Chapter 106: Triumphant Return

“How did you use my power?” Yun Zhi looked at Lu Yang, somewhat puzzled. Based on Lu Yang’s experiences, he shouldn’t have had access to such advanced and difficult techniques as divine descent.

“Uh... I just happened to come across a set of the Shape-Imitating Fist.”

“While practicing the fist, I thought, since the Shape-Imitating Fist is about imitating an object to gain its advantages, why should I only imitate animals? Humans could also be imitated.”

“Among the people I know, you, Eldest Senior Sister, are the strongest, so I imitated you and gained your power.”

Yun Zhi: “......”

She had been proficient in magic since childhood, considered a prodigy in the field, able to learn any magic at a glance and even correct its flaws to make it more perfect. She had also deduced many long-lost magics, such as the technique of divine descent.

But she had never encountered a situation like Lu Yang’s before.

“Even if I gave you a trace of my power, it’s not something you can bear at your current level. Don’t use this kind of fist technique lightly.”

Lu Yang understood Eldest Senior Sister’s meaning: solve your own problems and don’t call me over for no reason.

“And you, leave Lu Yang’s body.”

The Immortal Maiden, unusually determined this time, shook her head in refusal: “I can’t leave him.”

“Hmm?” Yun Zhi’s voice rose two pitches, and the Immortal Maiden quickly added an explanation upon seeing the situation turning south.

“I’ve just resurrected, my immortal soul is fragile, and I need a body to inhabit. Lu Yang called out my name, causing me to resurrect, which led to a special causality between him and me. This causality forces me to reside within his body until this special causality disappears and my immortal soul strengthens, only then can I leave his spiritual world.”

Lu Yang pondered: “So it’s like being pregnant for ten months?”

The Immortal Maiden angrily retorted: “Can you use a more appropriate analogy!”

Lu Yang spread his hands, his imagination was limited, and he couldn’t think of a better example.

“I could also directly shatter your immortal soul and then revive you myself,” Eldest Senior Sister’s gaze settled on the Immortal Maiden, putting immense pressure on her.

“That won’t work. Where did you learn my name? From Lu Yang. Essentially, it was Lu Yang who resurrected me. Your method won’t work.”

Yun Zhi fell silent for a moment, then with a single hand gesture, cast a golden mark that imprinted onto Lu Yang’s spiritual space, then faded and disappeared.

“What is this...”

“This is a soul mark I’ve left. If you do anything harmful to him, this mark will activate, shattering your immortal soul. Then you can hope for some fool to correctly call your name again in three hundred thousand years.” The warning was clear.

They walked into the mission hall with their heads held high, looking disdainfully at everything around them, strutting in like three crabs fresh from the sea.

Inside the mission hall, tasks collected from various places covered the walls, with Senior Brothers and Sisters searching for suitable missions.

Lu Yang noticed that the task of finding a Nascent Soul Stage tiger with wings was still posted on the wall, which meant that Daoist Li Hong from the Shanhaiguan had yet to find his beloved pet.

The task of exploring a suspected cave heaven in Kunwu Mountain had been removed, indicating that the exploration was complete.

New tasks were also posted, such as the appearance of a Nascent Soul Stage demonic cultivator needing elimination, the discovery of ancient ruins requiring a team to explore, and two powerful beings seeking divorce mediation, among others.

The brother on duty at the front desk, noticing their amusing way of walking, joked, “Did the three of you save the world?”

Lu Yang humbly replied, “Almost. We completed a secret mission and need to report to the Grand Elder.”

The brother’s expression turned serious upon hearing about a secret mission, a matter of great importance that he couldn’t handle. Nobody dared joke about such things: “The Grand Elder is currently in the council hall holding a meeting. Brother Dai is overseeing the mission hall in his stead. Why don’t you report to him?”

The meeting in the council hall had been going on for most of the day and was still not over.

The mission hall, located at the Reward and Punishment Peak, is overseen by the Grand Elder. In his absence, Dai Bufan is responsible for all matters related to Reward and Punishment Peak.

“Please inform Brother Dai for us.”

Upon hearing the message from his junior brother, Dai Bufan was puzzled; he didn’t remember assigning any secret mission to Lu Yang and his group. Could it have been arranged by the Master? No, that couldn’t be right; the Master would have informed him of any such arrangements.

Suppressing his doubts, he said, “Let them in.”

“Yes.”

The trio was ushered into the core area of the mission hall, where Dai Bufan was lying back in a chair, flipping through case files—these were compilations of intelligence from various places, some of which could be turned into tasks.

Dai Bufan put down the files, picked up his teacup filled with freshly plucked Enlightenment Tea, and said, “Tell me, what did you do?”

Barbarian Bone, trying to articulate his limited vocabulary, succinctly said, “We joined the demonic cult.”

“Pfft—”

Meng Jingzhou shot Barbarian Bone a glare and explained to Dai Bufan, “Don’t listen to Barbarian Bone’s nonsense. We merely infiltrated the demonic cult.”

(End of the chapter)