Chapter 71 Resurrection of the Bones

“Qing Zhu, Wanyin, don’t just stand there.”

Su Ye turned around and waved at his two Junior Sisters who were still in a daze.

“Time to get to work.”

“Since this is our home turf, don’t let a single one get away.”

“Remember Senior Brother’s teachings: When a wild goose flies by, pluck its feathers; when a beast passes, strip its hide.”

Lin Qingzhu came back to her senses. Looking at the “fat sheep” wailing on the ground before her, a strange light actually flashed in her usually cold eyes.

It seemed...

This feeling was actually quite exciting?

“Yes, Senior Brother!”

Jiang Wanyin was even more excited, shouting as she grabbed a brick and charged into the crowd.

“Who said they wanted to capture this young lady just now?”

“And you! The one from the Wind Thunder Pavilion, take off your pants... ah, phew, take off your leg armor!”

A moment later.

The previously arrogant coalition of major Sects was now huddled in a corner, wearing only thin undergarments, hugging their knees and wailing.

All their Magic Treasure, Medicinal Pill, and even clothes that were worth anything had been completely looted.

This was not a battle between cultivators.

This was a bandit raid!

Su Ye carried the sack full of loot and finally stopped in front of Wang Yan.

Wang Yan was scared out of his wits by now.

Looking at Su Ye, who appeared like a demon god, he was snot and tears flowing, desperately trying to turn his wheelchair to retreat.

“Su... Su Grandfather...”

“Spare me... spare me...”

“I can give you money! My Lihuo Sect has many Spirit Stone!”

Su Ye leaned down and patted Wang Yan’s pale face.

“Young Lord Wang, don’t be so polite.”

“Money, I will take it myself.”

“As for your life...”

The smile in Su Ye’s eyes vanished instantly, replaced by cold indifference.

“Some people live just to prove that stupidity is also a sin.”

“In your next life, be born a mute.”

Before the words faded.

A finger strike shot out, piercing directly through Wang Yan’s brow.

No blood splattered.

But Wang Yan’s eyes instantly went dull, his Divine Soul extinguished.

For such a venomous snake who sought revenge for the slightest grievance and wanted to lay hands on his Junior Sisters, Su Ye never understood what it meant to show mercy.

Not cutting the weeds and eliminating the roots was something only brain-dead novel protagonists did.

After finishing all this.

Su Ye casually threw out a ball of Spiritual Qi fire, reducing Wang Yan’s corpse to ashes.

He picked up the heavy sack and weighed it.

“Whew...”

“With this, the Materials for repairing the Mountain Protecting Grand Array of Purple Bamboo Peak for Revered Master are half collected.”

Su Ye’s mind conjured up the stunningly beautiful face of Leng Yueli.

That silly woman, to maintain the expenses of Purple Bamboo Peak, not only secretly sold her own jewelry but even wanted to take on dangerous bounty missions.

As her Disciple, and also her man.

How could he let his woman suffer like this?

“Yeer will definitely raise you to be plump and healthy.”

Su Ye muttered to himself, a tender smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

“Senior Brother! Come look!”

Jiang Wanyin’s surprised shout came from afar.

“In that old dog Chiyun’s Storage Pouch, there is actually a piece of ‘Heavenly Fire Profound Crystal’!”

Su Ye’s eyes lit up.

Heavenly Fire Profound Crystal?

That was one of the core Materials for repairing Revered Master’s Lifebound Treasure, the “Moon Wheel”!

“Coming!”

Su Ye responded and walked over with light steps.

As for the group of “hostages” stripped bare behind him, he didn’t even bother to look again.

In a place as dangerous as the Taichu Secret Realm, having lost their Magic Treasure and protective clothing, the only outcome awaiting them was becoming dung for Yao Beast.

This was the cruelty of the cultivation world.

He who kills will be killed.

“Let’s go.”

Su Ye carefully put away the Heavenly Fire Profound Crystal and looked at the sky.

“The commotion here is too big; I estimate more people will come soon.”

