Hell Emperor.

Chapter 365: Southern Spirit Crane - Healing
Outside the bamboo forest, the companions had been waiting here for a long time, their faces filled with anxiety.

An hour had passed since Ye Jie helped Nan Linghe nourish his soul, but there had still been no news. Apart from the rustling sound of swaying bamboo leaves, no idea what was going on inside.

Hua Xiaomei poked her head out to look around, wanting to see what was going on inside the bamboo forest. However, this lush green bamboo forest seemed to contain some kind of magic. The thin white mist inside blocked all perception from the outside world, which made her very anxious. She sighed:

"I don't know what the situation is in the Soul Nourishing Spring. After so long, there is still no news. It's really frustrating..."

On the side, Xie Xinyu looked calm and said slowly, "Don't worry, Sister He is blessed by good fortune, and everything will be fine."

Li Ba curled his lips and said, "Lucky? That's only relative, right? Besides, if she was really that lucky, how could she fall into such a state of collapse? She almost... Maybe the lucky star doesn't always work."

Everyone was silent. Just as Li Ba said, if Nan Linghe was really blessed with good fortune, perhaps this would not have happened.

Shen Qingge glanced at everyone with cold eyes, and said with thin lips: "Every sip and every bite has its own destiny. The way good luck manifests itself is not as simple as you think. How do you know whether her luck is good or bad?"

Hua Xiaomei was stunned and asked, "Could it be that Nan Linghe became like this and suffered the backlash of collapse because of good luck? This is definitely not good, right?"

Shen Qingge had another idea: "You only saw one side, but ignored the other. It is true that Nan Linghe suffered from disintegration and erosion and fell into pain, which no one can deny, but you didn't see what happened afterwards. The companions were searching for alchemy materials for Nan Linghe, and they accidentally ran into Ajie in the Golden Wheel Hall. Not only did they meet again after a long separation, but even Nan Linghe's injuries were cured. Considering all these things, can you still say that she has bad luck?"

Everyone was speechless after hearing what Shen Qingge said. From the perspective of knowledge alone, Shen Qingge, who came from an immortal sect, was much better than everyone else and looked at problems more comprehensively.

Shen Qingge pointed out: "So, when looking at a problem, you can't just look at one aspect, you must look at it from a holistic perspective. Good luck and bad luck are only temporary. The bad luck you are experiencing now may be for the good luck in the future."

After listening to what Shen Qingge said, Ren Changhong laughed and praised: "As expected of my disciple, Xiao Qingge's understanding is still so profound. Now that you have reached the realm of a god, I should call you Master. Come on, call me Xiaohong."

Shen Qingge was so angry that he would never do such a disrespectful thing. He said slowly, "Master, please respect yourself."

Seeing Shen Qingge was so bored, Ren Changhong waved his hands helplessly, and suddenly seemed to remember something, and said: "By the way... have you decided what kind of skills you want?"

While Nan Linghe was recuperating his soul, everyone started talking about the skills they wanted to improve.

Xie Xinyu picked up the two books, her eyes shining as she said:
"This is the Dragon Transformation and Bodhi Heart Method recommended by Brother Jie. Dragon Transformation is the secret skill of the Guangwang Palace Master, which can transform the body into a dragon and suppress enemies all over the world. Bodhi Heart Method is the temple-guarding skill of the Western Bodhi Palace in the past, which can upgrade all the skills in the body to a level no lower than three levels of Bodhi Heart Method. If it is the level of Wanhua... it means that all the skills in the body will not be lower than the level of Guizhen!"

After a pause, she continued, "With these two books of skills, the skills that I thought were very strong before are no longer worthy of my attention. No wonder Brother Jie recommended these two skills to us... Oh, it's really hard to choose. What should I choose? Sister Qingge, which skill do you want to improve?"

In the end, Xie Xinyu couldn't make up her mind, so she looked to Shen Qingge for help and asked.

Shen Qingge's face was calm, and she exuded an extraordinary temperament. She said slowly: "Although these two exercises are good, they are not suitable for me. The most suitable exercise for the descendants of Xuannv is of course the Xuannv Sutra left by the old lady Xuannv."

"Xuan Nu Sutra?" Ren Changhong's eyes flashed with reminiscence when he heard Shen Qingge mention this title. "Xuan Nu Sutra is quite obscure. Even a genius with extraordinary talent would need hundreds or even thousands of years to comprehend it carefully. Back then, I planned to kill my closest disciple just to cut off the ties between us and me. I quickly mastered the Xuan Nu Sutra to the Great Completion level, but now the Wanhua level is within my reach. It's really amazing."

