Reforging a Demon Core for My Sister-in-Law

Just before Ji Xueruo leaped up, You Su stared intently at the face he had longed for day and night from the shadows, seemingly lost in thought.

But he quickly suppressed the turmoil in his heart, because a Water Condensation Perfection was right in front of him, and even if he and Miss Ji joined forces, they could not defeat Yu Zhen. He had to calm down.

Looking at that face that he knew all too well, You Su suddenly had a feeling that Miss Ji must have planned something to be so calm and composed, as if Mount Tai had collapsed in front of her.

Those little snakes!

As an observer, You Su clearly noticed the strange behavior of the white snakes. He was amazed by the changes in Ji Xueruo's snake-controlling technique. Just a few days ago, when Miss Ji used this technique on him, she had poor control, but in just a few days, she had already mastered it!

Is this talent? Or hard work?

This convinced him that Miss Ji must have some ulterior motive, and he dared not act rashly for fear of ruining Ji Xueruo's plan.

When You Su realized that Miss Ji intended to perish together with Yu Zhen, his heart was filled with shock. He never expected that this girl, who looked exactly like his junior sister, would possess such shrewdness and ruthlessness.

But this willingness to risk everything to achieve one's goal is also inherited from the same source.

You Su made a silent decision: no matter what, he had to save Miss Ji.

Not only because she was her junior sister's older sister, but also because You Su couldn't bear to watch his junior sister die in front of him with that face on her back.

With a swift stroke of the sword, the tentacle was sliced into several pieces as easily as a squid on a chopping board.

But You Su frowned. He felt no resistance at all from the sword; it was as if he were swinging it at thin air. The tentacle hadn't been severed by him; it had broken off on its own!

Ji Xueruo's black hair danced in the wind. She was somewhat surprised, and said with a complicated expression:

"How come it's you...?"

You Su had already closed his completely black eyes; facing the evil spirits underwater, he no longer needed to keep them open.

"It's not over yet!" With no time for reminiscing, You Su could only shout.

He supported Ji Xueruo's slender back with one hand and her fishtail with the other, quickly bringing her to the shore.

Behind them, in the pitch-black water, Yu Zhen was being dragged into the dark water amidst constant cursing, eventually turning into a few gurgling bubbles.

You Su's mind sharpened, and he was about to pick up Ji Xueruo and escape from this place, but immediately another tentacle returned! And it was thicker and stronger than the previous one!

You Su gathered his energy with his sword, and several more sword lights flashed, instantly severing the tentacle into several pieces. However, he still couldn't feel any substance cutting into it.

The severed limbs hanging in the air resembled independent living entities. They swelled and grew larger in an instant, then pieced themselves together, resulting in a body that was even thicker and stronger after healing than when it first appeared.

You Su frowned, thinking to himself, "Just as I thought!"

The tentacles of the 'Water God' are like a gecko, capable of severing their tails. They not only actively avoid damage, but also heal and even advance further!

You Su nervously considered his options. Escape was clearly out of the question; the tentacles were moving much faster than he had imagined. With a thought, he leaped into the air, his sword flashing like a black lotus flower as it hurtled towards the tentacles.

The tentacles, unable to dodge, were instantly shattered into pieces, seemingly beyond repair.

However, You Su showed no joy at winning; instead, his expression became even more serious.

The fact that the monster didn't want to be hit head-on shows that its defense is actually very low, which is why it wouldn't even let You Su touch it.

He had thought that as long as his sword was faster than the tentacle's self-healing speed, he could definitely inflict substantial damage on it. However, even with what was almost his fastest sword strike, he still failed to strike the tentacle.

Like fragments of tentacles falling like black snow, they pieced themselves together once more, the thicker tentacles churning the water and dancing wildly, like an undead giant worm crawling out of hell.

How can we defeat this bizarre and malevolent spirit?

Even You Su, who had already dealt with evil spirits of the level of Dream-Eating Ghost, was at a loss. But the disaster was not over yet, as two more tentacles emerged from the black water!

Three tentacles, one for each person, rushed rapidly towards You Su, Ji Xueruo, and Xiao Yu. The hungry Water God would not allow food delivered to its door to escape; everyone here would become its nourishment!

Ji Xueruo, who was half-fish, was exhausted after the battle. She wanted to mobilize her Mystic Qi, but her body would not obey her commands at all, as if her Demon Core no longer existed.

Faced with dire straits, one must remain calm. You Su held his sword with both hands, the black light on the Ink Pine Sword gleaming, as if dragons roared and tigers howled within it! Don't Cower Sword Intent!

You Su's figure was insignificant in front of the three tentacles, but the overwhelming sword aura emanating from him was able to hold its own against them.

You Su's idea was simple: since he couldn't keep up with the speed at which the tentacle severed its own limbs, he might as well use the most powerful area-of-effect damage to leave it nowhere to hide!

