Genius Doctor: Black Belly Miss

Chapter 2361 - 2380

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Chapter 2361:- A Deadly Cultivation (1)

"Forget it, let's just skip this topic. Our purpose of visiting here this time is to revive some soul power through the help of your Spirit World. Don't you welcome us?" said Qin Song while smiling.

The Spirit Lord shook his head and smiled. "Why won't I? It's even too late for me to welcome you."

"Well then, thanks for your help." Qin Song grinned.

Both the old friends were reunited. The tacit understanding they possessed between each other had enabled them to fully comprehend all those words which had never been spoken openly during their conversation.

"It's quite late now. Let's go and have some rest. We will discuss it in detail tomorrow morning." Qin Song stood up and said goodbye. He then left together with Long Jiu and Situ Heng.

After a while, the Spirit Lord also left the place. The feast slowly ended as more people began to leave.

Jun Wu Xie returned to her accommodation which was arranged by the Spirit Lord with Qiao Chu and the others crowding around her. After they went back to their respective rooms to get some rest, Jun Wu Xie suddenly walked out of her room. Looking at the Spirit World which she was familiar with, the look in her eyes was cold and cheerless. Little Black once again transformed into a black cat and jumped onto Jun Wu Xie's shoulder. It then looked around with its eyes opening wide.

"Are we going now?" Swaying its tail, the black cat asked.

Jun Wu Xie didn't respond. Suddenly, the figure of hers flickered and disappeared from the place she was first standing at in just a blink of an eye.

In the Spirit Palace, though it should be the time to rest, there were few figures in the main hall of the Spirit Palace. Qin Song, Long Jiu and Situ Heng who were the first to leave the dinner was now standing in the hall. With a serious expression on his face, the Spirit Lord raised his eyes and stared at the entrance of the main hall.

Soon, Jun Wu Xie's figure appeared in the sights of four of them.

"You came?" Qin Song looked at Jun Wu Xie while smiling.

Jun Wu Xie nodded at him. Just now, during the feast, Qin Song and the rest had been trying to avoid speaking about the abnormality of her body. Instead, they requested to leave in advance. At that time, whether it was for the Spirit Lord or Jun Wu Xie, both of them had already guessed the intention of Qin Song's behaviour.

"It's surely easier to deal with smart people," laughed Qin Song. Since the Spirit Lord and him had known each other for many years, the Spirit Lord would definitely understand his style of acting. But the fact that Jun Wu Xie too, was able to get what he meant made him feel that this was why things could be easily done.

"What actually is it that made you feel inconvenient to talk about just now?" The Spirit Lord frowned. He knew about the intention of Qin Song leaving first but he thought that it was only because Qin Song had something to talk to him privately. He didn't think that Jun Wu Xie was also involved.

Qin Song straightened his face and looked at Jun Wu Xie. After he saw Jun Wu Xie nodded slightly at him, he spoke to the Spirit Lord. "We came to the Spirit World, firstly, is to revive our soul powers. Secondly, we need your help to do something which is more important."

"Oh? What is it?" questioned the Spirit Lord.

While his eyes narrowed a little, the smile hanging on Qin Song's lips faded away.

"When we found Miss Jun, we had come to an agreement, that we will be helping her in her revenge and after she finished her revenge, she will return the seed of the Spirit Tree to us. I think you have already found out that the soul power of Miss Jun is way more stronger compared to the past five years, haven't you?"

The Spirit Lord nodded. Indeed, Jun Wu Xie's soul power was several times stronger than the power she had in the past. It was just that the Spirit Lord didn't really think deeply about it. Now that Qin Song had mentioned about it, he suddenly came to a thought that the development of Jun Wu Xie's soul power was actually going too fast.

"To be honest, our second purpose of coming here is to ask you if you are able to stabilize both Miss Jun's soul power and spirit energy using the cultivation in the Spirit World," said Qin Song.

"What do you mean?" The Spirit Lord had a feeling that something bad was going to happen. When did the soul power and the spirit energy become comparable with each other and is able to be discussed in the same topic?

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Chapter 2362:- A Deadly Cultivation (2)

"How can you cultivate with a flesh body? You've gotta be kidding! Miss Jun doesn't know how powerful it is but don't you all know?!" It was the very first time the Spirit Lord had ever revealed such profound anger. Having originated from the Soul World, he had a very deep understanding towards the cultivation methods there and although that method was indeed powerful enough for people, but at the same time, the damage that they had to exchange for such power was also terrible.

Qin Song became silent.

Instead, Jun Wu Xie said: "I know it is dangerous, but I have no other choice. The Upper Realm has already stretched their hands out to all three realms. If I were to just remain a spectator at the sidelines, no one would be able to stop them."

If she could, she too did not want to cultivate such an extreme method, but... she had no choice.

The face of the Spirit Lord was ugly to the extreme. Jun Wu Xie had saved the Spirit World yet he could only watch her push herself forcibly to gain such powers through such dangerous means.

"You want to deal with the Upper Realm?!" The Spirit Lord looked at her incredulously, the courage of this girl was too big and it seemed that there was nothing in the world that she did not dare to do.

The query of the Spirit Lord made Qin Song and other people similarly stunned. They only knew that she wanted to exact vengeance but they did not know to whom her vengeance was directed to. Today, when they found out that she was going to deal with the Upper Realm, they were incomparably shocked.

The expression on Situ Heng's face changed slightly.

"Don't tell me that I can only helplessly watch them carry out the Blood Sacrifice of the Three Realms?"

In a single sentence, she had rendered them speechless.

They were very clear on the plan of the Upper Realm and even though they were enraged, they were powerless to stop it.

Never would they have thought that Jun Wu Xie had been secretly preparing to deal with the Upper Realm.

The Spirit Lord leaned forward with his brows wrinkled and looked at her intently: "The danger is too great, do you have any certainty?"

Jun Wu Xie nodded her head slightly.

The plan that she had spent five years on that had supported her to the present was not an illusory fantasy, but power that she grasped with her own hands.

"So you've come to the Spirit World to use the Spirit World's soul power to stabilize the power of Miss Jun?" The Spirit Lord shifted his attention and looked at Qin Song.

Qin Song nodded: "This is also our last resort. If we are able to go back to the Soul World, I believe that the effect will be better, but now we can't go back to the Upper Realm. We can only use your Spirit World, and... I know that you have a deeper understanding for such matters more than I do."

The Spirit Lord smiled bitterly, yes that was right, he stayed longer than any of them in the Soul World. Naturally, he knew everything about the Soul World. Under the great stimulation, the Spirit Lord took a deep breath and fixated his gaze on Jun Wu Xie.

"I can help you temporarily stabilize the power, but if you want to completely stabilize it, you still have to go to the Soul World. I can only let your soul and spirit power calm down for a short time and the process will be extremely painful. Are you able to endure the pain?"

"What can I not endure?" Jun Wu Xie raised her eyebrows. She had to endure the pain for five long years. In order to achieve her own goals, even if she had to suffer such great pain, she could still endure it!

"Good!" The Spirit Lord's gaze was profound and at the same time, he looked at Qin Song, Long Jiu and Situ Heng.

"I want to stabilize the chaos of the powers in her body. It isn't enough with just me. You all need to help out as well. I will arrange the place. In the meantime, we must take turns to suppress the power in her body. Are you all willing to help?"

Qin Song and Long Jiu naturally agreed without a second thought and their gazes could not help but land on Situ Heng.

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Chapter 2363:- A Deadly Cultivation (3)

Although Situ Heng, Qin Song and Long Jiu were on the same mission, but because of Situ Heng's personality, they weren't very close. After Qin Song and Long Jiu reached an agreement, Situ Heng was livid and stayed that way for a long time. When Qin Song and Long Jiu taught Jun Wu Xie, Situ Heng scoffed at their efforts and did not show any interest nor did he help.

This time when the Spirit Lord had proposed for the three of them to help, Qin Song and Long Jiu were more than happy to, however as for Situ Heng.... Even the two of them were not confident that he would agree.

Situ Heng's character was gloomy and stubborn, he would not change anything once he has made up his mind. In his eyes, be it Jun Wu Yao on Jun Wu Xie, they were the thieves that had stolen the Spirit Tree's seed. If not for Qin Song and Long Jiu, he would have long targeted Jun Wu Xie's weakness that year and struck out against her!

At this moment, Long Jiu could not help but worry. He looked at Qin Song's grim face and looked once again at that sullen face of Situ Heng. He could not help but say, "Situ... Let's just help that little lass, alright? After all, we do have an agreement between us. Moreover, if anything happens to her, it might hurt the seed of the Spirit Tree, then...."

Before Long Jiu could even finish his sentence, Situ Heng suddenly said, "Alright."

The moment he said it out, Long Jiu's face was frozen in shock.

He.....

He had actually agreed to it so easily?!

Long Jiu aside, even Qin Song was extremely taken aback by Situ Heng's response.

