Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

Li Guanqi, clad in a black robe, traveled through the air.

Beneath the night sky, Li Guanqi sensed quite a few auras heading in the same direction as the Nether Spirit Valley.

“Did the news spread so widely this time?”

“How can there be so many people?”

Li Guanqi carefully sensed the surrounding auras, finding that almost all were high-level Mysterious Immortal cultivators.

He even sensed several Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivators.

Flying swiftly, Li Guanqi finally saw the silhouette of the Nether Spirit Valley in the distance as dawn approached.

The dark, towering mountains came into view, the vast mountain range silent and still.

There were no animal roars or insect chirps, only a terrifying silence.

Li Guanqi frowned slightly, his heart twitching, giving him a very bad feeling.

As he got closer, Li Guanqi finally saw the entire terrain of the Nether Spirit Valley clearly.

After a cursory glance, Li Guanqi discovered that the valley occupied nearly a thousand miles!

It was surrounded by mountains on all sides, each peak thousands of feet high, piercing into the clouds.

The mountains were shrouded in a faint, dark blue mist.

Within the mist, occasional pale blue fluorescent spots flickered with a ghostly light.

Li Guanqi flew down, landing on the canopy of a tall tree halfway up a mountain, surrounded by many cultivators hidden in the shadows.

Within his sensory range alone, there were more than twenty people!

And there was a steady stream of cultivators on their way.

Suddenly, in the distance, the thick fog churned violently, like a boiling pot being uncovered.

The fog billowed up, soaring into the sky.

A rich immortal energy spread out from the mist, containing a very mysterious aura.

That aura spread a hundred miles in an instant, like a gentle breeze.

Li Guanqi took a light sniff and found his divine sense growing stronger, his soul experiencing waves of extreme comfort.

Just taking a breath of the dissipated aura had such a profound effect!!!

Li Guanqi recalled the sensation and was certain that this was the effect of Soul Nourishing Spirit Essence maturing!!

Li Guanqi suddenly understood that such a phenomenon… the news simply couldn't be hidden.

Soul Nourishing Spirit Essence could be considered a top-grade treasure among second-grade celestial materials. If graded, it would be at least a top-grade second-grade, eighth-rank.

In terms of value alone, a wine jug-sized bottle of Spirit Essence could probably sell for a million immortal crystals!!

It was common for cultivators to damage their souls during cultivation or battles.

Moreover, the effects of Soul Nourishing Spirit Essence were not limited to repair, its nourishing power was also not to be underestimated.

The benefits to cultivators were even greater after their souls were strengthened.

Li Guanqi's eyes flickered, and without any hesitation, he instantly plunged into the thick fog!

This thick fog blocked divine sense. Without going inside, he probably wouldn't be able to discover anything outside.

Li Guanqi took out the Blood Dark Sword and hung it at his waist.

With a sway of his body, he plunged into the mist. The dense fog made it impossible to perceive anything, suppressing the cultivator's divine sense tightly within the body!

Li Guanqi's figure fell rapidly, looking around with extreme vigilance.

The wind whistled in his ears, and the hem of his black robe fluttered tightly against his body.

Suddenly!!!

Relying on his keen senses, Li Guanqi noticed that the churning trend of the fog in front of him was a bit off. He instantly twisted his body and shifted sideways by a foot!

A sharp sword light flashed past him, and a black shadow appeared.

Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes, drew the Blood Dark Sword with his left hand, instantly completed the Soul Release stance, and then swung his sword horizontally!!!

A surging immortal essence thunder flame enveloped an area of ten feet, and a shrill scream rang out.

A man completely covered in a black robe was trapped in place by thunder chains, and his immortal essence barrier shattered in response.

A cold light flashed, and half of his body fell from the air, his aura rapidly disappearing.

Li Guanqi collected the other party's storage ring and burned the body to ashes with a fire.

His figure fell, landing on the ground with a soft thud.

The ground felt moist and sticky, the air was fresh, and the immortal energy was rich.

In front of Li Guanqi was an ancient tree as thick as three people could hug.

The trunk was straight, and looking up, the canopy was shrouded in thick fog.

Cracking sounds came from under his feet. Looking down, he saw decaying white bones.

Li Guanqi wouldn't have cared if they were human bones or ordinary animal bones.

But he discovered some unusual things. He bent down and picked up the broken bones, frowning slightly at the gnawed marks on them.

The bones looked very thick.

They should belong to some kind of large tiger or leopard-like beast.

But the cross-section of the bone, as thick as a wrist, had many neat, saw-toothed teeth marks.

“What… what kind of thing gnawed on this?”

The teeth marks were not large but very dense.

Li Guanqi threw the bones away and looked around vigilantly.

With a leap, he came to a branch of the tree and looked into the distance.

The forest was terrifyingly silent under the night sky, as if he was the only person here.

However, at this moment, a butterfly with a completely azure body slowly landed on Li Guanqi's shoulder.

Silently, without even causing the air to vibrate.

Suddenly!!!

Li Guanqi's shoulder hurt, and the Devouring Flame instantly enveloped the butterfly!!

Li Guanqi clenched his teeth, turning his head to look at the butterfly, which was the length of a finger.

The butterfly struggled desperately in the flames for a breath before being turned to ashes by the flames.

Li Guanqi lifted his robe and found two small holes on his shoulder.

The blood overflowing from the wound was black, which shocked Li Guanqi.

He quickly circulated his immortal essence to suppress the toxins in his body and force them out!!

He raised his hand and cut out the flesh from his shoulder with a sword, discovering that the muscle had already turned black and hard.

This made Li Guanqi very vigilant about his surroundings. This thing was too strange…

It was just a butterfly without any aura fluctuations, yet it was able to injure his body!

Putting aside distracting thoughts, Li Guanqi put on his black robe and directly dragged Peng Luo out of the sword coffin space.

Sleepy-eyed, Peng Luo's eyelids drooped, rubbing her eyes as she looked at Li Guanqi.

“Master… where… is this?”

Li Guanqi didn't speak, handing her the piece of flesh he had cut off and describing the appearance of the butterfly.

“Do you know what that thing is?”

Peng Luo calmed down, stroking her chin and murmuring.

“Could it be a Spirit-Guiding Butterfly?”

“The environment here is a bit like it…”

Li Guanqi frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.

“This is the Nether Spirit Valley in Qu Ping Continent. Can you see what's going on with the mist?”

Peng Luo reached out and took a ball of mist, sniffing it and licking it with her nose.

After a moment, Peng Luo spat out a few mouthfuls of saliva with a strange expression.

“Cough cough… it really is a Soul-Guiding Butterfly.”

“This mist is released by the Soul-Guiding Butterfly. It has the effect of suppressing divine sense and confusing the mind.”

“Moreover, the Soul-Guiding Butterfly's mouthparts are highly poisonous, Master, be careful.”

Li Guanqi nodded slightly upon hearing this, using the Devouring Flame to form a barrier within the black robe.

Then, he concealed his figure and carefully sped towards the valley.