Poison Ivy was not going to allow anyone to touch Jun Wu Xie and the companions and he fought against the oppressive aura the Spirit Lord had released to push his vines out, that speedily twirled and weaved into a web before Jun Wu Xie and the others.
“What audacity! Poison Ivy! Are are rebelling against the Spirit Lord! ?” The Second Disciple roared.
Poison Ivy did not even look at the Second Disciple at all, a fox borrowing on the ferocity of a tiger, but was looking with an unwavering gaze at the Spirit Lord, his eyes filled with doubt and disbelief.
“Spirit Lord, why are you doing this?”
The Spirit Lord turned to look at Poison Ivy. After a moment’s silence, he suddenly opened his mouth to say: “Poison Ivy, what am I like in your heart?”
Poison Ivy lowered his eyes and then said feeling rather painfully and conflicted: “Spirit Lord, you created the Spirit World and gave us spirits a safe place to reside in. You are an irreplaceable benefactor in all our hearts and have always been righteous and impartial, benevolent and forgiving.”
That was the impression all spirits had of the Spirit Lord in their hearts. What Poison Ivy said was just what all the other spirit felt.
The Spirit Lord suddenly laughed as he looked at Poison Ivy’s conflicted expression before saying with a joyful laugh: “So, in all of your hearts, I am actually so perfect. I am truly very happy to hear that.”
Seeing the Spirit Lord smile, Poison Ivy secretly heaved a sigh of relief inside. But before he could even recollect himself, a powerful surge of oppressive aura suddenly severed off his consciousness!
Poison Ivy fell to the ground without a sound, and the vines blocking the human spirits’ way dissipated away together with that.
“If I am truly so great, then why do you not obey my order?” The smile on the Spirit Lord’s face disappeared, to be replaced by a heart chilling callousness.
“Take them all away.” The Spirit Lord tossed out that statement and then turned around to leave.
The Beast Spirits at the sides were unable to move, suppressed by the spirit aura. They could do nothing but to stare in incredulity at the Spirit Lord they found so unfamiliar to them before their eyes.
When did their Spirit Lord become so cruel?
The Second Disciple acknowledged the order given to him and went on to gleefully and arrogantly get his men to bind Jun Wu Xie and the others up tightly before dragging them away.
Under the countless pairs of eyes of the Beast Spirits, the group of human spirits blatantly dragged Jun Wu Xie and her companions away. Many of the Beast Spirits wanted to rush forward to stop them but they were all unable to move.
It was until the team of human spirits had disappeared from sight that the spirit aura that engulfed their bodies started to fade away.
“What is exactly….. happening here?” All the Beast Spirits began to stand up, their hearts filled with horror. They just could not understand what had happened in that scene they had just seen.
Just what was their Spirit Lord really doing?
While the mass of Beast Spirits were still stunned and frozen in their places, a dark shadow lay concealed within Flame Dragon’s cave, its sharp gaze from its pair of eyes peering through the swathe of darkness inside to watch everything that was happening outside. The dark shadow then soundlessly took a step back, and looked at Nalan Shan who lay protected within two Spirit Reinforcement circles. It was clear that Jun Wu Xie’s Spirit Reinforcement runes had worked and the Spirit Lord had not noticed Nalan Shan’s presence.
Beneath the notice of all the other Beast Spirits, that little black shadow then shot out lightning quick from Flame Dragon’s dark lair, carrying itself at its fastest speed in a mad sprint towards its intended destination.
Volume 22
Chapter 2108: Imprisonment (1)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
Jun Wu Xie woke up from her coma and beneath her, the floor was icy cold. Her head was throbbing with pain which caused her memory before she lost consciousness to become a fuzzy mess. She tried very hard to recall everything and suddenly remembered the scene where she stood against the Spirit Lord. Her brows creased together and she sat herself up, where she then heard a series of clear clinks.
Four lengths of Soul Binding Chains shackled her four limbs, with the other end all linking to the wall, restricting all her movements.