“Let’s go to the next check-in point.”

He took out the map, his finger landing on a spot marked with a skull.

“Burial Ground.”

“It is said that there is a ten thousand year soul nurturing grass there.”

“Just right, to nourish Revered Master’s body.”

Lin Qingzhu and Jiang Wanyin looked at each other, seeing the helplessness and admiration in each other’s eyes.

Senior Brother didn’t come here for training.

He clearly came here to stock up for Revered Master!

“Yes, Senior Brother.”

The three of them set up their escape light, turning into three long rainbows, and disappeared into the vast sea of fire.

Leaving behind a ground full of naked elites from major Sects, messy in the wind, doubting their lives.

The moment they left Fentian Ridge, the colors of heaven and earth seemed to be split in half by a blade.

Behind them was a purgatory of blood-red and rolling heat waves.

In front of them was a dead zone filled with howling Yin Qi and gray mist.

The purple cloud shuttle turned into a streak of light, cutting through the sky.

Su Ye sat cross-legged at the front of the flying boat, holding a handful of Top-Grade Spirit Stone “borrowed” from Daoist Chiyun, occasionally crushing one like eating melon seeds, letting the pure Spiritual Qi enter his nose.

“Senior Brother, were we... a bit too ruthless just now?”

Lin Qingzhu held the frost radiance sword and sat beside Su Ye.

Although she had a cold personality, she was from a righteous Sect after all, and the looting method that didn’t even leave underwear behind had somewhat impacted her worldview.

“Ruthless?”

Su Ye opened his eyes, a lazy smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

He casually sprinkled the powdered Spirit Stone residue into the air.

“Qing Zhu, you must remember.”

“The cultivation world is not playing house, nor is it treating people to dinner.”

“That Wang Yan wanted to break your legs, and that old dog Chiyun wanted to capture you to be a cauldron.”

“To deal with such people, killing them is a relief for them; letting them live with nothing is the greatest punishment for them.”

Speaking of this, Su Ye paused, his gaze becoming a bit more profound.

“Besides, our Purple Bamboo Peak is poor.”

“Revered Master is that silly... cough, Revered Master is not good at management. To save up cultivation resources for us, she even pawned that ‘Azure Sea Tide Hairpin’ she liked the most.”

Mentioning Leng Yueli, Su Ye’s heart softened suddenly.

In his mind, he involuntarily pictured the cold and ethereal woman who would soften into a pool of spring water in his arms.

That was three days ago, at the entrance of the Taichu Secret Realm.

To help him suppress the restless Pure Yang Qi in his body, and also to give him a few more trump cards to save his life in this dangerous Secret Realm.

That high and mighty Revered Master, a powerhouse of the Tribulation Transcendence Realm.

Blushing, biting her lip, allowing him to act recklessly.

‘Yeer... you must not let your Junior Sisters know about this...’

‘If this gets out, Revered Master... Revered Master will have no face to see anyone...’

Thinking of Leng Yueli’s shy, angry, and charming appearance of wanting to refuse but welcoming, Su Ye’s lower abdomen felt a burst of heat.

That silly woman.

Always silently bearing everything; clearly a three-hundred-year-old antique, yet emotionally as pure as a blank sheet of paper.

“When we go back this time, I must repair the ‘Moon Wheel’ and refine a batch of Beauty Preserving Pill for her.”

Su Ye swore silently in his heart.

He touched his chest, where the newly snatched “Heavenly Fire Profound Crystal” was placed.

This was good stuff, priceless.

“Senior Brother is right!”

Jiang Wanyin was counting the loot at the back of the flying boat, and at this moment, she suddenly raised her head, her small face full of excited blush.

She held a big handful of colorful Storage Pouch, smiling like a little fox that had stolen a chicken.

“The Disciples of these major Sects are really fat!”

“Just the High-Grade Spirit Stone alone is over thirty thousand! Plus various Medicinal Pill, Talisman...”

“Our Purple Bamboo Peak’s food expenses for this year are covered!”

