The No.1 Undercover in the Immortal World-Chapter 873 - 379: The Barrier Breaks, The Dagger Revealed
Mortal Realm, Great Snow Mountain.
This place was once polluted by Zhen Li’s blood into Demon Land, the originally sacred Snow Mountain has now become a pitch-black demon domain.
Every time Snow Maiden looked at the Great Snow Mountain like this, a sense of guilt would arise in her heart.
Great Snow Mountain is where she was born and raised, and although in the end, Snow Mountain God tried to seize her body, in the last moments, it still bestowed upon her a wave of gifts.
Now, she couldn’t even protect the remnants of Snow Mountain.
However, she couldn’t blame Zhen Li. After all, what happened wasn’t done by Zhen Li on purpose, but by that deranged Divine Realm Inhabitant, who despite Lin Yun showing mercy several times because she looked a lot like Lin Yu, kept provoking their bottom line over and over again until she died here, which was deserved.
But, did Lin Yu also become a god after that incident?
Thinking of this, Snow Maiden felt inexplicably unhappy.
Although she and Lin Yu were on the same side, their relationship wasn’t exactly harmonious, and now they had become teammates fighting side by side.
After Lin Yun left, both she and Lin Yu started to cultivate diligently. After all, they were the hope for saving Lin Yun.
"What’s wrong with me today, why can’t I calm my mind..."
Looking at the distant Great Snow Mountain, Snow Maiden finally felt something was off.
She could usually enter a meditative state very quickly, but she felt particularly irritable since this morning.
What is the source?
Snow Maiden concentrated and listened, finally realizing the problem.
She heard a sound similar to a heartbeat, but it was very faint. If she didn’t listen carefully, she wouldn’t be able to hear it at all.
Tracing the sound back to its source, Snow Maiden shockingly found that it was coming from the direction of the Demon Land.
Zhen Li was currently in secluded cultivation there. Was this disturbance caused by Zhen Li?
Since Zhen Li is a demon, it’s reasonable that she could produce a disturbance that induces Demonic Thoughts.
Snow Maiden wanted to go over and investigate, but she dared not to break the Four Spirits Barrier again.
The current Four Spirits Barrier was basically as fragile as paper.
The Human Race could pass through at any time, and the Demon Race could come over at any time.
Its only remaining significance was that it could still block the spread of Demonic Qi across the boundary.
Once the Demonic Qi crosses the boundary, the Spiritual Energy of the Mortal Realm would be polluted, and the Four Spirits Barrier would still be necessary to maintain.
So while she was cultivating here, she was also guarding the Four Spirits Barrier.
She definitely couldn’t go over by herself. Even if she noticed any disturbance, she could only assign someone else to investigate.
Who would be better to send?
While Snow Maiden was thinking, she caught a glimpse of a sword light flashing from the west and in an instant, it was before her eyes. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
The visitor turned out to be Lin Yu.
"Why aren’t you cultivating in White Tiger Ridge? What are you doing here?"
Snow Maiden’s attitude was unfriendly, and Lin Yu replied with a cold expression, "I’m here for a reason, there’s no need to explain to you!"
"Hmph!"
Snow Maiden immediately got angry. She was just asking, and this Lin Yu was really annoying!
Their relationship was already unfriendly, and without much thought, she found fault and said, "What could you possibly have to do here? You can’t enter Great Snow Mountain, could it be you want to destroy the already fragile barrier of this place?"
After spending some time with Qian Qian, Snow Maiden also somewhat improved her talent in internal struggle. Now, using the banner of righteousness to suppress Lin Yu was just right.
Lin Yu glanced at her and sneered, "Of course I won’t go in; I’m just here waiting for someone."
"Who are you waiting for?"
"I won’t tell you."
Snow Maiden: "..."
This person is really annoying.
But she wasn’t without means. To find out who Lin Yu was waiting for, she just had to wait along with her!
However, after only a short while, Snow Maiden was already feeling unbearable. Listening to the heart thudding, she felt an inexplicable irritability and wanted to vent her power wildly.
Seeing Lin Yu’s indifferent expression, Snow Maiden was puzzled: "You didn’t hear that sound?"
"I heard it, so what? As long as you concentrate and calm your spirit, you won’t be affected by the external world. You are a god, can’t you even do that?"
Snow Maiden: "..."
She had been ridiculed by Lin Yu again, and although she was annoyed, she had no grounds to argue.
"Of course, I can do it too!"
Isn’t it just concentrating and calming the spirit?
Unwilling to admit defeat, Snow Maiden began to hold her breath and concentrate, but the more she concentrated, the louder the heartbeat sounded, making her more restless.
"No way! If I can’t hold on, won’t Lin Yu laugh at me!"
Snow Maiden was also competitive. With that thought, she immediately used her Divine Power to seal her own hearing. When she opened her eyes again, she saw that Lin Yu had already started meditating.
Hmph, I can also cultivate!
Snow Maiden closed her eyes again, focusing completely on herself, finally no longer disturbed by the sound of the heartbeat.
