After being reborn, all I want to do is run away.

Chapter 308: Resurrecting a Soul from a Borrowed Corpse

"Xiao Yi, what functions does this jade hairpin have?" Shen Xu asked curiously.

"Ah!" Shen Xu couldn't help but cry out in pain. His gaze immediately fell on Li Xiaoyi's hair and he found that the jade hairpin was still on Li Xiaoyi's head, which meant that the jade hairpin did not attack him with a physical weapon.

"Sister Yunyao wants you to show her some respect."

"Her temper is even worse than yours," Shen Xu couldn't help but complain.

"Ah!" Shen Xu cried out in pain again, looking at the jade hairpin with some annoyance.

"Am I really that bad-tempered?" Li Xiaoyi suddenly asked.

"Not at all, you're very gentle." Shen Xu closed his eyes in pain.

"The Yun Yao Jade Hairpin is not a combat-specific spiritual treasure, but a defensive one. However, my current strength is not enough to activate it, but Sister Yun Yao's current strength is comparable to that of a cultivator at the Core Formation stage."

"Wouldn't our trip to the True Blood Palace be much easier then?"

Li Xiaoyi shook his head and said, "Sister Yun Yao said that she has been asleep for too long. In order to prevent too much spiritual energy from Yun Yao's jade hairpin from being lost, most of her spiritual energy has fallen into a deep sleep. The primordial liquid in the Condensing Yuan Pool only allowed her to enter the initial awakening state. She cannot even transform into a spiritual body to appear in front of us."

She can help us, but not too much. Most of the primordial energy she absorbed was used to awaken her spirituality. The remaining primordial energy within Yun Yao's jade hairpin is insufficient to sustain her in prolonged combat; otherwise, she will fall into a deep sleep again.

"Since we were short of Yuan Liquid, why didn't we absorb more in the first place? Instead, we let that demon fox absorb so much. It's such a waste!"

"Sister Yunyao said that it was that six-tailed spirit fox that helped her awaken her spirituality and then stopped her from absorbing the primordial liquid." Li Xiaoyi was clearly shocked by this news as well.

"Huh? She means that the fox spirit statue is actually alive?"

"A six-tailed fox! That's a Venerable Realm expert!" He was now seriously considering throwing away that fox statue.

"Sister Yunyao told you not to worry. Even if that fox spirit statue still has consciousness, after years of ravages, there is probably only a little bit of spiritual light left in its body, which is not enough to support its resurrection."

"Now I understand why you said that the items in your storage ring are enough to return my flying shuttle." Li Xiaoyi looked at Shen Xu meaningfully. She really wanted to know how many secrets Shen Xu was still hiding that she didn't know about.

"That's good!" Shen Xu breathed a sigh of relief, then began to worry about what to do with the statue. Throwing it away was a waste, but keeping it was another ticking time bomb.

"Xiao Yi, could you ask my sister for me what to do with that fox demon?" Shen Xu asked with a smile.

"Sister Yunyao asked you to bring him into the True Blood Palace. Perhaps there is the essence blood of other nine-tailed spirit foxes inside that can help her recover some of her condition."

"I'm crazy! The first thing she'll eat when she gets back to normal is me!"

"The Nine-Tailed Fox Clan is considered one of the more friendly demon clans towards humans. They value gratitude above all else, as it relates to their clan's path to enlightenment. It's almost impossible for them to kill you. Moreover, Sister Yun Yao also wants to repay the kindness of that fox demon for helping her awaken her spirituality."

"Since she's harmless, I'm relieved. Anyway, we're going to the True Blood Palace, and I don't expect her to repay the favor. I just want her to return the Yuan Liquid she owes me."

"Have your sister Yun Yao take another close look, so you don't mistake the species again." Shen Xu took out the fox demon statue and handed it to Li Xiaoyi, still a little worried.

"There's no mistake. She's been in your storage ring for so long, she knows more about the things inside than you do."

