Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 360

The scorching flames transformed into the shape of a phoenix and swept towards Runsheng. In the darkness, one could almost hear the cry of the phoenix.

Previously in the passageway, the old thing behind the stone gate initially used a method of evenly distributing and burning everyone, so Runsheng could easily resist at that time. But now, with this kind of concentrated attack targeting one person, Runsheng dares not be careless.

He clenched his right fist, gradually opening his vents. Blood flowed faster through the grooves on his body, followed by the release of blood mist from his vents and the flow of blood through the grooves.

This is Runsheng's strongest punch in his normal state, second only to the one with his ki gate fully open.

The fist collided with the fire phoenix, blood forming a barrier, and shockwaves surging.

However, after the fire phoenix was shattered, it instantly transformed into countless firebirds and continued to rush towards Runsheng.

The distance was too close, and Runsheng was in a short break to breathe, so he didn't have time to react.

Firebirds crashed into Runsheng, who let out a muffled groan as fist-sized charred marks appeared on his body.

On the Taoist priest's side, a man wielding two swords broke away from the group and walked towards Runsheng.

They dared not rush forward, fearing that if they went too fast, they would be accidentally injured by the flames from their own leader.

Walk slowly over, finish them off, and then retrieve the gourd from beside the charred corpse.

As someone who only trains their physique, their fighting style is often very particular. Their greatest advantage lies in fighting as close as possible, while their greatest disadvantage is that Run Sheng was bombarded by the opponent's prepared magic from a great distance.

Li Jun is no ordinary river traveler; this advantage allows him to hold on firmly, and Runsheng will be in a passive and suppressed state from now on.

However, Runsheng initially stood there nonchalantly, waiting to be bombarded, precisely to create an opening.

A domain unfolded behind Runsheng and rapidly encompassed him and his surroundings.

The arrogant firebirds slowed down, allowing Runsheng to catch his breath and unleash a barrage of punches, blasting them apart wave after wave.

As for his injuries, they weren't minor, but they weren't serious either.

Chen Xiyuan leaped forward, landing on top of Runsheng's head.

Runsheng lifted her up with one hand, caught one of her feet, and then pushed her upwards, allowing Chen Xiyuan to successfully take off.

The speed wasn't too amazing, because without Xiao Yuan's angle and force information, Runsheng didn't dare to exert too much force.

But that was enough. Li Jun on the other side was in a calming phase after casting a spell, and Chen Xiyuan seized this opportunity.

Immediately, Runsheng made a grasping motion in his hand, and the Yellow River shovel on the ground was sucked into his hand, which he then used to charge towards the man with the twin swords.

Originally, Li Jun was surprised that Run Sheng could shatter his Fire Phoenix, but he was not flustered because he believed that the next changes in his magic would severely injure that person.

But when Chen Xiyuan appeared, fear showed in Li Jun's eyes.

He was not only present at the scene of the massacre at the museum that day, but he also participated in it personally, so he was well aware of how terrifying this woman from the Chen family was.

Unless the older generation takes action, it would be difficult to find many who can match him in a normal one-on-one fight among the younger generation.

"withdraw!"

The order was given with absolute decisiveness.

However, Chen Xiyuan, like a falling cannonball, ignored Li Jun and his men, and plunged straight into their midst.

After landing, a middle-aged man wielding a demon-subduing staff struck her, while a thin, ghostly-looking man attempted to assassinate her at close range.

But both the shadow of the stick and the figure seemed slow to Chen Xiyuan at this moment.

With her jade flute in hand, she first brushed aside the stick in front of her, then swept it across the ground with a casual flourish, releasing a dark green light that struck the blurry figure. Then, her already fast speed increased further, and she arrived directly in front of Li Jun, smashing the flute down on his head.

"Snapped."

The middle-aged man holding the stick staggered, while the thin man was sent flying backward.

Li Jun's head exploded.

There was no blood splattering, only scraps of cloth and paper.

Chen Xiyuan's gaze locked onto a spot again, she took a step forward, and raised her jade flute once more.

The vision in that area distorted. Knowing he had been detected, Li Jun lowered the sleeve that had previously covered his face and said as he retreated:
"Miss Chen, please allow me to apologize and make amends for what happened that day!"

