Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss

Chapter 2041 - 2060

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Chapter 2041:- Past and Present Life (4)

Jun Wu Yao was completely shocked as he stood frozen in place, every molecule in his body screaming at him to pull her into his embrace.

But this time, Jun Wu Yao was able to control his impulse.

Having just recovered just a few moments ago, Qiao Chu turned his eyes and was immediately greeted by such a "crazy and heartless" display of affection, where it almost caused him to vomit out blood. Tormented both in his heart and mind, he clutched at his chest and leaned heavily on Hua Yao's shoulder to say painfully.

"Little Xie has changed. She's really changed. She is no longer the same girl I knew in the past."

[What a pure and innocent budding little girl she was then. Now, she is actually taking the initiative to force a kiss upon Jun Wu Yao!]

[Society in this entire world is crumbling!]

Hua Yao turned to glance at Qiao Chu.

"You're envious?" Hua Yao asked with an eyebrow raised.

Qiao Chu glared at him and replied: "What is there for me to be envious about? Don't I still have Brother Hua here..... Oww!"

Qiao Chu had not even finished what he wanted to say when Hua Yao's leg lashed out with a kick, that sent Qiao Chu tumbling away.

Fei Yan was heartlessly laughing hysterically at the side, like seeing Qiao Chu being bashed up gave him the greatest sense of delight.

Jun Wu Xie held the kiss for a while before she pulled herself away slightly. Looking at the slightly flushed faced Jun Wu Yao, she could not help herself as she poked at Jun Wu Yao's cheek with a finger.

"Feeling better now?"

"....." Jun Wu Yao looked at Jun Wu Xie's stern expression, and suddenly felt like crying and laughing at the same time. He reached a hand out to pinch Jun Wu Xie on the chin and said with a laugh: "A little better, but still not enough. Why not you kiss me again?"

Jun Wu Xie blinked her eyes.

Qiao Chu standing at the side was going to go mad. He felt that if he were to stay there any longer, he would get a stye in his eye, and hence he went running outside mournfully. Hua Yao and the others then self consciously retreated out from the room, leaving the space for Jun Wu Xie and Jun Wu Yao alone.

"Is it because having my face changed makes it fresher for you?" Jun Wu Xie asked Jun Wu Yao with a serious look on her face. Even if she had not eaten pork before, she would have seen a pig run. Back in the organization in her past life, among the topics of conversation those men in there occasionally discussed about, would be the constant changing of girlfriends.

Jun Wu Yao's brows furrowed, and then suddenly came right beside Jun Wu Xie's face, where he lightly bit Jun Wu Xie's cheek.

It wasn't painful, but it felt was if there was an element of punishment in that.

"The flesh shell is in the end, still transient. What I care about is you." Needless to mention that Jun Wu Xie had changed to be so attractive. Back when Jun Wu Xie had disguised herself as a plain and unimpressive youth, Jun Wu Yao had still kissed her when he wanted to!

Jun Wu Xie was coaxed to laugh lightly aloud.

Jun Wu Xie's laugh immediately caused the stifling repressive feeling in Jun Wu Yao's heart to disappear without a trace, as if he only needed to see her smile and nothing in the world would be able to frustrate and worry him.

Carrying the looks she had in her previous life, Jun Wu Xie no longer had to worry that she would be captured with all the portraits of her that were everywhere. And she had asked Jun Wu Yao who told her that the alteration of her looks could be extended indefinitely. As long as Jun Wu Xie wished, Jun Wu Yao would be able let her spirit remain in that state.

With everything prepared and only lacking the east wind, Jun Wu Xie had discussed it with Qiao Chu and the others where they agreed that they would go to the fourth Serene Spirit Tower the next day to sign themselves up to part of the construction team.

In the areas surrounding the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, there were still some spirits residing there who had not yet moved away, where Beast Spirits number the greatest. Because the Serene Spirit Tower was urgently in need of recruiting human spirits, quite a number of human spirits were also moving about in the vicinity of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower.

The man who was in charge of recruitment was carrying a book in his hand as he stood at the outer perimeter. Before him were long snaking lines, all of them human spirits here to be interviewd.

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Chapter 2042:- Joint Plot

The reason so many human spirits had come forward was because Wu Jiu had promised one condition, that all human spirits who participated in the construction of the Serene Spirit Tower would enjoy priority access into the tower to cultivate after the Serene Spirit Tower's construction was completed.

Because of the addictive allure to the Serene Spirit Tower, it drew many human spirits to come rushing forward for conscription. The number was so immense that all the avenues leading towards the outside of the Serene Spirit Tower were filled to almost overflowing.

When Jun Wu Xie and the companions reached the outside of the Serene Spirit Tower, they did not immediately rush over to register for conscription. Rong Ruo quietly released the Hell Butterfly, sending it out to search and locate Nalan Shan. Just before Nalan Shan left, he had told Jun Wu Xie that he would put three wooden chairs outside the house he would be hiding in, and that one of them would only have three legs.

The Hell Butterfly came to know the location very soon and it relayed the information to Rong Ruo. After Rong Ruo ascertained the direction, she immediately led Jun Wu Xie and the others there.

It was a highly inconspicuous little hut, and a ball of orange Spirit Fire was lit upon its roof.

Rong Ruo walked over to the front of the door and rapped upon in rhythmically and in sequence, a code that they had agreed upon with Nalan Shan before as well.

After a few moments, the door was slowly opened a crack and a large furry head peeked through the tiny gap to look at Jun Wu Xie and her companions standing outside. Seemingly finding that it looked to be safe, it then opened the door fully. Behind the door, was the cheetah that was currently nursing its wounds and after it pulled the door open with its paws, it retreated back a few steps.

Jun Wu Xie and the companions then quickly walked inside.

No matter how small the houses in the Spirit World looked from the outside, the wide expanse of space after one walked inside was not something normal people were able to imagine.

In the house, Nalan Shan was seated behind his desk, conscientiously flipping through the books that lay open on the desk. Brownie was seated upon a carpet at the side, and it was not known from where it found a ball made of cane, as it toyed with the ball with its thick and heavy paws. The other three Beast Spirits besides the cheetah were just lying quietly at the side as they rested.

Hearing that someone had entered, Nalan Shan immediately raised up his head. As his gaze passed over Rong Ruo and the other familiar figures, his eyes finally rested upon the figure of Jun Wu Xie.

His eyes were tinged with a trace of surprise, as he did not seem to remember having seen this young lady before.

"It's me." Jun Wu Xie opened her mouth to say.

Hearing the familiar voice, Nalan Shan immediately breathed out in relief. He knew better than to go ask Jun Wu Xie how she had managed to change her looks but instead went on to say warmly: "Quickly take a seat first. How is the situation out there recently?"

Ever since that day that Nalan Shan had brought Brownie away in escape, they had found this little hut and had been hiding in here. To avoid being discovered by Jiang Yun Long, he had not once stepped out through the door throughout the entire period.

Not to mention just Nalan Shan, but even the cheetah and the other Beast Spirits had not dared to step outside as well, as they had shown their faces before Jiang Yun Long before.

"The situation has not yet become that bad, but Wu Jiu and Jiang Yun Long have really been just too much. When they could not find you, they then sought to capture Little Xie to interrogate her. Because of that, Little Xie had no choice but to change her looks. Those two fellas are just abominable." Qiao Chu immediately vented his grouses without holding back.

When he heard that Jiang Yun Long wanted to capture Jun Wu Xie, Nalan Shan's eyes flashed with a sliver of surprise. He stared in shock at Jun Wu Xie, his eyes seemingly apologetic.

"I'm sorry, I have dragged you into this."

"Gurgle....." Brownie who had been focused on playing with its toy seemed to understand what Qiao Chu and Nalan Shan were saying and it shifted its enormously rounded behind to come right next to Jun Wu Xie, as it raised up a furry paw to paw at Jun Wu Xie's calf.

Jun Wu Xie rubbed Brownie's large furry head and said in a calm voice: "There's nothing to be sorry about. Even if it's not because of you, I will still end up coming against them sooner or later."

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Chapter 2043:- Complicated Spirit Reinforcement (1)

Nalan Shan sighed. Even though Jun Wu Xie had said that, he still felt rather bad about it.

"There's no need to continue to harp on all this. The construction of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower has suddenly sped up recently. Have you ever encountered such a situation before?" Jun Wu Xie said, revealing the main purpose she had come to find Nalan Shan.

Nalan Shan's face turned to one of shock and he quickly shook his head to say: "Never before. The construction of the three Serene Spirit Towers before was done without any interruption from beginning till end. Only for this fourth Serene Spirit Tower had the construction slowed down midway, and it was caused Brownie's escape."

Jun Wu Xie then said: "I suspect that Wu Jiu has something up his sleeve."

"Who do you mean?"

"If building the fourth Serene Spirit Tower did not require the Spiritual Bear, then why had he suddenly slowed down the construction of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower after the Spiritual Bear went missing? He has suddenly sped it up now but Brownie has not been caught by them. There must be some other reason behind this that gives him no choice but to speed it up." Jun Wu Xie opened her mouth to say. This was a problem she had been thinking about for quite a while but as she was not all that familiar with the Spirit World, Jun Wu Xie had been stuck in many instances when she needed to make her deductions accurately.

"In that case....." Nalan Shan fell deep in thought as well. From what he understood of Wu Jiu, Wu Jiu was definitely not a person that would change his original plans for no good reason. But as for what Wu Jiu's intentions were now, he was not able to judge accurately immediately.

