CHAPTER 1018: CHAPTER 804: ANCIENT SECRETS, DI NI’S CONSPIRACY!

Being directly struck by the Great Strength Fire Qilin Saber, his eyes shot a piercing light, like a sharp sword stabbing into the Di Ni sculpture, while his left hand suddenly grabbed Wanwan’s unwary right hand, and he said in a low voice, "Stay close to me!!"

Wanwan’s heart almost jumped out of her mouth, and she held her breath.

She appeared to act nonchalantly, yet she harbored immense self-compassion and love within, valuing her loved ones above all else. She dared to love and hate passionately and intensely, but even though she had embraced Jiang Dali multiple times before, leaning close to him...

None of those times felt as thrilling and indescribably moving as being actively held by him right now, with a sense of her heart flying to the sky, her emotions burning her whole being with joy.

Although she knew this was Jiang Dali’s way of using the Breaking Realm Pearl to protect her, making it easier to wield the Primordial Spirit Skill, which has never been used in battle before, during the upcoming fight, just hearing him say "Stay close to me!" made her feel as though all her blood was inflamed with alcohol, both dizzying and intoxicating!

Jiang Dali furrowed his brow, looking at Wanwan’s flushed face, almost unable to move, and immediately stopped at the doorway, shaking her harshly, coldly saying, "What’s going on? You’re not in the right state, are your injuries not healed?"

Wanwan was instantly shaken awake, cursing inwardly, yet her face showed no trouble.

"Let’s go!"

Jiang Dali pulled Wanwan over the threshold, officially stepping onto the plaza behind the door, steadily approaching the golden statue of Di Ni standing ahead.

Witnessing such a golden statue, Jiang Dali couldn’t help but think of the Li Canghai statue beneath Sword Lake in Wuliang Palace’s Langhuan Blessed Land.

The Li Canghai statue, sculpted personally by Wuya Zi with Mingyun Crystal, was filled with spiritual charm and birthed the power of Heart Shadow.

And the nun he encountered, who just saved Feixuan and Qin Mengyao, was almost certainly Li Canghai herself.

She had hidden in seclusion within Cihang Jingzhai all these years, and with her beauty and martial cultivation, her identity as a disciple of Cihang Jingzhai was quite fitting, even if not a direct disciple, perhaps related in some way.

This would explain why no trace of Li Canghai was ever found in the Martial World, as finding a reclusive nun who rarely emerged was truly difficult.

Furthermore, a single statue of Li Canghai possessing spiritual charm and birthing Heart Shadow held immense strength.

Before him, the golden statue of Di Ni, if housing Di Ni’s Primordial Spirit and had accumulated Cihang Jingzhai’s Qi Fortune over the years, how powerful would it be? Even if the Breaking Realm Pearl could suppress its Primordial Spirit power, was it truly safe?

He knew that even from afar, the opponent’s Primordial Spirit power could severely harm him without using the Breaking Realm Pearl, and now being so close...

With this in mind, Jiang Dali felt a chill in his heart, slowing his steps, staring at the statue with alarming cracks, suddenly sensing a whiff of conspiracy.

"What’s wrong?"

Wanwan glanced at Jiang Dali in surprise, seemingly sensing something as well, her delicate brows furrowed.

Jiang Dali said in a deep voice, "As far as you know, how many disciples does Cihang Jingzhai have?"

Wanwan thought and said, "Cihang Jingzhai is not just about notable disciples like Feixuan and Qin Mengyao, who emerge to support the dragon, but also has disciples and members like Wentian Ni, who might never appear in their lifetime, usually numbering around a hundred. But now..."

She realized, her eyes alert as she looked toward the Di Ni golden statue, using Secret Transmission to convey, "Village chief, are you suggesting that from the beginning until now, we haven’t seen any other Cihang Jingzhai disciples and that we easily crossed the Seven Layers to this Di Ni golden statue, indicating a possible trap?"

"Correct."

Jiang Dali’s eyes flickered, his expression gradually turning icy, using Secret Transmission to Wanwan, "I initially thought Cihang Jingzhai set a feast of treachery believing confidently that Di Ni would take me down and force submission, but I assumed they didn’t account for the Breaking Realm Pearl I possess, nor that you and I have mastered the Primordial Spirit Skill.

But thinking carefully now, when the Breaking Realm Pearl was still the Evil Emperor Relics and I got it, Cihang Jingzhai wouldn’t be unaware.

Though back then, its full potential wasn’t developed, it was initially discovered by the Evil Extreme Sect’s first Sect Master Xie Po, who was a disciple of your Demon Sect ancestor Xie Tiao, so Xie Tiao must have seen and studied the Evil Emperor Relics. And Di Ni, having had an ill-fated connection with Xie Tiao, would know its power."

Wanwan was stunned by these words.

As the current Sect Leader of the Yin Gui Sect, she was not unaware of these secrets.

The love-hate story of ancient times between Cihang Jingzhai’s First Ancestor Di Ni and Xie Tiao was always treated as a legend.

Such legends have occurred among other Cihang Jingzhai successors over generations.

For instance, the love and hate between Yan Jing’an and Demon Master Pang Ban, Lei Bingyun willingly being Pang Ban’s stove, Bi Xiuxin even bearing a child for the Evil King Shi Zhixuan... these are ironic stories of pure goddesses and demon lords or heads falling in love and conflict, seemingly representing some cycle of cause and effect.

Yet she hadn’t linked the love-hate tale of Di Ni and Xie Tiao to the Evil Emperor Relics.

Now, with Jiang Dali’s words, there’s indeed the possibility that Di Ni knew of the power of the Evil Emperor Relics, now known as the Breaking Realm Pearl.

Therefore, if this is the case, Di Ni setting this feast of treachery to catch them like fish in a barrel might also mean she has something to rely on.

Thinking this through, Wanwan’s heart was filled with unease.

"While being bold and meticulous is my strength, retreating before battle is not my style!"

Jiang Dali, however, proudly laughed, tightly holding Wanwan’s soft and delicate hand, his eyes growing more determined, continuing to move forward towards the Di Ni golden statue with the saber, using Secret Transmission, "Even if things are as I imagined, there’s still one thing she would never expect: our jointly developed Primordial Spirit Skill."

"Village chief, your hallmark trait is what those Abnormal People describe as charging straight through."

Wanwan chuckled lightly, seemingly filled with immense confidence and power, as a peculiar blue light emerged in her beautiful eyes, a unique phenomenon when the Heavenly Demon Technique reaches its peak, looking towards the Di Ni golden statue ahead.

"Now, I am no longer a pitiable person with a heart in the Heavenly Mountain and an aging body in Cangzhou. I shall test the power of the Di Ni, who bid an eternal farewell to Demon Sect ancestor Xie Tiao and died in solitude!"

Buzz buzz!!!——

This sentence seemed to infuriate Di Ni.

A vague and oppressive aura suddenly emanated from the golden statue, seemingly affecting the celestial changes, dimming the sunlight over the entire plaza by a few shades.

The whole body of the Di Ni golden statue, resembling white marble in the sunlight, emitted a luminous glow, with strange phenomena unfolding, yet offering no solace to the mind, the statue’s stern facial expression seemed to undergo a bizarre transformation, becoming cold and ruthless.

Whispers of wind rose from the ground, countless streams of tiny golden energy resembling spiritual snakes appeared, wrapping around the Di Ni golden statue and even linking up with the Cihang Hall behind, forming a grand and oppressive fearful atmosphere.

Witnessing the emerging daunting golden streams, Jiang Dali’s pupils suddenly contracted, "Dragon Energy!?"

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