As Chen Xiyuan chased after him and closed the distance, she said, "I accept your apology, but I don't need your compensation."

"Miss Chen truly possesses the demeanor of a member of the Dragon King's family; I admire her greatly!"

Chen Xiyuan: "I want you to experience what you did to me that day, and afterwards, I will apologize to you!"

Li Jun: “…”

The man with the stick and the thin figure attempted to strike again to help their leader stop Chen Xiyuan's pursuit.

As a result, one of them was stopped by Lin Shuyou, and the other was stopped by Tan Wenbin.

Lin Shuyou swiftly swung his double maces at the man wielding the stick, forcing him to defend himself.

Tan Wenbin's approach is even simpler. No matter how exquisite his opponent's movements are, they cannot escape his five senses. He's too lazy to rush to finish them off right now. He just needs to keep his opponent from using their hands and leave them hanging.

The main reason is that Chen Wai's team is too strong, so strong that we only need to be cheerleaders.

Once Captain Chen has dealt with that Taoist priest, then it'll be a piece of cake for him to take care of this guy in front of him.

Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals—only by clearly understanding one's own role can one better save costs.

Turning his head casually, Tan Wenbin noticed that Ah You next door was fighting fiercely, looking like he wanted to exchange injuries with his opponent in order to kill him as soon as possible.

Tan Wenbin could only shout in his heart, "Ayou, take it easy. You haven't fully recovered yet after the talisman needles were inserted."

Lin Shuyou: "Oh!"

Lin Shuyou immediately slowed down his attack, and the man with the stick was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

But when he saw his boss being chased by that woman, his heart sank, and then it was his turn to attack, recklessly wielding the Demon-Subduing Staff.

Lin Shuyou didn't take the bait, but only made a feigned response. When he sensed that the other party was about to break away, he pressed on again, making it impossible for the other party to escape.

Runsheng was the same; although he had the upper hand against the man with the double swords, he wasn't in a hurry.

When it comes to being thrifty and good at managing money, Tan Wenbin can't compare to Runsheng. What's more, he now has another person who will give him "advice and advice." Now, Runsheng is even careful with how much paper money he burns.

When you have an advantage, you should play it the way you would in an advantageous situation. Playing it poorly is disrespectful to the advantage you built up in the early stages.

Li Zhuiyuan didn't give orders; in this situation, there was absolutely no need for him to give orders.

Chen Xiyuan alone could overpower the entire opposing team; her own people only needed to stand by and offer encouragement.

Li Zhuiyuan walked alone, and when he passed the spot where Runsheng had been, he picked up the gourd from the scorched earth, blew on it, and wiped it clean.

Even the white magma couldn't destroy it, and no matter how powerful the previous spell was, it couldn't have caused any damage.

The boy, carrying the gourd, continued circling the battle circle. He walked up the steps, where a Taoist nun lay.

The nun had ten bloody claw marks on her chest, and her abdomen was ripped open. The bleeding had not yet completely stopped, and she was in a state of severe injury.

Furthermore, the compass in the nun's hand and the numerous carved wooden sticks scattered in front of her indicate that she is a formation master.

Seeing the young man approaching her, the Taoist nun's eyes revealed deep apprehension.

"you……"

Li Zhuiyuan picked up a small wooden stick, played with it in his hand, and asked:
"Did you make this yourself, or did you bring it from home?"

The nun looked puzzled, hesitated for a moment, and then answered, "It was bestowed upon me by my master."

Li Zhuiyuan: "So, you don't know how to use mechanisms?"

The Taoist nun said, "I... I don't know how."

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Then your master has quite a lot of ideas."

This small wooden stick is a product of the concept of mechanical art. When setting up an array, this advantage can greatly improve efficiency.

Although Li Zhuiyuan can now easily set up temporary formations, he still dares not lose the physical array flags and always carries them in his bag.

The former only pursues simplicity and efficiency, but in terms of actual strength and stability, it still needs to rely on the array flags.

Li Zhuiyuan understood this line of thinking.

After this wave ends and he returns, he plans to... well, he might as well just remodel all of the big guy's equipment.

