Chapter 795: The Power of Three Yangs

The snake demon couldn't understand how the other party found her; her hiding place was extremely secret and untraceable.

"Huh? What place did I find?" Xiantian Daoist looked bewildered by the snake demon's question. If he had found the place, would he still be asking for directions?

Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou, hidden in the shadows, exchanged glances. How did they end up directly at the enemy's lair without any apparent process?

All four people present were bewildered.

"Little cultivator, come play with me," the snake demon said, her smooth white hair flowing, her eyes alluring, as she exhaled a delicate fragrance and beckoned Xiantian Daoist with a finger.

The snake demon was very confident in herself; she was beautiful, and with her captivating charm, she believed no Foundation Establishment cultivator could resist such temptation.

She could tell that he was merely a newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator, and a handsome one at that, perfect to be kept as a male concubine.

The snake demon's charm was exceptionally potent; even Xiantian Daoist nearly succumbed. However, as a dignified grand cultivator of the Integration stage who had dispersed his cultivation to restart, he possessed his own methods for countering charm techniques.

"Eyes of Time!" He wiped his eyes and was immediately unaffected by the charm. "What are the Eyes of Time?" Lu Yang was puzzled. Although he had never heard of it, the name suggested a connection to time. Could it be eyes that could foresee the future and anticipate an opponent's movements?

Meng Jingzhou shook his head, having never heard of it either. Lu Yang had to ask Immortal Buxiu, who, as expected, knew.

Immortal Buxiu’s expression was uncharacteristically serious: "This is a type of eye related to time. It allows you to see what the other person will look like when they are old."

Lu Yang was speechless.

"Can you do that, Immortal?"

Lu Yang thought for a moment, concluding that while the effect of this move was hard to describe, it could indeed resist charm techniques.

"No, I can't, and don't bother learning it," Immortal Buxiu refused bluntly.

Xiantian Daoist flipped his palm, revealing a small golden seal inscribed with the four characters "Xiantian Dao Inquiry."

This was his Natal Artifact, originally an Integration-level artifact. Given that his current cultivation couldn't fully activate it, he had sealed most of its functions, suppressing it to a level he could control.

"Go!" Xiantian Daoist shouted, throwing the small seal at the snake demon.

The small seal shimmered with golden light, momentarily disorienting the snake demon. She tried to twist her waist to dodge but was a beat too slow, grazing her waist and leaving a large gash from which demon blood flowed freely.

"Human cultivator, you seek death!"

The snake demon used her bloodline power to temporarily stop the bleeding, but the wound did not fully heal.

She transformed, becoming a white giant python as thick as a bowl, her fangs venomous. She opened her gaping maw and lunged at Xiantian Daoist.

"Just a newly established Foundation Establishment cultivator, daring to come alone!" The snake demon's expression turned venomous. Since he refused to be a male concubine, she would make sure he stayed!

Xiantian Daoist, with his extensive combat experience, calmly took a large step back. The spot where he had been standing was now a large pit blasted by the snake demon. Through their brief exchange, he determined that his opponent was at the early Golden Core stage. Seeing that the snake demon still intended to bite him, Xiantian Daoist formed a hand seal with his right hand. The Xiantian Dao Inquiry Seal enlarged and became lodged in the snake demon's mouth.

"Demon Subduing Talisman!"

He joined two fingers and quickly drew a talisman in the air, striking it on the snake demon's vital point. The snake demon would have screamed in pain, but her mouth was blocked by the Xiantian Dao Inquiry Seal, preventing her from making a sound.

"Shuang'er, I'm here to help you!"

A soft shout echoed from deep within the cave. It was another transformed snake demon, and she looked exactly like the one currently before him.

"Twins?" Xiantian Daoist hadn't expected an accomplice, especially one also at the early Golden Core stage.

"For us sisters to be found even while hiding here, it seems you have some skill," one said. "You should stay and enjoy yourselves with us!"

"Your hiding place is so obvious, yet you blame me for finding you?" Xiantian Daoist finally understood. These two snake demons were the targets of his mission, and the sturdy young men sprawled on the ground were the missing people from Wangjia Village.

