Chapter 812: 411, Resurrect Ao Yuniang, See Yan Luanqing Again (Please Subscribe) _2
Chapter 812: 411, Resurrect Ao Yuniang, See Yan Luanqing Again (Please Subscribe) _2
"Xu Daoist, you've resurrected me. I am willing to be your servant, to repay the life-saving kindness you've shown me," Ao Yuniang bowed respectfully, pleading sincerely.
Having been by Xu Xing's side for tens of thousands of years, she was well familiar with his character. He might seem indifferent, but he was extremely committed to his promises…
Besides, Xu Xing was presently at the True Immortal Realm, a status that even she in her "past life" couldn't aspire to.
Being the servant of a True Immortal was far more liberating than being free.
"Becoming my servant?" Xu Xing frowned slightly upon hearing her words.
With Ao Yuniang's current Primordial Spirit cultivation, her becoming his servant wouldn't be of any help to him. In fact, it might even be a burden.
"If Daoist Ao wishes to follow Xu Mou, it isn't out of the question…"
Xu Xing mused for a moment. His gaze flickered faintly as he took out a Jade Talisman from his sleeve and tossed it to Ao Yuniang. "This is a Soul Talisman that Xu Mou just refined. It can control the life and death of a servant... If Daoist Ao insists on following Xu Mou, refine this talisman first... then we can talk…"
Let the mistakes of the past be a warning for the future.
Having experienced Chiming Venerated Immortal's betrayal, Xu Xing would no longer easily trust the loyalty of so-called "followers."
Without the means to control "followers," he would rather not have any.
"A Soul Talisman?" Ao Yuniang looked at the Jade Talisman floating before her. Her heart quivered, but then a thought struck her. Steeling herself, she swallowed the Jade Talisman and began to refine it.
A short while later, as the Jade Talisman was refined, Ao Yuniang felt a faint, almost imperceptible connection form between herself and Xu Xing.
She had an intuition that if Xu Xing were to control the "Soul Talisman" rooted within her Divine Soul, her soul would instantly self-destruct, and she would perish.
"This is a strand of my Immortal Qi. You can refine it to improve your cultivation."
Seeing this, Xu Xing nodded in satisfaction. He casually sent a stream of Immortal Qi into Ao Yuniang's body.
Then, with a wave of his Sleeve robe, he drew Ao Yuniang into his sleeve, intending to release her once she had completely refined the Immortal Qi.
The Chiming World is in chaos. I wonder where Senior Sister Yan is now? Xu Xing pondered.
Just now, while helping Ao Yuniang find a Dao Body, he had also searched for traces of Yan Luanqing within the Chiming World.
But to his surprise, Yan Luanqing was not in the Chiming World.
Did she die? Or did she accidentally perish in a conflict? Xu Xing had many suppositions.
His relationship with Yan Luanqing was quite good; they were true companions who had faced life and death together.
He wouldn't just stand by and watch Senior Sister Yan continue to suffer in the Chiming World, struggling for that slim chance of Immortality.
Could she still be in the Purple Yin Realm? Xu Xing raised an eyebrow slightly.
Back then, he and Yan Luanqing had used the cross-world Magic Formation of the Emperor's Son Pavilion to ascend to the Chiming World.
During the ascension, the transportation Magic Formation malfunctioned, teleporting him to Six Ships Island in the Day Sky Ocean Region, where he encountered Wen Renlan, who was in seclusion, healing her injuries...
His was a relatively good outcome for a spatial teleportation.
If the outcome had been poor, the cross-world teleportation might have failed, returning them to the Purple Yin Realm.
I should go to the Purple Yin Realm and check.
Thinking this, Xu Xing didn't hesitate. With a flicker of his body, he tore open the World Barrier of the Chiming World and directly traversed into the Purple Yin Realm.
Then, Xu Xing released his Divine Sense, searching the Purple Yin Realm for any trace of Yan Luanqing.
"Found her."
Just as I guessed… Xu Xing noted to himself.
At this moment, he wasn't sure if Yan Luanqing was unlucky or fortunate.
If the teleportation had succeeded and Yan Luanqing had reached the Chiming World, there was a high probability she might have resorted to practicing unorthodox methods by now, thereby losing her chance to achieve Immortality forever.
She might also have perished in the Chiming World while fighting for treasures or Spirit Materials...
If she had died, and he didn't have her remains, it would be difficult for him to resurrect Yan Luanqing using the array technique of the Immortal World.
「Purple Yin Realm, within a Cave in Cangyun Continent.」
"Why is the path of cross-realm ascension so difficult…" Yan Luanqing felt something in her heart as she looked up at the sky and sighed.
