HLnovel Chapter 382 Returning to the Heavy Gu Village
Chapter 382 Returning to the Heavy Gu Village
The Julan people held a joyous banquet, and both hosts and guests enjoyed themselves immensely.
When Xue Lan and the others left, they were carrying many things in their hands. They were also seeing Xue Lan off by holding the hand of their little sister, who had just taken human form and could barely speak.
The little girl in the white dress was beautiful and lovely, and she wore a necklace given to her by Xue Lan.
"Goodbye sister!"
Xue Lan nodded slowly: "Goodbye."
"It's like a dream."
It wasn't until they arrived in Yandu City that Xue Tong looked at the streets, which were still relatively deserted, and then spoke softly.
All the peace and beauty I've experienced over the years seem like a dream.
Xue Lan chuckled softly and put the Soul Guide down from her arms.
The little girl's head was covered with flowers—gifts from the friends she met last night.
All sorts of colorful little flowers were pinned to the little girl's hair, making her look like a lively little flower fairy.
"We should head back to Chonggu Village."
At the entrance of the inn not far away, Lin Su was still holding an unfinished steamed bun in his hand. Lu Feng stood beside him, holding his sword, his face cold and stern.
Lu Feng watched as Xue Lan and the other two walked towards him and Lin Su. Xue Lan, who was in the lead, stopped less than two feet in front of him and then spoke softly:
"You're lucky in love."
The handsome young man shook his head, his tone absolutely certain:
"You're wrong."
Xue Lan gave a strange smile, which sent a chill down Lu Feng's spine.
Fortunately, Xue Lan only said this one sentence, and the woman reached out her hand to the two of them:
"Liu Huan".
"it is good!"
Lin Su and Lu Feng took out their respective willow rings and placed them in Xue Lan's hands. Then they saw the person walk towards the direction of the Tongtian Green Willow.
"You go out of the city first, I will follow shortly."
Xue Tong habitually asked one more question:
What are you going to do?
The woman turned around and smiled slightly:
"I'm going to see Lord Aoyagi."
Xue Lan's figure transformed into a faint gray shadow, disappearing from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye. Xue Tong took the hand of the Soul Guide beside her.
The four of them walked slowly towards the outskirts of Yandu City without saying a word.
Xue Lan used the Void Stepping Technique to arrive at the foot of the Heavenly Green Willow, and sure enough, she saw Zhu Qing's figure.
Today, the Demon Lord of Green Willow was dressed in an elaborate and gorgeous outfit, with layers of dark green skirt that looked like green waves.
When the woman saw Xue Lan arrive, a kind smile appeared on her face:
"Anything else you want to ask?"
Xue Lan didn't speak, but took out the willow rings she had received from the city gate from her sleeve and slowly placed them on Zhu Qing's skirt.
The willow wreaths adorned with flowers slowly blended into the earth at Zhu Qing's feet.
"My lord, there is always a way."
Xue Lan's voice was soft, but it carried a clear and firm conviction.
It was as if what he was saying was something that was bound to happen in this world.
Just like the rising and setting of the sun and moon.
After saying this, the woman took out a jar of wine sealed with red clay from her sleeve.
"This was given to me by Senior Lei Kui, but Xue Lan thinks it would be better to give it back to him."
"A bond spanning millennia, let us reminisce over this wine..."
Zhu Qing looked at the woman in front of him with a gentle gaze that could encompass all things.
The woman gently raised her hand to take the wine:
"Thank you very much."
Xue Lan bowed slightly and said, "Then Xue Lan will take her leave."
Xue Lan arrived like a light cloud and departed like a wisp of mist.
Beneath the enormous, towering green willow tree, Zhu Qing held a jar of wine in his hand, lost in thought for a long time.
"Fine, I'll help you out!"
Finally, the woman slowly raised her hand, and a soft green light radiating vitality emanated from her fingertips.
The green light, as if alive, flew from Zhu Qing's fingertips and finally reached the cave of the Ju Lan clan, landing on the massive blue stone wall.
The picture on the stone wall depicting Xue Lan's story flickered twice before returning to stillness.
On the way to Yandu, Yan Chengxue had to be mindful of Xue Lan's health, so she kept her speed relatively slow. But the return trip was a different story.
When they arrived, Xue Lan, who was sickly, used her footwork to press down Lin Su and Lu Feng behind her. The group secretly competed with each other, and after only four days, they returned to Chong Gu Village.
Her master, Ling Yuanzi, and Kong Mingzi were nowhere to be seen in Chong Gu Village. Yin Shishi, dressed in an indigo Miao costume, waited quietly for Xue Lan's arrival in the night.
Xue Lan landed on the ground not far from Chong Gu Village, and then slowly walked to Yin Shishi to be examined.
