"Just behave yourself,"
"Hmph~"
Before Lu Shaoshi and Duan Yujing could get excited, Yang Hong's voice, still meditating on the ground, interrupted them.
Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable just snorted unhappily but didn't pursue. Instead, she landed and sat down cross-legged.
"Hey~ You, bring the healing pills."
Lu Shaoshi and the two were still stunned, shocked that Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable actually listened to Yang Hong, when Yang Hong's voice came again.
"Yang~ Yang Hong, are you talking to me, this general?"
"Yes, to you two lone soldiers. Do you really think we can survive such a terrifying heavenly tribulation without a scratch?"
Hearing Yang Hong's reminder, the two female immortals rushed over in a panic, still anxiously showing concern. But they were stopped again: "Don't touch me. Our bodies are extremely fragile right now. Even a mortal from the lower realms could shatter our bodies. Just put the pills down and guard us from outside."
This time, it was Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable who spoke. She knew her current physical condition and quickly said this. It would be too tragic if she were accidentally hugged to death by her loyal subordinates out of affection.
She and Yang Hong were struck by over 1,700 bolts of tribulation lightning. Not only were all their pills consumed, but all their immortal artifacts were exhausted in resisting the tribulation lightning. Some tough materials were even taken out by Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable to block the lightning. They had survived the terrifying over 1,700 bolts of tribulation lightning only by exhausting all their foundations and wealth. Otherwise, even with Yang Hong's time laws helping them quickly refine the tribulation lightning energy, they would have been annihilated into ashes by the terrifying lightning.
It was only when Lu Shaoshi and Duan Yujing got closer that they noticed that although Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable was fully dressed, it was merely an illusion condensed by her magic power, not actual clothes. At the same time, Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable's true state startled the two. At this moment, Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable was covered in black, and deep bone-revealing wounds could be seen at a glance. Her entire body looked like burnt and cracked ceramic, seemingly about to shatter at a touch.
"City Lord, please rest assured and heal. Yu Jing and I will guard you."
The two "loyal subordinates" truly didn't glance at Yang Hong, who was equally blackened, beside Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable. After pouring out a large pile of pills, they quickly flew into the sky to guard.
Yang Hong rolled his eyes. If he hadn't wanted to hide the secret of the [System], he would have flown out of the city long ago to find plants for灌顶 (guàndǐng - anointing/bestowing) to return his cultivation and heal his injuries. Now, he could only reluctantly use pills. Fortunately, Lu Shaoshi and the two were also wealthy, and their pills were top-grade. In just three days, Yang Hong's injuries were preliminarily healed, and his necrotic bones, muscles, skin, and even bone marrow were expelled from his body. This strong young man immediately became a gaunt and skinny bamboo pole. However, he noticed that his bone marrow had turned from white to silvery white, his bones had become crystal clear jade white, and he could even vaguely see the silvery white bone marrow flowing slowly inside. His blood had turned from bright red to a golden red, his muscles were red with a hint of gold, and his skin had become a bronze color. He seemed to have undergone a peculiar evolution.
"Yin Yang Spirit Plant Technique~" Yang Hong whispered, quickly forming hand seals. A golden and silver light spread from his hands, radiating outwards and quickly covering an area of a thousand li. Wherever the light passed, the plants frozen by the ice quickly regained their vitality and began to grow rapidly, at a speed a hundred times faster than normal. In this spirit plant technique, he had incorporated the laws of time. The spell lasted for a full seven days before ending, which was Yang Hong's current magic power limit.
"Yang Hong, what do you mean by this? My Xuan Yin City has been devoured by your plants." As soon as his spell ended, Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable immediately roared indignantly. The entire Xuan Yin Immortal City had turned into a forest, and the original buildings and the immortal artifacts within them had all been destroyed and consumed by the plants Yang Hong controlled.
"It's simple. Xuan Yin Immortal City is already history, so there's no need for it to exist. We can rebuild a new city, how about calling it [City of Creation]?"
"That's my Xuan Yin City."
"You only have two subordinates now, what do you need Xuan Yin City for?"
"I~" Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable suddenly froze, her entire being deflated like a defeated rooster. Her previous pride and spirit were gone, leaving only a dejected expression.
"What was yesterday is gone and cannot be kept; what troubles my heart today is too much to bear."
Hearing this, Yang Hong walked over, put his arm around Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable's waist, and in front of her two subordinates, boldly kissed her. After a long while, he finally let go.
"Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable is a thing of the past. Caiwei, you should choose a new honorific title. Since yesterday cannot be kept, then let it go and start anew. Moreover, your cultivation has already broken through to Grand Unity Golden Immortal, achieving immortality. Why would you need so many subordinates? Isn't it better to roam the world alone or with a few companions?"
"Mmm~ Mmm~"
Hearing Yang Hong's words, before Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable could say anything, Lu Shaoshi and Duan Yujing next to them nodded incessantly in agreement.
"Sister Caiwei, I think Yang Hong is right. During your tribulation, your 36 true disciples and 720 inner disciples either fled far away or plotted against you. This junior sister feels it's not worth it for you." Duan Yujing also helped to twist the knife in Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable's heart. And it wasn't over yet.
"City Lord, the guys from the Nine Departments, Eighteen Halls, and Twenty-Seven Pavilions of Xuan Yin City have all run away, and they even looted the treasury. Oh, and the [Nine Dragon Lock Origin Array] was also stolen!" Lu Shaoshi also reported a piece of bad news.
"Alas~ Xuan Yin City... it's better to not have it." Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable, from this moment on, was no longer [Xuan Yin Immortal Venerable], but only Grand Unity Golden Immortal Yin Caiwei.
Although Xuan Yin City was gone, she still wanted her previous floating island. Under her leadership, the four of them found the control core of the floating island, inputted magic power to reactivate the island's formation, and let the floating island rise again. Also rising were large quantities of immortal fruits, the result of Yang Hong's seven days of effort, which were good for replenishing magic power.
"Senior Yang Hong, can you give me those immortal fruits? I will refine immortal pills."
"Mmm~" Facing Duan Yujing's request, Yang Hong merely flicked his finger, and the flying immortal fruits fell onto the large plaza that had just been cleared on the floating island. Duan Yujing's methods were also extraordinary. She took out a palm-sized alchemy furnace and tossed it into the air. A powerful suction immediately drew hundreds of millions of immortal fruits into the furnace. Then, golden flames ignited, drawing in the celestial qi of heaven and earth and the stellar energy of the starry sky, burning fiercely. After forty-nine days, the massive amount of immortal fruits were refined into nine fragrant, multi-colored pills.
"Amazing! You directly refined them into seventh-grade immortal pills. Amazing!" Looking at these nine pills, Yang Hong couldn't help but exclaim. If they had had these pills during the tribulation, he and Yin Caiwei would have had a much easier time. One seventh-grade pill refined by Duan Yujing this time could restore all of Yang Hong's magic power, who was at the third layer of the eighth-rank Grand Unity Golden Immortal! These were truly life-saving pills!
"Senior Yang Hong, refining these pills consumes a lot of resources. If you hadn't provided so many immortal fruits, I wouldn't have dared to refine them like this."
"Is that so? I have a good idea."