Chapter 59

Yin Yao, the princess of the Silver Yao, turned her head and aimed the small loudspeaker at Huang Taiji, explaining, "She is a friend of Yuanshi Tianzun."

Without needing to use Xingxiang Art, Princess Yin Yao could recognize Xiao Yuan’s Gu body. When they went north to hunt down the traitors of the Thousand Crane Group and seize the Gaotianyuan key, the two had fought together.

But the princess hadn't expected to encounter this confidante of Yuanshi Tianzun in the dungeon. Well, "confidante" was the term she used in her era.

Using the new era's term, it should be someone he's flirting with.

"Friend?" Huang Taiji frowned, his vigilance not lessened by the Yin corpse's explanation.

An orderly person's hostility toward evil wouldn't diminish just because of a single sentence. Besides, the Yin corpse wasn't Yuanshi Tianzun himself, so there was a possibility of misjudging their relationship.

Seeing that Huang Taiji seemed unconvinced, Princess Yin Yao pondered, and the decibel of the small loudspeaker suddenly lowered, as she whispered, "Someone Yuanshi Tianzun is flirting with."

Hearing this, Huang Taiji's wariness indeed decreased a lot. An ambiguous relationship was different from other relationships, and based on his understanding of the Yin corpse, she wouldn't lie.

Thinking of this, he observed the distant psychic's distraught appearance again, and became even more convinced.

*What's going on with Yuanshi Tianzun? He's actually flirting with someone from an evil profession. Does he not want his future anymore...* Huang Taiji frowned secretly, but now wasn't the time for him to dwell on these details. He looked at the stunningly beautiful bee woman and said in a deep voice, "I need to know your attitude."

Xiao Yuan ignored him, quietly staring at the earthen coffin. After a while, she looked at Princess Yin Yao, her voice slightly hollow: "Yuanshi Tianzun, really, really... is dead?"

She wasn't good at expressing emotions, but when she asked this question, her eyes revealed a trace of entreaty, begging the other party to give a negative answer.

Begging that this fact didn't exist.

"He is dead," Princess Yin Yao said. The light in Xiao Yuan's eyes went out.

She lowered her head slightly. She had stayed in the No Trace Hotel for many years, welcoming many companions and also sending off many companions. Every time a companion returned to the Lingjing Xingzhe, she would feel heartache.

But this time, it was Yuanshi Tianzun who left, and her heart ached especially. Ached to the point of numbness.

"But it's like he's not dead either," Princess Yin Yao added.

Xiao Yuan suddenly raised her head. Hearing this sentence, she felt a force injected into her heart, bringing a strong heartbeat.

A gust of wind swept up, and Huang Taiji heard a buzzing sound of flapping wings. The figure of the distant psychic shattered like a bubble, and then appeared next to the coffin.

*So fast...* he thought with some envy, while calmly turning his body to face the psychic, with the composure of "no matter how strong he is, the breeze caresses the mountains."

As long as she dared to touch the coffin, Huang Taiji would let her know what gravity was.

Princess Yin Yao nimbly inserted herself between the two, looking at Xiao Yuan holding the small loudspeaker, "I can't explain his state clearly. Since you've come, you must have learned the details from that *******."

"The power of the Sun God, the Liquid of Life, a water-attribute fierce creature, a Five Elements Set... All kinds of overbearing forces used his body as a battlefield, completely destroying his vitality. Even the Liquid of Life couldn't save him. The reason why his body hasn't turned to ashes should be the Pure Yang Body Cleansing Record protecting him."

"But he is indeed dead. Fortunately, his spirit body didn't dissipate, and it's completely preserved in his body. In these few days, I've used many kinds of secret techniques, trying to awaken him, but all failed."

"I've never encountered this kind of situation before. The more pessimistic guess is that he's dead, but some powerful force has locked his soul in his body after death, like amber. At first glance, it's lifelike, but the animal inside is already dead."

"The more optimistic guess is that perhaps if the water-attribute fierce creature in his body is removed, he can be awakened, but this is beyond my ability."

Xiao Yuan finally understood why she would say: it seems dead, but not completely dead.

"I want to see him." She looked at Huang Taiji.

Huang Taiji's stern face revealed a look of contemplation.

Two seconds later, he nodded slowly.

"Yes!" He put down the coffin, and with a dull thud, a light yellow halo spread along the ground, and a powerful gravitational force descended.

The wounds on Xiao Yuan's body immediately tore open, causing her to frown slightly in pain.

