Quick Wear Beauty

Chapter 1290 The Mermaid: Her Beauty Shine Like the Tide (26)

"No need, thank you. I am just a lingering obsession; my true soul dissipated eighty years ago."

The phantom of Huang Ling gradually transformed into specks of starlight, drifting towards the phoenix egg, until finally only a gentle voice echoed in the air:

"Girl, live well, and watch Yu Yu spread her wings and fly high for me."

As the sparks faded, only Li Guang and the phoenix egg in her arms remained in the cave. The red light on the egg flickered a few times, and Yu Yu gently nuzzled her cheek, saying in a childish voice, "Waaaaah... Sister, Mother can't stay with Yu Yu anymore."

Li Guang hugged the phoenix egg tightly, her eyes feeling hot.

"Don't worry, senior," she said softly, as if to Huang Ling, but also as if to herself, "I will take good care of Yu Yu."

The phoenix egg in her arms swayed gently, as if in response to her.

At this moment, a "crack" sound suddenly came from the top of the cave, and the fiery red rock layer above became transparent at a speed visible to the naked eye—that was the isolation barrier maintained by the remnant soul of the Phoenix Spirit collapsing.

"Sister, there are so many people up there!" Yu Yu's voice was timid, and the red light on the eggshell flickered rapidly.

Li Guang looked up and could vaguely see figures moving around at the cave entrance. The crisp sounds of clashing weapons and excited shouts seeped down from the cracks in the rock: "The barrier is broken! Go down quickly! There must be a great treasure!"

She dared not delay and quickly placed the phoenix egg into the jade pendant space left by Huang Ling—the jade pendant was warm to the touch and still retained a faint warmth.

After storing everything in the cave into her spatial storage, leaving not even a single stone behind, she took out a teleportation talisman from her pocket.

As spiritual energy flowed into his fingertips, the talisman instantly ignited with a pale blue light, and intricate spatial patterns appeared in the air.

The rock strata at the top of the cave completely shattered, and rubble fell like rain as several figures peered inside.

The teleportation talisman suddenly burst forth with light, enveloping Li Guang's figure within it.

After the monks rappelled down a thousand meters from the cave entrance to the bottom, they were greatly disappointed by the sight before them.

"Where is the phoenix? Where is the treasure?"

"Who took it?"

"Damn it, I'm late!"

A group of people roared as they probed the bottom of the cave, only to find it completely empty, without even a single rock in sight.

"A teleportation talisman! This person used a teleportation talisman!" Another cultivator picked up the fragment of the talisman from the ground, his face ashen. "The space in this secret realm is unstable; the landing point of a thousand-mile teleportation talisman is impossible to track!"

The group searched the cave, but found nothing.

"Damn it! What a waste of time!" The red-robed whip-wielder lashed the stone wall, leaving a deep crack. "That person must have obtained a valuable treasure, otherwise why would he be in such a hurry to run away!"

"Search! Search thoroughly! Even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must find a clue!" someone roared unwillingly.

But there was nothing else in the cave.

After struggling for half an hour, everyone could only leave cursing and swearing, feeling unwilling but helpless.

At that moment, Li Guang staggered into a dense bamboo forest. The vibrations from the teleportation talisman caused her blood to surge, and she coughed a few times, clutching her chest, as soon as she regained her footing.

"This is...Mist Bamboo Plain?" She looked up and surveyed her surroundings. She saw a dense bamboo forest with a faint glow on the bamboo joints, which was the place where the Soul-Devouring Ants had appeared, as mentioned by Shen Ci.

As soon as she stepped into the Fog Bamboo Plain, the decaying leaves beneath her feet stirred—a dense swarm of spirit-devouring ants emerged from the cracks in the soil, their metallic shells gleaming coldly in the sunlight, heading straight for her.

"Tsk, troublesome." She cursed under her breath and quickly crushed a fire talisman.

The flames exploded, burning the front ant colony to death, but failed to stop the subsequent ant swarm.

These creatures devour spiritual energy, and near their nests grows Spirit Rhinoceros Grass, an excellent material for alchemy, one of whose uses is to quickly restore spiritual energy. Spirit Rhinoceros Grass is also essential food for Yu Yu in the early stages of hatching.

Li Guang jumped onto a tree branch, dealing with the Soul-Eating Ants while picking Spirit Rhinoceros Grass.

After picking dozens of *Lingxi Grass* plants, the ant swarm behind her relentlessly pursued her.

"Sister, you should quickly go into the space and hide."

Yu Yu felt both touched and worried as she sensed the scent of the Spirit Rhinoceros Grass beside her.