Chapter 1251: I Was Afraid I Might Accidentally Kill You
If Sunlao Taijun was faring this poorly, Old Man of Zhi could only do worse. The moment the Earthly Sovereign Bell rang, nearly every single one of his insects and zhis had disintegrated into ash. Frightened, Old Man of Zhi hurriedly returned to his human form while producing a censer. When the censer tipped over, what looked like incense ash poured down from the sky like a massive waterfall. It looked quite impressive.
The “incense ash” wasn’t really incense ash, however. It was a kind of ash Old Man of Zhi had created from burning his insects and zhis. Not only was it extremely poisonous, it could bewitch and confuse the mind as well.
While the Taoist of Sleep and the others were blinded and confused by the ash, Old Man of Zhi tried to execute his movement art and escape the mountain.
Alas, the profound light caught up to him the next moment and pinned him in place. He wasn’t completely helpless, but took an insane amount of time and effort just to take a single step. His mind was blank and frozen as well.
On the other hand, the Taoist of Sleep his two helpers were perfectly fine. In fact, they felt warm and invigorated as their polluted bodies rapidly recovered from the damage they took from Sunlao Taijun’s power of decline and decay.
There were two reasons. One, the martial arts they practiced were orthodox and upright and so were naturally compatible with the Earthly Sovereign Bell’s power. Two, Ye Qing intentionally made it so that its power would heal them.
As his cultivation level increased, and the Earthly Sovereign Bell regained its former power, his control over the Strange Artifact had become finer as well.
“That’s right. This is the Earthly Sovereign Bell all of you so desire!”
Ye Qing beckoned, and the Earthly Sovereign Bell fell from the sky and landed squarely in Ye Qing’s hand.
The Earthly Sovereign Bell’s light didn’t dim despite this. In fact, it grew brighter and brighter until Ye Qing looked like the sun itself. It made him look like some sort of divine being as dazzling, dark yellow light centered around his body.
A divine being with the sun in his hand, and the power to cower all evils and monsters.