"He's dead...?" Yun Che said with difficulty.
"Dead! The demon soul has dissipated. It won't be long before the corpse will be burned by the Golden Crow Flame." Jasmine sighed silently in her heart: "Don't be distracted by anything now, and focus on healing! You are injured too badly this time. Even if it's you, you could die at any time if you delay it a little longer!"
Yun Che stopped talking and tried to adjust himself to a relatively normal posture. Then he quickly put aside all distracting thoughts and concentrated his mind to practice the Great Dao Buddha Technique... He knew that Jasmine's words were not alarmist. Even when he was in the Primordial Profound Ark, he was not so seriously injured that he could not even feel the pain.
This time, the internal and external injuries were extremely severe. Throughout the entire Tianxuan Continent, Yun Che was the only one who could survive after being injured to this extent. In addition, his profound strength was extremely depleted, so it would take a long time to fully recover.
Being seriously injured, Yun Che's concentration was also greatly affected. After a full half a quarter of an hour, the pale golden pagoda slowly appeared, and the breath of heaven and earth that flowed into Yun Che's body began to become thicker.
At the end of the Moon-Slaying Demon Cave, the remains of the Moon-Slaying Demon Lord had been burned to ashes by the Golden Crow Flame. Without the power of the Devil God, his body was powerless to escape the fate of being burned to ashes... and beneath the layers of black ash, a hint of abnormal black light was faintly projected.
Behind him was the wall at the end of the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave. After Yun Che activated the “Heaven Blast”, he struck the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord with his sword, and more of the force impacted the dark wall. However, under the force that could destroy the Moon Slaughter Devil Lord, the wall still did not collapse. It only cracked into a dozen long and thin cracks, which could only be considered tiny cracks.
In the cracks, wisps of abnormal black air quietly flowed in from outside the stone wall. However, in the complete darkness, it was impossible to detect with the naked eye.
“Tsk, t ...
Everything had settled, but the eerie sounds of crying and laughing still echoed in the Moon-Slaying Demon Cave. The Netherworld Udumbara flower was still swaying in the wind, but only four petals remained. Both the sound of the ghost crying and the dark purple light had weakened a lot.
Blue Wind Country, the land of extreme ice and snow.
Dongfang Xiu traveled all the way north, day and night, and hardly stopped for a moment on the way. With his cultivation level at the beginning of the Wangxuan stage, he managed to rush from Cangfeng Imperial City to Bingyun Immortal Palace in less than ten hours.
After arriving at Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace and explaining his purpose, Dongfang Xiu had already exhausted all his profound energy. He fell headfirst into the snow and barely recovered after a long time.
"Master Dongfang, rest assured. The Palace Master has the Ice Cloud Immortal Soul with him. Even if we are 300,000 miles apart, he can receive our messages at any time."
The news of Xiao Yun's disappearance also shocked everyone in Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace. Yun Che had said in person that Xiao Yun was his sworn brother, and had brought him to Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace a few months ago and helped scare off the Sun Moon Divine Palace.
Murong Qianxue and the others did not have time to settle Dongfang Xiu, and they joined forces to quickly build a sound transmission formation unique to Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace. With the help of this formation, Yun Che, who possessed the Frozen Cloud Immortal Soul, would definitely be able to receive the sound transmission as long as he did not leave the Profound Sky Continent.
The sound transmission array was built, and Murong Qianxue stayed in the array, concentrating on transmitting sound, but she immediately opened her eyes with a look of surprise.
"Senior Sister, what's wrong?" Mu Lanyi asked worriedly.
"No, the sound cannot be transmitted." Murong Qianxue frowned and shook her head solemnly.
“How could it be?” Feng Hanyue said nervously, “The Palace Master has the Ice Cloud Immortal Soul, how could he not receive the sound transmission? This has never happened before. Unless… unless the Palace Master has removed the Ice Cloud Immortal Soul from his body.”
"Ah!" Feng Hanxue screamed in shock, her beautiful eyes blurred in the tense moment: "Could it be...Could it be that the Palace Master doesn't want us anymore..."
"Don't talk nonsense." Jun Lianqie immediately stopped her: "The Palace Master is the most loyal and righteous person in the world. He will never suddenly abandon our Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace. If he really got rid of the Frozen Cloud Immortal Soul, the six of us should also be able to sense it. I guess that the Supreme Ocean Palace is located on the ocean three thousand miles south of Tianxuan. Its location is out of the scope of Tianxuan Continent, so it can't receive our voice transmission. It may also be... After all, it is a holy land, and there should be a powerful protective barrier, so the voice transmission is blocked."
