Reunion
Gui Xu remained unhurried, seemingly unaffected by the spiritual energy disruption caused by Xiao Mo.
She regained her vitality at a visible speed, her whole body transformed from weak to strong, and her complexion gradually became rosy.
Cang Jingye escorted her to the foot of the mountain, and she walked up to the Four Continents Sect on her own. With each step she took, her steps became more steady, and by the time she reached Han Jiang, she had fully recovered.
All the spiritual energy in the air, whether spiritual or demonic, gathered in Gui Xu's hand and was absorbed into her body.
The chaos that had engulfed the Four Continents Sect slowly subsided, and the fallen people began to regain their strength.
She kicked Xiao Mo to make sure he was dead, then helped Han Jiang up and asked, "How did you know Xiao Mo's transformation into a demon was successful?"
"I guessed..." Han Jiang didn't have the strength to speak.
"Hahaha! Cang Jingye is right, you always guess very accurately!" Gui Xu said with a laugh. "Get some rest, poor thing."
This was the last thing Han Jiang heard before she lost consciousness.
When she woke up again, she was lying in the villa, with Han Qi by her side.
"Is it over?" Han Jiang sat up anxiously, pulling at the wound on her calf in her haste, making her wince in pain.
Hanqi held Hanjiang down, calming her down: "It's over, Senior Sister."
"Where are the others?"
"The night Xiao Mo died, the entire Vermilion Bird Pavilion fled back to Jingzhou. Xiao Yu insisted that the rebels within the Vermilion Bird Pavilion hadn't been completely wiped out, and that they had dragged out another group to take the blame. As for Master Gui, she returned to Maple Fire Reflecting Frost Pavilion, saying she was preparing to fulfill her promise to you." Han Qi asked, "Senior Sister, what did Master Gui promise you?"
"Nothing. Where's Cang Jingqi?" With Wen Xu's resurrection seemingly secured, Han Jiang felt half relieved.
"His Highness was seriously injured and was taken back to the Demon Realm by His Highness the Third Prince."
Han Jiang: "How is our sect? Are the elders all alright?"
"It's nothing. I just didn't eat much while I was under control, so I've recovered pretty well. But both sect leader tokens were destroyed. My master wrote seven or eight letters to the old sect leader. I guess the old sect leader will be back soon."
The method for creating the Sect Master's Token is known only to the Sect Master. Since Xiao Mo died, it was not passed on to the next sect master.
Wen Wan brought in the medicine and said happily, "You're awake? That's wonderful! Han Qi, go tell your master first, and I'll arrange for Han Jiang to take his medicine."
"Third Elder." Han Jiang bowed slightly as a greeting.
"Having learned from your experience of being struck by lightning last time, your master and I have improved the prescription this time. It will definitely make you look whiter even faster than last time!"
"Thank you for your trouble." Han Jiang didn't dare to look in the mirror. This time it wouldn't be much better than last time. Just by looking at her hands, she knew that her face would probably look like a tea egg.
After these two incidents, the Four States Sect's trust in the Vermilion Bird Pavilion has dropped significantly. Akagi plans to rethink its relationship with the Vermilion Bird Pavilion, and Maple Fire Frost Pavilion will certainly not give the Vermilion Bird Pavilion a friendly look.
The Vermilion Bird Pavilion itself suffered considerable losses, and it needed to appease public anger while also finding ways to protect its internal strength.
This makes it even more difficult for the imperial court to disrupt the coexistence of humans and demons.
What's giving Han Jiang a headache is that the story should have reached its conclusion here, but the system's task hasn't been completed. More importantly, Han Jiang remembers Wen Xu saying that in the end, Cang Jingmo would be the Demon Lord opposing Han Qi, but so far, the previous Demon Lord hasn't emerged from seclusion.
The storyline has definitely been changed, but I don't know how far it has gone.
