Chapter 385: Chapter 137: Signs of Mutation, Killing Steward Jian
She softly said, "It’s Jian..."
Before she could finish, Li Xuan interrupted.
"Sleep, don’t say anything more, it has nothing to do with us, and besides, we have Mr. Lu here."
Mentioning Mr. Lu seemed to ease Tong Jia’s mind, she nodded and nestled against her partner, falling asleep peacefully.
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The next morning.
The cultivators fetched water by the pool.
Li Xuan slightly sensed the outside.
The demons of Upper Jingyu Country hadn’t pursued, maybe the disguise method worked.
"Pill Master Li."
"Pill Master Li, good morning."
The cultivators by the pool greeted him.
Some were whispering to each other.
"Steward Jian sits at the entrance of the Tomb of Lost Clothes, staring at that spot as if possessed, we don’t know what’s wrong."
"Didn’t expect Steward Jian to be kind of a romantic, her bond with Xu Zishi must be deep."
As everyone chatted, Li Xuan suddenly noticed a figure hurriedly moving from the settlement near the pool.
It’s Lu Yanwu!
He’s out!
Today, he’s not the one supposed to mine Yin Ore.
What’s he doing outside?
Li Xuan frowned, and others chatting beside him also noticed, saying, "Why did Mr. Lu go out?"
The group of cultivators all shook their heads.
Yet one of them quietly said, "Mr. Lu is from the Yin Ghost Realm, he’s different from us. We’re completely shut in here, he might still be in touch with elsewhere."
"What kind of connection could that be?"
"Actually, Mr. Lu has been racking his brain to restore the Illusion Mountain Sect, maybe... there’s a chance now."
"What chance, where’s there a chance?"
The group of cultivators spoke one after another, Li Xuan silently moved away to the central area of Yin Ore.
Tong Jia had saved a spot for him early on, waving from a distance.
Li Xuan sat beside her, closed his eyes, and started practicing the Soldier Lord Realm Cultivation Technique "Flame Heart Skill."
This technique is useful, though he hasn’t cultivated heart flames, it at least allowed him to enter the Soldier Lord Realm, however... with Tier Four Yin Ore.
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Mr. Lu returned just before dawn the next day, with a slightly excited expression.
In contrast, Steward Jian appeared much gloomier, like a grieving widow, her eyes hauntingly fixed on the Tomb of Lost Clothes.
On a morning three days later, suddenly someone exclaimed.
"Steward Jian is missing!"
"Eh, I saw her last night, what happened?"
"Mr. Lu, Mr. Lu, Steward Jian is missing, do you know..."
Mr. Lu waved his hand, saying, "I don’t know either."
After speaking, he glanced upwards at the Tomb of Lost Clothes, suddenly saying, "Look."
The cultivators looked over, and were taken aback.
The cave that was originally exceedingly cold, seemingly hiding evil ghosts weeping, was now silent, devoid of ghostly aura, appearing normal.
Mr. Lu took the lead, stepping inside, then returned, looking around at everyone saying, "Steward Jian resolved this place, she left on her own, no need to worry."
The cultivators had mixed expressions, Mr. Lu turned back across the crowd and saw Li Xuan behind.
His expression shifted, hurriedly walked to Li Xuan’s side, patted his shoulder saying, "Brother Xuan, come, I have words to tell you."
Li Xuan nodded.
The two walked, going afar.
Lu Yanwu said, "Don’t go out to pick herbs these few days."
Li Xuan curiously asked, "Why?"
Lu Yanwu replied, "You should be from the Yun Ding Tian Yu side, I know your side abuts the pure Demon Country, so you’re not clear on the situation of our Conch Thirty-Six Island Country.
But what I say, you must listen. Don’t ask why, and don’t tell others I’ve warned you about this."
After saying this, Lu Yanwu patted his shoulder again and left.
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Li Xuan is a very patient person.
Patient people always heed advice from others.
So, since Lu Yanwu told him not to go out these few days, he truly didn’t.
