Far from the Shijiu State of Yuanhuang, the three demons from the Xuanhuang Mausoleum ran away more than one thousand miles. They thought there would be no pursuers behind them, so they found a cave to recover.
The White Dragon was extremely dissatisfied with them. They managed to mess up something as simple as that? What are you good for? If it were the ancient times, such useless trash would have been beheaded directly. But now... He needed the abilities of the three demons, so he scolded them and threw three magical pills before leaving.
The nine-tailed fox demon was hit by an iron spike, breaking her arm. After swallowing the immortal pill, she recovered quickly.
The nine-headed hen-core essence spirit was roasted like grilled chicken, and it took great effort to swallow the immortal pill. Even so, she lost five hundred years of cultivation practice just to barely stabilize her injuries.
The Jade Stone Pipa Demon was the most miserable. Her true body was hit by the remedial stone, and then she was pierced by a heart-striking arrow from Thunderbolt Bow. Even if given nine-turn white deer pills or nine-turn Supreme True Elixirs, she couldn't eat them because she was already dead.
The Jade Stone Pipa Demon died, but not completely. Unlike the blood-type demons, she, as a demon of jade stone, was similar to a stone goblin in Western fantasy. Yuanhuang acted promptly and saved her soul. Her pipa body could then absorb solar and lunar light to regain life. However, a thousand years of cultivation had been destroyed in an instant.
The nine-tailed fox spirit and the nine-headed hen-core essence spirit were in a state of wanting to cry but having no tears.
"Death before completion of the mission" is not a saying they've heard before, but it's almost the same idea at the moment.
The status of the Dragon's fair daughter and sister of Nuwa worried the nine-tailed fox demon greatly. This......this task couldn't be completed at all!
"Sister, what should we do?" The nine-headed hen-core essence spirit, burned and injured to the point of being exhausted, had little strength to speak at the moment.
The nine-tailed fox demon was also deep in thought. This task is really difficult to handle.
"Perhaps we should... perhaps we shouldn't look for this Jiazi," the hen-core essence spirit said, voicing her thoughts. "I've heard that there is a General Deng named Jiugong to the south of Grand Shang, and he seems to have a daughter as well. Let's take her daughter's body and bring her into the palace to bewilder that confused emperor. What do you think, sister?"
The hen-core essence spirit thought she had come up with a good idea. Why cling to one tree and hang oneself? While Su Daji was indeed beautiful, and Deng ChanYu might not be as good-looking, by now, appearance wasn't that important. With the nine-tailed fox demon's charm ability in play, any woman would appear like a top beauty in King Zhou's eyes.
"There's no way to change the hardware, but we can work on the software."
During their time away from the Xuanhuang Mausoleum, they had been busy compiling a list of the daughters of influential figures across different regions. Just like in urban fantasy novels, they seriously crafted a "Beauty Chart", with Jiazi ranked first and Deng ChanYu second...
Now, it's impossible to take action on the number one candidate, so let's go for the second-ranked person.
The fox demon nodded in agreement. "This idea is good. It's impossible for us to mess with Jiazi, who is protected by Nuwa disciples. However, Deng ChanYu doesn't seem to have any Nuwa disciples around him. There are so many Nuwa disciples that it doesn't make sense for him to have one."
The nine-tailed fox demon decisively gave the final word: "Let's go, first return to the Xuanhuang Mausoleum, let the pipa sister absorb solar and lunar essence at home. We two will go to find Deng ChanYu."
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Deng ChanYu and Jiazi borrowed a path from the Blood Sea to return to the mortal world.
This route is considered the "official" passage from the Underworld to the mortal world, and the journey is relatively smooth. The forces in the Blood Sea are unlikely to interfere here.
The two met no danger and returned to the mortal world safely.
The exit of the Blood Sea was relatively far from the city of Jizhou. Fortunately, Deng ChanYu's fire transformation cultivation was excellent. With Jiazi in tow, they performed their stealthy movements for a day and night, and finally returned to the city of Jizhou.
