CHAPTER 515: CHAPTER 515: DIVINE SOUL INJURED AND BLESSING IN DISGUISE

"Phew----"

Lu Zheng let out a long breath, then descended from the cloud and landed on the ground.

"Thank you both, seniors, for your help!"

"No, no, young master, you are the teacher of the Young Master, we are of the same generation, just call me Brother Da Lu," Hu Dalu hurriedly waved his hands and said.

Hu Zhou called Lu Zheng his master, but he called him Uncle Da Lu, so how could he dare address Lu Zheng as a senior?

Moreover, with Lu Zheng’s current strength, he was also enough to call him a peer.

Lu Zheng’s Five-Thunder Curse, along with the decisive way he dealt with Saintess Xueyi, had also astonished them.

Gao Zhen also said, "Young master, just call me Gao the Fifth."

Lu Zheng laughed heartily, clasped his hands, and said, "Brother Da Lu, Brother Gao the Fifth!"

"That’s good! That’s good!"

The two nodded repeatedly, and then everyone sat down together to rest after the battle.

Just now, Hu Dalu and Gao Zhen had fought with Saintess Xueyi, although it was only a few exchanges, they did not hold back, and each of them suffered some injuries.

Fortunately, the injuries weren’t serious, and now after resting for a while, with the circulation of True Qi and blood, they were almost recovered.

Lu Zheng released Du Yueyao from the gourd, and saw Du Yueyao still with her eyes closed, in a coma.

"Miss Du?" Hu Zhou was shocked.

Some days ago, when Hu Zhou and his wife came back to visit Lu Zheng, they had also met Du Yueyao.

Lu Zheng nodded and roughly explained Du Yueyao’s situation.

Fan Boyu placed his hand on Du Yueyao’s forehead, felt it for a moment, and frowned, "Her divine soul is damaged, I’m afraid it will take some time to recover."

Lu Zheng had cultivated the "Nine Heavens Golden Palace True God Transformation Technique," so he was an experienced hand and knew Du Yueyao’s current situation. One reason was being taken over by Saintess Xueyi, which weakened her divine soul, and the other was because he forcefully interrupted the Divine Descent Technique, so Saintess Xueyi was naturally more severely injured, but Du Yueyao was also affected.

"Fortunately, she was only affected and was not successfully taken over, and it didn’t reach the stage of erasing memory and devouring the True Spirit." Fan Boyu sighed.

Lu Zheng nodded, "This is a blessing in disguise."

"There’s also a benefit." Fan Boyu then turned and held Du Yueyao’s wrist, "What they call taking over for re-cultivation is not merely the takeover of the divine soul, Saintess Xueyi was transferring all of her cultivation into Yueyao’s body during this process, which synchronized with the takeover."

Lu Zheng was speechless, "So..."

"So although the Divine Descent Technique was only halfway through, Saintess Xueyi transferred over a hundred years of cultivation into Yueyao, and also improved her meridians and constitution along the way." Fan Boyu smiled, "Once Yueyao recovers from the injuries to her divine soul, she will immediately have a hundred years of Dao practice."

Hu Zhou: I am so envious!

Gao Junyu asked, "Does this mean Miss Du has gained a blessing in disguise?"

"Provided that there are no hidden dangers and dark injuries left on her divine soul," Fan Boyu said.

"Let’s head back first."

Lu Zheng cradled Du Yueyao with a white cloud, keeping her by his side, and looked at Hu Zhou and the others, "If you’re not in a hurry, then let’s all go home together. I owe you all today, and I will personally cook a meal to thank you properly."

Hu Zhou’s eyes lit up, taking a deep breath, "Master cooking personally?"

Hu Dalu and Gao Zhen also had eager looks on their faces, "Is there any Wuliangye?"

Lu Zheng waved his hand grandly, "As much as you want!"

...

Before leaving, of course, they had to clean up the battlefield.

They made sure to destroy the bodies of both Saintess Xueyi and Zhao Wuji, while their dharma artifacts naturally became everyone’s spoils of war.

Saintess Xueyi and Zhao Wuji both carried several dharma artifacts and elixirs, but the most valuable items were three.

