Chapter 666, Immortal Tablet, Not an Edict (6)
As Qi Huang’s spiritual sense emerged from the storage ring, she immediately discovered that the collision of the two immortal tablets outside had ended. The spatial turbulence had also largely disappeared, but the spatial fluctuations it triggered had not yet ceased. She instantly felt an overwhelming pressure, so she hastily transformed her spiritual sense into an egg-sized shield, tightly wrapping around the almost shattered storage ring and desperately resisting the terrifying residual might.
As waves of spatial fluctuations swept over her, Qi Huang felt intense pain in her head, as if someone was pounding it with a fist. Dense beads of sweat began to appear on her fair forehead.
“No, I must endure this, or I will surely die!” Qi Huang vowed inwardly. Unfortunately, she was merely a cultivator at the seventh level of the Heavenly Punishment Realm. Even the residual might of an immortal tablet was difficult to resist. As her spiritual sense depleted, her proud chest heaved violently, and her eyes would occasionally fall into blindness due to the intense head pain, causing the spiritual sense shield to become unstable.
The spatial fluctuations found any weak points in Qi Huang’s spiritual sense shield and continued to damage the storage ring within.
Cheng Hong Ling also saw the critical situation. Gritting her teeth, her fair jade hand touched the inner wall of the storage ring. The Profound Ice True Qi within her surged madly, beginning to desperately repair the gradually expanding cracks.
Normally, with Cheng Hong Ling’s cultivation at the early stage of the Shentong Realm, she wouldn’t have been able to play much of a role. However, she was only resisting the “stragglers” among the spatial fluctuations, and coupled with her unique cultivation technique, she achieved a decent effect. Of course, even so, Cheng Hong Ling felt unprecedented pressure. The True Qi within her body was consumed at a visible rate, and fine sweat dripped from her brows.
Just as the main body and clone were nearing their limit, the terrifying spatial fluctuations finally subsided.
Qi Huang, having overused her spiritual sense, felt unbearable pain in her head. She could only clutch her head and roll on the ground, letting out weak cries of pain.
Cheng Hong Ling’s True Qi was exhausted, and she could only barely stand by supporting herself on the inner wall of the storage ring. However, seeing Qi Huang’s pathetic state, she gritted her teeth and walked step by step to the clone, holding Qi Huang tightly in her arms, “How are you? Are you alright?”
Feeling the warm and soft embrace, Qi Huang didn’t know if it was psychological, but her headache seemed to lessen slightly. She struggled to muster her last bit of spiritual sense to move dozens of Ghost Tomatoes from the storage ring on her hand, then frantically reached out to grab them. However, her vision was still impaired, and she couldn’t see where they were.
“Are you trying to put it on your head?” Cheng Hong Ling asked subconsciously.
“Mmm hmm…” Qi Huang mumbled tearfully.
Although Cheng Hong Ling knew they were poisonous, she couldn’t care less. She picked up the Ghost Tomatoes one by one, crushed them, and smeared them onto the clone’s head.
Qi Huang felt a cool sensation on her head, and the headache began to recede rapidly. Her tense nerves finally relaxed, and she collapsed, falling into a deep sleep.
“Hey, how are you? Don’t scare me!” Cheng Hong Ling asked anxiously, her pupils trembling, and tears beginning to well up in her eyes.
Unsure of the clone’s condition, Cheng Hong Ling continued to smear the Ghost Tomatoes, completely ignoring the itching sensation in her hands. Although her cultivation had reached the Shentong Realm, she was still vulnerable to the toxins through her physical body; it was just that the effects were not as severe. Moreover, with her True Qi depleted, she couldn’t expel the toxins and could only endure them. As a result, red rashes began to appear on her fair jade hands.
About half an hour later, Qi Huang slowly opened her eyes and saw the main body quietly watching her, her brows clouded with worry, and tear stains still on her face.
“Are you alright?” Seeing the clone wake up, Cheng Hong Ling’s exquisite eyebrows instantly relaxed, like a beautiful landscape painting slowly unfolding, dreamlike and enchanting.
Qi Huang shook her head slightly, her brain beginning to function again, and she recalled what had happened earlier.
Qi Huang nodded quickly. Unsure of the situation outside, she sat up with all her might. In her peripheral vision, she noticed that the main body’s jade hands were blotchy red and white, a terrible sight.
Qi Huang felt a pang of remorse. She quickly took out the antidote for the Ghost Tomatoes and carefully applied it to the main body’s small hands. As a major cultivator of Ghost Tomatoes, she naturally kept such medicine on hand.
