"Why?" the saintess asked in surprise.
Zuan glanced at her with some surprise. Why did she seem to care so much about this? "Because I saved Hong Lei with the elixir of immortality before, I know that to be resurrected, in addition to the rare elixir of immortality, one also needs to find the soul of the deceased. Both are indispensable."
"You seem to have a connection with the Netherworld. Do you have a way to find souls?" the saintess asked.
Zuan shook his head slightly: "I investigated when I first came to this world, and for some reason, it seems that this world does not yet have the Netherworld."
The saint's expression shifted, as if she had thought of something, but she didn't ask any further questions.
Zuan continued, "Without the Netherworld, the souls of the dead have nowhere to go and wander between heaven and earth. Some will soon be scattered, while others will become vengeful ghosts for some special reasons. So it is basically impossible to find the soul of the Yayu."
While the two were talking, the ritual on the side of the Enlightened Six Witches had already been completed.
Wu Di's excited voice rang out: "He moved! He moved! It seems the elixir of immortality is indeed effective."
Zuan pondered what the elixir of immortality they had mentioned was. He had already found it extremely difficult to obtain a divine dragon elixir of immortality in his later life, and he wished he could get one in this world as well.
At this moment, the abundant vitality in the space surged into the corpse on the stone platform. Soon, the corpse's hands and feet trembled a few times, and then it slowly opened its eyes.
"They're alive! They're alive!" The six enlightened shamans hugged each other excitedly, weeping with joy.
"Yayu, we have successfully rescued you from Erfu, and the Heavenly Emperor has shown you mercy by bestowing upon you the elixir of immortality, which is why we were able to revive you," said Wu Fan, the shortest of the six witches, as he approached Yayu with a smile.
A look of confusion flashed in the Yayu's eyes, then a fierce glint appeared in them, and it swallowed Wu Fan whole in one gulp.
This scene stunned everyone present. The five enlightened shamans instinctively scattered, and the leader, Wu Peng, was both shocked and furious: "Yayu, what are you doing?"
At this moment, the Yayu clutched its head, emitting painful moans, unable to utter a single word.
Wu Peng and the others realized what was happening and rushed over to try to rescue their companion. Although they knew that Wu Fan was probably in grave danger, they couldn't just do nothing.
Seeing the group rushing over, the Yayu was also startled. It let out a roar and ran away into the distance, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
All these changes happened so fast that Zuan and the Holy Maiden were dumbfounded and hurriedly followed the Enlightened Five Witches.
Unfortunately, the Yayu was too fast. Just like with Erfu before, the group quickly lost track of their target, leaving only the five enlightened witches with deathly pale faces.
"How could this happen? How could this happen?" Wu Peng stood there muttering to himself, his face full of disbelief.
The others were also still in shock and grief, unable to process what had happened.
"Is it possible that the elixir of immortality is fake?" the hot-tempered Wu Yang cursed. Although the person had been saved, the one he had saved was more like a vicious monster, completely the opposite of the kind and gentle Yayu from before.
Now that their companions have been eaten right under their noses, one can imagine the resentment and anger they feel.
Wu Peng shook his head slightly: "Impossible. That elixir of immortality was bestowed by the Heavenly Emperor. We have all seen it ourselves. There is no way to fake it."
"Could it be that the Heavenly Emperor did something behind the scenes that we can't see through..."
Before Wu Yang could finish speaking, Wu Peng interrupted him: "Watch your words!"
Wu Yang also felt a little guilty, realizing that he had said some outrageous things.
Taking the opportunity, Zu'an asked, "Have you seen the Heavenly Emperor? What kind of god is he?"
He knows far too little about the Heavenly Court and wants to take this opportunity to gather more information.
“The Heavenly Emperor is the Heavenly Emperor, the King of all gods,” Wu Peng answered the question with little enthusiasm. “Besides, we have only seen the Heavenly Emperor from afar, and dared not look up to examine him closely, so we do not know much about him.”
"Wasn't the elixir of immortality a gift from the Heavenly Emperor?" Zu An was taken aback, thinking the two sides were quite familiar with each other.
“How could we possibly be qualified to meet the Heavenly Emperor? The elixir of immortality was sent by the Heavenly God Baojiang, who is in charge of managing the elixir of immortality for the Heavenly Emperor.” Wu Peng shook his head, still immersed in doubt, sorrow and confusion.
Seeing his distraught appearance, Zu'an comforted him, "The Yayu didn't mean to eat your companion. It probably just couldn't find its soul. The immortality elixir you used only restored a walking corpse monster."
“The soul…” Wu Peng became excited instantly. “That’s right, that’s right, so that’s where the problem lies.”
However, the excitement quickly turned to sadness, because everything they had done was in vain. Not only had they failed to save the person, but they had also lost their companion's life.
The saintess suddenly asked, "Where can we find that Baojiang?"
"You want to find the elixir of immortality? It's useless. No one can obtain the elixir of immortality unless it is approved by the Heavenly Emperor." Wu Peng shook his head. "However, the glass hairpin flower you asked about earlier does exist in Baoyuan Mountain where he is. Although we failed to save the Yayu, the previous agreement still stands. Thank you for your help."
Zuan was both surprised and delighted, finally receiving news of the glass hairpin.
“We should have taken you there, but we are now searching for the whereabouts of the Yayu, so we probably don’t have time to accompany you. We can only tell you the location of Baoyuan Mountain…” Wu Peng took out a piece of tortoise shell and quickly drew lines on it with his fingers. Soon, lines appeared on the shell.
“I have drawn the map to Baoyuan Mountain on it, and I have also written a letter on it. When Baojiang sees it, he will know that you are my friends and will give you the glass hairpin.”
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