By this time, two months had passed since the decisive defeat of Su Guanxi in the western Qi. Su Quanxiao learned some of the truth from the mouth of the bottle, which made it difficult for him to carry a dead body for thousands of miles. The difficulty was too great, and there was little meaning in it.
He did not believe in the possibility of his sister being resurrected from the dead.
To him, a dead body has already cooled down, how can it be resurrected?
The life of the entire tribe hangs in the balance, and at this point, the dead must make way for the living.
Su Quanxiao led another group of feudal lords from the west of Jizhou into the city. Then, taking advantage of the chaos in the city, he quietly left with his clan, setting fire to the city of Jizhou as he went. After that, he took on a new name and identity to find Su Hu and Su Quanzhong.
When Deng ChanYu returned, the flames in the city had been extinguished, and small snowflakes were falling. The road was already covered with white snow.
Jiazi's soul returned to her body, and the sickly person was back online. Due to the fact that her soul had been separated from her body for a long time, her physical condition was weaker than before.
Jiazi, after a few words with her maid, fainted again.
During this time, Di Ting finally licked the owner's cheek seriously and took a drop of Jiazi's blood to complete the process of recognizing the master.
Deng ChanYu took out the Feiyi Lantern of Jade Light and reversed the two forces to stabilize Jiazi's soul.
The golden flame within the Feiyi Lantern of Jade Light continuously burned, transforming and decomposing into light green yin and yang gases through the lantern. The yang gas nourished the body, while the yin gas stabilized the soul.
Under the light of the Tianxian Ling lamp, the originally weak soul was quickly stabilized.
After a month of continuous travel, even though the adverse effects of the Underworld on living beings were reduced by more than half due to the nine-pattern function, they still had some impact.
As Jiazi's breathing evened out and her face turned visibly rosy, Deng ChanYu felt exhausted as well. She took Jin Dasheng back to the teahouse, instructed the young maid Bao'er to call her if there was anything urgent, and then wrapped herself in a quilt, lying down on Jiazi's embroidered bed before falling asleep directly.
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After a discussion between Hou Tian and Nanxi Immortal Old Man, a judgment was made on whether Zhu Tianlin should be listed in the Sheng God List.
The Celestial Sovereign is undoubtedly in the wrong on this matter. The human race has not offended your Jie cult, and your disciples have gone crazy in slaughtering the human race. Is that normal?
If Taishou Yuan Shihui found out, he would definitely take advantage of this opportunity to criticize the Celestial Sovereign, and he wouldn't rest until he embarrassed the latter. Without Taishou's blessing, such a thing would be unimaginable. After the incident, the elderly sage would undoubtedly enjoy his meals with two extra bowls of rice in peace and contentment.
To let such a trivial matter affect or even damage the relationship between the Three Pure Ones is truly unworthy.
After a discussion between Nanxi Immortal Old Man and Hou Tian, taking advantage of the murky state of the heavens and the fact that Taishou Yuan Shihui was still in a good mood, he vaguely mentioned that Zhu Tianlin's foundation was too shallow, and his karma was deeply intertwined. It seemed as though he didn't even have the qualifications to be listed in the Sheng God List.
Taishou Yuan Shihui took out the Sheng God List to have a look, and indeed, it was as Nanxi Immortal Old Man had said.
For instance, with the Tang Xing Sun's name in a light golden color, indicating that he brought some qi yun to the western Qi. However, Zhu Tianlin's name was as black as ink, with its deep stain contaminating even the next row below.
"Humph, I have long reminded Tongtian that such disciples only bring shame upon the Three Pure Ones. What use are they?" Taishou Yuan Shihui's tone was filled with contempt. With a sweep of his sleeve, he canceled Zhu Tianlin's name from the Sheng God List.
The Underworld received the decision from the Heavenly Court quickly.
Zhu Tianlin's qualification to be listed in the Sheng God List was canceled, but not because of Deng ChanYu's "good deeds will always come to fruition," but because his foundation was too shallow, unworthy of a place on the list.
