Long River Eternity

On this day, in front of the villa on Daoting Hanging Island, sunlight filtered through the leaves, casting dappled shadows. Yang Nian and Ye Tingxue were discussing the fierce battle with Gun two years ago. Yang Nian couldn't help but tease, "How are you doing now? How many of those 100,000 souls have been liberated?"

When Ye Tingxue mentioned the 100,000 dead souls, her smile instantly fell. "Don't mention it. Although I've become increasingly proficient in liberating the dead souls over the past two years, I've only liberated one-tenth of them so far. At this rate, if I don't break through to the Domination Realm, it will take at least another seven or eight years."

"Right now, my training room is filled with ghosts and gods howling all day long. If I didn't have a Heavenly Soul Body and strong soul power, an ordinary person would probably collapse and go crazy within a year."

"Think about it from another perspective. After these two years of saving the souls of the dead every day, your control over the Heavenly Soul Body has become increasingly proficient, and your soul power is constantly increasing." At this moment, Yang An's voice came from behind him. He continued, "Moreover, saving the souls of 100,000 dead is a huge merit. Perhaps there will be unexpected gains in the future."

Hearing this, Ye Tingxue and Yang Nian turned around and saw Yang An walking towards them.

"That's easy to say, but my training room is now like the underworld, with gusts of cold wind and the howling of ghosts and wolves all day long, and I am the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva who saves the souls of the dead day and night. Who in their right mind can stand this?" Ye Tingxue pouted in dissatisfaction.

"Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva swore that he would not become a Buddha until hell is empty, but you can still go out and play. You are much happier than him. And you are still complaining." Shi Gang, who followed behind, teased.

"I think you're going to tear the roof off the house if you don't get a beating for three days." Ye Tingxue was furious and wanted to teach Shi Gang a lesson, but Shi Gang had already disappeared without a trace. She was so angry that she shouted from behind, "Come back here!"

To everyone's surprise, Shi Gang was slightly stunned, and actually flew back obediently, standing in front of Ye Tingxue with a dull look in his eyes.

Ye Tingxue chuckled complacently, crossed her arms, and said proudly, "Dance to apologize to me."

What surprised everyone was that Shi Gang actually waved his uncoordinated limbs and started dancing.

"Fuck, Lao Shi, what are you doing? Are you possessed?" Hao Feigang and Qin Hanming came out of the house, staring at the scene with wide eyes and exclaimed.

"Let's see if you dare tease me again in the future?" Ye Tingxue watched Shi Gang's awkward dance and laughed so hard that she fell backwards. Then, she snapped her fingers, and Shi Gang's eyes instantly regained their spirit, but he still remained in a strange position, stunned on the spot.

Shi Gang looked around and saw that everyone was staring at him with strange eyes. He looked down and realized that he was in a strange posture. He quickly put down his hands, stood up straight, and asked in confusion: "What's going on? Why am I back? Why are you looking at me like that?"

Hao Fei stepped forward and patted Shi Gang on the shoulder, and said seriously: "Old Shi, you danced very well just now, don't dance again in the future." After saying that, he couldn't help but burst into thunderous laughter.

Shi Gang recalled that Ye Tingxue had called him from behind. When he came to his senses, he had already returned to the Hanging Island.

He turned to look at Ye Tingxue, and sure enough, she looked smug. He asked in astonishment, "You controlled my soul just by shouting?!"

"Well, don't mess with me in the future." Ye Tingxue raised his chin, looking calm.

"Didn't you just learn this trick last year? I remember it took you a long time to control a wild boar to turn around in place." Shi Gang scratched his head, his face full of confusion.

"It seems that liberating these 100,000 dead souls has indeed improved your heavenly soul body a lot." Yang An said with emotion.

"That's only part of the reason. Don't forget, I'm a PhD in psychology," Ye Tingxue said proudly. "Then I thought, isn't soul control similar to hypnosis? So I combined the two, and sure enough, the effect was greatly improved."

"It's too easy for you to control people. You can make them helpless with just a few words? I'm a cultivator in the late Heyuan realm. You're really disrespecting me." Shi Gang said dissatisfiedly.

"Who told you to only train your body but not cultivate your soul power? And you were completely unprepared just now. If you had been alert, how could you have been controlled so easily?" Ye Tingxue responded with a hint of sarcasm in his tone.

"You really should practice your soul power more and stop being obsessed with physical training. If you encounter an opponent who is proficient in soul techniques in the future, you will suffer a great loss." Yang An agreed, with a hint of concern in his eyes.

"It seems that we are really in the control this time." Hao Fei gloated on the side, with a playful smile on his face.

"Tsk, I'll start soul training when I turn around. I'm not that easy to control!" Shi Gang was not afraid at all, and his tone was firm.

"By the way, weren't you discussing military strategies in the house? Why did you come out?" Yang Nian asked curiously.

"Master just sent me a message saying that he has been feeling uneasy lately and is afraid that something big is about to happen, so he asked us to go over there." Yang An said with a strange expression.

"Could it be that the catastrophe we talked about before is coming?" Ye Tingxue asked in surprise, feeling a little uneasy in her heart.

"It's not a catastrophe, but your master is in seclusion again refining the five-colored stones." Hao Fei joked, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

"How do you know? What does this have to do with my master?" Ye Tingxue asked doubtfully, feeling a little confused.

Hearing her question, Yang Nian couldn't help but burst out laughing. "You really don't understand our Master. He gets distracted a few times every year. At first, we thought the same thing, but we found out that he was just taking advantage of your Master's retreat to have us go explore somewhere. The next day, he'd find an excuse to come over and spend the day there. In the end, we'd always come back empty-handed."

"So every time we heard him sounding restless, we knew that your master must be in seclusion, and he was bored, so he just sneaked out to play." Yang An added with a smile, his tone revealing helplessness.

"Your master is a Taoist master, but he is so shameless that he has to sneak out if he wants to." After hearing their explanation, Ye Tingxue was at a loss whether to laugh or cry and shook his head.

"It's because your master is too strict. I've heard of men who are afraid of their wives, but I've never heard of men who are afraid of their sisters." Shi Gang teased, with a mischievous glint in his eyes.

"Let's go, let's go together, otherwise the master will be worried." Yang An said to Ye Tingxue.

So, the seven of them headed towards Qiankun Hall in a mighty procession. Even Han Dong flew down from the roof and joined the team.

"Is he coming too?" Ye Tingxue approached Yang An, pointed at Han Dong and asked in a low voice.

"Well, Master wanted to make it seem more real and let us all go." Yang An smiled bitterly helplessly.

Soon, everyone arrived at the Qiankun Palace. Even though they had reached the Heyuan realm, facing this unfathomable palace, everyone still felt a sense of oppression.

As you walk into the hall, what comes into view is Fuxi, who is wrapped in mist. He is pacing back and forth in the hall, looking extremely anxious.

Hearing everyone coming in, Fuxi immediately stopped and said anxiously, "What took you so long? If it's too late, Nuwa will..." Seeing Ye Tingxue coming with everyone else, he quickly changed the subject, "If it's too late, the clues to the catastrophe will be gone."

"Master, stop pretending. Xiaoxue is not an outsider. She will never tell on anyone. Don't worry." Yang Nian said with a smile, his tone relaxed.

"Well, tell me, where do you want to go this time?" Hao Fei asked directly, with a glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.