The little tree demon Wen Yu from the Spring God Hall accidentally trespassed into the Hall of Talents and inadvertently damaged the Immortal Tree, harming a mortal's longevity branch - causing...
Chapter 320 is first published in the first year of the hundred years.
"Lord Fengdu asks you two to rest and recuperate. He will take care of everything at Gouwu Mountain."
After saying that, the little ghost quickly slipped away through the crack of the door, as if he was afraid that he would be caught by the hidden spirit if he was a step late.
Although he said it lightly, Song Linsheng still noticed something strange. "What do you mean by that?"
Not to mention Zang Ling's face suddenly turned gloomy, obviously something happened that he didn't know about.
For a moment, everyone was silent. They didn't know what happened in Gouwu Mountain, so they could only hold their breath and wait for Wen Yu's next words.
Wen Yu waved his hand, letting the little ghost leave. Then he turned around and met Song Linsheng's eyes. "After you fainted..."
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"Wen Yu! Wen Yu--" Zang Ling saw the golden light shining brightly at the seal place, and suddenly had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, when Wen Yu responded and turned around, he saw the keel of the zither breaking out of the ground and circling in the air.
The seal... is broken...
Wen Yu held Song Linsheng with one hand and tried to gather her strength with the other, but she was unable to seal him again.
Was it because she wasn't using the right method? Or was it because her cultivation wasn't strong enough? How could the seal have been working so well, and then suddenly fail?
"How could this happen?" Fengdu reacted very quickly and immediately stood in front of Tai Ai, watching warily as the zither's keel, which was originally used to repair the spiritual vein, was now flying around uncontrollably.
Anzhi had just been separated from the center of the earth and could not be swallowed back again.
Zang Ling's eyes flickered, as if he had thought of something. "Perhaps the original form of the zither dragon bone is too powerful, and it's beyond Wen Yu's control."
After all, that was Kui Xuan's spine. Wen Yu and Tai Hao had worked together to seal it before.
Now that Taihao is seriously injured, it would be difficult for Wenyu to suppress his ferocity alone.
Although the keel of the zither is extremely powerful, it still requires the user to use the force to their advantage. Obviously, Wen Yu cannot do this now.
Before she finished speaking, as if to prove the truth of her words, the entire underground spiritual vein began to shake and tremble.
Originally, Tai's spiritual consciousness was in the center of the earth, which could maintain peace for a while. But now Wen Yu has stripped it out, and the dragon bones of the qin are out of control. Without the replenishment of spiritual power, it is only a matter of time before Gouwu Mountain falls apart.
"If I can seal it once, I can seal it a second time." Wen Yu clenched her palms. She didn't intend to give up.
Tai Lao flew over to stop her and held Wen Yu's hand, "Yuan Que! No!"
"You are consuming too much energy now and you won't be able to bear it." Fengdu also advised. Although he had selfish motives, he would not exchange Xiao Meng's life for it.
Wen Yu lowered her eyes and looked at Tai's hand with distinct knuckles. This was the human form she had just transformed into. It couldn't disappear in just a moment and leave people disappointed.
"If you and I work together..." After hesitating for a long time, she turned her gaze to Zang Ling.
The latter was silent for a moment and shook his head. "Looking for fish in a tree is a waste of time."
"She is too violent. If she provokes Qin Longgu's vicious nature, the matter will become even more difficult." Ming Kun raised his eyes to glance at the unconscious Tai Hao, but suddenly another person emerged in his mind.
If I go to invite him, I don’t know if I will be able to come in time.
Dan Qing stood guard in front of Tai Hao, but he couldn't really sit back and watch. "Even if my master wants to take action, he needs to rest for a few days."
"But the earth veins can't wait." Fengdu muttered with a look of anxiety on his face.
The only solution now is...
"If you can't wait any longer, then there's no need to wait." Tai patted the back of Wen Yu's hand soothingly, then stood up and faced the spot where the qin's keel had broken through the ground. "Gouwu Mountain and I are one. Now that we can't be separated, I'll just return to the underground."
