Chapter 1676: Nurturing A Treasure With A Human

“It’s the evil suppressing spiritual treasure alright.”

King Taishan sensed that the evil suppressing spiritual treasure was located at the center of the light. Naturally, the light was definitely connected to the evil suppressing spiritual treasure.

At the same time, Ye Qing’s eyes split into yin and yang; a black fish and a white fish. The Yin Yang Spell Eyes was a Magia that pierced through all illusions and revealed the truth. So, he saw through the light and saw what looked like a ball of dazzling and profound veluriyam fire.

Surprisingly, his body and his eyes caught on fire when he stared at the ball of veluriyam fire for too long.

“Argh!”

Qiwa let out a bloodcurdling scream because it was standing close to Ye Qing and accidentally caught a wisp of the veluriyam fire. Terrible pain immediately ravaged its senses. It felt as if its body and mind were about to be burned into nothing.

At that moment, it felt like it was about to die.

“Save me... it hurts...”

It was at this moment Feng Qingyou waved her hand and summoned a gust of cloudy air. It wrapped around Qiwa and slowly extinguished the veluriyam fire.

At the same time, Ye Qing also shook a little before profound light circulated throughout his body. The veluriyam fire enveloping him also died slowly like a withering fire.

Although the veluriyam fire was extremely deadly against a Stranger like Qiwa, it was nothing to Ye Qing. If he wasn’t mistaken, the evil suppressing spiritual treasure was hidden within the ball of veluriyam fire. More accurately, the veluriyam fire was a part of the evil suppressing spiritual treasure.

“The treasure’s in there.”

“I’ll come with you,” Feng Qingyou said.

Ye Qing nodded. “Okay.”

“I... I’m not going!” Qiwa hurriedly spoke up when it heard that the duo were planning to step into the light. The veluriyam fire had nearly burned it to death earlier, so it was afraid to say the least. That was why it wasn’t willing to step inside no matter what.

“Fine. You can wait outside. Wait for us to return.”

Ye Qing did not force the issue because it was a fact that the veluriyam fire was extremely damaging against Strangers. In this case, Qiwa’s presence was worth less than nothing; it would actively impede their progress because they would have to shield it from the light and fire. It was better off staying outside.

“Don’t try to run. Otherwise, you’ll die a terrible death. Trust me.”

“I got it,” Qiwa replied in a downcast voice.

In fact, Qiwa had thought of escaping after Ye Qing said that it could stay behind. However, his following words had cooled his head and heart like a bucket of cold ice.

It made sense. Ye Qing dared to leave it behind. Of course he was on guard against the possibility that it might escape during this time.

Feng Qingyou also left behind the ancient corpse for more or less the same reason.

With that done, Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou stepped into the light and dashed toward the ball of fire.

At first, the light felt warm and comfortable to touch. But as they got closer, the light became so hot that the surrounding space was warped into a flaming storm of nothingness.

Even the likes of Ye Qing and Feng Qingyou could not simply barge into the fire recklessly. It took bringing out the Earthly Sovereign Bell to safely pass through the chaotic storm of fire and reach the ball of veluriyam fire.

“It’s a corpse?!”

Ye Qing was unable to see anything more than a ball of fire even with the Yin Yang Spell Eyes when he was outside. Now, he realized that a corpse resided within the veluriyam fire.

More accurately, the veluriyam fire was rushing out of his body.

The corpse belonged to a monk. The monk was sitting crosslegged with his eyes shut. His face was kind and calm, and he was golden from head to toe.

Although the monk looked intact and lifelike, there was no doubt that he was long dead.

Even so, the power he emitted was so suffocating that they felt like they were standing before a true boundless Buddha or god.

The monk’s golden, flawless appearance was due to the fact that he had created a golden body. It prevented their body from rotting or withering away.

“The evil suppressing spiritual treasure... is a monk?”

Feng Qingyou gave Ye Qing a look of astonishment.

Ye Qing shook his head. “No, I don’t think so. I’m picking up a signal from inside his body.”

“Inside his body?” Feng Qingyou frowned. “King Taishan used a human to nurture the treasure?”

“I’m going to step inside. You stay here.”

The veluriyam fire looked small from the outside, but it was really one or two kilometers in radius wide. The monk’s corpse was at the center of the ball of veluriyam fire as well. Therefore, he still had a ways to go to discover the truth.

Feng Qingyou reminded him, “Be careful.”

Ye Qing nodded without a word. While the Earthly Sovereign Bell floated above his head and covered him in a protective cone weaved from profound light, he stepped decisively into the ball of veluriyam fire.

As soon as he set foot inside the veluriyam fire, the surrounding temperature immediately jumped to a whole new level. It was terrible and deadly to put it mildly.

Still, it could not threaten the Earthly Sovereign Bell. Ye Qing was also unharmed because he knew how deadly the veluriyam fire was and had taken the necessary precautions as a result.

Just a short while later, Ye Qing immediately noticed something was amiss.

With his strength, he could cross several kilometers in an instant. In reality, he had dashed for over a dozen breaths and still failed to reach the monk.

It was as if the space here was completely out of whack. Sometimes, he was moving forward but found himself moving backward instead. Sometimes, he was almost in front of the monk only to find himself back at the starting point. Sometimes, he was dashing straight ahead, but he found himself zigzagging like crazy.

In fact, space wasn’t the only thing distorted within the veluriyam fire. He could not feel the passage of time as well. It was as if time had come to a stop here.

Ye Qing frowned and struck the Earthly Sovereign Bell above his head.

Thang...

A chime resounded, and profound light washed out into the surroundings. The surrounding space flickered erratically for a moment before the distorted spacetime slowly but surely returned to normal.

The Earthly Sovereign Bell possessed the power to pacify the elements and restore time and space. It could, to an extent, restore the distorted spacetime of this place.

Although the veluriyam fire quickly eroded the effects and threw everything into disarray once more, one breath was all Ye Qing needed to cross several kilometers and arrive in front of the monk.

Once he arrived in front of the monk, Ye Qing checked the connection between King Taishan and the evil suppressing spiritual treasure once more and confirmed that it was, indeed, inside the monk’s body. Specifically his belly.

“My apologies, senior.”

After observing the monk carefully for a moment and confirming that there was no danger, Ye Qing offered the monk an apology. Then, a silhouette stepped out from the Earthly Sovereign Bell.

The silhouette was wearing a tall hat and a wide belt. He was tall and ancient, powerful and mysterious. He was none other than King Taishan; the wisp of spiritual consciousness that the Earthly Sovereign Bell had suppressed to be exact.

Ye Qing had converted it into his Heavenly Demon Dependent. Since the original was dead, and he wanted to improve his control over this wisp of consciousness, Ye Qing had wiped out most of its power and sapience. In other words, this King Taishan was only more or less as strong as they were. It was now just a shadow of the one who had caused all sorts of trouble in the imperial capital and even fought a great battle against the Chief Libationist.

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have needed Qiwa. King Taishan could have crushed everything in their path and taken them all the way to their destination singlehandedly.