Chapter 52 Chaoyun Kingdom - Chaos Pearl (Sixteen) You wait to give it to Li Fu...

The heartwood was completely transferred into Shi Xianxue's mouth.

The gray world seemed to be infused with a bright splash of color, and the over-consumed mental energy was replenished.

Her soul visibly came back to life.

Wu Xiutang released her with a pained expression.

The pain of his soul being suppressed by the tree heart was like a steel whip with a blade grinding inch by inch through his flesh and blood, and his tendons and bones seemed to be broken one by one. He was in so much pain that he vomited blood, and the veins in his neck bulged violently, as if they were about to burst at any moment.

The retribution for abusing the Soul-Burning Technique surged forth like a tidal wave.

Wu Xiutang struggled to turn to the side, even making facial expressions was draining his life force.

He hated letting others see such a vulnerable side of him.

His heart is dark and cruel, like the distorted light and shadow at a turning point, contradictory and perverse. If someone shows him a pitying or condescending look, he will not be grateful; the evil in his heart will only want him to gouge out their eyes.

Let him see for himself who is truly pitiful.

He only felt embarrassed when facing Shi Xianxue.

All the unbearable past events were facts he desperately tried to bury. He didn't have Li Fuchao's glamorous identity, and no one had ever taught him the principles of filial piety, brotherly love, loyalty, trustworthiness, propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame. He had no parents, no brothers or sisters, and the people around him either coveted his appearance or his abilities, wanting to devour him to enhance their cultivation.

To protect himself, he did many things that were shocking to the world. He struggled in the mud and everything he has today is the result of a huge price he paid. Even though he experienced life and death in his childhood and lived a life worse than pigs and dogs, with his soul emitting a stench, he never envied the glamorous young masters of noble families.

But today, he admitted that he was jealous.

The prince, with his dragon blood and phoenix marrow, and the princess, with her jade leaves and golden branches, are an absolutely perfect match in terms of status, appearance, and character.

For the first time, he felt a sense of resentment.

Countless shady thoughts surged into her mind when Shi Xianxue announced that she wanted to be the Crown Princess.

He was thinking, either kill her, or turn her into someone like himself...

"Xiaoxue, Young Master Wu." Song Qingshu's anxious voice came from the mist. "I've opened a gap with the Snow Chant Sword. Come out quickly, I can't hold on much longer."

Shi Xianxue's eyelashes trembled violently, and her fingers hanging at her sides twitched.

Wu Xiutang forced down the metallic taste in his throat and patted a blood-stained talisman on her back.

Well, he was still a little reluctant.

The spirit transformed into golden threads that formed strange runes on the talisman, breaking through the fog set up by the Chaos Pearl.

He truly used all the kindness he had in his life on Shi Xianxue.

But she still couldn't suppress the despicable thoughts in her heart. With difficulty, she raised her hand and gently tugged at her newly tied braid, making a threat.

"Don't even think about kicking me away. We have parasitic curses on us. I'll go out and find you."

Not knowing what else to say, his voice was hoarse and strained, and his arm fell limply to the ground: "Let's go."

Don't look at him.

The girl was led forward by the talisman, her pink silk ribbon swaying in a beautiful arc. He watched her walk into the mist, and finally couldn't help but spit out blood again.

These movements seemed to drain his last bit of strength, and the swelling power inside his body seemed to be about to burst his fragile blood vessels. He groaned in pain and knelt on one knee.

His mind was stripped away, and his consciousness began to become muddled, making it difficult for him to see the scene before him.

His clothes were soaked with sweat, which was quickly evaporated by his burning body temperature. He couldn't stand pain, and now he felt that death would be a much better option.

Just as thoughts of self-abandonment crossed his mind, a figure gently approached him. The person's aura was soft, like a warm beam of light enveloping him. Something lifted his face, and a sweet fragrance followed.

With forehead to forehead, the power of compassion and benevolence flowed into my body like spring water under the sunlight, and the pain miraculously subsided.

Wu Xiutang opened his eyes, the excessive pain blurring his vision, he could only see a silhouette with light and shadow.

But he knew who it was.

Shi Xianxue was still not fully awake. Her eyes were dull, but his figure was clearly reflected in her clear eyes. "Let's go together."

His eyelashes trembled violently, and his heart clenched.

"us."

After she finished speaking, she took his hand.

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When Shi Xianxue's soul returned to her body, she immediately regained consciousness.

However, her memories within the barrier were incomplete. She only remembered the first half, in which Zhang Qing manipulated her mind and controlled her actions; she knew nothing about the second half.

She only felt someone gently stroking her face, tying her hair into two cute ponytails like her mother, and giving her strawberry-flavored jelly.

