White bones
As planned, Daoyin went to the Imperial Observatory. Yiqing naturally stalled for time, saying that his master was busy and had not yet replied, and then inviting Daoyin to have tea and snacks... He delayed Daoyin for almost an hour before taking him to the Director's courtyard, pretending to wait with Daoyin for the Director to wake up from his meditation...
They waited another half hour before someone, as if in a theatrical performance, summoned the two of them to another courtyard where an inspection array had been set up.
After waiting for so long, there was no longer any reason to delay, so he smiled and looked at the guide: "The inspection array is indeed fine, the goods are good, so let's discuss the delivery time and method..."
Daoyin wasn't stupid. He knew from the Imperial Observatory's delay that the matter was not as simple as his senior brother had made it out to be, so he said frankly, "My friend's sacrificial tower is outside the city. Why don't I take the messenger there to take a look? We are all cultivators, and I don't want to get involved in any bad karma."
Yi Qing was surprised that Dao Yin was so cooperative, so she quickly nodded: "If I could see the goods in person, I would feel more at ease. Then I will trouble you to lead the way, fellow Daoist."
Daoyin shook his head: "Not at all, please." Then the two chatted and laughed all the way out of the south of the city...
Not long after leaving the south of the city, both of them heard Bai Er's cry and sensed the energy wave. They exchanged a glance and then ran quickly towards the sacrificial tower...
When the two arrived at the sacrificial tower, what they saw was Bai Er's original form. His thick snake body was covered with countless wounds, large and small, many of which were mixed with fine sand and gravel... It was a bloody mess, a horrifying sight...
Yi Qing quickly went over and used her magic to repair Bai Er's body. She then took out a bottle from her storage bag and flew to Bai Er's side: "Bai Er, this is healing spiritual water, drink it quickly..."
Bai Er's back was burning with pain, and he could barely move. Dao Yin quickly went over, opened the bottle, and brought it to Bai Er's lips...
Bai Er's form gradually returned to human shape. He said "thank you" to Dao Yin and then opened his mouth to drink it all in one gulp...
Daoyin turned his head and saw Xu Yi on Bai Da's head. He took a few steps over, took Xu Yi from her, and gently patted her to wake her up: "Xu Yi?"
Xu Yi had completely exhausted all the ghost energy in her body, even the ghost energy and yin energy in the small wooden sword were used up. She was actually conscious, but she was too tired to move. At this moment, she opened her eyes again and looked at Dao Yin. Dao Yin breathed a sigh of relief and asked her, "Do you... know them all?"
Xu Yi really didn't want to speak, so she nodded slightly.
"So, you're a low-ranking official from the Imperial Observatory?"
Xu Yi nodded again.
The guide sighed helplessly: "I told you not to get involved in his karma, why didn't you listen?"
“He…he is my…my friend…” Xu Yi swallowed hard. “And…he is guilty…guilty…”
"The crime doesn't warrant death, is that right?" the voice prompt interface asked.
Xu Yi nodded again.
"You're too old-fashioned and too honest. With your stubbornness, you're likely to get into trouble."
Xu Yi remained silent, and Dao Yin sighed again: "In that case, let them take you back to the Imperial Observatory. My karmic ties with my senior brother here are settled, and it's time for me to leave." After saying that, he looked at Xu Yi and said in a deep voice: "Farewell, Xu Yi."
Xu Yi couldn't speak, so he could only nod again. Dao Yin placed Xu Yi back on Bai Da's head, then stood up and cupped his hands in a salute to Yi Qing: "Fellow Daoist Yi Qing, farewell to the martial world."
While Yi Qing was busy channeling her magic to heal Bai Er, she could only turn her head and smile at Dao Yin: "See you in the martial world, Dao Yin."
Daoyin glanced at Xu Yi one last time before turning and leaving.
At this moment, Wu Zi slowly woke up, walked over and hugged Xu Yi again, asking, "How are you?"
Xu Yi shook her head: "I...I don't have the strength..."
Wu Zi looked at Bai Da, whose body was badly damaged, and took out a storage bag and said to Bai Da, "There is a spring of spiritual water in here that can repair the body. You go in and soak in it first. We will make further plans after we return to the Imperial Observatory."
Bai Da's eyes revealed a faint smile as he turned and entered Wu Zi's storage bag.
Wu Zi then looked at Bai Er and Yi Qing and asked, "Senior Brother Yi Qing, how is it?"
"Fortunately, I used my magic to stop the bleeding first, and we'll deal with the rest when we get back."
Wu Zi took out Yin coins and handed them to Xu Yi: "Absorb them and recover first."
Xu Yi didn't take it, but looked at her own hand. Wu Zi followed Xu Yi's gaze and realized that Xu Yi's left hand was completely missing. His expression hardened, and he quickly pressed the yin coin against Xu Yi's brow, but the yin coin, which was full of yin energy, didn't react at all...
"What's going on? Why can't it even absorb yin energy anymore?"
Xu Yi raised her other slowly fading hand and smiled bitterly: "Perhaps after a person dies, they can die again..."
As soon as Xu Yi finished speaking, her entire body became transparent, passing through Wu Zi's legs and falling to the ground. Wu Zi was shocked and took two steps back, trying to pick Xu Yi up again, but found that he couldn't touch her at all. Wu Zi took out the packet of white powder from his pocket and hurriedly tried to smear it on his hands, but the white powder wouldn't come out. Wu Zi simply tore the cloth bag apart, and the powder was blown everywhere by the wind...
