Aspiring to the Immortal Path
chapter-862

Jie and Xu Miaoran followed the path, avoiding every possible danger.

Now that Tang Jie understood the formation, even if he couldn't easily undo it, he at least knew where was dangerous and where was safe, allowing him to move freely through the Jewel Palace.

As for those cultivators who could move about the formation despite knowing nothing about it, one could only say that they were just too strong.

Occasionally, a gout of flame would erupt from somewhere in the palace, or else flashes of lightning or showers of snow, and what followed would be various Divine Connections unleashing a blinding display of light.

Tang Jie cautiously brought Xu Miaoran to a small pavilion, after which he thrust his finger several times at it, firing off bolts of energy. A few moments later, the pavilion shrank and turned into a basket that flew into Tang Jie's hand.

Tang Jie threw the flower basket into the Mountain River State Diagram without even looking at it, handing it over to Yiyi. The Jewel Palace's treasures were truly out of the ordinary, all of them divine treasures. In the diagram, Yiyi saw a divine treasure falling from the sky and grabbed it. She proceeded to dance, filling the sky with petals that were as lethal as they were beautiful, happily giggling the whole time.

He Chong's group was at a loss for words.

Ice Phoenix was unhappy, and after some thought, she tugged on Yiyi and said, "My good sister Yiyi, please ask for a treasure for your older sister."

Her original nature had suited her name, cold and aloof, but she had gone through a huge personality change after becoming a demon, making her charming and flirtatious, and also more shameless. If she wanted something, she would go straight to asking for it.

She had been prepared to argue her case, but Yiyi surprisingly nodded. "So long as you're good and don't cause trouble for Big Brother, what's the harm in asking for a divine treasure for you? These things might be priceless to others, but not for me and Big Brother. His Treasure Cosmos diagram already has more than a dozen divine treasures, and there are plenty of divine treasures in the Jewel Palace. The only question is if you will listen and be good. If you're good, then Big Brother might even let you out so that you can get some fresh air."

Delighted, Ice Phoenix quickly said, "Of course I'll be good."

"Alright then, I'll pass on your words to Big Brother," Yiyi solemnly said.

Meanwhile, Tang Jie continued on his way, managing to pick up a plot of yellow soil, a jade cup, and a hairpin.

The soil was called the Spring Autumn Soil, which was concentrated essence of the Earth Dao, as the Pale Cloud Flame was to the Flame Dao. The jade cup was called the Profound Essence Cup. Every day, it would refine a cup of Profound Essence Water, which could be used for a vast array of medicines.

The hairpin was a sword hairpin, capable of turning into a powerful sword. Xu Miaoran's original sword had been pretty good, but it compared poorly to this Soaring Heaven Sword. The Soaring Heaven Sword hairpin, plus the Violet Sunset Robe and Yin Yang Mirror from earlier meant that Xu Miaoran now had a complete set of divine treasures, which would leave anyone envious.

The pair remained unsatisfied and continued to rove about in search of treasure.

As they were walking along, they spotted a person fumbling around in the middle of a pond. The pond seemed very small, but upon careful inspection, they realized that there seemed to be another dimension inside it. The pond was actually a vast ocean, with heaven-reaching waves rising up all around.

The person in the ocean was constantly using spiritual energy to summon walls while trying to escape, but they seemed to be reaching the end of their tether.

This person was none other than that young master with the folding fan who had mocked Tang Jie.

A pearl floated in front of him, and the ocean waters were being called upon by this pearl to attack the young master. If the young master could take the pearl, the waves would immediately die away, but alas, he couldn't do it.

The young master spotted Tang Jie and shouted, "Help me!"

Xu Miaoran was going to tell Tang Jie to ignore him, but Tang Jie said, "This is the Seven Oceans Pearl. It would be extremely useful if combined with the Profound Heavy Water."

The Profound Heavy Water was one of the treasures Tang Jie had gotten from the Thunder Blade Fiend Emperor, and he had given it to Little Three to use. After his return to Rosecloud, Tang Jie had taken the water back and placed it in the Treasure Cosmos Formation diagram. Although the Treasure Cosmos Formation could also use the power of the Profound Heavy Water, the formation diagram still limited its power to a certain extent, which was a pity.

The Seven Oceans Pearl could hold an ocean, and it would have many uses when combined with the Profound Heavy Water. Tang Jie had once sought after such an item, so finding it here was a pleasant surprise.

Wanting to take it, he said to the young master, "I can save you, but you have to promise to give me the treasure."

The young master immediately agreed.

Tang Jie took action.

He originally wasn't strong enough to break the formation, but this young master changed things. Tang Jie fired off blast after blast from his finger, striking the water and stirring up the formation lines. In a flash, that vast ocean disappeared.

He reached for the Seven Oceans Pearl.

As Tang Jie reached for the pearl, the young master thought about how he had almost lost his life, all so that someone else would take the treasure, and he became filled with hatred.

Just when Tang Jie was about to take the pearl, he waved his fan, sending a gust of wind at Tang Jie.

Xu Miaoran paled. "Husband, watch out!"