The reason why mechanical arts are a niche skill in the martial arts world is twofold: firstly, like formations, they are difficult to learn; secondly, it is not because they are unsuitable for combat.

It's well-suited for combat. For example, Zhou Yunfan was able to control his maid puppet and directly blast that short, fat old man into serious injury.

It is expensive.

So expensive that even a genius like Zhou Yunfan, who was skilled in mechanical arts, had to marry into the Ding family after being expelled from the Zhou family to obtain the resources he needed for advancement.

Li Zhuiyuan is also very poor now. Although he has picked up a lot of things since he came to Luoyang, they are all tools. After all, no one carries a warehouse when traveling by river.

The truckload of materials that Zhao transported back from Jiujiang last time was basically used for building the training ground.

He's really short of materials right now, and relying on Ah Li to get memorial tablets of various materials is just a drop in the ocean.

Fortunately, this time there are two more enemies.

If we go to the Zhou family first, the problem of the necessary materials for the organization will definitely be solved; if we go to the Zhou family first and then to the Ding family, we won't be short of money next time we want to do something.

Actually, it would have been simpler to just tell the old lady and have Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu go. But the problem is that if Uncle Qin and Aunt Liu were to search the house, those things wouldn't be for me.

It's like adding a few insignificant things to the already incredibly wealthy ancestral homes of the Qin and Liu families.

Therefore, when it comes to revenge, you still have to do it yourself.

We can call on Zhao Yi; he used to be very rich, but now he's poor.

You could also bring Chen Xiyuan along; she's easy to fool.

Most importantly, she's incredibly wealthy and wouldn't care about those things, so there's no need to give her a share.

The Taoist nun looked at the boy's profile, hesitating several times as if she wanted to say something.

She had no idea what this mysterious young man was thinking about, or if he was figuring out how to kill her.
Right now, her boss is being chased and beaten, and her three companions are also entangled and unable to spare any attention, which means she has no one to protect her at all.

"boom!"

Li Jun was caught up by Chen Xiyuan and then sent flying by a flute.

Seeing this, the Taoist nun finally mustered her courage and asked:

"Please, spare my life?"

Li Zhuiyuan nodded: "Okay."

A smile appeared on the Taoist nun's face, which had turned pale from excessive blood loss:
"Thank you."

Li Zhuiyuan dropped the small wooden stick and picked up the gourd again to play with it.

Perhaps because it was close enough to the Taoist priest, the gourd was now trembling slightly even without incense sticks being inserted into it.

The boy conjured karmic fire with his fingertips, flicked it a few times at the surface of the gourd, and then activated his Yin-walking technique. This time, he saw special patterns appear on the surface of the gourd.

After memorizing these patterns, Li Zhuiyuan ended his Yin-Yang practice. He opened his right palm, and first, blood mist filled the air, then blood lines condensed, simulating the dynamics of the patterns on the gourd for analysis.

Chen Xiyuan is right, this gourd is indeed of very high quality.

However, there seems to be a contradiction here. The Bixia Sect gave the nourishing substance in the gourd to its own river travelers, but left the gourd in the sect. They certainly couldn't have foreseen this wave in advance.

That means that once the nurtured object leaves the gourd, it cannot be put back into the gourd, at least until that person finishes their journey across the river.

Once it's taken in, it can't get out?

Or does it mean that each time an item is taken out and put back, a long time is required?

From this perspective, this thing seems a bit useless.

He only lacks things now. After the journey across the river is over, he will be richer than Chen Xiyuan. No matter how precious the items are, they will not be effective in the short term.

Unless, of course, you can solve this problem yourself.

We need to find out what exactly this nourishing substance is and whether it's worth the trouble of worrying about this uncertainty.

Li Jun is in a miserable state. Even with all sorts of magical techniques, he cannot change his current situation.

Under Chen Xiyuan's onslaught, even escaping and hiding have become a luxury for him.

If his four subordinates were all in front of him and could cooperate well, he might have been able to struggle for a while. But now that his subordinates have been separated, he has been in a predicament from the very beginning.

However, he hasn't used any healing items yet, probably saving them for a last resort, hoping for a chance to escape death.

Li Zhuiyuan rested his chin on his palm; it seemed he would have to wait a little longer.