After saying this, she turned around and looked at him deeply, "I'm sorry for taking the trouble to care about me... Wenyu."
"Don't..." Wen Yu was shocked when she heard that. Before, Tai always stubbornly called her Yuan Que, but why did she suddenly change her mind?
Aunt Tai closed her eyes tightly, pinched her fingertips and spoke confidently, showing her determination to use her body to repair the earth veins.
As her hands continued to move, her whole body actually turned into soil inch by inch, gradually merging with Gouwu Mountain again.
"Same as usual." Fengdu entered the underground spiritual vein first and said casually, "Let me go first this time. Let's be at peace."
Unable to believe what she heard, Tai Ai suddenly opened her eyes, only to see Fengdu using his body to press down the keel of the zither, sinking into the depths of the earth with it.
The memories suddenly stretched far and then drew near, and she seemed to hear Lai He say in her ear: Let me go first, senior sister.
Lai He and she were originally from the same school, but later they divided the ghost city of Youdu and became the Lord of Ghost City and King of Youdu respectively.
In the past, she liked to call him to congratulate her, but at that time he only treated her as his senior sister. Now that she was willing to be just his senior sister, he called her Anzhi again...
The question that she had pondered for hundreds of years at the foot of Gouwu Mountain but still couldn't figure out, now she suddenly understood it.
Timing, timing is everything.
Tai was filled with shock and anger. She rushed forward and tried to grab Fengdu, but she only touched the dust on the ground. "What are you doing?"
"I do what I wanted to do, should do, and couldn't do for all these years." Fengdu's voice was muffled but stubborn through a layer of earth's crust.
No matter how majestic he was in the Nether Palace, his stubborn temper never changed.
Tai's voice softened unconsciously, and while she was talking about Fengdu, she seemed to be talking to herself as well, "Do you know that there is no sun or moon in the mountains, and the long nights are so lonely?"
Insects and ants gnaw on the soil day after day in an attempt to see the light, and groundwater drips through the rock wall year after year in an attempt to flow into the sea, but she is trapped here forever, unable to leave.
"You'll be driven crazy!" She knew Fengdu's temper. "You won't be able to bear it..."
He loves freedom so much, how could he be willing to...
"An Zhi has been able to withstand guarding here for over a hundred years." Feng Du was unmoved, and showed no intention of retreating. "I can withstand it too."
Tai was about to say something more, but she didn't know how to start. "You..."
"Lord Fengdu--" The changes in front of him were too fast, and Wen Yu was unable to digest it for a while.
The original intention was to separate Tai Ao from Gouwu Mountain. Although it has been barely accomplished, Fengdu Jun has also been involved.
"Don't be too touched, I did this all for Anzhi." Although Fengdu was buried deep underground, making it impossible to see his expression at the moment, it was not difficult to imagine his nonchalant and arrogant look.
Wen Yu looked at the lifeless Song Linsheng in her arms, picked him up horizontally, and turned away.
For the sake of peace, Fengdu Jun must be willing to spend the rest of his life here.
She'd better not meddle in other people's business.
"Hey! Hey, hey—" Fengdu was obviously panicking, and he quickly changed his tone and said, "Take good care of him, and don't forget to come and save me, Xiao Meng."
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"I see." After listening to Wen Yu's explanation, Song Linsheng nodded and said, "The Qin Dragon Bone is not obeying my orders. Fengdu Jun's divine power can indeed suppress it a little, but it's not a long-term solution..."
She would deal with the Gouwu Mountain matter in a few days. She didn't want to worry so much about Song Linsheng just after he woke up.
Wen Yu changed the subject, "Come to think of it, what did you and Fengdu Jun talk about that day in the Netherworld Palace?"
Fengdu Jun would naturally not refuse to save him, but he just let him stay at the foot of Gouwu Mountain for a few more days so that he could understand Tai's mood over the past hundred years.
Now it's time to settle the account between her and Song Linsheng.
