True Martial World - Chapter 1290

Chapter 1290

"Peng!"

Cang Wu's lifeless body dropped listlessly to the bottom of the bronze cauldron .

Yi Yun also descended and with a beckon of his hand, Cang Wu's interspatial ring flew to him . Yi Yun was rather interested in Cang Wu's possessions .

Other than that, Yi Yun also saw a jar beside Cang Wu's hand . It was blackish-green in color and looked like a piece of inferior-grade pottery made by ordinary commoners . It appeared inconspicuous .

Yi Yun held the jar in hand and found it very heavy . The small jar seemed to weigh more than fifty kilograms . There were engraved patterns on the side of the jar that resembled a swimming fish circling around an eye .

Yi Yun turned his head and saw that the Poison Demon was still in the sky .

It had bared its fangs and flashed its claws previously . Now, it was barely holding up under Ling Xie'er's relentless assault . Cang Wu's death had not hurt it in any way .

When it noticed that Yi Yun was looking at him and that his master was dead, coupled with the adorable little girl who was oddly as mighty as a tiger, the Poison Demon felt despair . It desperately tried to escape but the Ascending Dragon Cauldron was sealed shut . Its interior could fit a ten-thousand-meter mountain but with the jar in Yi Yun's hand, where else could it escape to?

"Xie'er, hold on a minute," Yi Yun said . Xie'er immediately stopped her attacks . Once the boisterous Heretical Fire retreated, the Poison Demon's true body was revealed . It had been charred black in several spots and looked miserable .

"Come down here!" Yi Yun commanded .

Poison Demon seemed to have an idea as it roared a few times, acting as though it did not understand human speech .

"Brother Yi Yun wants you down there . Did you not hear him?" Ling Xie'er's tiny face turned sullen as the Heretical God Fire Seed blazed in her hand and slowly crept towards Poison Demon .

Poison Demon was truly afraid as it hurriedly said, "Don't do it! Don't! I'm going down right now!"

As Poison Demon spoke, its body shrunk into the shape of a black tiger as it landed in front of Yi Yun .

It was many times bigger than an ordinary tiger . Although it looked ferocious, it had a crafty pair of eyes . It was a little afraid of Yi Yun, and it was secretly staring at the jar in Yi Yun's hand .

Yi Yun played with the jar . He sensed that the earthen jar was something extraordinary . It was definitely a huge opportunity for Cang Wu to receive it .

"What is your origin?" Yi Yun asked Poison Demon .

"You could say that I do not have any origins . I'm just a jar of poison that gained sentience . "

Poison Demon gave a simple answer . Its voice was strange, bright but deep . It seemed to echo in the ears like metal colliding .

"In that case, you are useless . Xie'er, burn it!"

Yi Yun sealed the earthen jar's lid shut and beckoned to Xie'er .

"Alright, Brother Yi Yun . " Xie'er was not vague at all . She would set anyone ablaze if it was what Yi Yun wanted .

"Wait! Wait!" Poison Demon jumped in fright as it hurriedly said, "No, you will regret it if you do something like that . "

"You are terribly weak and you do not have any spectacular origins . What's there to regret?" Yi Yun said nonchalantly .

Poison Demon turned depressed upon hearing that . "Human, you call me weak? It's only because that lass is too powerful! Besides, fire counters poison, to begin with . Even I was almost burnt to nothing . If it were any ordinary poisonous entity, they would have been burned to nothingness by that monstrous lass . "

Poison Demon felt disgruntled . Yi Yun smiled faintly . What he said was entirely true . Fire was strong against poison and the Heretical God Fire Seed's origins were terrifying . Even the Empyrean Cleansing Flame had been devoured by it . For Poison Demon to last that long in a battle with Ling Xie'er was actually an impressive feat .

Yi Yun examined the earthen jar in his hand again . The eye that was surrounded by the fish captured his attention . The more he looked at it, the more terrifying it appeared . It seemed to be an infinite abyss that could suck in a human’s soul .

"A word of caution, don't look at it for too long," said Poison Demon suddenly . "That pattern is extremely malevolent . Look at it for too long, and your soul will be damaged . You’ll find your mind and soul getting stuck in it, losing yourself in the process . "

"Oh? So… you were not a part of this earthen jar originally?" Yi Yun looked at Poison Demon . If Poison Demon was one with the jar, it would have been under Poison Demon's control . It wouldn't necessitate such a warning .

"Since you are so informed, do you know the origins of this jar?" asked Yi Yun again .

Poison Demon was taken aback . It never expected that a passing comment would allow Yi Yun to infer this much . It was indeed not related to the jar . "Since it was a vessel for my esteemed self, I naturally understand it a little . "

"Did I ask you about your origins?"

Yi Yun pursued the issue . Poison Demon did not seem willing to mention the origins of the jar . It hesitated, not saying a word . Yi Yun frowned . "There is a limit to my patience . "

Poison Demon finally gave up and said, "It's actually an urn for ashes…"

"Ashes?"

Yi Yun was surprised . He never expected that the jar was for storing ashes . Despite the extraordinary intricacies of the jar, it was used to store ashes . Yi Yun could not say who would go to that much trouble .

"Do you know its owner?"

"That I'm truly unsure of . " Poison Demon shook his head .

"Then, how did you enter the jar?" Yi Yun asked again . If the urn had been placed in a mighty figure's grave, it would have been sealed . It wouldn't be easy to enter the urn at all .

"I was inside it, to begin with . The mighty figure who originally owned it died in battle . The person that fought him was even more powerful and was skilled in the art of Great Poison . After the mighty figure died, he was cremated but traces of the poison were left in his ashes . After a long period of time, the poison gained sentience and I was born . "

Poison Demon explained its origins without missing a beat . It was unwilling to mention it as it seemed inglorious to be born from an urn of ashes . Back when it told Cang Wu of its origins, his account was that he was formerly a Godly Monarch .

But in front of Yi Yun, it finally decided to give an honest account . Bragging could end its life .

"To think he was poisoned to death…"

Yi Yun gasped lightly . He never expected Poison Demon to have such origins . A mighty figure that used such an urn would have an extraordinary background . An existence that could kill him would only be more terrifying .

It was hard to imagine the existence that was capable of using the art of Great Poison . After the mighty figure had been poisoned to death, he was cremated . The flames that could cremate such a mighty figure's corpse had to be some extraordinary fire . Yet, the poison was not burned away and lived on in the ashes . It even managed to gain sentience after hundreds of millions of years .

"Do you know who the person that used the art of Great Poison was?" asked Yi Yun . He knew that poison was not limited to poison from plants or animals . The art of Great Poison was recorded in the divine alchemist's notes . When a world, or even the universe, was on the cusp of destruction, there would be the emergence of Apocalyptic Fumes . Apocalyptic Fumes were actually a form of poison that could corrode a world .

Poison Demon shook its head and said, "I do not know . Before I gained sentience, I was always in a primordial state of chaos . I do not remember those events in detail…"