Chapter 240 White Palace
Mu Jianjian felt a cool sensation on her forehead, and her consciousness momentarily blurred before she found herself in a white world.
"Is this your divine consciousness body?" Although she had been here before in the Xuan Tian Secret Realm, the one in front of her now was several times larger than the one she had seen before, and its aura was much gentler and more peaceful.
“That’s right,” the tree spirit smiled. “The young lady’s true energy is sealed. It needs to be cut with true energy imbued with spiritual energy lines, and then the true energy should be used to open up the six meridians in her body for breathing regulation.”
"Okay." Mu Jianjian nodded, but seeing the hesitation in the boy's expression, she tentatively asked, "Is there something wrong with it?"
"This method can completely clear the confusion from your body, but it will also cause you excruciating pain. If your will is not strong enough, it may even cause you to fall into a coma and sleep for years." The boy sighed softly.
He could tell at a glance that this forbidden technique within the girl's body was extremely domineering. Although its apparent intention was to seal her true energy, it was actually rampaging through her body, damaging her meridians. If it weren't for the protection of the spirit of nature, she would probably have accumulated internal injuries long ago, beyond any hope of recovery.
"It's alright, you can do it." Mu Jianjian breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this. She had thought it was some kind of side effect, but it turned out to be pain.
Severe pain is, relatively speaking, the easiest price to pay.
"Then I'll begin." The tree spirit's expression turned serious. He focused his mind and raised his hand. Countless white lights appeared in the void and enveloped Mu Jianjian, instantly covering the girl completely.
What followed was an endless white light and a feeling of excruciating pain.
"thump--"
Mu Jianjian collapsed weakly, her limbs limp. She could clearly feel something moving inside her body, scraping away something. A piercing pain swept through her nerves, and the only thing she could perceive was the voice of the tree spirit outside the white light.
"You can't faint yet, hang in there."
She clenched her fists so tightly that she didn't even realize her nails were digging into her flesh, as she recalled everything she had encountered in the Red Mansion and the Sand Cave.
no--
She hasn't reappeared before Baili Yicheng, hasn't given him a couple of punches; she hasn't met with the beautiful sister again to get to the bottom of what happened; she hasn't seen her senior brother and Yueyue...
Mu Jianjian desperately drew strength from her memories to help herself get through this ordeal.
She wants to regain her original strength, return to the sand cave, and break out of the formation herself!
After an unknown amount of time, Mu Jianjian numbly waited for the final moment in the white light. After hearing the tree spirit say "It's done," she immediately fell into darkness and lost consciousness.
When she woke up again, the white light that had been bathing her had turned into a dim yellow twilight, making Mu Jianjian feel disoriented.
"Has it been a long time already?" She raised her finger tremblingly, pointing at the hesitant tree spirit. "It's alright, I can accept the truth. Tell me, how many years have passed?"
Tree Spirit: ?
The boy seemed to find Mu Jianjian's behavior somewhat amusing. His previously serious expression disappeared, and after chuckling, he slowly shook his head, "No, it's just that two hours have passed."
Two hours!
Four hours have passed in the blink of an eye?
"Is the competition over?" she asked tentatively.
The competition is over and there's no relocation formation, how is she supposed to get back!
"Not yet, but—" the tree spirit changed the subject and returned to her, "Although I have untied the secret technique within you, your true energy has not yet recovered to its former peak. It is best not to fight recklessly, as recovery will take time."
"Oh, thank you!" Mu Jianjian cried out, tears of gratitude streaming down her face as she faced the other person. "Do you still want to eat dirt? I have so much dirt here!"
The secret technique has been unlocked; as for the time needed to recover?
This is no big deal!
"Soil?" A big question mark flashed through the tree spirit's mind. "What soil?"
Mu Jianjian blinked her eyes, took a handful of soil from the system space, and placed it in front of the green-haired boy. "This soil."
Mu Jianjian: Well-behaved.
The tree spirit was stunned. He stared blankly at the small handful of deep red soil in the girl's hand, feeling as if he smelled the most wonderful fragrance in the world!
He trembled as he picked up a bit of soil and put it in his mouth—
It's so delicious!
"Hmm, girl, where did this mud come from?" The tree spirit looked up at Mu Jianjian again and saw two blushes on her face, which, against her green hair, gave her a delicate and beautiful look!
Mu Jianjian smiled and said, "This is soil I brought from my world. Since you like it, I'll give you more."
Upon hearing this, the tree spirit scooped up the soil from the girl's palm and began to eat it in small bites. As the mound of soil around the girl grew higher and higher, the smile on his lips grew wider and wider.
"If Bai Dian hadn't ordered his clansmen to stop people, I really would have wanted them to try this too."
"Bai Dian? Stopping people?" Mu Jianjian asked alertly, "Who is Bai Dian?"
“It is His Highness Bai Ji, the son of the current Emperor,” the tree spirit explained to her patiently. “It is said that the Emperor set up this trap to bring the people of the Demon Realm here, but in reality, he wanted to trap them and kill them in the Wood Spirit Land.”
Mu Jianjian stopped digging in the dirt. "Where's the Broken Brocade Slip? Wasn't this competition for selecting people to have the Broken Brocade Slip recognize its master?"
“The Broken Brocade Scroll is real, but it has long since turned to dust and lost its vitality, losing its former wonders,” the tree spirit saw the girl’s abnormality and his eyes narrowed, a sense of foreboding rising in his heart. “Competing for the Broken Brocade Scroll is secondary; capturing the Demon Lord cultivator is the main goal.”
No wonder!
No wonder she always felt that there was a lot of rigged competition. Even she, who had no cultivation, could slip through the mud in the first round. It turns out that from the very beginning, it was a trap set for the Demonic Realm cultivators!
"Do you know where they are now?" Mu Jianjian turned to ask the tree spirit, her eyes filled with seriousness and urgency.
The tree spirit pondered for a moment, then gently beckoned, and a bluebird appeared in his hand. "It will take you there, but... do you know any Demon Lord cultivators?"
“He’s my friend and he’s saved my life several times,” Mu Jianjian said, biting her lip. “Although it’s not good to say this, and it might even give us leverage, but—Bai Ji is no good, and the curse he placed on your Wood Spirit Clan was very likely done by people from the Celestial Palace.”
"Do you have any evidence?" the tree spirit asked, frowning.
Although he vaguely sensed that the Wood Spirit Clan was about to face a calamity, he never expected it to be like this!
The Emperor is the most powerful and authoritative person in the entire Upper Realm, and so is the White Palace. Although he has a bad and stubborn personality, he is also studious and quite courteous to the people of other families in the Immortal Palace. However, the girl in front of him actually showed disdain and contempt for him in her words!
After shaking her head, Mu Jianjian immediately followed Qingniao away.
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