Chapter 1344: The Beauty of Distance
Chapter 1344: The Beauty of Distance
Translator: CinderTL
"Alright, time is of the essence. Fellow Daoists Wu Bo and Wu Shandie, you must depart now," Song Wen said.
As he spoke, the blood sea enveloping Wu Bo, Wu Shandie, and Wu Qinghan began to churn violently, instantly swallowing the three of them.
Simultaneously, transparent, razor-sharp blades materialized between Song Wen’s eyebrows and shot into Wu Lingzhu’s sea of consciousness.
These "God-Slaying Thorns" were not deployed at full power; Song Wen used less than ten percent of his divine sense power.
His primary goal was to severely injure Wu Lingzhu’s divine soul, making it vulnerable for Lan Chen’s Body Seizing, rather than completely annihilating her soul.
After enduring over a dozen God-Slaying Thorns, Wu Lingzhu’s eyes rolled back, and she lost consciousness, her mind reduced to a blank, vacant state.
"Lan Chen, strike now!" Song Wen roared.
"Understood!"
Without hesitation, Lan Chen lunged toward Wu Lingzhu’s head.
By this point, Wu Lingzhu’s divine soul was on the verge of collapse, her sea of consciousness utterly defenseless. Lan Chen easily breached the barrier, and Song Wen’s divine sense followed.
Within Wu Lingzhu’s sea of consciousness, Lan Chen searched thoroughly before finally locating her divine soul deep within its depths.
Wu Lingzhu’s divine soul was riddled with holes, resembling cracked porcelain—beautiful yet fragile.
Lan Chen pounced on Wu Lingzhu’s soul like a ravenous wolf, tearing into it with savage bites. Wu Lingzhu’s soul, trapped in a nightmarish trance, remained motionless, her eyes tightly shut and her face contorted in terror, unable to offer the slightest resistance.
Seeing this, Song Wen withdrew his divine sense from Wu Lingzhu’s sea of consciousness.
With a thought, he retracted the Blood Sea Seal.
As the blood sea vanished from the ground, Wu Bo, Wu Shandie, and Wu Qinghan had vanished without a trace, leaving only Wu Lingzhu’s physical body lying on the ground, her face twisted in agony.
After reactivating the formation within the cave, Song Wen turned and left.
The rest was up to Lan Chen.
Succeed and live; fail and die!
If she still failed to seize the body under these circumstances, it could only be attributed to fate.
Song Wen could only act as her guardian.
He moved to a nearby mountain peak, standing beneath the night sky, his divine sense vigilantly scanning the surroundings.
There was no room for complacency.
If the Wu Clan managed to enlist a Great Ascension Stage cultivator from the Myriad Swords Pavilion, both he and Lan Chen would be in grave danger. Only when Lan Chen had completely devoured Wu Lingzhu’s soul, making it untraceable, would they truly be safe.
Moreover, Gu Huang’s return would inevitably bring news of the Nine Calamity Heaven-Measuring Sword back to the Myriad Swords Pavilion.
Ancestor Yuanrong of the Myriad Swords Pavilion—Jian Xiao’s "sword friend"—might very well come to execute Song Wen, seeking vengeance for Jian Xiao’s death.
After a moment’s contemplation, Song Wen realized that if a Great Ascension Stage cultivator truly arrived, remaining here would only mean throwing his life away.
He quietly retreated a thousand miles.
Pausing briefly, he continued his retreat, withdrawing another three thousand miles before stopping. He then found a mud cave and crawled inside.
Lying prone in the mud, he suppressed his aura and waited silently.
A month passed.
No disturbances stirred the surrounding area. Instead, the first sign of activity came from the cave where Lan Chen was.
"Ji Yin, I have successfully completed the Body Seizing," Lan Chen’s voice echoed.
The cave was protected by a seventh-tier formation set up by Song Wen. Unable to manipulate the formation, Lan Chen couldn’t leave the cave and had to announce her success to Song Wen.