"We came here this time, on one hand, is to look at how all of you are doing, and secondly, we are thinking of going into the fourth Serene Spirit Tower to see what the situation is inside. Now that the Serene Spirit Tower is in such a sudden need for manpower, it provides us with a good chance to investigate." Jun Wu Xie said.

Nalan Shan was a little worried. But when he saw how determined Jun Wu Xie was, he felt that there was nothing much he could say, but to remind Jun Wu Xie that she must act with utmost caution, to never stay in there for too long, and that she must immediately leave the moment she finds the situation taking a bad turn.

As the fourth Serene Spirit Tower's construction need to be sped up, that requirement needed a large increase in the number of human spirits. Jun Wu Xie and the others took barely any effort before they all passed the entry requirements, to quickly go into the fourth Serene Spirit Tower's construction site, as they started to work.

Jun Wu Xie and the companions, together with a bunch of human spirits who had just joined, were led by a man. They were allocated to a place where it was filled with bricks. Judging from the size of those bricks, it could be seen that the Serene Spirit Tower would be built with these bricks. But compared to the bricks used in the other Serene Spirit Towers, the surface of these bricks were smooth and neat, where it was clear that they did not have any runes carved into them yet.

"What all of you need to do is to follow these symbols here, and carve them into these stone bricks one by one, and then place them aside according to sequence." The man in charge said, giving the newcomers their orders. Building up the Serene Spirit Tower itself would not require too many human spirits, but as every single brick required a corresponding rune to be carved into them, it required a lot of time. The runes needed to be carved into the bricks by hand and could not be substituted by bricks that were made with the power of the spirit.

The tools for the carving was a awl, and everyone was given one. The shape of the rune that they were to carve was then distributed to all the human spirits there.

The instant that Jun Wu Xie was given the awl, she had immediately detected there was something slightly abnormal about it. She could sense a faint trace of some power of the spirit within the small awl, and the kind of power of the spirit was not steady and stable like it should feel after an item had been created, but felt to be rather lively.

After the man in charge relayed his instructions, he then left. Everyone else each picked up a brick, and sat down on the ground to begin carving slowly the rune they had been allocated.

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Chapter 2044:- Complicated Spirit Reinforcement (2)

Jun Wu Xie secretly took note and remembered all the runes distributed and as every brick had its corresponding sequence, she committed the sequence to memory as well.

The process involved in the construction of the Serene Spirit Tower was dull and dry and Jun Wu Xie carved out a total of thirty whole bricks. These blocks of stone were then stacked up onto the Serene Spirit Tower in sequence, carefully placed neatly bit by bit.

And after witnessing with her own eyes the construction of the Serene Spirit Tower, Jun Wu Xie finally understood why she had not been able to decipher what was going on with the runes on the inside and outside of the Serene Spirit Tower. Because a brick had a total of six sides and when Jun Wu Xie had stood inside the completed Serene Spirit Tower before, she had only been able to see two sides, with its four other sides completely covered by other bricks. All six sides of the bricks were carved with runes and the runes that had been hidden from sight had coincidentally made Jun Wu Xie felt them to be strange.

As the busy day wore on, the bricks accumulated when seen from the outside of the Serene Spirit Tower was starting to look rather impressive, and the human spirits responsible for the various stations took turns to rest.

Qiao Chu and the others took the opportunity when it was their turn to rest to come find Jun Wu Xie, asking her if she had discovered anything, but Jun Wu Xie merely told them that she was still not certain.

That round of infiltration had them going there for a whole fortnight. And in that half month, the immense number of human spirits finally completed carving all the bricks required for the construction of the Serene Spirit Tower. The Serene Spirit Tower was almost near to completion and the human spirits who had been recruited left after they collected a bronze badge. With that bronze badge, they would gain priority to enter the Serene Spirit Tower to practice cultivation in the future.

In that two weeks, Jiang Yun Long had not given up on capturing Jun Wu Xie, but it had still yielded him no result.

After they departed from the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, Jun Wu Xie and her companions immediately returned back to the houses they were residing in and throughout that period, Jun Wu Xie did not step out through her door, but had instead locked herself inside, to repeatedly write out all the runes she had committed to memory, using different sequences to conduct her deductions, deciphering the real meaning behind those runes.

Qiao Chu and the others did not dare to go disturb Jun Wu Xie during that period but just hid in their own houses to continue with their cultivation.

Jun Wu Xie constantly attempted to unravel the meaning behind all these foreign looking runes. She tested them time after time, and discovered quite a number of them was actually similar to her Spirit Reinforcement. But most of the rune combinations did not have any effects manifest and some spells that did not show any peculiarities instead held another kind of power within.

Power that lay hidden within the spirit!

Jun Wu Xie researched into it incessantly again and again, while Jun Wu Yao sat quietly on one side to watch her intently, like there were only the two of them in the world wide world.

"I should have thought of this much earlier! I should have realized it!" After writing out a lengthy bunch of Spirit Reinforcement runes, Jun Wu Xie's eyes suddenly flared wide. At her feet, she had countless Spirit Reinforcement runes forming a circle around her. There was no wind in the room, but standing within the circle, Jun Wu Xie's hair suddenly rose up in a flutter, her clothes seemingly billowing in the wind. She raised her head, and looked at Jun Wu Yao.

"Spirit Reinforcement not only imbues additional abilities. Its true use was created specifically for spirit bodies!" Jun Wu Xie finally understood why most of the Spirit Reinforcement spells could only be used on spirits as it was created just for spirits in the first place!

No wonder that devil in her past life had been so obsessed with them. No wonder the Serene Spirit Tower was filled with such runes. When the runes were combined together, they brought about completely unexpected effects, and they were targeted right at spirit bodies!

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Chapter 2045:- Complicated Spirit Reinforcement (3)

"I understand the secret behind the Serene Spirit Tower now. Wu Jiu harbours evil intentions afterall, as he seeks to destroy the entire Spirit World!" Having come to understand the use of the Spirit Reinforcement runes, Jun Wu Xie was getting rather excited.

And the more she understood, the more she came to realize that the Serene Spirit Tower was not a place that was provided for human spirits to cultivate in.

It was just a great big slaughterhouse!

"Wu Yao, the Spirit Reinforcement runes in the Serene Spirit Tower is actually an enormous spirit sacrificial array! It constantly uses its own power to elevate the cultivation of the people that come in, making them stronger, till they have been strengthened to a certain level, they would be transformed into power of the spirit, to feed that ball of Spirit Fire inside!" Jun Wu Xie said as she looked at Jun Wu Yao. She had not thought that the truth would be so shocking. She had initially arranged the Spirit Reinforcement runes based on those in the Serene Spirit Tower and had felt the same feeling that she had felt back in the Serene Spirit Tower before. The power of the spirit had surged into her body uncontrollably but she had known that was a sign of danger.

But when she reversed the sequence of the Spirit Reinforcement runes, what she then got was the true and proper way to elevate one's power of the spirit!

The four Serene Spirit Towers, were essentially speaking, four enormous slaughterhouses. It constantly induced the human spirits who came inside to grow in strength, till they were powerful enough to be absorbed by the Spirit Fire on the twelfth level. Having understood the sequence of Spirit Reinforcement runes, and combined with Nalan Shan's investigations, the truth then floated up to the surface.

"Sacrificial?" Jun Wu Yao's eyes narrowed slightly. When that word fell in his ears, his eyes had unconsciously turned purple. Intense emotions then roiled within his eyes, and he forcibly suppressed the surge rising inside, to continue to listen to what Jun Wu Xie had to say.

"That's right. Sacrificial. The real purpose of this combination of Spirit Reinforcement runes is sacrifice. It sacrifices spirits that grow to become powerful enough, to provide more power to the Spirit Fire." Jun Wu Xie said, drawing in a deep breath. No wonder Wu Jiu had never been willing to cultivate in the Serene Spirit Towers. He must have known the truth behind the Serene Spirit Towers and that was why.

All spirits that went inside would be affected by the Spirit Reinforcement runes from the first time they stepped in there and even after they have left, that effect would not be severed. Like Little Black's current condition, their power of the spirit would be unknowingly absorbed. No matter how far they went away, they would not be able to cut off that link and the only way to completely eradicate those effects would be to destroy the Spirit Reinforcement runes in the Serene Spirit Tower.

Having unraveled the Serene Spirit Tower's secret, Jun Wu Xie had however fallen deep into another big question.

Based on this arrangement of the Spirit Reinforcement runes, the power of the spirit that was absorbed by the ball of Spirit Fire would not be able to be withdrawn. Even Wu Jiu would not be able to horde the power of the spirit for his own use. So why was he doing this? He had racked his brains to build the Serene Spirit Towers and had even abandoned his own disciples. What could his motives really be?

"No matter what he is thinking of doing, it will not be anything good." Jun Wu Yao said with his eyes narrowed.

Jun Wu Xie nodded her head. Now that she knew the real truth, then the only way to save Little Black would be to completely destroy the Spirit Reinforcement runes in the first Serene Spirit Tower completely. Otherwise, even if Jun Wu Xie and her companions had already left the Spirit World, the little black cat would still not recover from its condition.

"I need to go to the first Serene Spirit Tower once more." Jun Wu Xie said.

"You're sure?" Jun Wu Yao asked as he looked at Jun Wu Xie with an eyebrow raised.

Jun Wu Xie replied: "Only I am able to use Spirit Reinforcement, and only I will be able to reverse the Spirit Reinforcement array in there!"

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Chapter 2046:- Chaos in the Spirit World (1)

After Jun Wu Xie came to a decision, she immediately went to find Qiao Chu and the others, to tell them about the Serene Spirit Tower's secret.

