CHAPTER 214: CHAPTER 82: HALF A MAP [PART 2]

The Mixed Immortal Silk hovered in front of her, and she started forming seals with her hands, moving so fast that only afterimages could be seen.

"Go!"

Her right index and middle fingers pressed together, she shouted softly and pointed towards the Demonized Cyan Simurgh. The Mixed Immortal Silk transformed from one strand into countless strands, flying towards the Demonized Cyan Simurgh.

At the same time, Si Lin let out a low roar, and countless Dragon Capturing Swords appeared in the sky, all flying towards the Demonized Cyan Simurgh.

"Heavenly Awakening · Ten Thousand Talismans!"

Rong Ye shouted loudly, and from the Heavenly Awakening Record, countless talismans flew out, each one shimmering with golden spiritual light, blotting out the sky, all flying towards the Demonized Cyan Simurgh.

Jun Wu’s scimitar slashed out a huge light column shooting towards the Demonized Cyan Simurgh, illuminating half the sky.

Nan Hua, meanwhile, erected a protective array above the protective shield below, ensuring their battle wouldn’t destroy the herbs beneath.

"Screech!"

The Demonized Cyan Simurgh screeched sharply towards the sky, flapping its wings, a black light column shot towards Gu Qingqing and her team, as it opened its mouth, continuously spewing flames from its mouth towards them.

Originally a blood-red sky, half turned golden, and half black, and the two colors collided in the air, even causing the ground to shake momentarily.

On Gu Qingqing’s side, except for Si Lin who remained standing on the ground, the others were affected by the aftermath, their bodies sent flying some distance in the air before barely stabilizing.

Like Gu Qingqing and her team, the Demonized Cyan Simurgh was also injured and sent flying backward.

"Now is the time." Si Lin had been observing the Demonized Cyan Simurgh’s condition, seized the opportunity, and charged forward with the Dragon Capturing Sword in his grasp.

His figure disappeared from the ground and reappeared instantly in front of the Demonized Cyan Simurgh. Its red eyes widened, preparing to retaliate, but Si Lin had already slashed.

This slash had Si Lin using most of his spiritual power, and the sky, which had just returned to normal, was dyed golden again, a giant golden dragon phantom appeared in the sky, flying towards the Demonized Cyan Simurgh.

The dragon’s head flew past the Demonized Cyan Simurgh’s chest, piercing through its body.

"Screech!"

The Demonized Cyan Simurgh screeched in pain, its wings flapping weakly twice before drooping, its eyes closed, and its body fell from mid-air to the ground.

"Purify!"

A mysterious and ethereal voice rang out, Gu Qingqing stood in front of the Demonized Cyan Simurgh, and as her voice fell, a gentle white light fell upon the Demonized Cyan Simurgh.

The black feathers of the Demonized Cyan Simurgh slowly reverted to their original cyan color, and the black aura on its body gradually disappeared, its entire body engulfed in red flames.

When its body fell to the ground, it was immediately consumed by the flames, which disappeared, leaving behind a red spherical crystal. Gu Qingqing reached out and caught the crystal in her hand.

"What is this thing?" Nan Hua came over, clutching his chest, curiously asking.

Si Lin and the others came over too, their gaze focused on the crystal in Gu Qingqing’s hand. Even the Black Flood Dragon in Rong Ye’s sleeve poked its head out, looking at the crystal in Gu Qingqing’s hand.

"This is the Origin Power of the Cyan Simurgh. That Cyan Simurgh had already been demonized, its Origin Power should have been demonized too, but you’ve dispelled the demonic qi from its body before it died, leaving its Origin Power intact." As a demon beast, the Black Flood Dragon was clearly more knowledgeable about demon beasts, it looked at the crystal in Gu Qingqing’s hand, eyes full of envy.

Of course, it had just discovered that Gu Qingqing actually knew the Word Spirit Technique, a talent that is hard to find in the entire Sub-immortal Realm, in the Black Flood Dragon’s memory, Gu Qingqing might be the only one to appear in ten thousand years, it also felt somewhat apprehensive towards Gu Qingqing.

Upon hearing the Black Flood Dragon’s words, Gu Qingqing and her team were quite surprised, not expecting to have obtained such an important item!

The Cyan Simurgh, being a branch of the Phoenix, its Origin Power isn’t something anyone can obtain!

"How should we deal with this item?" Gu Qingqing looked towards Si Lin, asking.

"The Cyan Simurgh’s magic was dispelled by you, so you should keep it." Si Lin glanced at the others and said.

"That’s right, Geng Geng, all the credit is yours, you holding onto it is fitting." Rong Ye echoed from the side.

Yue Zhao, Nan Hua, and Jun Wu all shared similar sentiments as Si Lin, nodding when Gu Qingqing looked their way.

"Alright, I’ll keep it for now." Gu Qingqing knew that even if she gave it to Si Lin and the others, they wouldn’t take it, so she nodded, anyway if they need it in the future, she could give it to them!

After dealing with the Demonized Cyan Simurgh, Gu Qingqing and the others all breathed a sigh of relief.

