#539 - Holy Corpse
Silence reigned in the gloomy, withered forest.
Near the dead demon tree, amidst the ground covered with vines, Jun Wuxie held Mu Yunxi, the so-called life force of the Life Blood Essence ceaselessly flowing into her body, repairing her severely damaged form.
Both were silent, not a word exchanged between them.
The person in his arms trembled, and he could feel a kind of panic spreading within her heart, causing her to want to avoid facing something, to escape from it.
Time passed, little by little.
Jun Wuxie, certain that her physical condition had improved significantly and that her life functions were stabilizing, finally spoke, "I'll take you up."
His voice was somewhat dry as he held Mu Yunxi and started to return the way they came, but a hand quietly grasped his arm.
She gripped tightly, even causing a slight pain in his arm.
"What's wrong?"
He asked softly, looking at her face, turned aside and hidden by her dark hair, but received no response for a long time.
"Then we won't leave. I'll stay here with you for a while."
Jun Wuxie understood her thoughts; she was avoiding something, seemingly not wanting to return outside.
"No, put me down."
She spoke her first words, her voice a bit hoarse, unlike her usual melodious tone.
Jun Wuxie ignored her, however, holding her as he walked deeper, while Lanlan, clutching the jar, mimicked a human, following happily behind him like a little toddler.
"Jun Wuxie, put me down. I don't need you to stay with me. Please, leave me here alone, okay?"
Jun Wuxie still didn't respond, continuing to hold her, walking in silence.
He could feel the conflict and pain in Mu Yunxi's heart.
He knew that she needed to open her heart, but the environment here was dangerous, every step perhaps hiding a terrifying crisis.
What he needed to do now was to take her to a relatively safe place, and then slowly untangle the knot in her heart. Only then could she return to her former self, only then could she become the Mu Yunxi she once was.
Before long, they encountered iron-like worms, densely packed, launching a frenzied attack.
However, although these worms were very aggressive, they posed no threat to Jun Wuxie, all of them shattered by his blood energy.
Afterward, they encountered poisonous bees, each half a foot long, swarming from the sky, their stingers flashing with a gloomy poisonous light, actually able to corrode the void, truly terrifying.
The creatures here, with their powerful attacks, could easily break through the defenses of a peak Saint Realm cultivator.
Fortunately, their defenses were not strong, only their attack power was particularly abnormal.
Jun Wuxie's blood energy formed a protective shield around him, his golden blood energy clearing the way, constantly spreading to the surroundings, forcibly opening a path under the Cliff of Certain Death, filled with terrifying creatures.
Along the way, they encountered no less than twenty kinds of poisonous insects, each extremely powerful, their venom terrifying to the extreme.
For example, some poisonous snakes, whose venomous mist, when it touched the ground, directly corroded a deep pit.
The number of those poisonous snakes was astonishing, appearing in the thousands upon thousands, densely packed.
However, as they continued to go deeper, the world was no longer so dim, the light gradually brightening, and the environment was no longer so deathly silent. They could see some vegetation now, green trees, and flowers of various colors.
Just then, a light mist suddenly rose from Mu Yunxi's body.
The light mist gathered in the air, condensing into a faint illusory figure of a woman.
Jun Wuxie was stunned; the illusory figure of this woman was not unfamiliar to him.
It was this illusory figure of a woman who had fought against the tree demon and protected Mu Yunxi; otherwise, he would have probably only found a corpse, or perhaps not even a corpse.
"Don't be surprised. I am her bloodline imprint. I only appear to protect her when she faces death, but after this time, my strength is almost completely exhausted, and I need a long period of dormancy to recover again."
As the illusory figure spoke, she turned to look into the distance, raising her hand to point remotely, "In that direction, I sensed a special aura, the fragrance of the Bone-Growing Flower. Obtaining the Bone-Growing Flower, supplemented with the Flesh Ganoderma, can allow her severed arm to regenerate."
"Bone-Growing Flower?"
Jun Wuxie was immediately surprised and delighted; he really needed the Bone-Growing Flower!
Right now, Mu Yunxi needed it, and in the sect, the sleeping Bird Uncle also needed it!
Of the treasures of heaven and earth he was looking for, now he was only missing the Bone-Growing Flower and the Life Spring with a purity of one hundred percent!
He had the Flesh Ganoderma, and it was even beyond the Half-Sage level, its grade should be infinitely close to the Saint level!
"I don't want the Bone-Growing Flower, I don't need my severed arm to regenerate!"
Mu Yunxi suddenly became very agitated, struggling hard in Jun Wuxie's arms, as if the regeneration of her severed arm was not a good thing for her, but rather an unacceptable matter.
"Yunxi, what's wrong? Don't you want your missing right arm to grow back?"
Jun Wuxie controlled her; her emotions seemed to be somewhat out of control now, which made him feel very puzzled.
