Shulong Daojun

A moment later, the man suddenly raised his hand and waved.

The maids around her understood and immediately stopped what they were doing, then retreated to the edge of the hot spring, skillfully covering their ears with their hands and closing their eyes tightly.

Lin Shu looked puzzled and wondered: Why is this?

But in less than half a breath, that confusion turned into a look of astonishment.

The man pulled the clam spirit into his arms, leaned close to her ear, and whispered a few words.

The clam spirit immediately blushed, lowered her head, and gently pushed the man's chest.

The next moment, she smiled sweetly, exerted a little force, and pressed the man down beneath her, her eyes sparkling with charm.

With a wave of his hand, the clam shell snapped shut.

Lin Shu's pupils contracted as he saw it clearly.

This clam spirit fruit is a spirit that failed to transcend its tribulation. Its shell is covered with charred cracks of varying sizes, winding and spreading like tree roots.

In the center, there was a crater, not reaching the flesh inside, leaving only a charred scar, extremely rough.

Seeing this, Lin Shu already knew where the key issue lay.

Just waiting for the clam spirit to rest...

As he was pondering this, he saw the clam shell slightly open, revealing a crack, sometimes making slow, sometimes fast sounds.

Before long, the clam shell opened wide, and the man's face became slightly flushed.

He gripped the clam spirit's soft hand tightly and said in a deep voice, "Mirage Maiden, thank you."

"If it weren't for your help, how could we possibly have a peaceful place in this land of Yan?"

Shenniang shook her head and said softly, "Thank you, sir, there's no need for that. You saved my life, and I should repay you handsomely."

At that time, I failed to transcend the tribulation and was on the verge of death. If it weren't for your rescue, I'm afraid I would have died long ago.

Our lives have been intertwined for a long time, by chance, by fate, by destiny.

As soon as she finished speaking, she buried her head and nestled tightly in Xie An's arms.

Xie An patted Shen Niang's shoulder, narrowed his eyes, and revealed intense hatred in them.

He originally entrusted all the affairs of his fiefdom to his subordinates, and spent his days indulging in cockfighting, dog racing, extravagance, and debauchery, living a very happy life.

Unexpectedly, things changed drastically, and they ended up in this place.

To make yourself work as a laborer and live like a vagrant? That's utterly absurd!

How could members of the imperial family behave like this?!

However, having no other choice, they had to comply.

Fortunately, they were blessed with good fortune, and the situation suddenly took a turn for the better.

In his anger, he unexpectedly stumbled upon this dying clam spirit, truly a stroke of luck.

Although there are no miraculous elixirs, I have often heard that spirits and monsters that eat people are highly nutritious, so I thought that feeding it with human blood would surely save this clam spirit.

And people? There are so many! They're everywhere.

With a thousand guards by his side and a large number of people from his fiefdom accompanying him, he could easily storm into any nearby county and capture a large number of people.

That is indeed the case.

The clam spirit devoured the human flesh and blood in the pool, and soon awoke.

What's even more remarkable is that he is weak-willed and seems to know how to repay kindness; he will obediently listen to you if you coerce him even slightly.

With the help of this clam spirit, along with the guards and the people of the fiefdom, they have already seized a small part of Yan's territory.

Given some more time, he will be able to take full control and resume his carefree days of drinking and debauchery.

But those damned Taoist priests...

Thinking of this, Xie An let out a low growl, pressed his hand firmly against her shoulder, and gritted his teeth, saying, "Mirage Maiden, is there any way to deal with those troublesome Taoist priests?"

"Thank you, my love," Shenniang called softly.

He then frowned slightly, pursed his lower lip, pondered for a moment, and said with a sorrowful expression, "There are many Taoists here, and I have no way to deal with them. Perhaps... we should escape."

I will take you away from this place and find another way to slowly heal your body, which has been afflicted by the demonic plague because of me.

In this way, there will be no need to forcibly prolong life every day using that method...

Before he could finish speaking, Xie An stood up and roared, "Enough! Escape? Where can you escape to!"

Since you have eaten human flesh, you will carry the stench of human flesh with you. Once you leave this city, those Taoist priests will surely follow the scent and kill you on the spot.

If we stay here and threaten the lives of the people in the city, they will naturally have some consideration and dare not act rashly.

Extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures.

"Mirage Maiden, you should wake up!"

Upon hearing this, Shenniang stared blankly at Xie An's frenzied appearance, feeling a pang of unease.

Her alluring talent and supernatural abilities ultimately led to the death of the person who saved her life.

Unexpectedly, the act of helping on a whim turned out to be counterproductive, causing him to sink deeper into trouble.

It was not his own will to eat people, but rather, in his severe injuries, driven by instinct, he lost his senses and swallowed a lot of useful things to replenish himself.

Since she was enlightened, she has always lived on moonlight. If she knew she was human, how could she have done such a thing?

Now... one wrong step leads to another.

Upon realizing this, Shenniang felt that everything was already beyond her control and she could no longer regret it.

At this moment, Xie An's eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, and he exclaimed with great joy, "That's right! People! We still have many people."

I'll send those fish monsters to capture a group of people in the city to nourish the Mirage Maiden.

It must be because your injuries haven't healed that you couldn't defeat those damned Taoists.

They were just civilians from another region; killing them was no big deal!

As soon as he finished speaking, he disregarded his condition, excitedly stepped out of the hot spring, and strode away.

In the hot spring, Shenniang reminisced about the past while quietly stroking the water and gently washing her body.

A month or so ago, she was still able to judge how much of Xie An's words were true and how much were false based on some of his subconscious words and actions.

However, the deeper his obsession became, the more unpredictable and erratic he became, making him difficult to fathom.

So I just let him be.

Moreover, one thing is now difficult to ascertain: whether he himself has also been affected by that innate supernatural power?

Supernatural powers are also karmic obstacles; they lead to success and failure.

Thinking of this, Shenniang's expression was complicated. She sighed deeply, not knowing what to do.

He bathed repeatedly until he suddenly woke up, then left the hot spring and went to rest.

As the moon's shadow shifted, before we knew it, night had fallen.

On the roof beam of the hot spring room, a midge carrying dust particles suddenly flew up, crossed the corridor, and came to the bedroom next door.

Inside the room, the enormous clam shell lay closed on the ground, with only the opening slightly ajar, revealing a hint of its soft, tender claws, as if it were in a deep slumber.

Lu Qianbian landed on the wall, shook himself off, and transmitted a message: "Brother Lin, I'm leaving it to you."

Lin Shu did not respond, but with a burst of magical power, his figure instantly returned to its original form from the dust, as if he had appeared out of thin air.

No sooner said than done, the axe foot suddenly retracted into the shell, and the enormous clam shell closed in an instant.

At the same time, Lin Shu flicked his sleeve, and the Xuanpin Divine Light was released, heading straight for a charred crack on the clam shell.

Upon contact, the crack burst open, and the surrounding clam shells scattered and flew away, leaving only a thin membrane wall, through which the tender white clam meat inside was almost visible.

Upon seeing this, Lin Shu remained calm.

As a clam spirit that has survived tribulation, it possesses considerable skill, able to withstand a divine light with the hardness of its shell.

But what if there are two paths?

He narrowed his eyes, raised his hand and tapped twice, and two beams of divine light shot out one after the other, landing on the same spot on the clam shell.