The Chaotic Immortal Wood Sect: Immortal Cultivation War - Chapter 61

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61. The Female Monk Bitten by the Snake She Raised

 

Hisssss! Hissssss!

 

“You seem to have been doing well. The ghost energy has almost been neutralized too.”

 

Hissss hissssss!

 

“No matter how much life energy there is, it won’t be a problem, so you can eat your fill. As much as you want!”

 

As soon as the Female Monk reached the surface, she went to find her spirit beast, the Chaotic Heaven Serpent.

 

The Chaotic Heaven Serpent was coiled at the center of the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation that Kang Hyeon had deployed, absorbing life energy.

 

Kang Hyeon, bound by the Female Monk’s golden binding rope, observed the Chaotic Heaven Serpent’s condition and smiled inwardly.

 

He could tell that the Chaotic Heaven Serpent had been poisoned by the Dream Mist.

 

Moreover, the Dream Mist was now gradually seeping into both the Female Monk and Kang Hyeon.

 

However, Dream Mist posed no problem for Kang Hyeon, who could use the Trent’s absorption ability.

 

To be precise, even if he absorbed the Dream Mist, he could refine it into pure energy, so no poisoning symptoms would appear.

 

But if the Female Monk failed to notice the presence of the Dream Mist, she would soon experience its effects in full.

 

“Wait here. I have business with this child.”

 

After examining the Chaotic Heaven Serpent’s condition, the Female Monk said this and dragged Kang Hyeon up into the void, deploying her flight technique.

 

The place she was flying to was where Gil Cheong Ho had discovered the parasitic moss.

 

Kang Hyeon considered whether to fully activate the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation right now to close the Life Gate and leave only the Death Gate, but judged that the situation was still worth observing.

 

Since his spiritual energy hadn’t been completely suppressed, there was still room to open the entrance to the Mystic Realm at any time.

 

Whoosh!

 

“That is…”

 

Arriving at the place Gil Cheong Ho had mentioned, the Female Monk discovered far more parasitic moss than she had expected and was left speechless.

 

An entire massive mountain was covered with parasitic moss.

 

“Are you really going to throw me into that place?”

 

At that moment, Kang Hyeon managed to break through the restriction of the golden binding rope with difficulty and spoke.

 

He had barely managed to create enough of a gap to speak.

 

“What should I do? Should I throw you, who are insufferably arrogant, down there right now? Or should I postpone it for a while for later enjoyment?”

 

“Why are you asking me that? It’s not like you’ll do as I say anyway.”

 

“You brat! How can such a young thing be so insolent!”

 

“What courtesy should I show to someone trying to kill me? If the situation can’t be reversed anyway, I should at least reduce the humiliation.”

 

“Hohoho. You’ve gone mad. Now I see you weren’t in your right mind!”

 

At Kang Hyeon’s unrestrained retort, the Female Monk decided that Kang Hyeon had gone mad.

 

He wasn’t really insane, but she thought she needed to believe he was crazy to lessen the shock of the harsh words she heard from Kang Hyeon.

 

“The one who’s gone mad isn’t me, but you. You wicked woman!”

 

Kang Hyeon’s retort became even more aggressive than before.

 

The Female Monk became enraged and gestured toward Kang Hyeon bound in the golden rope, but suddenly stopped with a start.

 

“I can’t easily discard you. If I throw you in there, you’ll leave my hands, so how could I do such a thing? I’ll torment you endlessly until you curse the fact that you’re a cultivator.”

 

The Female Monk barely restrained herself from throwing him among the parasitic moss right away and created this reason.

 

“Do as you please, you bi—!”

 

“My ears feel like they’re rotting, so shut that filthy mouth of yours!”

 

Kang Hyeon tried to say something again, but this time the Female Monk’s restriction flew at him quickly.

 

Thus, Kang Hyeon was once again reduced to being unable to even open his mouth as he was dragged around by the Female Monk.

 

“Let’s see, right now those things’ host is vine tendrils. I don’t know the species, but they’re unusual vine tendrils.”

 

Vine tendrils are climbing plant vines.

 

The parasitic moss covering the massive mountain was actually parasitizing the vine tendrils that covered the mountain beneath.

 

But if you looked closely, the vine tendrils parasitized by the moss would grow rapidly, then soon break in the middle and separate from the main body.

 

This way, the main body of the vine tendrils avoided becoming a host for the moss.

 

Of course, before long, moss would grow again somewhere on the vines, but it was holding out by breaking them off.

 

“The parasitic moss attached to those vine tendrils reproduces very slowly. It grew so quickly on that boy Gil’s body though.”

 

The Female Monk was examining the vines covering the mountain and the moss parasitizing those vines with careful eyes.

 

Kang Hyeon was doing the same – although he was under the Female Monk’s restriction, his sight wasn’t limited, so he could observe the vine tendrils and parasitic moss with difficulty.

 

“So the parasite transfers through contact? Hmm, shall I take a few with me?”