Ever since her failed ascension, she had unfortunately ended up on this continent. The Black Sky Mirror given to her by the Emperor's Son Pavilion had been destroyed for some unknown reason.
It was one thing not to be able to ascend to the Chiming World, but cruelly, after landing on this continent, she couldn't even return to Nanyan Continent.
Every time she tried to sail out of the Cangyun Continent's Sea Area towards the Nanyan Continent's Sea Area, she would be trapped by an illusion Array on the sea surface.
As time passed, Yan Luanqing had given up.
I wonder if Junior Brother Chang... is also trapped somewhere like me… Yan Luanqing sighed a few times, memories of Xu Xing surfacing in her mind.
Before she entered seclusion in the Immeasurable Door to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, for a thousand years, she had known only cultivation. It was only after meeting Xu Xing that she saw a different world…
In a few more thousand years, I'm afraid I will die of old age. I may never see him again in this life. Yan Luanqing sighed softly.
The lifespan of a Nascent Soul Cultivator is not infinite. By relying on the laws of a Cave, they can reluctantly extend their lifespan to thirty or forty thousand years.
But once this limit is crossed, their lifespan rapidly diminishes until death.
At this moment, she was approaching this limit, about to die of old age in Cangyun Continent.
"Senior Sister Yan, long time no see."
Suddenly, a familiar voice reached Yan Luanqing's ears. She was startled for a moment, then shook her head.
It must be an illusion. How could Junior Brother Chang come to Cangyun Continent? Even if he did, he couldn't possibly evade my Divine Sense... Yan Luanqing furrowed her delicate brows.
"Senior Sister Yan?"
"Senior Sister Yan?"
"Senior Sister Yan?"
Seeing Yan Luanqing with her eyes closed, Xu Xing was momentarily taken aback and called out to her a few more times, his voice urgent.
"Junior Brother Chang? Is that really you?" As these words registered, Yan Luanqing finally believed the person before her was not an illusion. Joy filled her face, and she quickly asked.
"Senior Sister Yan, it's been tens of thousands of years. I had no idea you had ended up here..." Xu Xing said with a shake of his head and a smile.
The Cave Mansion where Yan Luanqing was currently in seclusion was, coincidentally, the same Cave Mansion he had used when he first came to Cangyun Continent to break through to the Nascent Soul Realm.
The Cave of the White Cloud Gate!
It had to be said, this was indeed fate.
"Junior Brother Chang, how did you... appear before me so silently?" Yan Luanqing asked anxiously after composing herself.
She worried this was her Heart Demon invading, that everything she saw were phantasms—which were far more terrifying than mere illusions!
"After ascending from the Emperor's Son Pavilion, I went to the Chiming World, then continued cultivating... I slew the Chiming Venerated Immortal and attained the True Immortal Dao Fruits..." Xu Xing explained casually.
It's over. This really is a phantasm from my Heart Demon. Yan Luanqing's face turned deathly pale.
Reaching the legendary True Immortal Realm and effortlessly killing the Chiming Venerated Immortal, the ruler of the Chiming World, all within tens of thousands of years—no matter how she heard it, it sounded like an utter fantasy.
"Senior Sister Yan, you've been meditating in Cangyun Continent for tens of thousands of years; indeed, some Heart Demons have invaded you."
Xu Xing's eyes flickered with spiritual light; he easily discerned that Yan Luanqing's Divine Soul bore traces of a Heart Demon's invasion.
It's true. Being isolated in an unfamiliar place for tens of thousands of years, with no acquaintances and no progress in cultivation, would indeed drive a person mad... Xu Xing thought.
For some, longevity is not a pleasure but a torment.
For instance, some Nascent Soul Saint Monarchs in East Huangzhou who died did so not because their lifespan had ended, but because they no longer wished to languish in the mortal world. Thus, they chose to die, ending their own lives.
Seeing this, Xu Xing pondered for a moment, then pointed two fingers towards Yan Luanqing's glabella, using his True Immortal magic power to eradicate the Heart Demon within her body.
At his realm, so-called Heart Demons could be slain with a single thought.
Soon enough, Yan Luanqing regained her senses.
"Junior Brother Chang? How are you here?" Having lost the memories from when the Heart Demon invaded, Yan Luanqing looked surprised to see Xu Xing in her Cave Mansion.
Xu Xing repeated what he had told her earlier.
"Free Immortal, Void Immortal, True Immortal…" Hearing this, Yan Luanqing's expression became complex. "I never imagined that after tens of thousands of years, Junior Brother Chang would be so many realms ahead of me…"
Each realm was a world apart.
Xu Xing now stood at the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm, a True Immortal, while she was still a mere cultivator in the Lower Realm. Tens of thousands of years had passed, and her cultivation hadn't advanced an inch.
This disparity was difficult for her to accept.
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