The ritual vessel in the old woman’s hand was an incomplete ritual vessel, a Star Level vessel!

Ritual vessels come in complete and incomplete forms, divided into four levels.

Sun, Moon, Star, and Planet.

Among them, a Sun Level vessel is a complete vessel, possessing the overwhelming power to move mountains and fill seas, to control the stars and alter the heavens!

Moon, Star, and Planet, however, are incomplete vessels!

Ritual vessels contain the Power of Heaven and Earth and are the only things capable of sealing the enigmatic.

However, there is a fatal flaw in this!

When the enigmatic is sealed inside a ritual vessel, the Power of Heaven and Earth within the vessel will be absorbed by the enigmatic.

Once the enigmatic absorbs all of the Power of Heaven and Earth from the vessel, the vessel loses its power and becomes useless.

And the enigmatic creature that absorbed the power will become even stronger than before.

Therefore, using a ritual vessel to seal a supernatural enigmatic is like draining a pond to catch fish or drinking poison to quench thirst.

This is precisely why no one chooses to use ritual vessels to seal supernatural enigmats.

But obviously, the people of the Pure World White Lotus Sect don’t consider that.

The old woman injected her Inner Qi into the vessel with a sudden force.

A ritual vessel can only be used by a Martial Artist of the Inner Qi Realm or higher, using the energy of heaven and earth.

As the old woman’s Inner Qi poured out, the seemingly ordinary bronze broken bowl emitted a mysterious and profound glow in the night.

What seemed like ordinary light concealed a power that made the old woman’s heart tremble with dread.

When the old woman saw this light, a flash of pain passed through her eyes.

Because, in order to seal this enigmatic creature, this incomplete vessel had given away most of its Power of Heaven and Earth.

After a while, the old woman seemed to sense some sort of presence, and her lips curled into a sardonic smile as she glanced towards the county city.

Then, the old woman threw the ritual vessel towards the foot of the city wall, and swiftly, with several women beneath the city wall, she departed at great speed.

Her panicked fleeing was so urgent that she didn’t even dare to pick up the ritual vessel that lay on the ground.

The extraordinary enigma inside had already claimed the ritual vessel as its own.

Even in her greed, the old woman didn’t dare entertain even the slightest notion of reclaiming it.

Heh, heh, heh!

That aura is truly formidable!

Even as a Martial Artist with minor success in the Inner Qi Realm, she felt an intense sense of danger.

The yin aura of this Calamity Level enigma was so dense.

By the old woman’s estimations, the power of this Calamity Level enigma was comparable to that of a Martial Artist of the Inner Qi Great Success Realm.

Inner Qi Great Success strength was not something a Martial Artist like her, with minor success in the Inner Qi, could handle.

"Beneath Inner Qi Great Success, all are ants," the old woman deeply understood this saying.

In fact, every martial arts realm of Great Success is overwhelmingly superior to those in realms below it.

This also explains why Martial Artists of Inner Qi Great Success are so rare.

Due to the terrifying power of Inner Qi Great Success Martial Artists, every Profound Bird Guard envoy in each prefecture and county can only be held by an Inner Qi Great Success Martial Artist!

Shortly after the old woman left, the profound glow on the surface of the bronze bowl on the ground gradually faded away.

It was replaced by intense blue flames, their eerie light illuminating the surroundings in a luminescent glow, as if casting the world into an infernal hell.

Anyone present would surely feel that the blazing flames, seemingly burning all in existence, were in fact, chillingly cold.

Within the blue flames, a human-like shadow emerged and vanished intermittently.

The bronze bowl, having returned to its normal form, was swallowed whole by the blue flame entity.

Subsequently, layers of blue flames transformed into endless ripples, which seeped into the ground, spreading towards the county city.

"What!"

"This aura!"

In the Lu Family’s mansion, Qian Hao and Li Daren each meditated in adjacent rooms.

After arriving at the Lu Family, they disclosed their identities, stating that Lu Xuan had sent them to protect the Lu Family.

This was indeed Lu Xuan’s intention.

At that moment, Qian Hao and Li Daren opened their eyes almost simultaneously, their pupils filled with alarm.

The doors on both sides flung open instantly, and Qian Hao and Li Daren stepped out.

"Old Li, did you sense it too?"

"Such dense aura, how is this possible!"

Qian Hao murmured in disbelief.

Not long after arriving at the Lu Family, he had reached Great Success in the Blood Refining Realm!

Ordinarily, with his Great Success Blood Refining Realm vitality, a Calamity Level enigma below the Exceptional would hardly make his body feel cold!

Yet moments ago, Qian Hao felt an unprecedented aura, one unlike any he had encountered in his lifetime.

Energy surged from Qian Hao and Li Daren, fierce like dragons and tigers, as they traced the source of the yin aura around them.

When Qian Hao and Li Daren simultaneously discerned the scope of the aura blanketing the air, they were shocked!

They found that the entire Lu Family was shrouded in this aura, even extending beyond the Lu Family’s residence.

"Old Qian, quickly notify the envoy!"

"This aura, something big might happen in Qingyun County city!"

As soon as Li Daren finished speaking, Qian Hao reacted at once, rushing into the room in a flash.

Qian Hao needed to retrieve the black Profound Bird that Lu Xuan had entrusted to him, to relay the situation in Qingyun County.

Qingyun County Government!

In the back hall of the government office, County Magistrate Ye Qingshan, lying down, also sensed this aura.

"This is... an enigmatic domain!"

"Calamity Level enigma!"

"Why is there an enigma of this level in Qingyun County!"

Ye Qingshan opened his door, looking up at the distant sky.

In his pupils was reflected the blue flames at the horizon, dyeing the dark clouds an eerie blue.

"To think I’d go incognito in this little place called Qingyun County, only to encounter the terrifying presence of a Calamity Level enigma."

"Alas, it seems fate is unavoidable, not even allowing me to retire here in peace."

Ye Qingshan’s face was grave, enveloped by the pervasive aura, his expression was one of despair.

When a Calamity Level enigmatic domain unfolds, no living thing, except for Martial Artists in the Inner Qi Realm, can escape.

Inside this domain, they are at the mercy of the Calamity Level enigma’s slaughter!

However, what Ye Qingshan didn’t expect, is that there is a creature capable of escaping the enigma.

That creature is the Profound Bird Guard’s black Profound Bird!

The black Profound Bird not only possesses a trace of intelligence but also has an innate ability.

It is not bound by the aura of the enigmatic, able to soar through the skies and beyond the enigma’s reach.

In the silent and deathly still night sky, a small black silhouette shot up like an arrow, rushing towards the direction of the White Dao Prefecture’s city!