Chapter 43
Jin Yuan, along with his disciples, apologized to Lin Yuan.
"My Lord, your subordinate has failed in his duty to guard the place properly, allowing outsiders to disturb you. I have come here specifically to apologize."
"It's alright," Lin Yuan said casually.
"Jin Yuan, I will take this man."
Xu Ran remained dumbfounded throughout. He had witnessed Jin Yuan's actions firsthand; this was the man who had captured him, known for his ruthless and cruel methods, killing anyone who refused to submit. He never expected this man to be so obedient in front of a woman. After hearing their conversation, he finally believed that the ethereal woman before him was indeed the legendary Lord Lin Yuan.
"There is one more thing; I must leave the Nine Netherworld Sect."
When will the God Lord return?
"When I will return is still unknown; it all depends on my mood."
"Your subordinate will obey the orders of the Divine Lord."
Having grown accustomed to spending time at sea, enjoying delicious seafood everywhere and walking on the azure waves, I find myself somewhat nostalgic for it.
Lin Yuan returned to her long-time island home, a simple cave that revealed a hidden paradise within. She opened the protective barrier, revealing some fine wine brewed by Jiang Liuya. She poured herself a cup and drank it alone. Xu Ran, standing beside her, stared blankly, not daring to utter a word. He had been in this state since earlier, and Xu Ran felt a pang of fear. This Lin Yuan, the Divine Lord, possessed an appearance as beautiful as a fairy, yet his mind was unfathomable.
Lin Yuan took a few sips of wine and looked up at Xu Ran. She gently swirled her wine glass with one hand, rested her chin on her other hand, her red lips curving slightly, and her beautiful eyes seemed to hold a hint of romance.
"This wine is quite good, would you like to try some?"
The woman before him was so alluring that Xu Ran seemed to be bewitched.
He instinctively moved closer to Lin Yuan, took the wine glass from her hand, and drank it all in one gulp.
"Cough cough cough!" Unexpectedly, this sweet-tasting wine was so strong. He was caught off guard and started coughing violently after drinking it.
Lin Yuan chuckled softly, his voice gentle and melodious: "Who told you to be in such a hurry?"
After a long while, Xu Ran finally recovered. He choked so badly that his face turned red and his eyes welled up with tears.
Lin Yuan gently lifted his chin with his fingers.
"Why don't you let me taste you?"
A vine sprouted from the ground, quickly spreading and growing until it reached Lin Yuan and Xu Ran, moving to separate them.
A figure in blue slowly stepped in from the entrance.
"It's you?" Lin Yuan's expression turned displeased. He thought to himself, "This person's injuries have healed quite quickly."
The newcomer was none other than Daoist Danxi. After recovering from his injuries, he immediately traveled to the Western Continent. However, by the time he reached the Nine Nether Gate, Lin Yuan had already departed. Even her closest subordinates were unaware of her whereabouts. Fortunately, he had brought Yue Qin and Yun Zheng with him. Although Daoist Danxi often found them cumbersome, they proved somewhat useful. The two led him to this island, where they actually found Lin Yuan. This Gu worm had possessed Liu Ya's body, wreaking havoc on it—how could he tolerate such a thing? He immediately stepped in to stop it.
"You can't even stand using your beloved's body to do something pleasurable?" Lin Yuan never hesitated to mock Daoist Danxi.
Danxi Daojun stared intently at Lin Yuan. The person before him was the body of his lover, but possessed a completely different aura.
He hated himself for always being a step too late. He should have been more decisive when removing the Gu that day, or at least put her to sleep with some medicine. He knew she was always reckless and uncompromising once she made up her mind, yet he still took the risk, leading to this predicament. Now that she was controlled by the Gu Lord, things were becoming increasingly difficult. How to control the Gu Lord without harming her was a question he had been pondering for days.
Daoist Danxi channeled spiritual energy, activating the Wood Spirit Realm. The ground was filled with fluorescent light, and the vegetation instantly grew wildly.
Only through battle can you discover the opponent's weaknesses.
Lin Yuan has not yet truly sparred with Daoist Danxi. Previously, Jiang Liuya's cultivation level was too far behind that of Daoist Danxi, making it impossible for her to force him to reveal his true strength.
Lin Yuan thought to himself, "I'd better learn from him."
"Is the fight about to begin? This is the old residence of your beloved. Are you willing to destroy it and turn it into ruins?"
“Let’s go outside and fight,” said Daoist Danxi.
Danxi Daojun instructed Yueqin and Yunzheng to stay where they were, and then left the cave with Linyuan.
Yueqin was still a little dazed: "I didn't expect things to develop this way. I'll have to go toe-to-toe with Sister Liu as soon as we meet."
Yun Zheng shook his head and said, "The Supreme Elder said that the person is not Miss Jiang, but Gu Master."
Xu Ran, who had just been bewitched by Lin Yuan, had now come to her senses and thought to herself, "That was close! I was almost bewitched by the Gu Master..."
The wine glass in Xu Ran's hand fell to the ground with a crisp cracking sound, and only then did the two notice this person.
"Fellow Daoist, are you alright?"
After leaving the cave, the two stood on a deserted island.
This is an unnamed, isolated island, like a giant black tortoise lying in the deep sea.
As you walk to the seaside, behind you are rugged rocks, and in front of you is a vast expanse of blue waves.
The two stood facing each other, the salty sea breeze howling past, making their clothes rustle.