Jiang Wanyin used to live a tight life and had never seen such a windfall.

She even felt that following Senior Brother out to rob... ah no, out to “experience”, was much more fun than hard cultivation in the Sect.

“Calm down.”

Su Ye rolled his eyes at her, putting on an air of having seen the world.

“Happy over this little bit of stuff? No ambition.”

“When we arrive at the Burial Ground later, that will be the real tough battle.”

“The ten thousand year soul nurturing grass is the key to repairing Revered Master’s hidden Soul ailments; it must succeed, failure is not an option.”

Mentioning the serious business, the two Junior Sisters’ expressions also became serious.

The speed of the purple cloud shuttle was extremely fast.

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

The originally clear sky completely disappeared, replaced by a gray darkness that was oppressive to the extreme.

“We’re here.”

Su Ye said softly.

The land in front presented a sickly grayish-white color.

No vegetation, no vitality.

Only countless huge beast bones lay across the wasteland like mountains, some bones even emitting faint phosphorescence.

The wind stopped here.

The air was filled with a rotten, old, yet mixed with some strange sweet smell.

That was corpse scent.

“Conceal your aura.”

Su Ye raised his hand and cast a spell, the purple cloud shuttle quickly shrank and was put into his sleeve.

The three landed.

The ground under their feet was too soft, and every step made a “creaking” sound.

As if stepping on countless shattered bone fragments.

“This is the Burial Ground...”

Lin Qingzhu gripped the frost radiance sword in her hand, cold air spitting out from her body, vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

“It is rumored that this is a corner of the ancient God and Devil battlefield.”

“Countless powerhouses died here, their resentment hard to dispel, persisting for ten thousand years without dissipating.”

Jiang Wanyin didn’t dare to be careless either, and a ball of crimson flame quietly danced in her palm.

She had a Top-grade Fire Spirit Root, the most Yang and rigid, which was the nemesis of these evil things.

“Stay close to me.”

Su Ye walked at the very front.

His Divine Sense spread out like a tide, carefully probing every inch of fluctuation around him.

“There are not only resentful spirits here.”

“There are also things like this.”

Su Ye suddenly stopped and pointed to a black rock on the side of the road.

The rock looked unremarkable.

But when Su Ye casually flicked a finger wind to hit it.

“Hiss —!”

The “rock” actually exploded suddenly, turning into countless small black beetles, making a hair-raising hissing sound, and instantly burrowed into the ground.

“Corpse Beetles.”

“They specialize in eating human flesh and blood. If you are entangled by them, those below the Nascent Soul Stage will become a skeleton within ten breaths.”

Jiang Wanyin shrank her neck in fear and quickly hid behind Su Ye.

“Senior Brother, this is too disgusting.”

“Disgusting?”

Su Ye smiled, but his eyes became colder and colder.

“In this world, human hearts are much more disgusting than these bugs.”

“Let’s go, the Soul Nurturing Grass likes Yin and usually grows in the place where the resentment is thickest.”

The three continued to move forward.

The deeper they went, the more huge the surrounding white bones became.

Some ribs were a hundred feet high, like white arches, appearing particularly ferocious in this gray world.

From time to time, a few balls of ghostly green fire floated by, but after feeling the fiery flame aura on Jiang Wanyin, they screamed and fled.

“Senior Brother, look there!”

Suddenly, Lin Qingzhu lowered her voice, her slender finger pointing to a depression in the front.

Su Ye looked in the direction she pointed.

His pupils shrank slightly.

I saw that in the center of the depression, a huge skull lay horizontally.

Looking at the shape, it seemed to be an ancient giant elephant.

And at the brow of the skull, a small grass, black all over but with leaves shimmering with eerie purple light, was swaying quietly.

There were no weeds around it.

All vitality seemed to have been plundered by it.

Between the flickering purple light, one could vaguely see twisted human faces emerging on the leaves, making silent wails.

“ten thousand year soul nurturing grass!”