Except for Si Lin and Mu Chen, the others more or less got injured. After Nan Hua removed the protective shield, Gu Qingqing and the others began healing on the spot, while Mu Chen continued collecting herbs, and Si Lin started searching nearby.

There were only two herb fields here, clearly not where the Demonized Cyan Simurgh lived. Regardless, the Demonized Cyan Simurgh was at the Divine Beast Level, and its abode must hold quite a collection of treasures, which is what Si Lin aimed to find.

Mu Chen used about an hour to gather all the herbs. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked satisfied thinking about the herbs in the Qiankun Ring.

Meanwhile, Gu Qingqing and the others had almost completely healed from their injuries during this time.

Si Lin also returned to Gu Qingqing and the others.

"Elder Brother, did you find the Simurgh’s cave?" Seeing Si Lin return, Rong Ye asked curiously.

"I found it, discovered a lot of good stuff." Calm as Si Lin was, he couldn’t help but smile when thinking about the items found in the Simurgh’s cave.

Hearing Si Lin’s words, the others gathered around.

Si Lin didn’t keep any secrets and showed everything he found to Gu Qingqing and the others.

"Wow, this is a ninth-rank Black Crystal Stone, which can be embedded in weapons to reduce the output of spiritual power." This was Rong Ye’s reaction upon seeing a small bag of Black Crystal Stones.

"There are also ninth-rank Purple Sorrow Flowers, ninth-rank Luhuan Grass, ninth-rank Heavenly Bamboo Green... so many ninth-rank herbs." This was Mu Chen, who couldn’t see anything other than herbs.

"And there are materials for making Array Plates: Green Gold Stone, Black Fluorite, Fei Ying Stone... with these materials, advancing to Half-step Immortal Rank shouldn’t be a problem for me." This was Nan Hua, who was excited at the sight of materials for the Array Plate.

"This is the blood of the Red Flame Golden-eyed Beast, and this is the blood of the Nine Heavens Wolf King, and this is the tail hair of the Fiery Flame Flying Sky Horse... Wow, I have materials for talismans." Rong Ye’s eyes lit up like the sun with excitement when he saw the blood and hair.

"What is this?" Gu Qingqing picked out a somewhat familiar-looking piece of sheepskin and opened it, "It’s the other half of the map!"

Upon hearing her words, the others gathered around. Yue Zhao took out the other half of the map from his belongings, and together with the piece in Gu Qingqing’s hand, they formed a complete map.

"I didn’t expect the remaining half of the map to be in the Simurgh’s cave!" Rong Ye said with emotion.

If they hadn’t found their way to the Simurgh according to the map’s description and killed it, they might never have obtained the soundless half of the map.

"Look, there’s a key-like drawing here, could the key be here?" Gu Qingqing pointed at the spot on the map marked with a key, asking excitedly.

"Judging by the habit of map-making, it’s very possible." Yue Zhao nodded in agreement with Gu Qingqing’s guess.

"Then what are we waiting for, let’s head directly to this spot, I’m really fed up with this place!" Rong Ye quickly said upon hearing this.

Even though he obtained the "Ten Thousand Talisman Record" in the Trial Land, Rong Ye had no fondness for this place and now just wanted to leave as soon as possible.

"Judging by the symbols on the map, there are not just one, but three keys; it seems we’ll need to collect all three to leave here." Yue Zhao carefully pointed out, indicating the other two smaller key symbols.

"Indeed, those two keys are smaller, I almost didn’t notice them." Gu Qingqing patted her chest with some relief.

"Then let’s not waste time, let’s find the keys quickly and get out of this place." Nan Hua said while fanning himself, sharing the same sentiment as Rong Ye about wanting to leave this place.

The others felt the same way, wanting to leave, so they didn’t bother to divide the items and once again set off towards the nearest key location on the map.

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The place was a dense primitive forest with towering trees whose thick leaves blocked out the sky, allowing only glimpses of the blood-red sky through the gaps. The light under the canopy was poor, with some areas barely visible.

Rong Yan, with disheveled hair, blood and dirt on his face, tattered clothes stained with blood, some wounds still bleeding, was hiding in the grass with two companions from the Trial Land, holding his breath in fear of being discovered, looking quite battered.

A herd of ninth-rank Black Iron Bulls thundered past their hiding spot, and Rong Yan didn’t dare move a muscle. Only after confirming the bulls weren’t coming back did he relax.

"Young Master Rong, just hiding like this isn’t a solution. The Trial Land truly lives up to its reputation as the legendary death place. We have no way of leaving, so what should we do next?" A man next to Rong Yan asked, looking at him.

The man’s name was He Wende, a Loose Cultivator from Rong City. Having benefited from Rong Yuanqiao and with generous compensation from the Rong Family, he agreed to enter the Trial Land with Rong Yan.

Before entering, Rong Yan and Rong Yuanqiao had assured him they would quickly leave the Trial Land. But not long after entering, one of them was dead, and now they were constantly being pursued, hiding and living in fear. To make things worse, there was no distinction between day and night here, with no sense of time’s passage, keeping everyone’s nerves taut. If not for his strong mental fortitude, he would have broken down already!