What exactly had happened?
"Yunxi, why do you have to torment yourself so much? It wasn't your fault, but rather the fault of differing positions."
The illusory figure of the woman sighed.
Mu Yunxi wept softly. She hated herself, she hated that arm, even hated her only remaining left arm.
If she had been born without arms, she could have been at ease not drawing that sword back then.
What did the pain of the flesh count for, it was far less than the heartbreaking words of being ungrateful and ruthless, that you are all the same kind of scum.
From that moment on, she felt like she was dead…
Jun Wuxie's body began to tremble, his eyelids twitching violently as he looked at the illusory figure of the woman, his voice trembling as he asked, "Who cut off her arm?"
The illusory figure of the woman did not speak, only looked at him, sighing and shaking her head, but that look had already told him the answer he wanted.
"Why are you so foolish?"
Jun Wuxie held her, his arms involuntarily tightening.
In his heart, guilt, pain, heartache, all kinds of emotions intertwined.
This woman was so foolish as to cut off her own arm!
Mu Yunxi only shed tears silently.
The scene of that day reappeared in her mind, the words that pierced her heart still seemed to echo in her ears, the feeling of suffocation causing her body to twitch again and again.
The illusory figure of the woman sighed, saying, "Get the Bone-Growing Flower, repair her severed arm for her, and treat her well."
After speaking, she scattered into a mist of light, merging into Mu Yunxi's body.
Jun Wuxie looked at her in his arms, with many words he wanted to say, but at this moment, he was silent, ultimately not saying a word.
The most important thing now was to obtain the Bone-Growing Flower. The matter of untangling the knot in her heart had to be done slowly; this was not something that could be solved with a few simple words.
He followed the direction pointed by the illusory figure of the woman, and before long, he saw a forest.
The forest was very quiet, without the slightest sound, not even the chirping of insects, so quiet that it was somewhat abnormal.
As soon as he entered the forest, he immediately felt a gloomy aura.
The forest was very dim, the trees very tall, obscuring the light.
The deeper he went, the more chilling it became.
Vaguely, it seemed that the order here had become special, as if it was a world in a different order from the outside. This feeling was very strange.
However, he did not encounter any problems along the way.
Thus, not knowing how many miles he had gone deep, the trees in front became sparse, and an open area appeared in his sight.
The area was shrouded in a dense mist, filled with baleful energy, and a faint smell of blood.
After he came here, he discovered that this place was actually full of corpses, and the corpses had not rotted at all. Some were wearing armor, some were wearing soft robes, lying scattered on the ground, and even the blood gathered in the puddles had not congealed.
Jun Wuxie stared blankly at this scene, feeling shocked and puzzled in his heart.
The armor and robes of these corpses were definitely not the clothing of this era. Obviously, they had died countless years ago, but not only had the corpses not decayed, but even the blood had not congealed, and even the wounds looked very fresh, as if they had just been killed not long ago.
"How could this be?"
He could clearly see that although these corpses were quite strong when they were alive, they were only at the Saint Realm or Half-Sage level, but some of them seemed to have faint traces of Saintly aura remaining in their bodies, suspected to be Saints?
But even Saints could not be immortal for countless years!
After all, this time span was too long, the era too distant. Even living Saints could not survive such a long time, let alone the corpses of Saints?
"How could Saints die here?"
Too many question marks popped up in his heart, all of which made him feel puzzled.
He needed to know that the highest level this universe could reach was the peak of the Half-Sage realm, and it was impossible to become a Saint unless it was in a place like the Forbidden Zone of Life, but this was clearly not!
"Lanlan, protect Yunxi."
Jun Wuxie signaled Lanlan to grow bigger, put Mu Yunxi on its back, and then took a few steps forward, carefully examining the corpses.
Judging from the characteristics of their blood, they should be the ancients of this world.
The blood aura of some of the corpses was significantly different, suspected to be… Dark Spirits?
Afterward, he came to a female corpse.
The female corpse was lying on the ground, wearing a cloud-white dress. The fabric was of very good quality, soft to the touch, but unusually tough. This was a kind of fabric material he had never seen before, the outer layer cold, but the inner layer carrying a hint of warmth.
He tried to condense sword energy to cut it, but found it difficult to cut it open. After cutting for a long time, he could only leave a few traces on it.
"Could this dress be a peak Half-Sage artifact?"
He was somewhat incredulous. Without any runes appearing on the dress, relying only on the toughness of its material, it could actually withstand his sword energy cutting, which was really a bit perverted!
“This woman seems to be of the Human Race. Her blood has the same origin aura as Human blood. These clothes are definitely treasures. Should I take them off?”
Jun Wuxie was extremely tempted, hesitating for a long time, but ultimately gave up.
After all, the other party is a woman. Taking off her clothes like that is really inappropriate. He doesn't want to be despised by Mu Yunxi.