The nun said, "My sect once offended the Bixia Sect. Later, I offered to become the Dragon King of Li Jun and follow him across the river in exchange for the Bixia Sect letting my sect go."

Li Zhuiyuan had no interest in such matters and did not respond.

The Taoist nun said, "I've helped him get to this point, and I've done everything I could. I feel I have a clear conscience. What do you think?"

Li Zhuiyuan remained silent, seemingly not having heard at all.

The Taoist nun sighed to herself, "I want to live, I don't want to die. I'm still young, and I still have my own path of array formations to pursue."

Li Zhuiyuan kept his eyes fixed on that side. Chen Xiyuan was preparing to make the final three steps of suppression. At that time, Li Jun would have no choice but to make a final desperate gamble.

The Taoist nun gave a bitter smile and said, "In this light, being ambushed and seriously injured by that old cat demon is actually a kind of luck. As my master said, the ways of the world are truly unpredictable..."

"Buzz!"

All the small wooden sticks on the ground were first stood up and pieced together to form a small armchair. The Taoist nun threw the compass in her hand forward, and the compass landed on the small armchair and interlocked with each other.

An array capable of covering the entire area was instantly formed!

At the same time, the blood on the ground beside the Taoist nun automatically drew circles, forming the Asura Blood Demon Array. The core of the array was the Taoist nun herself. Blood-red vines shot out from the wound on the Taoist nun's abdomen, strangling towards Li Zhuiyuan, who was sitting next to her.

The nun's face immediately turned from pale to bluish. Her original serious injuries could have been healed, but now she was practically risking her life to launch this attack.

The Taoist nun's companions sensed the appearance of the formation above their heads, and their morale immediately soared. They prepared to take advantage of this lull in the fighting and launch a new offensive at all costs, so as to break free from their opponent's entanglement and go to support their leader.

Tan Wenbin and Runsheng also noticed the formation above their heads, but they were not flustered at all, and didn't even bother to take it seriously.

Because they had already seen Xiao Yuan sitting next to that Taoist nun, they didn't believe that anyone could set up an array right under their Xiao Yuan's nose.

The crimson vines encountered resistance just as they were about to touch the boy. A circle of black array patterns appeared around the boy, and karmic fire rose, enveloping the crimson vines and turning them black.

The Taoist nun opened her eyes wide in astonishment, her face filled with disbelief.

The boy in front of her didn't even turn his head to look at her because of her sneak attack. He simply raised his left hand and pointed at where she was.

The black vines retreated and pierced through the nun's body, lifting her off the steps like an offering placed on an altar.

The compass on the small armchair in front of them, which was spinning, paused briefly before starting to reverse.

The expected shift in power between the three Taoist nuns did not materialize. They had already gone all out, but in the end, it was not their opponents who were suppressed by the formation, but the nuns themselves.

This sudden change, where they were forced to fall after accumulating strength, exposed major weaknesses in all three of them.

There was no way around it; they trusted their comrades too much and relied too heavily on past experience. This obvious weakness made them feel somewhat embarrassed, even if Tan Wenbin and his men wanted to slack off and wait for reinforcements from Chen Wai's team.

The man wielding the staff stumbled, and the gate opened. Lin Shuyou first used his mace to deflect the opponent's Demon-Subduing Staff, then struck the opponent's chest with another mace. As the opponent was pulled away, Lin Shuyou crossed his two maces, his vertical pupils trembled violently, and a series of trident phantoms condensed and pierced through the opponent's body.

After landing, he immediately stood up and continued to hold the Demon-Subduing Staff. This was driven by physical inertia, but in reality, his soul was riddled with holes.

After standing for a while, he fell backward again.

The thin man in front of Tan Wenbin seemed to have lost his sense of direction, and as he turned around, he ended up exposing his back to him.

With no other option, Tan Wenbin had to use a "Five Senses Intimidation" technique to further daze his opponent, then jump on top of him and knock him down. Sitting on his opponent, his blood-red arms swung around, unleashing the most authentic Tongbei Fist.

When they stopped, the upper body of the man beneath them had turned into a paste.

Tan Wenbin stood up, the bloody light on his body dissipating. After the last "crash course," he followed Brother Xiaoyuan's advice and trusted the abilities of the four spirit beasts, letting them perform freely as much as possible.