He thought that he would need to waste quite a bit of saliva before he could persuade Situ Heng, but...

Situ Heng had agreed to it without much thought and this had indeed surprised Qin Song

"What? Don't you all just want me to help? Now that I have agreed, why do you all look so confused?" Situ Heng's gaze swept by Long Jiu and his lips curled up into a sneer.

Long Jiu hurriedly shook his head.

"No, no, no! Situ, you have really high principles! I, Long Jiu, admire such righteousness!" He really could not see that there would be such a day that he would see such a side of Situ Heng.

Situ Heng glared coldly at Long Jiu and no longer said anything.

Seeing that they had all agreed, the Spirit Lord felt relieved. In fact, if it was possible, the more souls that could participate in this would be better. This was because with Jun Wu Xie's current strength, ordinary souls could not suppress the chaos in her body. Only the few of them who had been borne from the Spirit Tree, who had the purest soul could help. However, the power needed for each would be extraordinarily large and if even more powerful souls could be added into the equation, the effect would naturally be better.

"I shall arrange for tomorrow then, Miss Jun, please have a good rest today. Once you've started, you can't stop. You can take this time and meet with your friends." The Spirit Lord looked at her as he explained.

Jun Wu Xie nodded slightly, but her eyes swept past Situ Heng who had remained silent all this while.

It had been almost five years since she had met them and she was already familiar with the temperament of these three. She never thought that Situ Heng would have any kindness towards her.

Situ Heng had never once concealed his unhappiness towards her.

Only this time, Situ Heng's reaction was somewhat unexpected.

She narrowed her eyes slightly and without anyone noticing, a glint flashed by her eyes.

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Chapter 2364:- Stabilizing the Spirit (1)

After receiving permission from the Spirit Lord, Jun Wu Xie informed Qiao Chu and the others right away after she went back. She didn't tell them anything other than that she would be cultivating in a special place arranged by the Spirit Lord in order to reassure them.

And of course Qiao Chu and the rest of them didn't suspect anything.

The second day early in the morning, Jun Wu Xie headed to the Spirit Palace.

The place that the Spirit Lord arranged for her was an underground palace with a very large area located somewhere in the Spirit Palace. There were countless spirit fires floating in the underground palace, illuminating the whole place with their bits of light.

"You can just sit over there." The Spirit Lord pointed at a round platform placed in the centre of the underground palace.

The method used by the Spirit Lord was to use their soul power as guide and combine them with the soul power in the Spirit World to handle the chaotic energy caused by the fusion of the soul power and the spirit energy mixed in the body of Jun Wu Xie. This would temporarily reduce the strong repellence between both the energies.

Although it was true that five years of cultivating the Soul World Cultivation Method using a human body was able to achieve the effect of double cultivation, enforced cultivation like this would blur the line between the soul power and the spirit energy of Jun Wu Xie. Both the powers weren't supposed to mix together, but they began to blend into each other inside Jun Wu Xie's body. If she continued to let it be, the soul power mixed in her spirit energy would bring unimaginable injuries to Jun Wu Xie's body, whereas the spirit energy mixed in her soul power would also bring serious ravages to her spirit.

Though there was the seed of the Spirit Tree protecting her spirit, but once her body exploded, the following thing that would be happening was the destabilization of her spirit. It was going to be a nightmare then.

Following the instruction given, Jun Wu Xie walked onto the platform and sat down. Qin Song and the others were already in the underground palace. The Spirit Lord crossed his legs and sat beside Jun Wu Xie. He then tried to speak in a soft and gentle voice to Jun Wu Xie. "You don't have to do anything during the whole process. Just try your best to regulate your energy to prevent them from repelling the soul power given by us. We will guide you in sorting out the energy in your body with our soul power. It may be a long process but it can't be easily stopped once you've begun. There will be time for you to rest in the middle. Every time, we'll be taking turns and every cycle makes one round. You must go through at least one round before you are allowed to rest. Do you get me?"

Jun Wu Xie nodded her head.

The Spirit Lord didn't say more after that. Actually, the whole process of keeping the energy under control wasn't that complicated. Just that it should be handled carefully to prevent accidents from happening, or else it would bring huge damage to Jun Wu Xie's spirit.

The black cat lay beside Jun Wu Xie's legs, accompanying her. Well-behaved and quiet.

"You guys just need to watch how I do it." The Spirit Lord did not forget to tell Qin Song and the rest.

"Alright," respond Qin Song while Long Jiu too, nodded at him. Except for Situ Heng, he didn't speak a word but just stared at Jun Wu Xie who was sitting there. There was no sign of response on his face and nobody knew what was he thinking about.

Since the Spirit Lord didn't want the event to delay for too long, he immediately began to use his soul power. There was a faint soul power floating out from the palm of the Spirit Lord. It slowly lengthened and formed into an illusory thread, connecting between his palm and the centre between Jun Wu Xie's eyebrows. It seemed like the spirit fires floating in the underground palace were activated by the soul power of the Spirit Lord, causing the light they emitted to get brighter. It felt like the light had its own conscious as they moved forward and gathered around the spirit thread. The light then intertwined with the grey spirit line and fused into the centre part between Jun Wu Xie's eyebrows bit by bit..

Jun Wu Xie closed both her eyes and felt the energy coming from the external environment calmly.

It was a strange but at the same time, familiar feeling. It felt like the condition when she was absorbing the soul power through the Soul Reinforcement, but still, there was a slight difference between both of them.

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Chapter 2365:- Stabilizing the Spirit (2)

The soul power absorbed through the cultivation of the Spirit Reinforcement was the pure energy coming from the Spirit World. But now, the energy that was flowing into Jun Wu Xie's spirit was guided by the Spirit Lord. It seemed like those soul power had been slowing down their flowing pace consciously while waiting for her to regulate the power herself.

It was a complete silence in the underground palace. Standing aside, Qin Song and the others were watching the act of the Spirit Lord in amazement.

Long Jiu's eyes widened even more, they were filled with astonishment.

Before that, he had never met the Spirit Lord. He also didn't actually know how powerful the Spirit Lord was. But the method used by the Spirit Lord today was so magical and amazing. With the way he consumed his soul power to guide Jun Wu Xie, it contained high limits towards the strength of his soul power. Long Jiu had been watching for more than two hours but there was still no sign of the Spirit Lord being exhausted. At the moment, his perception towards the strength of the Spirit Lord came to a great change.

"Wow... The power of the Spirit Lord is really..." Strong!

Long Jiu couldn't help but marvelled.

Qin Song who was standing beside him lowered his voice and said. "He was once the strongest spirit in the Soul World, otherwise how would the Spirit Tree feel relieved to let him leave alone? Though the Spirit World isn't comparable to the Soul World, he built it himself with his soul power. The power he has isn't something that you can imagine. But it seemed like quite a lot of his soul power had been used up in building the Spirit World. The power he had when he left the Soul World was even more than the amount he has now."

There were full of admiration for the Spirit Lord in Qin Song's word.

All the spirits that were transformed from the seeds of the Spirit Tree were very strong but among them, the Spirit Lord was the strongest. The Spirit Tree wasn't able to move but it had its own consciousness. It cared and loved the spirits it created like they were its own children. If the Spirit Lord wasn't strong enough, how would the Spirit Tree allow the Spirit Lord to leave its protection of the Soul World with ease?

Long Jiu nodded his head emotionally and stopped himself from simply speaking.

The assistance cultivation done by the Spirit Lord had gone through for a whole day. It was till the second day that he finally felt a bit uncomfortable. The moment he realized that there was something wrong regarding his condition, he gave Qin Song a look and Qin Song then immediately replaced him. Both the spirits cooperate so well with each other that the soul thread linking on Jun Wu Xie didn't even break. The switching was totally perfect.

"Just keep going on using this method, her condition should be stabilized after ten more rounds." The Spirit Lord looked a little pale, but he didn't hurry himself to leave.

While looking at the good-looking Spirit Lord who was standing beside him, Long Jiu couldn't stop his eyes from glancing at the tall and thin body of the Spirit Lord. Subconsciously, he swallowed his saliva.

For real though, this guy had always been hiding his light under a bushel.

The duration of Qin Song in assisting Jun Wu Xie's cultivation was one or two hours shorter than the Spirit Lord, but it was still considered as quite a long time. Without talking much, Long Jiu took his place, feeling keen to try how long can he sustained.

Unfortunately, it had only been one day and one night, and Long Jiu already felt like the soul power inside his body wasn't able to sustain any longer, causing him to exchange his position with Situ Heng.

However, when it was Situ Heng's turn, Jun Wu Xie who was meditating noticed that the energy flowing into her body suddenly became vigorous. It was not as gentle as the previous one. Not like an auxiliary, but more of an invader. The only thing she could do was to quickly adjust the soul power in her body and made an effort to scatter the ferocious soul power which was rushing into her body to other parts of her spirit. This made Jun Wu Xie who had been persisting for five years to experience a huge pressure.

