Master Ruohuai nodded and said to Cang Lou beside him:
"Amitabha! Little Friend Ranxi is right. We will only know after trying. You and I shall join forces and do our utmost to save them."
"Alright, I'll listen to you."
After the three reached a consensus, Yunxi, prompted by Lili, moved a cultivator whose Evil Insect had just hatched inside her before them.
"Two True Venerables, I shall make the first move."
As soon as she spoke, Yunxi unleashed a strand of ice-element origin power. In the span of a single breath, she froze the defenseless cultivator into an ice statue. Only her heart continued to beat slowly, as though it might stop with the next breath.
Master Ruohuai and True Venerable Canglou swiftly formed two hand seals. One streak of golden Buddha light shot toward the Evil Insect that had yet to react, while the other stream of Soul Power stabilized the cultivator's divine soul.
Moments later, the threadworm was pulled out. The instant it left the body, it began to resist, struggling to burrow into Master Ruohuai's body. Yunxi rewarded it with a bloom of Profound Thunder Purple Flame, burning the Evil Insect to ash.
Yunxi then promptly withdrew her ice-element origin power, while Cang Lou awakened the female cultivator.
Chu Xixi laboriously opened her eyes. Her body shuddered involuntarily, and only then did she feel as if her divine soul had returned to its proper place. Looking at the three great figures before her, she asked instinctively:
"What happened to me?"
Yunxi swept her divine sense over the other woman before speaking kindly.
"You fell victim to the schemes of evil cultivators, but you are fine now. The hidden danger within you has been removed. You may leave on your own. Once you return, someone will explain