Chapter 57: First Release on Jinjiang Literature City
Yao Sisi recalled the two flowers again; one was intact, while the other was rotting and dying.
Yan Li obediently replied, "It is indeed our true form, but the true form has set up a barrier that prevents us from leaving, and my brother doesn't have the strength to capture you."
Yao Sisi began refining the remaining magical artifacts. Seeing his words, she chuckled and said, "You've just revealed all your secrets like this. Aren't you afraid he'll get angry and do something stupid?"
Yan Li was very down: "He doesn't have the energy to do anything now, and whether I say it or not, it won't change that fact."
Yao Sisi said, "However, your main body is fine and hasn't been affected. Perhaps if you leave me a token, I might be able to help you seek help from the sect."
Yan Li nodded, but her tone was not optimistic. "A long time ago, my brother asked for help a few times, but no one came. I don't know what happened to the sect."
Yao Sisi frowned and asked, "How long ago did you ask for your help?"
Yan Li: "At least two thousand years!"
Unlike Yan Li, Yao Sisi believed that the change of dynasties was common, let alone sects. Sects also had their rise and fall, and it was possible that by the time they sought help, the sect had already disintegrated.
Or perhaps other unforeseen events have occurred.
"If rescue doesn't come, will you live in this confined space for the rest of your lives?"
Yan Li: "Zhi Xiu has never liked to move around, so being confined to a small space isn't the hardest thing for him to accept. The problem is that I don't want vengeful spirits to be restless, nor do I want my brother to become a demon. Look at me, my roots are intact. It's not that simple. It's just that someone is bearing the burden for me..."
Before them, the vengeful spirits continued to reenact the scene from that day, their cries and pleas for help echoing endlessly. But Yao Sisi knew that what they were waiting for was not what they expected; the ending had already come to pass. Looking at their hopeful faces, from hope to despair, the feeling was unbearable, as if something was pounding on her conscience.
What is your purpose in cultivating Taoism?
Is indifferent immortality what you want?
Is cultivating the Tao about correcting people's hearts? If so, then what aspects of people's hearts need to be corrected?
Countless questions tested her mind, like endless incantations transforming into golden characters that entered her sea of consciousness. Before she knew it, her eyes had closed, and the spiritual energy around her was slowly stirring. Things that should only be explored after reaching the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stages were something she was already sensing at this moment.
Begin with kindness, and chivalry will flourish.
Even unborn demonic plants know how to exorcise evil and purify, so does she only know how to selfishly run away when she sees injustice?
If that's really the case, her path of cultivation would probably have ended long ago, right?
Yao Sisi slowly opened her eyes and discovered that her cultivation had reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, and it was a very perfect ninth level. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked into the distance, asking, "Do you know when the nightmare will end?"
Yan Li was admiring her talent when she saw her ask a question and quickly replied, "Do you see the miners over there? Once all the miners, including the one who fell to his death, have finished their nightmares, one person will have one nightmare. When everyone has gone through it and their resentment has accumulated, that will be the end."
Upon hearing this, Yao Sisi realized that there was still a long time before the end, so she focused on completing the crafting of the magical artifact. However, the artifact's effects were very limited, and she couldn't expect to create a heaven-defying treasure while only at the Qi Refining stage. It was better to be prepared than to have nothing at all.
She knew from the beginning that these vengeful spirits, accumulated over thousands of years, were not something she could deal with in the short term.
When the nightmare finally ended, Yao Sisi and Yan Li returned to the magic circle they had been in before. Or rather, they had never left; their minds had simply been invaded by countless resentful energies, and they had been taken to another layer of consciousness.
Yao Sisi got up and found that her cultivation level had indeed increased, but the magic weapon she had refined was gone; it was still the same as the materials she had collected before.
Just as she was pondering a solution, the man in black not far away spat out a large amount of green blood. His pupils flashed with an eerie red light. His body, not far away, looked as if it had been doused with sulfuric acid, bubbling strangely, with countless black viscous liquids flowing in all directions.
Yao Sisi summoned Jin Yang and stepped on it, while Yan Li used his magic to quell the boiling demonic energy. It seemed that this was not the first time he had done this. After he wiped away the black slime on the ground, he then channeled spiritual energy into the delirious man in black.
Standing on high ground, Yao Sisi looked down at the man in black, who resembled a dying swallow, fluttering its wings on the ground, trying to fly back to the sky.
After finishing everything, Yan Li sat on the ground in meditation. His pale green, clear, gem-like eyes gradually closed. Yao Sisi saw a little bit of green being drawn from his body and slowly entering his brow.
But just as he was meditating, demonic energy rose up from the man in black again, attacking Yan Li as if he were a target.
Yao Sisi unleashed her spirit fire, creating a wall of fire between them. However, the spirit fire was very harmful to the demonic plant. She saw that Yan Li's face turned even redder, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
She had no choice but to weaken the fire wall and throw out a flame that surrounded the rotting demonic plant. The scorching spiritual fire emitted a lot of black mist, and the demonic energy seemed to have met its nemesis. Some of it was eliminated, but more of the demonic energy lay dormant deep in the roots.
Yao Sisi said to Yan Li, "You'll recover faster if you return to your original body!"
He opened his eyes, a hint of pink in them. "I'm worried about you being alone with him when I go back."
