God Realm Beast Sealing House 9

"Mortal," the Taotie said arrogantly, looking down at you, "I will grant you a quick death because I admire your integrity. If you commit suicide, I will leave you with a whole corpse."

Xie Guijin ignored him and lashed out with her whip.

Her courage is commendable, but Xie Guijin's experience in such matches is far too lacking.

Towards the end, the fighting became completely chaotic, with the whip being wielded purely on instinct.

Seizing the opportunity, the Taotie lashed out with its tail, striking Xie Guijin's right arm and causing it to tear open and break her fingers.

Xie Guijin was in pain and unable to hold onto the fire whip, so she could only watch helplessly as it fell to the ground.

The Taotie's tail struck again, flinging Xie Guijin directly onto the icy lake not far away.

The force was so great that it created several ring-like cracks on the ice surface, centered on Xie Guijin's body.

Xie Guijin lay motionless on her back on the frozen lake, only her chest rising and falling slightly.

The system frantically cried out, "Host, are you still conscious? Do you still have the strength? I can't save you! Quickly send a message to those gods!"

Xie Guijin did not answer, and the system assumed that she was on her last breath and had no strength to reply.

The Taotie flew over Xie Guijin, raised its front hooves, and tried to trample Xie Guijin to death.

The system screamed frantically, "Ahhh!"

As it watched the Taotie's sharp claws pounce downwards, it closed its eyes, thinking it would return to the main brain along with Xie Guijin's death, and that its first host had died just like that.

In the blink of an eye, the system, as a data terminal, had countless thoughts flashing through its mind.

However, none of this happened. The system cautiously opened its eyes and saw Xie Guijin's right palm, which was bleeding, pressing against the Taotie's front hoof.

The Taotie, with its gaping maw, sneered, "Overestimating yourself, prepare to die."

Having said that, it exerted a little force, intending to completely resolve the problem of Xie Guijin.

But the next second, scattered flames erupted around the Taotie, and its forelegs, which Xie Guijin was supporting, burst into flames.

Xie Guijin pushed the Taotie away slightly with force.

Taotie fears fire; being burned by flames intensifies the pain.

Ignoring Xie Guijin, it fell onto the ice and rolled around, trying to extinguish the flames. Its huge body rolled around, causing enormous damage, and multiple cracks appeared on the ice.

Xie Guijin, holding on to her last breath, rolled over and climbed out of the frozen lake as quickly as possible, leaving a long, bright red line on the ice.

Leaning against a large tree, Xie Guijin sat up and saw that the hard lake surface had been broken open. The Taotie sank into the cold lake water, but it could not extinguish the flames on its body.

The Taotie roared in pain, its movements gradually slowing down.

Taking advantage of the opportunity, Xie Guijin formed a hand seal and placed a bronze magic array around the Taotie, which gradually contracted.

With a fierce glint in its eyes, Taotie ignored the burning pain and the magic array's restraints and charged straight at Xie Guijin, showing a willingness to fight to the death.

Xie Guijin read aloud the words of etiquette and music in a low voice.

The sacred words transformed into golden characters, encircling Xie Guijin's entire body.

Unable to get close to Xie Guijin, the Taotie tightened its magic array around her.

Its struggles weakened, and it finally collapsed to the ground, growling softly.

Within the magic array, the Taotie's form gradually shrank as the array changed.

The magic circle eventually shrank to the size of a cricket cage and floated down into Xie Guijin's palm.

After confirming that Taotie had been sealed, Xie Guijin's last breath dissipated, her shoulders relaxed, and her body slid down the tree trunk, lying unconscious on the snow, still tightly clutching the seal in her hand.

"Host, host, wake up! You can't sleep!" the system shouted anxiously.

Xie Guijin was oblivious, her chest no longer rising or falling; only the unremoved barrier of the snow mountain indicated that she was still alive.

The system was in a panic, but had no solution.

Outside the barrier, the snow-capped mountains are desolate and uninhabited; no one can save Xie Guijin.

The system thought sadly that it had thought it had found a way out of a desperate situation, but in the end it was all the same. Xie Guijin had only managed to seal Taotie at the cost of his life, but it still couldn't escape the fate of its host's death.

Just as Xie Guijin was about to breathe her last, a spirit emerged from her body, looking exactly like the current Xie Guijin.

The system wiped away its tears and recognized the woman, asking, "The original owner, the goddess? How did you get out?"

The system couldn't understand why Biluoji was able to communicate with Xie Guijin without any obstacles in the demon realm before, because Biluoji's true form was a spiritual vein, which could not be sealed in the divine consciousness.

But what's going on now? The goddess has actually escaped from my consciousness. Although she appears to be in a spirit form, the important thing is that she has come out.

Once the goddess left her body, she could no longer hear the system's voice. She looked at the dying Xie Guijin and said, "If you hadn't set up such a large barrier and consumed so much energy, how could the seal have been so slow and allowed the Taotie to retaliate?"

"With your combat experience, how could you possibly be a match for it? You must be in a lot of pain from such a serious injury," the goddess said, her face full of concern.

She raised her hand to cast a spell to heal Xie Guijin, and continued, "It is truly remarkable that you were able to seal Taotie with the body of a goddess and the soul of a mortal. But there won't be a next time. I will never be able to come out again before you leave."

Xie Guijin was in a daze, and he could only hear the goddess's words intermittently and vaguely.

Her wounds gradually healed completely.

As Xie Guijin's injuries healed, the goddess's figure slowly faded away.