 

After observing the mountain made of parasitic moss for a while, the Female Monk waved her hand and pulled over a dozen vine tendrils.

 

Naturally, those vine tendrils were all invaded by parasitic moss to varying degrees.

 

“Hohoho, let’s go.”

 

The Female Monk seemed pleased to have obtained the parasitic moss and flew toward where the Chaotic Heaven Serpent was with a loud laugh.

 

Dragging Kang Hyeon, bound in golden rope, dangling behind her.

 

***

 

The Female Monk returned to the cavern where the teleportation array was located.

 

She had intended to set up camp beside the coiled Chaotic Heaven Serpent, but then came down to the safe underground area since doing so might damage the formation that Kang Hyeon had created.

 

“How can this be possible? The moss dies immediately when cut, but then grows anew right from the spot that was cut. No, is this really new growth? Isn’t what I thought had died and been cut away actually moving here?”

 

The Female Monk conducted various experiments using the vine tendrils she had brought and the moss parasitizing them.

 

Kang Hyeon was propped up against one wall like a decoration and could observe all of her experiments.

 

“How about it? If I rub this on you, do you have a way to survive this?”

 

“If you can’t find a method, you’ll eventually become food for this thing. If you know that, try to figure out some way to survive.”

 

“Hohoho. If you can survive, then I can learn that method too, right? If you don’t like that, you can just die as you are, but surely you’re not that ruthless?”

 

There was a good reason why the Female Monk had propped up Kang Hyeon where he could watch the experiments with the vine tendrils and parasitic moss.

 

If by any chance Kang Hyeon could find a way to counter the parasitic moss while watching the experiments, that would be helpful to the Female Monk as well.

 

So rather than killing him immediately, her plan was to wait for any possibility and then infect him with the moss.

 

Kang Hyeon knew this fact and inwardly mocked the Female Monk to his heart’s content.

 

‘I just need to gather everything I can and then hide myself. Whenever that woman leaves her post, I’ll enter the Mystic Realm and that’ll be the end of it. How could she possibly find me?’

 

Once he entered the Mystic Realm, he could spend time steadily and devote himself to cultivation.

 

In the meantime, the Chaotic Heaven Serpent and the Female Monk would surely have moments when they made wrong judgments due to Dream Mist poisoning.

 

Perhaps they might even mishandle the parasitic moss and become hosts themselves.

 

‘Soon the time will come when all the tendrils she brought this time will run out. Then she’ll go out again to gather more tendrils. She won’t bother dragging me along until then. Then I’ll be able to disappear without a trace.’

 

For that moment, Kang Hyeon strived not to miss a single piece of information about the parasitic moss.

 

And finally, that day came.

 

When the Female Monk used up all the tendrils with parasitic moss that she had brought, she immediately went outside to replenish them.

 

Naturally, Kang Hyeon was left propped against the wall of the cave dwelling.

 

As soon as the Female Monk went outside, Kang Hyeon instinctively knew the time had come and opened the entrance to the Mystic Realm at his feet, entering the Mystic Realm.

 

As soon as he entered the Mystic Realm, he summoned Trent and accepted Trent’s roots into his body.

 

Roots thinner than hair spread throughout Kang Hyeon’s body, rapidly dismantling the Female Monk’s restrictions.

 

Trent absorbed without hesitation not only the spiritual energy and demonic energy that the Female Monk had injected into Kang Hyeon, but also the poisons and medicines that supported the restrictions.

 

“Hmm. It’s been a while since my body felt refreshed.”

 

After some time, Kang Hyeon stretched and gained his freedom.

 

“Good! She hasn’t returned yet. Then I can make things a bit more troublesome for her.”

 

Kang Hyeon confirmed that the Female Monk had left the territory of the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation to go to the mountain where the parasitic moss was located and muttered.

 

This was possible because all the trees forming the formation originated from Trent’s branches, allowing him to observe the situation within the formation like the palm of his hand even from inside the Mystic Realm.

 

“Let’s see if you can break through my Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation with your skills.”

 

Kang Hyeon muttered this and immediately made changes to the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation spread across the Black Secret Wetlands.

 

Until now, it had only absorbed life force to gather it at the center of the formation and secretly emit Dream Mist.

 

But now the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation blocked external intrusion like the one installed in Mangpa Village before, and if someone forced their way in, it would show them all kinds of illusions and activate the formation’s Death Gate.

 

Previously in Mangpa Village, the decisive technique monks of the Gongsun and Lee families had suffered greatly from the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation and fled.

 

“Those monks and that woman are different. The monks of the Gongsun and Lee families weren’t exposed to Dream Mist for long. So they could endure the illusions a bit better. But that woman already has quite a bit of Dream Mist accumulated, so she’ll experience the power of the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation even more intensely.”

 

Kang Hyeon muttered this and waited for the Female Monk to return to the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation.

 

And after some time, the Female Monk finally entered the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation.

