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Chapter 597 Backlash
That’s right, it’s Pluto!
His upper body was naked just like before, but his skin was a lifeless gray, and his eyes were pitch black, with no way to tell the difference between the black and white pupils. He exuded a dead and ghostly aura.

He's not dead?
Ling Yao glanced at Ye who was still practicing qigong and regulating his breathing behind him. He gritted his teeth, picked up the Snow Song Sword and held it across his chest, trying to mobilize his remaining energy.

However, after being amplified and exploded by the monster's skills, he had exhausted his strength. Now his meridians were dry. Trying to mobilize strength was like drawing water from the desert, with no gain.

"Hey, Ye, how are you recovering?" Ling Yao's forehead was covered with sweat. He turned around to look at Luo Jun, but found that the other party didn't hear what he said at all.

This is bad... Seeing the Hades on the opposite side walking out of the pit and walking towards this side with an expressionless face, Ling Yao gritted his teeth, pointed the tip of his sword at the opponent and was ready to counterattack.

At this moment, another figure dropped from the sky and stood between him and Hades. With extremely fast movements, he pressed several major acupoints on Hades' body, then drew a magic circle in the air and slapped Hades on the head.

The eyes of Pluto who was hit returned to normal, and the gray and white decayed color on his body quickly faded away. Then he closed his eyes, his body softened, and fell forward into the man's arms.

"Ji Wushuang?" Ling Yao called out the name of the person who came.

Ji Wushuang held the limp Pluto and turned around. Only half of that bright face was left, and the other half was shrouded in black air. The skin was gray and shriveled, as if it had been hit by a severe curse.

"You don't look well." Seeing Ji Wushuang's appearance, Ling Yao immediately became alert.

"Don't worry." Ji Wushuang said, "The monster in Zhuge Yan's body has been weakened in the main world. Even if I occupy his entity, my influence is limited. Although I was caught in the trap due to my carelessness, I was able to suppress it and not be like this idiot, who had evil roots planted in his body."

As he spoke, Ji Wushuang looked at Zhuge Yan in his arms, his eyes full of resentment and heartache.

"I heard that many years ago, President Ji and Zhuge Yan were a couple." Ling Yao said, "Then, Zhuge Yan failed in his mission and became a polluter, so you broke off the relationship."

"Ling Jue told you." Ji Wushuang snorted coldly, "He's the only one who likes gossiping about our affairs."

Ling Yao scratched his head awkwardly and looked at the unconscious Hades: "So now, is this Senior Zhuge... a human or a ghost?"

"He..." Ji Wushuang sighed: "I can't explain it clearly now."

"Back then, I reached the stage of metamorphosis first. He felt that he was falling behind and was unwilling to accept it. In order to hone his abilities, he took on many difficult missions and spent a long time in the [Supernatural]. In the end, a serious mistake caused him to be polluted... But even if he became a polluter, he just changed his position. His mind can still be considered human..."

"But later, he encountered an extremely powerful Feathered-level ghost monster. Knowing that he could not defeat it, he even asked the Yuan Xiu Society for help in order to prevent the lives of the [Spiritual] creatures from being destroyed. I volunteered to go to [Spiritual] and fight alongside him against that monster."

"Is that the demon from before?" Ling Yao remembered the huge monster form.

Ji Wushuang nodded: "That monster was extremely powerful. It was very difficult for the two of us to fight together. In the end, we finally won, but the monster counterattacked before dying and invaded Zhuge Yan's body."

"He felt that he was at risk of being infected and assimilated again, so he asked me to kill him immediately. But I couldn't bear it, so I just put a ban on him..." Ji Wushuang sighed, "To be honest, I was soft-hearted back then and caused today's disaster. I will apologize to President Wan when I go back..."

"No need to wait to go back, just talk here if you have anything to say."

Suddenly, a voice was heard from the valley, the tone was casual but also revealed a sense of majesty.

Ling Yao and Ji Wushuang were slightly startled when they heard this. They turned around and saw a short and fat figure slowly falling from mid-air. It was Wan Guiyuan, the president of Yuan Xiu Society!

"President Wan...President Wan..."

Even though Ji Wushuang, who had also attained immortality, seemed a little uneasy when facing Wan Guiyuan. On the contrary, Ling Yao, who was standing next to him, was more calm despite being only at his peak and with his vitality depleted.

"Aren't you in charge of the Yuandu headquarters?" Ji Wushuang turned his body slightly, subconsciously trying to shield the limp Hades. "I'll take care of this matter..."

"I'm at the headquarters right now. This is just a projection of my clone." Wan Guiyuan looked at Hades and couldn't help but sighed: "Do you know why I let you handle this matter even though I know the relationship between you and Zhuge Yan?"

