107: The mountain-swallowing python and the underground abyss.
"Revered Master?"
"Revered Master, you..."
Moonlit Sword Immortal and Zenmatsu both stared at Li Yan with surprised expressions.
Li Yan regained his senses, waking from that peculiar state of mind.
Several lines of text appeared before him.
"You have comprehended one-tenth of the [Heavenly Ancient Dao Pattern]."
He had only comprehended one-tenth, but Li Yan felt something was different.
It seemed these Heavenly Ancient Dao Patterns could be used in Spells, multiplying their power.
Li Yan wanted to experience that peculiar feeling again.
It was like returning to the beginning of Chaos, before Pangu created heaven and earth, when the entire world was nothingness.
That feeling was even more miraculous than pursuing the Immortal Dao.
Li Yan was too deeply immersed and couldn't break free from that state for a long time.
It was only after a while that Li Yan gradually sobered up from that ethereal feeling.
"Hmm?"
"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"
Li Yan, now clear-headed, noticed a strange look in the eyes of his two female disciples.
"Revered Master, golden threads of sacred patterns flowed around you just now; it was so profound."
Moonlit Sword Immortal leaned closer, her eyes filled with admiration: "Revered Master is indeed an Immortal from White Jade Capital. We cannot even comprehend your Dao Patterns."
At this moment, the two of them were even more convinced of Li Yan's identity.
The Heavenly Ancient Dao Patterns that flowed from Li Yan's body just now were of a subtlety that could never exist in the mortal realm.
Watching his two female disciples' unwavering belief in his identity, Li Yan chuckled inwardly.
This trip not only allowed him to rescue Ember Immortal thirty thousand years early.
He also grasped a peculiar Dao Pattern; if this Dao Pattern were applied to Spells, it would likely bring unexpected surprises.
However, as Li Yan came back to his senses, he noticed something strange.
He had already saved Ember Immortal, so logically, the wish of this dream should have been fulfilled?
Why hadn't this dream ended yet?
Could it be that this matter was not as simple as he had imagined?
But the current situation was already under Li Yan's control, and the Blood Domain was also occupied by him. Could there still be some unforeseen change?
Then he would take it one step at a time. If there was an opportunity, Li Yan still wanted to try out his newly mastered Heavenly Ancient Dao Pattern.
His hands were itching. Relying on his invincible body in the dream, he wanted to find someone to spar with and improve his Spell proficiency.
Having made up his mind, Li Yan was not in a hurry to leave the dream.
And Ember Immortal, whom he had saved, knelt on both knees: "Thank you, Revered Master!"
"If not for Revered Master descending to rescue me, the consequences would have been unimaginable."
Moonlit Sword Immortal also echoed: "If not for Revered Master, your disciple wouldn't dare to imagine, especially since that blood poison is contagious."
Upon hearing this, Li Yan's lips curled into a smile, and he teased: "Speaking of this blood poison..."
"When I said I would help Zenmatsu suck out the blood poison, why did each of you seem a little unwilling?"
Li Yan was in a good mood, so he playfully teased the two of them.
"Could it be that you thought I, your Revered Master, would use my mouth to help her suck out the blood poison?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the two female disciples instantly turned red.
This...
That...
When he mentioned helping his disciple suck out the poison, they had indeed misunderstood.
Just now, Li Yan had spoken very seriously, looking as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
In that situation, it seemed as if only a mouth could suck it out.
Who knew that Li Yan only needed to raise his hand and channel his Qi to extract the blood poison as if pulling silk.
After all that, it turned out they had imagined too many scenarios themselves, leading to this awkward situation.
Zenmatsu quickly defended herself: "Master, I didn't! I really didn't."
"We are... we are all so old, we're not children."
Although Ember Immortal's voice was loud in her defense, loudness didn't mean anything and still couldn't hide her guilt.
The idea of her Master personally sucking out the poison for her was impossible, she definitely hadn't thought that.