But one round was yet to come, she couldn't stop or else everything would have been gone to waste. On the other hand, it will also cause more damage to her!

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Chapter 2366:- Stabilizing the Spirit (3)

The abnormality of a spirit couldn't be judged easily by the bystander. Therefore, the Spirit Lord and the others won't be able to notice the discomfort that was experiencing by Jun Wu Xie.

In the underground palace, Situ Heng was seated with his legs crossed without any expression on his face. There wasn't anything weird on his emotionless face.

Jun Wu Xie's spirit was now enduring torment but she couldn't get out of this circumstance.

With a gloomy glare in his eyes, Situ Heng stared at the stiffened figure of Jun Wu Xie. A murderous intent flashed across his eyes.

One day had passed with just a blink of an eye, Situ Heng finally kept his soul power back and ended the first round of controlling her energy. The moment Situ Heng removed his soul power, the soul thread that was linking with the centre part between Jun Wu Xie's eyebrows dissipated and the light of the spirit fires that was originally gathering together too, began to scatter in all directions.

Jun Wu Xie didn't move a bit and was still sitting on the round platform even when Situ Heng had gotten himself up and moved to the side. The Spirit Lord then immediately went to have a check on Jun Wu Xie but he did not dare to simply touch her.

While on the other hand, Long Jiu seemed to be a little nervous. "How is it? How is it? Is there any effect?"

The Spirit Lord shook his head. "I have never used this kind of method. I can't really tell that if it's effective or not."

Throughout the ages, Jun Wu Xie was the very first person to cultivate the Soul World Cultivation Method with her mortal body!

The Spirit Lord and the rest waited for a long time before there was movement coming from Jun Wu Xie who was sitting on the round platform. The tightly closed eyes opened slowly and a pair of calm and cool eyes came into their sight.

At that time, the Spirit Lord and the others let out a sigh of relief.

"How is it?" asked the Spirit Lord while looking at Jun Wu Xie.

After a moment of silence, Jun Wu Xie replied. "It's okay."

A trace of gladness appeared on the Spirit Lord's face.

"That's good. You may have a rest for a day and we'll proceed on the day after tomorrow. You may feel a little uncomfortable at first, but slowly, it will be better," said the Spirit Lord. Knowing that there wasn't any strong energy repellence felt by Jun Wu Xie was the best thing ever.

Jun Wu Xie nodded her head. While standing up, she tended to wobble and it scared Long Jiu so much that he almost went forward to support her. However, Jun Wu Xie waved her hands and stabilized her body. She then tardily walked out from the underground palace. There wasn't any odd expression seen on Jun Wu Xie's face when she brushed past Situ Heng. Agilely, the black cat walked behind Jun Wu Xie.

The Spirit Lord and the others in the underground palace didn't notice any strangeness the entire time. They were just sincerely feeling happy for Jun Wu Xie. No matter if Jun Wu Xie was able to fully recover using this method, at least it did have its effect based on the current view.

Jun Wu Xie who was already outside the underground palace failed to bear the sore and pain in her spirit. She sat under a big tree while leaning her back on its trunk without making any noise. Although she was in her spirit form, her face didn't look good. It was even to the extent of being scary.

"There's something wrong with Situ Heng!" Since there wasn't anyone around, the black cat jumped on Jun Wu Xie's shoulder and spoke urgently to her. Both its and Jun Wu Xie's spirits shared the same body and the connection between their spirits was very close. When Jun Wu Xie was regulating her soul power, the black cat could feel it clearly too. There wasn't any problem with the soul power of the Spirit Lord, Qin Song and Long Jiu.

But when it was handed over to Situ Heng, the condition was totally different!

Even the black cat was able to feel the great discomfort from the extreme aggressive soul power, let alone Jun Wu Xie.

Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes, with coldness glinting under them. After sitting for a while, she got up. She didn't return right off to get some rest. Instead, she turned back and headed towards the Spirit Palace.

Just when the Spirit Lord went back to his resting place and prepared to rest, he suddenly saw Jun Wu Xie who should have left once again appeared outside the door of his room. He was surprised to see her.

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Chapter 2367:- A Shocking Conjecture (1)

"What happened? Are you feeling sick?" The Spirit Lord didn't care much about himself not getting rest for a few days. He immediately came forward to welcome Jun Wu Xie once he saw her coming.

Looking at the Spirit Lord, Jun Wu Xie said. "There's something I want to talk to you."

With a trace of doubt in the Spirit Lord's eyes, he thought that the thing Jun Wu Xie wanted to discuss was about the method he used in suppressing her energy. After inviting Jun Wu Xie to have a seat, he then prepared himself to be all ears.

"You said it before, that all the spirits that entered the Spirit World were selected after their deaths, right?" Suddenly, Jun Wu Xie asked.

It was a sudden question, causing the Spirit Lord to show great astonishment in his eyes. Why would Jun Wu Xie, all of a sudden, mention about it?

"Yeah, that's right."

"After you came to the Lower Realm, you promised the Lower Realm to give them the medicinal pills that are able to extract spirits from the bodies. You had also opened a door for them for convenience. The thing I want to know, is that except for you, is there still anyone who is able to do the same thing?" Jun Wu Xie asked again.

The Spirit Lord responded: "Except for me, only two of them are able to enter or leave the Spirit World freely. One is Dark Emperor and the other one is the Spirit Tree."

Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes and said, "Do you still remember Wu Jiu and the fake Spirit Lord?"

The eyes of the Spirit Lord widened a bit, finally realizing what actually did Jun Wu Xie want to ask about.

"You're suspecting that both of them were able to enter the Spirit World because there's someone who's secretly helping them?" The Spirit Lord's expression changed. During the time when Wu Jiu and the fake Spirit Lord appeared, the whole Spirit World was nearly devastated. If it wasn't for Jun Wu Xie who had intervened in the incident, perhaps the Spirit World would have turned into a puppet of the fake Spirit Lord.

Jun Wu Xie nodded.

The Spirit Lord frowned. "I had investigated the case before. There weren't any record of them entering the Spirit World. Though the record for Wu Jiu was still there, I found out that the actual way of him entering the Spirit World had been wiped out with deceits after further investigation. Actually, I have always been thinking about a question regarding both of their appearances in the Spirit World. It's true that the Spirit World isn't comparable with the Soul World, but it still can't be easily entered by any ordinary person. Even for the Upper Realm experts who owned spirit rings, they definitely don't have the ability to extract their spirits from their bodies and enter the Spirit World by force."

"Except for the spirits, the Dark Emperor is the only exception who is able to enter the Spirit World freely. Except for him, it's almost impossible for the others to do that. If not, the Spirit World would have been long destroyed by someone who has the thought of doing that. Is there anything in your mind?" He asked her.

Still, he had enough confidence in the Spirit World which he built by himself.

Jun Wu Xie didn't rushed herself to reply to the Spirit Lord's question. It was as if there was something running in her mind. She thought for a while and then said. "The medicinal pill that extract spirits which you gave to Qiao Chu them, are you the one who did the research and made it?"

Instantly, the Spirit Lord shook his head. "How would I know about these? It's just that when I was in the Soul World..."

Instead of finishing his words, the Spirit Lord suddenly stopped talking. An uneasy thought sprang into his mind during the conversation, causing the words he hadn't let out to be stuck like some stones pressing on his throat. His eyes widened. With an unbelievable gaze, he stared at Jun Wu Xie who was seated opposite, stroking the little black cat calmly.

"You..." The Spirit Lord spoke in a shaking voice. "Are you saying that... Wu Jiu and the fake Spirit Lord... had used the same method... to enter the Spirit World?!"

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Chapter 2368:- A Shocking Conjecture (2)

The moment this thought entered the Spirit Lord's mind, he felt chills running through his entire being. That type of medicinal pill was something that the Soul World would never allow to be passed out. Only after going through thorough discussions with Jun Xian and having countless measures in place did he dare to allow the people of the Lower Realm to use it. To have the privilege of taking it, a person had to go through a thorough inspection and be approved by a special personnel. Even when administering it, the person needed to be blindfolded and the person administering it must ensure that it had been completely consumed and the person taking it had no means to even touch it at will. The Spirit Lord had no choice but to ensure that it was controlled under such strict measures.

If someone else had access to such a phenomenal medicinal pill, let's not mention the Spirit World, that person would even be able to access the Soul World easily at will ...

Just the thought of this alone.... the Spirit Lord no longer dared to even continue this train of thought...

Jun Wu Xie remained calm and replied, "This is just my own conjuncture."

"If you hadn't noticed anything, would you even have such a thought? Tell me, what did you discover?" The Spirit Lord did not believe that these were mere speculations on her part. He had some understanding of her character and she for one, was never a person who would have such baseless conjunctures out of the blue. ( Box novel.c om )

She raised her cold gaze and it met with the Spirit Lord's anxious gaze.

"I have my suspicions and would need your cooperation." She said it in a matter-of-factly tone.