Yao Sisi: "What's there to worry about? He's unconscious right now, and I still have my spiritual fire with me. He can't do anything to me."
Upon seeing this, Yan Li flashed back to his original form. Yao Sisi noticed that his leaves had moved and looked more vibrant than before.
She leaned against the side with her arms crossed, looking at the countless spirit stone mines outside, then at the person lying on the ground not far away, and said with emotion, "So only female Netherfire can purify vengeful spirits, so... were you planning to have me pollinate you back then?"
Yan Li didn't speak, and his face remained hidden in his true form, so no one could see him blush. All that could be seen was that his flower branch swayed and the leaves curled up slightly.
Yao Sisi: "You're not a mimosa, so why are your leaves curling up?"
Yan Li whispered, "All demonic plants curl their leaves..."
Yao Sisi: "So you could hear what I said last time, why didn't you answer? You dared to have the thought but didn't dare to say it, are you shy?"
Yan Li paused, the leaves in front of her wishing they could cover the flower and then curl up into the soil: "It wants you to pollinate it..."
Yao Sisi: "Hmm, you're dreaming."
Yan Li dared not utter a sound, but the fragrance around her grew even stronger.
Yao Sisi reached out and touched the petal, feeling it tremble under her palm. She chuckled softly, "Why are you scared when you touch the petal?"
Without waiting for his reply, she sat down and took out several books from her storage space to read.
As a result, there is a saying that most of the petals of demonic plants are their private parts, which are very sensitive and not easily seen by outsiders.
Yao Sisi: "..."
The differences between species are truly astonishing...
From a distance, within the shimmering barrier, amidst lush greenery and a sea of books, a strikingly beautiful female cultivator leans casually against a stone wall, her brows furrowing slightly as if she's witnessed something unbelievable…
After an unknown amount of time, the female cultivator put away her books and reached out to touch the leaves of the demonic plant. She touched the leaves in a clever way, at the junction of the leaves and branches, just like a human armpit.
The leaves of the Flame Tree trembled, the small leaves dared not move, and it pretended to be dead like a specimen.
Yao Sisi said, "You've recovered by now, right? Why are you hiding inside your original body and not coming out?"
Yan Li: "No... I didn't refuse to come out..."
Yao Sisi: "Then why are you still hiding inside? Do you still want to be pollinated? If not, I'm leaving. This barrier controls your physical body, but it can't control me from leaving."
Yan Li emerged from her original form. "Then...then are you going to transform into a female flower?"
Yao Sisi: Female flower? You might as well turn me into a flower or a firework.
Yan Li stood in front of her, and whether it was because his identity had been exposed or not, he completely reverted to his appearance as a plant cultivator. His hair had turned light green, and his profile was covered with beautiful demonic patterns. He was barefoot and had no shoes. The color of his clothes matched that of the flower petals, and a brown, branch-like headband was fastened on his forehead.
Yao Sisi leaned forward, closed her eyes, and pressed her forehead against his. Her spiritual sense instantly invaded his sea of consciousness. She saw that his sea of consciousness was empty, like a lonely island, floating in the dark and boundless void. On the island grew a spiritual plant, surrounded by ice. The little spiritual plant was shivering inside, its leaves huddled together in grievance, hoping to endure the winter and wait for spring.
Suddenly, because of her intrusion, a great fire flew in from the sky, the frost on the island gradually melted, and the spiritual plants no longer shrank their branches and leaves. As if they felt the sunlight, they shook their leaves to welcome the baptism of light.
Yao Sisi spat out a drop of essence blood. After the essence blood was extracted from her body, her face turned pale and she was weaker than before. This drop of essence blood was sent into Yan Li's mouth, and the flowers on his body became more vibrant than before. Soon, Yao Sisi released him.
After Yan Li was released, his body was suspended in the air. He looked at Yao Sisi's pale face with reluctance, and dug out a bright green demon core from his heart. Green essence continuously emerged from the demon core to heal Yao Sisi's empty body.
Yao Sisi, who was on the ground, paused for a moment, then raised her hand and used her magic to send the demon core back into his body. "It's just a drop of essence blood. I'm not so badly defeated as to be knocked down."
Even though the three-thousand-year-old demonic plant never saw the light of day in the secret realm, its profound cultivation was undeniable. Yao Sisi felt her cultivation level rising step by step, and it was completely beyond her control. She felt her dantian explode with a bang, and the surrounding spiritual energy rushed into her body frantically. The spiritual energy in her dantian gradually turned into liquid, and more and more of it seemed to want to burst her apart.
Yao Sisi felt extremely uncomfortable, as if she was currently depleted of her vital essence and blood, and that her dantian was causing trouble, creating the illusion that her cultivation had surged. Under this double attack, she had no choice but to release spells again and again to guide the spiritual energy out of her dantian.
She didn't know how long she had been doing this, but when she opened her eyes again, she found that Yan Li had returned to her original form, and the bright flowers were gradually withering, so it would probably bear fruit soon.
The process of cultivating a human and a demonic plant to produce results is not as straightforward as the process of merging with a human or a demonic plant. However, she did not understand the specific rules, so she temporarily found a book and learned the general outline.
I don't know if it's particularly bad...
Even she, who was always confident, couldn't help but feel guilty at this moment...
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Author's Note: *Makes a gossiping sound*: Yo-ho!
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