Ji Wushuang lowered his head slightly: "President Wan is kind-hearted and is willing to take care of me..."

"It's no use trying to flatter me!" Wan Guiyuan's eyes narrowed into slits: "I arranged for you to come because I know that if I leave this matter to anyone else, you will not be at ease and will definitely follow secretly. In this case, it is better to leave the matter to you generously."

"You have been a Yuhua for so many years. You have been in charge of the capital and the Tianjing branch. You have been conscientious and selfless. I thought you could handle this matter well... Unexpectedly, you disappointed me so much!"

Wan Guiyuan's tone became stern, and Ji Wushuang couldn't help but tremble: "But, President Wan, I really..."

"Five years ago, you should have killed him!" Wan Guiyuan said, "I believe Zhuge Yan also asked you to do so at that time."

Ji Wushuang lowered his head and said nothing, just nodded slightly.

"I asked you to come here because I hope you can put a perfect end to this matter, but it seems that you are going to make the same mistake again?"

"No... I..." Ji Wushuang was still trying to explain, but Wan Guiyuan frowned slightly: "You dare to say that you don't want to send him back to [Spiritual]? Are you here to ask for forgiveness yourself?"

“But…” Ji Wushuang argued, “Ninety percent of the evil spirits in his body have been eliminated, and the remaining remnants have been sealed by me, so they won’t cause trouble again… President Wan, please spare his life…”

"Five years ago, you also thought your seal was foolproof, right?" Wan Guiyuan snorted coldly, "What was the result? Hundreds of explorers from Puhua College were contaminated, and dozens of backbone members of the Yuan Xiu Society died... You should be thankful that the ghost did not cause a large number of civilian casualties, otherwise, how would you let the Yuan Xiu Society explain to the public!"

Hearing Wan Guiyuan's accusation, Ji Wushuang lowered his head lower and lower, no longer able to refute.

"You only know how to make sarcastic remarks." At this time, Ling Yao on the side suddenly said, "If you knew about this hidden danger long ago, what were you doing five years ago? You didn't take any action in the past five years, and you only knew to hold people accountable after something happened? Yuan Xiuhui has been around for so many years, but you still act like a bureaucrat! Don't blame me, the Ling family, for not accepting it!"

Hearing him say this, Ji Wushuang's face turned pale. He turned around and winked at Ling Yao, telling him to shut up.

Wan Guiyuan looked at Ling Yao and said, "You are Ling Jue's son, right? I have heard that you are the best person under Yuhua, but I have never had the chance to see you in person. Yes, you are indeed a handsome man!"

"You're right. I really haven't done anything in the past five years." Wan Guiyuan sighed, "That's why I have to make up for it now."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand towards Ji Wushuang: "Leave him to me, I will handle your matter as appropriate..."

"No, President Wan, this..." Ji Wushuang wanted to struggle, but Wan Guiyuan flashed behind her, and then he gently touched her neck with his fat hand, and Ji Wushuang lost consciousness and collapsed. This move made Ling Yao's eyes widen, and he was shocked.

Ji Wushuang is a real celestial being. Even if he was injured by the ghost transformed by Hades and was in a bad condition, he couldn't be subdued so easily. What's more, this wasn't Wan Guiyuan's real body, but just a clone projection?
The number one person under the Immortal Realm was so shocked that he was speechless in front of the number one person in Zhendan.

Wan Guiyuan raised his hand, and Ji Wushuang and the Pluto beside him floated up into the air and hovered beside him.

"Ling Yao..." Wan Guiyuan looked at Luo Jun who was meditating not far away to dissipate the vitality in his body. "That's Ye over there, right? On behalf of the Yuan Xiu Association, I want to thank you for your help in this incident. Thanks to your efforts, the impact of the incident has been minimized. Later, the Yuan Xiu Association will commend you for your contribution."

"However, what you just heard and saw involves the reputation of a Yuhua, and also the image of the Yuanxiu Society. I hope you can keep it a secret for her. I will give a proper result to this matter, but the Yuanxiu Society cannot do without Ji Wushuang, Zhendan, and even the main world cannot do without the Yuanxiu Society."

"I am here, thank you in advance."

As he spoke, Wan Guiyuan actually bowed to the two of them, then waved his hand, and a huge space crack appeared behind him. He then led the two of them and retreated into the crack, disappearing.

…………

Tao produces one, one produces two, two produces three, and three produces all things.