Jiang Wanyin exclaimed, her eyes full of joy.

“Senior Brother, it’s really it! This quality, at least twelve thousand years!”

“If Revered Master takes it, the hidden Soul ailments will definitely be cured!”

She said she was about to rush over.

“Wait.”

Su Ye grabbed her back collar and dragged her back like a chick.

“Senior Brother?”

Jiang Wanyin looked back, puzzled.

Are you tired of living?

Su Ye stared at the Soul Nurturing Grass, his expression unprecedentedly grave.

Where there is a Heaven And Earth Treasure, there must be a Yao Beast guarding it.

This Soul Nurturing Grass has grown so enchantingly, yet there isn't even a single Corpse Beetle around it.

Do you think this is normal?

Reminded by Su Ye, cold sweat instantly broke out on Jiang Wanyin's back.

Indeed.

It was too quiet here.

So quiet that it felt like a grave with its mouth wide open, waiting for greedy people to jump in.

Then... what should we do?

The old rules.

Su Ye let go, took out a few Formation Flags from his robes, and stuffed them into Lin Qingzhu's hands.

Qing Zhu, you go to that highland on the left and set up a 'Lock Spirit Array'.

Wanyin, you go to the right, get your 'Meteor Fire Rain' ready, and listen for my command to bombard it at any moment.

I will go lure the snake out of its hole.

Senior Brother, that's too dangerous!

The two women said almost in unison.

Dangerous?

Su Ye chuckled, took out a piece of Flood Dragon meat he hadn't finished eating from his Storage Pouch, and weighed it in his hand.

For a hunter, there is no danger, only excitement.

Go!

Su Ye gave the order, leaving no room for doubt.

Lin Qingzhu and Jiang Wanyin exchanged a look. Although worried, out of blind trust in their Senior Brother, they gritted their teeth, turned around, and swiftly darted to the sides.

Once both were in position.

Su Ye finally took a deep breath and adjusted his state.

He didn't rush up directly.

Instead, he picked up a stone and, with all his might, smashed it toward that giant elephant skull.

Clang!

The stone hit the bone, making a crisp sound.

The echo reverberated in the empty valley.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

No movement at all.

Playing dead, are we?

Su Ye curled his lips.

Fine, then I'll add some seasoning for you.

He flipped his wrist, and that piece of Flood Dragon meat, radiating a thick, bloody scent and spiritual energy, fell precisely beside the Soul Nurturing Grass like a cannonball.

The flesh and blood of a Peak Fourth Rank Flood Dragon.

For any Yin evil thing, it was an irresistible, fatal temptation.

Sure enough.

The moment the Flood Dragon meat landed.

The earth trembled.

Rumble—

That giant elephant skull, which had been motionless, suddenly made a teeth-grinding friction sound.

Immediately following.

Two clusters of ghostly blue flames ignited with a 'poof' inside the empty eye sockets of the elephant skull.

That was no ordinary ghost fire.

That was the fire of the Soul!

Roar—!

A silent roar exploded directly in the three people's Sea of Consciousness.

Su Ye only felt his head buzzing, as if countless needles were pricking it.

This was a Divine Soul attack!

You beast, you sure have a loud voice.

Su Ye snorted coldly. The Taichu Imperial Scripture within his Sea of Consciousness operated automatically, and the golden light instantly dispersed the sharp pain.

Crack! Crack!

The soil beneath the giant elephant skull rolled over.

A giant skeleton, thirty zhang tall, slowly crawled out from the ground.

It wasn't just an elephant.

Its body was pieced together with countless bones of other Yao Beasts.

Tiger claws, snake tails, eagle wings...

This was a 'Bone Warrior' formed from countless resentments!

Its giant palm grabbed the Flood Dragon meat on the ground and stuffed it into its mouth to chew.

Even without flesh and blood, it seemed to be able to absorb the essence within.

After eating.

Those ghostly blue eyes locked firmly onto Su Ye.

On this tiny human, it smelled an even more delicious scent.

That was...

