Hell Emperor.

Chapter 364: Southern Spirit Crane - Soul Nourishment
world.

After all the ghosts and immortals went to the Golden Wheel Palace, only a few people remained there.

Li Fei'e sat on the ground and stretched hard. Thinking of the many companions who were still in the underworld, he couldn't help but feel a little worried: "I've been away for so long, I don't know how Sister He is doing, and whether she has recovered smoothly..."

Beside her, Xia Wei stood with her hands behind her back, her eyes filled with trust: "Don't worry, since Master said so, Sister He will be fine!"

"You look in good spirits. You must be very happy to see Brother Jie again?" Li Fei'e seemed to hear something and couldn't help but smile when he heard Xia Wei's cheerful voice.

Xia Wei pursed her lips gently. When she mentioned her master, her fiery eyes softened, and her moist face showed a girlish tenderness: "Being able to reunite with my master must be a miracle sent by God... I have already been separated from my master once, and I never want him to leave me again!"

On the side, Meng Junyao, who had heard the conversation between the two, showed a look of expectation and pouted, "I told you a long time ago that the destined person is still alive, but you didn't believe it..."

At this time, Li Fei'e seemed to remember something, and his face showed worry: "By the way, Xia Wei, you killed the beast master, I'm afraid the ghosts of the beast hall will not let it go. The beast hall is very protective of its people. Anyone who kills a beast master will be sought after by other beast masters. You have to be careful... Those beast masters are unpredictable, so don't be careless."

Xia Wei kept this warning in mind and nodded, "I understand. Now that Master has returned to my side, as long as we are together, there is no enemy to be afraid of. Even if the beast user is strong, he cannot separate us."

"Speaking of which... this Styx Sand is really strange. Master and Sister Su Miao have all passed through the passage formed by the Styx Sand and entered the underworld, but we can't go in and can only stand outside."

As she spoke, Li Fei'e curled her lips. She looked towards the hole in the ground circled by the sand of the Styx. Another world was clearly reflected in it. Unfortunately, she had not yet become an immortal, so she could only watch the reflected scene from afar and had no way of entering to find out what was going on.

Xia Wei pursed her lips and couldn't help revealing a curious look. She didn't know what had happened to her master and Nan Linghe. It was a pity that she was still one step away from becoming an immortal. Otherwise, she would like to go to the hall under her master's jurisdiction to take a look.

In the Golden Wheel Palace, everyone chatted outside the newly built Soul Warming Spring. Ye Jie took out seven stitched pages again. Soon, a series of words appeared on them:
[Bookkeeping of life and death:]

[In the autumn of the 639th year of the Moruo calendar, Shura Jie spent 50 million Yin De to modify the martial arts files.]

[Golden Wool Soul Nourishing Technique (Wanhua) has been changed to Golden Wool Soul Nourishing Technique (Wuji). 】

After modifying the Golden Silk Soul-Nourishing Technique to the infinite level, Ye Jie closed his eyes slightly, and a vast amount of knowledge about soul-nourishing appeared in his mind.

It cost 50 million Yin De to modify the Golden Coffin Soul-Nourishing Technique, and it also cost 50 million Yin De to build the Warm Heart Soul-Nourishing Spring. The two together cost exactly 100 million Yin De, which was the same amount that Ye Jie had planned before.

Ye Jie was not completely sure that he could heal the collapse in Nan Linghe's body by relying solely on the Wuji level's Golden Silk Soul Nourishing Technique, or the Warm Heart Soul Nourishing Spring. Only when these two were combined could Ye Jie feel at ease.

If it weren't for the modification permission of the seven-sided stitching page, the highest level would only be Wuji level, and there would be no way to go further. Ye Jie wanted to spend another 100 million Yinde to modify the Golden Cotton Soul Nourishing Technique to Taixu level.

For Ye Jie now, after reaching a deal with the Yin Shang, he has no shortage of Yin De. Compared with Yin De, improving the authority of the main account of the Book of Life and Death is more important. If he wants to improve his authority, he has only one way to get more main accounts.

"Everything is ready. It's time to heal the collapse of the Nanling Crane. Please leave here temporarily and wait for news." Ye Jie spoke slowly.

Everyone also understood the seriousness of the matter and took the initiative to retreat back to the bamboo forest surrounding the spring. The bamboo forest also belongs to the area of ​​the Heart Warming and Soul Nourishing Spring, which contains magical power that can block all perception from the outside world.