The question was, for a place he could find just by walking around, why did the two sisters believe it was well-hidden?

The older snake demon forcefully slapped the snake demon named Shuang'er, compelling her to spit out the seal.

The older snake demon also transformed into a white giant python. With a telepathic connection, the snake demon sisters attacked simultaneously, circling Xiantian Daoist.

Xiantian Daoist tried to break through the encirclement multiple times, but all his attacks were deflected by the smooth snake scales. Even he himself was almost entangled several times.

He no longer aimed for their vital points, knowing the sisters were already prepared and it would be futile. Taking them by surprise, Xiantian Daoist held the seal and struck a palm towards the snake demon Shuang'er's dantian.

This is a common combat technique among Golden Core cultivators, known as "Shaking Golden Core." It can cause the Golden Core to waver, temporarily severing its connection with the body and thus exposing a weakness.

"Ah, you can fight like that?" Lu Yang was greatly surprised. Why had no one taught him how to fight Golden Core cultivators in this manner?

If not for Immortal Buxiu explaining, he would not have known about the "Shaking Golden Core" method.

Immortal Buxiu rolled her eyes: "How many of your opponents have actually been at the Golden Core stage?"

Lu Yang pondered for a moment; it seemed he genuinely hadn't fought many Golden Core cultivators.

"No, wait," he corrected himself, "when I was at the late Foundation Establishment stage, I fought a group of Golden Core demonic beasts in the border forest!"

Those were groups of Golden Core demonic beasts, yet Immortal Buxiu had never mentioned the Shaking Golden Core method.

Immortal Buxiu waved her hand, an expression of concern for Lu Yang on her face. "Shaking Golden Core is a tricky combat technique. If you fight this way, you won't cultivate an invincible momentum, let alone an invincible core."

"I'm not really pursuing an invincible core anyway," he mumbled.

Although the snake demon sisters were caught off guard by the Shaking Golden Core, they were not novice cultivators. They quickly stabilized their dantians, preventing Xiantian Daoist from launching another sneak attack.

The snake demon Shuang'er suddenly spun, then abruptly extended her tail, attempting to strike Xiantian Daoist. Xiantian Daoist, having anticipated this, leaped upwards to dodge the blow.

But what he didn't expect was that while he was suspended in mid-air and unable to move from his jump, the older snake demon also extended her tail and struck Xiantian Daoist.

*Thud!*

Xiantian Daoist was sent sprawling against the stone wall, emerging disheveled and covered in dust.

If it were a one-on-one fight, Xiantian Daoist would not fear any demon. However, with the two demons working together, especially as telepathically connected sisters, he was constantly at a disadvantage.

Several gashes appeared on Xiantian Daoist's body. He tried multiple times to leave the cave and fight in an open area, but the snake demon sisters blocked his path each time.

*Pant, pant—*

Xiantian Daoist, breathing heavily, put some distance between himself and the snake demon sisters. It seemed it would be difficult to win relying solely on his current abilities.

From his pocket, he pulled out an elixir that emanated warmth – it was precisely the Three Yang Power Elixir, which he had exchanged for with one hundred contribution points!

He quickly swallowed the elixir, and a warm current immediately flowed through his body, filling his limbs and bones.

"It really works," he thought, overjoyed, feeling an endless surge of power emerging within his body.

But then, to his utter surprise, Xiantian Daoist immediately lost this power. The warm current flowed out of his body along his limbs, dripping onto the ground and forming a large array.

Above the large array, thick smoke rose, and two faint figures appeared within it. As the smoke dispersed, the two figures revealed their true forms: Lu Yang and Meng Jingzhou.

"Grand Patriarch, were you looking for us?" Lu Yang feigned ignorance of the situation, his eyes wide with confusion. Meng Jingzhou, equally feigning ignorance, had a clear gaze.

"How are you two here, and where is my Three Yang Power?" Xiantian Daoist asked, greatly surprised. How could eating an elixir produce two people?

"We are the ones," Lu Yang replied.

Lu Yang pointed to himself: "I am One Yang."

Then he pointed to Meng Jingzhou beside him: "He has two Pure Yang Nascent Souls, so he is Two Yang."