"Just say it!" He agreed without second thoughts, no matter what she suspected, he had a feeling that things were not as simple as he had imagined.

Jun Wu Xie waved her hand to beckon him closer and whispered to him.

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On the other side, Qin Song, Long Jiu and Situ Heng left the Spirit Palace. The Spirit Lord has especially arranged a comfortable place for them to stay in. They lived next to each other and along the way back, Long Jiu's mouth did not shut once.

"I really didn't think...that the Spirit Lord was so capable. Before all of this started, I was still curious about why we had to take a break after each round. Now I completely understand it and judging by the way things are going, I reckon we'd need another six days. If we had done all ten rounds at one go, I am afraid that we can't stand it at all." Long Jiu sighed deeply. He didn't think that he had such a big gap with Qin Song, but after this, he immediately understood that his current strength was insufficient.

"This is only the first round, the Spirit Lord is afraid that we will make mistakes in the middle which is why he wanted us to stay and watch the entire process from start to finish. From the next round on, we only need to go when it's our turn." Qin Song chuckled, feeling amused from Long Jiu's reaction.

From the looks of things, assisting with this wasn't particularly difficult apart from the large consumption of soul power.

"I hope this method can be useful for the little lass." Long Jiu smiled and said.

( Box novel.c om ) Situ Heng who was walking by the side remained silent the entire time. When he arrived at the residence, he entered the room without saying a word. Instead, he caused Long Jiu to be even more baffled. When Long Jiu saw Situ Heng shut the door without saying a word, he scratched his head and said. "I really don't understand Situ even more now. At first, I thought that he didn't like the little lass, so he was always cold and unfeeling. But this time round, Situ really changed my opinion of him. I really didn't expect him to be willing to help, although that character of his... isn't all that likeable, but... I decided that I will find less fault with him in the future."

Qin Song simply smiled and stared at Situ Heng's door, not knowing what was on his mind.

In the room, the moment when Situ Heng closed the door, no longer was there the usually expressionless face but instead, it had changed into one that was filled with malice!

He sat down on the chair and the malevolence he exuded was terrifying.

"I was too careless! I didn't expect that the revenge target of that obnoxious girl turned out to be the Upper Realm! Hmph! She really is a crafty little bitch, she never revealed a word about it before."

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Chapter 2369:- A Shocking Conjecture (3)

Situ Heng clenched his pair of fists with a cold and gloomy look in his eyes. Both the idiots, Qin Song and Long Jiu, were keeping quiet because they were fooled by the little bitch, but even he himself too, was being fooled around. Jun Wu Xie kept on saying that she needed the power to avenge but she never mentioned who was her enemy. It was until when they were in the Spirit Palace, he found out that the one Jun Wu Xie wanted to take revenge on was actually the Upper Realm!

"You're lucky this time since you escaped. But you are not going to be this lucky next time!" There was a trace of viciousness emerging from Situ Heng's eyes. It wasn't his real intention to agree in helping with Jun Wu Xie's treatment. If there was any possibility, he earnestly hoped that Jun Wu Xie would die as early as possible. However, if he didn't give any response, with the strength of the Spirit Lord and Qin Song, the treatment wasn't completely impossible to carry on even without him.

Furthermore...

How could he just sit by and watch Jun Wu Xie getting better day by day?!

Unfortunately, since the Spirit Lord, Qin Song and Long Jiu were on the spot this time, he wasn't able to use any overly intense tricks. He could only attack purely with his soul power and he didn't even dare to do it too obvious, but...

For the next time, there wouldn't be so many people in the underground palace!

An evil smile bloomed on the edges of Situ Heng's lips, making his face which was already dark and shady to be more savage.

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When Jun Wu Xie returned from the Spirit Palace, the discomfort in her spirit had finally worn away. Before she had even reached the house, she saw a flashing light. The moment she took a closer look at it, she became so speechless.

The only thing she encountered was the scene of her spirit rings beating the daylights out of each other. Corpse Flower who had the most robust body looked miserable the most. His strong body was hanging upside down on a tree with a vine. With one of his legs tied up with the vine, he swung pathetically in the wind. His mouth was completely frozen under the crystal clear ice, looking so wronged like he was going to cry.

Below Corpse Flower, there was only the short stature of Little Lotus anxiously jumping up and down. His two short little fat legs were hopping here and there, trying to rescue Corpse Flower while Blood Velvet, Poison Ivy, Poppy and Crystal Orchid were standing steadily at the other side. Whereas for Qiao Chu and the others who were standing aside, they were being some onlookers and were trying hard not to laugh.

"What's wrong?" Jun Wu Xie walked resignedly towards them. She had only left for six days, how could the six of them have already made such a fuss?

"Mistress!!" Once Little Lotus saw the figure of Jun Wu Xie, he immediately stepped out his short little legs and threw himself into Jun Wu Xie's arms. His tears were dropping like a kite with broken string. The black cat was so used to it that it held a white porcelain bottle under the chin of Little Lotus with its tail to collect his tears...

"Waahhh... Mistress, save Little Taro!! They are bullying him," complained Little Lotus while sniffling and crying to the point that he wasn't able to breathe properly.

Jun Wu Xie raised her head and looked in the direction of the four spirit rings who seemed to be at leisure.

Smiling brightly, Blood Velvet waved his hands at Jun Wu Xie without feeling any guilt. Crystal Orchid looked away calmly while Poppy grinned wickedly. And for Poison Ivy, he was just frowning.

No matter how she observed, four of them had no regrets at all.

"Little Xie, you're finally back! If you're still not back, I think they are going to stew Corpse Flower!" Qiao Chu came forward.

Jun Wu Xie looked at Qiao Chu in confusion. "What the hell is going on?"

After taking a glance at Jun Wu Xie, Qiao Chu raised his finger and pointed at Corpse Flower who was hung in the air. "Well... I didn't expect that your Corpse Flower would have this kind of hobby."

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Chapter 2370:- Humming A Little Tune

Jun Wu Xie looked puzzledly at Qiao Chu. She then moved her sight to Corpse Flower. It seemed like Corpse Flower had noticed that Jun Wu Xie was looking at him, the struggle on his face suddenly disappeared and his eyes began to avoid hers, not having the guts to make eye contact with Jun Wu Xie.

"What did he do again?" The black cat asked instead of Jun Wu Xie, swaying its tail like it had long accustomed to incidents like this.

With his face showing clearly that he was holding in his laughter, Qiao Chu cleared his throat and said in a way of pretending to be serious. "It's not a big deal. To sum everything up, it's still a good habit, just that the thing comes along with the habit is really..."

It turned out that although Corpse Flower looked powerful and burly, he actually had a virtuous character inside him. For the few days of Jun Wu Xie not being around, her ring spirits would either return to their homes to meet their friends or stay in Jun Wu Xie's room, waiting for her to come back.

Corpse Flower belonged to the latter. He didn't go anywhere else but just stayed in the house while the other five of them went outside. But today, the moment the five of them opened the door of her room after coming back, they almost fainted collectively due to his fumigation!

Jun Wu Xie's room was suffused with strong rotten smell and there was Corpse Flower in the room, working hard to clean the room with his hand holding a broom and at the same time, singing a tuneless song!!

The breath he puffed out was just...

Just imagine a whole room filled with this smell, how "refreshing" it was!

No wonder Corpse Flower would get on everyone's nerves and was whipped while being hung on the tree. Just think about it, five ring spirits were returning to Jun Wu Xie's room in a relaxing mood and before they could even check out whether or not their Mistress was in the room, they were first welcomed by the "hugs and kisses" which was breathed out by Corpse Flower. The speciality of his greeting method! Nobody would ever top that!

While Qiao Chu was busy babbling, Corpse Flower seemed embarrassed. Despite being hung in mid-air, he stretched his hands and covered his masculine face...

He... really didn't mean to do it. He was just thinking of cleaning the house so that it would be looking neat and tidy before Jun Wu Xie returned. He thought that since Little Lotus and the rest of the ring spirits weren't coming back for these few days, it was okay for him to sing for "only" one or two sentences. At worse, he could ventilate the room by opening the windows before they came back. Well, flower proposes, but God disposes, who would know that...

The corners of Jun Wu Xie's lips twitched a bit. This was actually not her first time experiencing Corpse Flower's so called hobby. During the time Corpse Flower had just become her ring spirit, she didn't know about the power of him opening his mouth so she didn't really care about it. Until the moment she found out that Corpse Flower was good at doing housework, and the thing he loved the most was to sing when he was cleaning...

Since then, she never allowed Corpse Flower to touch the broom, not even a bit.

Nobody would ever think that Corpse Flower's hobby would once again appear.

Staring at the door which was wide opening, Jun Wu Xie had totally lost her mood to go back to her house. Even though the house was still a little distance away from her, she was able to smell faintly of the weird odor. It was like multiple dead bodies were hidden inside her room.

"Mistress..." Little Lotus raised his head pitifully and looked at Jun Wu Xie, trying to plead for her forgiveness towards Corpse Flower.