"I..." Song Linsheng hesitated as if he had not expected her to ask this question.
Wen Yu remained calm and said calmly, "Tell the truth."
When she broke into the Netherworld Palace that day, she saw Song Linsheng and Fengdu Jun sitting together, discussing something.
Now that he had met Fengdu Jun in Gouwu Mountain, he had repeatedly said some irrelevant things. If Wen Yu could not hear the weirdness in them, then it would be strange.
"I asked Fengdu about your whereabouts, and he took the opportunity to ask me to help him find Tai's mother in exchange." Song Linsheng's face turned red, but he still answered truthfully.
The presence of younger generations in this room didn't make him feel uncomfortable, but facing Xiaoyu... he really couldn't help but feel embarrassed and nervous.
Wen Yu was silent for a moment, not expecting such an answer. "You agreed?"
It seemed unexpected, but when considering Fengdu Jun's every move, it seemed reasonable and something he could do.
But Song Linsheng...it turned out that he appeared in the Nether Palace as soon as he returned to his position, just to wait for the opportunity -
She is such a stupid, dumb rabbit!
In this case, Xie Bian and Fan Wujiu, who urged her to resign, might have been bribed by Song Linsheng long ago.
It is not certain whether it was a coincidence or a premeditated plan.
"Yeah." This time he was frank and admitted it openly.
It was...the condition he proposed, so why wouldn't I agree to it?
But Wen Yu suddenly gave him a strange look, "What if he asked for something else..."
After all, Fengdu Jun is a capricious person and never plays by the rules.
"Anything is fine." Song Linsheng insisted without even waiting for Wen Yu to give examples, as if there was nothing he couldn't agree to.
This was beyond Wen Yu's expectations. She had thought that finding someone was a simple matter and within his control.
That being said...
Wen Yu felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart, and she couldn't help but ask, "There's more than one..."
"As many as you want will do." Song Linsheng's eyes were blazing, and the firmness in his words was undisguised.
In fact, he already knew that Wen Yu was at the Rebirth Inn that day, and he went to the Netherworld Palace to exchange him with Fengdu first, but he was afraid that he would not let him go, so he made plans in advance.
Therefore, no matter what it was, no matter how many things there were, as long as it could exchange for Wen Yu's freedom, he would agree to it.
As soon as these words were spoken, Wen Yu suddenly turned away.
She didn't know how to face it, and was even more afraid that she would... The corners of her lips would be too obviously curved.
It seemed that all the temptations and struggles had answers at this moment.
The warmth of the cold-repellent incense gradually spread, and Wen Yu suddenly felt that her whole body was sweating. She wanted to go out for some fresh air, but she couldn't move.
After all, the time we spend together like this is really rare, and hundreds of years only give us a moment.
But the gaze of that person was so intense that Wen Yu could only look around and ramble, "You promised to help Fengdu Jun find Taimu, and now you've barely done it, but you've gotten yourself involved, so this matter isn't over yet."
"Yeah." Song Linsheng responded very quickly, not knowing whether he was listening carefully or not.
"What are you saying?" Wen Yu turned back and gritted her teeth in anger, "I mean—"
As if she was afraid of being discovered, she actually didn't care that much about Fengdu Jun who was currently buried in Gouwu Mountain. Wen Yu tried her best to appear to be discussing serious matters.
Song Linsheng wasn't anxious or annoyed, nor was he flustered by Wen Yu's questioning, because he had only one thing on his mind, "Let's talk about it after the New Year, okay?"
As for Fengdu, he won’t die for a while.
When Wen Yu heard these two words, he was stunned.
In the past, she was afraid of the Chinese New Year, afraid of noise and chatter, and even more afraid of being alone.
Now she is still afraid of the New Year, because——
This is the first year of the hundred years.
"Hmm," she heard herself say.
Song Linsheng smiled softly, and couldn't help but feel relieved. Although there were many things in the past that had not been explained, it was good enough now. "Then-"