Ren Changhong was filled with emotion. There were four levels between great success and all changes: transformation, return to the truth, heaven and the beginning of Tao. The level of martial arts that once only existed in the legends of the ancestors now appeared before his eyes. The gap between them even made Ren Changhong feel a little unreal.

Ren Changhong spent more than ten years carefully teaching Shen Qingge various skills and teaching her to become a true descendant of Xuannv. He poured all his emotions into her just to kill her one day so that he could completely cut off his emotions and thus break through the Xuannv Sutra to the great success stage. In the end, he was killed by Shen Qingge. Now, just one word from Ye Jie has allowed her to reach a realm that she could never have imagined in her dreams. When she thought of this, she even felt a little absurd in her heart.

"Thanks to Ajie's help, I was able to achieve this. If it weren't for him, my Xuannv Sutra would still be at the minor success stage... I'll choose Xuannv Sutra too."

Ren Changhong sighed and made the same decision as Shen Qingge. She was also a descendant of Xuannv and understood how much benefit the Xuannv Sutra could bring to her. It was in no way inferior to the two books of martial arts that Ye Jie took out.

Shen Qingge glanced at her master. For some reason, she felt relieved in her heart when she heard her master mention Ye Jie. To be honest, she was able to reconcile with her master thanks to Ye Jie's secret help.

Hua Xiaomei listened to everyone's words and couldn't help but feel envious: "These skills are so powerful. If you upgrade any one of them, you don't know how much stronger it is. But I upgraded the Cloud Covering Eyes first. I'm afraid I've wasted the opportunity..."

Li Ba nudged her with his elbow and said, "Don't worry. With your relationship with Brother Jie, you can just say a few nice words to him and ask him to upgrade your skills. Anyway, you have 800 million Yin De from the Yin Shang, which you can't use up at all. I don't believe that Brother Jie will refuse you."

Hua Xiaomei said seriously, "Of course I can do this, and I believe Brother Jie will agree. He has always been this kind of person and will never refuse a companion's request. However, if I do this, it will be unfair to other companions. Everyone only modifies one skill, why can I modify two? Even if everyone doesn't say it, there will always be dissatisfaction in their hearts. I don't want this matter to cause a rift within the organization."

Hua Xiaomei's words made everyone stunned. They didn't expect that although her realm was not high, she had such awareness in her heart. In order to maintain the team atmosphere, she would rather give up the opportunity to modify the two skills. Even Ren Changhong couldn't help but look at her differently.

Li Ba nodded vigorously: "That's right, I'll accompany you too! Those top-level skills look amazing, but it's still best to choose the one that suits you best. Anyway, at the Wanhua level, even the lowest-level Soul-Breaking Arrow has the power to move mountains and destroy cities, so it won't be that bad. I'll just choose my favorite Xingyi Liuhe Quan." Xie Xinyu touched her chin, and an idea that made her excited soon emerged in her mind: "I've long envied sister Xia Wei's Purple Demon Pupil. After learning this method, not only will her eyes become as bright and shining as amethyst, but she can also shoot lasers from her eyes to cut through everything. I'll just choose it!"

After some discussion, everyone found their favorite martial arts technique, and their eyes were filled with joy. They just had to wait for Nan Linghe to recover completely so that they could experience the power of the Wanhua-level martial arts technique.

"The time limit is almost up..."

After waiting for a long time, Shen Qingge counted with his fingers and felt helpless:

"I don't know where Master Su Miao and the others have gone. They should still be wandering around the Golden Wheel Palace. The passage formed by the Styx Sand is about to expire. When the time limit is up, they and I will be forcibly sent back to our original positions on earth... I'm afraid that Master Su Miao will be angry and refuse to enter the Golden Wheel Palace again. Without the help of the Styx Sand, it would be very troublesome for me to come here."

Ren Changhong heard her distress and spread his hands, saying, "Don't worry. If you are short of Styx Sand, just find a way to get some. Now that Ajie has reached an agreement with the Yin merchants, it shouldn't be difficult to add some additional trade agreements on top of the original agreement, right? Yin merchants sell everything, even life span, so don't tell me they don't sell Styx Sand."

Listening to Chang Hong mentioning the Yin business, Shen Qingge couldn't help but sigh, with a bit of worry still on his face: "I reserved my opinion in the previous vote, because I think this is an internal matter of the Yama Palace, and it should be left to the Palace Master to decide. It's best for others not to interfere... But if I really have to choose, I may not agree with this business."

