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Chapter 306 The Soul Returns to the Body
Zhu Sheng returned to Yun Xi's hand, transforming into his true form, and weakly transmitted his voice:
“Master, I protected the souls of those two human cultivators and brought out the soul of another female cultivator who was traveling with you, but she currently has no physical body to rely on.”

Yun Xi took a deep breath and said:
"It's alright, I'll think of a way."

It seems that Yu Su Zhenjun was rather unlucky. She fell into a trap not long after entering and had to give up her physical body. If her physical body had not been destroyed, it would probably be possessed by evil cultivators by now. Just thinking about it gives me a headache. Fortunately, Zhu Sheng brought her soul back, giving her some room to maneuver.

Yunxi asked again:
"Your grandfather"

This time, Zhu Sheng remained silent for a long time before replying:

"Master, Grandpa is truly gone. That evil thing has taken his place. It used Grandpa's original body to trap many souls, not only those of humans, but also all the living beings in the bamboo forest."

Yunxi understood without needing to say anything more. She now realized why she felt uncomfortable as soon as she entered the bamboo forest, because apart from the rustling sound of bamboo leaves rubbing together, there were no insects chirping or birds singing, which was abnormal in itself.

Although the Soul-Eating Bamboo feeds on souls, rabbits don't eat the grass near their burrows. Even if it's to attract more prey, it won't turn the entire bamboo forest into a place devoid of life.

Moreover, even the worst bamboo produces the best shoots. Zhu Sheng is not Soul-Devouring Bamboo, but Tear-Stained Bamboo, a very rare high-level spiritual bamboo. If one can cultivate to the fifth level and withstand the Transformation Tribulation, one will become a Wood Spirit Body, which is capable of ascending to the Spirit Realm.

It now seems that the evil cultivators had long ago figured out the function of the Soul-Devouring Bamboo, so they took the initiative to set up their plans after entering the secret realm. But how did they know that there was Soul-Devouring Bamboo in the secret realm?

Given the cultivation level of the Soul-Devouring Bamboo, the fact that it was forced to send its offspring out means that the offspring's cultivation level must be at least at the Nascent Soul stage. And there are only a handful of Nascent Soul stage cultivators who can enter the secret realm, so one of them must be working for an evil cultivator.

Yunxi's head was spinning the more she thought about it, and she had a hunch that the infiltration of the evil cultivators into the secret realm was definitely the work of evil cultivators from the spirit realm.

Back then, Lei Hongxuan and his companions suppressed their cultivation levels to come to the Weiyu Realm in order to compete for this fragment of a small world. However, due to internal strife, none of them returned and instead sealed it in the Weiyu Realm.

However, she believed that someone in these people's families must know about this, so it would be normal for them to send people down to search or to make arrangements after the secret realm opened.

Moreover, she was certain that some members of these families had collaborated with evil cultivators; otherwise, it wouldn't have been such a coincidence. She never believed in coincidences in the cultivation world; all coincidences were the result of deliberate scheming.

These thoughts flashed through Yunxi's mind in an instant. She touched Zhusheng's physical form and transmitted her voice:
"Zhu Sheng, in order to prevent evil cultivators from using your grandfather's body to continue to do evil, I will destroy your grandfather's original body."

"Master, can we not destroy Grandpa's physical body? He has worked so hard to cultivate to this point."

Zhu Sheng still wanted to try to get help for his grandfather.

Yunxi raised her hand and placed the bamboo tube in her hair ornament, replying:

"Zhu Sheng, you've entered the Bamboo King's true form. Do you think there's any hope for you?"

This time, Zhu Sheng remained silent for a long time because it saw that its grandfather's body had begun to rot from the inside out, and the rate of rot was accelerating. Even if its master did not intervene, the entire bamboo would die completely in no time.

When his grandfather sent him out, he gave him all the bamboo sap from his body. This was the essence of his grandfather's life, which he had condensed with his cultivation. Without the support of his cultivation, his body would decay so quickly.

Yunxi didn't hear Zhusheng's response, but only replied to the little guy with four words: "Destroy and then build."

