Chapter 430: Chapter 389: (Xiu) Tongue Pulling Prison

Before arriving at the Asura Domain, Shen Huaxi had already told Jiang Yuebai that the Asura Domain is divided into eighteen layers, corresponding to the eighteen layers of hell mentioned in "Reincarnation Scripture".

The first layer, the Tongue Pulling Prison, is filled with long-tongued ghosts subjected to the tongue-pulling punishment, their faces hideous and terrifying, their tongues like iron whips, scraping bones, slicing flesh, and sucking blood.

Fortunately, the strength of the long-tongued ghosts in this layer is generally at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Jiang Yuebai summoned the Taihe Umbrella, and with the Feathered Agility with Wind-Powered Force on the umbrella, they quickly carved a bloody path.

The two of them swiftly passed through the withered forest, trying to avoid entangling with the evil corpses.

The Yin Qi here is too heavy; even if the evil corpses are chopped into pieces, they will slowly recover in the Yin Qi, crawl up to fight and devour each other, or go mad when attracted by flesh and blood.

Little Green accompanied them, thriving in this place like a fish in water.

The Earth Evil Fire belongs to Yin Fire and specializes in burning souls. Little Green carefully picked the best quality Yin Ghosts around to devour, burning others with the Earth Evil Fire to protect Jiang Yuebai.

As Jiang Yuebai marched forward, she couldn’t help but think of Lu Nanzhi. At that time, she was only at the Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment. Facing so many endless Yin Ghosts and evil corpses on her first arrival here, she must have suffered a lot.

The Tongue Pulling Prison is located on the outskirts of the Asura Domain, the Yin Qi not very dense, and the ground vast. Jiang Yuebai and Shen Huaxi, two cultivators at the Mid-Stage Golden Core, rushed through for more than three days without encountering other ghost or corpse cultivators.

Shen Huaxi could directly absorb the Profound Yin Evil Qi here to recover, but Jiang Yuebai could not. Her Spiritual Energy was exhausted, forcing her to stop and clear a safe place in the withered forest.

Shen Huaxi released the Blood Shadow, using the aura on the Blood Shadow to intimidate the surrounding Yin Ghosts and evil corpses. Little Green also burned out a firewall with Earth Evil Fire.

Jiang Yuebai still had ten thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones given to her by Xie Jingshan. At this moment, she could only use them to recover her Spiritual Energy.

"Is there a method in this world to convert between Yin Qi and Spiritual Energy?" Jiang Yuebai couldn’t help but ask Shen Huaxi.

Shen Huaxi, also sitting beside her recovering, thought for a moment upon hearing her, and said, "Qing Nangzi once mentioned a kind of flower that can transform Spiritual Energy into Yin Qi, but he never found it after scouring the Earth Spiritual Realm."

"That’s really fortunate. If he had found it and planted such flowers all over the Earth Spiritual Realm, wouldn’t it become a land for evil cultivators, where righteous spiritual cultivators could hardly survive?"

Jiang Yuebai pondered.

"Perhaps Tian Nanxing is Qing Nangzi’s backup plan in the Demon Clan, and intends to find this flower through Tian Nanxing."

The two stopped chatting and hurried to recover.

Shen Huaxi recovered to his peak state first. Seeing Jiang Yuebai still seated, absorbing Spiritual Energy from Spirit Stones, he checked his Storage Ring, took out all the more than fifty thousand top-grade spirit stones he carried, and lightly placed them in a storage bag by Jiang Yuebai’s side.

It would be best to let Jiang Yuebai make fewer moves during this journey, or even five hundred thousand spirit stones wouldn’t be enough for her.

Shen Huaxi rose and left; when he was gone, Jiang Yuebai opened her eyes, saw the storage bag beside her, and frowned slightly.

After a while, she sighed and accepted the Spirit Stones.

As for Shen Huaxi, even though their current goal was to rescue Xie Jingshan, she couldn’t treat him like Xie Jingshan. More or less, there was always a bit of guardedness in her heart.

After all, some impressions fixed in her heart when she first met him at the Heavenly Interence Sect were hard to change for a while.

"Little Green, guard me for half an hour; no one is allowed to approach during half that time."

Jiang Yuebai summoned Little Green, and then used the Array Plate to set up a Stealth Array around herself, before finally summoning the Lotus Platform and entering the grotto heaven.

