Yellow Court Daoist-Chapter 93 - 88: Death [Happy Chinese Valentine’s Day?]

Spiritual Energy trembles, its force surges to the skies!

Only the emergence of an Immortal's Cave Mansion could bring about such grandeur.

Lu Qingfeng's thoughts raced as he suddenly comprehended why Black Vein King stooped to reside in White Rock Mountain—

It must be that Red Sand Demon King and Hun Mountain Demon King coveted the 'Great Sun Annihilation Divine Light' controlled by Black Vein King, a skill that could eradicate the wardings around the Cave Mansion in silence, allowing them entrance while remaining undetected.

If they powerfully broke through the formation, it would be as now, with the Cave Mansion's emergence grand and thunderous, impossible to conceal, and certain to draw powerful beings from all directions to seize it. How could just the two of them, as Demon Kings, defend such an Immortal Mansion?

"So that's it!"

Lu Qingfeng's heart swelled with joy, as if he had stumbled upon immense fortune, "Quickly plunder the Cave Mansion!"

Lu Qingfeng hastily commanded the remaining puppets, rushing them into the mansion, prioritizing the search for books, Jade Scrolls, and the like, followed by Elixir Pills and Magic Artifacts, with other miscellaneous items at the end.

For Lu Qingfeng, Elixir Pills and Magic Artifacts were only for use within the game; only the books, Cultivation Techniques, spells, Elixir Recipes, and so on could be utilized in reality. When choosing what to take, the distinction was clear.

The puppets swarmed in.

The Cave Mansion was vast, even with more than a thousand puppets entering, it was still inconspicuous. The tumultuous uproar of the Mansion's emergence would soon attract powerful figures from all quarters. Both Hun Mountain Demon King and Red Sand Demon King likely knew of the Cave Mansion's existence within White Rock Mountain and would have been vigilantly aware of it. At the very start of his attack, they would already know.

Thus, the time remaining for him was not abundant.

"Books!"

Lu Qingfeng expanded all three storage pouches at his waist, and even the rarely used five hundred units of Destroying Truth Type 1 were released.

Within the Cave Mansion.

Wardings shielded the outside as well as the major halls within. Thankfully, due to passage of time, the wardings had weakened. Locating a hall emblazoned with the words 'Library,' the puppets struck full force to break the formation. The warding shattered. Including the units of Destroying Truth Type 1, two thousand puppets entered and swept away every single piece of golden books, Jade Scrolls, and books.

He also spotted twelve Big Flags carelessly piled in a corner of the Library, and had the puppets take them along.

From exploring the mountain, breaking the Mansion's warding, to the raid on the Library, nearly thirty minutes had passed. Right after the uproar of the Mansion's emergence, Lu Qingfeng had already started heading back to Panlong Mountain. Once the Library raid was complete, he commanded the two thousand puppets to scatter and escape.

Even if some puppets were intercepted, some of the books would be taken out. The contents of these books from such a Cave Mansion, even if only a small portion were obtained, would be of infinite use to Lu Qingfeng!

As he was rushing toward Panlong Mountain, Lu Qingfeng suddenly felt the alarms in his heart blaring. Turning around, he saw a monstrous column of smoke rising from the south, even more terrifying than that of Black Vein King.

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"Demon King?!"

Lu Qingfeng was struck with alarm. Such a presence could only belong to a Jiedan Demon King. He hadn't anticipated the Demon King to arrive so swiftly, and to come directly targeting his location. He was already more than a hundred li away from White Rock Mountain, yet he was pinpointed instantly by the Demon King.

"Flower Walking!"

Lu Qingfeng's True Yuan surged as he executed his strongest escape technique for the current phase. Transforming into a sword, he shot forward like a streak of Sword Qi, covering ten li in an instant, reaching extreme speeds.

"Where do you think you're fleeing!"

A majestic boom echoed from behind, like the striking of a gong, thundering in Lu Qingfeng's ears. Despite transforming into a sword, Lu Qingfeng faltered, nearly revealing his form.

Lu Qingfeng was horrified.

Before he could look back, he felt an icy chill from behind. He was firmly locked in place, the space around him immensely contracted. Desperately powering "Flower Walking," he looked back to see only in the corner of his eye a huge palm blotting out the sky descending upon him.