And during this period that Jun Wu Xie was researching into the Spirit Reinforcement runes, the Spirit World descended into a bout of chaos.

With the construction of the fourth serene Spirit Tower completed, it created quite a stir that rocked the Spirit World. While the human spirits in the ever present snaking queues outside the three other Serene Spirit Towers waited for their turns, Wu Jiu suddenly released out the news.

The fourth Serene Spirit Tower would not just be enjoyed exclusively by human spirits, but could be handed over to the other spirit races to use as well.

It must be known that the construction of the three Serene Spirit Tower from before had pushed the disadvantaged human spirits up to new peaks. Be it Beast Spirits, Weapon Spirits or even the Plant Spirits, they were all looking at the human spirits with envy. For all living beings under the Heavens, who didn't want to pursue stronger power? And in the Spirit World, one's strength or weakness in the power of the spirit was the only standard, that was able to provide for everything.

And the fourth Serene Spirit Tower would now be made available for for spirit races other than human. That piece of news immediately quaked through the entire Spirit World.

The animosity felt against the human spirit race by the other spirit races and their resistance towards the Serene Spirit Towers were mainly due to the fact that they could not use them, only allowing the human spirits to grow stronger. But now, with the completion of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, it changed the entire situation completely!

But.....

Complete authourity over the fourth Serene Spirit Tower was still held by the human spirits race alone. At that moment, a clash fighting over the rights of attribution for the fourth Serene Spirit Tower immediately kicked up an immense storm that swept over the entire Spirit World.

Although the human spirits were displeased that the newly constructed Serene Spirit Tower would not be kept exclusively for their own use, but when they thought that they already had three Serene Spirit Towers, they did not protest against Wu Jiu's decision too much in order to not create too much strife.

Hence, an immense amount of conflict and dissent quickly rose up between the Plant Spirits, the Weapons Spirits, and the Beast Spirits.

Among the rocky mountain range with its jagged peaks, countless Beast Spirits were gathered outside the Flame Dragon's cave. They came in large groups and gathered together there, incessant bestial roars rising up towards the clouds, all their protests exceptionally unified in one direction, only about the fourth Serene Spirit Tower!

The Flame Dragon stood outside its cave, its deep dragon eyes looking at its fellow Beast Spirits voicing their protest continuously.

"Lord Flame Dragon! Since Wu Jiu has already agreed to yield out the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, isn't it the best time for us, the Beast Spirits to rise? Even those weak and helpless human spirits were able to gain so much progress in the Serene Spirit Tower, if we are to go in there, we will become more powerful than them!" A black bear with a feisty temper stood with its enormous body erect and let out a roar, its voice filled with an insuppressible excitement.

They yearned to become stronger. The existence of the previous three Serene Spirit Towers had already proven how useful they were. They had enabled the far inferior human spirits to gradually catch up to them and in their envy, the Beast Spirits had also grown somewhat nervous. The Beast Spirits were afterall the greatest in number in the Spirit World and before the Serene Spirit Towers were built, the human spirits could not even be compared to them in the slightest. But after the three Serene Spirit Towers were built in quick succession, the human spirits were showing signs of overtaking them!

But among all the excited voices, voices also rose up in skepticism.

"Wu Jiu has always been crafty, shielding the human spirits. When the three Serene Spirit Towers were built before, it wasn't as if we had not made requests just like this, but we had always been rejected. But now, he is suddenly giving up the fourth Serene Spirit Tower. Could things really be just so simple?" A large python coiled up upon a rock said with a hiss, spitting its red forked tongue.

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Chapter 2047:- Chaos in the Spirit World (2)

"That's right! There must be something in the Serene Spirit Tower that's harmful to non human spirits. Who knows what kind of intentions Wu Jiu is hiding?" Another Beast Spirit piped in.

"That was the case for the three Serene Spirit Towers from before. Didn't Wu Jiu already remind all the other spirit races to not unilaterally go close to the Serene Spirit Tower from a long time ago? He had not been completely vicious as he had at least told us of the danger then. Isn't that right?" Obsessed with gaining strength, the black bear continued to persist.

"I heard that Wu Jiu had said that regardless of which spirit race the fourth Serene Spirit Tower goes to, he would be able to modify it to make it suitable place for that race to cultivate. It would then no longer cause us any harm wouldn't it?"

"Just because he says it and you believe?"

The entire canyon was filled with voices raised in heated debate and the Beast Spirits who wanted to gain more power argued vehemently with the more conservative faction. All those stinging loud roars reached the Flame Dragon's ears which caused a sliver of impatience to gradually show in its eyes.

The Flame Dragon naturally knew of the advantages of Serene Spirit Tower but the kind of harm that the Serene Spirit Tower inflicted upon non human spirits made many others fear it.

"Alright, all of you shut up. In regards to this matter, I will invite the Spirit Master Wu Jiu, together with the leaders of the Plant Spirits and the Weapons Spirits to meet for a discussion. All this incessant quarrelling among all of you here is uncalled for!" The Flame Dragon stood up straight, its booming voice reaching the ears of every single Beast Spirit there. With both its gigantic body and immense power, they posed to be a fine weapon against any dissent. Under the Flame Dragon's booming roar, the entire canyon fell silent in that instant. All the Beast Spirits immediately clamped their mouths shut nervously, not daring to say another word.

The same thing also happened at the place where the Weapons Spirits gathered.

The thing that was different from the Beast Spirits' side was that the intelliogence of the Weapons Spirits had not fully developed. Though Weapon Spirits had lived through hundreds and thousands of years in the world, unless they possessed sufficient spiritual consciousness, they would still not be able to come into the Spirit World after they were destroyed. And for the entire period before they came into the Spirit World, they would only merely be weapons with spiritual consciousness, but not yet capable of independent thought.

Only the reactions of Plant Spirits were slightly calmer. The Plant Spirits number the least in the Spirit World and the personalities of Plants Spirits were all eccentric, who preferred quiet solace, seldom gathering together in a group. Hence when the issue regarding the rights of attribution of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower came about, the reaction from the Plant Spirits was slightly smaller, but were relatively similar to that of the other spirit races.

Because Plant Spirits number the least and they were unable to stand against the other spirit races through numbers, they focused a lot more on individual strength. Hence, the desire for the fourth Serene Spirit Tower was stronger.

Only about ten days had passed and the originally quiet and tranquil Spirit World suddenly became rather different. Between the various spirit races, things had actually been largely harmonious and seldom were instances of conflict seen in the streets downtown. But not long after the news about the fourth Serene Spirit Tower came out, numerous arguments occurred and even fists were raised in disgusting fights and scuffles throughout the Spirit World.

The various spirit races who originally only went against the human spirits unanimously were now opposing each other everywhere, fighting to win for themselves the right to use the fourth Serene Spirit Tower with conflicts between the different spirit races continuing to rise. From initially rejecting the human spirits to become on friendly terms now, it had only taken a blink.

All the spirits yearned for their own spirit race to win the right to use the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, in order for them to gain the chance to grow stronger.

The struggle and conflict gradually turned white hot, with chaos growing with more and more spirits getting into physical fights.

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Chapter 2048:- Chaos in the Spirit World (3)

Throughout the constant fighting, it was inevitable that some spirits would lose their heads and instances where injuries were so severe that deaths occurred began to happen. The conflicts that had started barely just for two days grew more and more complicated.

In that period, the Flame Dragon had already extended an invitation to Wu Jiu, and similarly invited the leaders of the Plant Spirits and Weapons Spirits, to come together and discuss about the fourth Serene Spirit Tower.

Wu Jiu dragged his feet on it for a few days before he finally agreed to meet. At the moment that the conflict between the three big spirit races had reached its peak, he accepted the Flame Dragon's invitation and brought only Jiang Yun Long with him to go to where the Flame Dragon resided.

Among the mountainous peaks and within the rocky canyon, the caves of Beast Spirits were everywhere. A scattering of several Beast Spirits walked past by the mountain stream and at the moment they saw Wu Jiu and Jiang Yun Long, their faces lit up with traces of joy and not with animosity and enmity like in the past.

They could not help but start to guess whether Wu Jiu presence here could mean that the fourth Serene Spirit Tower was going to be handed over to the Beast Spirits.

Jiang Yun Long followed at Wu Jiu's side as he looked at the group of Beast Spirits they were passing right by their shoulders and his eyes flashed with a moment of mirth. He then said softly right by Wu Jiu's side: "Master's plan has succeeded as expected. The Plant Spirits, Beast Spirits and Weapon Spirits are locked in endless conflict and your disciple even heard that two Weapon Spirits were attacked till their spirits scattered and it is feared that the Weapon Spirits are now highly displeased with the Beast Spirits. But..... there hasn't been much of a reaction from the Plant Spirits and Poison Ivy has not even shown himself....."

With just one Serene Spirit Tower, they had successfully diverted away the enmity that had originally fallen upon the human spirits and thrown the harmonious three great spirit races into chaos.

"It would naturally have to succeed. Even if the Flame Dragon and the other leaders were to smell a rat, but before the irresistible allure of mighty power, how many spirits could resist that kind of temptation? Even if they are not willing to accept that fact, they would have no choice but to accept the opinions of their race." Wu Jiu's effeminate face was tinged with a malicious smile. Ever since he had released the news of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, things had remained highly stable for him and he had just sat back to watch the great show unfolding.

Jiang Yun Long then sneered: "How could all those fellas be a match for Master at all? It had only taken a simple ploy from Master and it has already caused them to start strangling each other. Now, they have already had blood spilled and heads broken over the Serene Spirit Tower and even if they wanted to stop, they wouldn't be able to anymore."