Just when the gust was about to reach him, countless rays of light appeared in front of Tang Jie, forming a wall—Tang Jie had summoned the Infinite Palace.

While the speed at which he could cast this Dao Art was partially due to his rise in cultivation, it had more to do with the fact that Tang Jie had been ready and waiting. Regardless of what his opponent did, he would just unleash the Infinite Palace and block all attacks, allowing him to take the Seven Oceans Pearl. "Treacherous scoundrel, I knew you weren't anything good. You need to be taught a lesson!"

He unleashed a punch at the young master.

The young master scowled. "Seeking death!"

He waved his fan again.

The fan unleashed a howling wound, as if the surrounding area was in the middle of a hurricane, or like the Domain Astral Winds that the cultivators had pushed through to get here, the winds vicious and unstoppable.

This wind was Specter Wind that the young master had gathered and refined from the Domain Astral Winds for a thousand years, and it was extremely corrosive. The vast ocean of the Seven Oceans Pearl had drowned out its power, but now, it was revealing its domineering might. But that this sinister wind could block the endless waters of the Seven Oceans Pearl meant that it was quite formidable. After all, all the treasures here had been empowered by a formation and were as powerful as if they were being used by an Immortal Platform Titan.

The young master believed that a single gust would at least heavily injure him if not turn him into dust, after which he could take the treasure and that beauty next to him, the best of both worlds. But to his surprise, Tang Jie simply punched, and this punch felt utterly unstoppable, a terrifying force seeking to devour him. In a flash, he thoughtcast layer after layer of barriers around him.

But all of those barriers shattered like eggshells before this punch, dissipating into spiritual energy and vanishing into the wind.

The young master was sent flying into a distant pond, which triggered another trap, and he was instantly bombarded by lightning.

Tang Jie had already calculated where he was going to punch him.

As the Specter Wind blew at his body, it caused parts of his body to wither, but it only destroyed what was on the surface, after which he quickly restored what he had lost, not even needing to use the Dao of Life or any recovery spells.

"No! Save me!" the young master begged for his life.

He hadn't even been able to hold out against the Seven Oceans Pearl, so he certainly had no chance against the endless heavenly lightning of the Thunderstorm Bottle.

"Focus your energy and mind and use the power of Earth to resist the lightning." To his surprise, Tang Jie instructed him on how to defend against the lightning.

The young master did as he said, which bought him a chance to catch his breath. But it was only a chance. A moment later, Tang Jie struck, firing off blasts of energy at the Thunderstorm Bottle, sealing its formation and stopping up the Eight Gates.

The young master realized what was going on and shouted, "You're using me to get the treasure!"

Although Tang Jie understood formations, these formations were too powerful for a Soul Projection cultivator like him to break. He had only managed to get a few treasures, with the real good stuff being too powerful for him to get at.

But with this young master, Tang Jie could use him as bait to take on the power of the formation while he himself grabbed the treasure.

"You brought this on yourself," Tang Jie coldly replied.

He reached out his hand, taking the Thunderstorm Bottle and putting it in a Mustard Seed Bag.

The lightning immediately disappeared, but just when the young master thought he could escape, Tang Jie punched him again.

It was the same supreme punch, punching the young master into another formation eye.

The young master was furious, but there was nothing he could do but continue to hold back the formation to Tang Jie's benefit. As bait, he took on all the punishment and got none of the profit, Tang Jie taking treasure after treasure without much effort.

After taking one treasure, he would use a Combat Emperor punch to send the young master to another formation. Even though the young master tried his best, there was nothing he could do against those strikes. Moreover, as he was barraged by the formations, he gained more and more wounds and expended more and more spiritual energy, widening the gap between him and Tang Jie.

By the eighth formation, he was on his last breaths. He had helped Tang Jie take eight divine treasures, but he had nothing left in him.

Under those countless flashing blades, he hardened his heart and decided to stop resisting, letting the sword energy pierce through him.

Seeing this, Tang Jie finally stopped.

He stood on the side and coldly watched the young master.

"At the last moment of your life, you finally showed a little spine."

Without the young master to serve as his bait, he couldn't take the Myriad Immortals Sword.

The young master glared at him, throwing up blood. "You have dared to provoke my Thousand Nights Sect! My seniors in the sect won't spare you."

"The 'Thousand Nights Sect'?" Tang Jie cocked his head. "Never heard of it before."

With a cry, the young master fell dead.

At the moment of his death, his Divine Soul appeared. Venomously glaring at Tang Jie, it turned into dust, and Tang Jie felt something attaching to his body.

Startled, Tang Jie said, "To think he would sacrifice his Divine Soul to curse me so that the people of his sect could find me. Was that necessary? So small-minded! No wonder he would do something so stupid and suicidal."

Xu Miaoran nervously said, "He put a curse on you? What do we do?"

"I'll just have to kill a few more people," Tang Jie replied.

He couldn't help but sigh.

Xu Miaoran thought that he was sighing over the curse, but then Tang Jie said,

"A pity—while that Myriad Immortals Sword was of rather average power if used on its own, it was perfect for the Treasure Cosmos Formation… Why couldn't he last just a little longer?"