As for Lu Yanwu, he rescheduled the "he and Tong Jia" Yin Ore mining from four days later to eleven days later.
Time flew, and eleven days passed.
It’s his and Tong Jia’s turn again to mine Yin Ore.
The pair left the cave, Lu Yanwu said nothing further, after all, it’s been over half a month, whatever the matter, Lu Yanwu considered it no longer a problem.
Li Xuan and Tong Jia waited outside until dark, then adeptly rode the wind and water, traveling from the sea towards Evil Spirit Reef Realm.
As they swam, a cold sensation came from afar, with the waves stimulating their souls in waves.
The pair got closer, and upon nearing the reef realm, started waiting for the black smoke to dissipate.
Tong Jia looked at the black smoke and oddly said, "It seems denser and larger than before."
Seeing Li Xuan did not respond, she nudged her partner’s arm while turning to look.
Li Xuan was looking west.
But Evil Spirit Reef Realm is right in front, what’s he looking west for?
Tong Jia curiously followed his gaze.
Upon looking, she saw under the moonlight an elderly disheveled-looking female cultivator riding a flying sword, heading this way...
The female cultivator had no shadow.
And her face...
"Steward Jian!" Tong Jia was stunned.
The swiftly approaching female cultivator didn’t look at her, instead gazed at Li Xuan, lamenting, "I waited so long for you... you rejected me... yet why do you still offer me alchemy.
Through Lu Yanwu’s hand each time you secretly gifted me two pills... you clearly knew I was with Zishi, yet you still quietly cared for me and protected me.
Come, come to my side, be my partner, be my... lover."
Tong Jia was utterly shocked, furiously flushed saying, "What are you saying!?"
Steward Jian merely looked at Li Xuan, a mysterious allure in her voice, yet... she had no shadow.
And as they confronted each other, behind Li Xuan and Tong Jia a sinister dark shadow hidden in the waves rushed like filthy lightning.
The surrounding ghostly aura seemed to make the shadow extraordinarily terrifying, faintly one could see it was an ancient cloak, yet the cloak stood upright as if someone was hidden within.
Tong Jia angrily said, "Steward Jian, Li Xuan is my partner, and he never did any pill gifting through Mr. Lu to you!"
Steward Jian’s face was elderly yet tenderly looked at Li Xuan, perhaps... she never intended to let go of this man from the start.
Zoom!!
The evil cloak merged within the shadow swiftly rushed behind the two, suddenly wrapping around Li Xuan.
At this moment, Steward Jian’s face was intensely excited, her cheeks flushed in gray.
Li Xuan softly sighed.
He didn’t look at the thing behind, but looked at Tong Jia, saying, "Jia’Er, I’m sorry, some things... I kept from you."
With that, behind his back, a violent force of flesh burst forth, like the sun full of poison, instantly evaporating the cold seawater, the evil cloak like wet clothes dropped on a molten iron plate, emitting a sharp screech.
Tong Jia couldn’t react.
Li Xuan suddenly grabbed her and threw her southward.
He stepped on the water surface, his figure like lightning rushing towards Steward Jian.
Steward Jian dodged like a ghost riding a sword.
A peculiar terror rose in her heart...
"What is this?!!"
Swoosh!!
Mid-air, Li Xuan spread a pair of flesh wings abruptly, spinning in flight, stirring up a massive scorching wave, a remnant shadow streaking towards Steward Jian.
The high-temperature physique, the surging fire poison, instantly raised the surrounding temperature.
Steward Jian screeched, just about to cast some magic, but was swiftly embraced by Li Xuan.
"Lover, fine!"
"You want love, then come!"
Li Xuan sneered.
He seemed to embrace a mass of ice.
The body transformation, coupled with attributes already reached the limit, every pore on his body spraying fire poison.
For a moment, he reopened his arms...
Steward Jian had already turned into black smoke, dissipating without a trace.
Tong Jia was already dumbfounded in the sea...
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