Chapter 2039

The karst cave was very large. Besides the magma pool, there were also some other things.

Before Yang Kai had time to carefully look around, the voice of Liuyan suddenly rang out in his ears： “Master！”

Upon hearing the shout, his mind moved, and he immediately released Liuyan.

Liuyan did not transform into a human form but maintained the form of a firebird, quietly suspending in front of Yang Kai. Its pair of eyes stared at the magma pool in the front, and there was actually a hint of longing in its spirit.

“Is there something useful to you down there？” Sensing this, Yang Kai immediately asked.

Liuyan transmitted a thought： “It seems there is, and it’s of great use. I’ll go take a look.”

As it spoke, it spread its wings and flew directly above the magma pool, diving right in.

“Be careful.” Yang Kai quickly cautioned from behind, but Liuyan had long since disappeared.

He couldn’t help but slowly shake his head before beginning to look around.

Although the area of this cave was not small, it was empty inside, so after a glance, the situation was clear at a glance.

Soon, Yang Kai’s attention was attracted to a certain place.

Over there, there seemed to be a human-shaped object sitting cross-legged. Yang Kai furrowed his brows, released his spiritual thoughts, and after an investigation determined that the human-shaped object was just a skeleton, without any vitality orsmell. Presumably, it had been dead for a long time.

If there was no wrong guess, this should be the corpse of Gong Sunmu.

A generation of alchemy masters, the third disciple of the Great Emperor Miaodan among the Ten Great Emperor Venerables, should have been a powerful figure with great influence and ability to command the wind and rain in the Star Boundary. But now, he had come to such a tragic end of dying in a small place like Yuanding Mountain, which made Yang Kai sigh with emotion. He didn’t know what exactly Gong Sunmu had offended the Great Emperor Miaodan, to be expelled from the sect and end up so desolate, with no one to collect his body in the end.

After calming his mind, Yang Kai walked towards the skeleton. When he arrived in front of it, he clasped his fists and bowed slightly to pay his respects.

After all, Gongsun Mu was an elder and a master alchemist. Even if he died here, he was still worthy of Yang Kai’s respect.

After standing up, Yang Kai’s gaze was immediately attracted by the things in front of Gongsun Mu.

Before his death, Gongsun Mu should have been guarding this place all the time. And not far in front of him, there was a small pot-like thing placed. This small pot looked just like the wok used by ordinary people for cooking, but it was much smaller in size. And below the small pot, there was also the underground fire by the array which was burning the bottom of the pot.

What Yang Kai cared about was not this small pot, but the things inside the pot.

Inside this small pot, there was actually a thick pot of medicinal soup being boiled. The amount was not much, only about a bowl or so, covering the bottom of the pot.

From time to time, a bubble would emerge from the medicinal soup. When the bubble burst, it would actually emit colorful rays of light, and at the same time, a strange fragrance would diffuse out, filling the entire cave.

Smelling this fragrance, Yang Kai’s expression changed.

Because this fragrance was very familiar, it seemed to be exactly the same as the breath he smelled outside Yuanding Mountain.

At that time, outside Yuanding Mountain, so many martial artists were because of the vision that appeared on Yuanding Mountain the colorful rays of light that burst out, and the strange fragrance that filled the heaven and earth. Everything was extremely similar to what was in front of him.

Yang Kai’s face immediately showed a thoughtful look.

So it seems that the vision in Yuanding Mountain is not due to the maturity of some natural treasure. It is because of this pot of medicinal soup.

Yang Kai immediately became interested in this pot of medicinal soup. Although he is 80% sure that this thick medicinal soup is definitely not any poison, and even has great benefits for martial artists, he dare not take it rashly before figuring it out.

His eyes turned, and Yang Kai quickly found a jade slip in front of Gongsun Mu’s skeleton.

That jade slip seemed to be placed in front of himself by Gongsun Mu before his death, extremely upright, and it was clearly prepared for later generations to read.

Yang Kai first probed it with his spiritual thoughts. After confirming that there was no danger, he then reached out and grabbed the jade slip.

The moment he held the jade slip, a strange change suddenly occurred.

Gongsun Mu, who should have been dead for an unknown number of years and had turned into a skeleton, suddenly moved. Immediately following, two points of green light emerged in the two eye sockets. The light flashed and disappeared and suddenly condensed into a ball of light, shooting towards Yang Kai.

Yang Kai was startled and quickly drifted back, while operating the power in his body to protect himself.

But to his great horror, that light actually ignored his body protection power, directly entered his chest, and disappeared in an instant.

In an instant, Yang Kai was so scared that his soul almost flew away, breaking out in a cold sweat. His spiritual thoughts quickly inspected his own body, but strangely found that he didn’t have any injuries, and there didn’t seem to be any uncomfortable place in his body at all.

And the skeleton of Gongsun Mu on the opposite side, after doing all this, actually crashed and scattered into a pile, as if exhausting the last of its strength. The countless bones actually became as fragile as flour, and many of them were shattered.

After a while, everything returned to calm. Yang Kai stood there with an ugly expression, holding the jade slip in his hand.

Just now, he was definitely hit by a kind of restriction of Gongsun Mu, but even with his spiritual thoughts, he couldn’t detect it clearly. Obviously, this restriction was extremely hidden and was no longer something he could solve.

After pondering for a long time, Yang Kai gritted his teeth and sat down, immersing his spiritual consciousness in the jade slip and carefully checking it.