Huang Taiji glanced at it, believing Princess Yin Yao's words even more. As an evil profession, she was willing to put herself in the enemy camp just to take a look at Yuanshi Tianzun. Apart from an ambiguous relationship, it would be difficult to do this.

She placed her palm on the surface of the coffin, and the hard mud coffin lid cracked open, turning into earth spirits and dissipating.

Xiao Yuan saw Yuanshi Tianzun in the coffin, but it was just a charred corpse, the face burned beyond recognition. That handsome, sunny face seemed to have become a memory forever.

The power of the Sun God destroyed his body, and even his skull was burned out. The flesh and blood on his hands, feet, and other parts were completely carbonized. It was no longer a concept of a flesh body, but more like burnt meat in a pot, only charcoal left.

No wonder Princess Yin Yao said he was dead.

Xiao Yuan stretched out her hand, her fingertips trembling as she touched his cheek. The hope that surged in her heart was extinguished little by little by the scene before her.

"Chichi..."

A wisp of green smoke suddenly rose from her moist white fingertips. Xiao Yuan retracted her hand as if electrocuted, looked down, and saw that her fingertips were red, her skin ulcerated, and burned by the high temperature.

"If you touch his waist, the moisture in your hand will be drawn out. Those forces are still there, but they've formed a balance." Princess Yin Yao brought the small loudspeaker to Xiao Yuan's ear.

"I can hear clearly, I'm not deaf." Xiao Yuan waved her hand away coldly. She took a deep breath, took out a pottery jar from her inventory, reached into the jar, and grabbed two coffee-colored, wriggling chrysalises.

She stuffed one into her mouth, chewed and swallowed it, then pried open Yuanshi Tianzun's mouth, crushed the other one, and let the bursting juice flow into his mouth.

This kind of chrysalis was a Gu worm she had carefully cultivated, called the Rebirth Gu.

It could nourish the soul and body, and heal internal and external injuries. If enough were consumed, it could even regenerate severed limbs. The effect was slightly worse than the Liquid of Life, and the cultivation cost was higher than the Liquid of Life.

She usually wouldn't use them if she could avoid it. Each chrysalis was extremely precious, but now, she kept grabbing chrysalises, crushing them one after another, and sending them into Yuanshi Tianzun's mouth again and again.

"There's no need to try. Even the Liquid of Life couldn't save him." Princess Yin Yao looked at Huang Taiji, raising the small loudspeaker a little higher. "This is what you call being anxious."

Huang Taiji nodded, expressing his agreement, and then comforted her with a serious expression and sincere tone: "Don't worry, life and death are destined."

Although the other party was an evil profession, he would never be stingy with his comfort. Hearing this, Xiao Yuan trembled with anger.

At this moment, Huang Taiji seemed to sense something, looked into the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Come out! I can sense your footsteps."

Xiao Yuan and Princess Yin Yao were startled, turned their heads to look, and a figure appeared dozens of meters away, it was the unruly and violent red-haired youth.

He was athletic and slender, but not burly, wearing half-finger gloves for fighting, just like the street brawlers.

"What's going on, Huang Taiji, why are you chatting with this psychic?" Jiang Ju said loudly.

"She is a friend of Yuanshi Tianzun," Huang Taiji thought for a moment, "She can be trusted appropriately!"

He already completely believed in the relationship between this woman and Yuanshi Tianzun. After this woman took the chrysalises, her injuries slowly healed. She was stuffing the mouth of Yuanshi Tianzun with such a precious Gu worm as if it was free.

This was more than just ambiguous, it was simply a lifelong commitment, to be together in life and death.

However, her relationship with Yuanshi Tianzun had nothing to do with him and Jiang Ju, and they would not harm Yuanshi Tianzun. It did not mean that they would not harm them. Therefore, they could be trusted appropriately.

Before Jiang Ju could respond, clear water flowed out of the soil at his feet, as if to condense into a human form, but under the powerful gravitational force, it failed.

Huang Taiji immediately removed the gravitational force.

The clear water condensed into a human form, making a vague cold laugh, like someone speaking from underwater:

"Can be trusted? Huang Taiji, do you know what the orderly faction's main quest is?"

"Oh, you haven't arrived at the villa yet. Jiang Ju, tell him."

"The main quest is to guard the remnants of the demon and eliminate the evil faction." After Jiang Ju finished speaking, he slapped the water clone into pieces, cursing, "Cai Yunlong, watch your tone, am I your little brother?"

Cai Longshen's body re-condensed, not minding the Fire Master's rudeness, and looked at Xiao Yuan:

"Yuanshi Tianzun's fraternization with an evil profession is not to be mentioned for the time being. She and we are mortal enemies. Killing her now will reduce the evil faction by one."

