Longevity through Upgrading Buildings

Chapter 442: Chapter 219: It’s Actually Her!!

The woman in a black robe, holding a six-tailed fox, paid no attention, staring up at the fiery serpent licking at the water-blue barrier. Once covering the sky, the barrier now remained as a thin layer, soon to be torn apart by the serpent.

”We tomb guardians can’t leave now. This Demon Cultivator is determined to use our blood to unlock the ancestral tomb, but you, Patriarch...”

Wei Kun was on the verge of tears as he spoke.

At this point, the woman in black robes finally spoke. She gently stroked the back of the six-tailed fox, ”Have you considered that the tomb they want to dig is my ancestor’s? Where am I supposed to run?”

”This...”

Wei Kun was silent for a long time before finally speaking in a trembling voice:

”Patriarch, as long as we still have the green hills, we need not fear having no firewood to burn.”

For us tomb guardians, saying such a thing was almost blasphemous. His words clearly suggested... run away, forget about the ancestral tomb, survival is what matters.

”Don’t worry, if it really comes to it, I’ll run.”

Wei Kun was relieved upon hearing this.

”That’s good.”

Before his words could land, four fiercely burning pillars of fire rose from the corners of the array. Each pillar required three people to fully embrace it, with faint patterns upon it. Upon closer inspection, those patterns turned out to be... small serpents.

The woman in black, seeing this, suddenly spoke softly:

”Time to break the array.”

”...”

”Yes, time to break the array.”

Ji Yuan heard Hu Li’s voice in his mind.

At this moment, Ji Yuan, having reached the outer edge of the Four Symbols Cooking Sea Formation, quietly retreated a few steps.

Looking up again, he saw the four pillars of fire had dispersed into countless fiery red small serpents landing on the pale blue barrier, gnawing ferociously.

The barrier began disappearing at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within a few breaths, one serpent broke through the barrier, falling into the array.

”Open!”

The voice of the Celestial Silkworm Elder boomed from above.

Ji Yuan then saw a gigantic crimson hand descending from the sky, aiming for the mountain top. The hand appeared as large as a small mountain... reminiscent of the Buddha’s Palm from Ji Yuan’s memories.

Wherever the hand passed, everything crumbled.

The remaining formation of the Wei Family was like a rotten cloth, torn apart instantly, with the hand about to smash onto the mountain peak.

At that moment, a fox tail appeared out of thin air atop the mountain, a furry tail of exquisite beauty.

Yet, it was this beautiful fox tail that swept across the sky, shattering the hand into pieces. Moreover, countless hairs shed from the fox tail.

”Swish—”

Countless snow-white hairs danced and instantly shredded the small serpents in the air.

”Kill!”

From within the stone mountain, the anguished roar of the Wei Family Patriarch, Wei Kun, echoed, followed by streams of light rising from the ground, flying outward.

At the same time.

A colossal six-tailed fox’s apparition appeared on the mountain peak, first as a mere shadow, then solidifying in an instant, with six huge fox tails swaying behind it.

Enchanting, terrifying, exuding a soul-stirring aura.

Ji Yuan only glanced from afar before quickly retracting his gaze.

Simultaneously, Jiang Hong’s voice echoed in his ear.

”Go ahead.”

”Just kill them all.”

From a distance, the six-tailed fox leapt from the ground, stepping through the void, causing ripples as it vanished northward, followed by thunderous sounds from that direction.

Apparently, it was clashing with the Celestial Silkworm Zhenren over there.

Ji Yuan hesitated momentarily, as the Demon Cultivators and Wei Family’s Foundation Establishment cultivators clashed fiercely.

On the Demon Cultivators’ side, one guarded the entrance, matching evenly with the Wei Family’s eight.

Jiang Hong searched among the crowd for that Female Cultivator’s trace, while Ji Yuan faced a Foundation Establishment cultivator as his opponent... an unfamiliar middle-aged man in gray robes, skilled in Earth Technique, fighting with grand and formidable gestures.

Ji Yuan, wearing the Black Demon Armor and wielding the Bone-melting Yin Claw, matched him blow for blow.

Cautiously, Ji Yuan had not even resorted to using a Talisman.

Let alone his prized Yin Ghost Banner, Thousand Souls Banner, and Blood Marrow Pearl.

Of course, mainly for fear of accidentally killing this opponent.

If he were to die, Ji Yuan would have to battle the Qi Refiners, where disguising would become challenging.

Ji Yuan tore through the earth walls summoned by the gray-robed man with the Yin Claw, while monitoring Hu Li’s battle with his Divine Sense.

Trying to find an opportunity to ambush him.

He also searched for that Female Cultivator’s whereabouts.

Yet, strangely, Ji Yuan couldn’t find her, nor could Jiang Hong.

After the array was breached, the Female Cultivator seemed to vanish into thin air, despite Jiang Hong circling the stone mountain several times without finding her.

Unable to find the Female Cultivator, Jiang Hong vented his anger on the Wei Family’s Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators.

Being a late-stage Foundation Establishment, for him, killing these Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators... unpleasantly speaking, was like slaughtering chickens, a single Technique causing numerous deaths and injuries.

Despite feeling uneasy, Ji Yuan didn’t step forward to intervene.

In cultivation, he only did what was within his capability.

The other Demon Cultivators were accustomed to such scenes, while Wei Kun, battling Feng Xiuxiu, roared in furious anguish.

But at that moment.

A figure suddenly emerged from the great hall atop the mountain, glaring at Jiang Hong in the sky, speaking coldly, ”Enough, if you want to kill me, come. What accomplishment is bullying Qi Cultivation Stage cultivators?”

The woman in black robes finished, her gaze sweeping over everyone present.

Suddenly, as her gaze fell upon Ji Yuan, it paused slightly.

Just as Ji Yuan was bewildered, a familiar voice rang in his mind.

”What a coincidence, meeting you here.”

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