Dao Cheng Gui Xian

Chapter 72 The Fishing Girl

Before Li Wushou could answer

The shadowy figure behind them was already impatient, and taking advantage of the moment when the barrier reversed, the shadowy figure surged up.

Like a giant wave, it swallowed the Tree Goddess's soul, which had been cleaved in two, along with the remaining remnant soul of the infant!
After a while, seemingly having eaten with great relish, the dark figure bulged its sac and, as if it had eaten too much, spewed out a mouthful!
Li Wushou instinctively flinched, thinking the dark figure had vomited. But upon closer inspection, he realized it was a branch about the length of a forearm, with two dark green leaves growing on it.

Reaching out to take it, and examining it for a moment, Li Wushou guessed that this was very likely a section of the Tree Goddess's original branch carrying her divine soul.

After guessing that the Tree Goddess might come, Li Wushou and the old beggar discussed it for a long time. In the end, neither of them believed that the Tree Goddess would leave her original body in the Burial Soul Forest to come.

Just as Wufang City is the City God's sacred ground, the Burial Soul Forest is the sacred ground of the Tree Goddess. Those who cultivate the divine path and rely on incense offerings will not leave their sacred ground unless absolutely necessary.

Looking at the branch, Li Wushou thought for a moment and then stuffed it into his arms.

At the same time, the barrier finally dissipated, the folds in the void were smoothed out, and the minor priests, who had been shaken senseless, groaned weakly.

Li Wushou took out a bunch of dark red spiritual seeds from his pocket and, with a thought, sent them into the bodies of the minor priests.

Having just borrowed the Yin-Yang power from everyone, besides not wanting to get entangled any longer, it was also because Li Wushou had even better seeds!

This is the third Yin-Yang fusion seed that Li Wushou has reconstituted, following the Yin Power Seed and the Blood Qi Seed.

Through the recent practical test, Li Wushou understood his position in the hearts of these minor officials. He could use this opportunity to integrate everyone into the new Yin-Yang lineage, thus avoiding the City God's attention and launching a surprise attack!

Standing still in mid-air, the dark red spiritual energy that had merged within Li Wushou's Yin-Yang meridians flowed silently, causing the Yin-Yang energy within the little priests to flow simultaneously.

Nourished by the power of Yin and Yang, the mental wounds between everyone's brows were significantly soothed, and even the physical injuries gradually healed. Feng Sishui's condition was the most noticeable; even the wound on his heart seemed to be almost completely healed!
As more and more minor priests recovered, the figure in green robes standing in mid-air came into view! For some reason, Lin You and the others suddenly felt a sense of awe.

Looking around, the terrifying Hundred Infant Barrier and the renowned Tree Goddess had long since vanished.

"High Priest, what about the Tree Goddess?"

Seeing that everyone had finally recovered, Li Wushou gradually calmed the flow of spiritual energy in his Yin-Yang meridians. Hearing Lin You's question, he replied softly, "It's resolved."

"Hi~!"

Upon hearing this, the junior priests, who had regained their senses, gasped in shock!
Lin You then murmured, "Resolved?"

Fu Feng was also speechless. It wasn't that he doubted what Li Wushou said, but as a native of the Five Directions, apart from the City God, who didn't grow up listening to the legend of the Paper Goddess and the Tree Goddess?
"Solved?" Fu Feng really wanted to ask how it was solved, but the words just wouldn't come out.

Seeing everyone's reaction, Li Wushou knew they had misunderstood, so he explained, "The Tree Goddess didn't come in her true form, but only in a divided soul!"

"That's it?"

Everyone muttered again, "What a fine but useless statement!"
Li Wushou gave everyone a feeling that was extremely different from the previous High Priest Xiao Panshan. In comparison, they were like heaven and earth! Now they even began to doubt whether Xiao Panshan was really a High Priest.
The more he compared them, the more he felt they were counterfeit and inferior. After a long while, Lin You came to his senses and respectfully reminded him, "By the way, the High Priest, that Old Master Cui, and the River God haven't shown up yet. What should we do?"

Before he could finish speaking, Li Wushou waved his hand from mid-air.

"Oh, those two are taken care of too!"

"Hiss~ It's solved too???"

We've only been at Cui Family Village for a short time. Even if the High Priest flies on horseback, which is faster than their speed, how could we have solved this problem in such a short time?
Lin You and his companion exchanged glances, their conviction growing stronger: Xiao Panshan's high priest was definitely a fake!
"It's resolved. The body is in the dark pool behind the dense forest. You can take a few people to dispose of the body and bring it back to Wufang City!"

Once you leave the northern part of the city, the Emerald River gradually widens!

As one of the important transportation hubs of Wufang City, there are many ships coming and going, but usually only around the middle of the month do fleets arrive together.

The place was quite quiet at the moment, when an invisible streak of light shot out from the east of Wufang City and leaped out of the city in the blink of an eye, traveling swiftly along the Emerald River.

The towering avatar of the Martial God still stood in the center of the Five Directions City, overlooking all directions, but seemed completely unaware of the trace of this streak of light.

The figure in the flowing light was the mysterious sparrow who was talking to Zhu Sihai. She flew extremely fast because just now, the wisp of her divine soul that she had left on the River God and the Tree Goddess had dissipated one after the other!

Before I could return, it was as if I had been chewed up and swallowed by something.

Originally focused on suppressing the City God, she suddenly rushed out of the secret chamber to investigate outside the city. She wanted to see who had the audacity to disturb her soul.
The murderous intent in his heart was hard to suppress along the way. Since the sealing of his spirit, this was the first time he had encountered such a bold person.

Today, the River God and the Tree Goddess should be besieging the officials of the City God Temple to force out the Martial God! What has happened? Or is it the City God's doing?
She had wasted too much time on Zhu Sihai's matter. Once she had settled her worldly affairs, the last ties between her and the mortal world would be severed, and she could now pursue the path of immortality!
She absolutely cannot afford to lose her!
Just as the sparrow was lost in thought, flying swiftly, she suddenly had a sudden inspiration and her flying body abruptly stopped! Because she sensed something was wrong with the void ahead!
Sure enough, the instant she stopped, an empty fishing hook was cast in a perfect arc, just past her eyes, and sank into the river!
If she hadn't stopped in time, the fishhook would have snagged her!

Quezi raised her eyebrows and looked towards the shore. A tall girl, dressed in black, with a face as beautiful as jade but without any makeup, was idly casting her line without any purpose!

"That woman is so beautiful!"

Sparrow secretly praised it, then rode the stream of light and was about to fly over towards Cui Family Village.

Suddenly, ripples appeared in the void again, and the black-clad woman retrieved the fishing hook that had just been cast into the air, then, by sheer coincidence, threw it onto the path the sparrow was on!

The sparrow, who thought it was just a coincidence, suddenly became gloomy!
He turned around and stared coldly at the woman on the riverbank.

But the woman remained calm and collected, retrieving the fishing hook and holding it in her hand.

Then he slowly raised his head and looked back!

(End of this chapter)