Han Jiang was unconscious for three days. Han Tian said that when Gui Xu left the Four States Sect, she took the crystal coffin back to Anzhou and told Han Jiang to go find her after she woke up.
After he was able to walk without any problems, Hanjiang took the medicine and Hanqi to Anzhou.
Han Tian's injuries were still fresh and he needed to recuperate. In addition, he was busy with affairs of the Four Provinces Sect and could not spare the time.
Since Hanqi was going to leave anyway to find Luoluo, Hanjiang thought it best to let Hanqi see her off.
With all the plot points from the original book completed, there shouldn't be any more major upheavals. Han Jiang felt an unprecedented sense of peace, as if everything had finally settled down.
When Gui Xu saw Han Jiang, he tried hard not to laugh and invited Han Jiang to go up to the sixth floor.
Slightly different from last time, Guixu has tidied up some of the items, making the space seem much more spacious.
"Relying on Wen Wan's method, it will take you quite a few days to get your money back. How are you going to see your Cang Jingqi like this?" Wen Xu teased.
"With such talent and stunning beauty, Lord Gui must have some good methods, right?"
Gui Xu is not one to flatter, but as soon as Han Jiang mentioned it, she took out a jar of ointment: "Apply it to your face, and it will be better in one night."
If we brought this treasure back to reality, it would definitely sell like hotcakes.
"When you and His Highness came last time, did you take anything with you?" After exchanging pleasantries, Gui Xu asked about the travelogue.
There's no denying that Han Jiang did indeed take the second half of that travelogue.
During the war between immortals and demons, Han Jiang stayed behind at the Demon Palace, which gave him the opportunity to read the entire travelogue.
"I'm sorry, Master Gui, what you want isn't here with me, it's in the Demon Palace," Han Jiang said.
Gui Xu pulled up a chair for Han Jiang: "So you've already finished reading? No wonder you guessed right. Sit down for a while. The resurrection will take some time. Although the crystal coffin can preserve a person's body, it will eventually wear and tear, so the body is currently being repaired."
Hanjiang nodded and sat down next to Guixu.
"Let's talk. What do you know? Let me see if I should silence you." Gui Xu's smile was chilling.
"Master Gui, what are you saying... should I say it or not?" Han Jiang knew that Gui Xu was joking.
"You don't know just because you won't tell me?"
Han Jiang chuckled twice in agreement and said, "Master Gui, maintaining the art of immortality must be difficult, right?"
"If you want something that others can't have, you always have to pay a higher price."
I'll stop here. Guixu doesn't want to expose Hanjiang's secrets; he's just being polite to see if Hanjiang really knows a lot.
The author of the travelogue was indeed a genius, creating unprecedented formations and spells.
Gui Xu, her adopted daughter, is equally talented.
Whether it's the Spirit Gathering Altar, or the transformation and fusion of humans and demons, none of them are unprecedented or will ever be repeated.
Initially, the latter half of the book stated, "My mother passed away, my daughter also left me, and my heart left with her." Han Jiang thought they died together. Later, he realized that it was their human hearts that died together, and from then on, he was a demon in human form.
The tomb was built by Gui Xu, who used a brilliant array layout to preserve the body intact for over a thousand years.
Han Jiang speculated that due to the demonic barrier, Gui Xu's method of obtaining demonic energy was extremely difficult. Maintaining longevity required both spiritual energy and demonic energy; without demonic energy, death would be inevitable.
Therefore, Gui Xu sought cooperation with Cang Jingye to obtain the demonic energy of the demon race.
However, Xiao Yu happened to get involved, and things escalated.
At this moment, Gui Xu remembered that his mother's tomb was far away in Xuanzhou, so he wanted to use Han Jiang's power to revive his mother.
The lanterns at the tomb exposed Gui Xu's true form. She didn't want to reveal herself like that, but just then, a spirit disintegration body was delivered to her door.
Unfortunately, the soul had been broken after a thousand years, and the resurrection ended in failure.
