And the taste of that was just unmatchable!
“The Spirit Transformation Elixir is not something that’s so easy to take. If you want to do that again in future, you’d better think it through.” Jun Wu Xie sat upon a chair, calmly holding a clear cup of tea in her hand, as she looked at the expressions on her companions’ faces who were suffering a fate far worse than death.
“Think it through! Definitely will think it through and through.” Qiao Chu’s voice sounded like he was about to cry.
The youths were tormented by Jun Wu Xie to the extent they wished they would just die, but no matter how nasty and vile the medicinal brew tasted, it did not wipe away the concern under Jun Wu Xie’s icy demeanor. The few of them knew very well that Jun Wu Xie was very much against them using the Spirit Transformation Elixir and she had given it to them only as a precautionary measure to save themselves in the event that they were pushed to an extent that they had no other choice. But they had all just taken it out and swallowed it right from the beginning instead.
What she was doing now was merely seeking to make them deliberate on things more carefully before they decide to do something so harmful to themselves the next time.
Of course, it could not be denied that there was reason to suspect that she was deliberately tormenting them here.
But when the youths saw the bandage wrapped around Jun Wu Xie’s forehead, none of them could bear to even give any thought to arguing at all.
If one was talking about injuries, Jun Wu Xie was more severely wounded than any one of them there. But she had instead come rushing over so anxiously to check on their conditions. How could they ever bear to let her down with the kind and heartwarming intentions she was showing them?
“Rest early after you have taken the medicine.” Jun Wu Xie stood up, having had enough fun.
Qiao Chu and the rest of the gang immediately wailed, their voice filled with relief.
Jun Wu Xie walked out through the door, and saw Jun Wu Yao languidly leaning against the wall just beside the door, where upon that handsome looking face, hung a highly devilish smile.
Volume 20
Chapter 1946: “Temper One’s Spirit (1)”
“Little Xie’s heart is feeling a little pained?” Jun Wu Yao leaned his body slightly forward, his handsome face coming right before Jun Wu Xie’s, to say with an imperceptible smile as he looked at Jun Wu Xie’s pale countenance.
Jun Wu Xie’s lips stiffened, as she averted her eyes.
Seeing the condition Qiao Chu and the others had been reduced to, did not make her feel good at all. She was the one who cultivated the Spirit Transformation Elixirs and she knew very well what kind of after effects it gave. When she saw how frail Qiao Chu and the others had become, with their spirit powers all depleted, she could not help but have a thought start to rise up within her mind.
Maybe if she had not given them the Spirit Transformation Elixirs in the first place, they would then not have done that, and they would not be so badly weakened now.
Based on the plans she had made, even without using the Spirit Transformation Elixirs, they would only need to drag things out for a period of time till Ye Gu and the others freed up their hands, they would then join hands with Qiao Chu and the others to take out the various Palace Lords together with the Flame Demons Palace Lord. But Qiao Chu and the rest of her companions had chosen to discard that idea which was the safest avenue for them and took things to the extreme in order for them to exact revenge with their own two hands.
Jun Wu Xie understood their desire for vengeance, but she was unable to dispel the wretched state they were in now.
Jun Wu Yao stretched out his hand to lift up Jun Wu Xie’s chin gently, not allowing her to avoid the question.
“Do you know, under the Heavens, real power and might does not come from our bodies, but from one’s soul. Deficiencies in one’s body is not the most critical as one only needs to temper one’s spirit and that would make up for it, to the extent it can achieve even better effects.” The little one’s emotional range was becoming more and more abundant and Jun Wu Yao loved to be able to see more of her joy, rage, sorrow and delight on her face, but just did not want to see her show the slightest tinge of depression and worry.
“Temper one’s spirit?” Jun Wu Xie asked, slightly bewildered as she looked at Jun Wu Yao. Those words sounded highly foreign to her but they intrigued her very much.