This time the little guy finally responded:
"Zhu Sheng understands."

Yunxi then looked at Hanlian Zhenjun and Yunchen Fozi, and then noticed that the atmosphere between the two was a bit strange, as if something had happened inside the Soul-Devouring Bamboo that she didn't know about.

She coughed lightly to break the awkward silence and cupped her hands, saying, "True Lord Hanlian, our sect's Martial Uncle Yusu has been sucked into the Soul-Devouring Bamboo and we cannot find his physical body. Could you lend us the Soul-Nourishing Stone you found to temporarily preserve Martial Uncle Yusu's soul?"

Han Lian's embarrassment vanished at Yun Xi's words. She then took out a frozen Soul Nourishing Stone from her sleeve. However, this time, her icy, glassy eyes changed as soon as she scanned it with her divine sense.

He then made a hand seal to melt the ice, and then searched the Soul Nourishing Stone twice with his divine sense before speaking:

"Where is the evil spirit inside?"

Then he looked at Yunxi warily.

Yun Chen, the Buddhist disciple standing to the side, had regained his composure. He looked at Yun Xi with a solemn gaze, but without any wariness.

Yunxi explained helplessly:
"After True Monarch Hanlian's soul left his body, the evil cultivators had an opportunity to take advantage of me. While I was multitasking, they broke through the seal set by the senior and tried to take over your bodies, but I killed them."

After saying this, she immediately made a heavenly oath, indicating that what she said was true and that she did not release the evil spirit.

The expression on Hanlian Zhenjun's face softened, and she turned her hand and pushed the empty Soul Nourishing Stone to Yunxi, saying:
"This Soul-Nourishing Stone is empty; you can use it temporarily."

"Thank you, Zhenjun."

After Yunxi bowed and thanked him, she probed the room with her divine sense and scanned it. Then she had Dian Dian secretly smell it to make sure that no evil spirits were inhabiting it. Only then did she have Zhu Sheng release the divine soul light of Yu Su Zhenjun.

At this moment, Yu Su Zhenjun's soul had fallen into a deep sleep, and he was unknowingly guided by Yun Xi into the Soul Nourishing Stone to recuperate. The Soul Nourishing Stone was then placed in his storage ring.

After doing all that, Yunxi continued:

“Two True Lords, you have suffered considerable losses entering the Soul-Devouring Bamboo. Please leave this bamboo forest first, as I intend to destroy this Soul-Devouring Bamboo.”

Yun Chen, the Buddhist disciple, chanted a Buddhist prayer:

"Amitabha! Let's act together! This Soul-Devouring Bamboo must be destroyed; we cannot let the evil cultivator's conspiracy succeed."

Although Han Lian's complexion had not yet recovered, she nodded in agreement, clearly not wanting to desert her post.

Yunxi actually wanted to send the two away and then release Ziyan to burn the Soul-Devouring Bamboo to ashes with her strange fire, but the two insisted on staying, so she couldn't expose Ziyan.

"That would be best. We'll proceed once the two True Lords have finished their meditation."

Yunxi readily agreed; it would be ungrateful of her to refuse.

She replaced the high-grade spirit stones on the array plate again, then sat cross-legged and waited for the two to recover.

After an incense stick had burned, Yun Chen, the Buddhist disciple, was the first to open his eyes. Yun Xi, prompted by Dian Dian, also opened her eyes, her eyes gleaming with a gossipy desire. She moved closer to Yun Chen and whispered:
"Senior Yun Chen, how did you help True Monarch Hanlian escape from her predicament?"

Upon hearing the question, Yun Chen, the Buddhist disciple, somewhat awkwardly quickened the pace of his prayer beads, and after a while, he replied:
"I did as you said and let Fellow Daoist Hanlian get what she wanted and eliminate her obsession. However, because I agreed too readily, she became suspicious. Then, she regained consciousness under the blessing of the Heart-Cleansing Mantra, and we left the Soul-Devouring Bamboo with the blessing of your magic treasure."

As we were leaving, we discovered Fellow Daoist Yu Su, who was attempting to break through the Soul-Devouring Bamboo barrier, so we brought her along as well.