Jun Wu Xie froze slightly and then noticed that she was locked up in a dark and dank dungeon, her power of the spirit sealed up by the Soul Binding Chains, where she was unable to summon any of her powers.
“How is it? Are you satisfied with your current accommodations?” A taunting laugh sounded suddenly from inside the dungeon.
Jun Wu Xie lifted her head. It was not known from when the figure of Wu Jiu appeared outside the steel bars. All the wounds on his body had healed completely and upon that effeminate and handsome looking face, was a smile that sent a chill through people.
“How pitiful. Such a beautiful young lady and you’ve actually been locked up in this dark dungeon that doesn’t see the light of day. It’s truly….. such a pity.” Wu Jiu said as he looked at Jun Wu Xie smilingly. It was hard to imagine that he could actually recover so completely within such a short period of time.
Jun Wu Xie narrowed her eyes and looked at Wu Jiu who was absolutely filled with glee. Without even giving it a thought, she knew she was brought in here after she fell unconscious. She was unable to summon up any power of the spirit and she could not even probe one’s spirit aura.
“Where are my companions?” Jun Wu Xie asked coldly. Qiao Chu and the others would have been imprisoned by the Spirit Lord like she was and since she was locked up in here, where would all of the others be?
The corners of Wu Jiu’s mouth carried the hint of a smile as he crouched, bringing himself down to Jun Wu Xie’s eye level.
“What if I told you that they are all dead?”
Jun Wu Xie’s gaze was suddenly overflowing with chilling murder, the thick murderous intent causing Wu Jiu’s eyes to widen. Immediately, he began to laugh even more gleefully.
“It was just a joke. With spirits who have reached the realm of Spirit Outflare, how could I possibly bear to kill them? Rest assured, they are all perfectly fine. Just like you, they have been locked up in other dungeons, and I will not harm them for now.”
“What are you going to?” Jun Wu Xie asked as she stared coldly at Wu Jiu. She did not believe for a moment that Wu Jiu would really be so kind as to want to spare them. Otherwise, the Spirit Lord would not have appeared, and they would not be imprisoned.
Wu Jiu smiled widely at Jun Wu Xie and replied: “What? Didn’t you want to save the Spiritual Bear? You know this as well. The Spiritual Bear is absolutely necessary for me to build the Serene Spirit Tower. But in order to make the Serene Spirit Tower more powerful, it is impossible to achieve with just one Spiritual Bear. I need more, more powerful spirits, and the lot of you, are the best sacrifices I am preparing to present to the Serene Spirit Towers.”
Wu Jiu’s eyes then flashed with a glint of lunacy.
“Just think about it. Six human spirits capable of Spirit Outflare, cleanly absorbed by Spirit Fire. What a wonderful thing that will be! With all of you being of such great use, how can I possibly bare to kill all of you? If all of you are to die, you can die after you have been sacrificed to the Serene Spirit Tower.”
“You lunatic. The Serene Spirit Tower does not elevate anyone’s cultivation at all. Everything that you are doing is merely just providing nourishment to feed the Spirit Fire on the twelfth level.” Jun Wu Xie continued to look icily at Wu Jiu to say.
Wu Jiu gave a light laugh and then replied: “You are rather smart. Everything you’ve just said is correct, but what can you do? Your words will not be believed by any spirit and you can’t even come out from this cell now. Does it even matter how much you know?”
Volume 22
Chapter 2109: Imprison
ment (2)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
“Jun Wu Xie, you really shouldn’t be standing on the Beast Spirits’ side. With your intelligence and capability, if you are to help me, I can give you everything that you could ever want.” Wu Jiu said temptingly.
Jun Wu Xie snorted derisively and replied: “Everything I can ever want? Including having you dead?”
Wu Jiu was taken aback a moment, before immediately recovering to place the smile back on his face.
“You are still being too naive. Do you really think just one Spiritual Bear is all that important? Not to mention just one Spiritual Bear, even if it is the entire Spirit World, or the whole of the Middle Realm, so what? Compared to the three realms, it is so insignificant, and just utterly pathetic. If just by making a little bit of a sacrifice, you come to gain bigger and unmatched power, what does it matter?”