Moonlit Sword Immortal also chuckled dryly beside her: "Master, we... we are all Great Ascension Stage Immortals, of course, we wouldn't think that way."
The Senior Sisters exchanged glances, seeing the awkwardness in each other's eyes, as well as the sense of happiness of having their Master's protection.
As Great Ascension Stage Immortals, looking around.
There was no one older than them in this world. Their past aloofness was simply because they no longer had anyone to rely on.
After all, no one would show weakness in front of their peers and Juniors.
But if their Revered Master was present, they also wanted to cast aside their outward aloofness and experience the feeling of being protected by an elder.
Just as Moonlit Sword Immortal and Zenmatsu exchanged smiles, the voice of Dragon Tiger Immortal came from the Heavenly Well.
"Immortal! Something has happened!"
"The Seal of the divine tomb on Mi Mountain has loosened!"
Dragon Tiger Immortal's voice broke the warmth between the three.
Revered Master and disciples hadn't seen each other for a hundred years, and there was hardly any time to catch up; they could only move and fly out of the Heavenly Well.
Li Yan also knew that the dream hadn't ended, meaning there was something else waiting for him.
But as he flew out of the Heavenly Well, the ground began to shake.
As Li Yan and the two others landed from mid-air, a terrifying scene appeared before them.
The base of the mountain had collapsed, and a bottomless sinkhole had appeared on the ground.
Immediately after.
A giant black-scaled python emerged from beneath Mi Mountain, its enormous body even covering the entire Mi Mountain.
The giant python had a human head, but the features of the human head were somewhat blurry; only the outline of a human face could be seen.
The monster, with a human face and a snake body, slowly uttered a few words.
"Li Yan, I have awaited you for a long time!"
After the human-faced giant python spoke these words, it opened its gaping maw and fiercely covered the entire Mi Mountain.
The magnificent sacred hall appeared so tiny within the snake's mouth.
Li Yan and his group had no time to fly away and were already covered by the snake's entire mouth.
The Cultivators watching from the periphery showed expressions of shock.
"Mi Mountain Sacred City..."
"It was swallowed by that giant python!"
"How big must that thing be!"
Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the entire Mi Mountain Sacred City was swallowed by the snake's mouth.
The sharp snake fangs cut through the mountain, emitting dull crunching sounds.
Before anyone could react, the giant snake that had swallowed the sacred city bit off the entire mountaintop!
Then, the enormous snake body began to sink. The giant snake, with the sacred city in its mouth, dragged Li Yan and the others into the abyss.
A group of Cultivators successively brought out their Magic Treasures, attempting to bombard this 'Mountain-Swallowing Giant Python'.
But the Spells unleashed by the Cultivators only left a few scratches on the snake's scales.
The giant python sank into the ground just like that, leaving behind only the half-bitten Mi Mountain City, while Li Yan and his group had vanished.
Witnessing this scene, the Cultivators on the periphery trembled violently.
"Where on earth did this Mountain-Swallowing Great Snake come from?"
"Dragon Tiger Immortal, Moonlit Sword Immortal, Ember Immortal, they..."
"And that Immortal from White Jade Capital, was he... was he also eaten?"
Everyone looked at the bottomless cave, no one daring to take a step forward.
And Li Yan and his group, who were swallowed, were not without attempts at self-rescue.
Li Yan immediately erected his hundred-zhang Golden Body Avatar, but the hundred-zhang Golden Body Avatar was over three hundred meters tall, and he used force to prop open the snake's mouth.
However, facing this gaping maw capable of swallowing the entire Mi Mountain, the hundred-zhang Golden Body Avatar was like a pen in front of the massive creature, barely propping open a crack in the snake's mouth.
Seeing this, Li Yan was certain that his Golden Body Avatar could not stop this Mountain-Swallowing Giant Python.
He could only watch as the giant python dragged everyone into the deep abyss.