Jun Wu Xie gently rubbed on his little head. She then turned her head and looked at Qiao Chu who was laughing cheerfully at the other side.

"I am going to stay in your room tonight."

"Huh?!" At the very moment, Qiao Chu's face turned pale!

Jun Wu Xie was going to sleep in his room... This... He still didn't want to die at such a young age!

"Just go and squeeze a room with Brother Hua," said Jun Wu Xie.

"..." Qiao Chu widened his eyes and turned his head unconsciously in the direction of Hua Yao who was just watching for the entire time.

Hua Yao immediately showed him an expression of undisguised disgust!

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Chapter 2371:- Insidious Trap (1)

Corpse Flower was hung on the tree for an entire night, no matter how much Little Lotus pled, he could not save him.

The very next day, Jun Wu Xie went to the Spirit Palace early and this time, only the Spirit Lord was waiting for her. As for Qin Song and the others, they only needed to follow the arrangement and take over at the specific time.

After experiencing it once, the second round went by very smoothly.

The next person after the Spirit Lord was Qin Song and after that was Long Jiu, followed by Situ Heng who was the last person for this second round.

After the previous disappointing experience, Long Jiu was determined to try his best to hold it for a longer time but in the end, the result was not very much different. When he could no longer hold on, he could only helplessly turn to look at Situ Heng who had entered the undergone Palace not too long ago.

Situ Heng seemed to have placed all the prejudice he had against Jun Wu Xie away and today he had made it on time. This made Long Jiu secretly heave a sigh of relief.

"I... can't hold on any longer. Situ, let's switch?" Long Jiu looked at Situ Heng and smiled bitterly.

Situ Heng walked over not say a word and immediately took over the control of the soul thread.

The moment Long Jiu retracted his own soul power, he slumped to the ground in exhaustion and lay flat. The process of this suppression was not complicated but to continuously transmit soul power was draining for him. When he turned his head and saw the indifferent Situ Heng who was concentrating hard, his lips could not help but curl up into a smile.

"Situ, I've misunderstood you. I really didn't think that you would be willing to help this little lass. I thank you on her behalf." Long Jiu struggled to sit up as he beamed.

However, Situ Heng did not pay any attention to the words of Long Jiu, all he did was control the soul thread with his usually indifferent face. Long Jiu felt a little embarrassed as he touched his nose awkwardly and pulled himself up quietly. After standing at the side for some time to determine that there was nothing out of the ordinary, he then left.

Only after Long Jiu left that on Situ Heng's indifferent face, a smile that had a hint of contempt appeared.

Help Jun Wu Xie? He had to be kidding. Why would he?

Situ Heng's sinister gaze fell onto Jun Wu Xie who was currently meditating with her eyes closed. In the midst of all the viciousness's swirling in his eyes, there wasn't any of the urgency from before.

Over the past few days, when the others were helping Jun Wu Xie suppress all the chaotic energies in her body, Situ Heng had been deep in contemplation. With Jun Wu Xie's current state, it was not hard to wreck her soul, even if he did not do it directly, as long as there was a sudden interruption to the control of the soul thread, Jun Wu Xie's soul would sustain heavy damage. However..... This was not enough to kill her.

Although Situ Heng disdained Jun Wu Xie, but he had to admit that over the five years, her growth had indeed exceeded his expectations. Even if she was seriously injured, if she wanted to kill him, it would not be an impossible task.

Jun Wu Xie was a thorn that Situ Heng had to remove. He could not leave such a person who harboured such strong enmity against the Upper Realm who possessed such an outstanding talent to continue to live.

However, at the same time, he did not wish to put himself in any potential danger. If he rushed things, it would only result in losses for both sides. He clearly had the advantage, so how could he do anything stupid?

After pondering over it for a few days, Situ Heng finally thought of an insidious plan. He would not let anything happen to her suddenly nor would he allow her to discover anything out of the ordinary. He would let her greet death without her knowing and at the same time, her death would bring about even more chaos and mayhem.

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Chapter 2372:- Insidious Trap (2)

The vicious thoughts in his heart made the smile on Situ Heng's face to contort and became more and more wretched. He controlled the soul thread with one hand while he stealthily took out a medicine bottle from his waist pouch, quietly opened it and poured it on to the palm which was in control of the soul thread. Very soon, the soul thread was covered with an extremely thin layer of dark red and this faint tinge was masked by the glow of the spirit fire and even if someone was standing at the side, that person would not be able to find any anomalies.

Situ Heng stared at Jun Wu Xie who had her eyes closed and his lips curled up into a smile that would absolutely creep people out.

Just a little bitch that did not know death, did she really think that she was even worthy to have the Upper Realm as her enemy?

Without her even realizing anything, he will just let her dive down to hell with such ignorance!

This could be considered his 'kindness' to her.

One and a half day passed by in the blink of an eye and finally, Situ Heng cut off the connection with the soul thread at the precise time. At the same moment the connection was severed, Jun Wu Xie opened her eyes slowly and compared with the pain at the end of the first round, she was feeling much better at this moment. But after all, she had gone through a few days of continuous cultivation and her face was still somewhat pale.

Situ Heng's face had reverted back to the usual indifference. He frowned slightly and looked at Jun Wu Xie as he slowly stood up.

"I didn't expect that you would help me." Just when Situ Heng was about to leave, Jun Wu Xie suddenly spoke out.

Situ Heng's footsteps paused momentarily and as his back was facing her, there was a sneer on his face but the sneer disappeared very quickly. When he turned his head and looked at Jun Wu Xie, there was no longer any trace of it.

"I am not trying to help you, but I'm doing all of this to protect the seed of the Spirit Tree. I hope that you are not mistaken. I still hate you but what Qin Song said is right, the seed of the Spirit Tree is in you. If you were to die, it would be difficult to ensure that the seed would not be harmed in any way. I am not helping you but merely completing my own duties." What Situ Heng said was ruthless but it was very consistent with his usual stubborn temperament.

That pair of grey eyes that had no emotions met with Jun Wu Xie's cold gaze.

Jun Wu Xie was very clever and this was something that Situ Heng was very well aware of. Before he succeeded, he could not let her have any doubts so he had to be extremely careful around her.

"So that's the reason." Jun Wu Xie did not seem to have noticed anything amiss and simply nodded.

Situ Heng looked as if he was not willing to talk further as he turned away and left. There was nothing out of the ordinary in his speech and actions. One wouldn't be able to discover anything suspicious.

Only until Situ Heng left the underground palace did the figure of the Spirit Lord appear beside her. He looked at Jun Wu Xie who just stood up and asked, "How was it?"

"A very clever pretender." Jun Wu Xie said coldly. Situ Heng had always been stoic and expressionless, stubborn to the bone. If she had not been on guard and became suspicious, he would really have been able to fool her with his words. After all, Situ Heng had never been nice to her yet he suddenly agreed to help her. This was contradictory to his usual actions but he had found an excellent excuse to counter it.

"After he succeeded Long Jiu, it looked as if he had placed something in his hand. Do you feel any discomfort anywhere?" The Spirit Lord frowned, his face riddled with worry. Because she had explicitly told him that no matter what he saw, he was not to appear. So the Spirit Lord could only observe everything in the secret room in the underground palace but could not do anything at all.

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Chapter 2373:- Insidious Trap (3)

Jun Wu Xie did not speak, but raised her right hand instead and gently slid across her chest and strangely, it separated the black cat from her soul.

The little black cat that was about the size of a person's palm fell on to her hands and there seemed to be something in its mouth. It suddenly opened its mouth wide and spat out a dark red sphere that was the size of a fingernail onto her palm.

Jun Wu Xie picked up the little red ball and passed it to the Spirit Lord.

The Spirit Lord was astonished as he looked back at the little black cat that sat on Jun Wu Xie's palm. He had seen this black cat before, back then when Jun Wu Xie was in the Spirit World. At first, he thought that the black cat was a beast spirit, but now.... it doesn't seem like that. Any ring spirit who was attached to the soul of a person would be easily noticed by him. But strangely, before the black cat appeared, he did not even sense the presence of any other souls apart from her.

This was as if...

The black cat and Jun Wu Xie both resided in the same body.

"I believe that you should be clearer than me on what this is." Jun Wu Xie spoke calmly as she looked at that little red ball. The Spirit Lord had a much deeper level of understanding to things pertaining to the souls than she had.

The Spirit Lord suppressed the bewilderment in his heart and took a serious look at the strange little red ball in his hand. This little red ball did not feel cold to the touch. Instead, it radiated a trace of warmth. When the Spirit Lord imbued his finger with a little soul power, he pressed it against the little red ball. Under the stimulation of the soul power, the little red ball gradually dissipated the soul power and very soon, it turned into a red mist and gathered in the palm of the Spirit Lord. And the next moment, it was as if it had a consciousness of its own and wanted to burrow into the soul of the Spirit Lord!