When she regained some consciousness, she saw Wu Xiutang, battered and bruised, curled up in pain, on the verge of death. Although she didn't know exactly what had happened, the fact that she was unharmed meant that Wu Xiutang had saved her.

Therefore, she was willing to expend her mental energy to alleviate his pain.

Perhaps it was a case of practice makes perfect, because this time she used her abilities with ease, and even felt a burning excitement in her chest. Instead of feeling uncomfortable, she felt as if her whole body was filled with power.

So she took Wu Xiutang out.

But as soon as they emerged from the illusion, the energy emanating from the Chaos Pearl violently flung the two of them away.

Fortunately, the wooden crane was waiting outside the barrier and caught them in time as they fell.

Seeing that Song Qingshu and the other person were unable to extricate themselves from the situation, Shi Xianxue immediately got up and was about to turn back.

"Don't come any closer! Xiaoxue, the artifact will hurt you!"

Song Qingshu was entangled by the Chaos Pearl and unable to break free. She was in the same predicament as before, and the Chaos Pearl tried to drain Song Qingshu's life essence in the same way.

The Xuan Turtle had already broken free from Li Fuchao's magic. It had lived for over a thousand years and was almost demonically intelligent. Although Li Fuchao was hiding behind it, it was not alarmed. With a quick glance, it spat out an ice spike from its mouth and shot it at the unarmed civilians. Li Fuchao was so eager to save people that he inadvertently exposed his whereabouts.

It then opened its huge mouth towards Li Fuchao.

Shi Xianxue didn't know how to use the artifact, but Wu Xiutang might, because he was the one who destroyed the Mermaid Pearl Array and attracted the Xuan Turtle from who-knows-where.

Since he dared to blow it up, he must have a way to protect himself.

She roughly wiped the bloodstains from his chin, and he blushed and avoided her gaze.

But she doesn't have time to deal with that right now.

"Wu Xiutang, save Sister Qing Shu and the others. You must know how to stop the Chaos Pearl, right? And Xuan Gui, the people in the city are all innocent."

innocent?

Wu Xiutang looked as if he had just escaped death, and his complexion was still not good, but he was able to endure the pain and start to retort: ​​"Whether he is innocent or not, you have to ask the sea monsters of Chongming City."

As for how to stop him, he did know, but he wished Li Fuchao were dead. Even if the entire Chaoyun fell today, he would not utter a single word.

Shi Xianxue's words were stuck in her throat, and she didn't know how to speak anymore.

But today's matter must be resolved. Brother Li is the Crown Prince of Chaoyun, and Sister Qing Shu comes from a prestigious and upright family. Given their character, they would never abandon the people of the city.

But she couldn't come up with any reasonable explanation to convince Wu Xiutang, and her face turned as red as a ripe tomato.

Seeing her anxious expression, Wu Xiutang's useless compassion began to stir again. "Song Qingshu possesses demonic bones; it wouldn't be difficult for her to stop the Chaos Pearl, as long as she's willing to use that power. As for the Whirlwind Turtle?"

He glanced jealously at the figure locked in combat with the spinning tortoise, his expression weak but his tone vicious: "You just wait to collect Li Fuchao's corpse."

"Wu Xiutang!" Shi Xianxue was furious. "What time is it now? Even if you don't like Brother Li, you should at least know when to stop!"

Seeing that he was unmoved, Shi Xianxue immediately jumped down: "Fine, then I'll stand with Brother Li through thick and thin. At worst, the three of us will become food for this spinning turtle!"

"you!"

The two seemed to have endless arguments, but each time they only made Wu Xiutang very angry. In the past, his body was quite strong and healthy, but now when he got angry, all the bones in his body began to creak. The pain that had been suppressed by the power of repair was now beginning to peel back and spread up again.

He was afraid that Shi Xianxue would anger him to death, so he spoke very quickly: "The Chaos Pearl has the power to shift stars and change constellations. Although once the Xuan Turtle goes out to sea, it has no chance to turn back, if we can use the power of the divine artifact, we may be able to send it back to the Chongming Sea."

After saying this, he closed his eyes and said, "My bones hurt, I can't speak, I'm going to sleep."

Shi Xianxue was so angry she wanted to poke him awake, but she was mindful of his injuries, so she had to take a roundabout approach: "If Sister Qing Shu dies, what will happen to the Demon Bone? You don't want it anymore? Besides, this was your fault to begin with. If you hadn't broken the formation and lured the Whirlwind Turtle in..."

Wu Xiutang opened his eyes speechlessly: "Shi Xianxue, are you an idiot? I was just the one who set the stage. If it wasn't me, it would have been someone else. Can't you see that all of this was Zhang Qing's doing, all to steal your Goddess Power?"