After a pause, Shen Qingge frowned slightly and said, "Trading lifespan with Yin merchants is not a good thing. The lifespan that people rely on for survival will be harvested by Yin merchants, making the already unfair world even more chaotic. Mortals will have almost no chance to make a breakthrough. It is hard to say whether this choice is good or bad."

In response, Ren Changhong simply said, "If the Golden Wheel Palace doesn't do it, other Yama Palaces will do it, so what's the difference? Besides, I heard from Ajie that modifying the martial arts files also requires good deeds. With so much good deeds, the martial arts can be modified at will. He did this for us. Compared with that, what is a mere life span? Not to mention, the people of Dongsheng Shenzhou have nothing to do with us at all. Do you know anyone here?"

Shen Qingge shook her head and said nothing, but it could be seen from her eyes that she did not agree with what Ren Changhong said.

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Seeing that the duration of the Styx Sand was about to end, Shen Qingge was ready to return. At this moment, a breeze suddenly blew up from the bamboo forest surrounding the Warm Soul Nourishing Spring. The mist inside that had originally blocked the line of sight and made it impossible for anyone to explore also completely dissipated at this moment, and the field of vision suddenly became wider.

"The fog has dissipated? Doesn't that mean that the healing process is complete?" Hua Xiaomei's eyes lit up and she spoke immediately.

"It must be like this! Just now, when we tried to enter, we were blocked by an inexplicable force. Even Sister Su Miao couldn't break through and could only stamp her feet in anger outside. Now there is no resistance, and the inside is unobstructed. It must be that Brother Jie cured Nan Linghe and is waiting for us to enter!"

Xie Xinyu made a judgment and without hesitation, he took the lead and was the first to enter the bamboo forest. He soon arrived at the warm spring.

Through the warm mist, the figures of Ye Jie and Nan Linghe, leaning against each other in the pool, appeared in front of everyone.

Compared with before, Nan Linghe's condition could not be better. His face was rosy and shiny, full of vitality. His eyes were shining, and there was still some heat coming out of his wet hair.

The noise made by the crowd also attracted Nan Linghe's attention. Looking at those familiar faces, Nan Linghe was stunned for a long time and didn't react: "Everyone... are you all scared? Why are you here?"

Xie Xinyu couldn't take it anymore, and put one hand on her waist and said, "What do you mean by 'souls torn apart'? What on earth are you talking about? We care about you so much, and when we heard that your injury was healed, we rushed over. How could you curse us to be slain?"

Nan Linghe stayed where he was, blinking his big eyes, trying to think about the meaning of Xie Xinyu's words. He was a little confused for a moment: "That's not what I meant, but Brother Jie clearly... Could it be that what just now was not a dream?"

Thinking of what had just happened, Nan Linghe's face suddenly became hot, his cheeks turned red as blood, and he didn't even know where to put his hands. His eyes looked towards Ye Jie and he almost fainted.

Until everyone showed up, Nan Linghe had always thought that she was in a dream, and even saw Ye Jie, who had already died. Otherwise, how could she explain it? The haze of rosy clouds outside the hot spring further confirmed her speculation about the dream.

In that dream, she no longer concealed or suppressed her emotions. It was as if she wanted to pour out all her thoughts and admiration to the other person. Ye Jie always had a smile on his face, listened to her quietly, and responded to her passionate feelings.

"If it's not a dream, then we just..." Thinking of what just happened, Nan Linghe blushed. If it wasn't a dream, she couldn't say those words anyway. She lowered her head and couldn't help puffing her lips, "Brother Jie, why did you lie to me?"

"I told you it wasn't a dream." Ye Jie's mouth twitched. He had already told Nan Linghe that it was not a dream, but she didn't believe it at all. Why is she blaming him now?

Seeing Nan Linghe's weak body curled up slightly, like a frightened little animal, with a bit of coquettish blame in her eyes, Ye Jie held her hand and said slowly: "Whether it was a dream or not, your feelings have been conveyed to me, and I will never forget it. Now I'm back, and I will never leave you again."

After getting Ye Jie's promise, Nan Linghe's eyes curved and she smiled, with a bit of satisfaction and attachment in her smile. After recovering from the collapse, the first person she saw was the figure she most desired in her heart. This satisfaction was only understood by herself.

On the side, Shen Qingge saw Nan Linghe's smile and couldn't help but pursed her lips: "See, I knew it was good luck."

(End of this chapter)