Ji Xueruo's beautiful eyes widened. Even among the Demon Race, there were peerless Sword Cultivator. She naturally recognized that You Su wasn't using swordsmanship, but rather his unique sword intent! But wasn't he only eighteen years old...? What kind of sword immortal would such a young man grow into?

Like a whirlwind sweeping away clouds, the dark green tentacles transformed into a dense black mist under the violent sword intent, dissipating in an instant.

The Xiao Yu stared blankly at the god-like boy, muttering to itself:

"I'm saved..."

However, You Su did not relax and still looked troubled.

The next instant, the cave underwent another change. The black mist seemed to be attracted to each other and actually condensed together once again! First, it turned into black droplets, and then it gathered together to form a huge tentacle that was enough to burst the cave. Each sucker on the tentacle was the size of a human face!

You Su was panting heavily, gripping the sword hilt tightly. He truly hadn't expected that the tentacles, even after being crushed into bloody pulp, could regenerate. What method could he possibly use to kill it?

"Are these... truly living beings that should exist in this world...?"

Ji Xueruo stared in astonishment at the enormous tentacle, her glimmer of hope extinguished once more. She had only heard of evil spirits before, but she never imagined that the first evil spirit she would see with her own eyes was far more powerful than any she had ever heard of.

While You Su was still nervously contemplating his next move, he heard Ji Xueruo's lament and suddenly felt as if a new world had been opened for him. A flash of inspiration struck him—

That's right! This can't possibly be a real creature! It's the tentacle of the Water God! The Little White Fish that calls itself the Water God, isn't its specialty just spitting bubbles to make people fall into illusions?

A glint of light flashed in You Su's eyes. If this was an illusion, then everything made sense!

It wasn't that he missed the tentacles; rather, just like when he touched the enlarged Little White Fish that day, these things were inherently without substance! They deliberately severed themselves to prevent him from discovering this fact, so no matter how he cut them, they could regenerate!

You Su suddenly curled his lips into a contemptuous smile. He had thought that this evil spirit, named the Water God, should be an evil spirit Five Elements Type, but he never expected it to be Dream Master Type!

Once the eerie veil of the Dream Master Type is pierced, the evil spirits no longer pose any threat.

A gigantic tentacle, blotting out the sky, slammed down towards You Su, but this time, it was You Su who didn't dodge or evade.

"Get out of the way!" Ji Xueruo seeing this, "Run! You can't die! Don't worry about me!"

You Su turned around, a calm smile on his face. He didn't even raise his sword, as if he had given up.

"Miss Ji, I haven't married your sister yet, of course I won't die."

You idiot! You're about to be smashed to a pulp, how dare you talk about marrying my sister...? You should have just stayed away from saving me! If you die because of me, wouldn't I owe Lingruo even more...?

Ji Xueruo closed her eyes, unable to bear witnessing You Su's death. However, the enormous commotion she had imagined when the tentacles would slam into the ground did not occur; instead, the surroundings were deathly silent.

She slowly opened her eyes and was surprised to find that the tentacle had disappeared, and You Su was walking towards her with a sword in one hand and a calm demeanor.

"W-What happened?"

Ji Xueruo couldn't believe it. The pool of black water and the dark cave were clearly real, yet the tentacles had mysteriously vanished.

"Thank you for the reminder, Miss Ji. That monster was actually fake; it certainly wasn't a creature that should exist in this world."

You Su walked up to Ji Xueruo and patiently explained to her.

After the tentacle struck You Su, it vanished without a trace, not even stirring up a speck of dust. As for illusions, as long as you don't believe in them, you won't be affected by them.

"Fake?" Ji Xueruo hesitated. "Are you sure?"

"I'm sure, so as long as we believe it's real, there's no way we can kill it." As You Su said this, she glanced at Xiao Yu was hiding nearby, to remind her.

"Will Yu Zhen come out again?" Ji Xueruo shaken.

"The tentacles are fake, the black pool is real. The illusion is just a trick used by evil spirits beneath the black pool to deceive their prey into giving up the struggle and walking into their trap. Yu Zhen has already been dragged into the black pool and has probably become food for the 'Water God'."

"Those who reap what they sow will not live."

Ji Xueruo her breath, but quickly calmed down and asked:

"You... Young Master You, what are you doing here?"

" By fortuitous opportunity chance, I was attacked by a monster in the Jade Ring Pool, which brought me to this underground cave. Miss Ji, do you know where this place is?"

Ji Xueruo was about to answer, she was suddenly interrupted by a scream. A tentacle stretched out from the dark pool and firmly grabbed the Xiao Yu.

All of this happened so suddenly that You Su was caught off guard and could only shout, "Don't believe it!"

But this was far too difficult for a timid mortal girl. The tentacles had already wrapped around the Xiao Yu's body and pulled it down, instantly disappearing into the black water!