"Another possibility is that the Palace Master is now in the 'Moon Slaughter Devil Cave' that he mentioned several times before." Chu Yueli added: "The Palace Master has said twice that his main purpose of going to the Supreme Ocean Palace this time is to enter the 'Moon Slaughter Devil Cave' to find something. And since the 'Moon Slaughter Devil Cave' is the largest forbidden area in the Supreme Ocean Palace, it must be isolated by a very strong barrier. It is normal that voice transmission cannot be achieved."
"In short, let's not speculate rashly." Murong Qianxue walked out of the mysterious formation, and then said to Dongfang Xiu: "Master Dongfang, you can rest here for a while, and send a message to Queen Cangyue about this matter. There must be a reason why the Palace Master couldn't receive the message, but there is no need to worry too much. After that, we will try to send a message once every hour, and I believe the Palace Master will respond soon."
"In that case...thank you all fairies." Dongfang Xiu replied weakly.
Murong Qianxue and the others did as they said. After that, every hour, they would rebuild the sound transmission array to transmit sound, and consciously continue to strengthen the power of the profound force...
But two whole days passed and there was still no response.
This time, everyone in Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace began to panic.
Even though none of them said it out loud, everyone had a vague feeling in their hearts... Not only Xiao Yun, but Yun Che seemed to have been in trouble as well.
In the dim world, Yun Che, who had been sitting in meditation for who knows how long, suddenly opened his eyes and asked in a rather hasty voice: “How long have I been in meditation just now!?”
“More than twenty hours.” Jasmine said calmly.
“What!?” Yun Che stood up with a startled cry, and the injuries all over his body were immediately pulled, causing his face to twitch and he groaned in pain.
Ordinary injuries, even those that were considered serious by ordinary people, could be completely healed in the past two days. But this time was different. Not only were he injured inside and out, but his roots were also injured. So even though he had been quietly healing for more than 20 hours, his injuries were only half healed, and his profound strength had roughly recovered by about 50%.
"What? Are you afraid you won't make it to the Devil Sword Conference?" Jasmine snorted coldly, "Humph, you should first recover from your injuries, and then think carefully about how to get out! As for the Devil Sword Conference, it's not something you need to consider right now."
“No!” Yun Che denied it and turned around quickly.
A hundred feet away, four points of dark purple light were slowly swaying. When Yun Che looked over, a gloomy and heart-piercing sound of ghosts crying also slowly came.
Aside from the incomplete petals, the Netherworld Udumbara Flower was exactly the same as when Yun Che first saw it. Even the remaining four petals were still shimmering with purple light, without any signs of withering or dying.
Even though he was a hundred feet away, when Yun Che looked at it, he still clearly felt his soul being touched.
“Great.” Yun Che let out a long sigh of relief: “Master once said that the Netherworld Udumbara Flower will only bloom for three days, and after three days it will instantly wither.”
"Although only two days have passed since it opened, five of its petals have been broken and its power has been greatly weakened. Based on my knowledge of rare herbs and magical medicines, it would have withered earlier! Now the remaining four petals are still intact, which can be said to be a great fortune!"
Yun Che couldn't help but feel a little scared. In order to concentrate on healing his wounds, he sealed off his six senses. But when he was in a trance, he couldn't feel the passage of time at all, so he forced himself to retain a bit of consciousness to prevent himself from being in a trance for too long. However, he was injured too badly before, and his consciousness was extremely weak. The bit of consciousness he forced to retain soon dissipated... The moment he woke up, he instantly thought of the flowering period of the Netherworld Udumbara Flower, and he was so frightened that he almost broke into a cold sweat.
Fortunately, the last four petals of the Netherworld Udumbara Flower still exist.
But he also knew very clearly that if the Netherworld Udumbara Flower was intact, it would take a whole day before it withered.
But with only four petals left, the Netherworld Udumbara Flower's flowering period will definitely be shortened, and it will definitely not last for three days! Now that two more days have passed... it is very likely that it will suddenly wither in the next breath!
“You want to forcibly pick the Netherworld Udumbara Flower?” Jasmine raised her eyebrows and scolded, “Are you crazy?! Have you forgotten the horror of the Netherworld Udumbara Flower so quickly? Moreover, you are now covered in wounds, and your profound strength has only recovered half. Let alone picking it, even if you want to get within thirty feet, it is as difficult as ascending to heaven! If you force your way close, you are very likely to be possessed by the Netherworld and become a living dead!”