Lin Yuan, who had been nonchalant, also became serious.
As a Nascent Soul cultivator, her inner energy is vast and boundless. In battle, she possesses her own Nascent Soul realm, called the Abyss of Myriad Gu. No one in this world has ever truly witnessed it.
Lin Yuan waved her hands lightly, and billions of Gu worms flew out from her hands, forming a vast, dark mass that instantly blocked out the light of day. Then, these Gu worms gathered together, like a giant black dragon, rolling and leaping out, sweeping towards Daoist Danxi.
The face of Daoist Danxi remained calm and composed. Faced with the overwhelming swarm of Gu worms, he simply raised his hands slowly, held them in mid-air, gathered his spiritual power in his hands, and suddenly, with his palms facing forward, a gust of wind was emitted from his palms towards the rolling dragon.
Daoist Danxi shouted, "The Realm of Wood Spirits, open!"
Under the influence of the Wood Spirit's power, a continuous stream of thick vines came with the strong wind. The vines were as thick as giant pythons, instantly coiling around the giant dragon formed by the Gu tide. The vines were covered with hard thorns, the sharp thorns piercing the Gu worms as hard as iron. Under the attack of the vines, the giant dragon was cut into hundreds of separate pieces of flesh.
Then, the enormous fern leaves spread out, their leaves blocking out the sky, like giant hands enveloping large swarms of Gu worms.
Daoist Danxi raised his hands, clenched his fists, and made a "retracting" motion. All the fern leaves, along with the Gu worms he had captured, vanished. Those Gu worms would all become nourishment for his Wood Spirit.
Lin Yuan was not annoyed by this.
She smiled slightly, then activated the second level of her cultivation. Lin Yuan waved his hand again.
In an instant, the world seemed to be stained with a layer of stale, dark green. In the damp, sticky air, poisonous miasma corroded the vines of Daoist Danxi, and plants began to rot in large swaths. Tiny poisonous insects bred from the decaying plants, and more and more of them gathered together. The venom of these insects mingled with the poisonous miasma, creating a suffocating death zone.
Lin Yuan's lips curled slightly. This was her masterpiece—the Realm of Poisonous Miasma, a forbidden zone for the living.
Daoist Danxi frowned slightly, his figure levitating as if he could no longer bear the decaying, deathly swamp. A rich life force emanated from him, almost tangible, emitting a faint, emerald glow around him.
He placed his palm down on the decaying mud beneath his feet, and a surge of powerful wood elemental energy erupted from his hand.
In the blink of an eye, dark green moss covered everything in sight. The damp mud, the withered vines, the rock surfaces, and even the water were all covered with vibrant green moss. The dense moss quickly took over the poisonous miasma land, its robust life force showing no fear of the toxic poison, and under the impetus of Danxi Daojun's spiritual power, it grew thicker and thicker.
Then, countless tender new shoots emerged from the ground, quickly growing into vines. The vines grew thicker and thicker, twining and climbing with desperate growth, bursting forth with a silent roar under the stimulation of life. The poisonous insects and miasma from before were completely defeated in the face of the surging, untamed life, and soon this land of death transformed into a vibrant green ocean.
As the two fiercely confronted each other, the clash of spiritual energy in the air caused a slight distortion in space itself.
Yue Qin and the others peered out from the cave entrance, witnessing a battle between Nascent Soul stage cultivators for the first time—a scene that truly left them speechless. Yun Zheng, already at the Core Formation stage, possessed a higher cultivation level than the other two and felt somewhat better, still able to withstand the howling gale. Yue Qin and Xu Ran were buffeted by the gale formed by spiritual energy, yet they chose to remain at the cave entrance, unwilling to retreat into the cave and not wanting to miss any exciting moments.
In the blink of an eye, the scene changed again. This was Lin Yuan's third realm, the Flood of Myriad Gu.
A massive black wave swept in, instantly swallowing the green ocean. The all-encompassing green moss, as if eroded by magma, rapidly melted and collapsed, turning into puddles of bubbling black liquid. The once arrogant and rampant giant vines also convulsed violently; their roots, corroded by the black venom, quickly lost all vitality and collapsed with a crash.
The Gu poison, like the deathly abyss, blanketed the island before us; this was the true Abyss of Ten Thousand Gu.
Lin Yuan looked at Danxi Daojun with a half-smile.
"So? Do you still want to fight?"
"That's all there is to it."
Danxi Daojun gave a soft snort, and a seed in his hand floated away with the spiritual energy.
The realm of Wood Spirits is not just about growth; the power of life can shatter the void.
The seed landed in the Abyss Realm and took root. Its slender leaves unfurled, revealing it to be a Spirit-Binding Grass. This grass fed on spiritual energy, and nourished by the continuous flow of spiritual energy within the Abyss Realm, it grew wildly. It continuously absorbed the spiritual energy of the Abyss Realm while, under the control of Daoist Danxi, it tightly bound and entwined itself around the Abyss Realm. Soon, it broke through the Abyss Realm.
The two fought for a long time, but it was difficult to determine a winner.
At this moment, Lin Yuan flipped his right hand and threw out an object.
Driven by spiritual power, the object came before Daoist Danxi.
A jade tablet.
"What is this?" asked Daoist Danxi.
"Take a look at some 'little diary entries' about your sweetheart; you might find them interesting."
Lin Yuan showed no interest in fighting; after speaking, he vanished in an instant.
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