All of the man-eating plants on the island instantly turned into scorched earth. The poisonous gas dispersed, and the culprit beast let out a barbequed smell.
Zhen Yuan was struck to the point where its four legs were facing the sky, revealing its white belly. Its gigantic figure shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye as well. In just a few moments, it was already the size of a regular puppy. Zhu Yao's strike was basically merciless, instantly shattering its inner core. Its cultivation would definitely fall.
Zhu Yao walked over. Its four paws twitched, flipping over. Trembling, it laid on the ground and begged for mercy. "Great deity, great deity, please spare my life. This little beast knows its wrongs, and will never dare to do it again. "
Zhu Yao frowned, and coldly said. "Where did you go wrong?"
"My … My mistake is …" Its figure trembled. "This little beast had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai, and offended great deity. Great deity, your fortune is as great as the heavens, please do not bicker with this little beast. Spare this little beast. "
It cried out loud, and its little body was even more so trembling like a leaf that was being blown by the wind. It was truly pitiful. Zhu Yao sighed. "I won't kill you."
Zhen Yuan was joyful. Raising its two grape-like black eyes, its face was filled with joy.
"But I can't let you go either!" Zhu Yao's tone changed, and Zhen Yuan's face paled.
"Zhen Yuan, you don't even know what you did wrong. What makes you think that your actions can be forgiven?"
"No, I … I really know my wrongs. I've repented. "It tried its best to explain.
Zhu Yao coldly laughed. "The only thing you regret is that the person you met was me. You only regret being caught by me. You only regret messing with me. However, I don't think there's anything wrong with you imprisoning the souls of these practitioners. "
"…" Zhen Yuan was stunned.
"If you truly repent, you wouldn't be begging me for mercy today." Zhu Yao said word by word. "That's why I can't forgive you. The reason why I won't kill you is because I don't have the authority to decide a person's life or death. You're a ninth-rank demonic beast, and you have already cultivated into a human form. You entered the world, and learned the way of humans. Yet, you forgot your purest heart. In order to cultivate, you fed on the life force of mortals. You are not really asking for forgiveness from me, but from all the people on this island who died because you sucked the life force out of them. If I spare you today, then the sin of killing these people will also be on me. I'm also a murderer who connived with you. "
Zhu Yao's expression turned cold. She instantly cast a mystic art, and a gigantic formation instantly enveloped the entire island. She slowly said. "Zhen Yuan, I won't kill you. But I will imprison you on this island forever. You will never see or touch anyone again. Just like the souls you've trapped. Only when you truly repent will you be able to transcend. "
"No …" He suddenly became agitated and struggled to crawl towards her. He couldn't see anyone and couldn't touch anyone. What was the difference between him and a ghost? "You can't do this to me. I really know that I was wrong. You … you clearly have an aura that beasts like. Shouldn't you be protecting me? Why … "
"Since you have the courage to make a mistake, you have to have the pressure to accept punishment?"
"Punishment. Why am I the only one being punished?" He began to shout with all his might. "I was able to stay here for more than a thousand years, so how could those human practitioners of the cultivation world not sense it? They were the ones who allowed me to do this. They were the ones who asked for it. It's basically not my fault alone …"
Zhu Yao did not waste her breath. The formation immediately descended, and Zhen Yuan instantly disappeared from the ground. Various runic characters floated in the air, and in less than a few moments, they disappeared without a trace.
Zhu Yao sighed. An unclear emotion rose in the depths of her heart, and she felt a little uncomfortable from the stuffiness. Perhaps, the demonic beasts she had met before were all too simple. They were either kind to her to the end, or extremely vicious to her.
They either wanted to eat her the moment they met, or they wanted to stick to her the moment they met. Hence, in her heart, demonic beasts were all simple and direct. There wouldn't be so many twists and turns.
However, Zhen Yuan was different. When it came to demonic beasts, its thoughts and actions were more like a human's. She had always felt it was strange. Why would a demonic beast like it be interested in the mystic artifacts and treasures of human practitioners? In the beginning, it simply wanted to snatch her mystic artifact, and it even used it as a gimmick to lure people into it.
She pondered.
Behind it, there was no lack of shadows of human practitioners. There was even a possibility that the various clans and sects were involved. Everyone knew that this region of the ocean was dangerous. However, this Treasure Gathering Pavilion had evidently existed in the cultivation world for a long time. Not just here, it most likely had branches in other places as well. Zhen Yuan merely snatched treasures, and then transferred them to other practitioners. It absorbed their life force, while various mystical treasures could be seen in the cultivation world.
Zhen Yuan was right. It was not that the human practitioners of the cultivation world did not know about all of this, they simply let it be. Everything was because of benefits. Zhen Yuan was in the wrong, and the other practitioners who made use of it, or even let it be, were similarly in the wrong as well.