The expression of the Spirit Lord changed instantly and he immediately congealed out a huge flame formed out of a huge output of soul power and burnt the red mist into a crisp until not a speck of it was left!

"What is it?" Jun Wu Xie raised her eyebrows as she looked at him.

The expression of the Spirit Lord had turned ugly to the extreme, his eyebrows were tightly furrowed and his lips pursed grimly.

"Soul Devourer."

"Soul Devourer?" Jun Wu Xie looked at him with a puzzled expression.

However, the expression of the Spirit Lord did not ease at all. "The Soul Devourer is a medicine of the Soul World, and it has no effect on living creatures, but it is a fatal poison to a soul!"

The soul was not afraid of any toxins. All those poisons that act on the living organs could not harm the soul one bit but the "Soul Devourer" was the only poison in the Soul World that could cause harm to the soul.

The Soul Devourer was first refined from within the body of the Spirit Tree. Countless years had passed and the Spirit Tree was not completely well. It had also been sick before and the Soul Devourer was extracted from the sick body of the Spirit Tree. Dedicated to dealing with those souls that have a disagreement with the Soul World, the Soul Devourer will not bring any pain to the soul, but will penetrate into the soul invisibly and devour the soul bit by bit.

Moreover, once the soul had been poisoned with the Soul Devourer, the stronger the soul power, the more terrible the effects were. Before the Soul Devourer completely devoured the soul, the soul would not even have any awareness and without knowing anything, its soul would dissipate and scatter forever!

Even in the Soul World, the poison of the Soul Devourer was strictly controlled. The Spirit Lord had once asked Qin Song about Situ Heng and was told that his identity was only that of an ordinary soul envoy. This meant that he no qualification to have any contact with the Soul Devourer. However, this poison actually appeared in the hands of Situ Heng, and he even used it to poison Jun Wu Xie!

"It seems that you guessed it right, there's really a problem with this Situ Heng." The Spirit Lord frowned deeply.

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Chapter 2374:- Insidious Trap (4)

This was more than just a problem!

It was actually a huge problem!

The moment the Spirit Lord thought of the Soul Devourer being used on Jun Wu Xie, he began to tremble with fear. Luckily, Jun Wu Xie had already taken precautions. If not, once the Soul Devourer entered her soul, she would need to give up on half of the lifespan of her soul, or else the Soul Devourer couldn't be removed completely!

"I am going to arrest Situ Heng now!" said the Spirit Lord with great anxiety. There were quite a lot of questionable points about Situ Heng. He would be so worried if he just let him stay at the Spirit World.

However, Jun Wu Xie raised her hand suddenly, stopping the Spirit Lord. The Spirit Lord was looking confusingly at Jun Wu Xie but she just slightly shook her head and said. "There's no need to rush. He is not that stupid to brazenly mess with us in your Spirit World."

"Well..." After the Spirit Lord thought about it again, he kind of agreed with her statement.

"Is the Soul Devourer the only way to destroy a soul?" asked Jun Wu Xie in a sudden.

The Spirit Lord shook his head. "There are lots of methods to deal with a soul."

"Is there a way to instantly kill a soul?" asked Jun Wu Xie again.

The Spirit Lord nodded.

A look of understanding appeared in her eyes.

"Don't be too anxious about it then. I want to know if there is still any trick for him to play with."

"Do you mean that... he's still going to do something after this?" The Spirit Lord drew in a cold breath and gasped in astonishment.

Jun Wu Xie lowered her eyes while casually stroking the black cat in her arms. "Situ Heng is way smarter than you think. I'm afraid that the reason he used the Soul Devourer on me isn't as simple as just wanting to kill me. Just wait for a while, let's see what he is going to do next."

Following the advice of Jun Wu Xie, the Spirit Lord could only choose to bide his time and make no action. Even so, he had made his decision to send his people to keep Situ Heng under surveillance in order to prevent Situ Heng from doing evils.

The treatment for Jun Wu Xie was still going on. It was a total time of six and a half days for every single round. Qiao Chu and the others were also slowly getting used to the duration of Jun Wu Xie's "special cultivation".

During the time staying at the Spirit World, Jun Qing who was guarding in the Lower Realm would send them news everyday. Although Jun Wu Xie and the rest of them had returned to the Lower Realm, Jun Qing had still left some of the members of the Rui Lin Army in the Middle Realm so that they were able to observe the movement made by all parties anytime, anywhere.

One month had passed swiftly and all of a sudden, there came the latest news from the Middle Realm.

The Rui Lin Army who was hiding in the Middle Realm had discovered the troops from the Upper Realm. The general of the army was a cool and arrogant beautiful woman.

By the time the news was sent to Jun Wu Xie, she had just finished the fifth round of her treatment. While reading the message about the description of the Upper Realm troops, Jun Wu Xie narrowed her pair of eyes.

"The leading one, is that Luo Qingcheng?" After hearing about the news, Qiao Chu and the others immediately went to find Jun Wu Xie. The group of people read the message and they noticed the seriousness of the news by looking at Jun Wu Xie's expression.

Luo Qingcheng. She was the one who was fully responsible for the tragedy that happened back then. The last thing Jun Wu Xie did when she washed the Nine Temples with blood was to spare Nangong Lie's life so that he could bring her words back to the Upper Realm.

Jun Wu Xie had specifically mentioned that the person she wanted to meet was Luo Qingcheng.

If the Upper Realm wanted to get the soul bone, they must let Luo Qingcheng go to the Lower Realm while bringing Jun Wu Yao along with her!

This was a bait thrown by Jun Wu Xie to the Upper Realm and the Upper Realm had no other choice but to bite it!

And now, the bait had already shown the effect it should have .

Jun Wu Xie nodded her head a little.

"They have arrived at the Upper Realm. According to the observation of the Rui Lin Army, the amount of force that was dispatched by the Upper Realm was at least five hundred thousand... Such a force..." Fan Zhuo frowned deeply. It looked like the Upper Realm was serious. Previously, only a hundred thousand Gold Spirits were stationed in the Middle Realm, but this time, the amount of them that were coming to the Lower Realm amounted to five hundred thousand!

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Chapter 2375:- Insidious Trap (5)

Five hundred thousand Gold Spirits...

Just thinking about it made their heads tingle. Not to mention that among the five hundred thousand people, how many of them were experts that were able to condense spirit inscription?

There was no way for them to estimate it.

"With the speed they carried forward, they need at least one and a half months to reach the Lower Realm. It seemed like we need to prepare ourselves beforehand." A serious expression was hanging on Rong Ruo's face. The power of their enemies this time was beyond everything they had ever met before. Even the past Twelve Palaces were only considered as the tiny ants when being placed in front of the Upper Realm.

The Rui Lin Army wasn't able to get too close to the troops because the strength of the Upper Realm was very strong. Therefore, they weren't able to probe the number of experts in the forces accurately, but there was one thing that made Jun Wu Xie to settle her heart down.

Among the troops of the Upper Realm, the members of the Rui Lin Army saw a carriage which was pulled by eight war horses afar. The carriage was in all black and the view inside the carriage was completely blocked. But there was one time when the carriage was bumping along the road, it accidentally bumped open the window, and through the gap of the window, the members of the Rui Lin Army saw the figure of Jun Wu Yao!

Not only the news had softened the look in Jun Wu Xie's eyes, but it had also made Qiao Chu and the others to secretly feel happy for Jun Wu Xie.

No matter how hard and difficult would the battle be, they are bound and determined to win the battle!

"I won't believe it! Who cares if the Upper Realm is more stronger! It is our territory that they are going to fight on! If we aren't going to beat their asses up, the efforts we made all these years would just be fed to those damn dogs!" Qiao Chu slapped on the table and spoke out his courageous words with a soaring aspiration.

The Lower Realm today wasn't the same as the Lower Realm ten years ago. This place had been going through a big shift after Jun Wu Xie united the entire Lower Realm. From that moment on, the Lower Realm never stopped their pace from getting stronger and stronger. When Jun Wu Xie went missing five years ago, everyone in the Lower Realm was even more motivated to enhance themselves. For the whole five years, they had been trying their best to do anything they could, just for this moment...

When the battle came, they will be able to stand behind Jun Wu Xie and fight alongside her!

They didn't want to stare helplessly at the scenes of desolation again!

They didn't want to just cry and feel regret about them not being able to do anything again!

They too, didn't want their beloved ones to disappear from their world, ever again!

"Make this a one way trip for them!" With his eyes blazing, Hua Yao stretched out his hand.

"Make this a one way trip for them!" Fan Zhuo immediately reached out his hand and covered it on Hua Yao's hand.

"Let them know the greatness of the Lower Realm!" Agreed Qiao Chu while he took out his hand.

"I'll shattered them into pieces!" Fei Yan similarly stretched out a hand with a smile.

"It's time to show our power." While grinning, Rong Ruo followed their actions.

