang Fu said angrily.

Li Xiangyun was unconcerned by this, saying, "Give it or not, it's up to you!"

"Ultimately, you are the one asking me for help. I can simply leave, but you have no other choice."

After some thought, Li Xiangyun continued, "Don't worry, I'll Cultivate in your Immortal Cave for a few days at most. After seven days, I will return your Soul."

"By then, I'll return to my Cangming Realm, and you can go to your Four Symbols Star Region."

"You..." Tang Fu was furious, but undoubtedly, Li Xiangyun had swayed him.

But the most crucial point was, as Li Xiangyun said, he simply had no other choice.

Either die now, or gamble.

"Roar~"

Just then, the roar grew closer and closer.

Tang Fu's expression changed, and he gritted his teeth, saying, "I hope you don't go back on your word!"

With that, he raised his hand and lightly tapped his forehead, and a brilliant light was drawn out.

Tang Fu's face instantly turned pale, and cold sweat continuously dripped down, clearly enduring immense pain.

Yet, despite this, he pulled hard, extracting a ball of light, which he then threw to Li Xiangyun.

Li Xiangyun quickly reached out and caught it.

"Now, is that enough?" Tang Fu said weakly, his face pale.

This was normal; after all, the Soul is a part of the Soul, and its most core part. To forcibly extract it is no less painful than splitting one's Soul.

The pain involved was imaginable.

"Naturally!"

Li Xiangyun said, moving closer, extending his right hand at the same time.

Just then, the Black Tortoise barrier finally couldn't hold on and shattered violently.

The surging black mist, like a wild horse unbridled, rapidly rushed towards Tang Fu.

Tang Fu's expression changed, and he actively moved closer to Li Xiangyun.

But just then, as if sensing that the duck about to be eaten was about to escape, the black mist suddenly boiled.

Immediately following, from the darkness, a large black hand covered in decaying flesh suddenly reached out from the thick mist. Wisps of black Qi entanglement between its finger bones, like a poisoned iron pincer, grabbing straight for Tang Fu's plump nape.

Tang Fu shrieked and lunged forward, but the fabric on his back was caught by the sharp claws, instantly tearing into three bloody gashes.

The power of that black hand was incredibly brutal, lifting him entirely off the ground. The Azure Dragon light of his jade pendant flickered erratically under the erosion of the black Qi.

The Black Tortoise jade pendant in his arms vibrated wildly, and the tortoise shell barrier, just as it appeared, was crushed by the large hand, its shattered light falling like stardust.

"Let go!" Li Xiangyun roared, biting his fingertip and dripping his vital blood onto the edge of the lamp. The runic light surged, and the nether soul guiding lamp's chains transformed into a vast net of light. Wherever it passed, the black mist sizzled like boiling oil on snow, emitting a pungent, burnt smell.

The nether soul guiding lamp's chains wrapped around Tang Fu's waist.

As he continued to inject vital blood with his fingers pressed on the lamp base, the nether fire of the wick burst with a "puff."

The blue flame surged into a three-zhang-high pillar of light, burning the surrounding black mist into sizzling holes.

But the large black hand still tightly gripped Tang Fu, and the black blood seeping from its finger gaps dripped onto his shoulder, immediately causing his skin to blister black.

A dark black color began to rapidly spread across Tang Fu's body, accompanied by a strong smell of decay.

Li Xiangyun's face changed, knowing that if this continued, even if Tang Fu wasn't dragged away, he wouldn't survive.

Therefore, he could only risk injecting Spiritual Qi.

With the injection of two types of power into the nether soul guiding lamp.

In an instant, the nether soul guiding lamp's chains suddenly erupted with a Dragon-like hum, the entire chain turning into liquid blue light, climbing and burning along the wrist bones of the large hand like a living thing.

"Let go of him!" Li Xiangyun fiercely tugged the chains. The blue flame exploded into a vortex upon contact with the large hand, stripping away the decaying flesh inch by inch.

A non-human shriek came from the depths of the darkness, and the large black hand twitched violently, finally releasing its grip in the strong light of the nether soul guiding lamp.

Tang Fu fell into Li Xiangyun's arms like a kite with a broken string, the wound on his back still emitting black Qi.

Li Xiangyun pushed him into the halo of the nether soul guiding lamp, and when he turned around, he saw that the large black hand had retreated into the thick mist, leaving only the lingering stench in the air.

And in the darker distance, countless crimson points of light, like ghost fires, slowly lit up in the mist.

Clearly, "it," as Tang Fu called it, had arrived.

"Are you still alive?" Li Xiangyun asked, looking at Tang Fu before him.

Just one black hand had forced him to use vital blood and Spiritual Qi. If those things truly surged forward, Li Xiangyun wasn't sure if he could still hold them off.

Therefore, he could only place his hopes on the Immortal Cave Tang Fu spoke of.

"Go in that direction!" Tang Fu forced a smile, then pointed in a direction, saying.

Li Xiangyun looked closely and found that this direction was precisely the one indicated by the nether soul guiding lamp.

Although it was a bit strange, he still picked up Tang Fu and rushed there.

In the darkness in the distance, crimson points of light formed flowing lines of blood, rapidly approaching their location. The ground trembled incessantly as the unknown monsters drew near, as if countless sharp claws were breaking through the earth.

Li Xiangyun carried Tang Fu, sprinting rapidly through the darkness, the brilliant blue light cutting through the thick black mist like a sharp sword.

Before long, he finally saw a mountain cave ahead, its entrance shimmering with a faint glow, keeping the black mist at bay.

Without thinking further, Li Xiangyun threw Tang Fu into it, then leaped in himself, following closely.

As soon as he entered the mountain cave, a thunderous roar exploded at the entrance. Several sharp claws, like a tide, crashed against an invisible barrier, hissing and retreating, burned by the swirling silver light at the cave entrance.

"Phew~ We're safe." Tang Fu slumped to the ground, letting out a sigh of relief, and swallowed a Medicinal Pill.

As the Medicinal Pill entered his mouth, the black color on his body visibly receded a lot.

Clearly, since he entered the Abyss, he had made ample preparations.

Li Xiangyun looked at this scene with some surprise, then coughed, "Cough cough~"

Tang Fu immediately understood, enduring the pain to pull out three Medicinal Pills, saying, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist, for saving my life. These three Spirit Pills are for you, a small token of my appreciation."

"Since that's the case, I won't be polite." Li Xiangyun feigned modesty, accepting them with a normal expression.

Then, he carefully examined them.

Tang Fu explained from the side, "This Spirit Pill is a unique Medicinal Pill from the Azure Dragon Star in my Four Symbols Star Region. It possesses extremely strong life force, not only capable of healing injuries but also dispelling the power of death."

"Oh?" Li Xiangyun showed a thoughtful expression.

He immediately thought that he might be able to use this Medicinal Pill to Cultivate The Dao Intent of Life and Death.

Now, after a series of twists and turns, a place to settle had finally been found, and it was time to start on serious matters...