Chapter 630 Ji Xiu's Soul Returns to An Yue
"Shell?"
Hearing Laojun's sigh, Li Yuan couldn't help but step forward and ask softly.
Laojun landed slowly on the ground. The sky was pure and clear, with wind and snow flying, as if nothing had happened.
The unconscious Xuan Chi was taken away by Zhuge Laodeng to rest.
Looking at the expressions of Li Yuan and others, Laojun said slowly:
"The monster is suspicious, and its true form has long been hidden in the dark. What you are fighting with is only its shell left after its transformation."
Laojun's words reveal a lot of information.
The strange creature born from the three coffins had already completed a major transformation, leaving behind such a remains to cause a commotion. Its true identity had never actually been exposed!
Faced with such a cunning and suspicious enemy, Li Yuan frowned, finding it difficult to accept.
However, Laojun spoke softly to comfort him:
"Don't be too disappointed. This relic should have been the key to its fusion after it became great. Now that it's destroyed, it has cut off its path forward."
"At least, this strange and evil thing will no longer have the possibility of spying on the realm of Dao Zun."
After hearing this barely good news, Li Yuan simply bowed to Laojun to express his gratitude, and secretly put the horror of the monster first in his heart.
Not to mention growing into a Dao Master, even if a monster enters the realm of great power, it can still cause an irreparable and terrible disaster to the Three Realms.
That terrifying devouring ability might cause a devastating killing calamity.
After returning to the human world, the name of Hongzun should no longer be mentioned.
He originally thought that the forbidden existence that could not be mentioned was the most terrifying enemy in his premonition, but now it seems that the threat posed by the weird creature is greater.
This monster was born from the three paths of immortals, humans, and ghosts. After it was conceived, it absorbed many powerful forces and transformed. It is unknown what it has grown into.
It left behind a relic that was active from time to time, but it was repeatedly defeated by Li Yuan, causing Li Yuan to relax his vigilance against it a little. It can only be said that it was quite cunning.
Li Yuan even wondered whether the mysterious and powerful person who raised the ghost knew that the ghost's true form had long been hidden in the dark, and that what he was controlling in his hands was just a relic?
The more he thought about it, the scarier it became. Li Yuan even felt a chill in his heart.
If even the remains are so difficult to deal with, how terrifying would the real body be?
If Laojun had not taken action and discovered the abnormality when wiping out the strange object, he would have been misled and had no idea about this matter!
"I don't know who is raising this strange and evil creature..."
Tianxuan the Great was a little serious, he felt the difficulty of the monster and sensed some bad trends.
"Those who bring disaster to the common people will never achieve perfection, and will be punished by heaven and earth."
There was a rare seriousness in the beautiful eyes of the fairy Yunxia. She knew that everything was driven by fate. Even if the monsters were evil and dark, there would always be a way to stop them. It just took someone to discover it.
Both great men were worried. After returning from this trip, they would tell all the immortals in heaven to be more cautious and try to hunt down and kill it as soon as possible.
The attack of the strange creature disrupted everyone's original listening atmosphere, and the people in Anshan were no longer idle.
After swallowing the elixir of rebirth, the mountain god of Liangshan recovered a lot from his injuries and returned the primordial purple energy to Li Yuan.
Li Yuan nodded to his many relatives and friends, and everyone dispersed to check the situation near Anshan just in case.
He handed the sleeping little Qilin to the false god's clone, and stayed by Laojun's side, thinking about many things.
Laojun sat cross-legged under the Bodhi tree again, his face calm and unshakable, like a figure that would remain indestructible even if the heaven and earth collapsed.
After a long silence, Laojun suddenly waved his whisk forward, and a mysterious force swept through the space, as if something was rolled in from somewhere.
Looking closely, it was a blurry ghost figure covered with scars.
The soul was surrounded by black air and was extremely unreal, as if it would disappear at the next moment, as if it had suffered extremely terrible torture.