The scent of a Chaos Golden Core!

Boom!

The Bone Warrior moved.

It took a step out, the ground collapsed, and its giant bone arm, like a pillar supporting the sky, brought with it a whistling Yin wind as it smashed fiercely toward Su Ye.

The power of this strike had actually reached the threshold of the Early Stage of the Spirit Severing Realm!

Do it!

Su Ye roared.

Almost simultaneously.

On the highland to the left, the Formation Flag in Lin Qingzhu's hand was fiercely thrust into the ground.

Lock Spirit Array, rise!

Hum!

A blue light screen instantly rose, enveloping the space within a hundred zhang, restricting the Bone Warrior's range of movement.

On the right.

Jiang Wanyin let out a delicate shout, her dark hair flying.

Meteor Fire Rain!

Countless fireballs the size of fists poured down like a rainstorm, each containing the explosive power of a Top-grade Fire Spirit Root.

Bang bang bang bang!

The fireballs smashed onto the Bone Warrior, exploding into fireworks that filled the sky.

Those eerie, Yin-filled white bones squeaked as they were scorched by the flames, emitting bursts of black smoke.

Roar!

The Bone Warrior roared in pain, the resentment covering its body burned away significantly.

It swung its arm angrily, wanting to swat the little ant that was shooting fire.

Want to touch my Junior Sister?

Did you ask me?

Su Ye's figure had already appeared in mid-air at some unknown point.

He stepped on the void, holding that seemingly ordinary black iron curved saber.

But this time.

There was no biting Saber Qi on the blade.

Instead, it was wrapped in wisps of gray, ancient airflow.

That was a wisp of 'Reincarnation' intent that Su Ye had comprehended while in seclusion at the back of Purple Bamboo Peak.

Dissecting the Ox, second form.

Bone Stripping.

Su Ye's figure was like a ghost, instantly closing in on the Bone Warrior's joints.

Although this monster had terrifying strength and astonishing defense.

But as long as it was a thing pieced together from bones, there must be connection points.

That was a structural weakness.

No matter how strong it was, this point would not change.

Click!

A flash of saber light.

The tip of Su Ye's saber accurately pierced into the gap of the Bone Warrior's kneecap.

With a gentle flick.

That wisp of Reincarnation intent erupted, instantly severing the threads of resentment connecting the bones.

Rumble!

The once arrogant Bone Warrior's left leg suddenly softened, and its massive body actually knelt to the ground on one knee.

Having lost the support of the resentment, that leg bone instantly fell apart.

Now is the time!

Qing Zhu, attack its glabella!

Wanyin, burn that... that... is that a tail? Burn the base of its tail!

Su Ye jumped up and down on the Bone Warrior like a nimble flea, while loudly giving instructions.

Lin Qingzhu's eyes were like lightning.

The frost radiance sword was unsheathed.

Ice River Enters Dream!

A beam of extreme cold light, like a meteor piercing through the dark night, headed straight for the two clusters of Soul fire at the Bone Warrior's glabella.

At the same time.

Jiang Wanyin condensed a giant fire dragon and smashed it fiercely at the monster's lower body.

Boom!

Ice and fire, both worlds.

Plus Su Ye's 'Bone Stripping Saber' specifically for dismantling joints.

Even a monster with the power of the Spirit Severing Realm was feeling aggrieved to the extreme at this moment.

It had brute force, but couldn't hit that slippery human at all.

Instead, its own body was being dismantled bit by bit.

Roar...

The Bone Warrior let out its final, unwilling wail.

With Su Ye's final slash severing its cervical spine.

That giant elephant head rolled to the ground with a 'rumble'.

The Soul fire at the glabella flickered twice and then completely extinguished.

The massive skeleton collapsed instantly, turning into a pile of dead bones.

Phew...

Su Ye landed on the ground and shook his somewhat sore wrist.

These bones are really hard.

I can grind them into powder later to refine some 'Bone Strengthening Pill' for the Junior Sisters.

He walked over to the intact ten thousand year soul nurturing grass.