He felt like vomiting blood again after he finished speaking. The crane carried the two of them away from the storm and sailed into the distance.

"The Demon Bone will not easily let its host's physical body die. When necessary, it will take over the body and act in the host's place."

Almost the instant the words fell, a massive energy vortex erupted from the center of the Chaos Pearl, and Song Qingshu floated and sank in the light and shadow.

Immediately afterwards, a terrifying black skeleton burst out of her body, unfolding like butterfly wings in the light and shadow, and then rising into the air.

With her clothes fluttering, Song Qingshu seemed unable to see what was behind her. She only felt a domineering power surging within her. She saw herself uncontrollably raise her hand, and the crimson-black spiritual waves engulfed the Chaos Pearl.

At the same time, the attack of the Whirlwind Turtle stopped, and the crane rescued Li Fuchao in time. The next second, the energy pillar of the Chaos Pearl teleported to the Whirlwind Turtle.

Seemingly sensing a familiar power, the demons in the city stopped chasing passersby and instead swarmed towards Song Qingshu.

In an instant, the wind and clouds changed color, and the merfolk who were preparing to flee Chaoyun stopped in their tracks.

Jueming looked at his brother.

Jueyuan has now lost all his cultivation and is unable to dive back into the deep sea to return to the Merfolk. He hates humans to the bone and ordered Xuan Gui to raze this place to the ground. However, upon seeing this scene, he was not angry at all. Instead, he was stunned for a moment, as if he was trying to identify something. Then he revealed a strange and eerie smile.

"It seems we don't need to take any action."

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A faceless goddess statue stands at the border of Xiliang.

The goddess statue is pure white and flawless, unlike the cold and lifeless stone statues in temples. It seems to possess a transcendent vitality, and when the sun shines, it will scatter specks of spiritual energy to nourish the creatures of this land.

Although no goddess has been born for hundreds of years, the rituals and maintenance have been neglected, and the area is sparsely populated. Only the spirits of flowers and plants have accompanied the statue for tens of thousands of years.

The wind whistled past, breaking the grass and trees, and raindrops flew everywhere. The goddess was shrouded in a thin mist, her ethereal aura like the fluttering sleeves of her robes, as if she were about to awaken and ride away on the clouds.

A disciple dressed in a flowing, azure robes slept soundly beside a statue of a goddess in the autumn rain.

The grass shook its head, and then the tips of the grass were flattened by a brute force that seemed to come from nowhere. The flower and grass spirits, who had not yet developed their minds, scattered like dandelions and suddenly disappeared into the goddess statue.

The goddess statue bowed her head gracefully, commanding the lotus to fall into her palm.

The drizzly weather gradually cleared up.

"A month of twists and turns!"

A fiery red figure stormed in, crushing many elves who couldn't dodge in time.

She was impatient. Seeing that Zhou Zheyue was still fast asleep, she immediately grabbed his ear and shouted, "Master told you to guard the statue of the goddess, but you're sleeping soundly here. Do you want to be whipped?"

"Ah! Senior Sister!" Zhou Zheyue was jolted awake from her dream by the pain as her ear was grabbed and pulled.

He frowned and begged for mercy, "I was just too sleepy, that's why I fell asleep. Senior sister, please don't pull my ears, it hurts so much."

Fu Liuwan holds grudges. He still vividly remembers how Fu Liuwan sided with outsiders when they were at Bugui Mountain. Otherwise, Zhou Zheyue wouldn't have been the one to look after the stone statue.

What's so interesting about this broken stone statue?

Fu Zhen said the stone statue was about to move, and that the nasty woman who was always going against her was a goddess.

She stayed there for three days without eating or drinking, but she didn't see any change in the goddess statue.

My senior brother is so suspicious, always making a fuss over nothing. If that stinky woman were a goddess, she would have eaten all the excrement of those bamboo spirits in the back mountain.

Fu Liuwan was still angry. Having finally caught him red-handed, she refused to let go. "Come on, come back to the sect with me. I'm going to give you a good scolding in front of Master today!"

The two figures had just stepped off the platform when a subtle commotion arose behind them.

The two men turned around alertly.

The goddess statue's face shone brightly amidst the astonished expressions of the two, as if it had been given new life. She slowly raised her head, and her blurred features became clear for only a moment under the light before the entire goddess statue returned to silence.

Although it was only for a moment, both of them clearly saw it.

Fu Liuwan was stunned and paled, her body tensing up abruptly.

It really was her!

She was filled with resentment and jealousy, but she also understood that this matter was of great importance. Ignoring Zhou Zheyue, who was still in shock, she hurriedly flew away on her sword.

As Zhou Zheyue's thoughts returned, just as he was about to chase after Fu Liuwan, the goddess statue emitted light again, and he looked back as if sensing something.