Chapter 667: Sister Yu wakes up, the goddess returns
Looking at the tree demon rushing towards Xiaoqian, Li Daoxuan smiled slightly. Just as he was about to take action, he frowned.
But Ning Caichen had stood in front of Xiaoqian at some point, holding the wooden sculpture in both hands and stabbing at the tree demon.
"Don't be afraid girl, I'm here to protect you!"
The wood sculpture sensed the tree demon's evil aura and sent out a golden sword energy, piercing through grandma's heart and completely ending her last breath.
At the same time, due to excessive use, the wood carving cracked and turned into a pile of sawdust.
The tree demon stared at Ning Caichen, his pupils filled with shock and resentment, as if he had never thought that he would eventually die at the hands of an ordinary person like an ant.
Plop!
The body of the tree demon fell to the ground and turned into a charred dead locust tree.
At this point, the tree demon who had committed many evil deeds and dominated Lanruo Temple died and her soul was scattered.
The Demon-Subduing Heavenly Book in Li Daoxuan's mind glowed with light, and lines of small golden characters appeared.
"In June of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, I killed the Yangshen tree demon in Lanruo Temple and received a reward - [Millennium Lightning Struck Wood]!"
"Thousand-year-old peach wood, struck by thunder, contains a masculine and murderous aura. It has the magical effect of exorcising ghosts and evil spirits, suppressing demons and eliminating monsters. It is the best material for Taoist weapon refining..."
Li Daoxuan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that the tree monster killed by the wood carving could also be counted as his own.
That year he gave the woodcutter a piece of Bodhi wood, in which there was a sword energy hidden. If the woodcutter was honest and reincarnated, the sword energy would remain unleashed. If the woodcutter broke his promise, the sword energy would teach him a lesson.
The woodcutter kept his promise and made the remaining half of the Bodhi tree into a wood carving and left it for his wife and newborn son.
After years of worship by Ning Caichen's family, the wood carving gradually became spiritual and became a magical instrument, which was vaguely related to Li Daoxuan.
The source of the golden sword energy just now came from him, so it is not an exaggeration to say that he was the one who killed the tree monster.
According to his original plan, he was to first ask the tree demon about the whereabouts of the person behind the scenes. However, Ning Caichen's final attack made this plan fail.
But Li Daoxuan couldn't care about this at the moment. He looked at Xiaoqian, his eyes rippling slightly, revealing a hint of expectation.
"Li Daoxuan... Li Daoxuan... Li Daoxuan..."
Xiaoqian didn't even look at Ning Caichen beside her. Even her grandmother's death failed to attract her attention. She stared at Li Daoxuan in a daze, murmuring the name over and over again.
Those cold eyes like the moon became brighter and brighter, like a dusty ancient scene that was finally washed clean by clear water.
Her clothes began to change, the snow-white dress was dyed red little by little, every inch of her skin began to glow, the air was filled with clear air, and the fairy light was like a rainbow.
Wisps of immortal air emerged, and the dilapidated Lanruo Temple seemed to have turned into a fairyland in an instant.
The raindrops fell in a patter, like the spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River, wetting the clothes but not feeling cold on the face. The astonishing power of water quietly condensed, and dark clouds covered the bright moon.
Yan Chixia was shocked and said, "What an amazing water power! Could it be that the Dragon King has arrived?"
"Miss Xiaoqian, what's wrong with you?"
Ning Caichen looked at the unfamiliar woman in red. The woman's appearance had changed a lot, becoming more cold and beautiful. There was an indescribable majesty in her ethereal air.
That is the Goddess of Xiaoxiang, who controls the three thousand miles of water veins and dominates the six states in the south of the Yangtze River.
A flash of immortal light directly knocked Ning Caichen away. Chen Ziyu looked at Li Daoxuan and murmured, "So that's how it is. I remember everything now..."
She walked towards Li Daoxuan, her gorgeous red skirt trailing on the ground. Her snow-white, slender feet looked like colored glass in the moonlight, crystal clear and untainted by dust.
All filth automatically avoided her lotus feet, and wherever she went, purity arose.
"Xiao... Goddess Xiaoxiang?"
Yan Chixia wiped his eyes and finally confirmed that the female ghost Xiaoqian was actually the Palace Master of Yuxuan Palace, the legendary Goddess Xiaoxiang who had achieved immortality!
He finally understood why Li Daoxuan came to this dilapidated Lanruo Temple to deal with a small tree demon.
It turned out to be for this person!
But he couldn't understand why the Goddess of Xiaoxiang, with her status and level of Taoism, would condescend to become a female ghost under the command of the tree demon?
Coming back to his senses, he glanced at the distraught Ning Caichen and couldn't help shaking his head.
They have been a couple for a long time. The beauty has someone else. Why are you joining in the fun?
"Sister Yu, I finally found you."
Li Daoxuan smiled slightly and stretched out his hands to her, ready for a long-awaited hug.