Carefully, he took out a jade box and used a special jade shovel to dig it up by the roots and seal it inside.

After doing all this, Su Ye finally heaved a long sigh of relief.

With this thing.

Every time the full moon night arrived, the Revered Master's pain from her Divine Soul tearing could be completely eradicated.

Thinking of that woman not frowning anymore, Su Ye felt that this fight was worth it.

Senior Brother! You are so amazing!

Jiang Wanyin ran over excitedly, not caring about the dirt, and threw herself onto Su Ye's back.

That was a Spirit Severing Realm monster! We actually really dismantled it!

Lin Qingzhu also put away her long sword and walked over.

Although she didn't speak, her eyes were full of admiration and peace of mind as she looked at Su Ye.

As long as Senior Brother was there.

It felt like even if the sky fell, he could hold it up.

Alright, stop with the flattery.

Su Ye reached back and peeled Jiang Wanyin off his back.

Hurry up and clean the battlefield.

Although the bones of this big guy are shattered, these few main bones are good Materials for refining bone shields.

And that pair of fangs...

However.

Just as the three of them were preparing to divide the spoils.

Hum—

The entire land of buried bones suddenly trembled without warning.

This vibration was even more violent than when the Bone Warrior appeared earlier.

From the depths of the gray fog in the distance, a roar like a tsunami came.

Su Ye's expression changed abruptly.

He felt that the Spiritual Qi in the air was rioting crazily.

A heart-palpitating pressure was surging from all directions.

Something's wrong.

Su Ye raised his head and looked toward the core of the Secret Realm.

He saw that the originally gray sky was actually tinged with an eerie blood color.

That blood color spread outward in circles like waves.

Wherever it passed, the white bones on the ground were reviving one after another and beginning to reassemble.

It's a Soul Tide!

Su Ye's pupils instantly shrank to the size of needle points.

He had read the records in the 'Taichu Secret Records'.

The Taichu Secret Realm only opened once every five hundred years, and every time it opened, there was a very small probability of triggering a 'Soul Tide'.

That was when the resentful spirits who died in the entire Secret Realm collectively went berserk at this moment.

Let alone the Golden Core Stage.

Even a true powerhouse of the Spirit Severing Realm would be nine deaths and one life if they were swept into it!

Damn it, why is my luck so bad?

Su Ye cursed inwardly.

Just a moment ago he felt like he was a child of destiny, but now it seemed he had been given a script for Hell difficulty.

Senior Brother... those bones are all standing up...

Jiang Wanyin's voice was trembling slightly.

Looking around.

As far as the eye could see, a dense army of white bones was rushing toward this side like a tide.

Thousands upon thousands.

Endless.

Go!

Su Ye made a decisive decision and grabbed the wrists of his two Junior Sisters.

purple cloud shuttle, rise!

However.

The flying boat had just lifted off when it was fiercely slapped down by an invisible giant force.

Air Restriction?!

Su Ye's heart sank to the bottom.

During the outbreak of the Soul Tide, the laws of heaven and earth were chaotic, and even flight was impossible.

Since we can't fly, then we'll kill our way out!

Su Ye took a deep breath, the laziness in his eyes completely disappeared, replaced by an unprecedented madness and determination.

He took out a black long saber from his Storage Pouch.

That was the Earth Rank High Grade Spiritual Artifact he had snatched from the Elder of the Wind Thunder Pavilion — the Black Prison Saber.

Qing Zhu, Wanyin.

If you don't want to die here, bring out all your trump cards.

Follow me closely.

Senior Brother will take you... to carve out a bloody path!

Su Ye took a step forward, blocking in front of his two Junior Sisters.

Facing the overwhelming tide of white bones.

That Senior Brother who usually looked sloppy, greedy, and lustful.

At this moment, his back.

Was like an unshakable, towering mountain.

This screwed up world.

Su Ye spat and gripped the saber in his hand tightly.

Want to take my life?

You'll have to see if my Revered Master agrees!