 

***

 

The Female Monk, the Snake-Scorpion Demoness Seo Ok Yeong, immediately stopped walking when she noticed something was wrong.

 

The fog being thicker than before wasn’t much of a problem.

 

But at this moment, she realized she couldn’t sense the directions that should feel natural.

 

This meant there was something confusing her senses, and what she could suspect in this place was.

 

“That bastard activated a formation technique?”

 

Until now, it had been an ordinary formation technique that caused no trouble.

 

It was just a formation technique that absorbed life force from a wide range and gathered it at the center of the formation.

 

But now it had disrupted her senses, making it impossible to know directions.

 

“This won’t be all of it, will it?”

 

Seo Ok Yeong’s experience of reaching the decisive technique stage was telling her.

 

If changes had been made to the formation technique, it couldn’t end with just making her lose direction.

 

“What else could there be? No, is my child alright?”

 

Seo Ok Yeong suddenly thought of the Chaotic Heaven Serpent that would be coiled at the center of the formation.

 

The Chaotic Heaven Serpent wasn’t a simple spirit beast.

 

If something happened to the Chaotic Heaven Serpent, it would cause great damage to her cultivation.

 

“That child and I are connected by souls, so I should be able to ignore the formation’s interference. But to feel it so faintly, could that young bastard’s formation technique be this powerful?”

 

Seo Ok Yeong was greatly surprised by the fact that there was a formation technique that could affect the connection between her and the Chaotic Heaven Serpent.

 

In fact, Kang Hyeon’s Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation had no special ability to blur the connection between a soul-linked monk and spirit beast.

 

It was simply that Seo Ok Yeong and the Chaotic Heaven Serpent were intoxicated by Dream Mist, causing their soul connection to gradually loosen.

 

Especially in Seo Ok Yeong’s case, as the Ghost Tree Phantom Sea Formation properly activated and she was affected by illusions that amplified the Dream Mist effect, the problems with the Chaotic Heaven Serpent were growing worse.

 

Hissssssssssss!

 

Moreover, the Chaotic Heaven Serpent originally had an arrogant and lazy nature befitting its name as a serpent that swallowed the sky and became full.

 

So great that it could swallow the sky, but after swallowing the sky, its belly was full and it didn’t want to do anything.

 

This was the true nature of the serpent contained in the name Chaotic Heaven Serpent.

 

However, Seo Ok Yeong didn’t know the Chaotic Heaven Serpent’s true nature and had been using the Chaotic Heaven Serpent, obsessing only over the fact that it was a high-grade spirit beast.

 

The Chaotic Heaven Serpent had entered Seo Ok Yeong’s care when young and had been forced to act against its nature for hundreds of years until now.

 

The weakening of the soul connection with its master meant that the restrictions imposed on the Chaotic Heaven Serpent had also weakened.

 

The Chaotic Heaven Serpent, which had been absorbing life force at the center of the formation, realized at some point that now was the perfect opportunity to cast off the shackles its master had placed on it.

 

Thus, the Chaotic Heaven Serpent decided to leave for a distant place where its master couldn’t find it.

 

Hissssssssss! Hiss! Hiss!

 

But as the Chaotic Heaven Serpent raised its body to uncoil itself, it stopped moving while lifting its head and fell into thought.

 

It instinctively knew this was a good opportunity, but it realized that soul connections couldn’t be easily severed.

 

No matter how far it fled, once the soul connection recovered, the Chaotic Heaven Serpent would have to return to Seo Ok Yeong’s side.

 

Hissss! Hiss hiss hissss!

 

The Chaotic Heaven Serpent shook its increasingly complicated head.

 

And it realized that running away like this wouldn’t solve the problem.

 

Then there was only one method.

 

The Chaotic Heaven Serpent quietly slithered across the ground and began searching for its master, Seo Ok Yeong.

 

Hissss! Hissssss hissssss!

 

A thought it would never have had normally.

 

It was the Chaotic Heaven Serpent’s resolution to cleanly resolve the situation by devouring Seo Ok Yeong.

 

It was an illogical and impulsive stream of consciousness that emerged due to Dream Mist poisoning.

 

“Huh? Did you come out to greet me? Oh, thank you. As expected, you’re the only one I can trust…”

 

Chomp!

 

= Wh-what are you doing?! Spit me out right now?! How dare you bite me!

 

Munch munch munch!

 

= You beast! How dare a lowly creature! Die!

 

Whoooosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

 

Hissssss hisss grooooan!

 

= St-stop! You bastard! Release me right now…!

 

Caught in a surprise attack and bitten by the Chaotic Heaven Serpent’s mouth, Seo Ok Yeong even used offensive Magic Arts to try to escape from its jaws, but the situation of being inside the Chaotic Heaven Serpent’s mouth was not easily shaken off.

 

The saying about a serpent whose belly is full from swallowing the sky meant it possessed exceptional talent enough to devour the heavens.

 

= Aaaahhh! Let go, I said let go!

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