Chapter 1248
Langhuan Secret Realm 4
Chapter 1248 Langhuan Secret Realm 4
Dugu Ye did not deliberately lower his voice. His words successfully stopped Cui Ying's attack. The other three also turned their gazes to Dugu Ye, seemingly wanting to know if what he said was true.
Dugu Ye was somewhat annoyed and said coldly:
"I am a ghost immortal, how could I mistake the soul weapon of the Demon Emperor of the Demon Realm?"
After saying that, he turned and left, not wanting to stay a moment longer. This time, Cuiying did not stop him. The remaining three looked at each other and turned their gaze back to the frozen lake.
Di Fei held the "ghost ball" in her palm, revealing a threatening sneer.
This was indeed a reward from the Ghost Emperor of the Demon Realm. Originally, she did not intend to take it out, but these people were persistent and insisted on staying here. In addition, she could not reveal her true identity, so she used the "Ghost Craft Ball". Fortunately, Dugu Ye did not disappoint her and recognized the origin of this soul weapon.
She simply revealed a set of neat, white teeth, saying nothing, letting these people fill in the blanks themselves, making them wary, thus achieving the effect of speaking louder than words.
Di Fei intimidated the remaining four people with a single soul artifact, while the Xuanwu in the lake finally managed to climb ashore after nine cycles of freezing and thawing.
But the green snake coiled around the tortoise shell was in a worse situation. Almost all of its green scales had fallen off, and its breath was becoming weaker and weaker. It could no longer even flick its tail and was clinging to the tortoise shell, barely clinging to life.
An aged voice rang in Yunxi's ear:
"Fairy, please have mercy. Green Fragrance did not do it intentionally; she had no choice."
Yunxi raised an eyebrow and said in a calm tone:
"Can being powerless allow one to devour divine souls? Can being powerless allow one to nurture fragments of evil artifacts?"
Yunxi's words received no response, only a long sigh.
With a thought, Yunxi intensified the burning power of the Xuanlei Purple Flame, determined to remove the fragment of the evil artifact from the green snake's body. This was something Ziyan discovered after entering the snake's body, because the fragment was wrapped in layers of divine soul power, so Yunxi did not see through it at first.
It was when the purple smoke entered the snake's body and darted around that it discovered the spot at the snake's seven-inch mark. While transmitting the message to its master, it increased the intensity of the burning, focusing its attention on the snake's seven-inch mark and causing the green snake excruciating pain.
With each layer of soul power burned away by the purple smoke, the outline of the fragment became clearer, and the evil energy slowly emanated, arousing the purple smoke's instinct to fight against the evil energy. Yunxi's lightning-type immortal energy also dissipated even faster.
When the two sides reached a stalemate, the tortoise finally spoke:
"Fairy, please spare Lü Fu's life. I am willing to exchange my inner core for it."
This surprised Yunxi somewhat. She said calmly:
"Are you sure? Once you hand over your inner core, you'll be just an ordinary turtle."
The aged voice was filled with helplessness and reluctance:
"I am certain that Green Fragrance has been with me for tens of thousands of years. I was seriously injured after the great battle between good and evil, so I came here to recuperate. I just didn't expect that Green Fragrance would accidentally swallow a fragment of an evil artifact in order to help me recover, which led to this terrible mistake. When I regained consciousness, it was too late to stop her."
"A mistake is a mistake. I don't want Green Fragrance to become a stepping stone for the resurrection of the evil god, nor do I want to perish together with the fragments of the evil artifact. This is the best choice."
A glint of malice flashed in Yunxi's eyes before she spoke in a deep voice:
"You old codger, you're really good at scheming. Your inner core has been tainted by evil energy. In order to escape the fate of being corrupted, you chose to cut off your own lifeline and give up your inner core in exchange for a chance to start over. Don't make it sound so high-sounding."
"Little fairy, since you already know, there's no point in hiding anything. Only you can remove the fragments of the evil artifact from Green Fragrance's body, and the strange fire can dispel the evil energy in her inner core. Are you willing to accept this deal?" Yun Xi raised an eyebrow and asked.
"In that case, why not use something else as a trade? Let my strange fire remove the evil energy from your inner core, so you can at least maintain your current cultivation level."
"It's no use. Green Fragrance and I are one. Only when we unite can we activate the bloodline of the divine beast Xuanwu. Her inner core has already been refined by the fragments of the evil artifact. If the fragments are not removed, it will be useless even if I give her the inner core."
After the fairy takes the fragment, Green Lotus will become an ordinary snake, unable to withstand my inner core. It's better to start cultivating from scratch; ten thousand years later, we'll still have a chance to awaken our divine beast bloodline.
Yunxi pondered for a moment and realized that what the tortoise said made sense, so she smiled and said:
"Okay, I accept your offer."
The tortoise breathed a sigh of relief and began to use telepathy to persuade the dying Green Fragrance.
A moment later, Lü Fu gave up struggling. Yun Xi moved her divine sense, and purple smoke instantly enveloped the fragment of the evil artifact, beginning to separate it from the snake's seven-inch mark.
Although Lv Fu knew that what she was doing was the right thing to do, the fragments leaving her body felt like they were cutting her flesh. The pain made her unconsciously tremble, and her consciousness slowly became blurred.
The moment the fragment of the evil artifact left the body, it was enveloped in purple smoke and flew towards Yunxi's palm, while faint green light spots escaped from the snake's body, as if it would dissipate into the world in the next instant.
Yunxi looked at the tortoise and calmly said:
Give me your inner core.
The tortoise opened its mouth and spat out a white inner core. Yunxi absorbed it into her palm and scanned it with her divine sense, discovering that there was black evil energy flowing within the inner core. This was the main reason why the tortoise gave up the inner core.
He couldn't expel the evil energy, and to prevent Lü Fu from becoming completely corrupted, he kept consuming his inner core to maintain his consciousness. Once the evil energy gained the upper hand, he would also become corrupted. If Yun Xi and the others didn't come, the tortoise probably wouldn't be able to hold on for long.
"Fairy, quickly save Lv Fu!"
Because it lost its inner core, the turtle's body was slowly shrinking and it could no longer maintain its original shape, but it still remembered to remind Yunxi.
Yunxi communicated with the Seven Star Deadly Staff in her dantian, mobilized the seven wood spirit beads on the staff, and injected the wood-type immortal energy that could repair all things into Lü Fu's body, pulling her back from the brink of death.
Green Fragrance's seven-inch spot slowly healed, and its body shrank like a turtle's, growing new scales.
Half an hour later, both the turtle and the green snake reverted to their juvenile forms, but they remained tightly intertwined. The turtle carried the green snake step by step toward the forest by the lake, and finally disappeared without a trace.
Yunxi drew a sealing divine rune in mid-air. In addition to the lightning-type immortal energy, she also infused it with her own bloodline power and merit power. After sealing the fragment of the evil artifact, she threw it into the Spirit-Sealing Box and put it into her storage bracelet.
Only then did he toss the tortoise's inner core to Ziyan, letting her slowly burn and refine the evil energy within. He then turned to Difei's side and said with a smile:
"Bai Mei, after I refine the evil energy in the inner core, I will give you that water-type inner core, which should help you break through."
Di Fei said with a radiant smile:
"Thank you, sister. Next time you find something good, you can pick first."
After saying that, he put away the "Ghost Craft Ball" and left the lake with Yunxi. After the two left, the lake thawed instantly and returned to its original state.
Meanwhile, Cuiying, Huawu, Yuxingchi, and Wushen on the shore all turned their gazes to the two of them, looking as if they wanted to say something but hesitated.