Chapter 591: The Great Matriarch! The Little Matriarch!

smiled and said, "Hao Ren brought it back when he went to pick snow lotus for you.""You went to the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus Cave" Zhao Kuo stared at Hao Ren in surprise."Yes." Hao Ren nodded sli...Chapter 591: Great Mother-in-law! Little Mother-in-law

Hum—hum—the bronze demonic bow emitted a series of tremors.

This was the sign that spiritual energy had already been infused into the magical treasure. Xie Yujia practiced the "Ten Thousand Laws Return to Talisman Scripture," which differed from ordinary cultivation techniques; it harnessed the power of talismans in天地之間，借用天地的符籙之力，形成大神通。

Reaching its highest level, one could extract all the natural spiritual energy within a million miles! And as long as there was enough spiritual energy, the number of talismans that could be formed had no limit!

This terrifying method also meant that other cultivators at the Spirit Formation stage didn't dare provoke the Recluse Qingfeng!

Everyone's mana was limited, but being able to command natural spiritual energy through talismans wasn't something individual cultivators could resist!

Hence, the "Ten Thousand Laws Return to Talisman Scripture" had no levels like ordinary cultivation techniques; with diligent practice, the higher the realm one reached, the stronger the talismans they could drive.

However, these Five Elements Life and Death Talismans weren't something anyone could learn. One had to plant a mother-talisman first in order to cultivate countless child-talismans!

In cultivation sects, there were many cultivators who drew talismans, but only the Recluse Qingfeng used talismans as his cultivation technique!

The Life and Death Talisman conformed with the way of heaven and earth. The myriad changes in the talismans could simulate all kinds of divine powers.

Little White, standing beside Xie Yujia, swallowed two Qi replenishment pills before whooshing out again.

Duan Yao sensed that this third-stage Snow Lion was seeking reinforcements and quickly cast a golden seal.

She was very nervous now, feeling the pressure from this Foundation Establishment cultivator even greater than that of those Core Formation cultivators!

The area was shrouded in clouds and mist; she hadn't realized that she was near Mysterious Peak where she had previously sought medicinal pills.

Whoosh—Xie Yujia, ready to strike, let loose a beam of light.

It directly intercepted Duan Yao's Heaven Reversing Seal golden light!

"Inferno Sun, bite it!" Duan Yao drew out a flying sword and directed her fourth-stage Snow Lion.

This time when she came to the fifth layer of heaven, her father was afraid she would cause trouble again and didn't let her bring the fifth-stage Snow Lion Luoja. Instead, he gave her a fourth-stage Snow Lion.

Actually, a fourth-stage Snow Lion was sufficient in the fifth layer of heaven; its strength could rival that of Core Formation late-stage cultivators.

Duan Yao herself was also a Core Formation cultivator and had a Heaven Reversing Seal. Such a combination made even those Nascent Soul stage cultivators think twice before trying to deal with her.

Under Duan Yao's command, the fourth-stage Snow Lion let out a roar as it lunged at Little White.

But immediately after, another arrow from Xie Yujia followed up.

Duan Yao switched to her flying sword and forcefully cast a golden seal, entangling the fourth-stage Snow Lion with Little White.

She now suspected that Hao Ren and Zhao Yanzi must be raising many Snow Lions; she had first seen them at the first stage, then saw them again as second stage. In just a short while, they were already third stage!

The rate of advancement was something even the best animal caretakers in the sect couldn't achieve!

Boom!

Duan Yao's golden seal clashed with Xie Yujia’s beam of light.

Meanwhile, Duan Yao’s fourth-stage Snow Lion fought fiercely with Little White!

However, Xiaobai only had some training during the imperial exam in Dragon God Temple with Hao Ren; she almost had no real battle experience.

Xie Yujia drew her bowstring and wanted to assist Xiaobai, but Duan Yao’s golden talisman struck towards her!

Two against two! Duan Yao wouldn’t let Xie Yujia off easily!

The key to victory was the strength of their snow lions; Duan Yao wasn’t stupid and knew this.

Bang!

A golden talisman and a white arrow collided again.

Xie Yujia’s expression turned somewhat bleak. The life-and-death talismans given to her by the old lady were extremely powerful, but they heavily depleted spirit energy too.

The basic method of cultivation in Thousand Dao Talisman Formula was to convert the spirit energy from heaven and earth into talismans that stored inside the body; the longer one cultivated, the more talismans would be accumulated.

Those two mother golden and silver talismans were like a battery’s positive and negative poles. Meanwhile, each of those child talismans was like an ion or some kind of high-efficiency currency that could convert into various forms of spiritual abilities in the future.

Xie Yujia was now continuously firing spirit energy arrows, releasing all her accumulated golden and silver talismans at once. The power was strong, but if she exhausted them all, even with her cultivation level, she couldn’t defeat Duan Yao who was a Core Formation cultivator!