Wu Jiu snickered, but his face did not not show the slightest bit of glee on the surface.

"But..... Master, with the three great spirit races going at each other's throats now, isn't it still a little too early for you to accept the Flame Dragon's invitation to come? Why not wait till their fighting gets them more desperate first? It still wouldn't be too late for you step up at that time." Jiang Yun Long said, the thought in his head highly vicious. Though the Plants Spirits were least in numbers, but among the four spirit races, they were strongest in terms of individual might. The Beast Spirits were most numerous while the Weapon Spirits were most connected and cohesive, their steel bodies incomparably tough. But for the human spirits, in all these aspects, they could not compare to the other spirit races.

But with the appearance of the Serene Spirit Tower, it had allowed the human spirits who had been oppressed by the other three spirit races to gradually rise, to the extent that they had already shaping up to emerge above the three great races.

If they were able to make good use of this opportunity presented to them by the fourth Serene Spirit Tower and let it cause the three great spirit races to lose more of their numbers, it would naturally be a good thing to the human spirits.

As Wu Jiu's First Disciple, Jiang Yun Long was naturally highly valued by Wu Jiu, enjoying the status of reigning above all and subservient only to one among the human spirits. With the growing might of human spirits, it also meant that the power and authority Jiang Yun Long enjoyed would grow as well, so how could he not look forward to that?

Wu Jiu threw Jiang Yun Long a glance. How could he not understand what Jiang Yun Long was thinking?

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Chapter 2049:- Chaos in the Spirit World (4)

Wu Jiu's eyes flashed with a sneering glint. Jiang Yun Long's high ambition was clear to him but Wu Jiu did not show it in the slightest but to merely say nonchalantly.

"Flame Dragon, Poison Ivy and Soul Slayer are not morons. Although fights among the three great spirit races are happening frequently, but they are still within a controllable scale and is merely something they are concerned about. Not to mention the harm that the Serene Spirit Tower could bring to non human spirits, just my decision to assign the fourth Serene Spirit Tower to one spirit race would already have caused the three of them to be on their guard. Even if I do not agree to come, and let all of them continue to fight, it still wouldn't create all that big of a stir, and that is not what I want to see." The corners of Wu Jiu's mouth curled up into a sneer, as he looked at the Beast Spirits passing at the sides.

In the past, these Beast Spirits would be glaring balefully at him when they met, but today, he had instead seen traces of servility in their eyes.

That change, caused the mirth in Wu Jiu's eyes to deepen.

This was the result he was seeking.

He did not believe that any spirit could be absolutely pure in this world, who did not long for any power, and did not yearn to possess any authority. They had all been so at peace only because they had not been presented with an opportunity before their eyes. If they were given a better choice, it would then elicit the dark side buried deep within one's soul.

Jiang Yun Long was slightly startled, as he came to understand what Wu Jiu's intentions were, and his eyes widened as he stared.

"Master is indeed one of surpassing intelligence! Your disciple has been too narrow sighted."

Wu Jiu gave a dismissive wave of his hand. Towards Jiang Yun Long's compliment, he was not flattered.

After Wu Jiu and Jiang Yun Long walked for a while, they finally came to the front of Flame Dragon's cave. And right outside the cave, there were two figures already there.

The cold and enchanting Poison Ivy was languishing upon a chair formed with vines when he suddenly saw Wu Jiu appear. There wasn't the slightest bit of surprise in his eyes but rather an appraising look in them as his emotionless eyes swept over the figure of Wu Jiu.

Standing right opposite Poison Ivy, a large black sword towered at the side, the large sword jet black throughout, but glowing with a cold metallic sheen. Upon the great blade, there was a faintly discernible dragon motif, its hilt a depiction of a black dragon, its eyes two embedded red rubies, the contrast of the blood red stones against the black making it look more majestic!

Soul Slayer, the leader of all the Weapons Spirits. According to rumours, before the Soul Slayer was destroyed, it was once the supreme divine artifact, possessing the power to slay a soul completely. Even when it came to the Spirit World, it still reigned supreme among the Weapon Spirits, with none of the spirits daring to antagonize the Soul Slayer in the slightest. Even though it had become a spirit body, the blade of the Soul Slayer was still able to make any spirit disperse and scatter in an instant, and it could very well be said that the Soul Slayer was the very nemesis against spirits!

And because the Soul Slayer sat at the top, the Weapon Spirits had shone brilliantly for a time.

The metallic humming resonance sounded out from the Soul Slayer, the pair of blood red rubies glinting with a scintillating lustre, like a pair of eyes, that surveyed everything around it.

Accompanying that humming resonance, the ground beneath Wu Jiu and Jiang Yun Long rumbled as they gigantic Flame Dragon came walking slowly out from its cave, its immense body seemingly that of an absolute ruler, reigning supreme over all, majestic and resplendent.

"Everyone's here." The Flame Dragon said as it came out of its cave, its immense size allowing it to look down from height, at the "guests" it had invited.

Jiang Yun Long stood behind Wu Jiu, his heart secretly filled with terror as he looked at the leaders of the three great spirit races before his eyes, the aura emanating from their bodies something not something he could readily withstand.

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Chapter 2050:- Chaos in the Spirit World (5)

"Flame Dragon, exactly for what have you invited all of us here?" A strange voice sounded out from the Soul Slayer. The voice was neither male nor female, a sound that was a metallic resonance with every word spat out, the voice seemingly passing through the ears and straight into the brain.

"I have naturally invited thee here regarding the matter of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower." The Flame Dragon's deep booming voice rang out suddenly. It then turned its head slightly to look at Wu Jiu standing at the front and paused a moment before it said: "Because, recently, with the construction of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower being completed, it was accompanied by news that it would be handed out. I am of the thought that as the possessor of the Serene Spirit Tower, Wu Jiu, isn't an explanation due to all of us here?"

Flame Dragon went straight to the point to voice out his doubt. In the recent period, quite a number of incidents had sprung up among the Beast Spirits. Although Flame Dragon had quickly suppressed them, it was not able to prevent all of those incidents from happening. As long as the right to possess the fourth Serene Spirit Tower was not certain, then such situations would only continue to worsen by the day.

Flame Dragon's question was coincidentally what Soul Slayer had wanted to ask, and the pair of blood red rubies seemed to be looking at Wu Jiu.

Only Poison Ivy, merely swept a fleeting glance over Wu Jiu.

Wu Jiu gave a faint smile, the smile blossoming on that good looking and effeminate face. There was an unspeakable allure, that though beautiful, made others feel a chill run through them.

"So that's what this is all about. I had wondered what was the matter. The fourth Serene Spirit Tower was one I appealed to the Spirit Lord to build. Because after the previous three Serene Spirit Towers were built, the results were remarkable, and hence I built the fourth Serene Spirit Tower. As for the results the Serene Spirit Towers give, I am sure it is clear for the three of you to see. It can elevate the cultivation of spirits which is such a great thing. I, Wu Jiu, do not dare to horde something that great for myself and have hence decided to give up possession of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, wishing only that the benefits of the Serene Spirit Tower do not only go to the human spirits alone, as it should belong to the entire Spirit World, to belong to all the spirit races of the Spirit World.

Wu Jiu's voice was gentle, the pace of his words unrushed, but rather emotional. He spoke with a smile on his face, his eyes smiling, his words sounding highly earnest and sincere.

But that sincerity was lost upon Flame Dragon and the others.

As the leaders of the three great spirit races, they would not be taken in with just a few flowery words. They knew nothing about the Serene Spirit Tower and they would naturally not believe Wu Jiu's words so easily.

"From what I know, the Serene Spirit Tower does not seem to be beneficial to non human spirits." Soul Slayer then said.

Wu Jiu nodded his head without hesitation and then replied very candidly: "That's true. Only human spirits are allowed into the previous three Serene Spirit Towers and right from the beginning of their construction, I have already told all the spirit races that besides human spirits, all other spirit races must not come close to the Serene Spirit Towers even a step. My warning at that time might sound domineering and tyrannical to all your ears, and rather disrespectful. But please forgive my unintentional mistake as I had not wanted our friends from the other spirit races to come to harm due to a lack of understanding."

Wu Jiu paused a moment, and then continued on in an earnest tone.

"The previous three Serene Spirit Towers, were experiments I was carrying out. I am a human spirit myself, and hence I understand human spirits the most. Everything in those three Serene Spirit Towers were built according to suit the human spirits' method of cultivation and that is why to a human spirit, it is a priceless treasure. But to other spirit races, it does not benefit them at all, to the extent that it might even bring them harm."

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Chapter 2051:- Chaos in the Spirit World (6)

"I believe, that all of you here have a certain understanding about the Serene Spirit Towers already, and you should be able to judge whether there is truth in what I am saying." Wu Jiu said.

Flame Dragon and the others naturally knew that what Wu Jiu had said was the truth, but they had not thought that Wu Jiu would so readily admit the harm the Serene Spirit Towers could bring to the other spirit races. Such candidness was completely unlike Wu Jiu's personality.

With such an attitude, it only made Flame Dragon and the others even more wary.

Wu Jiu seemed to have felt the bias Flame Dragon and the others were feeling against him and he went on to say helplessly: "For sure, I, Wu Jiu, am not considered to be all that good a person, and am not someone so benevolent that would give up the Serene Spirit Tower just like that. Let me be honest here then. Building this fourth Serene Spirit Tower was not my idea but the Spirit Lord's."

"The Spirit Lord?" Flame Dragon was slightly startled.