Guazi stayed, took out the scroll of Qionglou from his arms, slowly opened it, and said to Ye Jie: "Nan Linghe is recuperating in the guest room of the wine village in the painting. I will ask the maids to bring her here..."

"No need. I'll go find her myself." Ye Jie spoke slowly, and his figure flashed into the painting of the beautiful building, finding himself in a whole new world of beautiful mountains and rivers.

Led by the maids, Ye Jie also came to the wine country guest room and saw the guests in the other guest rooms.

Lu Xi, who was once the subject of Nan Linghe's investigation, and the strange snow demon that Ye Jie did not know, all heard the noise outside, felt an unusual breath coming, and went out to check.

Especially Xue Ling, she was originally a demon fairy in Mount Paektu. When Ye Jie approached, the dragon aura made her particularly afraid. She thought that the people in the wine country had offended some extraordinary fairy, and subconsciously prepared to escape.

Ye Jie quickly passed by the crowd and soon came to the guest room where Nan Linghe was resting. After entering, he once again saw Nan Linghe, whose body was covered with cracks, and her maid Bai Luo, who was responsible for stabilizing her injuries.

"Her condition is very bad. I hope you have really found a way to cure the collapse." Bai Luo sighed, looking at Nan Linghe with a hint of pity in her eyes.

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Ye Jie exhaled and came to the unconscious Nan Linghe. On the bedside table, there was a dull spiritual stone. He leaned over, held her back with one hand, held her knees with the other hand, and slowly and gently picked her up.

Ye Jie's actions seemed to have affected Nan Linghe's injuries. She uttered an imperceptible groan of pain, and the cracks on her face spread out. Fragments of her face fell off bit by bit, and her face seemed to be missing a piece. The disintegrating injuries had already eaten away her entire body. No means were able to save her. It seemed that only a death toll was waiting for her.

Feeling the familiar breath beside him, the unconscious Nan Linghe subconsciously curled up his body and trembled from time to time. Ye Jie saw it and felt heartbroken. He carried Nan Linghe and left the scroll. Guazi put the scroll away, said goodbye to Ye Jie, and went to the bamboo forest outside the spring to wait for news.

After everyone left, the place suddenly became quiet. Apart from the gurgling sound of water and the rustling sound of bamboo leaves swaying, there was no other noise.

At this moment, the world was filled with tranquility. Everything disappeared in Ye Jie's mind. There was no human world or underworld, no life span or good deeds, no messy things. Only he and Nan Linghe were left here.

Ye Jie walked slowly, stepping into the spring little by little. The warm water submerged his feet, then his knees, and up to his waist. Nan Linghe, who was always being held by him, was also soaked in the warm and clear spring water.

The support and buoyancy of the spring water made Ye Jie's hands loosen. He released his strength bit by bit, allowing Nan Linghe to lie peacefully on the water, with only its mouth and nose left outside.

The Heart-Warming and Soul-Nourishing Spring is a high-level building that was unlocked by the combined efforts of the seven main accounts. The spring water is said by Fairy Yaoyin to be comparable to the holy water of Yaochi. Now that Nan Linghe has just entered the spring, the magical power contained in the spring water is revealed.

Under the infiltration of spring water, the disintegration cracks that were originally visible everywhere on the body of the Nanling Crane and spread like a spider web are now getting smaller and smaller, like broken pieces of delicate porcelain that have been glued back together by some strong glue.

However, it is not easy to make the Nanlinghe fully recover.

The backlash of collapse brought about by the Dark Spirit Divine Art is extremely overbearing and makes people shudder. Once it appears, it will deteriorate endlessly. Unless a corresponding method of healing the soul is found, otherwise, one can only watch in despair as the collapse spreads little by little until it completely disappears.

The nourishment of the spring water can restore the surface of Nan Linghe's soul to its original state, but this collapse has been delayed for too long, and all the potential in her soul has been exhausted. If she wants to recover completely, she still needs a long period of nourishment, at least several months of continuous soaking. If she leaves the warm soul spring halfway, or suffers any stimulation, I am afraid that the injuries that have been healed with great difficulty will once again face a strong backlash and deteriorate to a worse level than before.

Fortunately, Ye Jie had already made all the necessary preparations, and the Golden Soul Nourishing Technique was Ye Jie's backup plan.

The Golden Silk Soul-Nourishing Technique was originally a soul-healing method found by the maids for Ye Jie in the past. It was specially designed to heal disintegrating injuries. Now it has been upgraded to the Wuji stage by Ye Jie, and the effect is quite amazing.