The Holy Maiden of Chonggu Village looked Xue Lan up and down, then spoke softly:
"I'm back. How is Seven Butterfly Valley?"
Xue Lan smiled ingratiatingly: "Everything is fine."
Yin Shishi gave a cold laugh:
"Not to mention Chonggu Village, the entire demon race is in trouble."
Xue Lan's heart skipped a beat, realizing that she had been careless.
Yin Shishi turned and walked into the village, gesturing for Xue Lan to follow.
What happened to the demon race?
Xue Lan jogged to catch up with the person in front of her, asking questions while calculating in her hands.
Yin Shishi's voice was soft, blending into the night:
“One of the peacock lords of the peacock clan has betrayed us.”
"Which one?" Xue Lan stopped her divination and asked.
“It’s not the one you know.” Yin Shishi turned to look at Xue Lan.
"The people in Jidu have dealt with the traitors, and among them were your old acquaintances."
Xue Lan narrowed her eyes slightly and guessed:
"An old acquaintance of mine?"
"With such a big incident in Jidu, the Feather Clan probably can't just take it lightly."
"The Phoenix Clan made a move... It was Zhu Lingzhi."
Yin Shishi had a slight smile on her lips:
"That's right, the Phoenix Princess who cultivated in the Upper Realm has come to the Lower Realm, and she also brought along the opponent you will be facing in the Wan Gong Workshop trial."
Xue Lan understood: "Lei Chuxi."
Yin Shishi nodded slowly: "It's not just Lei Chuxi, that prodigy from the Qilin Clan in the Upper Realm has also arrived in Fengdu City. Half a month ago, Fengdu and Jidu joined forces to send a message to my mother, saying that they wanted to come to Chonggu Village to see you ahead of schedule."
Following behind Xue Lan, Xue Tong couldn't help but complain:
"What do you want to see me for? To play mahjong with four other people?"
Xue Lan transmitted her voice to Xue Tong:
"Let them come if they want to. I can't break their legs."
Xue Tong: "Although the words are rough but the reasoning is sound, your words are just too rough."
Xue Lan stopped responding to her and instead spoke to Yin Shishi:
"You've entered into a contract with Yinhe?"
Yin Shishi slowly raised her right hand, revealing a black tattoo of a two-headed snake on her exposed forearm.
The woman smiled gently:
"Yes."
Upon hearing those two soft words, Xue Lan felt a sudden pang of sadness in her heart.
"The feeling of a soul contract must be unpleasant, right?"
Yin Shishi was slightly taken aback, then smiled and said:
“I told my mother that you have a special talent for the soul, but she just doesn’t believe me!”
The woman wore a smile that she thought was relaxed.
"Since there's no way to form a blood pact, this is the only option!"
The most common and basic method of refining Gu in Chonggu Village is to establish a blood pact with the Gu worms and feed them with one's own blood.
Nurturing itself with the blood of the Gu Master, the Gu worm gradually grows and becomes connected with the Gu Master's mind.
However, Yin Shishi's blood cannot be used to feed the Gu worms.
As winter approaches in Siyaochuan, although it won't snow, the wind is gradually getting colder.
Yin Shishi's voice was like the cool breeze of the night, carrying a faint sense of desolation.
"I have something I want to tell you."
Xue Lan understood Yin Shishi's meaning and transmitted her thoughts to Xue Tong in her mind:
"Wait here."
Upon hearing this, Xue Tong stood still, watching Xue Lan and Yin Shishi walk further and further away.
Under the gloomy sky, Yin Shishi walked to the vicinity of a small medicinal herb garden and slowly spoke:
"I only told you before that I couldn't refine Gu, but do you know why?"
Xue Lan shook her head and listened quietly to Yin Shishi's story.
"More than 20 years ago, a ruthless evil cultivator was on the run in Siyaochuan. He would select disciples of immortal sects with exceptional spiritual roots to be his medicine men, and use the most cruel poisons to destroy their meridians, intending to create the legendary body that was immune to all poisons."
Yin Shishi's beautiful eyes sparkled like stars:
"Among these disciples of the immortal sect who were turned into medicine, there was my father."
"The immortal sect discovered the location of that evil cultivator. Because of his high level of cultivation and expertise in poisons, they assigned this task to my mother."
Xue Lan vaguely understood something.
Yin Shishi's eyes flickered a few times: "Before my father was captured, he was a well-known young genius in the Twelve Sects of Cuiyun Pavilion, but after he was rescued, he was corrupted by poison and could only stay in Chonggu Village."
Xue Lan seemed to know something, and she spoke softly:
"The invulnerability to all poisons that the evil cultivator failed to achieve before his death was inherited by you?"
Yin Shishi nodded slowly:
"As expected of Xue Lan."
People with bodies immune to all poisons are natural-born medical cultivators.