Wu Jiu nodded his head and said: "The three Serene Spirit Towers from before were experiments the Spirit Lord wanted me to carry out, and he allowed me to let them be used only by human spirits. After going through the trials for so long, the Spirit Lord felt that the Serene Spirit Towers could be used to cultivate our power of the spirit, and hence, he got me to quickly build more Serene Spirit Towers to provide them for the other spirit races." As he spoke, the corners of Wu Jiu's mouth curled up with an impatient sneer. "Otherwise, do all of you really think that I will give up this Serene Spirit Tower I have developed over to you so willingly? That is something that we human spirits had painstakingly built little by little and what what has any of you contributed that after it has been built, it has to be given up over to you?"

Wu Jiu's words caused Flame Dragon and Soul Slayer to be quake slightly in shock. Wu Jiu's sincere demeanor before had not moved them but had instead put them on their guard and when Wu Jiu was using such a indignant tone without a care with demeaning words, they had instead found it easier to believe him.

Afterall, based on their understanding of Wu Jiu, he was not a generous person and he was one that would never give up the Serene Spirit Tower for no good reason, so they would never just accept it so readily no matter what.

"Now that the fourth Serene Spirit Tower has already been built, we will only need to ascertain the spirit race's method of cultivation to carry out the final adjustments and it can then immediately be put to use. Seeing that all of you are being so terrified and worried, you can very well just go seek affirmation from the Spirit Lord. Although I am not exactly pleased with the decision that the Spirit Lord has made, but as a vassal under the Spirit Lord, I would naturally abide by the order given to me. You might not want to believe my words, then you can just go seek affirmation yourselves." Wu Jiu said calm and unruffled with his arms crossed over his chest, a sneering smirk upon his effeminate face, a completely different person from the earnest and sincere one seen just moments ago.

Wu Jiu's completely disparate demeanor made Flame Dragon and Soul Slayer a little confused. They were not able to determine whether Wu Jiu's words were the truth or a lie.

"I will verify it with the Spirit Lord, to see whether you speak the truth. And if you dare to try to deceive me, I will have you know the price you will have to pay for it." Soul Slayer released a humming resonance, the tone highly threatening.

Wu Jiu shrugged his shoulders.

"As you please."

Poison Ivy had not once opened his mouth throughout, but merely sat on his chair of vines as he looked at Wu Jiu, his eyes not missing the slightest change that came over Wu Jiu's face.

"If that is all that you want to ask me here today, then I have already finished saying all there is to say. The construction of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower has completed and after you decide which spirit race will be using it, just inform me directly and I will make the final preparations for it. So, if there is nothing else, then I shall take my leave." Wu Jiu concluded up his speech, and made to take his leave.

Since Flame Dragon's question had been answered, there was naturally no reason for Wu Jiu to remain there any longer.

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Chapter 2052:- Chaos in the Spirit World (7)

Wu Jiu swept his gaze over Flame Dragon and the others before leading Jiang Yun Long out from the place.

"Master, we're leaving just like that?" Jiang Yun Long suppressed his voice to whisper beside Wu Jiu's ear. Wu Jiu's meeting with Flame Dragon and the others had been so short Jiang Yun Long just could not believe it.

"It was already enough." Wu Jiu's eyes flashed with a trace of venomous mirth and his gaze swung unnoticeably towards the few Beast Spirits standing not too far away from the entrance of the Flame Dragon's cave.

It did not matter whether Flame Dragon and the others believed his words or not as they would surely seek verification from the Spirit Lord. And no one knew better than Wu Jiu what the result of that would be. With everything that he said outside the Flame Dragon's cave today, it was believed that it would take long before it would spread throughout the three great spirit races. Even if Flame Dragon and the others wanted to hide it, it would not be possible to do it.

The corners of Wu Jiu's mouth had a hint of chilling smile hanging off them as he slowly disappeared out of sight from Flame Dragon and the others.

It was until the figure of Wu Jiu had completely disappeared from sight that Flame Dragon then lowered its head, to look at Soul Slayer and Poison Ivy.

Poison Ivy had not once opened his mouth from beginning to end like today's discussion had nothing to do with him at all. If not for the fact that Plant Spirits were well known to be eccentric and that Poison Ivy's personality was like that, others might have found it strange.

"I will go seek affirmation from the Spirit Lord today, to see if Wu Jiu speaks the truth." Soul Slayer's tone was hard as steel, seemingly highly concerned about the Serene Spirit Tower.

Flame Dragon nodded its head, and expressed that it would verify it with the Spirit Lord as soon as possible as well, where Soul Slayer then took its leave.

"Do you want to come in to sit for awhile?" Flame Dragon looked at Poison Ivy. Although the two of them could not be considered to be close friends, they enjoyed friendly relations with each other.

The corners of Poison Ivy's eyes lifted slightly, as he raised his head up to look at the enormous Flame Dragon.

"You should not have chosen to speak with Wu Jiu at this place." Poison Ivy finally said.

"Oh? Is there anything inappropriate about it?" Flame Dragon asked, looking at Poison Ivy in incomprehension.

Poison Ivy curled up his lips. "Although the intelligence of Beast Spirits have developed quite a bit, but its still rather retarded. With that brain of yours, you'll be played to death by Wu Jiu." Poison Ivy's voice was filled with thick contempt.

Flame Dragon was already used to that venomous tongue of Poison Ivy's and did not feel displeased in anyway, but was more concerned with the meaning in Poison Ivy's words.

"Is there anything strange in what Wu Jiu said earlier?" Flame Dragon then asked.

Poison Ivy shook his head.

"Everything he said was true. I believe there wasn't a single word of untruth in all that he said today, including the matter about the Spirit Lord asking him to build the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, it would definitely be true as well. Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought up the Spirit Lord's name when he clearly knew that you do not trust him at all."

"Since that's the truth, then what is inappropriate about it?" Flame Dragon was even more confused. It found itself completely unable to understand what Poison Ivy was talking about.

Poison Ivy stood up and unraveled the vines as he stared at Flame Dragon in silence, his gaze slowly moving to look behind Flame Dragon.

Flame Dragon turned its head around uncomprehendingly and suddenly discovered that on the peak near to its cave, were several Beast Spirits showing high excitement in their eyes. Beast Spirits had very good hearing and their conversation with Wu Jiu earlier had not been consciously isolated with power of the spirit. Hence, every single word that Wu Jiu said to Flame Dragon earlier had fallen right into the ears of those Beast Spirits!

Flame Dragon was taken aback. He could faintly sense that something was wrong, but in that instant, it did not know where the problem exactly was.

"On the Spirit Lord's side, I will not be going to seek verification. A warning on account of having known each other for so long. It is best that you do not go ask for affirmation. Not confirming it will be better than having it confirmed." Throwing those words, Poison Ivy then left.

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Chapter 2053:- Astounding Cultivation (1)

Wu Jiu's discussion with the leaders of the three great races soon spread among the spirits. Spirits who were initially still maintaining a wait and see attitude towards the Serene Spirit Tower immediately put down their guard upon hearing about Wu Jiu's words, eagerly anticipating the result of the affirmation their leader had gone to seek from the Spirit Lord.

With the Spirit Lord's name brought up, it increased the trustworthiness of Wu Jiu's words which just caused the spirits to become more excited.

Just as the world was burning with furious debate about the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, Jun Wu Xie led Qiao Chu and the other companions to sneak into the Tranquil Dream Forest to carry out their newfound method of cultivation. Because Meng Yi Liang and his men were killed in there, it just reinforced Jiang Yun Long's belief that Jun Wu Xie had escaped from there, where he then gave up on watching the Tranquil Dream Forest as he just did not believe that Jun Wu Xie would return back to such a dangerous place.

Completely unaware of the fact that Jun Wu Xie was at that moment openly staying right there there in the Tranquil Dream Forest!

Inside the thick forest, Jun Wu Xie sat cross legged on the ground, where dense lush grass originally grew under her, but a swathe of the grass had been flattened out by Jun Wu Xie, leaving an area of bare soil. But over the soil, a circle of Spirit Reinforcement runes was drawn out, and that circle formed by the Spirit Reinforcement runes surrounded Jun Wu Xie in the middle. If one looked carefully, it would not be difficult to see that the circle of Spirit Reinforcement runes were exactly the same as those in the Serene Spirit Towers with the only difference being the sequence they were arranged in.

In the surrounding area surrounding Jun Wu Xie, Qiao Chu, Fan Zhuo, Hua Yao, Rong Ruo and Fei Yan were also seated cross legged in a half lotus position, and around them, was a ring of Spirit Reinforcement runes just the same. They sat quietly with their eyes closed, silently cultivating.

From the day that Jun Wu Xie left her house, the six of them had slipped into the Tranquil Dream Forest and cultivated with this exceptional method. They had carried on with their cultivation for a good half year in there as Jiang Yun Long had been so certain that there would be no sign of Jun Wu Xie in the Tranquil Dream Forest anymore that he did not send men to go search in there anymore, which allowed Jun Wu Xie and her companions to be able to cultivate peacefully.

In momentary daze, Jun Wu Xie opened her eyes. Half a year's cultivation had made her power of the spirit soaring to new heights. A vague layer of grey mist rose faintly from her body, and as she halted her cultivation, the grey mist was then retracted back into her body.

Qiao Chu and the others beside her had also awakened from their cultivation trance. They looked at each other and saw in each others' eyes joy and delight.

Half a year's time of cultivation to spirits, was so short that it was negligible enough to be completely disregarded, but to the young companions, it was a highly crucial period of time given to them. For no other reason, than because of the ring of Spirit Reinforcement runes around them while they cultivated.

