Chapter 616: Obstacles From the Inner Demon

The secret passage was dark and filled with a damp smell. In order to avoid disturbing some strange things, Xiao Chen suppressed his breath and released a faint death aura at the same time, so as to avoid being disturbed by the ghosts sleeping underground.

This secret passage was very long. He walked for a long time and could not see the end. It was hard to imagine how many years it took the person who dug this secret passage to dig it out.

And digging a passage under this demon palace, there are many restrictions on the demon palace. I am afraid that if you are not careful, you will be buried in it. What kind of thing is the demon scripture that has such magic power that makes people not even want their lives.

After walking for an unknown period of time, Xiao Chen gradually felt a slight cool breeze passing by his face. The secret passage was dead silent. If there was a breeze, it meant that he was not far from the exit.

Thinking that he could leave this strange place soon, Xiao Chen's steps became much faster unconsciously. After about half an incense stick, he finally reached the end. It turned out to be a cave, but the entrance of the cave had been blocked by a huge rock.

Now he didn't know where he was and how far away from the Demon Palace he was. In order to avoid making a noise and letting the people of Taishi Dao Sect find him, he stepped forward carefully, put his palms on the huge rock, and sucked the huge rock in with his Xuan Gong.

As the entrance of the cave opened, the scenery in front of him suddenly became clear. I saw a bright moon hanging high in the sky, casting silver light, reflecting the slowly flowing river water under the mountain, sparkling, clear and flawless.

It turned out that this place was in the middle of a cliff, and there was a river below. It was indeed not easy to be noticed to use the cave in the middle of the cliff to open a secret passage, but I guess that person had spent a lot of effort to open such a secret passage.

Xiao Chen came to the entrance of the cave, and the cool breeze was refreshing. He had been in the Demon Palace for a long time, and suddenly he felt relaxed and happy when he saw such a quiet night.

But he did not forget that he was not completely out of danger. Once Shen Quezi and his men broke through the restrictions of the Demon Palace and found that he was gone, they would definitely search for him immediately.

This cliff was not known how far away from the Demon Palace, but he needed to leave immediately and find a place where Shen Quezi could not find him, and meditate on the transformation of the spirit. Once he succeeded in the transformation of the spirit, he would no longer be so afraid of this person. As for the group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals around this person, they would be even less of a threat to him at that time.

Thinking of this, Xiao Chen no longer hesitated, stepped into the air, and disappeared in the vast night in a few steps.

Three days later, he came to a valley deep in an ancient mountain range. This valley was quiet and deserted, with rich spiritual energy, which was perfect for cultivation. However, when he transformed into a spirit, it would inevitably affect the earth veins, causing strange phenomena in the world. He was afraid that the people of Taishi Daomen would find him soon.

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Chen finally decided to give it a try. The spiritual energy in this valley was far better than other places. He searched for three days and three nights before finding such a place with rich spiritual energy. If he missed it, he might not be able to find such a suitable place for transformation.

Entering the valley, the spiritual power was even more concentrated. Xiao Chen followed the stream to the innermost part of the valley. It turned out that there was an ancient spring here. The spring water slowly gushed out, as if it contained the purest spiritual power between heaven and earth, and flowed with a spiritual charm from the ancient gods.

Xiao Chen only stood by the spring for a moment, and he felt relaxed and happy. In a place with rich spiritual energy, especially the spring eye, sensing the creation of heaven and earth here will definitely be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

However, Xiao Chen was not in a hurry to practice immediately. He had to use the spiritual power of this place to set up a defensive array nearby. The transformation of the spirit was very important. Once disturbed, his cultivation would be damaged at the least, and his Taoism would regress a hundred years. At the worst, his cultivation would be lost. Even more serious, his spirit would be severely damaged, and he would become a mortal in this life and could no longer practice.

So he had to be careful. If a disciple in the Xuanmen broke through the realm, there must be an elder to guard him. As for those who did not break through in the sect, they would most likely look for famous mountains and rivers outside, places with abundant spiritual power, and ensure that they were safe enough.

At this time, he had no one to guard him. Suye was cultivating his spirit in the Fuxi Qin and could not come out. The Ten Thousand Bones Array that he took away from the White Bone City of the God and Demon Tomb was composed of 213 ancient god bones, and it was sometimes effective and sometimes not.

