hapter 82: Xuanxi

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“Um . . . what’s wrong?” Lu Yun smiled wryly . Why did Qing Han seem completely different in the darkness? He said not a word and refused to let Lu Yun touch him . At least the noteworthy power he sensed from Qing Han had allowed him to relax somewhat .  

His friend wasn’t hurt .

Clad in darkness, Qing Han quietly put a protective barrier around Lu Yun with the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals .

The governor was able to walk in this darkness because of the h.e.l.lfire around him, obscuring his vitality and preventing the creatures of the dark from sensing him . Out of urgent concern for Qing Han earlier, he’d dismissed some of the fire and allowed some vitality to seep out . That had alerted the creatures of his presence and prompted a frenzied attack .

Qing Han destroyed them with the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals, her forehead breaking out into a sweat .

“Take me to the underwater palace!” Lu Yun suddenly said to Qing Han . Though they couldn’t see anything right now, the strong memory skills of a cultivator pointed out the general direction of the palace to them . A moving cloud of sweet fragrance was the precursor to Qing Han slowly moving to the desired destination .

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“Smells so good,” the governor said without thinking . “It’s sweet, like your breath . Did you eat something?”

When Qing Han once again refrained from responding, Lu Yun had no choice but to drop the conversation .

There was such a large swarm of dark creatures here that Qing Han struggled to force his way out, despite having the Scroll of Shepherding Immortals to tear through them .

Feinie’s formation for directing the incense had been broken a long time ago . The scent of the Divine Lure had wafted about and attracted dark creatures from all directions, which was why the two of them had to deal with so many now .

And despite being stomped flat, the current river G.o.d was still alive . She was tightly clutching the incense in the formation and refusing to move, shrieking and wailing as the monster behind her unfeelingly dragged her back .

Something in the vicinity of the underwater palace seemed to be keeping the creatures at bay . They roared and wreaked havoc, and even tore into each other, but none of them approached the palace . This was the territory of something so much worse .

“Stay here and don’t move,” Lu Yun said, then made his way to the palace .

Qing Han nodded silently . She knew he was headed to the palace to awaken the previous river G.o.d so that they could defeat the monsters here . That river G.o.d had easily driven the monster back into the earth with her bra.s.s spear, so she must be capable of driving away the rest of the dark creatures .

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After a pause, Qing Han s.h.i.+fted the power of starstone she’d applied to the scroll back to herself, disguising her true form again .

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“This is it now . This will determine if we can make it out alive . ” Lu Yun approached the previous river G.o.d and laid a hand on her desiccated body . With a single thought, he collected the corpsefish and the spear, then immediately entered the Gates of the Abyss .

“Milord!” Yueshen hurried to Lu Yun upon his entrance, her expression panicked . The nine bloodcorpses were huddled in a pile of quivering fear . There was something else here, a consciousness that nattered incessantly . It belonged to the giant undead hag, but was an incomplete . It had neither spirit nor soul, which caused it to wander around in an aimless fog .

Lu Yun couldn’t be bothered with it .

“Where is this place, milord?” Yueshen asked with trepidation . “It’s terrible . I feel like something can kill me at any second . ”

“You feel that as well?” Lu Yun asked in surprise . According to Qing Han, the abyss was a burial pit for the divine race . Yueshen, on the other hand, was an immortal ghost . . .

Wait!

Yueshen?

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Shen, as in the character for G.o.d?

Realization struck him . “You’re a divine too?”

Yueshen was at a loss . She remembered nothing about her past but her own name .

“That must be it . ” Her being a divine would explain everything . The burial pit was here for a reason, and the power beneath the abyss had likely also factored into why Yueshen had turned into a ghost, rather than return to life .

The thing beneath the abyss can kill divines . I wonder if the river G.o.d will be able to deal with it once she resurrects .

Lu Yun had all the time in the world to think, now that he’d entered the gates . Time was halted outside, comparatively speaking . Even if he stayed here for hundreds of millions of years, he’d return to the same point in time once he left . Thus, he wasn’t worried that the palace monster would break free after he’d collected the body of the river G.o.d .

However, the monster intimidated even the dark creatures that the divines had been corrupted into; it was no ordinary monster .

“There’s nothing for it, I have to try! If the river G.o.d can’t help us, we’ll die no matter what! Third Envoy of Samsara, seek your place!” Lu Yun exclaimed .

Hum .

A black light radiated from Lu Yun, and the faint shadow of a book rose from his body .

Crack crack crack .

The enormous corpsefish cracked open like a coc.o.o.n, allowing the mermaid to slowly step out . Her eyes gradually fluttered open, revealing the depths of an ocean in her gaze . Long, crystal-blue hair flowed around her, matching the color of her tail . She looked like a piece of fine art, sculpted from crystal .

“Xuanxi, third Envoy of Samsara, greets master . ” She swept down in a graceful curtsey .  

Lu Yun rubbed his nose . Just like Yuying, Xuanxi had resurrected without any clothes . What set her apart was the fish tail that made up her lower body . Noting her nakedness, the new envoy manifested a downy-blue silk robe with a light wave of her hand, covering her curves .

Is this corpsefish the one that rampaged through the Dusk River and ate the thirty-six golden immortals? Lu Yun stared at the corpsefish on the ground . The river G.o.d had come back to life, but that corpsefish remained .

It looked like Xuanxi had been eaten by the creature after her death, but her tremendous power had a.s.similated the corpsefish in return .

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