Chapter 112.2: Yao Lake

Jing Yue retrieved mini Canglan sword and no longer released his spiritual energy, letting the Five Element Transformation Array gradually dissipate.

He sat down against a tree and felt his internal organs groan in pain. He was indeed exhausted after supporting the formation for so long.

Blue phoenix wanted to help him very much, but its healing power was the most useful for external injuries, so it said anxiously, “Jing-jing, someone will be here soon. Don’t fall!”

Jing Yue smiled weakly. “It’s nothing serious. I can still hang on. I can at least kill a few more demonic cultivators.”

Of course he couldn’t fall. What if the first to arrive was another bunch of demonic cultivators? He still hadn't figured out the reason why the demonic cultivators went crazy.

Just as he was about to close his eyes to recuperate, the surrounding Yao qi suddenly started to fluctuate.  The mist distorted into the shapes of countless great demons and the lake surged and roiled.

Jing Yue finally realized that they had fought to the edge of the lake unknowingly. He stood up warily when he heard blue phoenix say, “Jing-jing, Ji-ji feels uncomfortable. It hurts!”

Blue phoenix was shaking all over, not the usual fearful trembling, but uncontrollable twitching.

Jing Yue said anxiously, “What’s wrong?”

“Ji-ji is hurting, it hurts…”

Blue phoenix’s voice got lower and lower, and its breath got weaker and weaker. Jing Yue was horrified and hurriedly tried to take Ji-ji into the Sumeru Ring, but he found that the Sumeru ring that could hold living things refused to open!

It was this Yao qi! The fluctuating qi was too strong, completely suppressing the spiritual energy, and even the spiritual energy in his body couldn’t be released!

For a divine beast like blue phoenix, it was, even more, a deadly poison!

Jing Yue quickly separated a strand of divine consciousness to Ji-ji, sent it into the Haotian Realm, and protected it with the power of law.

The moment he sent blue phoenix away, several water jets suddenly gushed out of the lake. There was a huge whirlpool in the center of the water jet from which endless Yao energy emerged.

The Yao mist was sucked into the vortex, followed by the nearby plants, stones, sand, and soil.

Jing Yue's spiritual power was sealed and simply couldn’t resist the suction and fell into the whirlpool!

“Jing Yue!”

Qin Yanzhi, who arrived a step too late, rushed to grab him. But his spiritual power was also prohibited and couldn’t even catch hold of a corner of Jing Yue’s clothes in the end. But he didn’t stop and jumped into the whirlpool without hesitation!

Jing Yue floated in the lake and had no idea where he drifted to.

Due to the lack of spiritual protection, he unfortunately choked on several mouthfuls of water and felt severe pain in his meridians. If not for his tenacious will and innate Omnispirit body that purified the poison spontaneously, he would probably have passed out from the pain!

The pain continued to stimulate Jing Yue. He bit the tip of his tongue, tasted a fishy sweetness, and hastily held his breath to prevent the lake water from entering his stomach again. Fortunately, even without spiritual energy, the body of a cultivator was much stronger than ordinary mortals. In addition, he was a single water spiritual root, so it was no problem for him to hold his breath for a day.

At the same time, Jing Yue also divided his attention and thought about the abnormality of Yao Lake. He had never heard of whirlpools in a lake, nor Yao energy capable of suppressing spiritual energy!

He didn't know if anyone had ever encountered a similar situation before. Even if there was, they were most likely killed.

After some time, the surging lake gradually subsided, and Jing Yue finally had the energy to observe his surroundings.

The bottom of the lake was not quiet. He could see a lot of huge Yao swimming slowly. Jing Yue used divine consciousness to hide his presence, ready to go to the Haotian Realm to find Ji-ji, but he was shocked to find that he could not even enter the Haotian Realm!

He could sense that the Haotian Realm was still connected with him, entering and leaving the small world was not affected by the spiritual energy, and there was no problem with his spirit-mind, so why couldn’t he enter?

Jing Yue was suddenly at a loss. Losing a small world was not a big deal, but there were still disciples of Frostcloud Sect in the small world, and more importantly, blue phoenix was still inside!

He forced himself to calm down, searching carefully for clues, and finally found one.

If he guessed correctly, the place where he was at this moment was not the bottom of the lake, but a separate space leading to the lake.

This space was not derived from the heavenly Dao but artificially created. In other words, for the person who controlled this space, his words and thoughts were the law.

However, it was slightly different from his control of the Haotian Realm. He was fused with the Heavenly Dao of the Haotian Realm, but the controller here was the ‘Heavenly Dao’ of this space!

The lake, rocks, sand, and water weeds he saw were all created by the other party, while he and the Yao were outsiders.

Now that he was here, he was also subjected to this law, and anything beyond the law was forbidden.

However, wasn’t this ability only possessed by supreme beings that had ascended after heavenly tribulation? As far as he knew, no one in this world had ascended for more than 100,000 years.

Jing Yue couldn’t figure it out and had no other idea for the time being. He could only find a place to hide first and look for a chance to leave.

Once he left, he would be able to find Ji-ji. At least Ji-ji was safe in the Haotian Realm.

But it didn't take long for Jing Yue to notice that something was wrong.