At the same time, the sights of the five people moved in the direction of Jun Wu Xie who still didn't give any response till this moment. A strange glint flashed across Jun Wu Xie's eyes. Gazing at her five determined and persevering partners who was just in front of her eyes, she suddenly reached out her hand and held onto the five overlapping hands.

Her rosy lips opened slowly and she steadily spoke out her enunciation with confidence.

"The victory, it belongs to us!"

"It belongs to us!!" A thunderous enunciation echoed in the big room. No matter who they were going to face, they would not step back!

Five years of tragedy would never happen again! All the things they endured during the whole five years, they were going to pay ten or hundred times back to them in the future battle!

No one would be allowed to run wild in their home field, the Lower Realm!

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Chapter 2376:- Thrilling Moment (1)

As the day of the big battle drew closer, Qiao Chu and the others maintained close contact with the Lower Realm and consolidated all the news they received over the six days and let Jun Wu Xie have a look through after she had completed a round of treatment. Each session took six days and when she returned, she could have a better understanding of the situation of the Lower Realm as well as the forces of the Upper Realm.

And after she reviewed everything, she would make the necessary response and prepared a variety of battle strategies and would write them all out in detail and send it back to the Lower Realm.

Over the last one and a half month, the number of souls that poured into the Spirit World had multiplied and the cultivation method with the basis of Spirit Reinforcement that had been developed by Jun Wu Xie had managed to come into fruition as it was utilized in the most perfect way.

Everyone was fighting for time and would not let go of a single second that ticked by.

Finally, the tenth round of treatment of Jun Wu Xie was over and everything went smoothly. This made Qin Song and Long Jiu feel greatly relieved.

Just when they were prepared to leave the Spirit World and return to the Lower Realm for the final preparations, an accident suddenly occurred!

( Box novel.c om ) After the end of the treatment, Jun Wu Xie returned to her room when she suddenly fainted! What's more, the state of her soul suddenly became extremely unstable and her figure started to weaken at an alarming rate. This sudden incident startled all the souls, even Qiao Chu and gang had been frightened silly by her condition.

All the souls from the Lower Realm gathered outside Jun Wu Xie's room in an instant, and the dense mass of souls blocked the vast residence!

The moment Qin Song and Long Jiu heard the news, they were extremely anxious and rushed over. Situ Heng also followed them. They squeezed into the room and when they saw the frail and weak Jun Wu Xie lying in bed, their faces turned pale.

"What... what happened?" Long Jiu was stunned silly in place as he looked incredulously at Jun Wu Xie. With his strength, he could clearly feel that the soul power of Jun Wu Xie was flowing out of her body at an alarming speed. Such a situation was definitely not a good thing, it was as if her soul was about to disappear!

Qin Song's expression became extremely ugly. He quickly walked to her side and reached out to check on her. What he discovered made his entire soul quake in shock!

Jun Wu Xie's soul was extremely weak, so weak that it seemed that it would slip away from his hand the very next moment. Suddenly, for no rhyme or reason, Qin Song felt as if an invisible hand had reached deep into his soul and would not let go. A fear that he had never felt before clutched his heart tightly at this moment!

How could this be...

Just a few hours ago, Jun Wu Xie had just ended the last round of treatment. When she left the underground palace, they were all still there. At that time, the situation of Jun Wu Xie was very stable and they were all very pleased with the effect the treatment had on her.

According to reason, under such circumstances, it was absolutely impossible for her condition to suddenly decline to such an extent.

How did her soul suddenly become so weak merely a few hours later? !

Even a calm person like Qin Song could no longer maintain his usual calmness.

Qiao Chu and the others who stood anxiously by the side were all fraught with worry. When they noticed that there was something wrong with Jun Wu Xie, they had sent the message with the fastest speed to the Lower Realm.

"What the hell is going on? How could she suddenly become so weak?" Qin Song frowned and looked at Qiao Chu and the others.

Qiao Chu and the rest had already been shocked out of their wits, it was as if their very own souls had flown away. They had been waiting for five years and they finally managed to be reunited. Who would have thought that such a thing would suddenly happen?

Qiao Chu tried to speak a few times, but under the huge oppression of fear, he could not even say anything.

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Chapter 2377:- Thrilling Moment (2)

When Hua Yao saw that Qiao Chu was so distraught that he could not even speak, he could only force himself to calm down. "When Little Xie came back, she was still fine but her soul suddenly became extremely weak. We have sent people to look for the Spirit Lord. However, as for the reason behind it, we aren't exactly sure. After she came back, she did not touch anything unusual and did not eat anything."

Nothing unusual? She did not eat anything as we?

But the weakness came so suddenly, he never expected such a thing to happen.

The face of Qin Song was extremely ugly. He could only continuously transfer his soul power to Jun Wu Xie, trying to prevent her soul from dissipating. Long Jiu who was at the side finally snapped out of his stupor and he quickly strode forward and did the same thing as Qin Song.

However, even with the two of them, they were still unable to match the speed of the soul power that was flowing out of Jun Wu Xie.

Situ Heng stood by the side and looked at all the anxious people in the room. At the bottom of his eyes, there was an undetectable glint of disdain.

He had waited for two months and finally the day that he had waited so long for had arrived.

The Soul Devourer had already penetrated deep into Jun Wu Xie's soul. Having used her soul as a nourishment for two months, even if Qin Song and Long Jiu used all their powers, it was absolutely impossible to reverse the situation. Once traces of the Soul Devourer were revealed, even a Great God would not be able to rescue her!

Situ Heng was ecstatic and was immensely pleased with the results, but his face did not have the slightest change in expression.

Not enough...

It still wasn't enough..

How could he be satisfied with just this little achievement? How could Jun Wu Xie's death satisfy his ambitions?

A sudden rush of footsteps resounded and a flustered Spirit Lord walked into the room under the watchful eyes of everyone. The moment he just received the news from Qiao Chu, he rushed over without stopping and when he saw the frail and weak Jun Wu Xie lying on the bed, he was completely stunned in place.

"How can Miss Jun be so weak?" The Spirit Lord widened his eyes incredulously.

Hua Yao could only repeat his explanation, not daring to leave anything out. They could only hope that the Spirit Lord had a way to save her.

Even those who did not understand much about matters pertaining to the soul knew that if things carried on this way, they were afraid that..they would not be able to keep Jun Wu Xie's soul!

"It's impossible... everything had been very smooth, how could she suddenly become like this... It doesn't make any sense..." The Spirit Lord furrowed deeply and looked very troubled.

The few generals of the Rui Lin Army who were standing in the room were so anxious that they were close to tears. All they could do now was to look at the Spirit Lord with hope. "Spirit Lord, please help our Young Miss! Our Young Miss... she can't have another accident!"

The Spirit Lord was flabbergasted.

At this moment, a cold voice suddenly sounded out.

"Spirit Lord, this thing started because of you. I think that you should give us a proper account." Situ Heng who had been silent all this while suddenly spoke out at this moment. And at this moment, he had attracted the gaze of everyone present.

"What do you mean? What do you mean when you said that this was started by the Spirit Lord?" One of the generals of the Rui Lin Army caught the implied meaning in Situ Heng's words.

Situ Heng sneered and looked directly at the ashen faced Spirit Lord and said: "What do I mean? You shouldn't ask me, but ask the Spirit Lord instead. Your Young Miss' soul was in chaos and this time, she came specially to the Spirit World to resolve it. The Spirit Lord had proposed a method that had never been used before and wanted to try it to resolve the condition of your Young Miss. But from the look of things now, it seems that this method seems to be counterproductive."

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Chapter 2378:- Thrilling Moment (3)

Situ Heng's words had caused everyone in the room to change their expressions instantaneously. With one accord, the generals of the Rui Lin Army looked at the Spirit Lord with full of puzzlement and astonishment in their eyes.

They had been staying in the Spirit World for five years and they had also interacted with the Spirit Lord for quite some time. They knew about the personality of the Spirit Lord. Besides, the Spirit World was indebted to Jun Wu Xie. Why would the Spirit Lord want to harm his benefactor?

"There must be some misunderstanding. I believe that the Spirit Lord will never do something harmful to Young Miss," One of the generals of the Rui Lin Army said.

Situ Heng then refuted with disapproval. "Maybe. No one has ever used this kind of method, even the Spirit Lord himself had said before that he wasn't able to make sure of the feasibility of the method. Maybe he is genuinely thinking of wanting to help your Young Miss, but the outcome..."

Though Situ Heng didn't finish his words, everyone knew exactly what he meant.

Maybe the Spirit Lord never had the intention to harm Jun Wu Xie, but nobody was certain that if there was any mishap happened during the process of her treatment.

"Qin Song, Long Jiu, both of you were also there when the Spirit Lord mentioned about the method of treatment. Did he not say that he wasn't sure about using this method?" Situ Heng suddenly raised his eyes and looked at Qin Song and Long Jiu who were at the side.

The expression on Qin Song's face changed slightly, whereas a trace of panic was shown on the face of Long Jiu.