“No need to apply it. Now that you’re awake, I’ll recover some True Qi, and I’ll be able to dispel those toxins soon,” Cheng Hong Ling said with a hint of awkwardness.
“Yes, yes! True Qi can only expel toxins but cannot eliminate inflammation. Applying medicine can achieve both!” Qi Huang insisted, vowing that it was absolutely not because she wanted to touch the main body’s tender hands more.
With such earnestness, Cheng Hong Ling no longer insisted. After all, her entire body had been seen and touched by her. Why should she pretend to be reserved?
After applying the medicine, Qi Huang finally led the main body out of the storage ring. Without the support of the Profound Ice, the storage ring where the two had been hiding instantly shattered.
Qi Huang looked around and saw that the surroundings were filled with flying dust, with visibility less than ten feet. She could only use her spiritual sense to probe. Qi Huang’s jaw almost dropped. The area within a radius of two hundred li had completely transformed into a sunken basin. All she could see was a desert filled with smoke and dust. Forget about high mountains and trees; not even a single protruding stone was visible. Everything had turned into sand as fine as rice grains.
Even more terrifying was that several dozen feet above their heads, a spatial rift hundreds of feet wide and thousands of feet long lay across the night sky. It was deep and dark, with scattered points of light, and the sound of whistling wind could be heard.
“Hoo hoo.”
It had caused such great destruction! No wonder the residual might was so powerful. Fortunately, this immortal had been prepared! Qi Huang explained with a lingering fear.
“What did you say? Speak again? I didn’t hear clearly?” Cheng Hong Ling’s eyebrows shot up beside her.
“Ah? You misheard. I said, this Immortal Elder!” Qi Huang reacted immediately, defending herself with a straight face, while feeling a bit apprehensive inside, thinking she must have spoken carelessly, and it wasn’t some form of degeneration.
“Humph!” Cheng Hong Ling snorted, then said, “Today was indeed extremely perilous. If we had only relied on the immortal tablet of the Hua Rong Sect, we would have long since been annihilated.”
“To make me suffer such a great loss, I must personally pull out that immortal tablet of the Lü Family. Anyone who dares to stop me will be obliterated,” Qi Huang vowed inwardly.
Just then, the two suddenly discovered someone approaching. Using their spiritual sense to investigate, they found it was Hua Man and his disciple.
“Are you two alright?” Hua Man and his disciple asked with concern, though the excitement on their faces already revealed their current mood.
“Of course, we are fine!” Qi Huang proudly raised her small chin.
“That’s good! That’s good!” The heavy stone in the master and disciple’s chests was finally lifted. They didn’t want to lose both wife and soldiers. From now on, the Hua Rong Sect could only count on Qi Huang and Cheng Hong Ling.
“How was this place destroyed to this extent, creating such a large spatial rift? How did you protect yourselves?” Hua Man asked in shock after carefully observing the scene.
Qi Huang, with pride on her face, then explained her wisdom and bravery.
“To think of such a method. Perhaps only you could survive in such a situation,” Hua Ru Yi said with lingering fear.
“How is the immortal tablet of the Hua Rong Sect?” Cheng Hong Ling asked curiously.
“The collision did not occur within the Hua Rong Sect, so the immortal tablet is unharmed. As for the immortal might within… it has been completely exhausted. From now on, it will merely be a decoration,” Hua Ru Yi said with a wry smile.
“No one noticed, right?” Qi Huang asked anxiously.
“No, my master and I set up a large formation to shield our senses beforehand, and it was also late at night,” Hua Ru Yi explained.
“That’s good!” Qi Huang was completely relieved.
“Good? Without the protection of the immortal tablet, my Hua Rong Sect has lost its most important reliance. We can only depend on you two,” Hua Man reminded her.
“No problem. I, Qi Huang, always keep my word! As the saying goes, out with the old and in with the new. I will prove with my actions that I will do better than that immortal tablet,” Qi Huang made another promise. She was not someone who forgot kindness.
“She’s referring to after she becomes an immortal. We don’t have the strength to fulfill that promise now,” Cheng Hong Ling added cautiously, not wanting to be bound to the Hua Rong Sect because of this matter.
“Of course!” Hua Man and his disciple expressed their understanding.
“And what about the Lü Family’s immortal tablet? Is it true, as you said, that it will take six to seven years to activate again?” Cheng Hong Ling continued to confirm.
“Yes! Now that the Hua Rong Sect’s immortal tablet is completely depleted, theirs should be similar,” Hua Man confirmed.
“If that’s the case…” Qi Huang stroked her smooth chin, her eyes lighting up: “How about striking while the iron is hot? I’ll immediately go to the Lü Family and wreak havoc?”
