CHAPTER 403: CHAPTER 273: DESPERATE REVIVAL, REINCARNATION TRIBULATION

Since Nie Fengxing recognized Ye Huangyu as his future wife, he also accepted Ye Lingyue as his own daughter.

Nie Fengxing wasn’t bound by old-fashioned values; after all, his new-found daughter was capable of alchemy and recognized as a genius on the Qing Province Elixir Ranking, truly an honor to the family.

Only a brainless, ignorant scumbag like Hong Fang could give away such a precious daughter.

"Reincarnation Elixir, what do you plan to do with it?" Ye Huangyu had a Reincarnation Elixir too, previously given to her by Ye Lingyue.

But she was merely at the level of the Great Primordial Pill Realm and had yet to reach the stage where she would need to use the Reincarnation Elixir, so she kept it close at hand.

"I plan to take the Reincarnation Elixir and break through to the Reincarnation Second Realm." Nie Fengxing had been stuck in the Reincarnation First Path for some time now, and recently he had a sense that he was nearing a bottleneck. He had planned to seclude himself for a breakthrough after the chaos with the beasts was settled, not expecting the Double-headed Python’s incident to disrupt all his plans.

"Do you intend to directly face the Reincarnation Tribulation inside the body of the Double-headed Python?"

Ye Huangyu, bright and perceptive, understood Nie Fengxing’s intention immediately.

All martial artists on the mainland were aware of the difficulty of the Reincarnation Tribulation.

Nie Fengxing’s last Reincarnation Tribulation was two years ago, and it had been extremely perilous.

"That’s right. This Double-headed Python has reached the Ninth-grade Peak, with Copper Skin and Iron Bones, impervious to swords and spears. Our chances of breaking out from within its belly and seeing daylight again are next to zero. So we can only rely on the power of the Reincarnation Tribulation. In a situation where the enemy is strong and we are weak, using their strength against them is a good strategy."

Nie Fengxing had tried to break through the snake’s belly before he found Ye Huangyu.

But he quickly realized that the Double-headed Python, with a lifespan of five hundred years, had flesh that was incredibly tough.

Even the walls of its stomach were unyielding to Nie Fengxing’s weakened Primordial Power after his injury; he couldn’t even shake them.

At that time, Nie Fengxing happened to touch the Reincarnation Elixir on his person, sparking the idea in him.

Nie Fengxing had seen with his own eyes the Reincarnation Heavenly Tribulation that roared down from the sky that night, capable of destroying even the formidable Prohibitions of the Black Valley.

If he attempted to break through to the Reincarnation Second Realm, it would certainly trigger the Reincarnation Tribulation; he could use the opportunity to see if he could kill the Double-headed Python.

Even if the plan failed, it could at least seriously injure the Double-headed Python, increasing their chances of escape.

After thinking it over, Ye Huangyu felt the plan was risky but feasible.

"I’ll start my seclusion immediately. You keep watch by my side. If... if the power of the Reincarnation Tribulation is too overwhelming, don’t worry about me. If you have a chance to escape, take it immediately." Although Nie Fengxing had thought of a countermeasure, he knew it was fraught with danger.

There was a high chance that he wouldn’t kill the Double-headed Python and instead be gravely injured himself, but he was willing to try for even a sliver of a chance.

Ye Huangyu didn’t respond; she only stared at Nie Fengxing with intense eyes, then suddenly sat up and pressed a wet kiss on his lips.

"As long as we live and leave this place, I, Ye Huangyu, will be the wife of Nie Fengxing, faithful unto death."

Nie Fengxing’s eyes lit up in an instant, his desire for life growing even stronger.

Nie Fengxing smiled as he swallowed the Reincarnation Elixir and began to meditate for his breakthrough.

Once the Reincarnation Elixir entered his stomach, it felt as if a fire was lit inside.

Truly, it was a Seventh Grade Reincarnation Elixir!

Nie Fengxing felt his limbs and bones filled with Primordial Power like countless streams, rapidly restoring his strength.

That power continuously cleansed and strengthened his flesh and bones; the Primordial Power he had lost in the fierce battle with the Double-headed Python suddenly refilled his entire Dantian.

When the Reincarnation Tribulation would arrive was unknown to both; it could descend at any moment or, perhaps, it might take ten days, a half-month, or even several months.

For Nie Fengxing and Ye Huangyu, every moment of waiting within the serpent’s belly felt excruciatingly long.

Between heaven and earth, Primordial Power quietly gathered towards the body of the Double-headed Python.

Inside the cave, the Double-headed Python continued to slumber.

Half a day had passed, and Ye Lingyue still had not found the whereabouts of the Double-headed Python.

The jungle was simply too vast, and it was the lair of the Double-headed Python—Ye Lingyue couldn’t detect any trace of its presence.

If things dragged on like this, her mother’s survival was undoubtedly doomed.

With her heart ablaze with anxiety, Ye Lingyue suddenly recalled something.

The Double-headed Python was restless and uneasy, clearly affected by the dark energy; there must be dark energy present within its body as well.

Her Qian Cauldron had an innate sensitivity to dark energy—she deliberately used the Cauldron Breath to locate the Double-headed Python.

Ye Lingyue immediately released a wisp of Cauldron Breath.

After searching around, the Cauldron Breath, akin to the sharpest hound, swiftly locked on to a direction.

Following that direction, Ye Lingyue proceeded to search.

After a long and circuitous route, she finally stopped in front of an old tree.

It was a tree that had been struck and half-cleaved by lightning, not an uncommon sight within the jungle.

Ye Lingyue had noticed it earlier but hadn’t expected the Double-headed Python’s cave to be hidden right here.

Her hand touching the trunk, she unleashed two Thunderclap Fists, and the tree, which required two to three people to embrace, instantly exploded into splinters.

On the ground, a cave indeed appeared.

The size of a barrel, with sticky traces left by the movement of the Double-headed Python beside it.

Ye Lingyue didn’t enter the cave immediately. The Qian Cauldron flew out of her hands, and under Ye Lingyue’s control, it spun rapidly above the cave like a carousel.

Inside the cave, the smaller of the python’s heads that had its eyes open seemed to sense some dangerous presence and let out a pained, hissing cry.

Countless streams of dark energy emerged from the triangular serpent head.

The dark energy rapidly made its way out of the cave and was absorbed by the Qian Cauldron.

When all the dark energy had disappeared, of the Double-headed Python’s two heads, only one remained.

The peculiar smaller serpent head from before had turned into a layer of Snake Skin, now completely shriveled.

Even the legs that had formed underneath its belly were regressing back into scales.

Originally, this Double-headed Python was merely a Ninth-grade Python that was most fond of eating the Snake Grass by the riverbanks, which too were contaminated with the mysterious dark energy. After consuming it in large quantities, it mutated; not only did its cultivation reach the Ninth-grade Peak, but it also grew a second head and legs that were starting to transform into a Jiao’s.

The disappearance of the smaller head awoke the slumbering Ninth-grade Python; it realized its cultivation had significantly fallen and, upon seeing the shriveled dead smaller head, was uncontrollably enraged. Its body leapt forth, dashing rapidly out of the cave.

However, at this moment, an anomalous wave of Primordial Power fluctuations pulsed within the abdomen of the Ninth-grade Python. The Double-headed Python, puzzled, looked down at its own belly.