Jun Wu Yao nodded his head slightly, the underside of his thumb running over Jun Wu Xie’s red luscious lips as he went on to say slowly: “The body can be exterminated but the soul remains unextinguished. Those with strong and powerful souls, when even their bodies are crushed, or even completely obliterated, are still able to depend on the strength of their souls to live on. Although Qiao Chu and the gang’s bodies have suffered great damage, but their souls are still whole and intact. If they do not want to waste this upcoming one year’s time, they can continue to raise their powers by tempering their spirits, and the effects would not be inferior to the cultivation all of you usually do.”
“Really?” Jun Wu Xie’s eyes shone. The accident this time made her realize she still was not strong enough herself, and she was willing to wholeheartedly attempt anything that would enable her to grow her powers.
“Have I ever lied to you?” Jun Wu Yao said with a highly devilish laugh, as he pinched Jun Wu Xie lightly on her chin.
“Then how do we temper our spirits?” Jun Wu Xie just could not wait to begin.
Jun Wu Yao’s eyes swung over the bandage wrapped around Jun Wu Xie’s forehead, and a glint of menace flashed in his eyes. Tempering one’s spirit, It was time for him to teach Jun Wu Xie that.
“Does Little Xie still remember the Spirit World?” Jun Wu Yao asked.
“I remember. The place where Ring Spirits exist in. It is one of the Four Sides.” Jun Wu Xie immediately related everything she knew about the place.
The words Spirit World was first heard from Little Lotus’ mouth. It was only after she came to the Middle Realm that she came to know that the Spirit World was one of the Four Sides in the Middle Realm.
But having been in the Middle Realm for so long already, she had never encountered anyone from the Four Sides.
The Four Sides of the Middle Realm were made up of the Spirit World, Living Spirit World, All Spirit World, and the Dark Spirit World.
Although they were ranked above the Nine Temples, they kept a very low profile, and would only move within their own perimeter of influence, never coming into contact with outsiders. Whatever the people of the Middle Realm knew about the Four Sides, was a whole lot lesser than what they knew of the Dark Regions.
Volume 20
Chapter 1947: “Temper One’s Spirit (2)”
“Only spirit souls can enter the Spirit World, but it is the best place for one to temper his spirit. If Little Xie wants to, I can bring all of you there.” Jun Wu Yao said as he looked at Jun Wu Xie’s absolutely shining eyes and his heart twitched, making him unable to resist leaning himself further forward to plant a light kiss on a corner of her eye.
Jun Wu Xie shrank her head into her shoulders from the teasing.
“The Spirit World. My father’s soul should be there. I want to go!” Jun Wu Xie had not forgotten about bringing Jun Gu back to life. The Soul Calming Jade had protected Jun Gu’s soul and must have transferred him into the Spirit World. Hence, she would naturally not give up on that chance.
“But, it’s a place that only spirit souls can go into. How are we going to get in?” Jun Wu Xie asked in puzzlement.
“I have my ways. You only need to nurse yourself and recuperate, and you can just leave it to me to make arrangements for the rest of the things.” Jun Wu Xie said with a smile, his thumb that was stroking her chin below her lips unwilling to give up the soft touch.
Jun Wu Xie blinked her eyes innocently and suddenly lowered her head to bite onto Jun Wu Yao’s thumb. She did not bite too hard, but just enough to leave a mark of her teeth o
n the flesh.
Jun Wu Yao’s face suddenly flushed red…..
Squatting within the shadows, Ye Sha and Ye Mei put their palms to their faces silently. [The Young Miss was becoming more and more adept at teasing Lord Jue, and Lord Jue, why are you still unable to get rid of the habit of blushing?]
The corners of Jun Wu Xie’s mouth curled up faintly with a smile as she looked at Jun Wu Yao’s slightly reddened face, and an idea suddenly came into her head to tease him back. She reached her hand out and copying Jun Wu Yao, she lifted Jun Wu Yao’s chin and stroked it a little as she said softly.
“Then I’ll just leave everything in Wu Yao’s hands to arrange it for me. I’ll be waiting.”
Jun Wu Yao’s face turned a deeper scarlet…..
Jun Wu Xie’s mood was greatly improved and the pain from the wounds on her body seemed to evaporate completely. She gave a light laugh, her heart filled with delight as Jun Wu Xie waltzed herself past Jun Wu Yao’s side.