The first time he saw Xiaoqian, he recognized her with his divine eye. However, Sister Yu was in a very strange state at that time, as if her memory had been sealed by someone.
Li Daoxuan seemed to be chatting with her at the time, but in fact he was secretly using his magical power to help her break the seal, which was why she was sweating profusely at that time.
With Li Daoxuan's help, the seal was already shaky, and coupled with the stimulation she received today, Sister Yu finally broke through the seal completely and awakened all her memories.
It’s like a god returning to his rightful place .
Of course, she is still just a human soul now, and needs to return to the lotus body to fully return to her place.
Facing Li Daoxuan's open arms, Chen Ziyu's eyes were cold and motionless, and she said indifferently: "You still remember to come back?"
The smile on Li Daoxuan's face suddenly froze.
"We agreed to get married after I became an immortal, but you ran away."
After a pause, she stared at Li Daoxuan with her pair of eyes as clear as snow, her dark eyebrows slightly furrowed, revealing a scrutinizing look, and the words she said shocked everyone.
"Li Daoxuan, are you...having a crush on my master?"
Boom!
Li Daoxuan, who had just caused thousands of thunders to strike at once and was awe-inspiring, felt as if struck by lightning, with a huge wave of emotions rising in his heart.
Sister Yu...how did you know?
It’s over, it’s over. I thought it was a reunion after a long time, but it turned out to be a Shura battlefield...
Is he, King Li Hai, going to have an accident today?
Not only was he shocked, but also Yan Chixia, who was so shocked that she was tender on the inside and soft on the outside.
Isn’t the master of the Goddess Xiaoxiang the Ghost Fairy from the Qingming Realm?
Hiss, is this something I can listen to?
Will he be silenced...?
Li Daoxuan coughed a few times and said with a stiff face: "Sister Yu, you can't make such jokes. After all, the queen has done me a favor and is your master..."
Chen Ziyu frowned and said, "But when you disappeared before, I went to Qingming Realm to ask Master for help, but I found that Master was not there either. I found something in her bedroom."
"What...thing?"
"A painting."
"What can a painting show——"
"The person in the painting is you."
Li Daoxuan's smile became more bitter, and he said, "Sister Yu, you think too much. Maybe it was drawn by someone else."
"Master's wonderful brushwork is something that no one else can imitate. I also heard Xiao Que secretly talking about how Master had been looking for you before I did, and even risked going to Lingshan Mountain for you."
At this moment, Li Daoxuan really wanted to pluck the feathers of that talkative little skylark and roast it.
"Sister Yu, you really misunderstood. The Queen is just concerned about me. As for the painting, the Queen may have drawn it in order to figure out my whereabouts. Some magical powers are gained through painting. I have just learned a new one."
I can’t admit it, even if you kill me!
"Yeah?"
Chen Ziyu frowned slightly, showing hesitation.
Before she could say anything else, Li Daoxuan quickly grabbed her hand and asked, "Sister Yu, who brought your soul here? Do you remember?"
The method of diverting attention!
Hearing this, Chen Ziyu's eyes narrowed and revealed a murderous intent. It was obvious that having one's soul forcibly extracted was not a pleasant feeling.
She was born as a female ghost who was decisive in killing. She would repay kindness and avenge hatred. Naturally, she had a strong desire to kill the person behind the scenes.
"In the 20th year of Zhenguan, someone in Yuxuan Palace got the news that someone coveted the white snake you raised and planned to attack her when she was undergoing a tribulation, so they reported it to me."
At that time, she said that any news related to Li Daoxuan, no matter how big or small, must be reported.
"I saved the little white snake, but I noticed someone secretly watching me, so I forced him out. He was a monk in white clothes. He had a very high level of cultivation, much better than me."
"But after that person injured me with a deadly poison, he didn't kill me. I returned to Xiaoxiang to recuperate, but it was difficult to eradicate the poison. Until two years later, someone quietly broke into my retreat and took away my soul while I was injured."
"But that person used his magical power to cover his face, so I didn't see his appearance, and I didn't even know if he was a man or a woman. I only knew that his magical power was extremely high, even higher than that of the white-robed monk!"
At this point, Chen Ziyu asked in surprise: "When did the world have so many masters?"
You have to know that she had already passed the heavenly tribulation and achieved immortality. If she hadn't been thinking about the missing Li Daoxuan, and if Li Daoxuan hadn't told her about the weirdness of heaven, she would have even been able to ascend to heaven.
But whether it was the monk in white or the mysterious man who later took away the human soul, their Taoism skills were actually higher than hers!
"Sister Yu, the monk in white is the giant python god of Buddhism. He escaped from Lingshan Mountain to the human world. As for that mysterious man..."
Li Daoxuan thought of the human seed bag in the tree demon's hand, his eyes moved, and he said: "It should also have a great connection with Lingshan."
“No wonder.”
Only then did Chen Ziyu feel relieved.