However, after she had entered her meditative state, Lin Yu stood up and, in a few flickers, entered the Great Snow Mountain and then arrived at the barrier.
Outside the barrier, Lin Yiyi was waiting. When she saw Lin Yu, she asked, "Why did you come here?"
"I want to borrow something from your mother."
"You’ve come at the right time; she just finished her seclusion."
The heartbeat thumping sound outside was actually the noise of Zhen Li who had just refined the Demon Land and had not yet mastered her power well, accidentally leaking it out. Those who heard the Demonic Sound would naturally feel anxious.
Lin Yiyi was also somewhat vigilant, guarding the barrier to prevent the Demon Race from crossing and to prevent people from the time-space from rushing into the Demon Land.
Like Lin Yu now, she stood at a relatively safe position and wouldn’t damage the barrier.
"What do you want to borrow? I’ll go ask for you."
"I want to borrow her Jade Ruyi, which grants whatever one wishes for."
"What do you need it for?"
Lin Yiyi was puzzled. Zhen Li’s Jade Ruyi could indeed transform in many ways and satisfy one’s desires—a rare treasure in the world—but it wasn’t that strong in reality. If Lin Yu needed to fight, it didn’t make sense that she specifically wanted to borrow the Jade Ruyi.
"I think there’s a big secret beneath Cloud Dream Marsh, a great horror. Maybe there we could obtain something and perhaps then we would have a way to rescue Lin Yun back."
Hearing this, Lin Yiyi tilted her head and asked back, "Don’t you know? Dad has been back for a while now. He even came here looking for mom before, but unfortunately, mom was in seclusion.
How come, he didn’t come to find you?"
Lin Yu: "..."
Seeing the changing expression on Lin Yu’s face, Lin Yiyi immediately found it amusing.
She had long found Lin Yu displeasing to the eye. Just because they both shared the surname Lin, why could Lin Yu cling to Lin Yun while she couldn’t!
Whenever she tried to snuggle up, Lin Yun would push her away, talking about how men and women shouldn’t touch hands inappropriateness, yet how could he be so intimate with Lin Yu!
Lin Yiyi was very jealous.
Now that she had seized the chance to sour Lin Yu’s mood, she certainly wouldn’t let it slip by.
As expected, Lin Yu’s expression became somewhat distorted, apparently requiring a great deal of willpower to calm down.
She tried to speak as calmly as possible: "Maybe, he has some important matters to attend to, or perhaps he has just returned temporarily for a few days."
Seeing that Lin Yiyi still wanted to strike a blow, she quickly said, "Let’s not talk about this for now. Please go find your mother and tell her that I wish to borrow a treasure."
"Alright then!"
Lin Yiyi, not having seen Lin Yu stomp her feet in frustration, felt rather bored and went inside the Formation to find the recently emerged Zhen Li.
Zhen Li had already refined the Demon Land, but had not yet fully assimilated it and needed a few more days to consolidate.
However, unlike before, Zhen Li was now able to meet with others and communicate.
Previously when Zhen Li finished the ritual, she heard that Lin Yun had been looking for her and missed him, which made her so anxious she wanted to exit her seclusion immediately, but it was Lin Yiyi who managed to calm her down.
But she had also instructed Lin Yiyi to wait outside, so if Lin Yun came over, she wouldn’t miss him again.
Unexpectedly, instead of waiting for Lin Yun, she ended up waiting for Lin Yu.
That didn’t matter, Lin Yiyi still relayed Lin Yu’s request to Zhen Li.
"You’re asking me for the Jade Ruyi to explore the bottom of Cloud Dream Marsh?"
Upon hearing this request, Zhen Li’s eyebrows slightly furrowed.
If anyone knew Cloud Dream Marsh better than her, it would probably only be Qing Nu.
After all, it was Qing Nu who had been staying underneath Cloud Dream Marsh.
Now Lin Yun had been captured by Qing Nu, but he had also mysteriously returned, a puzzle that Zhen Li could not figure out.
Apart from when she was deep in seclusion, she would divine for Lin Yun every day, and the divinations always indicated he was safe and sound.
This was normal; when she was trapped by Qing Nu, she understood that Qing Nu’s love for Lin Yun definitely outweighed her hatred. Now that Qing Nu had captured Lin Yun, it was simply because she wanted more of his company.
Upon this thought, Zhen Li felt envious.
She too wanted to capture Lin Yun and have him accompany her alone!
Cough cough...
Back to the matter at hand.
Zhen Li pulled back her wandering thoughts and seriously pondered Lin Yu’s request.
Now that her cultivation had advanced another step, she had gained new insights into the essence of the Jade Ruyi.
The so-called wish-fulfilling Jade Ruyi was actually part of her innate essence.
It was Qing Nu who helped her restore a part of her innate essence by embedding the Jade Pendant into her body; at that time, although she was not Qing Nu’s match, in the Mortal Realm, she was already invincible.
And the other half of her essence was in this Demon Land.
Now that Zhen Li had obtained both parts of her essence, she only needed to complete the final integration to become her past self.
