Chapter 26 part 4
When she talked about those, her clear eyes shone brightly and her cheeks were flushed with happiness. She felt that she was indeed very lucky. There were so many people who love her, cherish her and protect her.
“Then, where are they?” Chen Xi asked.
Ling Xi lowered her eyes. The smile on her mouth seemed forced, “The whereabouts of big brother is unknown. Eldest senior brother’s broken soul is in the silver mirror. Nan Zhi…just now when I was looking for the Soul-Suppressing pearls, I lost him.”
“Keke…it’s fine. It’s fine. They will all come back.” Chen Xi’s laughter was like silver bells and very ear-pleasing.
Ling Xi also smiled, “So, Chen Xi, tell me where the Soul-Suppressing pearls are, alright? Only after I have the Soul-Suppressing pearls would I be able to save eldest senior brother. After saving eldest senior brother, perhaps he knows where big brother is.”
“Alright, alright, I will tell you.” Chen Xi turned around the dragon pillar for a few times and them floated to the twelve statues of gods. As she laughed, she said, “Did you see their eyes? Their eyes are the things that suppressed those bad guys. Keke…”
Ling Xi looked closely. The eyes of those god statues were indeed not the same as ordinary god statues. The light in this palace seems to be the reflection of the twelve eyes.
“However, you have to be careful when you take them. Those people are under the god statues. They are very terrible and will bite you!” Chen Xi said.
Ling Xi suddenly came to a realization. No wonder that they couldn’t detect any place with darkness in the entire Eastern Sea. It turned out that these evil spirits were under the god statues. The righteous energy restrained the dark energy. Naturally, one couldn’t feel it then.
Before taking the Soul-Suppressing pearls, she should get in touch with the people outside. She wondered whether they were ready to deal with these evil spirits.
Ling Xi tried to chant a spell and like Qing Kui make a bird appear to pass the message. Her spell-casting had become smoother these days.
“You want to look for someone to help? It’s useless, keke…” Chen Xi suddenly laughed. “Even if it can fly out, it can’t come back in.”
The bird formed quickly. Ling Xu stopped and asked, “Why?”
Chen Xi said, “I don’t remember anymore. Anyway, it won’t be able to come back.”
Ling Xi frowned and didn’t know whether she should believe it or not.
“Well, I will teach you another method, keke…” As Chen Xi laughed, she began to chant a spell of the heart.
What Ling Xi understood was that the evil spirits suppressed at the bottom of the Eastern Sea was suppressed for the sake of the mortal realm. However, no matter what she couldn’t bring herself to be suspicious of Chen Xi. She didn’t think more, sat down, closed her eyes, crossed her legs and tried to use Chen Xi’s spell of the heart.
Spells of the heart were not difficult and when using it, the body was warm. Ling Xi successfully pushed the energy to her eyes and according to Chen Xi, she called for master in her heart.
Suddenly, the scenery of Cangjia Mountain emerged in front of her. After passing several peaks, her eyes quickly fell into a room. The furnishing of the room was simple. The incense burner was burning. Cang Yu was lying on a couch in the room. She had just seen his face clearly when she saw him suddenly sat up and asked, “Who is there?”
Ling Xi was surprised. Firstly, it was because of his sudden movements. Secondly, because of his face that she hadn’t seen in a long time. Although, she felt like it was a long time, but it was only half a month. Cang Yu had become much older. His face had become thin and his lips were colorless.
“Ling Xi?” Cang Yu seemed to be surprised.
Ling Xi quickly said, “Master, it’s me. I already found the Soul-Suppressing pearls. You didn’t go to the Eastern Sea yet?”
Cang Yu coughed twice and said, “Your junior uncles already went. Qing Nian also went with the deities of the great sects. You only need to take out the Soul-Suppressing pearls.”
Ling Xi said, “Yes.”
As she spoke, she intended to break the spell.
“Wait,” Cang Yu suddenly said.
Ling Xi waited for him. Cang Yu coughed twice again and said in a low voice, “Be careful.”
A warmth filled Ling Xi’s heart, “Yes, master.”
“Keke…it was useful, wasn’t it?” Chen Xi laughed at a side.
Ling Xi opened her eyes and said gratefully, “Thank you, Chen Xi. I wonder which sect’s fairy you are.”
The spell she (CX) taught her was something she had never seen before. When senior brother wanted to contact master, he used birds.