That circle of Spirit Reinforcement runes was something Jun Wu Xie had come up with by rearranging the sequence of Spirit Reinforcement runes based on what she saw in the Serene Spirit Tower's twelfth level, where not only would it not bring any harm to them, it greatly increased the speed of the progress in their cultivation.

The Spirit Reinforcement runes in the Serene Spirit Towers did indeed hold the ability to help one's cultivation. But at the same time that it raised the speed of progress in one's cultivation, it also hid a highly destructive element. Jun Wu Xie discarded the destructive portion and picked out only the parts where it increased the speed of progress in cultivation while improving on it herself, it resulted in the speed that Jun Wu Xie and the companions' cultivation advanced at to become even faster than that in the Serene Spirit Towers!

In just that short half a year's time, they achieved what it would have taken other spirits six hundred years to achieve!

Such and astounding effect, was only known to Jun Wu Xie and her companions.

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Chapter 2054:- Astounding Cultivation (2)

"Little Xie's method is just too Heaven defying, I almost could not bear to stop." Qiao Chu said as he stretched out his legs, looking still unfulfilled, as he had become obsessed with the feeling of sensing the surge of strong power of the spirit entering his body.

He had a feeling that if he was given a few more months' time, he would be able to reach a level in the Spirit World that was as high as a Purple Spirit outside.

Jun Wu Xie looked at the exhilarated Qiao Chu, and then slowly lowered her eyes. The discovery she made in the fourth Serene Spirit Tower had brought her a result that went far beyond her expectations, never having thought that Spirit Reinforcement could really be applied onto accelerating the growth of one's power of the spirit. But there was a limit to that kind of advancement where once one reached a certain level of power, the speed becomes much slower.

Being almost as good as a new spirit, to Qiao Chu and the companions, using Spirit Reinforcement to commence on their initial stages of cultivation, it was as if they were taking a rocket. But as the accumulated power of the spirit grew more and more in their bodies the speed of growth in their cultivation then slowed down.

Jun Wu Xie was guessing that was due to the limits that their souls were able to withstand that brought about the change.

The Spirit Reinforcement runes in the Serene Spirit Tower would completely ignore the fact whether a spirit soul would be able to withstand that much power, but continue to forcibly imbue them with more power of the spirit, till the spirit soul was unable to withstand it and went on to burst and explode, to then be absorbed by the twelfth level's Spirit Fire. After Jun Wu Xie's modifications, that Spirit Reinforcement runes no longer had the power to forcibly infuse a spirit with power of the spirit, but allow the spirit to passively absorb it. Although it placed a limit on the amount of power that could be absorbed, it made it much safer.

At least throughout the half year that they had been cultivating, Qiao Chu and the companions had not felt the slightest bit of discomfort, but have instead felt very much more invigorated.

"I heard Little Xie say that you want to go to the first Serene Spirit Tower. When are you going to do that?" Fei Yan asked curiously. Before they had even restarted on their cultivation, Jun Wu Xie had already planned and prepared to go into the first Serene Spirit Tower to wreck destruction, so that Little Black would be able to recover, but in the entire half year that they had been here in the Tranquil Dream Forest, they had not seen Jun Wu Xie show any inclination of doing that.

"Very soon." Jun Wu Xie said expressionlessly, her mind seemingly rather distracted. She had a hand held over her chest, her brows slightly furrowed. Over the past half a year, the progress of her cultivation had been extremely fast, and she had not felt any discomfort throughout. Jun Wu Yao often came to the Tranquil Dream Forest to accompany her while she cultivated, and Little Lotus and Poppy came occasionally as well, bringing her updates on any news of Jun Gu.

Having searched for a good half year, Little Lotus and Poppy had seen every single spirit that appeared outside the three Serene Spirit Towers but they still had not seen any spirit that looked similar to Jun Gu, the news causing Jun Wu Xie to feel a tinge of despair.

The time that Jun Wu would have come to the Spirit World would not have been that long ago as ten years' time in the Spirit World was as fleeting as a snap of one's fingers.

Jun Wu Xie then could not help but start to think whether Jun Gu had already gone to the Serene Spirit Tower and have his spirit soul sacrificed to the Spirit Fire. That was an answer that only Wu Jiu would be able to provide as all spirit that had attained extremely high powers in the Serene Spirit Tower and were absorbed by the Spirit Fire would have gained Wu Jiu's favour before they were absorbed, becoming Wu Jiu's direct disciple. To know whether Jun Gu had been sacrificed, Wu Jiu was the only person Jun Wu Xie could ask.

"Little Xie? What is on your mind? You look like you have a lot on your mind." Qiao Chu asked when he saw Jun Wu Xie's perturbed face, and he could not help but to wave his hand before Jun Wu Xie's eyes.

Jun Wu Xie snapped back to her senses and shook her head slightly to say: "It's nothing. Just that there is a strange feeling in my chest."

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Chapter 2055:- Astounding Cultivation (3)

Jun Wu Xie lowered her head to look down at her chest, where she seemed to feel a certain kind of power stirring inside. That feeling was a little familiar, but at the same time strange. Although a little discomfiting, but it wasn't really agonizing. She did not feel any abnormality in her soul, and concluded that it could be due to her having cultivated too intensely recently, not wanting to think too much into it.

The feeling of having regained power was just great and Qiao Chu and the others were excited to show off their new strength. It must be known that ever since they had come into the Spirit World, their weak and insignificant powers had been highly unbearable. Now that they have gained powers once again, these hot blooded and exuberant youths could not help but anticipate being able to exhibit their skills, and Jun Wu Xie going to the first Serene Spirit Tower would give them the best opportunity to do that.

"Jiang Yun Long seemed to have relaxed on his search for you. Do you think they are pursuing other motives?" Rong Ruo asked as she looked at Jun Wu Xie.

From the news that Little Lotus and Poppy had brought, they came to know that the portraits of Jun Wu Xie that had been pasted everywhere had been taken down and Jiang Yun Long had reduced a large part of the spirits tasked with finding Jun Wu Xie. It would seem like they have finally given up on pursuing Jun Wu Xie. Similarly, they had still not located Nalan Shan and Brownie so their sudden silence had not only not made Rong Ruo and the others relax their guard but had instead made them suspect whether Jiang Yun Long and Wu Jiu had made new plans.

"Regardless what they plan to do, we will still destroy them! They dared to persecute Little Xie! They must be tired of living!" Qiao Chu harrumphed indignantly. Having known Jun Wu Xie for so long, no matter where they were, Jun Wu Xie had never fallen into a situation where she wanted as a fugitive, and Jiang Yun Long had set a new precedent.

Jun Wu Xie had wanted to say something but the strange feeling in her chest grew more and more intense. From a slight discomfort to gradually grow into a stinging pain. Her face turned pale in an instant, and her body then started trembling uncontrollably.

Qiao Chu and the other companions noticed Jun Wu Xie's abnormality and they immediately halted their conversation, to looked at Jun Wu Xie anxiously as the colour on her face continued to worsen.

"Little Xie, what's wrong?" Qiao Chu was so worried his palms were sweating, seeing Jun Wu Xie in such a condition but did not dare to touch her carelessly, afraid that he would inflict greater harm upon her.

It was so painful Jun Wu Xie could not even speak. She was feeling as if something was about to surge out from inside her chest, hard to imagine that such a kind of swelling and tearing pain she was feeling would manifest upon a spirit body.

A tall slender figure suddenly descended from up among the trees, and scooped Jun Wu Xie right into his arms.

Qiao Chu and the others stared in shock at the person who had suddenly appeared. Until they saw Jun Wu Yao's familiar contenance, they all then breathed out in relief.

Jun Wu Yao's brows knitted together as he looked at Jun Wu Xie in his arms, seemingly able to feel her pain from seeing Jun Wu Xie's body that was shaking uncontrollably. His hands were constantly sending his devil spirit into Jun Wu Xie's body, seeking to eradicate the agony, but with unnoticeable effect.

Jun Wu Xie had her teeth gritted tightly together, struggling to suppress the cry that threatened to come out of her mouth. Her tiny hand held Jun Wu Yao's shirt collar in a death's grip, trying to endure it with everything she had.

Suddenly, a streak of light shot out from Jun Wu Xie's chest, the light flying up into midair before it fell to the ground in an instant. A blurry figure manifested within that light, and at the moment that the light faded away, a tall figure suddenly appeared before Qiao Chu and the others.

That manifestation caused Qiao Chu and the several companions to be completely stunned in place.

It was a tall figure, a man with a handsome countenance.

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Chapter 2056:- The Third Ring Spirit (1)

Long and thin vines twirled around the man's wrists, blooms of purple flowers decorating the vines, and upon that handsome alluring face, was an expression showing a trace of shock and surprise.

"Poi..... Poison Ivy?" Qiao Chu rubbed his eyes, staring incredulously at the man walking out from the burst of light. That man was no one else but Poison Ivy that Qiao Chu and the others had met in the forest when they had first come into the Spirit World!

[Why had Poison Ivy jumped out from Little Xie's chest?]

Qiao Chu and the others were properly stunned at that moment.

In the instant that the light had come out from her body, the agony had immediately disappeared from Jun Wu Xie's body. Though her face was still pale, she no longer had to endure the pain from before. She sat up in Jun Wu Yao's arms to stare at Poison Ivy whose face was filled with bewilderment.

"You....." Poison Ivy stared at Jun Wu Xie, the face that had always been calm now filled with confusion.

Jun Wu Xie looked at Poison Ivy, her gaze similarly rather confused as well.