Coming to know that they’ll be able to use the method of tempering their spirits to make up for the period of time Qiao Chu and the rest of the gang would not be able to cultivate their bodies and that she would be able to go seek Jun Gu’s soul in the Spirit World greatly lifted Jun Wu Xie’s mood.
The deaths of the Twelve Palaces’ Palace Lords had kicked up a big wave of commotion. The Twelve Palaces’ disciples who escaped had run far away from there and the injured disciples who were left behind were all in utter despair, thinking that they were all doomed to be killed. Never had they thought that that very afternoon, Mu Chen would suddenly lead a batch of his own disciples, to come treat the wounds and injuries for them, prisoners of war.
Their actions, had immediately stunned the injured disciples to turn into wooden statues.
They were not evil at heart, but just chose to remain loyal after having joined the Twelve Palaces. Those who remained and were still alive were all people who had not committed heinous crimes and Jun Wu Xie had no intentions of taking their lives at all. Moreover, with the Twelve Palaces already fallen, even if they were thinking to seek revenge, they had all lost their rulers. And Jun Wu Xie had also sent people to announce to them all the unscrupulous and highly despicable dealings and crimes the Twelve Palaces had carried out in secret.
These simple and pure minded disciples had never been involved in such matters and when they were told of all the heinous crimes committed by the Twelve Palaces, they were all frozen in shock, every one of their faces turning grim.
Those disciples who had wanted to fight to the death to seek revenge for their Palace Lords then suddenly stopped, having realized that the people they had pledged their allegiance to, were actually people who were unscrupulous and merciless demons. There were even of the more talented disciples whom the various palaces seeked to keep their talents strictly for themselves, where they severed all forms of contact with the outside world, and secretly got rid of all their family members, to have them remain loyal to the palace their entire lives, unable to have any second thought about it. All this information, were what Fei Yan brought out from the Dragon Slayers Palace, in fine detail.
Volume 20
Chapter 1948: “Avoiding Battle (1)”
With the stacks upon stacks of crimes placed before their eyes, The disciples from the various palaces could no longer find themselves anymore excuses to continue to be loyal. As for those disciples whose families had been persecuted, they just fell to the ground to weep in pain with snot covered faces, and it was under those sorrowful wailing that Mu Chen led a team of healers who began to treat these people’s injuries.
Those disciples who were still defiant when struck by such a blow, no longer resisted and just obediently cooperated.
Those who had their families murdered even opened their mouths to thank Mu Chen and his men, thanking them for avenging their family members.
With the prisoners of war from the Twelve Palaces dealt with, Qu Ling Yue sorted out all the information and sent them to Jun Wu Xie’s room, for Jun Wu Xie to make the final decision for them.
“Those from the Twelve Palaces in the city have curbed themselves, the twelve Palace Lords all dead, and the various palaces’ Elders almost all eradicated. How do you want to deal with the rest of it?” Qu Ling Yue resisted the urge of wanting to ask Jun Wu Xie about her injuries, as she carried out her task of tying up the loose ends in a clear and orderly manner.
“There is no need for us to worry about it. I’ll arrange for someone to go inform the Spirit Jade Palace. This is an agreement I made with them before.” Jun Wu Xie said as she looked through the scrolls prepared with highly meticulous detail, and she was filled with admiration for Qu Ling Yue’s great capability.
Back when she had initially approached the Spirit Jade Palace, she had already discussed all of this with the Spirit Jade Palace Lord. She would destroy the Twelve Palaces and let the Spirit Jade Palace lead. Jun Wu Xie had no other intentions towards the Twelve Palaces and dumping them onto the Spirit Jade Palace would be the least troublesome.
“Then what do we need to do regarding Gu Ying?” Qu Ling Yue asked, an eyebrow slightly raised. Thinking back to the very moment when she had seen Jun Wu Yao carrying the blood covered Jun Wu Xie, her heart had felt like it was stirred with a blade. She had found out from Ye Sha after that that it had been caused by Gu Ying who led a group of men that suddenly came charging out.