In every direction, there was nowhere to escape!

"It's over!"

Lu Qingfeng felt a chill down his spine, his heart sinking to the abyss.

Bang!

Without surprise, the palm fell, and in an instant, Lu Qingfeng's body burst apart, turning into a spray of flesh and blood in all directions. As the flesh flew, it met crushing forces from all sides, disintegrating into fine dust scattered in the wind.

Lu Qingfeng——

Dead!

...

Three hundred li west of Panlong Mountain, within a certain cave dwelling, a body slowly materialized and condensed its form; it was none other than Lu Qingfeng.

Lu Qingfeng examined himself and saw that the storage pouch on his body had burst open with that palm strike, and the wealth accumulated over two lifetimes had turned into ash. Furthermore, his cultivation had fallen to the Body Tempering Realm, with his Root Bone plummeting to 0!

"This—"

Lu Qingfeng shook his head with a wry smile.

Just earlier, under the assault of the Demon King, he had died instantly. Afterwards, he had the choice of resurrection or reincarnation. With the treasures of the Immortal Mansion still not in his possession, Lu Qingfeng naturally chose to resurrect, thus he reappeared at the previously set resurrection point.

After resurrection, the fall of his cultivation level and the loss of his belongings were secondary. The main issue was, as Lu Qingfeng had anticipated, due to the damage to his foundation from death and resurrection, his Root Bone, which was originally at 1, dropped directly to 0.

This was equivalent to a complete severance from the path of immortality, with no hope for further cultivation.

"What a terrifying Demon King!"

Lu Qingfeng hid in the cave, thinking back to the palm strike that killed him. He now had the most intuitive understanding of a Demon King, a True Man of that level of mastery. Under that sky-supporting palm, even if Lu Qingfeng used the super-level technique, Flower Walking, he could not escape; he had no power to resist at all.

The high-level Golden Light Skill shattered in an instant, unable to hold up even for a moment.

So terrifying was the Jiedan Demon King!

Even if the Black Vein King used the Taiyin Calamity Crossing Robe, under that palm strike, he could at best barely maintain his life but could not escape severe injury.

"In this life, I'm disabled and cannot seek retaliation. I'll have to wait for the next life."

Cultivation advancement cannot increase the Root Bone. Even if Lu Qingfeng reached Perfect Foundation Establishment, his Root Bone would remain at 1. Only once reaching the Spirit Void Realm, the importance of understanding and heart increases, and the proportion of Root Bone decreases.

Of course.

Having a better Root Bone is certainly preferable to having an inferior one.

However, a single point in Root Bone doesn't impose the same restrictions on cultivation in the Spirit Void stage and subsequent Core Formation and Primordial Spirit Stages as it does at the Postnatal and Foundation Establishment levels.

With great perseverance and great wisdom, one can catch up with those with superior Root Bone.

But now.

Lu Qingfeng's cultivation had fallen to Foundation Establishment and Body Tempering, with his Root Bone dropping to 0, he had reached a dead end. The elixirs and treasures of heaven and earth that could enhance the Root Bone were something even Primordial Spirit True Ones and Mahayana True Immortals desperately sought but could not obtain.

Lu Qingfeng had even less to consider.

"Let it be."

"First assess the gains."

Lu Qingfeng cast aside his thoughts and stood still, sensing the two thousand puppets.

Compared to vengeance, he now had more important matters at hand. Countless mighty beings were converging toward White Rock Mountain, and with Lu Qingfeng's cultivation level, not to mention now, even in his heyday during the Spirit Void Realm, he would not have hoped to partake in the spoils under the various Demon Kings and True Men.

Therefore, Lu Qingfeng sensibly had the two thousand puppets disperse and flee, heading toward his location. This death had destroyed the preparations of his life of over a hundred years in an instant. Only by recording all these Immortal Mansion scriptures into his attribute panel could he minimize his losses to the greatest extent.

Perhaps there would still be some gains.

"Come to think of it, this is my first encounter with a great master's cave dwelling, and I didn't expect it to end like this."

Reflecting on his several lives, Lu Qingfeng couldn't help but give a hollow laugh.

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