Poison Ivy then drew in a deep breath as he closed his eyes a moment before they opened. Under Qiao Chu's and the companions' speechless stares, Poison Ivy then abruptly fell onto one knee as he looked at Jun Wu Xie, and opened his mouth to say: "Poison Ivy greets his Mistress."

"MISTRESS! ! !" Qiao Chu screamed out with pure and utter incredulity, his hands clawing at his own face, as he stared in shock at Poison Ivy.

[What the Hell!]

[What did he just hear! ?]

[Poison Ivy actually just addressed Jun Wu Xie as..... Mistress! ?]

[Isn't that the form of address Little Lotus and Poppy use for Jun Wu Xie?]

[Why is Poison Ivy also.....]

An astounding thought that formed in Qiao Chu's mind. His eyes grew wide, his gaze switching between Jun Wu Xie and Poison Ivy incessantly, his face looking like he had just seen a ghost.

"Things..... couldn't possibly be like what I am imagining right?" The corners of Qiao Chu's mouth twitched, his incredulous gaze then turning to look at Hua Yao standing right beside him.

Hua Yao had an equally stunned expression on his face, his conflicted gaze locked upon the figure of Poison Ivy, his reaction delayed for a long while before he looked at Qiao Chu to say: "I think..... What you are thinking should be correct."

Qiao Chu's entire being then crumbled!

Jun Wu Xie's eyes were tinged with surprise. Ever since the Spirit Tree's seed had been placed in her body, and after she had absorbed the Devious Wyvern, she had gotten to know through Jun Wu Yao's mouth that she would not only have just one lone Ring Spirit, and Poppy's appearance had verified Jun Wu Yao's deduction.

Jun Wu Xie had long prepared herself to welcome the arrival of more Ring Spirits, but.....

She would never ever have thought that after Poppy, the Ring Spirit that would be intricately linked to her would turn out to be..... Poison Ivy? !

"You're my Ring Spirit?" Jun Wu Xie had been properly surprised by the facts before her eyes. She knew that her future Ring Spirits would definitely also be Plant Spirits but..... Poison Ivy..... She suddenly found it rather hard to imagine.

Poison Ivy then stood up and looked calmly at Jun Wu Xie. In truth, he had never thought that he would actually become Jun Wu Xie's Ring Spirit. Afterall..... Didn't Jun Wu Xie already have Little Lotus?

"Yes, my Mistress." Poison Ivy's voice regained its calm. Ring Spirits knew clearly where their sense of belonging was directed to. Even if his heart was highly astonished, but Poison Ivy could not deny the link in the consciousnesses of Jun Wu Xie's and his.

This young lady before his eyes was definitely his Mistress.

"I think I need to calm myself down properly." Qiao Chu mourned as he held Hua Yao's shoulder, his other hand clutching at his chest looking like he had just suffered a great shock even though he had guessed that this would be the result. But hearing Poison Ivy saying it from the horse's mouth, he still could not help but feel it incredibly outrageous.

Poison Ivy could be considered to be the only Plant Spirit they had come into contact with in the Spirit World and in the end..... he had actually become Jun Wu Xie's third Ring Spirit!

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Chapter 2057:- The Third Ring Spirit (2)

Qiao Chu just felt his heart taking a strong hit deep inside!

Jun Wu Xie then regained her senses as she looked at Poison Ivy, seemingly trying to digest the news.

Poison Ivy had become highly calm and composed. If truth was to be told, although he did not think all that well of humans, Poison Ivy had to admit that he had a rather good impression of Jun Wu Xie, remembering the time when Jun Wu Xie was carrying the little black cat, the anxiety that showed in her eyes, the kind of deep worry that could not be feigned.

The little black cat was merely another spirit body and it did not look to be all that powerful. But even though that was the case, Jun Wu Xie was still seen to be so anxious for the little black cat. Maybe it was from that day onwards that Poison Ivy was destined to become Jun Wu Xie's Ring Spirit.

"Mistress seems to have become a lot stronger." Poison Ivy had already become Jun Wu Xie's Ring Spirit and he was naturally acutely aware of Jun Wu Xie's condition. From the level of power of the spirit Jun Wu Xie possessed, he could clearly feel that Jun Wu Xie had grown to become much more powerful compared to before. If not for the fact he knew the amount of time that had elapsed so clearly, Poison Ivy wouldn't be able to believe that any spirit would be able to grow from a weak and frail new spirit to now reach a stage where she possessed the ability to execute a spirit outflare in just a matter of half a year's time!

That's right, now that Jun Wu Xie had stepped into the realm of executing a spirit outflare, looking at all the human spirits throughout the entire Spirit Realm, only four spirits had been able to achieve such a level. But Jun Wu Xie had now become the fifth person so easily and Poison Ivy had no choice but to change his opinion of his new contracted Mistress.

"Mm." Jun Wu Xie said as she calmed her emotions. It was exactly because her spirit soul's power had increased in strength that she was able to withstand the arrival of the third Ring Spirit, but the identity of the Ring Spirit..... had truly astounded her.

Just like how Poison Ivy felt, Jun Wu Xie did not feel that much against Poison Ivy as well.

Poison Ivy looked around himself and quickly realized that he was in the Tranquil Dream Forest. He lived just at the outer perimeters of the Tranquil Dream Forest and regarding the fact that Jun Wu Xie and her companions had returned to the Tranquil Dream Forest, he had noticed it but just had not bothered himself with it.

"Will Mistress be remaining here to continue with your cultivation?" Poison Ivy seemed to have quickly accepted the fact that he had become Jun Wu Xie's Ring Spirit and in truth, he had long discovered that Jun Wu Xie was not a deceased spirit soul and that her flesh body was still living.

"We'll stay here for a few more days before we will go to the first Serene Spirit Tower." Jun Wu Xie said with a nod of her head.

Poison Ivy's brows furrowed slightly. "That is not a suitable place for Mistress to go to." As he spoke, Poison Ivy's gaze then turned to fall upon the unconscious little black cat lying at the side.

Because Poison Ivy had become her Ring Spirit, Jun Wu Xie knew the kind of loyalty a Ring Spirit had for their Master and hence she did not need to hide anything from Poison Ivy. She told Poison Ivy everything about what she discovered in the Serene Spirit Tower and her intentions to destroy the first Serene Spirit Tower to save the little black cat.

Poison Ivy listened to everything silently but the creased brow did not relax in the slightest but to knit even more tightly together.

"The Serene Spirit Tower is really such a evil and sinister place." Poison Ivy had felt that there was something wrong with the Serene Spirit Towers all this time but he had never thought that the Serene Spirit Tower would devour spirits. To the Spirit World, that piece of news was just devastating!

"Isn't that just the truth! That Wu Jiu is just a heartless and maniacal demon! To think that he could make himself build such a terrifying place so passionately, and had even wanted to use the Spiritual Bear to complete the construction of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower! He's absolutely just dreaming. He can just forget about capturing the Spiritual Bear for all his life!" When Wu Jiu and Jiang Yun Long were mentioned, a ball of rage just rose up in Qiao Chu. Because of the Yin Yang Bear, with Brownie being a bear spirit as well, Qiao Chu had come to like Brownie very much! ! !

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Chapter 2058:- The Third Ring Spirit (3)

"I think..... Wu Jiu's plan is about to succeed soon." Poison Ivy said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" Jun Wu Xie detected a something strange in Poison Ivy's words.

Poison Ivy then told her about everything that had happened during the period that Jun Wu Xie was in cultivation.

Flame Dragon had seeked out Wu Jiu, and invited Poison Ivy and Soul Slayer to question Wu Jiu about the fourth Serene Spirit Tower. Wu Jiu had candidly answered everything and explained the reason for the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, revealing that all of it had been the Spirit Lord's idea.

Poison Ivy felt that Wu Jiu might have some ulterior motive and he did not go seek verification from the Spirit Lord, but left Flame Dragon with a warning. Flame Dragon trusted Poison Ivy and he did not go see the Spirit Lord.

But their choices did not represent Soul Slayer did the same.

Soul Slayer had rushed over to the Spirit Palace the next day and seek verification from the Spirit Lord on Wu Jiu's words and the result he got was exactly like what Wu Jiu had said, that he had spoken the truth, where everything had indeed been the Spirit Lord idea.

Having acquired the Spirit Lord's affirmation, Soul Slayer had then brought the news back to the Weapon Spirits and relayed it to every single Weapon Spirit, which caused the Weapon Spirits to boil over with excitement.

The power of the Serene Spirit Tower had made many among the spirit races to covet it since a long time ago. But as the place would bring harm upon non human spirits, those spirits then had some misgivings about it. But after they came to know that the fourth Serene Spirit Tower could be modified according to the cultivation method of a specific spirit race, it immediately caused the blood of the Weapon Spirits to boil over, steeling their determination to fight for the fourth Serene Spirit Tower.

Although Flame Dragon did not go seek affirmation, and did not make a great deal out of the matter, back when Flame Dragon and the other leaders had met, outside the cave where Flame Dragon resided, every word exchanged in that meeting had been overheard by Beast Spirits nearby and they had spread it like wildfire among their race which led all the Beast Spirits to await eagerly the result after Flame Dragon went to seek affirmation from the Spirit Lord. But Flame Dragon had still not taken any action after so long while the result that Soul Slayer had gotten from the Spirit Lord had quickly spread out from the Weapon Spirits.

The Beast Spirits could not hold themselves back anymore. They only wanted to verify the authenticity of those words and they did not care who was the one who went to verify it.