Ji Xueruo was horrified, but she didn't have much time to grieve. She immediately said, "This is no place to stay! Let's go back the way you came!"

You Su understood immediately. This place was not a safe place to talk; one had to be wary of not only the person behind Yu Zhen but also of the endless illusions.

"I'm sorry."

Without hesitation, You Su reached under Ji Xueruo's back and into her body, lifting her up in his arms. Ji Xueruo looked somewhat uncomfortable, but the situation was urgent, and she couldn't afford to be too cautious.

You Su carried Ji Xueruo in his arms and frantically rushed back the way they came. He carefully avoided touching the fish-like body beneath Ji Xueruo's black dress, seemingly not wanting the girl to remember the strange changes that had occurred to him.

But only the girl knew that the dull pain and strange sensation coming from her lower body were tearing her to the limit of endurance. Her face was even paler, and her lips had lost all color.

"You've never eaten lotus seeds from Jade Ring Pool, have you?" Ji Xueruo suddenly asked.

You Su frowned. "No, you became like this after eating the lotus seeds from Jade Ring Pool?!"

You Su still felt lingering fear when she recalled the bowl of lotus seed soup that the Little White Fish had eaten.

"Hmm... that's an evil object. The Old Yu's heirloom is a lotus seed. Xiao Yu wore it for many years, which turned her into a monster. And I obtained it in order to enter the Jade Ring Pool, and unknowingly, I was also corrupted by it and turned into this."

"This Jade Ring Pool is Spiritual Life Blessed Land, yet it actually raises evil creatures!" You Su gritted his teeth in hatred.

"It is precisely because it is Spiritual Life Blessed Land that no one will have any doubts..." Ji Xueruo barely breathing.

It was dark all around, and Ji Xueruo had no time to pay attention to him, so he quietly opened his eyes and hurried on his way. When he saw Ji Xueruo's miserable state, his heart tightened, as if he saw his junior sister suffering in pain.

He quickly channeled his Qi into Ji Xueruo's body, hoping to alleviate some of her pain, but the Mystic Qi couldn't stay in her body at all.

Ji Xueruo sensed You Su's efforts and said in a voice barely above a whisper, "It's no use... my Demon Core is gone..."

After saying those words, she seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and she closed her eyes and fainted.

You Su used his Mystic Qi to investigate and found that there was indeed no Demon Core in her body; her body was no different from that of a mortal.

You Su dared not take her any further. Seeing that they had already gone quite a distance, he carefully put Ji Xueruo down and then searched his body for any medicine that might be of use.

He stuffed the Calamity-Averting Pill given to him by the Seventh Elder into Ji Xueruo 'Ji Xueruo mouth, hoping that this holy medicine for healing could help her a little.

Suddenly, You Su seemed to see a tiny white shadow—it was Little White Fish!

And the place it emerged from was none other than the Evil Warding Token he had just been holding in his hand!

It turns out it never disappeared; it had been hiding inside the Evil Warding Token all along.

This reminded You Su of the moment when True Man Ling devised his counterattack; the Lantern Ghost had burst forth from the Evil Warding Token. He knew very little about the Evil Warding Token, and only now did he realize that it actually had the power to contain evil spirits.

This Little White Fish is also an evil spirit!

He tried to catch the Little White Fish, but his fingers would just pass right through its body; its true form seemed to have no substance.

The Little White Fish ignored You Su and swam towards Ji Xueruo on its own. Suddenly, it burrowed into Ji Xueruo's bosom, as if searching for something.

You Su frowned, but it was inconvenient for him to make a move, so he could only wait for the Little White Fish to come out on its own.

Soon, the Little White Fish swam out carrying a necklace in its mouth, and hanging from the necklace was a lotus seed.

The Little White Fish seemed to have been starving for a long time, and it quickly devoured the lotus seeds. After finishing, it even smacked its lips twice, looking as if it still wanted more.

"You are the Water God, then what is under that pool of black water?" You Su asked anxiously.

The Little White Fish did a somersault in the air, then exhaled another bubble. You Su popped it, and sure enough, she heard the child's voice again:

"Of course it's fake!" the Little White Fish said angrily.

"So what exactly happened?" You Su was eager to know the answer.

"I can tell you, but are you sure you don't want to save your little lover first? If you don't save her now, she might stay like this forever."

She is not my lover.

"Oh my, your eyes were practically practically glued to her when you first saw her, and you still aren't? Let's just ignore her then."

You Su was too lazy to argue anymore and hurriedly said, "Tell me quickly, how can I save him?"

The Little White Fish circled in the air once more before leisurely saying:

"Her legs haven't disappeared; they're just hidden inside the fish's body. So you need to split her fish tail to free her legs. But without cultivation, her legs can't be fully restored, so you also need to... help her rebuild her Demon Core!"

"Reconstruct the Demon Core? How can I help?"

"There's no need to pretend with me, the Water God. You possess... the Tai Sui Power!"