Li Yan frowned slightly.
He only saw that the Spirit Devouring Demon's body had shattered, its shattered head slowly sinking downwards, and right in the middle of the turbid seawater, a jade stone was like a glittering fire, flickering with a light blue light.
He reached out and grabbed it, sizing it up carefully.
Jade is cylindrical, about the thickness of the index finger, the texture is very translucent, holding in the hands of cold and warm.
It seemed to be cast from seawater.
Li Yan injected his spiritual energy into it, but there was no reaction.
"What is this thing?"
It was reasonable to say that a Dao Integration realm demonic beast would have long since lost its demonic dan, but this thing did come from its body again.
Moreover, there was pure spiritual energy in the demonic dan, but there was none in this jade, as if it was just a rock.
"Can't it be that it's not in good health and has grown stones?"
Li Yan scratched his head, feeling that this thing wasn't that simple.
He tried to sink his divine soul into it, and the jade immediately shone brightly, gently trembling as if it had been activated.
A wave of information instantly flooded into his mind.
A moment later, Li Yan's eyes were enlightened.
"So it's a key that should have been accidentally swallowed by the Spirit Devouring Demon ... It's kind of a surprise gain."
At this time, Yue Jianli came to his side, "Senior Sister Li, are you alright?"
The scene of the sea boiling and river turning over just now made her 25 still a little dizzy.
Li Yan shook her head, "I'm fine."
Yue Jianli hesitated, "Just now I saw that Spirit Devouring Demon attack you with his divine soul, are you ... sure you're fine?"
"Divine soul attack?"
Li Yan played dumb, "Oh, you're talking about those rays, right? It was destroyed by the sword intent before it even hit me."
"Destroyed?"
Yue Jianli looked puzzled.
Even if Li Tiezhu possessed an Emperor-level sword qi that could easily kill Dao Integration Demons, it wasn't so bad that he could block a divine soul attack, right?
In front of the soul power that was fused with the Great Dao, a mortal's soul was simply unbeatable!
But Li Tiezhu was unharmed ...
Even the Sword God Body couldn't be so exaggerated.
Yue Jianli was almost certain that this Li Tiezhu definitely had a big secret on her!
Linking it to the style of actions, personal habits, and the way how in which she treated herself, she already had a hidden guess in her heart.
Although the feeling is not far from it, but there are still some places that do not make sense, a time can not be completely sure.
So she still pressed on for the time being.
Facing Yue Jianli's scrutiny, Li Yan felt a little weak in his heart and knew that he was already on the verge of being exposed.
He raised the jade in his hand and digressed, "I didn't expect that after slaughtering a demon, it would actually drop loot."
"Hm?"
Yue Jianli reached out and took it, "What is this?"
Li Yan shrugged, "I don't know, it fell out from inside that octopus."
"What octopus, that's called a Spirit Devouring Demon ..."
Yue Jianli fiddled with the jade, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was not simple.
She successively tried to inject it with sword qi and spirit power, but all of them did not respond, and finally her mind sank into it, and the whole person was stunned.
Li Yan looked at her dumbfounded appearance, the corner of his mouth hooked up a smile.
After a while, Yue Jianli came back to her senses, looking very surprised.
"Senior Sister Li, this is a fortune in creation!"
Li Yan asked, "What kind of fortune?"
Yue Jianli explained, "This thing is both a key and a map, pointing to a small secret realm. If I'm not wrong, there should be a supreme treasure hidden inside!"
"Secret realm? A supreme treasure?"
Li Yan nodded, "That sounds great."
Yue Jianli sighed in admiration, "It seems like you're very lucky."
Li Yan shook his head, "It's all because of Chief Yue, being able to recognize a pearl with a discerning eye, or else I would have thrown this broken stone away long ago."
"Is that so?"
Yue Jianli looked at her steadily, a smile in her eyes.
"Ahem, of course."
Li Yan suddenly had a feeling of being seen through and cleared his throat, "So are we going back to the sect now, or are we going treasure hunting?"
Yue Jianli didn't hesitate and said, "The opportunity is fleeting, so of course we should go treasure hunting first."
Any cultivator would not miss such an opportunity.
She patted Li Yan's shoulder and said, "In order to thank Senior Sister Li for her help, I will definitely take you to capture this opportunity."
"Chief Yue is really righteous."
The corner of Li Yan's mouth pulled.
It's not certain which one of us will help who ...
Yue Jianli's mind sank into the jade, and after slightly recognizing the direction, the two of them swam towards the depths of the ocean.
The direction that this jade was guiding was at the bottom of the ocean, ten thousand meters below.
As the two of them dived deeper and deeper, the darkness around them became thicker and thicker, almost to the point where they couldn't see their fingers.
Even the light that bloomed from the sword qi could only illuminate a distance of a few meters, and the further distance seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness.
And the surrounding creatures have also become different, more and more ugly and vicious, that hideous appearance, it is difficult to describe in words ...
There were even large fish with completely degraded eyes and two large mouths, slowly swimming past the two.
Although they didn't actively attack, they still made people feel chills on their backs.
Yue Jianli muttered in a low voice, "This deep sea creature is too ugly looking!"
Li Ran, on the other hand, observed with great interest, rubbing his chin and saying, "I guess it's too pitch-black down here in the sea. Since no one can see anyone else anyway, might as well let it grow freely."
"Pfft!"
This interpretation made her unable to stop laughing.
Thinking about it carefully it seemed to make a bit of sense.
In this pitch-black deep sea, looks were the most useless thing.
When the two of them entered a depth of around ten thousand meters, Yue Jianli's eyebrows wrinkled slightly.
With the immense pressure of this seawater, I'm afraid that if a Foundation Establishment Dan came down, it would instantly be crushed into a thin sheet of paper.
Even if Yue Jianli was a Yuan Infant martial cultivator, she was a little less comfortable at this point.
Li Yan keenly noticed this, reached out and held the soft kitten, and the pure sword qi enveloped her in it.
The pressure instantly dissipated, and there was no longer a trace of discomfort.
Yue Jianli smiled and said, "Thank you, Senior Sister Li. Your mastery of sword qi is really good, it's much better than this senior sister of mine."
Li Yan touched her nose, "It's all because Senior Master taught me well ..."
"Oh."
Yue Jianli's eyes narrowed, and she did not pursue the matter.
...
The bottom of the East Sea.
It was dark and cold, except for the creatures that emitted ghostly light, there was eternal darkness everywhere.
The terrain of the seabed was undulating, with canyons and flat rivers, mountain peaks and hills, it was not very different from the surface.
And in front of a mound, three figures gathered here, glittering ghostly light illuminating the darkness.
One of them had a white beardless face and indifferent eyes, it was none other than Bai Jiangyi.
The man in black beside him, whose face could not be seen, stood respectfully behind him, emitting an aura that was at least at the peak of Dao Integration!
And the last person was keeping a distance from them, his eyes very wary.
It was the Chief of the Divine Dao Palace, Feng Wanjiang.
Bai Yongye frowned slightly, "Chief Feng came alone?"
Feng Wanjiang shook his head, "No. Originally, there was also a protector from my clan accompanying him."
Bai Yongye looked around and said suspiciously, "Then where is he?"
Feng Wanjiang looked bitter and whispered, "Dead." .
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