This journey of return had turned out to be much simpler than she had imagined.
As long as she regained her full strength, if she were to confront Qing Nu now, she would likely be an even match and could then negotiate terms with Qing Nu.
It was also about time to let Lin Yun be released and put her in his place for a while...
Uh no, take care for a while.
If she lends out her own part of the original source now, she doesn’t know when she can recover her strength.
This is the reason for Zhen Li’s hesitation; she isn’t stingy, it’s just that she has also learned to think for herself now.
"Please tell her for me that I am not in the position to lend it to her at the moment, but you can also tell her that Lin Yun’s situation isn’t dire, no need to rush. I will soon come out of seclusion, and I can then take her to explore Cloud Dream Marsh."
Zhen Li arranged for Lin Yiyi to deliver the message. Lin Yiyi had just reached the barrier when suddenly she heard a "pop" sound, like a bubble bursting, the noise was very crisp.
But Lin Yiyi knew that something terrible had happened.
This crisp sound was from the complete collapse of the Four Spirits Barrier. Outside the barrier, Snow Maiden somehow came over to join in the commotion again.
Originally, where Lin Yu was standing was considered a safe zone, not causing too much disruption to the barrier. But now that the two were standing together, the effect was naturally different. The Four Spirits Barrier picked up the aura of both individuals and instantly surged, breaking just like that.
This part of the barrier had also retired after accomplishing its mission. Apart from the aura of the Vermilion Bird, all the other Four Spirits had come into contact with it; how could it not explode?
And the Four Spirits Barrier was a formation where if one point is moved, the whole body is affected; if this spot is broken, other places will naturally break as well.
In this instant, Lin Yiyi also felt the Demonic Qi surging like a tide, sweeping towards the Mortal Realm’s pure land.
Back when she led the Demon Lords to invade, it was only with the blockage by many Divine Spirits that the Demonic Qi was held back. Now, with only so few Divine Spirits in the Mortal Realm, how could they stop it?
"You two! Not only are you worthless in achieving things, but you also excel in messing them up!"
Lin Yiyi, infuriated and frustrated, could only rely on her own power to contain the Demonic Qi. However, she was once the Demon Emperor, the leader of the Demon Land, easily suppressing the Demonic Qi.
But things are different now; the real Demon Ancestor has returned, the overall density of the Demonic Qi has thickened, its aggressiveness has also increased, and it’s not something she, the Demon Emperor, could easily manage.
Of course, she can still slightly slow down the pace of the Demonic Qi invasion, but to actually take action, it’ll have to rely on Zhen Li.
But Zhen Li had just completed her seclusion – just cultivating alone was a drain on her focus, now having to exert herself to rein in the Demonic Qi, naturally, it would delay the speed of her recovery.
Lin Yiyi was also counting on the Mother Goddess to quickly recover her Cultivation Level and seek revenge for her fate!
Snow Maiden never expected to cause such a disaster; she was just suddenly reminded that the sword Lin Yu wielded was not the Gale Sword, and although everything else seemed fine, what if?
After the incident with Yu Jiaolong, Snow Maiden had started to distrust her perceptions, so with a sudden inspiration, she swiftly ended her meditative state, and indeed, she did not find Lin Yu.
She was immediately alarmed and quickly rushed towards the edge of the barrier, only to find that, upon her arrival, the barrier had exploded.
Seeing the apparition of the White Tiger around Lin Yu’s body – clearly, no verification was needed. Lin Yu was indeed Lin Yu, she just thought too much.
Now being scolded by Lin Yiyi, Snow Maiden also had her own unspoken difficulties; she had not expected her standing together with Lin Yu would have such a strong destructive effect on the Four Spirits Barrier. With things having come to this point, she had no choice but to use her Divine Skills to prevent the spread of the Demonic Qi.
On the other hand, with the barrier broken, Zhen Li could see the outside situation and sighed softly. In the current scenario, only she could handle this.
Demonic Qi is harmful and useless to all life outside the Demon Race. If it were really to scatter, the Mortal Realm would once again face a great calamity.
After finally having recovered vitality, Zhen Li, of course, couldn’t just stand by and watch.
She was the Demon Ancestor, yet her affection for the Human Race ran deep.
Even if it was a bit too much to handle, Zhen Li still mobilized her innately divine source and in an instant proposed a new barrier at the original place of the Four Spirits Barrier, contained the Demonic Qi, and prevented any impact on the Mortal Realm.
It’s just that she had underestimated the energy it took to accomplish this task; she had only assimilated the Demon Land not long ago, at a time when she was weak, and now with such great expenditure, she felt completely depleted.
Seeing Zhen Li’s face turn ashen as she fell sitting onto the ground, Lin Yiyi and Lin Yu both hurriedly went over to support her.
"I’m okay, uh..."
Zhen Li had only said a word and then incredulously looked towards Lin Yu.
At this moment, Lin Yu’s hand, like a sharp blade, tore through space and seized the core within Zhen Li’s body.
"Innate Soil, is now mine."