But such a person was born in Chonggu Village.
Yin Shishi's blood, which can cure all poisons, becomes like a deadly poison to the Gu worms; no Gu worm can withstand Yin Shishi's blood.
Even if it is due to a combination.
Perhaps initially Yin He could withstand the corrosive effects of Yin Shishi's blood, but the long-term effects over time remain to be seen.
Because Yin Shishi's bloodline cannot be deciphered, and her name is the one whose inheritance is absolutely forbidden to be changed under the prophecy of the clan's shaman.
Since blood pacts were unavailable, soul pacts were the only option.
Soul contracts are dangerous and should not be used frequently, so based on the prophecy, a direct contract was formed from the very beginning.
"A soul contract is the only way."
"I know."
Yin Shishi heard Xue Lan's voice as muffled, as if it were enveloped by something.
"I just wanted to ask, does it hurt inside the Gu pool?"
Yin Shishi paused for a moment, her voice tinged with laughter:
"Do you still know it hurts?"
Xue Lan recalled how this person would notice whenever she accidentally blocked her pain receptors while holding a gun, and for a moment she dared not speak.
The woman quietly followed behind Yin Shishi, her powerful divine sense detecting that the person in front of her had a missing piece of their soul.
That fragment of soul was artificially twisted into a thin thread, connecting Yin Shishi and Yin He.
The group slowly walked into Chonggu Village. In the quiet night, the only sound seemed to be the clinking of the silver ornaments on Yin Shishi's head.
"The Gu pool is naturally not a pleasant place, after all, you have to find the original body of Yinhe from thousands of Gu worms, and then form a soul contract."
Yin Shishi broke the somewhat awkward silence. The woman's eyes were calm, and her tone revealed a rare hint of arrogance.
"But Xue Lan..."
"You are not the only genius in the Xuanhuang Sect."
Xue Lan breathed a sigh of relief, and the woman waved her hands repeatedly:
"I'm just a weapon refiner, when did I become a genius?"
Xue Tong looked at Xue Lan and thought to herself that it was really outrageous that this person could be so humble.
Yin Shishi is undoubtedly a genius...
As one of the six sects, the Xuanhuang Sect selects disciples who either have extraordinary talent or exceptional comprehension.
Although there are also people like Ling Yuanzi among real people who like to pick up children anywhere...
But they were lucky! They picked up people with exceptional talents, including Xue Lan, who didn't lower the overall level of cultivation.
There are even exceptional individuals like Ji Jinjin and Lian Chuan who have achieved extraordinary development and become independent leaders.
Xue Lan completely forgot about himself, a useless person who had only reached the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm after years of cultivation.
Yin Shishi hates Xue Lan's fake smile the most.
The woman's pupils were grayish-white, as if covered by a thin layer of veil, making her look like some kind of deep-thinking animal.
It just doesn't seem like a person.
The woman waved to Xue Lan and pointed to a house in front of her.
Yin Yue stood at the doorway, half her face hidden in the darkness, her beautiful face and bright red lips adding a touch of allure in the night.
"Let's not talk about this anymore!" Yin Shishi gently changed the subject, then looked at Xue Lan and said:
"Think about it now, do you want Lei Chuxi and the others to come looking for you?"
"No!" Xue Lan replied decisively.
"I have some exclusive stuff here that I don't want people with ulterior motives to know."
Yin Shishi rolled her eyes at Xue Lan, thinking to herself that out of the four of them, there were eight hundred schemes, and Xue Lan alone had four hundred and twenty.
The woman slowly bowed to Yin Yue:
"Mother."
A silver talisman appeared in Yin Yue's hand. The woman slowly touched the talisman, and it turned into a wisp of green smoke, disappearing into the night.
Yin Yue looked at Xue Lan with alluring eyes, her voice tinged with schadenfreude:
"Didn't Lanlan go to Seven Butterfly Valley? Why does she carry so much wood spirit energy with her?"
Xue Lan's expression remained unchanged, but her heart was in turmoil.
Xue Lan: "Auntie, can you please have some sense of propriety? Can you please not ask questions you shouldn't ask?"
The inner demon liked to speak up when Xue Lan was at a disadvantage, and the woman by the frozen lake wore a pleased smile:
"I don't believe you can't tell that she did it on purpose."
Xue Lan: "Do you understand what a threat is?"
Inner Demon: "Why don't you just say it?"
Xue Lan knew that the inner demon harbored a desire for revenge against her for what she had done in Siyaochuan.
Whether it was pouring snow all over this person's face in his sea of consciousness, or taking it upon himself to buy that hairpin from the little flower fairy of Yunchuan Prefecture.
But Xue Lan wasn't angry.
The woman's tone was incredibly tender, her voice so sweet it made even the most wicked person want to vomit:
"It's okay... as long as you're happy!"