Zhao Yanzi sat beside Xie Yujia by the side of a rock, clutching her bleeding shoulder as she gritted her teeth and slowly converted spiritual pills into spirit energy.

Seeing Xie Yujia struggling with Duan Yao made her feel uncertain inside.

If Xie Yujia were in danger, would I risk my life to save her like this—boom! boom! boom!

Duan Yao directly unleashed three golden talismans. She was gambling too; she didn’t believe that as a Core Formation cultivator, she couldn’t defeat an Nurturing Foundation cultivator!

There was almost no comparison between the Core Formation and Nurturing Foundation realms. If entering the Nurturing Foundation realm from the Condensation Breath realm meant truly stepping into cultivation, then reaching the Core Formation realm from the Nurturing Foundation realm signified finally entering immortality.

In terms of strength and cultivation speed, a cultivator in the Core Formation realm was several times or even tens of times greater than an Nurturing Foundation cultivator!

The three overlapping golden talismans were all aimed at Zhao Yanzi!

Currently healing her injuries, Zhao Yanzi’s expression turned alarmed.

Fwoosh! Fwoosh! Fwoosh!

Xie Yujia shot out three arrows simultaneously!

Hao Ren gave her a demon bow with six arrow slots on it; theoretically speaking, she could shoot up to six arrows at once.

However, for the current Xie Yujia, shooting three arrows was already very difficult!

Bang—The bowstring snapped violently. Zhao Yanzi looked towards Xie Yujia’s fingers by sound and saw that they were covered in blood!

The sight shocked her.

Xie Yujia could use the demon bow to accurately hit what she wanted, but her fingers would be cut by the sharp spirit energy arrows and bowstring too!

It was like a rapid arrow shooting out from her fingertips. One or two might be fine, but several in succession could even scratch through steel!

Bang bang bang—The three powerful talisman attacks were all intercepted by Xie Yujia’s arrows. The rolling energy waves blew Zhao Yanzi’s hair apart!

If Xie Yujia was a fraction slower, she would have been struck by Duan Yao’s golden talismans.

At this moment, Duan Yao was also feeling extremely anxious; she feared that if Zhao Yanzi recovered and joined forces with her, the two of them would be in danger!

This was when she finally understood what Uncle Ancestor had said: hesitation would bring ruin.

Aoo! Aoo!

In the nearby valley, Xiaobai was also locked in a fierce battle with that Fourth-Order Snow Lion.

Two massive lion-type spirit beasts were tearing at each other in mid-air, occasionally crashing into cliffs, turning even the hardest boulders to dust!

The most direct attacks for spirit beasts are still close combat!

Xiao Bai was already wounded and slightly smaller in size, but its ferocity wasn't any less than that of a fourth-stage Snow Lion.

Drip, drip, drip — Xie Yujia's right hand dripped blood from her wrist onto the rocks one drop at a time.

Without flying法寶, she could only stand her ground on the mountain peak and face Duan Yao. Her fingers had cracked from repeatedly firing arrows, bleeding profusely from fingertips to knuckles.

Zhao Yanzǐ, with severe injuries, was unable to stand up. Watching Xie Yujia like a sturdy stone statue half a meter away, she felt her eyes sting as tears fell one by one.

Even when hundreds of Heaven Mountain Sect cultivators had surrounded them, Zhao Yanzǐ hadn't cried. But now, seeing Xie Yujia's resolute expression and the dripping blood, tears inexplicably welled up in her eyes.

Xie Yujia pulled back the demon bow and focused on Duan Yao high above, completely ignoring Zhao Yanzǐ's changes.

They say pain is shared across all fingers. Now that her right hand was injured, the intense pain was like a blade slicing through her palm with every pull of the string.

The more she pulled the bowstring on her left, the stronger the recoil and deeper the pain in her right.

She maintained the posture while enduring excruciating pain every second but couldn't shoot at will because each arrow needed to be released at the perfect moment!

Duan Yao was also facing off with Xie Yujia, hoping that her fourth-stage spirit beast could defeat Xiao Bai and then attack from both sides. This strategy seemed safest.

Xie Yujia's delay was aimed at giving Xiao Bai time to reach the first layer of heaven and bring郝仁as a reinforcement. In this critical moment, just like Zhao Yanzǐ, her thoughts turned immediately to郝仁.

Both Duan Yao and Xie Yujia relied on ranged法寶with considerable power. If either was careless and allowed the other to fire first, they'd lose instantly.

Xiao Bai was entangled by the fourth-stage Snow Lion. With its access to both ice and fire innate abilities and the speed boost from a flying法寶, it hadn't fallen into a disadvantage yet but couldn't break free either.

"You—shoot her storage bag," Zhao Yanzǐ had wept silently for a while before stopping, red-eyed as she spoke to Xie Yujia.