The principle of Yuan Qi is basically the same. Starting from a physical body with nothing, one begins to practice at the Consolidation Stage. Yuan Qi grows little by little, and finally reaches the Pei Yuan Stage and Condensation Mind Stage, where one can use Yuan Qi to display all kinds of magical abilities.

This is the process of cultivation.

But now, inside Luo Jun's body, the process was reversed.

The abundant and swelling vital energy constantly dissipates each other, becoming less and less, and finally returning to nothing.

All things become three, three become two, two become one, and one becomes the Tao...

Luo Jun felt the vitality in his body was decreasing. At first, it only relieved the swelling in his meridians, but later, his meridians began to feel empty. But for some reason, the pleasure became more and more obvious, making it difficult for Luo Jun to control himself. His mind was filled with the only thought that he should continue practicing!

But relying on his extraordinary mental strength, Luo Jun still noticed something unusual. If this continued, his vitality would probably be exhausted, and even lead to unpredictable consequences.

It's time to stop!

Luo Jun immediately tried to stop eliminating the vital energy, but the cycle that had been formed seemed to have inertia. Even though he had tried to stop it, the vital energy still automatically eliminated each other. Although the speed was getting slower and slower, the process did not stop!
Luo Jun tried his best to stop it, but he was unable to completely stop the process until his vitality was completely exhausted. After his vitality was completely exhausted, his body fell into a state of extreme thirst, and it seemed that he needed to consume something to maintain it!

His vital energy has been drained away, and all that remains are his meridians, blood, and flesh!

Want to eliminate yourself?
A pain from the inside out spread throughout his limbs, creating a sharp contrast with the previous feeling of comfort. Luo Jun couldn't help but hunch over and tremble all over.

Was there a backlash?

Luo Jun endured the severe pain and used all his energy to stop this self-erosion, but this action only brought greater pain, unbearable pain!

No, more vitality is needed to fill this gap!

Thinking of this, Luo Jun suddenly focused his attention on the Eye of Domination!

After the upgrade, the Eye of Domination had five slave slots. He put Ashlia, Elontan, Lilith and Gabriel in them. In other words, these four summons occupied 20% of his vitality limit!
And liberating them does not require consuming any energy!

Luo Jun immediately cancelled their loyalty, and nearly 180,000 breaths of energy appeared in his body, which began to replace his flesh and blood and consume himself.

180,000 breaths of energy was an astronomical number for others, but compared to Luo Jun's previous state after drinking too much nectar, it was nothing. Fortunately, with Luo Jun's efforts, the speed of consumption had been greatly reduced, and these energy still lasted for some time. During this time, he was still working hard to reduce consumption!
Finally, before the last bit of his vitality was completely destroyed, Luo Jun finally stopped the process.

He felt the empty sea of ​​qi and meridians, breathed a long sigh of relief, slowly opened his eyes, and saw Ling Yao's slightly curious face at first sight.

"What are you doing?!" Luo Jun was so scared that he took a step back.

"I also want to ask you what you are doing..." Ling Yao stroked his chin: "The expression just now was both pleasurable and painful... Have you also reached the stage of corroding the body?"

Luo Jun nodded: "Have you experienced this too?"

"It seems that you didn't listen to my warning just now." Ling Yao shrugged his shoulders: "This method is very dangerous. Practicing it to the end will corrode your flesh and blood. I have tried many methods, but I can't avoid this process. So I guess this method was not prepared for humans from the beginning."

"But at least you stopped in time." Ling Yao nodded: "When I tried it for the first time, I was a little too late and almost died from it. In the end, I took various pills and healing spells and lay down for seven days before I recovered."

"Is it so miserable?" Luo Jun asked in surprise.

"Not bad." Ling Yao waved his hand: "Fortunately, this process is reversible. As long as you follow what I taught you and reverse your luck, the lost vitality can be regenerated, but the flesh and blood can only grow slowly on their own..."

Can you come back?

Luo Jun tried to reverse the movement, and indeed, there were signs of the regeneration of the vital energy. However, the strange thing was that this vital energy was not generated from the sea of ​​qi like normal cultivation, but was generated from the meridians throughout the body at the same time...

"What a weird feeling..." Luo Jun sighed. "It's like the vital energy is being squeezed out of all the cells in my body."

"It's weird, but there's nothing I can do about it." Ling Yao sighed, "If I don't push it out like this, I won't have any more energy to use."

"What did you say?" Luo Jun asked in surprise.

"I've tried it. What's lost is not only the vital energy, but also our body's ability to produce vital energy. In this state, our Qi sea is as if dead. Using normal cultivation methods, we can no longer produce vital energy. Only by completely reversing this process can we regain the ability to use vital energy."

(End of this chapter)