Zhu Yao suddenly felt a little dismal. Clearly, these so-called practitioners were no different from ordinary people. Whether it was for fame, benefits, or cultivation, they fought to the death. However, because of the lofty title of deity practitioners, they seemed to have rationalized everything. They could do bad things with peace of mind, yet, they were still able to ascend to the Higher Realm, and attain eternal life.
Just what kind of world was this? This so-called Dao, what kind of Dao was it walking? Why was it that she could not see the slightest bit of positive energy, and only saw ugliness and destruction? Under such a deformed Dao, it was very normal for something like resentment to be produced.
Zhu Yao took a deep breath, and suppressed the feelings of disgust towards this world that were faintly rising from the depths of her heart. Circulating her spiritual energy, she formed hand seals, and chanted the Art of Rebirth.
A moment later, a large formation appeared in the sky above the island, emitting out an endless golden light. In less than an instant, rays of white light slowly rose from the ground, and began to rise towards the horizon. These were all the souls that Zhen Yuan had been trapped here for thousands of years. Though Zhen Yuan was sealed, and could no longer imprison them, most of the souls had been trapped here for too long, and could no longer enter the Underworld. Hence, she could only send them on their way.
The number of white lights increased, and like a meteor shower during the day, they slowly flew towards the sky, before disappearing in the end. The entire island was enveloped by this white light. After spending exactly half an hour, the last ray of light finally rose and disappeared. It could be seen just how many souls were imprisoned here.
Zhu Yao took a deep breath, and then retracted the formation. The Art of Rebirth was a very simple mystic art, and the amount of spiritual energy it consumed was not much either. However, it could not last for half an hour. Adding that she had expended a large half of her spiritual energy to deal with Zhen Yuan earlier.
Zhen Yuan was a ninth-rank demonic beast, and was about to take half a step into tenth-rank. If not because she had the Lightning Spirit Vein which naturally countered demonic beasts, she really would not have much of a chance of victory. After sending these souls away, she was already tired to the point where her limbs were a little soft. Just as she was about to sit down and adjust her breathing.
The mystic artifact which sealed the Devil in her hands suddenly shone. Something white floated out from it, and then, it disappeared without a trace in a flash. Zhu Yao simply felt the back of her hand turning cold. In a flash, she actually saw the figure of a woman.
Why would a woman's figure appear on this fan?
The hell!
It was that miserable girl.
Zhu Yao was startled. She could not be bothered to rest, and immediately flew her sword in the direction of Forgotten God Palace.
— — — —
According to the original plot, the girl's soul would only return to her body several decades later, and she would awaken. However, with the addition of Zhu Yao, this butterfly, she could not be sure if an unforeseen event would occur? No wait, an unforeseen event had definitely occurred.
She suddenly recalled that when Zhen Yuan placed down a soul trapping formation on the island, while trapping the other souls, did it also trap the one-fifth of the girl's soul? That was why the girl did not wake up even after so long. As for what happened after, there was a possibility that the weapon had left the island in the end, or Zhen Yuan had ascended, and only returned after losing the power of trapping souls.
That's right. That white figure earlier, was one-fifth of the girl's soul, and the direction it disappeared in was coincidentally the direction of Forgotten God Palace. Currently, it should have already returned to the girl's body.
Zhu Yao grew even more anxious, as she frantically circulated her spiritual energy and flew back.
The moment she arrived at Forgotten God Palace, she sensed an obvious spiritual energy fluctuation in the direction of the back mountain. Even if she was far away, she had already sensed it. Zhu Yao's heart clenched. It was too late. If the people of Forgotten God Palace were to find out about this, the entire cultivation world would know about the girl's awakening. At that time, it would be a never-ending tragedy.
What should she do?
Zhu Yao thought of a countermeasure, as her line of sight turned towards the Sword Seeking Peak at the side. Got it!
"Metal Spirit!" She took out the rock from her pouch.
"Chick ~" The Metal Spirit rubbed against her hand.
"Can you make those swords in Sword Seeking Peak go berserk once more?"
"Chick?"
"Make the commotion a little bigger, and exaggerate it a little."
"Chick, chick, chick." It rolled forward, and made a nodding motion.
"Alright, then head to Sword Seeking Peak." Zhu Yao tapped on the rock. "When this matter is over, I will come and fetch you. Remember, do not hurt anyone. "
"Chick!"
Zhu Yao raised her hand, and cast an art. The Metal Spirit turned into a ray of white light, and flew towards Sword Seeking Peak. In just a few moments, the entire Sword Seeking Peak was in an uproar. Countless spiritual swords flew out, and began to wildly dance in the air. As though they had gone mad, they sliced rocks, and chopped trees. Every single one of them could be called a "commotion".