"It is indeed a very exquisite statue, just like a real spirit fox that has been petrified. No wonder you thought it was alive," Li Xiaoyi exclaimed after taking the statue.

“However, those three black boxes in your storage ring are very dangerous. It would be best to throw them away. Sister Yunyao sensed a very evil aura inside them,” Li Xiaoyi said, frowning.

"Three black boxes?" Li Xiaoyi had almost forgotten about them if he hadn't mentioned them. Those three boxes couldn't have appeared in his storage ring out of thin air, so it was highly likely that he had put them in himself. But why did he have no memory of it at all?

However, since he could sense the danger of those three boxes but still chose to keep them, it means that there was a reason why those three boxes could not be discarded, but he forgot about it for some reason.

Thinking of this, Shen Xu said, "I know what I'm doing, so you don't need to interfere."

"I wonder if Xiao Yi has told you about our current situation, Sister Yun Yao? I'd like to know your thoughts on the Blood Central Realm and the True Blood Palace?"

After closing his eyes and remaining silent for a while, Li Xiaoyi relayed: "Based on our experiences these past few days, Sister Yunyao guesses that the True Blood Palace was probably just a temporary move left behind by the demon race after their retreat."

However, they used some of the vampires' methods to alter the distribution of vital energy in the Blood Central Realm, thereby forcing the people of the Blood Central Realm to cultivate spiritual blood, likely plotting resurrection through possession of corpses.

"Possession into another body?" A bold guess immediately formed in Shen Xu's mind.

"This demon clan that sent the True Blood Palace to the Blood Central Realm probably has the ability to project their consciousness across the void to the Blood Central Realm through their bloodline. However, the prerequisite for doing so is that the demon blood of both sides must be strong and pure enough, and the other side's soul must not resist too strongly. Sister Yun Yao said that this may be the reason why the Blood Central Realm does not cultivate the soul."

"Why would the demon race do this? If they want to invade the True Origin Continent, relying on this method is far too frivolous." Shen Xu couldn't help but wonder.

“This is not something we should be concerned about. What we need to do is prevent the demon race’s scheme from succeeding,” Li Xiaoyi’s gaze turned deep.

"Huo Yan said that the Seventh Prince is a traitor. Could it be that the Seventh Prince has already been invaded by the consciousness of the demon race?" Shen Xu asked.

“I have met the current King Cangli, and except for the last period of his life, his behavior was quite normal.”

"I don't think the seven kings Huo Yan mentioned are the same seven kings as we know them today. The establishment of the seven kingdoms was very unusual, too sudden, as if they had planned it all out in advance. The first seven kings were definitely the key to this."

I remember you said that the true blood of the Seven Kingdoms was obtained from the True Blood Palace. Is it possible that the first Seven Kings brought out the true blood from the True Blood Palace, and that they established the Seven Kingdoms with that true blood?

I also suspect that they may not have died, but have been maintaining their lives by remaining in their monster forms, since monsters generally have very long lifespans.

The giant red-haired hand that intercepted us when we arrived at Cangtian Abyss was clearly not a technique that a True Blood Realm cultivator could use, nor was it a human hand. I think it must have been one of the Seven Kings who made the move.” Shen Xu’s mind became clearer as he spoke, and he felt that his guess was the truth of history.

"This guess is reasonable. It is estimated that the Seven Kings obtained the True Blood in the True Blood Palace and betrayed the human race, becoming the henchmen of the demon race," Li Xiaoyi guessed.

"The question now is how Huo Yan found out about this. Did she even go to the True Blood Palace? And how did she manage to send that letter out of Cangtianyuan?" Shen Xu frowned.

Suddenly, the image of the True Blood Palace inside the giant blood beast and the blood energy chains that pierced through it appeared in Shen Xu's mind, and a flash of inspiration suddenly appeared in his mind.

"The Realm Spirit! The Realm Spirit is trapped in the True Blood Palace!"