Nobody would know that things would actually develop into this situation today. Situ Heng's words made them feel uncomfortable, but... all the things he pointed out were real. At that moment, Long Jiu who was going to defend the Spirit Lord, too, didn't know what to say.

The atmosphere in the room became extremely strange. The generals of the Rui Lin Army were all staring at the Spirit Lord, seemingly to wait for him to voice his conclusion.

Situ Heng crossed his arms on his chest, looking at the Spirit Lord with a mirthless smile. He was very satisfied with the situation which was slowly getting into chaos.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, the Spirit Lord held a serious expression on his face. After hesitating for a while, he finally said. "What Situ Heng said is true. It's true that I'm not fully confident that whether the method was going to work."

As the words came out from his mouth, everyone's expression changed suddenly!

"Spirit Lord... How could you..." The generals of the Rui Lin Army looked at the Spirit Lord in disbelief. They never thought that the Spirit Lord would do anything that might harm Jun Wu Xie. Yet, just by looking at the condition of Jun Wu Xie now, if all of these were really caused by the Spirit Lord...

Then perhaps the cooperation between the Lower Realm and the Spirit World would come to an end.

The significance of Jun Wu Xie to the Lower Realm was a self-evident fact. She was someone that they could only expect to meet by chance, but not by force. No matter who was the one to hurt her, the person would definitely become the enemy of the Lower Realm.

Moreover, after five years of not having her news, the return of Jun Wu Xie was so precious to all the people in the Lower Realm. How could they bear the loss of Jun Wu Xie because of an accident?

Whatever the starting point of the Spirit Lord, once Jun Wu Xie died in his hands, the Lower Realm and the Spirit World would immediately turn from allies into deadly enemies!

Every person in the room was surrounded with a weird vibe. Even Qiao Chu and the others were looking really nervous. They couldn't actually believe that Jun Wu Xie's current condition was all due to the Spirit Lord, but the moment they looked at Jun Wu Xie who was lying on the bed, all of these were so real...

While watching the atmosphere of the situation with satisfaction, Situ Heng suddenly changed his gaze and glared sharply at the Spirit Lord. "Spirit Lord, don't you think that you should give an explanation for the sin you did?"

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Chapter 2379:- Thrilling Moment (4)

The eyebrows of the Spirit Lord were drawn together in a deep frown. He didn't know what to say. It seemed like his mind was being disturbed by the unforeseen circumstance that had suddenly occurred.

However, Situ Heng didn't plan to let the Spirit Lord off easily.

"I don't care how important Jun Wu Xie is to the Lower Realm, but there's the seed of the Spirit Tree in her body. If it's because of your reckless behaviour that gets her soul to be ripped apart, then how are we going to take back the seed? How are we going to explain to the Spirit Tree!"

The phrase "rip apart" was just like a crash of thunder, striking on the heart of everyone who was at the scene.

After they heard the phrase, all their faces took on an extremely terrible expression!

That's right, just keep going on like this...

Situ Heng secretly observed everyone's expression with his eyes, knowing the things he did had already been enough.

There was no doubt that Jun Wu Xie was going to die, but it would be so boring if he just let her simply die like that. Despite that, Situ Heng was more worried about the cooperation between the Lower Realm and the Spirit World. He didn't know where did the Spirit World learn a unique type of cultivation method from, causing the spirits to be able to greatly enhance their powers in a short time. Though the method used wasn't comparable to the effect of the forcible cultivation used by Jun Wu Xie, the result was still very amazing.

If the Lower Realm and the Spirit World continued to cooperate with each other, nobody would know how was the Lower Realm going to be in the future.

Whoever else wanted to make an enemy of the Upper Realm would definitely be destroyed. And now, Situ Heng was controlling the death of Jun Wu Xie, trying to push the conflicts between the Lower Realm and the Spirit World to the limit.

Everything that had been happening today was readily planned and designed by Situ Heng. He knew about the reverence of the people in the Lower Realm towards Jun Wu Xie. He believed that if he could set the Spirit Lord up using the death of Jun Wu Xie, the cooperation between both the parties would be unable to maintain.

Whether or not the Spirit Lord was willing to let all of these happen, he was still the one who was responsible for the case.

Even if the Spirit Lord tried to defend himself, everything he said would be inexcusable!

Once the Soul Devourer began to show its effect, it wouldn't leave any trail or mark!

A vicious and cold glint flashed across Situ Heng's eyes. By looking at the atmosphere which was heating up slowly in the room, he knew that the outcome he wanted was going to happen. Without anyone noticing, he moved his sight at Jun Wu Xie whose spirit was weakly lying on the bed.

The moment the spirit of Jun Wu Xie was torn apart, it was also the moment the connection between the Lower Realm and the Spirit Lord broke.

In this intense situation, no one had ever noticed that the six ring spirits of Jun Wu Xie were, strangely, standing calmly at the corner. There wasn't any sadness and pain on their faces. They way they acted didn't look like their Mistress was going to be dead at all. They just watched all the things that happened in the room with a normal expression in their eyes. The only thing different was that there were traces of confusion appearing in the bottom of their eyes.

"Little Flower, they..." Little Lotus was carried by Corpse Flower in his arms. Seeing that the Spirit Lord was pressed on step by step by Situ Heng, he couldn't help but broke into a cold sweat. Subconsciously, he looked at Blood Velvet who was standing aside, seemingly to say something.

However, Blood Velvet only shook his head, stopping Little Lotus from asking questions.

Even Poison Ivy and Poppy gave a look to Little Lotus, asking him to calm down and wait for a moment. The responses from his partners had caused Little Lotus to be at a loss, not knowing what to do while looking at everyone in the room with his pair of big eyes.

Though Little Lotus shut his mouth up, the confusion in his eyes had still not disappeared.

Why would Situ Heng go against their Spirit Lord to this point?

Mistress was clearly.....

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Chapter 2380:- Silent Brake (1)

When all the evidence heaped onto the Spirit Lord and overwhelmed him, the smile at the bottom of Situ Heng's eyes almost became impossible to suppress.

A cold voice suddenly sounded.

"The soul would be ripped apart? Are you talking about me?"

The moment this familiar voice was heard, everyone in the room opened their eyes wide and immediately turned towards the source of the voice.

They didn't know when the supposedly weak Jun Wu Xie who was lying on the bed had actually sat up. Although her body was still translucent, but her spirit was much better.

For a moment, everyone looked at Jun Wu Xie incredulously and the trace of laughter revealed on Situ Heng's face was frozen the moment he saw her get up. He looked at her in disbelief, incredibly shocked by what he saw. He simply couldn't believe it, how could she still speak in that condition?

Once the Soul Devourer attacked, the damage of the soul could not be determined. After being nourishment to the Soul Devourer, no souls could even muster up enough strength to even speak . Even their consciousness had long been devoured up by the Soul Devourer.

"Little Xie... you... are you all right?" Qiao Chu gulped loudly as he looked at her, bewildered.

"All right? Of course I am, should I not be?" Jun Wu Xie raised her eyebrows slightly.

Everyone looked at her without uttering a word. [Was this still considered all right? Haven't you noticed how unstable the state of your soul has become? !]

It was as if she did not feel the piercing gazes of everyone when she suddenly raised her hand and peered at her translucent palm. She raised a brow and looked at the Spirit Lord.

"I think it should be all right now."

The sudden words spoken by Jun Wu Xie made everyone confused.

All right?

What was all right? !

The cornered Spirit Lord who was distraught just before vanished the very moment he saw Jun Wu Xie sit up. The originally furrowed brows had immediately smoothened out and a gentle smile bloomed from the corner of his mouth.

The Spirit Lord walked to the side of Jun Wu Xie under the gazes of everyone present and raised his hand to hold her wrist. He started to imbue his own soul power and bit by bit, it started to fill Jun Wu Xie's weak soul.

In the blink of an eye, the translucent figure of Jun Wu Xie turned into an entity, exactly the same as when she entered the Spirit World. There was not a single trace of any weakness from before.

The huge change that just happened moments ago shocked everyone present and had them gape with their mouths wide open. They simply couldn't understand what was going on.

Situ Heng was the only person whose face turned white in an instant!

He looked at Jun Wu Xie as her soul recovered unblinkingly, if he did not see it with his own eyes, he would never believe it.

How could this be?

Did the Soul Devourer not devour her soul?

Others may not have been able to see what the Spirit Lord had done, but for Situ Heng, Qin Song and Long Jiu, they were after all the souls from the Soul World. Towards matters of the soul, they were clearer about it more than anyone else.

There was no weakening at all, but by borrowing the power of the Spirit Lord, he had temporarily suppressed her soul power to a point that such a situation occurred. And this itself had no influence on her soul itself but it had caused the illusion that her soul power was continuously depleting!

Situ Heng couldn't believe it at all! Everything that happened in front of him had completely spiraled out of his control from the moment Jun Wu Xie spoke.

There was no episode with the Soul Devourer, all that happened was just a play acted out by Jun Wu Xie and the Spirit Lord!

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