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched, as she silently wiped off her sweat. This was a little too exaggerated, as though it was an ongoing project.
However, she had to admit that she heaved a sigh of relief. The sacred lake was located in the same direction as this Sword Seeking Peak, and they were merely a kilometer apart. With a commotion like this, Forgotten God Palace would most likely think that the mountain had gone berserk again, and would not notice the resurrection of the girl in the sacred lake.
Turning around, she flew over, only to see that the formation above the sacred lake had already begun to crumble. The chains that were initially binding it had already broken apart, and the lake water was beginning to surge. The girl was slowly rising up. The formation shone brightly, however, cracks began to appear on the formation above it. An illusory figure that looked exactly the same as the girl was currently merging with her body. Most likely, this was the one-fifth of her soul that had escaped from that mystic artifact. And looking at the situation in the lake, the moment the soul returned to her body, the girl would wake up.
Zhu Yao immediately set down layers of concealment formations in the surroundings, to prevent others from discovering the commotion here. Then, she cast an art, and without completely destroying the formation, she helped the girl's body to escape from the lake.
An hour had passed, and that illusory figure had finally completely merged with the girl's body. The cracks on the formation above the lake had disappeared as well, and the girl slowly rose up. Her hair fluttered without any wind, and her clothes fluttered in the wind. That beautiful face of hers began to show signs of life, revealing a few hints of redness, making her look even more soul-stirring. A moment later, she slowly opened her eyes, and the corner of her lips gently rose. With a faint and light smile, the entire world seemed to have lost its color.
Even though she was of the same gender, Zhu Yao was dumbfounded by this sight as well. Even if she were to be described as a celestial being, it would not be able to describe this heaven-shaking beauty. For a moment, she forgot about time and the world around her. What remained was her heart throbbing as she looked at the girl who did not look like a real person slowly walking over. She lightly opened her vermilion lips, and a voice that sounded like an oriole flowed out.
"Your esteemed mother, which bastard son of a bitch threw this old lady into the water?"
Patter …
She felt as though she could hear the sound of her dream shattering.
Yet, the girl was still holding onto the corner of her skirt with one hand, as she looked at the lake full of water with a disgusted look. "My grandpa, this old lady hates wet skirts the most. If this old lady finds out who threw me here, I will curse him to be impotent for the rest of his life, and his entire family will be impotent!"
"…" The contrast in this scene was so great that it made one speechless.
"Eh? So there's actually a living person here!" The girl finally noticed Zhu Yao who was at the side of the lake, and sized her up for a moment. "It's just that you look a little ugly."
Zhu Yao: "…"
This girl's tragedy in the first half of her life was caused by her mouth, right? It definitely was, right?
"Yo, brother." The girl waved her hand to greet her, and then ran towards her. Just as she took a step forward, she suddenly tripped, and with a splat, she fell from the center of the formation, falling head first into the water. She began to frantically wave her hands in the water. "Save … Save me … I don't know … water …"
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. With a wave of her hand, a gust of wind blew past, instantly pulling the drenched girl out.
Her face was filled with fright, where was the image of a noble and elegant fairy? She looked like a naked youth, and her entire body was emitting out a thick stench of a loser.
"Thank you." She spat out a mouthful of water, and panted heavily as she laid on the ground like a corpse. She looked as though she would not be able to recover in a short period of time. After panting for a whole five minutes, she then turned to look at her, with a joyful look. "It's all thanks to you, big brother. Otherwise, this old lady would have drowned to death here. I never expected that this lake is so small, yet the meow water is so deep."
The hell was big brother? "I'm a girl."
"Ah?" She sat up. Sweeping a glance at her from head to toe, her line of sight then stopped at her chest, with a 'stop joking' expression on her face.
The hell, small breasts are still breasts!
"I. AM. A. WOMAN!" She gritted her teeth.
She suddenly stood up, and suddenly reached out her two claws. With a splat, she pressed onto the soft flesh on her chest, and began to rub it.
"…" This was the first time in her life that someone was assaulting her chest, and it was even from a motherf * cking girl!
The corner of Zhu Yao's lips twitched. Thinking about it, she felt that she was at a disadvantage no matter what. She definitely could not tolerate this. Hence, in a fit of passion, she reached out her claws and pressed onto the other party's chest as well, only to feel a wave of turbulent waves.
She had lost. ̄ | _
Wait, why were the two of them assaulting each other's chests here?
The girl finally released her hands. Rubbing her aching chest, she voiced out suspiciously. "You're so flat! Are you sure you're a girl? "
"Do you have an opinion!?" Zhu Yao glared at her. "Do you want me to take off my pants for you to see?"
"Sure!"
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