“Keke…I don’t remember anymore. Anyway, it can be used to see people and talk to them. Keke…”
Ling Xi shook her head helplessly. She didn’t know who was so cruel. Chen Xi obviously had no evil energy in her and was obviously a good soul, but her soul had been scattered and only a ray of the immortal part was left.
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The twelve god statues were solemn, mighty and with a terrifying look. Ling Xi swept over them and felt that the twelve pair of eyes were glaring at her. Her back became cold. However, when she thought about Feng Shu’s broken soul inside of the mirror, Ling Xi’s heart sank and flew away to one of the statue’s eyes.
From afar, the Soul-Suppressing pearls looked like the eyes of the god statues. Looking close up, she realized that the eyes were not black but transparent. Soft light radiated from inside to the outside and rotated around the pearl like a firefly. Ling Xi reached out, it was refreshing. When she got closer, it was a burning heat. Her heartbeat was very quick. Her eyes stared at the Soul-Suppressing pearl without blinking. Her whole body was tight and she was in a state of preparation till her five fingers held the Soul-Suppressing pearl firmly.
A bone-piercing pain spread from her palm. It was a burning pain. Ling Xi seemed to be able to smell the burnt flesh of her palm. She could hear the excited howling of the evil spirits under the god statue. She closed her eyes, used strength on both of her hands and pulled out the pair of Soul-Suppressing pearls. A cold breeze came from the top to the bottom. The roaring almost swallowed her. Every evil spirit that howled away, passed her body with fangs and claws. She could almost hear the sound of her flesh being separated from her bone. She almost burst into tears from pain.
The lingering death of the mortal realm was nothing more than this.
- Lingering death: death by a thousand cuts where someone was bound against a wooden frame in public and his flesh was cut out one by one by the executioner(s).
After taking out the pair of Soul-Suppressing pearls, the main hall was already unstable and began to sway left and right. Ling Xi gritted her teeth and put that pair of Soul-Suppressing pearls into her purse of tail feather. She went to another god statue, reached out and pulled the pearls with force. Another group of evil spirits poured out. They mercilessly bit through her seal and grabbed her flesh.
Ling Xi didn’t utter a sound. She only gritted her teeth and repeated the same action.
She believed that she could do it. These evil spirits were only souls. They couldn’t hurt her soul! She is the disciple of Cangjia sect. She hadn’t cultivated an immortal body yet but she had been practicing for six years. She could bear through this!
She had lost count of the god statue she was working on when Chen Xi shouted, “Enough, enough. Ling Xi don’t take anymore! If you take more, you will be killed by those evil spirits!”
This time, Chen Xi didn’t giggle anymore. She kept shouting at Ling Xi, but she was ignored.
“Then, how about you listen to my spell of heart and make a supporting enchantment? Ling Xi, Ling Xi!”
Chen Xi shouted anxiously at a side. How could Ling Xi have the energy to listen? The pain of being burned by the Soul-Suppressing pearls, the pain of being swept away by the cold wind and the pain of being bitten by the evil spirits had already made her unable to think. She just wanted to hurry up, take all these 24 Soul-Suppressing pearls and end it all!
Seeing that there were two god statues left, the dragon pillars in the hall began to collapse. Ling Xi’s clenched teeth began to tremble. Her nose was full of the taste of blood. She still repeated the same action. Both hands grabbed the Soul-Suppressing pearls and pull them out.
Ling Xi’s tears couldn’t help but fall.
That was true, she was a girl who liked to cry.
But, it was really painful like the flesh was being separated from the bones!
Suddenly she thought, when Nan Zhi went down to the bottom of the River of Forgetfulness to help her get the Soul-Locking water, did it hurt like this when his body was corroded by the river? Or was it a hundred times more painful than this?
The last pair of Soul-Suppressing pearls.
Ling Xi seemed to be possessed and didn’t care about what was happening to the hall and also didn’t care about what Chen Xi was shouting. She grabbed that pair of Soul-Suppressing pearls and pulled them out! This time, there was no roaring wind. There were also no evil spirits that poured out. There was no repeated pain like the flesh being separated of the bones. Only the dragon pillar fell straight on her.
Ling Xi still put those Soul-Suppressing pearls into her purse of tail feathers. When she looked up, she saw a piece of gold (of the pillar). In her blank mind were only two words.
Nan Zhi.
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