There was also the strange dragon that he killed with Gui Dao Ren and others. In the end, he subdued the soul of the strange dragon, but he had not yet refined it in his soul, and he could not summon it at will, so now, only Yun Tianzi's soul could barely guard outside.

After setting up the defense array, it was already night, and a bright moon gradually rose in the sky, reflecting the valley even more clearly and flawlessly.

Xiao Chen had ordered Yun Tianzi to guard outside, and he returned to the ancient spring, sat cross-legged, breathed slowly, and began to sense the world.

Leaves fell on his shoulders with the wind, saplings sprouted at his feet, and squirrels passed carefully through the spring behind him... In a short moment, it seemed that a spring and autumn had passed, and a layer of looming spiritual energy slowly condensed on him.

...

Unknowingly, three days had passed. Today, seven or eight layers of spiritual energy had condensed on Xiao Chen, and the spiritual energy of the entire valley had condensed into mist, slowly converging towards him.

Until this afternoon, he was originally practicing breathing in and out of the spirit energy, but for some reason, his face suddenly turned pale, and then he let out a muffled groan from his throat, as if something went wrong in the process of spiritual transformation.

At this moment, he still had his eyes closed, as if he was trapped in a terrible nightmare that he couldn't wake up from, his face was red and white, and it was very ugly.

As a last resort, Xiao Chen could only make Yuanshen temporarily escape into a state of void. He saw a figure suddenly appeared in the vast void. Although the figure had its back to him, it looked so familiar.

"who are you."

Xiao Chen's eyes were sharp and he spoke coldly.

"Haha...what? Don't you remember me so quickly?" The man's voice was exactly the same as his, and he turned around slowly, as if he was himself.

"you……"

At this moment, Xiao Chen felt as if his mind was suddenly damaged, and he only felt an incomparable sense of depression and suffocation.

"hehe……"

The man smiled and walked towards him slowly, "I said, I am your shadow. I hide in the darkest place deep in your heart. I can understand everything deep in your heart... so quickly. , Are you about to become a god?"

Seeing the person who looked exactly like him getting closer and closer, Xiao Chen felt an unspeakable suffocation. At this moment, Ling Yin's words from the past suddenly rang in his ears.

"The journey of cultivation is not smooth and smooth. Everyone will have inner demons. Some people are unable to overcome their inner demons, and often fall into the devil's path with just one thought... Chen'er, you need to survive this catastrophe in the future by yourself and look straight into your heart. Don’t be controlled by the devil, do you understand?”

"Master, have you ever had inner demons?"

At that time, Yichen was still young and curious about everything. He was even more curious. Could a god-like figure like Master also have inner demons?

"As a teacher..."

Ling Yin held the jade flute in her left hand and clasped her right hand behind her back. She looked at the sea of ​​clouds in front of her, her back slightly cold, and she only thought of one person in her heart.

"Ling Yin, let me ask you, do all the demons in this world deserve to die?"

"That's right, all the demons in the world deserve to die."

"Then if there is someone who is a member of the demon clan when she is born, should she die as soon as she is born?"

"It's a demon, and it shouldn't appear in this world."

"I didn't expect that the majestic Fairy Miaoyin would have such a heavy inner demon. I can't take away this ice lotus from you, but I really want to see that one day, will you become what you hate most at the moment...a demon? Dao? Hahaha..."

Above the clouds, Xiao Yichen saw his master suddenly silent and his face gradually became serious. He couldn't help but feel a little scared. He pulled her sleeve and said, "Master, master, what's wrong with you..."

Ling Yin slowly came back to her senses, looked at the young Yichen, her face gradually softened, she stroked the hair on his forehead and said, "Everyone cannot choose his birth, but he will die in the future. The path lies in himself. The lotus is a gentleman among flowers, rising out of the mud but not stained. The bamboo is also a gentleman, preferring to break but not yield. Chen'er, you must remember."

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At this moment, the master's words from the past echoed in his ears again, and Xiao Chen's mood gradually calmed down. Even when faced with the approaching demon, he no longer had the suffocating and oppressive feeling just now. He said calmly, "You are nothing more than , they are just inner demons..."