Surprisingly, the lamp that Han Jiang brought back contained the soul of Cang Jingmo, so Gui Xu resurrected Cang Jingmo without hesitation.
Hanjiang had a question and asked, "Master Gui, there's something else I don't quite understand."
"What's up?"
"Did the Second Prince's mother really help you?" If that woman hadn't set up the demon barrier, Gui Xu's situation wouldn't be so awkward.
Gui Xu walked to the windowsill and opened the window: "There is no woman here, no Maple Fire Reflecting Frost Pavilion."
Maintaining the longevity technique was a troublesome matter. Remembering everything my mother had told me was the second troublesome matter. The fact that all the formations and spells I knew were forbidden by the Vermilion Bird Pavilion was the third troublesome matter. But at that time, the biggest troublesome matter was getting food, earning money, and then surviving.
She will never forget that snowy day, and that woman in red.
Just like more than a thousand years ago, when she first met her adoptive mother on a snowy day.
This is why Guixu knew about Cangjingxing's death and Cangjingye's dissatisfaction.
"Do you think I need to go to the Demon Realm to retrieve the travelogue?" Gui Xu asked knowingly.
Han Jiang: "I am the only one who knows that the crystal coffin in the tomb was made by you."
Since Gui Xu asked this question, it means he doesn't want to take it.
That's exactly the effect she wanted. Rumors circulated that it was her, but there was no direct evidence, giving people the impression that she was both mysterious and powerful.
"The Demon Realm is celebrating the Heavy Snow Festival right now. Once your senior sister is resurrected, I'll send you to the Demon Realm for the festival, how about that?"
"Respect is not as good as obedience."
The wind blew in through the window, carrying with it the March sunshine.
The teleportation array can take you directly from the sixth floor to the secret room of Maple Fire Reflecting Frost Pavilion.
Wen Xu's body was immersed in an unknown substance, and Gui Xu repaired all his wounds. The dust on his face was wiped clean. It has to be said that Gui Xu was surprisingly thoughtful in some matters.
"Luckily, there was still some left in the pot after I kicked it over, otherwise it wouldn't have been enough." Gui Xu stood by the pool, the array at the bottom of the pool.
After the formation was activated, she took out the stone that Han Jiang had brought back from Xuanzhou and muttered incantations.
The stone hangs on Wenxu's forehead, acting as a medium to absorb something and transport it into Wenxu's body.
They even said the formation could only be used once a year, which was probably just to scare Han Jiang. Gui Xu had planned this all along, wanting Han Jiang to find a way to deal with the rebels.
In my mind, the system's mechanical alarm bells blared loudly.
[Warning! Warning! Someone is attempting to steal the host's soul! Warning! Activate Level 1 defense!]
Hanjiang: "System, turn off the defenses."
Insufficient permissions
"Don't lower your guard yet, help me check the affection level."
[Priority comparison in progress—task takes priority; Demon Lord's current favorability is 18%]
Just after checking the favorability rating, the system sounded an alarm to activate protection, so Hanjiang had no choice but to let the system check the favorability rating again.
Fortunately, this struggle with the system didn't last long. The system's voice in my mind grew weaker and weaker, and even got stuck. It took a while for it to recover.
[Disconnected from host...Reconnecting...Reconnecting...]
The system kept "reconnecting" and then it could no longer connect to Hanjiang.
Han Jiang tried calling out to the system in his mind, but the system did not respond.
Gui Xu stretched and put the stone away: "Done. As expected of me. It's quite amazing. After being dead for so long, this person's soul is not damaged. It's just that it was a bit difficult to summon the soul, as if someone was trying to steal it from me."
Han Jiang smiled inwardly, all thanks to the system.
"Han Xiaoman?" Wen Xu seemed to have slept for a very long time, without dreaming, and slept very well. She felt no fatigue. When she woke up, Han Jiang was standing beside her. "Long time no see."
Overjoyed, Han Jiang cried, "Sister Wen! We've finally met again!"
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