When the Golden Cotton Soul Nourishing Technique is combined with the Heart-warming Soul Nourishing Spring, the soul-healing effect will undergo a complete transformation. In order to ensure that nothing could go wrong, Ye Jie made adequate preparations at the very beginning, even reaching a deal with a Yin merchant, and only then did he gather the necessary Yin virtue.

As Ye Jie's mind moved, the hot Yang energy began to circulate. The Dragon Essence in his body, which was several times thicker than the Immortal Essence, was now rapidly dissipating and transformed into the Yin energy that nourished the soul. With the help of the water from the Warm Heart and Nourishing Soul Spring, it was gradually integrated into Nan Linghe's weak soul.

As time passed by little by little, Ye Jie couldn't help but sweating on his forehead. He tried his best to maintain the Golden Cotton Soul Nourishing Technique, which made him feel exhausted. This was almost impossible for him now. Even if he fought a battle with the Beast-Form Master in his prime, he would not be so tired. But the Golden Cotton Soul Nourishing Technique did it.

The higher the level of the technique, the greater the price to pay when operating it. This price may be spiritual power, or it may be the spiritual power in the sea of ​​consciousness, not to mention the Wuji-level techniques. If an immortal with a lower realm were to perform Wuji-level techniques, he would probably be drained of all the immortal energy in his body in an instant. Ye Jie had not yet reached the fairyland, and he relied entirely on the dragon energy brought by the Divine Dragon Transformation to support himself.

If it weren't for the fact that the Wuji-level Divine Dragon Transformation was too powerful, providing Ye Jie with an endless and almost inexhaustible supply of Dragon Essence, I'm afraid that the Golden Silk Soul Nourishing Technique would have already made him exhausted, his spiritual power dried up, and he would have been unable to continue.

The Golden Silk Soul Nourishing Technique was originally a method of nourishment, consuming either the Yin or Yang Qi to nourish the other to the maximum extent possible. Not to mention that Ye Jie was now using it with all his might without reservation, which was also a huge consumption for him.

After an unknown amount of time, Nan Linghe, who had been in a coma, finally opened her eyes. Although she looked a little confused and had no idea about her current situation, her condition was much better than before. She raised her head slightly and saw Ye Jie, who was half submerged in the pool and was trying his best to practice martial arts.

“Brother Jie, um… is this a dream? I’m clearly in the process of collapse and I’m about to die completely…”

Nan Linghe spoke softly, with a tone of distressing fatigue. After recovering from the coma, she seemed bewildered and didn't understand what was going on. She thought everything before her eyes was just an illusion.

"That's right... This must be an illusion. Brother Jie's soul has obviously been scattered. I and everyone else have seen it with our own eyes. How could he appear in front of me again... It is said that people turn into ghosts after death, but if a ghost's soul is scattered, what will it become? But no one has ever known. Maybe I have already..."

What made Ye Jie's mouth twitch was that after waking up from her coma, Nan Linghe believed that everything in front of her was a dream, and then began to talk to herself. Ye Jie, who was maintaining his internal energy, did not correct her immediately. Instead, he wanted to see how confused she could be.

"Sure enough, I must have died, so I can see Brother Jie again... I clearly have a lot of things I haven't told you. I still have the spirit stones we got from the mission together, but there will never be another opportunity like that. Instead, I can see you again after I die. Maybe dying isn't such a bad thing after all..."

Looking at the familiar face, tears welled up in Nan Linghe's eyes. She raised her hand, making a sound of dripping water, and gently stroked Ye Jie's cheek with her palm, her throat choking with sobs.

Seeing that the misunderstanding might get deeper if he didn't explain, Ye Jie coughed dryly and said, "You didn't die. I'm back. I saved you."

"Eh?" Nan Linghe opened his eyes wide, his dull look seemed to be mixed with a bit of confusion.

Ye Jie was also quite helpless. When he reunited with everyone, Nan Linghe had already fallen into a coma due to collapse, and had no idea of ​​what was happening in the outside world. In her memory, Ye Jie had completely lost his soul in the battle with the Lord of Guangwang Palace, and should not have existed in this world. How could he appear again and save her?
Ye Jie smiled and did not explain further. He changed the topic and said, "Your soul has not fully recovered yet. It is better not to be surprised, so as not to affect your injuries. Just treat everything in front of you as a dream."

After hearing this, Nan Linghe was convinced that this was a dream. His expression became much more natural. He glanced at Ye Jie and mustered up the courage he had not felt for a long time. He bit his lip and said, "Since it is a dream, then... of course I have to make it bigger."

(End of this chapter)