Chapter 1238
Tempering the Body with Different Flames
Chapter 1238 Tempering the Body with Different Flames
After hearing Ranxi's explanation, Yuekou rolled her eyes inwardly. She hated dealing with people who were cunning and meticulous in their speech and actions.
Now that Ranxi had used a tactic of retreat to advance, she had even less grounds to blame the other party, since the other party had also taken a great risk. So she simply said:
"Forget it, there's no point in talking about this now. As long as the result is good, that's all that matters. I just think you're too bold. These decisions clearly have an element of gambling. What if you lose one day?"
She was genuinely curious, which is why she asked.
After thinking about it carefully, Yunxi replied:
"What Lady Yuekou reminds me is that some things are indeed not worth gambling on. Since I have already gambled, I am willing to accept the consequences of losing."
Seeing that Yunxi was speaking seriously, Yuekou knew that she had indeed come up with the idea after careful consideration, so she stopped talking about it.
Baili Yanque, who was standing to the side, took a sip of tea before speaking:
"Ranxi, what are the chances of saving those immortals whose souls you forcibly extracted?"
Yunxi put down her teacup and said:
"As long as the black armor larvae are not completely fused with the soul, there is a chance to separate them. If the fusion time is not long and they can endure the pain of the strange fire burning their souls, they can be saved."
This time, Lord Baili opened his domain very quickly and even suppressed the adult insects inside Lady Qianji's body, leaving the black-armored larvae without a leader.
Complete fusion with the divine soul takes time. I followed your instructions and forcibly extracted the divine soul, which threw some of the evil insects into disarray, causing them to flee. Therefore, Di Fei and I killed another portion of the evil insects.
The remaining insects dared not easily leave the immortal's soul. I had already frozen them and sent them into the Soul-Gathering Mirror, waiting for the right time to peel the evil insects from the soul, giving them a glimmer of hope.
As for the physical body of the immortal from another realm, it was frozen and stored away by my beast pet. The physical body was undamaged, and the impact should be minimal after the soul returns to the body.
Difei and I have done our best to minimize the damage, but those immortals who were completely controlled by the evil insects and attacked Difei and me were still killed by us. There was no point in saving them.
Many immortals entered the Thousand Water Mountains for training, including ghost immortals and immortals from other domains. Even though they reacted quickly, some still fell for the trap and were quickly controlled by the evil insects. This showed that their Dao hearts were flawed, which gave the black beetle an opportunity. Therefore, she and Di Fei did not hesitate to take action.
Baili Yanque and Yuekou exchanged a glance, already knowing what they should do next.
Di Fei knew the three of them were in the side hall. After finishing her work, she came to pay her respects to the two Ghost Kings. Yun Xi made an excuse to leave and went to meet up with Bing Yi, Bai Hu and his wife, and Qian Xun.
The three of them also managed to get a separate courtyard to live in. When they saw Yunxi appear, they surrounded her and asked her with concern what had happened after they separated. They were all very saddened to learn that Qianji's cultivation had fallen back to the Xuan Gui Realm and that she had only survived because of it.
Chihiro sighed:
"That Ghost King is really unlucky. I don't know how long it will take for her to recover to her original level. Her descendants have really caused a lot of trouble."
Bai Qiao flicked her tail and said:
“Ghost cultivators are the ones who should least talk about bloodline inheritance. They have already abandoned their physical bodies and entered the Dao with their souls, so talking about inheritance is meaningless.”
Yunxi nodded in agreement:
"You're right, but it's clear that Qianji couldn't let go of these things, which is why she was successfully tricked by the evil immortal."
Yunxi meditated for a night, and the next day she sent Qianxun away to help Difei, while she left Bingyi and Baihu to protect her, as she wanted to remove the evil insects from Ye Yuchen's soul.
To avoid being disturbed, she released a protective energy shield to envelop her residence before releasing Ye Yuchen, who was frozen in the Soul-Gathering Mirror.
Seeing that the soul remained unchanged and had not completely merged with the black beetle, Yunxi exhaled a breath of turbid air before instructing Taixu to lift the ice seal. She then swiftly severed the wisp of soul attached to the black beetle with a Divine Soul Slash. The instant the black beetle separated from its body, the Xuanlei Ziyan, which had been poised to strike, rushed over, engulfing both the wisp of soul and the black beetle, and began to burn it.
The evil insect, having just regained its freedom, found itself surrounded by strange fire. It instinctively tried to draw soul power from the host, only to find itself detached from the host's soul. It screamed in shock and anger as it was instantly burned to ashes.
The moment Ye Yuchen regained consciousness, he saw the evil insects reduced to ashes. He steadied himself and respectfully bowed.
"Thank you for your help, Immortal Lord Ranxi, which allowed me to escape this calamity. If you ever need my help in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation."
“The evil insects in the Immortal Realm are even more troublesome, so I directly severed a wisp of your divine soul. After you return to the Medicine Immortal Sect, you should go into seclusion and rest for a while.”
Ye Yuchen had sensed it just now, and without guessing, he knew that the Immortal Lord was there to exterminate the evil insects, so he nodded decisively:
"Rest assured, Immortal Lord, this junior has taken note."
Yunxi continued:
"Although I have destroyed the evil insect, I am worried that it left behind evil energy in your body. To be on the safe side, I will use a strange fire to burn your soul. Can you withstand it?"
Ye Yuchen thought about it carefully and then agreed. After all, he had been controlled by Qian Sujin for so long, and he was worried that she might have left a backup plan when he was relaxed. To ensure that nothing went wrong, he mentally prepared himself before letting the Xuanlei Ziyan enter his body.
Zi Yan looked down on Ye Yuchen's soul, finding it loose and not solid at all. So he increased the burning temperature, determined to temper Ye Yuchen's soul. After all, the other party had an "innate Dao body," so it couldn't be too weak.
Ziyan was satisfied, but Ye Yuchen was in agony. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he cried out in pain. Ziyan said with great dissatisfaction:
"Stop yelling. The reason my master is so strong is that his soul has been tempered through countless trials. It's rare that my master is willing to expend immortal energy to help you temper your soul. You must seize such a good opportunity."
Although Ye Yuchen understood, the pain of the strange fire directly burning his soul still made him howl in agony, and he couldn't stop at all.
Yunxi's lips twitched. She hadn't intended for Ziyan to help Ye Yuchen temper his soul; she only wanted Ziyan to ensure there was no residual evil energy within his soul. She hadn't expected Ziyan to interfere, so she couldn't stop her and could only transmit her voice:
"Ziyan, take it easy. He's only at the Xuanxian realm, and he just had a wisp of his soul severed. Don't hurt him."
"Don't worry, Master, Ziyan knows how to act."
After making her promise, Zi Yan continued to burn Ye Yuchen's soul with undiminished intensity.
Having no other choice, Yunxi could only throw out an array plate, drawing in all the soul power from the City Lord's Mansion to supply Ye Yuchen, so that he could withstand the tempering of the purple smoke.
A night later, Ziyan returned to her dantian, satisfied. Ye Yuchen, having experienced the benefits of the strange fire tempering his soul after it left his body, also felt the loss of his divine soul. He excitedly cupped his hands in a salute:
"Thank you, Immortal Lord Ranxi."
Yunxi nodded with feigned profundity and released his physical body:
"Let's go back!"
Ye Yuchen bowed again, his soul transforming into a stream of light and returning to his physical body. A moment later, his eyelashes trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.
Good night~