Chapter 359 - 181: Success at the Cost of Life
Qin Mengyao lacked Chu Xuan’s skills, finding herself completely in the dark; her Divine Sense did not extend as far. Seeing Chu Xuan’s surprised expression, she hurriedly asked, "What’s the situation?"
Chu Xuan briefly explained, and his senior sister’s eyes immediately lit up, "What a great opportunity!"
"Let’s go up there, seize the bottle, and refine them both to death inside it."
Chu Xuan pondered, "It’s not that simple. After all, that evil thing is the master of the Qianming Celestial Bottle. If it can jump in, it can naturally jump out, unlike the captive Master of the Ghost Market. They cannot be compared."
"I’m afraid if we rush up, it will immediately jump out to confront us, not to mention the Jade Bottle isn’t so easy to control..."
"Let’s wait a bit more, strike when they’re locked in a life-and-death struggle and can’t part."
While saying this, Chu Xuan was still cautiously probing upwards with earth evasion. In theory, once the beauty’s head entered the Jade Bottle, the Divine Sense should be greatly weakened.
And thus, he gradually moved to about fifty yards before stopping.
During this time, the battle within the Jade Bottle grew increasingly fierce. The bottle spun wildly in the air, seeming quite unstable, with black smoke, blood flames, white light, and purple mist erupting from its mouth.
Occasionally, a few screams and curses could be heard, all coming from the old ghost.
The power of that wicked corpses-immortal should be stronger than the old ghost, not to mention the old ghost had been suppressed for years. That evil thing had quite a malicious nature and had inherited some traits from the Immortal.
Were it not for fear of being too forceful and destroying the Jade Bottle, the old ghost would likely already have died at its hands.
Just as a "crack" sounded, another crack appeared on the Jade Bottle, clearly about to give out. Chu Xuan decisively rushed to the surface at the fastest speed!
This was a clean stone cave dwelling, surprisingly somewhat stylish, unlike a lair for evil creatures. It even had all sorts of items like a jade bed, meditative mat, and incense burner, leaving one to wonder if the beauty’s head still retained some memories and habits from its original form.
Of course, there was no array present; otherwise, Chu Xuan could not have so easily observed and ascended.
As soon as he appeared, the jade bottle suddenly calmed, as if the beauty’s head inside also sensed something amiss.
But before it could come out, Chu Xuan suddenly used the Six Souls Banner to wrap the Jade Bottle, unleashing the ominous green light to suppress and refine it.
As for such an Immortal Artifact, without a special Spell, nor the cultivation at the Life and Death Three Profound Realms, generally speaking, thinking of refining it is impossible.
But the Six Souls Banner’s light had many uses, specializing in refining all things.
For example, the previous unknown small jade bottle, with Chu Xuan’s skills, would never be refinable, but once this light was added for washing, he eventually succeeded.
At this moment, Chu Xuan did not aim to truly turn this damaged Immortal Artifact into his magical treasure. His sole objective was: first lock these two evil seeds inside and let them kill each other.
The most critical aspect was that this Qianming Celestial Bottle must not be shattered. If it truly were broken by those two evil entities, Chu Xuan and the others would be in big trouble!
Though not a mixed-gender double strike, once the old ghost emerges, Chu Xuan would immediately imprison it back into the Six Souls Banner.
But the remaining beauty’s head, once released from this broken bottle, would have more freedom of movement, easily handling Chu Xuan and his companion.
As for capturing the Jade Bottle within the Six Souls Banner and refining it slowly later, Chu Xuan had tried, and it was unachievable.
It wasn’t an artifact specialized for capturing, merely suppressing spirit entities, not to mention that the Celestial Tier flying sword had to be subdued first before being stashed into the banner.
Only seeing Chu Xuan sitting cross-legged, hands firmly clasping the bottle enveloped by the Six Souls Banner, regardless of how the bottle mouth spewed colored smoke or the body struggled, he remained unmoved.
He infused his entire Magical Power, Divine Sense, along with the green light, constantly into the bottle’s body.
This light seemed to nurture, as suddenly the new cracks showed faint signs of healing, while old ones remained unchanged.
The Qianming Celestial Bottle gradually quieted, with only weak struggles, the body vibrating with a hum.
Qin Mengyao watched with great tension beside him, wanting to help but couldn’t. This was a technical task, without room for her skill set.
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After a quarter-hour of attempts, Chu Xuan had a sense of clarity; with his current cultivation, even with the Six Souls Banner’s aid, it was impossible to accomplish refining this treasure, estimating he might achieve it after advancing to the seventh realm.
Refining proved impossible, but temporarily suppressing it wasn’t an issue. Until Chu Xuan’s magical power ran dry, those two inside had no chance of escaping.
Well, saying that, but using the Six Souls Banner drained magical power like running water, not to mention some needed partitioning for refining suppression.
If not for Chu Xuan cultivating the Jade Capital Secrets and having a Celestial Marrow physique, he’d likely have collapsed long ago, unable to sustain even half a quarter-hour.
Though there were medicinal aids, converting their power to magical energy took time, not to mention repeated consumption of the same type of pill would diminish its effect.
Seeing her junior brother heedlessly ingesting pills, Qin Mengyao grew agitated, as their cultivation techniques differed, making it impossible for her to directly infuse magical power into Chu Xuan.
The internal battle in the Jade Bottle remained unknown, but ever since Chu Xuan went into action, the bottle’s activity weakened, so he dared not probe it with his Divine Sense for fear of injury.