Chapter 105

Chapter 105: The Bronze Cauldrons. Within the Cangyue Cave Abode, the doors of one grand hall after another were violently kicked open by a group of male students, each impact echoing with an ear-splitting crash.
“Boss, we haven’t found any trace of Qin Yefeng or Zi Baiying here either,” a male student reported to Xue Li, leading the group after they finished searching the hall.
“Turn the Cangyue Cave Abode upside down if you have to, but find that bastard Qin Yefeng! When I get my hands on him, I’ll drink his blood, eat his flesh, and tear him into ten thousand pieces!” Xue Li roared, his face twisted in a ferocious snarl.
At this moment, a long, terrifying scar marred Xue Li’s face, a wound that had nearly cost him an eye.
It was a remnant from his battle with Yao Moxie. Recalling that fight, it had been incredibly difficult. He had initially believed that having reached the True Essence Realm, coupled with so many subordinates, he could simply swagger through the Cangyue Cave Abode. Yet, during the battle, he discovered that Yao Moxie was a level stronger than him. He had been forced to unleash his Fierce Tiger Bloodline just to avoid defeat at Yao Moxie’s hands. In the end, it was only after his subordinate students arrived and both sides realized there was no benefit in continuing the fight that they finally ceased hostilities.
However, Xue Li’s face had been struck by Yao Moxie’s sword, nearly piercing his eyeball.
“Qin Yefeng, you took a punch from me; you won’t recover from those injuries anytime soon. I refuse to believe that two living people could hide indefinitely within this Cangyue Cave Abode!”
“Hurry up and come with us to search!”
“Once we find them, I’ll make sure that despicable pair meets a terrible end!”
Seeing that his students still hadn’t found them, Xue Li roared furiously at his subordinates. The students had searched for a day and a night but still hadn’t located Qin Yefeng and Zi Baiying. The Cangyue Cave Abode had nine hundred ninety-nine halls; they would surely find them within three days at most.
…
In one of the inconspicuous small halls within the Cangyue Cave Abode.
Qin Yefeng slowly opened his eyes. Upon waking, he felt an intense pain in his chest, yet he struggled to sit up.
Then, Qin Yefeng looked around and noticed he was wearing a layer of purple attire. Catching the faint fragrance from the gauze robe, he turned to see a beautiful woman sleeping soundly beside him.
The woman had an elegant purple hair ornament, and her eyes were as exquisite as a painting. On her pretty face, her charming purple brows exuded a captivating radiance.
Qin Yefeng gently draped the purple gauze robe over Zi Baiying. After gazing at her for a moment, he closed his eyes and began an internal inspection.
Qin Yefeng discovered that his meridians, especially those in his chest where Xue Li’s punch had landed after his Blood Transformation, were severely disordered. It was clear they wouldn’t recover in a short time; Xue Li’s punch had been truly fierce and powerful. If not for Qin Yefeng’s body having undergone Dragon Blood Body Refinement, leading to its transformation, he would surely have perished from that single blow.
After examining his internal injuries, Qin Yefeng slowly opened his eyes.
Soon, Qin Yefeng also noticed the extraordinary nature of this palace: it didn’t suppress the Spiritual Power within him. Furthermore, deep beneath the palace, there was a powerful energy body. Discovering this, Qin Yefeng became exceptionally excited.
He then stood up, eager to search for the energy-filled treasures within this palace.
Qin Yefeng didn’t disturb Zi Baiying, rising alone to seek out the unique features of the small hall.
He walked through every corner of the palace, tapping his fingers on various spots in the small hall. Qin Yefeng closed his eyes, sensing the location of that powerful energy body.
“Stop looking, I’ve searched three times already, and found nothing,” Zi Baiying said, waking up and trying to dissuade Qin Yefeng, who was about to search for treasure.
But Qin Yefeng seemed to have entered a certain state, turning a deaf ear to Zi Baiying’s words, continuously tapping and knocking on the floor.
“Thump, thump, thump!”
After tapping dozens of floor tiles, Qin Yefeng’s finger finally produced a hollow, muffled echo.
“Boom!”
“Found it!” Qin Yefeng’s eyes narrowed. He raised his Blood Shadow Saber Hilt and slammed it fiercely onto the stone slab. The slab, enduring immense force, sank significantly. Qin Yefeng had originally intended to crack the slab, but he hadn’t expected it to be so hard. What surprised him even more was the existence of such a peculiar mechanism within this small hall.
Zi Baiying was dumbfounded with surprise. She had searched for treasures for so long, yet Qin Yefeng had found one so quickly. Was there something different about him compared to her?
A gap cracked open on the palace floor, and three Bronze Cauldrons slowly ascended. Within each massive Bronze Cauldron was a full measure of verdant liquid.
This liquid was crystal clear and radiated a refreshing fragrance that permeated the air.
Qin Yefeng gazed at the three-legged, two-handled great Bronze Cauldrons before him. He could feel that each cauldron contained a vast amount of energy. This energy was definitely not Spiritual Qi; Qin Yefeng was one hundred percent certain of that. However, this energy bore a striking resemblance to True Essence Qi in its effects.
“To think such a fortuitous encounter awaited us in this inconspicuous small hall!” Qin Yefeng exclaimed, his heart brimming with excitement as he looked at the Bronze Cauldrons emerging from the cracked earth.
“There seems to be a Restriction on these Bronze Cauldrons. It looks like we can’t use this energy for cultivation,” Zi Baiying said, approaching the Bronze Cauldrons and observing the sealed Blood-red Restriction at their mouths.
“Let me try,” Qin Yefeng said, looking at the Blood-red Restriction.
Qin Yefeng’s brow arched. Burning Heaven Dragon Flame ignited in his hand, the Dark Golden Flame directly scorching the seal of the Bronze Cauldron. This was undoubtedly a powerful Restriction; the Blood-red Restriction merely brightened, not immediately yielding to Qin Yefeng’s refinement.
As Qin Yefeng continued to refine it with his Burning Heaven Dragon Flame, the Restriction slowly melted into a sanguine mass. However, at this moment, the Burning Heaven Dragon Flame in Qin Yefeng’s hand began to lose momentum. The reason was that Qin Yefeng’s Spiritual Power, already scarce, was rapidly depleting.
“Hmph!”
Zi Baiying’s entire body erupted with powerful Spiritual Power. Her Guihua Whip, coiled at her waist, suddenly lashed out, emitting an explosive thunderclap in the air. Like a coiling, dancing python, it viciously struck the Blood-red Restriction.
The Blood-red Restriction, which had been gathered together, was dispersed by Zi Baiying’s single whip strike.
Qin Yefeng seized the opportunity, unleashing the last shred of Spiritual Power within his body. He used the Burning Heaven Dragon Flame to annihilate the Restriction on the Bronze Cauldrons.
“Crack!”
With a crisp, shattering sound like glass, the Restrictions on the three Bronze Cauldrons completely shattered.
“It seems today we’ve stumbled upon a true treasure! I can feel powerful True Essence Power emanating from just one of these Bronze Cauldrons, let alone having three great cauldrons before us,” Qin Yefeng said, his face lighting up with joy.