"What's going on?" Geng Qi looked at Rong Yu's furrowed brows, and his heart jumped.
Wan Yue frowned as well, equally puzzled.
The Soul-Purifying Spring can purify evil energy, and it was indeed effective when I soaked in it just now, but it's not working now.
After staring at his face, where veins bulged from suppressed anger, for a long time, Wan Yue asked in a low voice, "Is there anything with sentience within this sword?"
Spiritual consciousness?
Geng Qi held Rong Yu tightly in his arms, looked at the blade of the Drunken Shadow Sword, and thought of the woman on Kaopan Mountain who lost her soul while saving her child. His heart sank and he said, "Yes."
"..."
"It is the remnant soul of his mother."
Qing Han didn't understand, but he could tell how serious the matter was. His gaze fell on the woman in front of him. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but when he heard the words "remnant soul," the fingertips of this woman, who had remained calm and composed amidst the changing winds, suddenly trembled a few times.
Wan Yue closed her eyes briefly: "It's not a demon in the heart. That remnant soul has cultivated a spiritual body by relying on the baleful energy on the sword and is now trying to seize his physical body."
"What?" Geng Qi's gaze froze.
The spirit is snatching the physical body. Rong Yu's physical body was originally given to him by his mother. If it were his mother, would he be so stubborn as to give it away directly?
"Then... is there any way to save him?"
Wan Yue asked, "Has the phoenix spirit within you been fully restored?"
Geng Qi frowned: "What phoenix spirit?"
"...This is what you're looking for."
"..."
What he's looking for is a fragment of the Crystal Heart. What does that have to do with the Phoenix Spirit?
Suddenly remembering something, he exclaimed, "No, there's only one piece left!"
Wan Yue glanced at him, then with a flick of her wrist, a golden halo appeared in his palm. A flash of golden light appeared on Geng Qi's wrist, and Feng Yuan darted out as if she had smelled something delicious. Her golden whip coiled up and began to absorb the halo.
"I wonder which senior from the Yiling Sect has broken through to the Mahayana realm? Please come down from the mountain for an audience!"
The respectful voice, able to penetrate two layers of barriers, indicated that the person transmitting the message was also a person of considerable cultivation.
For cultivators undergoing tribulation, it is a matter of life and death. If they do not respond at this time, it will inevitably arouse suspicion, and the Yi Ling Sect will be in danger.
Hesitantly, Geng Qi suddenly spoke up: "Clan Chief Lao Wanyue, hold off the people outside the barrier. I will protect him."
Wan Yue frowned slightly, as if she had some doubts about him.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."
The voice transmission outside the barrier continued, but the clan leader did not respond for a long time. Even the disciples in the clan were somewhat uneasy. Wan Yue finally nodded and transformed into a beam of green light to rush out of the barrier.
"Qinghan!" Seeing the boy about to follow, Geng Qi smiled at him: "Take care of yourself."
Qinghan: "Yes."
Even if it weren't for his own sake, he would protect himself. Every time he was seriously injured, the injury was his own, but there was always someone else to bear the pain.
Looking at the bulge in the front of his clothes, the boy seemed to have made up his mind, and then lifted his feet off the ground and flew away.
The area around the spirit pool cleared up. Geng Qi raised his hand and set up a barrier. He took a deep breath, released the person he was holding tightly, and began to take off his soaked clothes.
The system just told him that the fire that the phoenix is born with is the fire of rebirth, which can burn everything, including evil energy!
This kind of burning is a complete annihilation, and whether it succeeds or not, it comes at a huge cost!
The two stripped off their clothes, and Geng Qi pulled the other into his arms again. The body, which was being eroded by evil energy, was much hotter than usual. When they were pressed together, cold water flowed over their bodies, creating an unusually comfortable sensation.
"Rong Yu, look at me!"
As if he heard his voice, Rong Yu's brows furrowed with a hint of struggle, but he couldn't open his eyes.
Geng Qi sighed and recalled Feng Yuan, who had just fused with the new fragment. The moment Feng Yuan entered his body, no one saw a purple phantom appear behind him and disappear in the blink of an eye.
The moment they embraced, purple flames rose from Geng Qi's body, and white mist instantly enveloped the entire spirit pool, obscuring the two naked figures within.
Amidst the thick fog, purple flames enveloped the two, casting a pale purple hue over the mist, resembling rosy clouds in the sky—a breathtaking sight.
However, the situation between the two people in the pool was anything but pleasant.
As the flames burned, the spirit within Rong Yu's body began to struggle in agony, trying to escape in all directions. The person in his arms struggled incessantly, and Geng Qi could only hold him tightly, preventing him from moving an inch.
Soon, the bloodstains on Rong Yu's face began to fade, but the blood color shifted even faster. As the two were locked in a stalemate, a third person's voice appeared. Geng Qi suddenly looked up and saw that the blood energy connected with Zui Ying suddenly condensed into a phantom. A blood-colored hand reached out to the two of them, and the eyes filled with blood energy seemed to be shedding two lines of blood tears.
"Give...give me back...mine..."
Although it was a face formed from congealed blood and qi, Geng Qi recognized it all too well and couldn't help but hug the person in his arms even tighter.
This is definitely not the woman from Kaopanshan who risked her life to protect Rongyu.
On Mount Kaopan, her divine soul dispersed, and all her cultivation and part of her divine soul were in Rong Yu's body. She absorbed the spirit body condensed from resentment and instinctively sought what should belong to her. Naturally, the person connected to him by blood became her target.
However, if such a spirit were to take shape, it would become an evil entity devoid of reason and only capable of slaughter.
They can't stay!
Geng Qi secretly made a ruthless decision. His body shone with a great purple light, and the purple flames surged, covering the blood shadow that was muttering and roaring.
"ah--"
A piercing scream, heart-wrenching and agonizing, jolted Rong Yu awake from his dazed state. He opened his eyes and saw the face that had appeared countless times in his childhood dreams, now burned by flames, howling in agony.
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