“You are thinking to absorb power of the spirit from the Spirit Fire?” Jun Wu Xie faintly detected a little of Wu Jiu’s evil intentions.
However, Wu Jiu shook his head.
Regardless whether it is in the Lower Realm, Middle Realm, or Upper Realm, even the strongest person among all has a certain limit he can reach. But if there is a way to break through that limit, what will that bring for the future? That is something that you cannot even begin to imagine. Your sights are set too narrowly. It’s just a tiny little sacrifice and you already cannot accept it. That has doomed you to be unable to achieve great things. You will never be able to experience just how magnificent a feat it is to shatter through void!”
“Shatter through void?” Jun Wu Xie repeated as she looked at Wu Jiu. She was hearing those words for the first time but she detected that everything that Wu Jiu was doing was linked to those three words.
“That transcends all power in this world, to become a true god.” Wu Jiu’s eyes were flashing with a fiery fervour.
Jun Wu Xie did not say anything more as she knew, even if she was to continue asking, Wu Jiu would not tell her anything more about that. She then shifted the topic. “So, you used shattering the void to draw in the Spirit Lord?”
Wu Jiu shook his head, his gaze shifting slightly to glance towards the cell opposite Jun Wu Xie.
Under that dim firelight, Jun Wu Xie saw a young child locked up within that shadowy cell. He seemed to be unconscious, and not only his four limbs were shackled by the Soul Binding Chains, but there were two more chains shackled around his waist and neck, and the Soul Binding Chains were at least double the thickness of the Soul Binding Chains on Jun Wu Xie.
“That’s it. I’ve already said enough to you. I’ll advise that you enjoy the final moments you have as….. you do not have all that much time left to be alive.” Wu Jiu said as he stood up, seeming like he did not have anything more to say to Jun Wu Xie, slowly walking away to leave.
Jun Wu Xie’s brows furrowed tightly together, as the situation before her could be said to be extremely bad.
She tried to summon out Little Lotus and Poppy from inside her soul but there was no effect at all after several attempts. The Soul Binding Chains had not only sealed her power of the spirit, it had also trapped Little Lotus and the others within her soul, unable to break free.
After attempting a few more times, she finally gave up. With the state she was in, she wasn’t even able to use her power of the spirit to fabricate a metal wire to undo the Soul Binding Chains.
The only thing she had on her was the little awl and though that awl was small, to the keyhole in the Soul Binding Chain, it was slightly too big.
She was at the end of her tethers.
The only thing that was still fortunate was that she knew Qiao Chu and her other companions were currently not in any immediate danger. Wu Jiu had already stated his motives very clearly and he was keeping them for the Spirit Fire to absorb them, so they would at least still be safe temporarily.
Although they would be safe for the moment, but it would be a calamity for Brownie!
Having finally captured Brownie after so much trouble, Wu Jiu would not give up on his original plan. It wouldn’t be long before Brownie would surely be brought to the fourth Serene Spirit Tower, to undergo the same agony he had gone through before.
Volume 22
Chapter 2110: Imprisonment (3)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
The situation could not be any worse. Jun Wu Xie ordered herself to calm down as if she were to lose her cool, then there would be no possibility of her being saved.
Wu Jiu had dared to tell her so much only because Wu Jiu firmly believed that Jun Wu Xie would not be able to escape for calamity this time but only Jun Wu Xie knew that she still have a sliver of a chance.
Because the little black cat was not at her side!
What Jun Wu Xie wanted to do at that moment was to ensure her own survival and that of her companions, to make sure they last till a certain someone came to rescue them.
Her heart calmed, Jun Wu Xie then regained her usual composed self. She still had one last move, one that Wu Jiu did not know about. Besides waiting for them to be rescued in the very close future, she still had another way to save herself.
Jun Wu Xie raised her hand up to touch the Face of Selvan worn on her earlobe and her eyes flashed with a sharp glint. The Face of Selvan did not require her to summon any of her own power to use it, and if it came to the point that she was left with no other choice, she would use the Face of Selvan to ensure she and her companions would live, and what she needed to do now was only to wait.