Song Wen, who had been vigilantly monitoring the cave’s activity, felt a slight sense of relief.
Lan Chen’s successful Body Seizing meant that no one could trace her anymore.
Song Wen emerged from the muddy cave, shaking off the clinging earth before flying to the cave entrance.
As he deactivated the formation, a figure in pure white drifted gracefully out.
"Ji Yin, are you pleased with my new form?"
Wu Lingzhu stood suspended in mid-air, sleeves billowing as she twirled. Her skirt blossomed like a night-blooming cereus, layers unfolding in cascading folds.
Song Wen scrutinized her, noting the complete transformation of her aura. Even her features had subtly changed, retaining a faint resemblance to the original Wu Lingzhu yet distinct upon closer inspection.
"Lan Chen, your rebirth is a cause for celebration."
Lan Chen smiled radiantly, her eyes suddenly shimmering like spring water.
"You’ve guarded me for a month, surely exhausted in body and mind. Shall I reward you?"
She leaned closer, pressing her delicate frame against Song Wen’s chest. Her crimson lips brushed his ear as she whispered softly, "Do you... want to taste this body? It’s still untouched, you know."
Song Wen wrapped an arm around Lan Chen’s slender waist, waving his other hand casually. A Giant Flying Ship materialized instantly.
With a swift movement, the two boarded the Giant Flying Ship.
"Ugh... wait a moment, we haven’t even reached the ship tower yet. Let’s get inside first, then..."
Three months later.
Cloudstream Valley.
"Welcome back, Master. Greetings... Mistress."
Guan Lin bowed deeply upon seeing Song Wen’s sudden return, with Lan Chen clinging to his side.
When she first met Song Wen, she was in the prime of her youth. Now, over eighty years later, a hint of age had begun to etch itself onto her face.
Her cultivation realm was only at the golden core stage, granting her a lifespan of merely five hundred years. Eighty years had already left their mark.
Lan Chen, half-leaning against Song Wen’s chest, swept her divine sense across the entire canyon, a flicker of surprise crossing her features.
"Ji Yin, you only have one maidservant?"
"I don’t own any estates. What would I need so many maidservants for?" Song Wen replied casually.
"To serve you, of course. And to ease your boredom during cultivation," Lan Chen countered.
"That’s unnecessary." Song Wen shifted the topic. "You’ve just successfully seized a body. You need to enter secluded meditation to quickly master the spiritual power within. Feel free to choose any pavilion here."
"Which pavilion do you live in?" Lan Chen asked.
"That one," Song Wen pointed to a particular pavilion.
"Let’s go check out your pavilion."
With that, Lan Chen flew ahead toward Song Wen’s pavilion.
As they entered, Song Wen suddenly noticed that the robes Lan Chen had just put on were already beginning to slip off again.
"Didn’t you say... you were in pain?" Song Wen instinctively touched his lower back.
"It’s nothing, just a minor discomfort. We haven’t seen each other for centuries. We should properly reconnect, or our bond will grow distant," Lan Chen said, completely unfazed by Song Wen’s embarrassment. She pounced on him without hesitation.
For the next twelve years, Song Wen remained in secluded cultivation within the canyon, refining Blood Luo Pills, studying the seventh-tier formation in his possession, and reviewing the cultivation insights and the Corpse King’s Rebirth Art technique he had obtained from Wei Gu.
He had already fully comprehended the Body Integration Stage techniques of the Corpse King’s Rebirth Art, but the effects of the Blood Luo Pills were somewhat disappointing.
Or rather, it wasn’t that the pills were ineffective, but that he had grown accustomed to the sensation of his cultivation base surging instantly.
Another matter troubled him: Lan Chen visited him frequently.
Two or three times a month, each visit lasting three to five days, was becoming unbearable.
He couldn’t help but long for the Lan Chen of the Lower Realm, who would only seek him out once every few years.
(End of the Chapter)
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