With the feasibility of the fourth Serene Spirit Tower confirmed, the Weapon Spirits and the Beast Spirits embarked on an intense battle for it. Scuffles and clashes big and small broke out constantly between the two spirit races. Flame Dragon came out and suppressed it several times but could not quell the desire for power in the hearts of the Beast Spirits, unable to control the entire situation completely. In the end, even a few Plant Spirits were incited into restlessness and quite a number of them jumped into the fray as well.

Because of the struggle, it caused the standing of Flame Dragon and Poison Ivy to diminish greatly among the Beast Spirits and Plant Spirits. At the same time that Soul Slayer led the Weapon Spirits to seize the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, Flame Dragon and Poison Ivy had not come forward, which led their fellow spirits of their race to complain about their absence, that just rendered their attempts to dissuade everyone to fall further in vain.

And just a few days ago, a huge battle among the three races occurred. After an uncountable number of deaths, the Weapon Spirits who had Soul Slayer leading them achieved final victory and seized the right to possess the Serene Spirit Tower. They had then already begun to discuss with Wu Jiu how the fourth Serene Spirit Tower was to be modified according to the method of cultivation used by Weapon Spirits.

The defeated Beast Spirits and Plant Spirits were devastated where a portion of them had even turned their rage in failure onto Flame Dragon and Poison Ivy, blaming them for not coming out to lead their spirit race to fight for the fourth Serene Spirit Tower. Immediately, Flame Dragon and Poison Ivy suffered admonishments and scoldings, which led to their positions within their respective spirit races to be greatly affected as well.

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Chapter 2059:- Insidious Plot (1)

"A bunch of idiots. Do they really think that getting the fourth Serene Spirit Tower is something great?" Qiao Chu said with a scornful smirk upon hearing what they said. What Flame Dragon and Poison Ivy did was smart, but it was obvious that their fellow spirits of their races were not as smart as them.

"Without the Spiritual Bear, it is not possible for the fourth Serene Spirit Tower to finish its construction. Wu Jiu will only continue to drag it out." Jun Wu Xie was instead calm and composed before such a situation. The desire to pursue stronger power would often cause spirits to lose their heads, leading them to wander off the original paths they treaded upon.

Having come to understand Spirit Reinforcement more and more, Jun Wu Xie was then certain that without the Spiritual Bear, there was no way Wu Jiu would be able to complete the fourth Serene Spirit Tower as to activate such a great number of Spirit Reinforcements runes, it required a sufficiently robust amount of the power of the spirit and it must come from a single source or it would not activate. Moreover, the Spirit Fire on the twelfth level also required the soul of a powerful spirit to be refined for it to form, and spirits that were able to provide such an immense amount of power of the spirit was few and far between, with the Spiritual Bear being one being one of the rare few, or otherwise, why would Wu Jiu expend so much resources to capture the Spirit Bear?

Jun Wu Xie did not know what kind of a powerful spirit was sacrificed for the construction of the other three Serene Spirit Towers but for the current fourth tower, it would seem like Wu Jiu only had one single choice that was the Spiritual Bear.

The Spiritual Bear's frailty before had been exactly because its power of the spirit had been extracted and put into the fourth Serene Spirit Tower and Wu Jiu was unable to swap the spirit halfway, making the Spiritual Bear his only choice.

Poison Ivy then said: "I am certain Mistress' deduction is correct. But, Wu Jiu captured the previous Spirit Master yesterday."

"What?" Jun Wu Xie was slightly taken aback.

Although she had not met the previous Spirit Master before, she knew that he was once the leader of the human spirits. But because of a certain someone standing right behind her, the previous Spirit Master felt he let down the Spirit Lord, and went on to give up on the glory he enjoyed before, to go into seclusion. But though the previous Spirit Master lived in seclusion, his standing and influence did not fade from the minds of the human spirits. Added to the fact that he was Wu Jiu's and Nalan Shan's Master, how could Wu Jiu possibly dare to capture the previous Spirit Master just like that?

"Wu Jiu pegged some baseless crime onto the Spirit Master and placed the previous Spirit Master under house arrest. He then released news that if Nalan Shan did not appear with the fugitive brown bear, then he would have no choice but to inflict harm upon the previous Spirit Master." Poison Ivy did not go into details about the kind of method Wu Jiu had employed to capture the previous Spirit Master, or how he had pegged the crime onto the heads of Brownie and Nalan Shan. But just thinking about it and one would know that it was all just one insidious plot.

"He is doing this to force Nalan Shan to hand over the Spiritual Bear. " Jun Wu Xie's eyes narrowed up slightly. Wu Jiu had ignored the controversy and placed his own Master under house arrest to coerce his fellow disciple, a despicable and maniacal act. But from Poison Ivy's narration, Jun Wu Xie did not hear a single thing about any spirits raising any questions.

"Wu Jiu had drawn the Weapon Spirits over to his side and the Beast Spirits had suffered great losses in the battle before. On top of that, with Flame Dragon's position weakened, there was no one who could lead the Beast Spirits to sufficiently question the situation. The Plant Spirits just could not be bothered with the affairs of other spirit races and would naturally not stick their noses in. Wu Jiu's repute among the human spirits has already surpassed that of the previous Spirit Master and because of the construction of the Serene Spirit Towers, the human spirits had longed obeyed his every word. Together with the support of the Weapon Spirits, the entire matter succeeded almost without encountering any resistance." Poison Ivy related with his brows creased up. He knew clearly that the actions of Wu Jiu were despicable but there wasn't anyone that would be able to stop Wu Jiu anymore at this point. There was nothing anyone could do but to wait for Nalan Shan to appear with the Spiritual Bear and there was no way of turning it all around.

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Chapter 2060:- Insidious Plot (2)

Jun Wu Xie took a deep breath. "Nalan Shan will definitely do as he says."

The interactions with Nalan Shan had let Jun Wu Xie understand his character, highly righteous and a person that would not just stand back to see the previous Spirit Master suffer under Wu Jiu's malicious hand. He would definitely appear!

"Like the moron he is, even knowing full well that it's a trap, he will still go in order to save the previous Spirit Master." Poison Ivy said with a click of his tongue. Although his tongue was venomous, he felt rather helpless. "I think he will turn up by himself and not bring the Spiritual Bear. He is the first to discover the peculiarity in the Serene Spirit Tower and he will definitely try to avoid letting Wu Jiu's plan succeed."

However, Jun Wu Xie shook her head.

"Once Nalan Shan appears, Wu Jiu's plan would have succeeded, regardless whether Nalan Shan brings the Spiritual Bear."

"Why?" Qiao Chu could not help but ask at the side.

Jun Wu Xie looked at Qiao Chu and said: "If Wu Jiu can make use of the previous Spirit Master to lure out Nalan Shan, then he can use Nalan Shan to make Brownie come out."

Spirits who were righteous would not be able to avoid such a venomous trap. Even when they knew full well that they would be walking into a deep abyss with no hope of reprieve, they would still step into the trap in order to save the person they cared for deeply.

And Nalan Shan was like that, with Brownie being the same.

They would not allow people that they cared for to suffer because of themselves.

It might be said to be dumb, but people had to respect them for that.

Jun Wu Xie's words was also what Poison Ivy was worried about. He did not like to interfere with other people's affairs, but as the Serene Spirit Tower implicated too many people, he had to take the step forward. He had thought to go discuss the matter with Flame Dragon before, but before he was able to do it, he had been dragged into Jun Wu Xie, to become her Ring Spirit.

"Then we must not let Nalan Shan go! Isn't it clearly a multi layered plot? Wu Jiu is just waiting for him to walk right into the trap so Wu Jiu can get his hands on Brownie! !" Qiao Chu was furious. What Wu Jiu was doing was as good as defying the Master and destroying the name of one's ancestors, going against the very grain of humanity, something that no one would be able to accept!

"With Nalan Shan's character, no matter what we say, we will not be able to change anything. Moreover..... We do not know where he is." Poison Ivy said with a sigh. From Jun Wu Xie's mouth, he had come to know the secret in the Serene Spirit Towers, which made him vaguely realize that Wu Jiu's motives were not as simple as he had imagined.

If it was because authourity, he had become the one party that the Spirit Lord trusted the most. And if it was because of power, he held in his hands all the human spirits in the Spirit World, so why would he throw the biggest force he held into the abyss to have the Serene Spirit Towers devour them?

Poison Ivy just did not understand what Wu Jiu was thinking. With the way Wu Jiu was doing things, it made it impossible for anyone to guess what his real motives were.

"I know." Jun Wu Xie suddenly said.

Poison Ivy was slightly taken aback.

Jun Wu Xie came walking away from within Jun Wu Yao's arms. She looked at Poison Ivy and said: "I need to have a chat with Nalan Shan."

Poison Ivy then replied: "That stubborn block of wood will not listen. Even if he believes what you say, it is not possible that he will give up on any opportunity to save the previous Spirit Master."

"I do not need him to give up on that. I will be asking him to go." Jun Wu Xie said abruptly.

"Ask him to go?" Poison Ivy was suddenly a little confused. [Why can't he understand what Jun Wu Xie was saying?]

Jun Wu Xie nodded.

"You go tell Flame Dragon to encourage the Beast Spirits to go watch at the date and time that Wu Jiu had set up."

Poison Ivy still did not understand what Jun Wu Xie was going to do. But as her Ring Spirit, he would naturally trust his Mistress' judgement.

"Although Flame Dragon's position and standing has been damaged, but with a small task such as this, it shouldn't be too difficult."

"When the time comes, you can also bring the Plant Spirits to go watch the spectacle. On that day, a great show will surely come to play at the first Serene Spirit Tower." The corners of Jun Wu Xie's mouth curled up into a sneer. It was high time she retaliated.

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