This move did indeed elevate his abilities to a new level, but some of his animalistic tendencies became increasingly apparent, which to some extent affected his image.

It was much simpler with Runsheng.

The man with the dual swords tried to leap up and deliver a cross slash, but the pressure of the formation suddenly fell on him, and he knelt down in front of Runsheng with a "thud".

All Runsheng had to do was take the Yellow River shovel, slice it horizontally, and the double-sword man's head would be severed from his neck and fly away freely.

The team was already at a disadvantage, and then it was attacked from behind by a close teammate, so it's no surprise that it ended up in this situation.

When Li Jun sensed the pressure of the formation about to be applied to him, he knew that if he didn't give it his all, he would have no hope.

He pointed his fingertip at his chest, then pointed forward again, and a simple, ancient-looking "long-handled knife," no bigger than half a finger joint, pierced through his flesh and flew out.

Chen Xiyuan sensed the danger. Her domain seemed unable to suppress the blade, and the blade was even tracking her along the domain. If she didn't withdraw her domain to dodge now, it might pierce through her body.

Li Jun was certain that Chen Xiyuan would dodge. At this moment, he had already used a secret technique. The veins in his legs were bulging and bleeding profusely. He was just waiting for the domain to be closed so that he could desperately escape in one direction.

As long as you escape into the darkness, you have a chance to survive!

However, something unexpected happened that neither Li Jun nor Chen Xiyuan had anticipated.

The boy sitting on the steps tapped the gourd in his hand, and the blood from his palm seeped into the surface of the gourd, flowing through the lines.

Accompanied by the boy's soft voice:
"receive."

The small, long-handled knife that even Chen Xiyuan feared immediately turned around, flew towards the boy, and then plunged into the mouth of the gourd.

Li Zhuiyuan felt a sudden heat from the gourd, the mouth of the gourd turned red, and the opening closed directly.

Considering how sturdy this thing is, it would be virtually impossible to carve out a hole in it without damaging the gourd as a whole.

Li Jun did not flee, even though blood was already seeping from his Taoist robe.

Since running away was pointless, Chen Xiyuan's domain was not taken away and still enveloped him.

He just stared blankly at where the boy was.

If at first he thought his gourd had been picked up by their group, now he was almost certain that Peak Master Hong Sheng must have run into trouble, and it must be related to their group.

Some of the members of their alliance were searching for opportunities in the Yu family's ancestral home, while others were hunting surviving demonic beasts. Without exception, they were all trembling with fear and carefully avoiding the pursuit of the old men.

But these people are actually hunting down an old man?
Although he wasn't from the Dragon King's family, he had at least served alongside those three members of the Dragon King's family for a long time. Li Jun believed that even if those three revealed their trump cards, they wouldn't give him such a big shock.

Chen Xiyuan pressed her flute against Li Jun's head.

Li Jun let down all his defenses and vigilance.

"Miss Chen, is there any way for this humble Taoist priest to survive?"

"Did you give it to me that day at the museum?"

Li Jun nodded and asked, "Who is that?"

"Your martial uncle doesn't know either."

"Peak Master Hongsheng is my grandmaster uncle."

"No difference."

"I won't dirty Miss Chen's hands. I will dismember myself."

Chen Xiyuan remained silent.

Cracks appeared on Li Jun's face, quickly spreading all over his body. Then, starting from his feet, his body broke apart and scattered like flying catkins.

When only the area above the neck remained, Li Jun spoke:

“Miss Chen, this humble Taoist priest lacked compassion, which led to this tragic end. I am ashamed before this Taoist robe…”

Chen Xiyuan: "Stop talking nonsense, it's just because we can't beat them."

Li Jun glared at Chen Xiyuan, and just before the smoke reached his mouth, he quickly said one last thing:

"Lost..."

The person has completely vanished.

A Taoist robe fell to the ground.

Tan Wenbin clapped his hands and reminded, "Check it carefully, touch the body, be thorough!"

Chen Xiyuan lifted Li Jun's Taoist robe and discovered a peach wood sword inside. A smile immediately appeared on her face.