“There's a waist牌 (pinyin: yāopái), is this an identity token?”
He picked it up and looked at it. The token was only the size of an infant's palm, carved from cloud-white jade. Two characters were engraved on each side of the token: Yun Xian, Holy Envoy!
“Yun Xian… should be the name of a sect. Holy Envoy, could it mean an envoy of the Holy Realm?”
He could tell that this female corpse must have been a being higher than a Semi-Saint before her death. The dormant Saintly aura within her body was extremely pure, with a very high energy level.
However, those Saintly auras were completely dormant, obviously suppressed and imprisoned by the order of this world.
He tried to probe his divine sense into the token, thinking that there must be information about this female corpse and her sect inside.
As a result, the moment his divine sense tried to enter, it was immediately bounced back by a terrifyingly strong soul force, causing his brain to buzz, almost exploding, and causing unbearable pain.
He was immediately shocked!
“The soul of the Holy Realm is too strong, I can't pry into it. I almost had my nascent soul torn apart…”
He was still feeling lingering fear. Fortunately, he was cautious just now and only injected his divine sense tentatively, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.
He turned the female corpse over to see if she had left any treasures on her body.
But he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
The female corpse's face was very beautiful.
Even though she had a sword stuck in the top of her head and her face was stained with blood, it still couldn't hide her beautiful appearance.
She was just like someone who had just died, her face even still had a rosy complexion.
Jun Wuxie's gaze fell on the female corpse's wrists, neck, and ears, where she wore jade ornaments, and there seemed to be extraordinary energy dormant within the ornaments!
“The ornaments of a person from the Holy Realm must not be ordinary items. Their grade should be at least the pinnacle of the Semi-Saint level, right?”
Jun Wuxie pondered. He couldn't undress her, but taking off her ornaments was still possible.
He immediately started to act, stripping the female corpse of her bracelets, necklaces, and earrings.
Then, looking at the sword on top of the female corpse's head, he thought that since he had taken so many things from her, he should do something for her, so he reached out to pull out the sword inserted into her crown.
As a result, at this moment, the female corpse suddenly opened her eyes, her pupils blood red.
Jun Wuxie was immediately shocked and retreated instantly.
He saw that the beautiful female corpse's face became ferocious, and black hair began to grow on her body, constantly breaking out from her fair skin.
“Ah!!”
The female corpse let out a sharp scream, and her nails also grew wildly, directly pouncing towards Jun Wuxie like sharp blades flashing with black light.
Corpse transformation!
Infected by the darkest darkness!
These words immediately popped into Jun Wuxie's mind.
He had seen too many evil corpses covered in black hair in the Burial Corpse Ground.
Immediately, he sacrificed the Solar True Lotus, like a great sun hanging in the sky, two rounds of great sun swaying, and the Solar Essence Fire poured down, instantly submerging the female corpse.
The terrifying Solar Essence Fire burned on the female corpse, but it couldn't cause her the slightest harm. Even her hair was intact.
The corners of Jun Wuxie's eyes twitched. How could the Solar True Fire lose its restraining effect?
Back in the Burial Corpse Ground, the Solar Essence Fire was invincible, and the black-haired evil corpses couldn't resist it at all, but now this female corpse didn't care at all!
The female corpse's speed was too fast, she rushed in front of him in an instant, her half-foot-long jet-black nails, like sharp blades, flickered with black light, stabbing towards his neck.
Jun Wuxie leaned his body back slightly, stepped on the ground with one foot, and while his body flew back, he pushed the Primal Military Disassembly to the extreme, and golden blood energy surged towards his palms and fingers, blasting out with a punch.
With a clang!
His fist imprint blasted on the female corpse, unexpectedly bursting out with a metallic tremor, as if hitting Saintly Iron, causing his palms and fingers to convulse incessantly.
Fortunately, he used the force of the recoil to widen the distance, and runes flashed under his feet, using the Divine Travel Without Distance to dodge the attack.
The female corpse's speed was also very fast, but it was difficult to hit him. All of Jun Wuxie's counterattack methods, including the Sword Drawing Immortal Slaying Technique, clanged against the female corpse's body, and he couldn't even break through her defense!
“I XX…”
Jun Wuxie felt a little like cursing. What the hell was he supposed to do? He couldn't even break through her defense?
At this rate, he would be exhausted sooner or later.
What worried him the most was that if the female corpse suddenly attacked Mu Yunxi, it would be really over.
“That's not right. She's been lying here for countless years and hasn't changed. Why did she suddenly change? What's going on? What's wrong?”
While Jun Wuxie dodged and counterattacked, attracting the female corpse's attention so that she wouldn't notice Mu Yunxi and Lan Lan, he pondered where the problem was.
Soon, he realized that it must be that he touched something on the female corpse that caused this result.
Apart from this reason, there seemed to be no other reason that could explain it!
