CHAPTER 336: CHAPTER 56: DEMON SUPPRESSING COFFIN

"No, my Lord, if the Evil Jiao inside the cave is really still alive, it would be too dangerous for you to encounter it?" Nan Muyu disagreed with Yue Jinghua’s suggestion.

"Jiao Breath only appears under two circumstances: one is when the Jiao Long is sleeping, and the other is when it is dying. After we entered the cave, there has been no response from the other side, so I think the Evil Jiao is likely sleeping. While it’s still safe, you should take your people and leave. The air in the cave is also very murky. These people have been frightened for several days and nights, without food or water, and their bodies are already very weak. The cave is cramped, and having too many people is not conducive to handling matters, so quickly lead everyone away," Yue Jinghua urged.

Despite Nan Muyu’s reluctance, seeing his elderly parents and the villagers, who were frightened and shivering, he had no choice but to repeatedly caution Yue Jinghua before leading the villagers out of the cave, looking back with every step.

"Awoo, ugly, why are you staring at the wall?" After Nan Muyu left with the people, Yue Jinghua didn’t head southwest of the cave but stood by the edge of the cave, touching the cave wall with her hand.

Since entering the cave, Yue Jinghua felt something strange. Generally speaking, caves are dark and tend to be moist, populated with a lot of moss and lichen, but this cave had no traces of moss growth at all.

"Gorgon," Yue Jinghua commanded, and the Snake-haired Gorgon, already wearing the Holy Beast Necklace, rapidly grew larger until she transformed into a slender young girl.

"Gold Eater Worm, try to see if you can summon some from the Insect Clan in this area?" Yue Jinghua held the Cloud Gathering Sword, her body emitting bright Yaksha Killing Flames.

"It seems impossible. This area feels like a forbidden land for the Dark Beasts. Apart from a few of us, I can hardly sense any other Dark Beast’s presence," Gold Eater Worm also felt somewhat perplexed, feeling as if they were isolated in a chamber. Every move seemed threatened by an unknown lurking danger, giving it a chilling sensation.

"The Jiao Breath is definitely emanating from the southwest direction. Whether it’s dead or alive, I want to see the Jiao or at least find its corpse," Yue Jinghua, close with the two Dark Beasts, headed toward the southwest direction.

The further they went southwest, the cave became more spacious. The passage that initially could only accommodate one person now was wide enough for several people to walk through, resembling the living area of a giant flood dragon due to its shape.

The colorful Jiao Breath also became denser.

"There’s someone ahead," in the depths of the mist, lay two figures, one large, one small.

Yue Jinghua tucked the Cloud Gathering Sword behind her and hastened forward, only to see a young woman lying on the ground, holding a child in her arms.

"It must be Nan Muyu’s wife and child," Yue Jinghua checked the breaths of the mother and child, found that both their heartbeat and breath were still present, and concluded they were merely unconscious from the Jiao Breath poisoning and not seriously harmed.

After propping the two against the side, Yue Jinghua took out a Detoxification Pill and fed one to each of them.

Not knowing if it was because they had been poisoned too long, there was no sign of them waking up.

"Awoo, ugly, come see, I’ve found something incredible," excited calls came from Gold Eater Worm within the mist of Jiao Breath.

This part of the cave in the southwest, compared to the earlier cave that held dozens of people, was much more spacious. Aside from the earlier unconscious mother and child, Ah Chu, there was also a huge Stone Coffin occupying almost half of the cave space.

The continuous flow of Jiao Breath was emanating from beside the Stone Coffin.

"I knew there was a reason for the Jiao Breath," Gold Eater Worm continuously flapped its wings around the northeast corner of the Stone Coffin, its chrysanthemum birthmark shining brightly.

Near the stone coffin, an inconspicuous pale gray flower under the bright Blue Snow Candle seemed especially unnoticeable.

This was a small flower with only three petals, about the size of a finger, almost the same color as the dusty gray of the rocks on the ground, with slender leaves like willows.

The petals, one on top and two below, looked like a wide-open dragon’s mouth, occasionally emitting colorful Jiao Breath from its mouth.

"This is the Jiao Breath Flower, a strange flower that blooms year-round beside the Jiao dragon’s den. It is said that after staying with the Jiao dragon for a long time and being influenced by the Jiao Breath, it emits a fragrance identical to that of Jiao Breath." How could Gold Eater Worm not be excited?

It was just a little Divine Worm waiting to grow up, and that idiot Ugly actually wanted to take it to find some Jiao dragon.

If there really was a Jiao dragon, a mere opening of its mouth could swallow a hundred and eighty of them.

Now discovering that these so-called Jiao Breaths were emitted by this inconspicuous flower means there’s no Jiao dragon in this cave at all. That so-called Evil Jiao had died clean generations ago.

Yue Jinghua glanced at the stone coffin; there was no movement from the coffin, so she took out her Desire Gourd and collected the Jiao Breath Flower inside.

The fog inside the cave immediately disappeared, leaving only the still unconscious mother and child, and the silent giant stone coffin.

This stone coffin was large, seeming to be carved from a large piece of Crystal Stone, about half the size of a swimming pool, suggesting that the Evil Jiao that once roamed around Kalan Peak was very huge.

Yue Jinghua pushed the lid of the stone coffin, finding, as Nan Muyu had said, that it was very difficult to move with just her strength.

"There seems to be no signs of life in the coffin," Yue Jinghua thought. Apart from rescuing the villagers, her purpose for entering Kalan Peak was to find the Holy Pill said to be in the body of the legendary Evil Jiao.

Even though this Evil Jiao had not reached the Holy-grade, a High-level spirit core formed by the Jiao Clan could help Little Qingpu detoxify better.

Yue Jinghua carefully observed the stone coffin, noticing that its surface was engraved with lots of strange characters, which looked like spells.

"It seems that this stone coffin must have been left by the warrior who slew the Jiao. Ancestors’ relics should not be disturbed, but as saving lives is urgent like fighting a fire, I can only apologise for the offense," Yue Jinghua leapt onto the stone coffin, her eyes bright and shining, drawing out her Lianyun Great Sword.

Her gaze sharply intensified, and in the gemstone on the Lianyun Great Sword, light continuously flickered—a sign that she was about to use the Sky-Splitting Style.

"Awooo, Ugly, you are going to split open this coffin," Gold Eater Worm shouted from the side.

All of a sudden, Yue Jinghua’s entire body was ablaze with Yaksha Killing Flames, as bright as fire, with the Lianyun Great Sword in her hand, she swiftly slashed downwards.

This move, named Sky-Splitting, truly seemed to engulf mountains and rivers; the entire cave seemed to tremble as if shaken.

With a loud "boom," a clearly visible sword mark appeared on the stone coffin that had been silent for thousands of years, and it was finally opened.