He felt that since this jade slip was deliberately left by Gongsun Mu, there must be some clues, perhaps allowing him to know exactly what had happened just now.

As his spiritual thoughts swept through, the content in the jade slip suddenly became clear at a glance.

“I, Gongsun Mu, the third disciple under the seat of the Great Emperor Miaodan, was young and had no one to rely on, living by begging. I met the Great Emperor, and was accepted as a disciple and taught the way of alchemy…

The jade slip was indeed left by Gongsun Mu, and this cave dwelling was indeed his. The information in the jade slip was very complex. At first, it was just a recollection of Gongsun Mu. This guy was an unfortunate person. He had experienced all the warmth and coldness, bitterness and sourness in the world when he was young and almost starved to death. At the same time, he was also a lucky guy. He was actually favored by the Wonderful Pill Great Emperor and accepted as a disciple. He followed beside the Great Emperor, cultivating while learning the art of alchemy.”

‘My talent is superior to that of my two senior brothers. The Great Emperor loves me very much and teaches me everything without reservation. My alchemy technique also quickly surpasses that of my two senior brothers. I became famous at a young age, complacent and wild, and did not know how to restrain myself. When my two senior brothers tried to persuade me I sneered at them, and the brothers had a rift… ‘”

‘At the age of three hundred, I advanced to the Emperor Venerable Realm and at the same time advanced to the rank of Emperor-level Alchemist, famous throughout the Star Realm. I was not satisfied and wanted to surpass my master in the way of alchemy, so I studied the way of human pills, mutilating lives and hurting the harmony of heaven… My eldest senior brother informed my master, and my master was furious and ordered me to stop the research. I was not convinced. On the surface, I promised, but privately I was still the same, and it got out of control…'”

‘At the age of three hundred and fifty, my secret was exposed by my eldest senior brother again. In a fit of rage, I actually attacked my senior brother, seriously injuring him. My master could no longer tolerate it and expelled me from the sect. I found Yuanding Mountain and secluded myself here…'”

The jade slip almost recorded the life of Gongsun Mu. According to his own statement, his talent in alchemy was almost comparable to that of the Miaodan Great Emperor. It’s just a pity that he seemed to be a bit too eager for quick success and started to study the so-called human pill way in order to surpass the Miaodan Great Emperor.

What exactly this human pill way is, Gongsun Mu didn’t say. But from the meaning revealed between the lines, Yang Kai felt that this should be a very cruel alchemy technique.

And the reason why he was expelled from the sect was obviously closely related to this human pill way. Of course, there was also a part of the reason that he attacked his own senior brother and even seriously injured his senior brother.

After being expelled from the sect, Gongsun Mu settled down in Yuanding Mountain. After experiencing such a big change, his disposition seemed to have also changed a bit, and he realized his mistakes.

He wanted to return to the door of the Miaodan Great Emperor many times but he could never see the face of the Miaodan Great Emperor In the end, he died alone and was depressed in his own cave.

The jade slip not only contained these messages, but also contained Gongsun Mu’s own understanding of the alchemy way. It can be said that this jade slip itself was Gongsun Mu’s alchemy notebook and was of great value to any alchemist.

All kinds of alchemy formulas, all kinds of spiritual arrays when alchemy, techniques, methods of receiving pills… There were so many. The content in it, if seen by any alchemist, would probably make them ecstatic.

However, Gong Sunmu also stated in the jade slip that all the things inside were the crystallization of his own life’s wisdom and had nothing to do with everything taught by the Wonderful Pill Great Emperor.

Without the permission of the Wonderful Pill Great Emperor, he simply didn’t dare and wouldn’t leave those knowledges in the jade slip.

“I don’t know who you are, but since you have passed the many tests I set up and obtained this jade slip, it shows that you are also an alchemist. Now, my mantle also has a successor. Since you have the jade slip in hand, it means that you should have been hit by my withered soul seal. The withered soul seal has no harm within a hundred years, but after a hundred years, it can devour your divine soul. There are only two ways to relieve this seal. One is to have a cultivation level higher than mine, and the other is to go and find my master and ask him to take action. I hope you can meet my master within a hundred years, hand this jade slip to him, and ask him to take me back into the sect wall!

“As compensation, you can take and drink the Ten Thousand Treasures Medicine Soup that I painstakingly boiled with the efforts of my later, half a lifetime. You will naturally experience the many benefits in the future!

The content of the jade slip ends here.

After Yang Kai finished reading, he held the jade slip and let out a long breath, also putting aside the worry in his heart.

At the very least, he now knows what kind of trick he was just hit by.

The withered soul seal, presumably, should be a kind of prohibition that Gong Sunmu issued before his death. As long as someone obtains this jade slip the withered soul seal will be immediately launched and injected into the body of the person who takes the jade slip.

And this mark will cause no harm within a hundred years, but after that, it will devour the soul.

A hundred years is not a short time, so Yang Kai doesn’t need to worry for the time being.

As long as he can make his cultivation level surpass that of Gongsun Mu within a hundred years, Although Yang Kai doesn’t know what cultivation level Gongsun Mu had before his death it should undoubtedly be the Emperor Venerable Realm.

Reaching the Emperor Venerable Realm within a hundred years, Yang Kai still has confidence in himself. The only thing to be afraid of is that Gongsun Mu was at the Third Layer of the Emperor Venerable Realm. If that’s really the case, then he must achieve the position of Great Emperor in order to remove the Ku Hun Seal relying on his own ability.

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