Li Yuan opened his eyes wide, stood up suddenly and faced the illusory soul.
“Ji Xiu!”
He was a little excited, and hurried forward. He stretched out his hand and waved, and all the spiritual energy in the mountain rushed over and transformed into strands of pure and gentle power, nourishing Ji Xiu's broken soul.
Laojun nodded slightly, with a smile on his face: "Though he has suffered a thousand injuries and ten thousand kinds of hardships, his heart may be broken, but his soul will not be extinguished. He is a good child."
The old man seemed to have known what kind of torture Ji Xiu's soul had suffered at the hands of the evil creature. It was because he knew that he sighed like that.
Li Yuan used the most gentle power to nourish Ji Xiu's soul. Looking at the other party's confused appearance, he felt a lot of emotion.
Although Emperor Anyue is still fighting on the front lines, his biggest regret in life is probably the soul of this abducted prince.
It is glorious to die on the battlefield, and the emperor will not lament or feel sorry for it. But after a glorious death, one's soul will be abducted and tortured for a long time. This is the pain in Emperor Anyue's heart.
Fortunately, after many years, Ji Xiu finally returned home.
"On behalf of Anshan and Anyue, I would like to thank you, Master, for your kindness!"
Li Yuan confirmed that Ji Xiu's soul was incomplete. After his consciousness gradually recovered, he bowed deeply to Laojun who was sitting cross-legged under the tree, feeling grateful in his heart.
Laojun didn't say anything polite, just smiled calmly: "If he didn't still have an obsession in his heart, I wouldn't be able to find him through the traces left by the strange creature."
Falling into the hands of the evil creature, Ji Xiu's soul seemed to have fallen into an abyss, and he experienced the most horrible hellish torture.
His soul was devastated and he forgot almost everything, except for the obsession to go home that never faded.
He bowed to Laojun earnestly to thank him, and watched him sit cross-legged under the Bodhi tree, slowly immersed in the wind and snow of the world with his eyes closed for a rest. Li Yuan did not disturb him any more. After paying his respects again, he left the mountain with Ji Xiu's soul.
Halfway up the mountain in Anshan, there is an open space with bluestone.
This used to be the place where Lao Zhang liked to stay. Since he left, the place has always been surrounded by a peaceful and harmonious atmosphere.
Li Yuan brought the weak Ji Xiu's soul here, hoping to use the remaining breath of Master Zhang to help him regain consciousness quickly.
After nourishing for about half a day, Ji Xiu finally regained his clear consciousness, and his eyes began to open in his illusory soul.
The dull aura all over his body gradually faded away.
"Mountain... Lord Mountain God... Lord Mountain God!"
"Where am I... No, you're trying to use the face of the mountain god to deceive me again, you inhuman monster, get out of here!"
This child, who had suffered all kinds of torture, opened his eyes and saw one of the faces he wanted to see most.
For Ji Xiu, Li Yuan's face is the hope that he holds on to, and it is a ray of light that he always holds tightly in his hands amidst the endless darkness.
But after he wavered, he felt that this was just another torture of the evil spirit attacking his mind. He pushed Li Yuan away frantically and retreated in anger with a vigilant look, like a lone wolf covered with wounds.
Even though Li Yuan was of a resolute character, his eyes could not help but turn red when he thought of the gloom of Emperor Anyue and the suffering of Ji Xiu over the years.
How many times must a soul, who wants so badly to go home, be deceived and harmed by evil spirits for it to feel angry and resist the moment it sees the face of a loved one?
False hope is more despairing than naked despair.
"Child, you are home, this is Anyue."
"If you are afraid...just look at the world below this mountain."
Li Yuan was not angry because of Ji Xiu's pushing. He just looked at the injured child with pity, and his voice was full of warmth.
In the midst of the snow, he pointed to the prosperous Anyue capital city at the foot of the mountain, with the gentle smile on his face, just as he had been back then.