Having thought through the chips she held in her hands, Jun Wu Xie was not feeling that worried anymore.
What really concerned her was the Spirit Lord himself.
Based on what Poison Ivy said, the Spirit Lord reigned over the Spirit World he created, and was a benevolent and impartial man. Why had he changed so drastically in a mere hundred years?
Not only had he sided with and favoured the human spirits, he had even covered for Wu Jiu when he clearly knew that Wu Jiu was using the Spiritual Bear as a sacrifice. Not only that, he had also incarcerated Flame Dragon….. All these signs, made Jun Wu Xie think that things were really strange.
If Wu Jiu did not hold something that was just too irresistible to the Spirit Lord, that it would mean that the Spirit Lord must have been possessed for him to believe a person like Wu Jiu who held such voracious ambitions.
Jun Wu Xie thought things through quietly. Besides all of that, she suddenly thought of something…..
She could still remember, back when she had met Jun Wu Yao for the first time, Jun Wu Yao had been shackled up with countless chains. As it had been pitch dark then, Jun Wu Xie had not been able to see properly, and as she had been in such a wretched condition at that time, she had not given things all that much thought. But now as she looked at the Soul Binding Chains around her four limbs, she could not help but to close her eyes, searching through her mind when her heart suddenly jumped in shock!
The feel of these Soul Binding Chains, were almost exactly like those shackled around Jun Wu Yao back then, except a little thinner.
Soul Binding Chains were effective only on spirit bodies as only spirits would not be able to summon up their powers because of Soul Binding Chains. But why had those Soul Binding Chains that affected only spirit bodies been on Jun Wu Yao?
Could that mean…..
A strange thought formed up in Jun Wu Xie’s mind, but it was very quickly that she denied that very thought herself.
She had seen Jun Wu Yao’s blood, which had been blood red.
And spirit bodies would not bleed.
Feeling a little lost by her very own guess, Jun Wu Xie then shook that idea right out of her head. The crisis before her eyes had not yet been resolved and she should not think too much about other things.
Just as Jun Wu Xie was going to consider how she should deal with her current circumstances, a bout of clinking sounds, the dr
agging of chains against the stone floor suddenly rang out, and the source of that sound was coming from right in front of Jun Wu Xie.
Jun Wu Xie immediately raised her head up, and her gaze was met with a pair of light grey eyes.
Locked in the cell opposite Jun Wu Xie, the child who had been unconscious earlier had already come awake. He was dragging the Soul Binding Chains shackled around him as he came to lean against the metal bars of the cell door, his face expressionless as he looked at Jun Wu Xie opposite him.
The little child leaned himself slightly forward, and it allowed Jun Wu Xie to be able to see him more clearly.
Volume 22
Chapter 2111: Secret Within The Spirit World (1)
Translator: Misty Cloud Translations Editor: Misty Cloud Translations
It was a little fella who had a face with handsome features, looking to be no more than seven or eight years old. His scrawny body was wrapped within loose clothes, skinny like a thin sheet of paper. But on that small little face, was a pair of eyes that did not fit his age, steady and calm. That pair of eyes, though the rest of him was looking rather wretched, gave people a feeling of composed elegance.
Although that description when used upon a child about seven or eight years of age was rather strange, described him perfectly.
Looking at that child made Jun Wu Xie unable to help herself but to think of Little Jue, the young bumbling little tyke. Back in the Dark Emperor’s tomb, Jun Wu Yao had tried all ways and means to improve his deficient consciousness and thinking about him now, he should have recovered by this time. Growing up over the past few years, he might have now matured to become a adolescent youth from that young little child.
However, what really surprised Jun Wu Xie was this child’s looks. Exquisitely good looking, and it could well be imagined how handsome a specimen of a man he would surely grow up into. But that very same handsomely featured face made Jun Wu Xie feel as if she had seen it before, like he was a younger version of the Spirit Lord.
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