As Li Zhuiyuan walked towards them with the gourd in his hand, Chen Xiyuan happily handed him the peach wood sword.

"Little brother, look, he dropped something!"

Li Zhuiyuan gestured for Chen Xiyuan to look at the Taoist robe.

He remembered that Li Jun had used this robe to cover his body before.

Compared to this peach wood sword, this Taoist robe is far more valuable.

Chen Xiyuan turned over the Taoist robe and said, "This material is indeed special."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Take it. After you leave the Yu family, ask Grandma Yao to clean and alter it so she can make you a dress."

Chen Xiyuan: "But if I want to conceal my figure, I can just open my domain."

Li Zhuiyuan: "Why didn't you open the soup restaurant that night when you were being chased?"

Chen Xiyuan: "Um... that was because I was seriously injured. Okay, little brother, I understand what you mean, I'll accept it."

The material is exquisite, and it's not suitable for Tan Wenbin, Runsheng, and Lin Shuyou to wear. Their movements during battle would be too vigorous, causing it to break. It would also be a waste for them to wear it themselves. The young man has the Purple Gold Compass and the formation, which can maintain the state of being shrouded for a long time.

Li Zhuiyuan walked towards the animal enclosure. The old cat demon lay on the ground, barely breathing, with more exhalation than inhalation. Some of the kittens were lying on its body, while others nestled beside it.

The scene looked both heartwarming and pitiful.

However, if you extend your gaze a little further inward and look at the Yu family members, whose heads are nailed in and who are being raised like pigs, naked, your previous emotions will immediately vanish.

Li Zhuiyuan raised his foot and gently kicked the old cat demon on the ground.

The old cat demon opened its eyes, its gaze cloudy.

But you can still tell that it first looked to the left, then to the right, and finally looked at itself. It looked at every little kitten around it.

Li Zhuiyuan began:

"I'm giving you the choice. One of these kittens is definitely your true form. Let it come out on its own, and I'll let the rest go."

The old cat demon's fur stood on end. If it weren't already on the verge of death, it would have instantly risen up and torn the boy in front of it to shreds.

The atmosphere of filial piety that had just been created was completely shattered at this moment.

Chen Xiyuan: "So, it wasn't protecting these kittens all along, but itself?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "In order to better protect its own body, it even caught a lot of other kittens temporarily."

The old cat demon's body swelled up, pus oozed out, and emitted a foul stench.

Upon smelling the scent, all the kittens around mutated, their eyes turning red, and they quickly scattered in all directions.

Chen Xiyuan was about to open the domain when she discovered that after running a certain distance, the kittens all started spinning in circles.

"So, little brother, you had already set up a formation here..."

On its deathbed, the old cat demon did not intend to reveal its true form. It preferred that the other kittens be buried with its true form, thoroughly corrupting them with its demonic resentment.

Li Zhuiyuan stepped back a short distance, and after Chen Xiyuan walked over, the boy snapped his fingers.

Within the small array, flames leaped up, burning everything to ashes.

Too lazy to look any further, the boy went back into the animal enclosure and said:
"Save people."

After cleaning up the battlefield, Tan Wenbin and his group also arrived at the animal enclosure.

The images here are so disturbing that they make one feel physically uncomfortable.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Binbin, Ayou, bring them to me one by one; Runsheng, you pull out the nails; Chen Xiyuan, if you see anyone bleeding heavily after the nails are pulled out, use your domain to stop the bleeding."

"understand!"

"understand!"

"understood!"

Lin Shuyou glanced at Chen Xiyuan, who seemed to be a loner.

The first person was brought before Li Zhuiyuan. Runsheng disassembled the Yellow River shovel, held the other person's head down with one hand, and used the groove on the shovel head with the other hand to pull out the nail.

A small, milky-white flame appeared at the boy's fingertip. He let the flame enter the other person's wound, burned it for a short while, and then withdrew the small flame.

The man first lay on the ground convulsing for a while, then the dazed look in his eyes gradually disappeared, revealing a sense of bewilderment and tranquility, and he slowly fell asleep.

Chen Xiyuan: "These nails seem to be embedded in their bodies, but in reality, they pierce their souls. When the nails are pulled out, their souls shatter, and they will almost certainly die. Little brother, how did you do that?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "Just like with rough external wound hemostasis, you use hot iron to close it up."