Yun Che let out a long breath, and said word by word as firm as iron: “I know how terrifying the Netherworld Udumbara Flower is! But don’t forget why I was forced to stay here! I also inexplicably encountered a Moon Slaughter Devil Lord and almost died here!”
"What Moon-Slaying Devil Lord, what Ancient Devil, what World Catastrophe... I have no interest in any of these! I just want to get the Netherworld Udumbara Flower! And I spent so much effort, took such a big risk, and almost lost my life, to finally save the only four remaining Netherworld Udumbara petals! How could I be willing if I couldn't take them away!"
As he spoke, Yun Che gritted his teeth. What happened after entering the Moon Slaughter Devil Cave was indeed countless times beyond his expectations. With his personality, even though he knew it was extremely difficult and risky, he would never allow himself to leave empty-handed.
Jasmine said sternly, "Humph, I know that what you like to do most is to fight to the death. But you should also have the least self-knowledge! Two days ago, you experienced the power of the Netherworld Udumbara Flower firsthand, and you were so far away! Now that the scars haven't healed yet, have you forgotten the pain?!"
“Jasmine, tell me.” Yun Che’s voice was very calm: “With only four petals instead of a complete Netherworld Udumbara Flower, can it help you regain your life?”
“…No! Of course not!” After a brief pause, Jasmine rejected the idea outright: “A broken Netherworld Udumbara Flower and a complete Netherworld Udumbara Flower are two completely different concepts! After I rebuild my body, I want my body and soul to be one, and I must have a complete Netherworld Udumbara Flower to do that! Not to mention five broken petals, even if only one is broken, it won’t have the slightest effect! Even if you risk your life and really get close to them and pick them, it will be in vain!”
"Besides, there's no way you could do it alive!"
Jasmine’s words did not move Yun Che. Instead, he looked at Netherworld Udumbara Flower with a more determined look: “You are lying!”
"…Lies!?" Jasmine's tone turned cold: "Don't you even believe what I say now?"
“No,” Yun Che shook his head gently. “Jasmine, you are the person I trust the most in this world. As long as you say something, no matter how absurd it is, I will believe it without hesitation. Except for… what you said just now.”
Jasmine: “You…”
“Jasmine…” Yun Che’s voice became exceptionally gentle: “The year we met, I was sixteen and you were thirteen. You recast my profound veins for me and asked me to worship you as my master. You even stepped on my head and forced me to knock on your head… After that, we were together day and night, every moment. Even with every breath, we could clearly sense each other’s existence. Today, it has been more than seven years.”
“You…what do you want to say?” Yun Che’s words made Jasmine’s voice sound a little strange.
"I want to say that we have been together day and night for seven years. The time I have spent with you is longer than that of your parents, your most important brother, and anyone else in this world. Therefore, I understand you better than anyone else, just as you understand me better than anyone else in this world."
Jasmine: “…”
"So now, I can tell whether you are lying or not. What's more, you don't like lying and you are not good at it. Usually, if you want to hide something from me, you will keep your mouth shut and deliberately make me feel that you don't want to tell me. Except for the matter of 'sealing your own profound power', you have never made up a lie to deceive me!"
"That's why you were able to keep your 'self-sealed profound power' a secret from me for so long. That was the only time you lied! And just now, it was the second time! But I'm no longer the person I was five years ago. This time, I won't be fooled again. No matter what..."
“Are you going to forcibly pick those four petals no matter what?” Jasmine’s tone changed slightly, and who knows what kind of complicated emotions were mixed in: “Okay… I did lie just now, but it wasn’t a complete lie! Only four Netherworld petals can help me unite my body and soul, but it can’t achieve perfect fusion! At most, it can only last for twenty to thirty years!”
“…What will happen in twenty or thirty years?” Yun Che was stunned.
"It is very likely that my body and soul will repel each other, and I will have to return to my current state! Humph, I am not stupid enough to endure the pain of Fen Juechen."
“I see!” Yun Che nodded heavily: “In other words, you can at least have twenty years of independent existence and absolute freedom. After that, the worst case scenario is that you will just return to your current state.”
"Then I must get these four Netherworld petals!!"
“You!!” Jasmine was immediately choked with anger. She gritted her teeth in the Sky Poison Pearl and said angrily, “You really won’t cry until you see the coffin! If that’s the case, then go ahead! Let me see where you get the confidence to pick those four Netherworld petals!”
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