Outside, there was no Spiritual Energy, but there was some inside the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, though not much, generating very slowly. It needed to be placed in the Spiritual Vein Pulse to work.

Standing on the highest peak of the central Lotus Platform, Jiang Yuebai looked up at the sky, trying to open the Lotus Platform to absorb the outside Yin Qi.

Instantly, clouds swirled and surged above the central Lotus Platform, gathering rapidly to form a sudden torrential downpour.

The pouring rain was icy cold, all containing Profound Yin Evil Qi.

Jiang Yuebai quickly sealed the Lotus Platform; those Profound Yin Evil Qi didn’t transform into Spiritual Energy upon entering the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven.

"It seems the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven isn’t omnipotent. Perhaps I have to comprehend the Tao of converting Yin Qi into Spiritual Energy for the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven to transform it."

By now, Jiang Yuebai had basically figured out how to use the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven. The more Tao she comprehended, the stronger the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven became.

Descending from the mountain, Jiang Yuebai thought about naming the mountains and rivers well, but her mind was chaotic now, and she didn’t know what to name them.

The Dragonfly Little Demon, along with other little demons and mountain monkeys, lived under the tree formed from a Divine Tree Branch. To distinguish it, Jiang Yuebai called it the Old Rong Tree because it looked much like a banyan tree.

The Green Armor Bee Swarm also moved their hive to the branches of the Old Rong Tree, where the Spiritual Energy and Life Qi were most abundant.

Jiang Yuebai sat under the tree, absorbing the Spiritual Energy in the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven to recover.

Planning will wait until finding Lu Nanzhi and rescuing Xie Jingshan, then she can have Xie Jingshan come in to help with labor, chopping wood, building houses, letting Anan decide the style as her taste is better than mine.

After returning to the sect, she’ll find Yun Shang to choose some Spiritual Beasts for release here, and by then it will surely be vibrant and full of life.

Half an hour later, Jiang Yuebai recovered ninety percent and emerged from the Lotus Platform Cave Heaven, but Shen Huaxi hadn’t returned yet.

While waiting, Jiang Yuebai dismantled the Stealth Array and took out Nangong Yu’s Storage Bracelet.

Inside were some Black Dog Nails and Five Ghosts Sorrowful Arrow, all one-time assault Magic Artifacts. In addition, there was a Brass Lock in the shape of a Peace Lock, one side engraved with five Evil Ghosts and the other with the words ’Five Yin Lock’.

"Magic Treasure of Evil Cultivation, again driven by Yin Qi."

Jiang Yuebai temporarily put away the Five Yin Lock. Strangely, during the sacrificial refining of the Black Iron Folding Fan, she injected spiritual energy into it without rejection; it just couldn’t be completed due to her insufficient Divine Sense strength to suppress it.

Little Green flew to Jiang Yuebai, so full and swollen like a lantern that it had become round. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"Don’t just eat; remember to leave five potential strong Yin Ghosts for me on this journey. Right now, the only Evil Dao Method I can use is the "Five Ghosts Scripture", but it relies on the Yin Qi from your body to manage the five ghosts. Without you, I can’t even pretend to be an evil cultivator."

[Leave it to me]

Little Green flared up excitedly, the phosphorous flames blazing fiercely, immediately rushing out to capture Yin Ghosts for Jiang Yuebai.

Jiang Yuebai glanced at the Demon Technique Collection for a while. Shen Huaxi returned from outside, and before Jiang Yuebai asked, he voluntarily explained his whereabouts.

"I attempted to contact the Soul Vein remnants using the secret technique my mother left behind, but I haven’t received any replies yet. I don’t know how many of them remain. If we can find one or two, we might quickly learn where Tian Nanxing could be hiding within the Asura Domain."

"Thank you for the Spirit Stones; once the matters are settled here, I will repay you," Jiang Yuebai said earnestly.

Shen Huaxi wanted to say it wasn’t necessary, but the words turned into a bitter smile at his lips, and he nodded.

The two continued their journey; passing through the Tongue Pulling Prison only consumed some time. Little Green was indeed capable, capturing an almost-breaking-through variant long-tongued ghost with blood evil poison for Jiang Yuebai, which even Shen Huaxi regarded as commendable.

Eight days later, the two finally stepped into the second layer, the Scissors Prison.