Chen Xiyuan: "Then what is this flame...?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "The Ming family's 'Burning Soul and Purifying Heart Technique'."

Chen Xiyuan: "You've learned it?"

I only got the book from Three Squirrels when I left the village.

Chen Xiyuan remembered that the time the boy actually spent reading was during the journey to Beiman Mountain.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Mm."

Chen Xiyuan: "How...did you do that?"

Li Zhuiyuan: "You should learn things very quickly too."

Chen Xiyuan: "I used to think so too. Besides, this is, after all, a secret technique of the Dragon King's family."

Li Zhuiyuan: "There's no difference."

The Ming family's "Soul-Burning and Heart-Cleansing Technique" is perfectly suited to melt away the soul, making it ideal for restoring the souls of the Yu family members being raised here.

Next, the second, the third, the fourth...

There were many people here. Chen Xiyuan originally thought the boy would stop to rest, but the boy just sat there and treated each person one by one.

Sweat beaded on the boy's forehead. Chen Xiyuan knew that in addition to constantly casting this spell, the boy also had to maintain extremely high precision in his technique, otherwise he would ignite the soul of the person in front of him.

Seeing the boy looking tired but still tireless, Chen Xiyuan's eyes were filled with both heartache and emotion.

She took a can of Jianlibao from Runsheng's backpack, opened it herself, walked up to the boy, and fed it to him.

Li Zhuiyuan finished drinking, and then his lips turned even whiter.

Chen Xiyuan: "At first, I thought you were cold and heartless..."

Li Zhuiyuan: "At the beginning?"

Chen Xiyuan: "Oh no, you were very cute at first, but after getting to know you better, I found that you seem to be very cold... quiet."

Li Zhuiyuan: "I am too."

Chen Xiyuan: "You showed me another side of you. You've always been very careful to maintain your condition and pursue cost-effectiveness in every fight. But now, in order to save them, you've not only greatly weakened your condition, but you're also on the verge of exhaustion."

Little brother, you should take a rest.

Li Zhuiyuan: "I just want to overdraw my resources."

Chen Xiyuan: "Little brother, listen to your sister and take a rest. I understand the kindness and warmth in your heart."

Runsheng closed his eyes, while Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou, who were arresting people nearby, exchanged a silent glance.

As partners, they never imagined that the adjectives "warm and kind" would one day be associated with their own Xiao Yuan.

Li Zhuiyuan realized that Chen Xiyuan was controlling his domain to help him calm his breathing and recover his condition. Although the effect would be very small when used on others, it was still a token of her affection.

The boy glanced at her and said, "Don't use your domain to influence me."

Chen Xiyuan: "I just wanted to help you relieve your fatigue."

Li Zhuiyuan noticed that he was currently enveloped by Chen Xiyuan's domain, so he spoke up:

"I just want to be exhausted, to go overboard, and preferably get a nosebleed."

"what?"

"You saw the commotion in the Yu family ancestral hall earlier."

"Yes, I saw it."

"As a descendant of the Dragon King family, you should know what's inside the Dragon King family's ancestral hall."

“There are ancestral tablets of the Dragon Kings of past generations, and... the spirits of the Dragon Kings. But how could the Yu family still have spirits? The Yu family has become like this. The spirits of the Dragon Kings of the Yu family must have dissipated in order to prevent the changes in the Yu family.”

That's hard to say.

"So, little brother, you think the commotion in the ancestral hall earlier was caused by the lingering spirit of the Dragon King from the Yu family?"

"That's impossible to say."

"That……"

"I just feel that if that shrine has no spirits, there is no other reason to make a fuss there."

Chen Xiyuan looked at the boy in front of her again with a scrutinizing gaze. She felt that every time she thought she understood him, she would quickly find that her understanding was too superficial.

"Little brother, so what you mean by deliberately trying to be tired and overworked is..."

"I think it is a noble virtue to do good deeds anonymously, but it is also reasonable to want to leave a name for doing good deeds."

I want the spirits of the Dragon Kings of the Yu family throughout the generations to...
They saw what I was doing, and they saw how hard I was working.

(End of this chapter)