Fortunately, his hands were also somewhat contaminated. He quickly rubbed his hands together and tried to hug Xu Yi again, but found that even with the powder, he couldn't touch Xu Yi...
Wu Zi's heart leaped into his throat. He quickly took out the hairpin that could hide souls and put Xu Yi inside. Then he ran quickly into the city... Yi Qing had just stopped the bleeding from Bai Er's wound when he turned around and saw Wu Zi running forward anxiously. He grabbed Wu Zi and said, "Are you stupid? Use the teleportation array!"
"Oh, right, right..." Wu Zi repeated unconsciously, then reached for the teleportation array plate in his pocket, but couldn't find it for a long time. He angrily ripped open his collar and finally saw the array plate in his pocket. He reached for it shakily, but didn't control his strength and pulled it out so hard that he threw the teleportation array to the ground...
Yi Qing had never seen Wu Zi so distraught, so she quickly picked up the teleportation array disc and handed it to Wu Zi...
Wu Zi started chanting the teleportation array incantation, but he couldn't get it right no matter how hard he tried. His tongue seemed to be tied in knots, and the more anxious he became, the less effective it was...
Yi Qing frowned, quickly took the array plate from him, and began chanting incantations...
Wu Zi felt a cool sensation on his face. He reached up and touched it, only to find it was tear stains. He was startled, then quickly wiped away his tears and anxiously looked at Yi Qing...
Yi Qing's eyes were filled with worry for her junior brother. Her hands kept making hand seals, and after a moment, the array plate lit up...
A flash of light, and the group was teleported directly to the supervisor's courtyard. As soon as the formation was set, they saw the supervisor standing in front of it.
Wu Zi stepped forward, grabbed the supervisor's sleeve, handed him the jade hairpin from his bosom, and looked at the supervisor expectantly...
Yi Qing quickly took the hairpin and handed it to the supervisor: "Supervisor, this is Xu Yi. Please take a look."
The supervisor glanced at Wu Zi, picked up a hairpin and whisked it, and Xu Yi flew out of the hairpin and lay on the ground...
The supervisor, seeing Xu Yi's completely transparent appearance, clicked his tongue in surprise and said, "Girl, what happened to you?"
Xu Yi didn't want to speak, only looking at the supervisor. The supervisor's yellow light swept across Xu Yi's body, and he stroked his beard, saying, "Your ghostly energy is exhausted, and your essence and blood are damaged. No wonder you look like this..." He looked at Xu Yi: "No destruction, no construction. I've already finished refining that skeleton from before, so let's deal with it together..."
After saying that, he placed the skeleton he had crafted next to Xu Yi.
Xu Yi immediately recognized the remains of the senior figure in the dry well. She looked at the supervisor with confusion and murmured, "Male...male..."
The supervisor laughed heartily twice: "Haha, even in this state, you're still worried about this, little Xu Yi? It's alright, watch the supervisor refine it for you..." After saying that, he waved his whisk a few times at the skeleton on the ground, and the kind-looking skeleton turned into a ball of bone fluid radiating a yellow light...
Then the yellow bone fluid was poured into Xu Yi's body by the supervisor. After absorbing Xu Yi's soul, the bone fluid slowly transformed into a woman's skeleton. Xu Yi sat up and looked at her bare skeletal hands, even more surprised: "Bones? I've become a skeleton?"
"Where there are bones, flesh can grow; however, the physical body cannot be solidified without the baptism of heavenly lightning, so you still need to keep working hard, Xu Yi..."
"Can't be fixed?" Xu Yi's empty, skeletal eyes looked at the supervisor: "What do you mean by 'can't be fixed'?"
"It's just that the flesh is easy to fall off," the supervisor explained impatiently. "Don't be careless. Although you have bones now, it still takes time to adjust. Anyway... just get used to it..."
“Oh,” Xu Yi nodded, looked at his bare hands and feet again and again, walked up to Wu Zi and said, “Wu Zi, I’ve turned into a skeleton!”
Wu Zi had recovered by now, and nodded to Xu Yi: "Yes, you've turned into a skeleton."
Xu Yi looked at her empty, skeletal body and found it both surprising and amusing. She then jumped up to Bai Er and said, "Bai Er, I have bones now."
Bai Er nodded and smiled at Xu Yi: "Yes, you are pregnant."
Yi Qing, watching the boneless body bouncing around, couldn't help but chuckle: "Hmm, it's pretty good, except... you can't go out at night."
"Why?" Xu Yi looked at Yi Qing with empty eyes, her expression showing confusion.
"That's terrifying, Xu Yi."
Xu Yi thought about the scene: a pitch-black night, so dark you couldn't see your hand in front of your face, and suddenly you saw a skeleton hopping and skipping along the road. Just thinking about it sent chills down her spine...
He nodded: "Okay, then I won't go out tonight..."
"Yes," the supervisor nodded and beckoned to Xu Yi, "Come with me, soak in the medicinal soup to strengthen your bones and muscles again, and get back to normal as soon as possible."
“Okay,” Xu Yi nodded. Although there was no ghost energy left in her body and the black bead was gone, she felt strong now that she had bones, as if she had been reborn. She happily followed the supervisor to soak in the medicinal soup.
Wu Zi finally felt relieved and began to feel sorry for the white powder he had spilled in his moment of folly. Suddenly, Yi Qing patted his shoulder, startling him. He looked at Yi Qing and heard him earnestly advising, "Junior brother, return to your sect as soon as possible."
With those words, Wu Zi was once again plunged back into the desolate emptiness, and he nodded bitterly: "I know, senior brother."
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