Xie Yujia's gaze remained fixed on Duan Yao. Both sides were gathering靈力for an all-out clash and couldn't afford any distraction.

But Zhao Yanzǐ's words reached her ears.

Her gaze slowly shifted downward, landing on the yellow storage bag at Duan Yao’s waist.

Duan Yao held up the Pangu Seal high above; Xie Yujia didn't know how many seals she could unleash in one go. Standing atop the mountain peak with nowhere to hide, Xie Yujia and Zhao Yanzǐ were vulnerable.

Similarly, Duan Yao warily watched Xie Yujia without knowing how many arrows she could fire at once.

Both sides gathered靈力, preparing for another clash.

Rumble—rumble—Xiao Bai and the Snow Lion fought more fiercely, causing rocks around them to tumble.

"Within five seconds, I’ll shoot," Xie Yujia whispered.

"Okay!" Zhao Yanzǐ replied decisively.

Bam!

Xiao Bai and the Snow Lion clashed again, toppling more rocks from afar.

Whizz—whizz—five golden-tipped arrows shot toward Duan Yao!

Xie Yujia channeled all her靈力into those shots before releasing them in a burst, draining herself completely!

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Duan Yao unleashed four golden seals one after another.

The four glaring golden seals all flew towards Zhao Yanzǐ!

In comparison, Duányáo wanted to get rid of Zhao Yanzǐ even more.

Xie Yujia's spirit arrow instantly melted in the midst of the four beams of golden light! The number of golden seals was one less than that of the spirit arrows, but their power was greater!

As for Xie Yujia’s remaining spirit arrow, it shot straight towards Duányáo’s waist!

Duányáo could not escape even if she controlled a flying sword at this speed. She was defending her vital organs, but did not expect the spirit arrow to pierce her waist!

Puh!

The spirit arrow pierced through her left side and drew a large wound. At the same time, her storage bag was struck by the golden light, causing it to burst with a "Puh" sound.

A variety of items in her storage bag scattered out, among which there was that flying dagger!

The dagger was taken away by Duányáo and thrown into her storage bag. It had not been re-tempered yet, so it still retained Zhao Yanzǐ’s spirit perception!

Shu!

The freed dagger suddenly stabbed towards Duányáo!

No matter how many times Duányáo calculated and planned, she did not expect there to be this kind of move. At such a short distance, there was nowhere for her to dodge.

Shh—The dagger pierced into Duányáo’s abdomen before exiting from the back of her waist!

Bang bang bang bang!

The four golden seals, after being nullified by the spirit arrow, hit the peak!

Xie Yujia had already raised a longbow to form a basic barrier for defense, but it could not withstand the attack. The top of the mountain peak was almost flattened.

As Duányáo fell from her flying sword, she pulled out a small jar from her sleeve.

Swoosh—Three notification spirit lights shot straight into the sky. She had been looking for an opportunity to send signals but could not because Xie Yujia was aiming at her with a longbow. Now, however, she finally managed to release them.

The Fourth-Rank Snow Lion saw Duányáo fall and hurriedly flew over.

Little White, who had numerous wounds all over its body, wavered left and right for a few seconds before shooting up towards Layer One of the Sky!

Amidst the dusty mountain peak, suddenly, another silver light arrow shot out.

The light arrow rushed in the direction where Duányáo fell. Suddenly, it turned into a silver rope and wrapped around Duányáo once before pulling her into the valley!

'The Law of All Returning to Talisman', 'all laws returning' refers to ‘the talismans’ that symbolize heaven and earth, and can be used to manifest all kinds of magic. A divine talisman could transform into any kind of heavenly or earthly ability.

Spirit power could change into an arrow, so naturally it could also turn into a rope!

It was just that the arrow’s power increased when shot out by the demon bow, while the rope had ordinary strength but was precisely enough to pull in Duányáo who was unconscious.

Blood gushed out from Zhao Yanzǐ’s shoulder. However, her Purple and Green Treasure Sword carried both of them away from the exploding mountain peak!

Just at that moment when Xie Yujia released five arrows, she mustered up all her remaining spirit power to control a flying sword upwards, while simultaneously controlling the dagger with her spirit perception to stab Duányáo when her storage bag exploded.

In this battle, they were all seriously injured!

Little White rushed towards Layer One of the Sky for help under the Five-Colored Profound Light.

The Fourth-Rank Snow Lion flew around the formation outside the valley but could not enter. After wasting half an hour, it finally decided to go far away to find reinforcements.

——It seems like my internet speed is a bit slow; I've been struggling for a long time to update!

(To be continued)ing the lamp to shine even brighter and finally restraining the dispersing soul."Qin Lang, today is your day to return," Zhen Fei revealed a melancholy smile and addressed the gradually solidifying sp...