Before it dissipated, Taotie called out to the goddess, "Hey, don't go yet! We've known each other for tens of thousands of years. Please help me put out the fire on my body. I'm burning up so badly."

At this point, Taotie lost its arrogance and even changed its self-reference from "this seat" to "I".

The goddess didn't even glance at the Taotie, only giving a cold smile: "Serves you right, you brought it on yourself."

"How could you say that?" Taotie said indignantly, "It's clearly this human who's cunning. He actually thought of using the goddess's blood as a catalyst, getting the blood on me, and then igniting it with the simplest spirit fire spell. I fell for her trick. I'm also a god, and you, as a goddess, how could you side with the human!"

"Since you know," the goddess glanced at Taotie, feigning surprise, and asked, "why do you presume to extinguish the flames ignited by divine blood with mere ice lake water?"

Meeting the incredulous gaze of the Taotie, the goddess parted her lips and uttered two words: "So stupid."

Then, as the goddess's figure dissipated, she murmured to herself, "No wonder that although the human race is weak, from the beginning of the world when the three realms were distinct to the present day when the six realms coexist, the human race has always been the foundation of all things in the world."

Xie Guijin slowly opened her eyes, first carefully moving her hands and feet slightly, then sitting up and turning her arms over, repeatedly clenching and unclenching her fists. After checking other parts of her body and finding nothing wrong, she asked blankly, "Am I dead? So the injury is gone?"

"Pah, pah, pah," the system said immediately, not liking Xie Guijin's words. "Don't talk nonsense."

Next, the system briefly explained the story of the goddess healing the wounds.

Upon hearing this, Xie Guijin clutched her chest, bowed her head, and sincerely said, "Thank you."

She jumped up and checked the Taotie's sealing prison again to make sure it was foolproof before removing the snow mountain barrier.

No sooner had they been removed than Xue Linchuan's instructor arrived.

Xie Guijin quickly cast a spell to report that she was safe and sound, and immediately set off back to Cixi Town to meet up with Xue Linchuan.

It was late at night, and Xue Linchuan was still guarding the government office.

The magistrate was handling official business by lamplight.

Xie Guijin remained hidden outside the door, glanced up at Xue Linchuan on the roof, and gestured for him to stay.

She went inside and stood behind the magistrate, looking at the official document he was writing. It contained the magistrate's plan for poverty alleviation in Cixi Town, and even clearly explained how to cooperate with other counties in poverty alleviation.

Although the wording was somewhat elegant, Xie Guijin found that the magistrate's methods, when compared with the actual situation, were not empty rhetoric but rather feasible and effective.

Xie Guijin used another trick, flipping through the official documents next to him. One of them was the complete case file of the Taipingfang case, complete with confessions, on-site inspection documents, trial closing documents, and so on.

The content is very rigorous and can be described as factual, reasonable, and concise.

After reading the official document, Xie Guijin withdrew and beckoned Xue Linchuan to come down.

When the two met, Xue Linchuan had already confirmed Xie Guijin's safety on the rooftop, but he was still uneasy and asked, "Why did you take so long?"

Xie Guijin, carrying the sealing cage, smiled at Xue Linchuan and said, "It's nothing, it just took a little time to catch it."

"It looks like it's on fire," Xue Linchuan said uncertainly, pointing at the Taotie.

Xie Guijin nodded and said, "Yes, this time it killed two people, and this is my punishment for it."

Just as Taotie was about to open its mouth to swear, Xie Guijin quickly stuffed it back into its storage bag.

"And you? Is there anything wrong with the county magistrate?" Xie Guijin changed the subject.

Xue Linchuan gently shook his head and said, "There is nothing wrong with it. He judges cases fairly, cares about the people, and is very honest as an official. Judging from his performance today, he is also very thoughtful. He is not the kind of person who would disregard the people in order to gain a good reputation as an official."

“It seems we were overthinking it,” Xie Guijin said, her head bowed to her chest, tears glistening in her eyes. Clutching her sleeves, she said regretfully, “It’s all my fault. I was only thinking of using good people to lure Qiongqi here, and I only set up a magic array to seal Qiongqi. In the end, Taotie took advantage of the loophole and caused the deaths of two people.”

Xue Linchuan took Xie Guijin's hand and gently comforted her, "How can you blame yourself? It's all Taotie's fault, and you've already punished it by capturing it. Besides, what's done is done. Instead of blaming yourself, you should learn from this experience."

Xie Guijin lowered her head and remained silent.

"If anything is strange," Xue Linchuan sighed, "you should blame me. Otherwise, if I had lost my soul and my memory and suddenly fainted, you would have been unable to take care of me. Otherwise, you would have come to Cixi Town long ago and might have been able to find Taotie and prevent the tragedy from happening."

"How can I blame you?" Xie Guijin hurriedly looked up and said.

“Yes,” Xue Linchuan reached out and tidied Xie Guijin’s stray hairs behind her head, saying, “If we really want to blame someone, we can trace it back to why Pangu created the world.”

After a pause, Xue Linchuan looked at Xie Guijin with gentle eyes and said, "Guijin, don't be too hard on yourself. You've already done very well."

"Now that we've accidentally captured Taotie, and there are also plans for Chaos and Taotie, we need to find a way to capture Qiongqi as well." Xie Guijin avoided Xue Linchuan's gaze, still feeling somewhat uneasy, but she decided not to dwell on this issue for now and to solve the immediate problem first.

The system didn't understand: "Why do we need to find another way? Can't we just find a different group of kind people in another place?"