Xiao Zhuyi, pale-faced, stroked Jiang Lin's cheek, "This is my choice. I'm using my life as a catalyst to activate the divine power of the Nine Heavens Jade. In this way, the Nine Heavens Jade can forcibly bring out the demon serpent's soul. Then I'll use Buddhist fire to burn away the demon serpent's karma, and it will disappear from this world..."

"No!" Jiang Lin cried, tears welling in his eyes. They had just become husband and wife, and the quilt still held the lingering warmth of their love. He didn't want to lose Yi'er like this!

The sacred power of the Nine Heavens Jade was tearing apart the soul of the demonic serpent Queze within Jiang Lin's body.

"Make her stop right now! The Nine Heavens Jade will drain her life!" Que Ze screamed in Jiang Lin's mind.

He had nowhere to hide; the luster of the Nine Heavens Jade stung his soul, and the forbidden techniques of the Demon Serpent Clan were completely suppressed at this moment.

Xiao Zhuyi used her own blood to nourish the Nine Heavens Jade, continuously injecting spiritual power into it. The Nine Heavens Jade hovered between the two of them, its dazzling light making Jiang Lin feel utterly helpless.

"Brother Jiang Lin, don't resist the power of the Nine Heavens Jade! I will definitely force the demon serpent out!"

Xiao Zhuyi chanted incantations, and the secret manual she obtained from Lan Dian came in handy. The Nine Heavens Mystic Jade was gradually dissolving the forbidden technique of possession, and strands of divine power were slowly binding Que Ze's soul within Jiang Lin's body.

No matter how much Que Ze resisted, it was useless.

"Yi'er, stop. How can I be alright all by myself without you?" Jiang Lin reached out, wanting to touch Xiao Zhu Yi. The bed curtains, which were not large, now seemed very distant.

"Although the Nine Heavens Jade is a divine jade, it is extremely sinister. Anyone who activates it will have their life devoured!" Jiang Lin's hands and feet were bound by Xiao Zhuyi's spiritual energy, and he couldn't touch her at all. Tears blurred the girl's clear face.

Xiao Zhuyi smiled, trying her best to make her smile bright and beautiful: "I know, the Demon Serpent Clan is also a sinister and evil clan. The Nine Heavens Profound Jade, such an extremely sinister divine jade, can take lives when used, but it can also bring a glimmer of hope. Brother Jiang Lin, don't be afraid, you will definitely get better!"

Que Ze's voice buzzed in Jiang Lin's ears, annoying him. Where the luster of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Jade gathered, Que Ze's power was weakening.

Jiang Lin closed his eyes, a sudden inspiration striking him. If the Demon Serpent Clan could use forbidden techniques to refine their own souls to enhance Que Ze's power, then why couldn't he use the same method to refine the Demon Serpent's soul?

A faint, weak flame of Buddhist fire burned back and forth between the two people.

The spirit of the small candlestick remains silent. Is this the love between a man and a woman in the human world? Both have secrets they are hiding from each other, and both are thinking of each other.

Jiang Lin concealed the fact that his body had been possessed by a demonic snake.

Xiao Zhuyi concealed the fact that using the Nine Heavens Mystic Jade to break the forbidden technique of the demonic serpent's possession required sacrificing her own life.

They were both doing things for the other's good, so how did it end up making them both look so miserable?

When Jiang Lin opened his eyes again, he stared at Xiao Zhuyi's sweat-dampened hair and felt that with the girl in front of him, he could generate infinite power to fight against this world.

"Yi'er, I don't want to hurt you," he said softly.

Xiao Zhuyi was busy tearing apart Que Ze's soul and didn't notice anything unusual about Zhuyi Jianglin.

As his spiritual energy began to circulate in his dantian, a flash of light appeared, and Jiang Lin broke free from Xiao Zhuyi's restraints. He sat cross-legged, his hands forming a hand seal. His smiling, affectionate eyes were both gentle and powerful. He snatched the Nine Heavens Mystic Jade from Xiao Zhuyi's hand, interrupting her spellcasting trajectory.