Gu Ying had killed Gu Yi, and the people he brought possessed powers far beyond that of people in the Twelve Palaces, so it was highly possible that he had mobilized the strength of the Spirit Void Temple.
Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes. The matter concerning Gu Ying was a rather thorny problem and she had asked Jun Wu Yao about Gu Ying earlier and that was how she came to know that Gu Ying had escaped by using the Soul Shift Technique. But the Soul Shift Technique caused great harm to the user and even though his soul might have escaped, it would be an extremely hard task for him to reconstruct his flesh body, so Gu Ying would not be able to stir up any trouble for a period.
“We can leave that aside for the time being. We’ve just come out from a huge battle and even if we want to seek an explanation from the Spirit Void Temple, we will just be oppressed by the Nine Temples.” It wasn’t that Jun Wu Xie did not want to eradicate the root of the problem, but it was just that the strength they possessed was not sufficient to go against the Nine Temples. Crushing the Twelve Temples had already taken out quite a lot out of her. Scheming and plotting for two whole years, stirring up chaos within the Twelve Palaces’ harmony before succeeding with the opportunity given by the Twelve Palaces’ Summit. If they were to pit themselves against the Nine Temples at this point of time, there would be no need to even speak of revenge as everyone from the Lower Realm here might all fall under the hands of the Nine Temples.
“After everything is handed over to the Spirit Jade Palace, all of you should immediately return to the Lower Realm and not remain here in the Middle Realm any longer.” Jun Wu Xie did not know if the incident with Gu Ying would force the Nine Temples to act immediately and in order to prevent any unexpected accidents, she must send everyone back into the Lower Realm. So if the Nine Temples wanted to seek trouble with them, when they’re in the Lower Realm, it would at least be where Jun Wu Xie called the shots and Jun Wu Xie was confident that even if the Nine Temples were to mobilize their entire strength, she would make them unable to return.
But if the Nine Temples did not make any moves, that would naturally be best.
This battle with the Twelve Palaces, though triumphant, had cost them significant losses. Qiao Chu together with the other companions, everyone of them a primary pillar of their might unable to summon up any spirit power, where even Ye Gu had been injured. Hence, it was definitely not a good time for them to get into another battle.
“Alright. I’ll go make the arrangements right now.” Qu Ling Yue nodded, understanding Jun Wu Xie’s concerns.
“Then, with the Spirit Jade Palace, who do
you want to go inform them?”
Volume 20
Chapter 1949: “The Swallow Returns (1)”
Jun Wu Xie gave it a thought and said: “Get my Master to go.”
“Yan Bu Gui?” Qu Ling Yue was slightly startled.
(Translator Note: The name Yan Bu Gui, 燕不归, reads as the Swallow doesn’t return.)
Jun Wu Xie nodded. “Get him to make a trip over here first.”
Qu Ling Yue nodded, and just after awhile, Yan Bu Gui was called to come into the room.
Freed from living the life of a penniless and destitute man, having a nouveau rich like Jun Wu Xie as a disciple, it had truly saved Yan Bu Gui quite a bit of an headache.
“Wu Xie, what do you need from me now that I’m here?” Yan Bu Gui asked as he languished himself into a seat before Jun Wu Xie. It seems his candid and unpretentious personality had not changed in the slightest.
Jun Wu Xie watched Yan Bu Gui gaugingly without a word. Truth to told, she had never carefully studied Yan Bu Gui’s looks before and what left the biggest impression on her besides his towering frame and unrestrained laughter was only that great big bushy beard that filled up Yan Bu Gui’s face.
Looking at it carefully now, Jun Wu Xie noticed that Yan Bu Gui was actually not as crude and coarse as he seemed at first glance. His brows were handsome and not coarse, his nose tall and outstanding. If one covered that beard and only looked at his eyes and brows, he would actually cut a rather strong and dashing figure, but it was that full bush of a beard over his face that made people subconsciously feel this person was a little boorish.
Being stared at so intensely by this little disciple of his, even Yan Bu Gui was beginning to feel rather uncomfortable. He cleared his throat and he was a little awkward as he looked at Jun Wu Xie to say: “Why are you staring at me for? It makes me feel rather embarrassed.”
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