Zhao Wuji had two items, one was the Black Wood Mallet, which was not only made of sturdy and durable material, but also carried seven Primordial Saint Sect spells. If it injured someone, the spell would enter the body.

The other was a Wooden Bead soaked in various spirit medicines, called the Ten Thousand Spirit Pill, adept at resisting various evil curses.

The most important item of Saintess Xueyi was a Three-Colored Jade Bead, which protected oneself from all spells and attacks.

Lu Zheng wanted to divide the spoils, but Hu Zhou and the others firmly refused, only picking some minor dharma artifacts and elixirs, while the three most valuable were left for Du Yueyao.

Oh, and there was one more item, a hand string of Saintess Xueyi’s, with a Bodhi Seed attached, also a storage dharma artifact whose space was no less than Lu Zheng’s gourd.

Storage Dharma Artifacts are quite valuable.

To make a storage dharma artifact, firstly the material must be adequate, needing spiritual Qi attached, with the potential to open up space. Most are rare gold and jade products or exotic spiritual fruits, such as the Jade Bottle that could collect peach blossom evils held by Shen Ying or the gourd in Lu Zheng’s possession.

Secondly, one needs to know the rune curse seals for crafting storage dharma artifacts. Various sects have different methods of crafting, but you must master at least one.

Thirdly, your own cultivation level must be high; to make a storage dharma artifact, your own Dao practice needs to be at least a thousand years. This type of item is not something ordinary people can just craft.

White Cloud Temple has crafting inheritance, but with Lu Zheng’s current cultivation, no one taught him yet, and he didn’t rush to learn.

Finally, crafting a storage dharma artifact is not easy. After all, it’s about opening up space, even a master needs to spend great magical power to both expand and stabilize the space and carve runes. These high-level beings surely wouldn’t craft storage dharma artifacts all the time to just give them away.

Therefore, those who own storage dharma artifacts are often masters or large sects with deep resources. Medium and small sects consider one storage dharma artifact a treasure of their sect.

This item may not boost combat power, but it’s a rarity, not like the novels where everyone has a storage bag.

Lu Zheng initially wanted to give them away, but it turned out that Hu Zhou and Gao Junyu both already had storage magical treasures, so they were not given away.

Lu Zheng, "..."

Having powerful affiliations is something else! Literally bred this way!

...

Once the scene was handled, everyone brought the cloud back to Tonglin County.

Having received the news, Liu Qingyan was already waiting at Lu Zheng’s home. Seeing everyone return, she hurried forward, seeing Du Yueyao lying unconscious on the cloud bed, tears almost fell from her eyes.

"What’s wrong with Yueyao?"

"Her divine soul is injured," Lu Zheng said, then roughly explained the previous situation.

"Mistress, Master was amazing, killed the Saintess of the Primordial Saint Sect," Hu Zhou excitedly added.

Liu Qingyan was even more frightened, grabbing Lu Zheng’s wrist, "Lu Lang, you’re not hurt, are you?"

"No, no, with Brother Da Lu and Brother Gao the Fifth helping, it went smoothly." Lu Zheng smiled.

Liu Qingyan was still not assured, so she carefully took Lu Zheng’s pulse, then sighed in relief. Then she held Du Yueyao’s wrist again, feeling her divine soul.

"How is it?" Lu Zheng asked.

Liu Qingyan nodded, "I made an incense for nourishing the soul, let Yueyao sleep indoors, continuously burning the incense. Then, I will use silver needles to puncture acupuncture points every day. Nourish her divine soul with the soul incense, and she will fully recover in about three months."

Fan Boyu was startled, "Three months? Fully recover?"

He thought such severe soul injuries would require at least a year for Du Yueyao to barely recover.

Liu Qingyan nodded, "She will wake in three days, and in three months, she will be completely healed."

"Impressive!" Fan Boyu looked shocked.

Hu Dalu and Gao Zhen exchanged looks, not expecting Liu Qingyan to be so formidable, worthy of being Hu Zhou’s mistress.

Lu Zheng raised an eyebrow, knowing Liu Qingyan had a way. Otherwise, how is she worthy of being called Lady Qingyi?