He vaguely recalled the incantation and gestures used by the old serpent patriarch to refine him.

The pure white spiritual energy collided with the dark demonic energy, and Jiang Lin forcibly refined Que Ze, who had been torn in half by the Nine Heavens Profound Jade, into a part of his own soul power. With the help of the divine power of the Nine Heavens Profound Jade, he erased Que Ze's consciousness, and a dark soul was thus hidden deep in Jiang Lin's soul.

The divine power of the Nine Heavens Jade circulated rapidly, but it became somewhat agitated before it could completely tear the demonic serpent apart.

"It's so good, Brother Jiang Lin, you defeated Que Ze... From now on... you must be well..." Her pale and weak fingers failed to touch Jiang Lin's cheek. Xiao Zhu Yi had a relieved smile on her lips. Under her plain white nightgown, there were still lingering red marks. She passed away silently in Jiang Lin's arms.

"Yi'er! No!" Jiang Lin panicked. He had clearly stopped Xiao Zhu Yi from using the Nine Heavens Profound Jade, so why did Yi'er still suffer a backlash from the Nine Heavens Profound Jade and lose her life?

Frenzied tears streamed down her face, and the scent of peach blossoms lingered in the bed curtains.

The Nine Heavens Mystic Jade landed on Xiao Zhuyi, flashing red light and quickly absorbing the last trace of blood and soul from Xiao Zhuyi's body. Although it was a divine jade from the spirit realm, it now had a bewitching and evil aura.

With his jet-black snake tail now visible, Jiang Lin's foundation for refining the demonic snake's soul was unstable, and the snake's nature was revealed, so he could no longer transform into human form.

The fat monk Jiu Jiu, who was drinking tea next door, heard something strange coming from the house. He saw a strange red light flashing inside and realized something was wrong. He went to the door and saw Jiang Lin, who looked half-human and half-snake, with a look of utter despair. It was extremely creepy.

In that moment of rage, Jiang Lin wished he could slaughter the entire Demon Serpent Clan and the Jiang Family!

His eyes were crimson, and the serpent totem mark on his forehead was faintly visible.

Jiu Jiu exclaimed in alarm, "Junior Brother Jiang! Don't fall into demonic possession! There's still hope for Xiao Zhu Yi!"

A pale golden incantation probed into Jiang Lin's forehead and entered his sea of ​​consciousness.

The gentle and compassionate spiritual power of the Buddhist monks helped the disoriented Jiang Lin regain a sliver of clarity.

The bloodshot in his eyes faded, and when he saw clearly that it was Senior Brother Jiu Jiu in front of him, tears welled up in his eyes uncontrollably: "Senior Brother, how can I save my Yi'er..."

His distraught appearance broke Jiu Jiu's heart.

"Let's go back to the temple to find the master. The master should have a solution!" Abbot Xuankong was unsure whether he had a solution, but for now, he had no other way but to appease Jiang Lin.

At Baima Temple, in the bamboo grove pavilion, Abbot Xuankong stayed after giving his sermon today, instead of returning to his meditation room to annotate the scriptures as usual.

Jiu Jiu didn't dare to appear openly in front of everyone with Jiang Lin, who was half-human and half-snake. She waited until everyone had dispersed before secretly bringing Jiang Lin out.

Jiang Lin carried the lifeless Xiao Zhu Yi on his back, and along the way, he used his spiritual power to keep the last wisp of Xiao Zhu Yi's soul and essence from dissipating.

He was very careful, completely unconcerned about the numerous wounds he had inflicted on the snake's tail along the way.

Abbot Xuan Kong shook his head: "Jiang Lin, would Zhu Yi be willing to see you like this?"

Jiang Lin's lifeless vertical pupils finally showed a hint of melancholy.

In the past few days, his emotions have grown increasingly indifferent. The snake clan is cold-blooded, and he doesn't want to forget Yi'er's deep affection for him, nor does he want to feel nothing when he thinks of Yi'er in the future.

He prostrated himself on the ground, pleading, "Abbot, please save Zhu Yi! I'll do anything to save her!"