"Huang Taiji, Jiang Ju, if you don't act now, when will you?"

Huang Taiji frowned. He was calm and loyal. Since he knew that the other party was Yuanshi Tianzun's confidante, he was a little reluctant to kill her.

Jiang Ju didn't think so much, and instinctively made flames ignite on his gloves, entering a combat state.

As an excellent Fire Master, he followed the rule of "never using his brain when he can use his hands." Moreover, Cai Longshen's words made sense.

"Why don't you do it yourself?" Princess Yin Yao's face, as delicate and beautiful as a doll, but lacking expression, turned to the water clone, "Acting now will inevitably attract the evil professions in the villa. If Xiao Yuan joins hands with them again, our side will definitely lose. Where is your real body hiding? Just moving your lips and making Huang Taiji and the rude Fire Master fall into danger, your plan is really loud."

Jiang Ju frowned, and the flames on his hands immediately extinguished. What she said made sense.

The water clone turned its gaze to Princess Yin Yao, its vague clear voice cold, "Who are you?"

"She is Yuanshi Tianzun's ambiguous object, and also his Yin corpse," Huang Taiji said with a serious expression, speaking frankly.

Princess Yin Yao stiffly turned her neck little by little, looking at him, her doll face full of dullness.

Huang Taiji nodded calmly, as if to say: I understand everything.

Then, the loyal Huang Taiji frowned and pondered for a moment, looked at Xiao Yuan, and said slowly:

"Yuanshi Tianzun may still have a chance to be saved, but if he falls into the hands of evil professions, he will definitely die. If you want to save Yuanshi Tianzun, then put aside the factional dispute for the time being, and wait until he is saved."

He then looked at Jiang Ju and Cai Longshen: "We are short of manpower. With her joining, we can fight against the evil faction."

Among the higher-ups on the orderly side, besides the red-haired Jiang Ju, who was gifted and could fight the Greedy God General to the death, he and Cai Longshen would still have some difficulty encountering evil professions of the same level.

Of course, Huang Taiji's difficulty was that he couldn't kill the opponent, while Cai Longshen was a proper orderly profession, naturally inferior to evil professions.

Overall, their strength was still weak. Jiang Ju nodded repeatedly: "Good idea!"

"Heh!" Cai Longshen said: "It is indeed a good idea."

This guy Huang Taiji is using Yuanshi Tianzun to threaten this psychic, forcing her to be used by the orderly faction. After she is used, they will cross the river and tear down the bridge. Not bad.

Thinking in his heart, Cai Longshen had water flowing from his feet, came to the earthen coffin, and examined Yuanshi Tianzun in the coffin.

"He is already dead." Cai Longshen made a brief and affirmative evaluation, and then, his gaze fell on the Yin-Yang Law Robe.

——The suit function of the Sacrificial Heaven Set can only be maintained for five minutes. Once the time is up, it will return to its original state.

"Oh, this is a prop he used in the arena, Houtu Boots, a wood-attribute belt... It's actually a Five Elements Set?"

After saying that, the water clone directly grabbed the Yin-Yang Law Robe.

A broad hand grabbed the hand formed of clear water. Huang Taiji frowned and said, "What do you want to do?"

"Since Yuanshi Tianzun is dead, we should naturally divide his props." The water clone's voice was vague, and it asked righteously:

"Do you want to leave it to the evil faction?"

Xiao Yuan and Princess Yin Yao looked at Cai Longshen with hostility.

Huang Taiji shook his head: "This is Yuanshi Tianzun's. Even if he dies, his props should be handed over to the headquarters." Cai Longshen pondered slightly and said:

"Okay!"

"The top priority is to take him to the villa first and enter the Sword Pavilion. We will use the Sword Pavilion as a battlefield to fight the evil professions to the death."

The Sword Pavilion was his home field. Once he got there, Huang Taiji would no longer have the say. Huang Taiji nodded, was about to speak, when he heard a deafening laughter from above: "Can you even get there?"

In the blue sky, a black shadow smashed down from a high altitude, holding a bloody long knife high and heavily slashing at the earthen coffin. Greedy God General!

Because Xiao Yuan, a double agent, appeared, to prevent the plan from being leaked, the evil faction changed its strategy, no longer waiting for the rabbit, but taking the initiative to attack, leaving the villa and intercepting Huang Taiji.

Advance the decisive battle and not give the orderly faction a chance to breathe.

ps: I will correct the typos later.