These monsters seemed to be heading somewhere with a clear purpose. When he realized this, his heart suddenly beat like a drum. He clearly sensed that the direction the monsters were heading held a chance encounter for him. No, not just a chance encounter, but also one with a weak karmic connection.

But he had never been to the Misty Forest, let alone to this space, so why would there be a karmic connection with this place? Could it be related to the person in control?

The doubts in Jing Yue's heart grew bigger, and he only hoped that the person in control would treat him with kindness. Otherwise, he would be killed with just a thought from the other party.

Now that he was poisoned by the Yao poison, his spiritual energy sealed, and alone, should he chase after that chance encounter?

After hesitating for a moment, Jing Yue decided to go for it.

Since it was a chance encounter, there must be a way out. He couldn’t do anything if he remained here anyway.

So he took the risk and followed the monsters forward. He didn’t know if his divine consciousness was too strong at concealing him, but the monsters never discovered him.

The more he swam, the colder the water, but the Yao qi and poison gradually lessened. In this way, Jing Yue could survive underwater longer.

Suddenly, Jing Yue's movements paused. He vaguely saw a huge stone door in front of him, and all the monsters stopped in front of the stone door and dared not approach it.

Jing Yue was curious when he saw a monster biting at the monster next to it, and the two monsters fought instantly. Their behavior seemed like a signal. In the blink of an eye, all the monsters began to kill each other.

Jing Yue was overjoyed. Was he going to get the last laugh? What exactly was that stone door? Why did the monsters suddenly kill each other?

The blood mixed into the water and the lake water turned pink. Jing Yue held his breath and couldn’t smell it, but he could feel the water around him getting stickier. But he didn’t mind it at all and hoped that all the monsters would end up dead.

Due to the huge movements of the monsters, Jing Yue couldn’t withstand it and retreated further.

Gradually, the water calmed down.

Jing Yue scanned with his divine consciousness. At this moment, numerous corpses floated in front of the stone door, but no living creature was seen.

No way, did he really hit the bull’s eye? Jing Yue couldn't believe it, and once again scanned around with his divine consciousness, but there was indeed no other danger.

His spirit was lifted and he swam quickly towards the stone door. When he passed by some corpses, he wondered how many merit points these carcasses could be exchanged for.

The closer he got to the stone door, the weaker he felt the suppression of the spiritual energy in his body, because the Yao energy near the stone door was nearly non-existent as if there was an invisible barrier that shielded all the Yao energy from the outside.

When he finally came to the stone door, his spiritual energy had been restored! Moreover, he found that the water here was very clear and not contaminated by blood.

The stone door was very high, measuring 100 feet tall, and he couldn't see the top even when he looked up. The door was full of restrictions but the rune patterns were exclusive to the Yao race.

Could it be that the person in control was a Yao? What karma could the Yao have with him? Killed by him before?

At this time, Jing Yue suddenly felt a living creature approaching!

He released his divine consciousness, and after a breath, he was in extreme shock!

Qin Yanzhi?? Why was he here too?!

The newcomer was indeed Qin Yanzhi. When he saw Jing Yue standing nicely in front of the stone door, his tense nerves suddenly relaxed, and his body actually sank into the water.

When he jumped into the whirlpool, Jing Yue had already been swept away. He couldn’t see the other party at all, and could only struggle and swim in the whirlpool, trying to find Jing Yue.

Unfortunately, he had no spiritual energy and was unable to resist the vortex, and eventually fell into this space.

At first, Qin Yanzhi didn't know if Jing Yue was there. He swam around aimlessly in the water, carefully observing this space, looking for possible traces left by the other party.

But at some point, he suddenly had a sense—there was his chance encounter here, and big karma.

So he swam here instinctively. He was anxious when he heard the movement in the water halfway through, especially seeing the bodies of monsters everywhere at the bottom of the water, that his nerves almost collapsed!

Qin Yanzhi released the divine consciousness and found that these monsters seemed to be killed by each other, and there was no Jing Yue among them, so he relaxed a little and continued to move forward.

Until this moment, when he saw Jing Yue who was still alive, he finally relaxed completely. Thinking back to what just happened, despite being in the cold water, he still felt a more biting chill flowing from the bone marrow to the limbs and finally into the brain.

Qin Yanzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief and quickly swam towards Jing Yue. He heard the other party exclaim in shock, “Are you swept inside here too?”

Qin Yanzhi calmed his mind and didn't want to pass on his negative emotions to the other party. He only said, “I saw you being swept into the vortex, so I followed you.”

Jing Yue, “…”

Although just a simple sentence spoken lightly, he still felt an unbearable weight.

The two looked at each other quietly for a moment. Jing Yue turned his gaze away and looked up at the stone door’s restriction. “To get out of here, I reckon the only living gate is behind the stone door.”

Qin Yanzhi stared at him for a while before he slowly looked away and said calmly, “It’s a restriction of the Yao race.”

Jing Yue, “Do you know how to break it?”

Qin Yanzhi, “No.”

Jing Yue, “From the tone of your voice, it seems that you didn’t put the restriction in your eyes.”

Qin Yanzhi with his usually stoic face, “Because I only have you in my eyes.”

Jing Yue, “…”

Poisonous!