At this moment, Su Jiuli also returned. Unfortunately, she was unable to stop Xu Sichen, but she did seriously injure him. He won't be able to cause trouble again for at least a year or two.

"Senior brother, come quick and see if the female lead is really dead?"

Su Jiuli crouched down and examined the female lead's corpse, frowning as she said, "She has the aura of a substitution curse on her!"

Ye Sisi asked in confusion, "A substitution curse?"

"It's an extremely vicious curse that was listed as a forbidden art ten thousand years ago. Simply put, the person cursed will die in her place! I once saw this curse in a secret realm, and I even learned it, but this curse is too insidious, and I have never used it!"

After Su Jiuli finished speaking, he also felt puzzled. Shouldn't the art of curses have been lost long ago? Why are there two of them now? He remembered that he had erased all traces of the substitution curse back then. But then again, if he had the opportunity to see it, there might be related records in other secret realms and caves.

Ye Sisi couldn't understand why Heaven would create such a wicked and morally questionable female protagonist. Was she there specifically to wreak havoc on the cultivation world?

"But her body is already dead! Even if someone takes her place, what about her physical body?"

Su Jiuli's shimmering eyes darkened: "There are plenty of ways to possess another body, and some people can even create a new physical body!"

"Senior Brother, you just said this is a substitution curse. Is it related to some kind of curse that Second Senior Sister is under?"

Su Jiuli hesitated and said, "Although all spells are part of the same system, as far as I know, each spell is different. I've only ever seen the Substitute Death Spell by chance! But it's quite possible that the person who cast the spell on my second junior sister and the person who used the Substitute Death Spell on Ye Susu are the same person. After all, spells should have disappeared long ago, so their reappearance now is rather strange!"

Ye Sisi felt that her senior brother made sense. The most urgent thing was to return to the sect as soon as possible and see if her master and the others had any relevant clues.

So a fireball spell burned the female lead's body, and then together with Su Jiuli, they picked up Wei Shengxi, who was waiting obediently in place, and boarded the flying boat to return to the Elf City.

With the matter finally resolved, Ye Sisi took out the communication jade tablet that had been vibrating incessantly from her spatial ring. As soon as she opened it, she heard Meng Tianyuan's familiar voice: "Sisi, where are you? Is Jiuli with you? What's the situation now?"

Ye Sisi felt a warmth in her heart. During the time they were missing, their cheap master must have worried a lot, especially since their eldest brother almost died. Their cheap master must have been extremely worried when he saw the condition of their eldest brother's soul lamp.

So he said with a grin, "Master, we're fine. Eldest Brother is standing right next to me. And let me tell you, Eldest Brother has already reached the Nascent Soul stage. You'd better work harder, or you'll be surpassed by your disciple!"

Meng Tianyuan knew from Ye Sisi's tone that the two were alright, so he snorted and hung up the call.

Ye Sisi pouted, then looked innocently at Su Jiuli beside her: "Senior Brother, Master seems angry. How can he be so temperamental at his age!"

Su Jiuli shook her head and chuckled: "You're getting bolder and bolder. Aren't you afraid your master will punish you?"

Ye Sisi proudly puffed out her chest: "I—Ye Sisi, a Golden Core cultivator at less than fourteen years old, my master is too busy praising me to punish me!"

Su Jiuli smiled, thinking that this junior sister was just asking for trouble, but seeing her lively eyes, she didn't say much. After all, it's normal for a child to be a little naughty.

Just then, his communication jade tablet vibrated. He opened it and saw that it was Lin Shuangluo. Lin Shuangluo and the others were very lucky and returned directly to the Cangxuan Continent. They have now returned to their sect safely.

Ye Sisi was relieved that nothing had happened, but at the same time she felt a little guilty. It seemed that her senior brother had been dragged down by her!

Once they've dealt with things with the elves, they need to hurry back to their sect; Ouyang Yanyu's matter hasn't been resolved yet.

Because they were traveling by airship, they returned to the city gate of Elf City in just ten minutes. Wei Shengxi's mouth was agape the whole time. This was just too amazing!

Before he could even react, he felt the familiar city gate suddenly appear in front of him.

Ye Sisi patted his shoulder, and then went to the City Lord's Mansion with Su Jiuli.

The reintegration of the Elven race into the cultivation world is no easy task. Without the protection of powerful figures and sufficient cultivation resources, they might be killed or swallowed up before they even have a chance to grow up.

To repay their life-saving grace, Su Jiuli decided to take the elves as an affiliated family of the Heavenly Spirit Sect, and also gifted them a lot of cultivation resources, techniques, and life-saving sword talismans.

Wei Sheng Youmeng politely declined Su Jiuli's offer, unwilling to submit to the Tianling Sect. She only accepted the spirit stones, pills, and cultivation techniques he offered. Su Jiuli didn't insist, but left her a communication jade token. "As long as you cultivate your Qi, you can activate the formation on it. If you encounter any trouble, you can contact me. This jade token can be used three times!"

Ignoring Su Jiuli and Wei Sheng Youmeng's conversation, Ye Sisi went to her previous residence and found the Wei Sheng Yunxin sisters.

She gave each of them a storage bag containing spirit stones, pills, spellbooks, robes, and other usable items, especially some talismans she had drawn herself, which she stuffed quite a bit into.

After explaining to them how to use it, she and Su Jiuli left this once desolate place.

Even though the spiritual energy here is gradually returning, the foundation of this place is still damaged. In the future, it will probably just be a barren land. If the elves really want to gain a foothold in the cultivation world, it will be difficult for them to stand out if they only cultivate here, as the resources are too scarce.

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