"After that person extracted my soul, he sealed my memory and took me to Lanruo Temple, handing me over to the tree demon. He lied to me that I was the female ghost Xiaoqian, but he didn't force me to do anything. The tree demon just kept tempting me to help her hunt."
Hearing this, a huge doubt arose in Li Daoxuan's mind.
If the other party extracted Sister Yu's soul in order to intensify the conflict between him and the evil monk so that he could sit on the mountain and watch the fight, then why did he insist on bringing Sister Yu's soul to Lanruo Temple and name it Nie Xiaoqian?
It was as if that person knew the story of A Chinese Ghost Story and intended to perform it.
This is so weird and doesn't make any sense.
What exactly is the other party's purpose?
Sister Yu’s lotus Dharma body?
Not at all!
Because when it extracted the human soul, Sister Yu had no power to resist, but Sister Yu's real body in the crystal coffin was still Yunying's body, pure and flawless.
The other party spent so much effort and went through so much trouble just to watch a Chinese Ghost Story?
Li Daoxuan himself didn't believe it.
"Sister Yu, do you have any suspicions?"
The tree demon is dead, and Li Daoxuan hopes to get some new clues from Sister Yu.
Chen Ziyu thought about it carefully and said, "The tree demon and the Black Mountain Old Demon have close contacts. At the beginning of every month, the Black Mountain Old Demon comes to Lanruo Temple. Perhaps he knows something."
Hearing the words "Black Mountain Old Demon", Yan Chixia was shocked.
The greatest regret of his master back then was that he failed to kill the Black Mountain Demon. He had been practicing swordsmanship diligently over the years, dreaming of one day fulfilling his master's last wish.
"Want to deal with the Black Mountain Demon? Count me in!"
"Count me in, too."
Ning Caichen followed.
Chen Ziyu suddenly looked at him and said in a cold voice, "It's all this scholar's fault. If he hadn't been meddling in other people's business, Li Daoxuan would have been able to capture the tree demon and search its soul. Who knows, he might have been able to find the person behind the scenes!"
Her hair grew longer quietly.
"Should we kill him?"
Li Daoxuan smiled bitterly. This was really Sister Yu’s usual style.
Looking at Ning Caichen, whose eyes were full of apology, he waved his hand and said, "Forget it, Brother Ning also meant well but ended up doing something bad."
Chen Ziyu snorted coldly and stopped talking.
"Brother Yan, in three days it will be the beginning of the month. You stay at Lanruo Temple while I take Sister Yu's soul back to her body. Three days later, we will do as Sister Yu said and capture the Black Mountain Demon first."
Yan Chixia was excited and said, "Okay!"
Li Daoxuan nodded and smiled, and then the void around him rippled, and a door appeared like water waves, through which a magnificent underwater palace could be seen on the opposite side.
Yuxuan Palace!
Yan Chixia was shocked. You know, Yuxuan Palace is under the Xiaoxiang Water, which is more than 6,000 miles away. However, the other party just took a step forward hand in hand with the beautiful woman, and the world seemed within reach and could change everything.
This miraculous skill was simply unheard of and it amazed him.
In a trance, he remembered a sentence his master once said to him.
"Living in the same era and being the same age as him is both your luck and your misfortune."
…
Yuxuan Palace.
As Sister Yu's soul entered the lotus body, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and then she slowly opened her eyes.
Her skin was glowing, every strand of her hair was rippling with fairy light, her red skirt was like a flame burning underwater, and the lotus mark between her eyebrows was shining brightly.
At this moment, the entire Xiaoxiang waters were surging with waves and heavy rain fell from the sky, as if celebrating the awakening of the goddess.
The process went very smoothly without any external interference.
She stretched out her hand and countless petals flew over, transforming into a white umbrella with lotus-like patterns outlined on it.
After taking the magic weapon, she said murderously: "Let's go back and capture the Black Mountain Old Monster!"
Li Daoxuan did not move. His face was solemn. He waved his hands to set up layers of barriers and said, "Sister Yu, don't you think everything is going too smoothly?"
"It seems like there is an invisible hand quietly pushing us. I think we have fallen into a trap."
Chen Ziyu was stunned, without any rebuttal, she chose to trust Li Daoxuan's intuition.
This is the tacit understanding and trust that the two have developed through years of fighting side by side.
"What did you find?"
Li Daoxuan nodded and said, "I do have some new ideas about the person behind the scenes, but I'm not sure yet."
Chen Ziyu's answer was straightforward and concise.
"What do you want me to do?"
Li Daoxuan leaned close to her ear and whispered something.
After Chen Ziyu heard this, she was slightly shocked and showed a strange look, but she immediately nodded and said: "Okay, I will do it now!"
After Sister Yu left, Li Daoxuan wrote another letter and used his magical power to move stars and change constellations to instantly send it to Changle who was far away in Chang'an.
After reading the letter, Changle immediately classified it as top secret and mobilized all the bad guys and Zhelong to complete the tasks in the letter.
The entire Tang Dynasty court was in full swing.
