Junior Sister, I Really Have to Control You

Chapter 73: Chapter 46: Ancient Cultivator’s Sacrificial Spirit, Ancient Method Inheritance

However, because the Spirit Beast Egg’s shell isolated the inside from the outside, Li Yinsheng couldn’t smell a thing. The result would have been the same for any other Daoist. Naturally, he had assumed his junior sister’s intense craving for food was causing her to hallucinate.

But looking at it now...

He looked at Mu Xiaoyu with a hint of suspicion. ”Junior Sister, are you sure there really is a peach blossom fragrance? You’re not imagining it?”

”Yes! It’s real, I’m not imagining it.” Mu Xiaoyu nodded earnestly. ”From a distance, I wasn’t entirely sure, but up close, the peach blossom scent is very strong.”

Li Yinsheng pondered for a moment before speaking. ”In that case, Junior Sister, come with me to a certain place.”

A moment later, Li Yinsheng and Mu Xiaoyu descended from the sky above a dense forest.

The vegetation here was far more lush than the place he had taken her to previously; the wild grass already reached Mu Xiaoyu’s waist. This was where the Python had originally been slumbering. It was here that Li Yinsheng had lured it out using his junior sister’s human scent.

The moment her feet touched the ground, Mu Xiaoyu’s nose twitched. ”Senior Brother, there’s a peach blossom scent here too. It’s the exact same fragrance as the one on the stone.”

”Can you tell where it’s coming from?” Li Yinsheng asked.

Mu Xiaoyu turned around a few times, sniffing the air, and nodded. ”The scent is very faint, but it should be coming from that direction.” She pointed deeper into the dense forest.

”You lead the way. I’ll follow and clear a path for you,” Li Yinsheng said. He summoned his Brass Incense Burner. A plume of yellow smoke billowed out, transforming into whirling blades that orbited Mu Xiaoyu. As she walked toward the peach blossom scent, the smoke blades seamlessly severed the weeds and foliage in her path.

About fifteen minutes later, Mu Xiaoyu led Li Yinsheng to the edge of a small stream.

Beyond the stream drifted a thick, white mist. Within a dozen paces of the mist’s edge lay nothing but barren earth and scattered rocks; not a single blade of grass grew there. Li Yinsheng extended his Divine Sense to probe the area, then used his Magical Power to draw out a wisp of the white mist for closer inspection.

”It’s a poisonous miasma, and an extremely potent one at that.” He frowned slightly.

The miasma didn’t cover a large area, and surprisingly, it possessed a slight isolating effect on Divine Sense—much like the Black Stone. Because of this, he hadn’t noticed this place during his previous sweeps of the mountain. Now examining it up close, he realized just how formidable this miasma was. While it posed no threat to a Daoist, anyone without sixty or seventy years of Cultivation would likely find it difficult to resist its corruption for very long. However, the toxic fog was incredibly dense and did not disperse outward. As long as one didn’t enter it or get too close, even mortals would be safe.

”The peach blossom scent is coming from inside. It’s getting stronger now... it smells so good...” Mu Xiaoyu took two steps forward, entering within ten feet of the dense white mist.

Li Yinsheng was just about to warn her not to go any further when he made a startling discovery: as she approached, the closest edge of the poisonous miasma parted on its own.

Mu Xiaoyu noticed the change as well. She had originally intended to stop after just a couple of steps. Seeing the barren landscape devoid of vegetation around the white mist made it look incredibly dangerous. Yet now, she froze in surprise.

Li Yinsheng’s gaze fell onto the Black Stone that Mu Xiaoyu had been tightly clutching in her hand. ”Junior Sister, try holding the Black Stone up and pointing it forward,” he instructed.

Mu Xiaoyu raised the Black Stone, and the poisonous white mist in front of her parted even wider.

”Just as I thought. This Black Stone has the ability to repel the miasma.” After a moment’s thought, Li Yinsheng walked over and patted her on the shoulder. ”Let’s go. We’ll head inside together and see what’s there. Keep following the scent of the peach blossoms.”