Shen Luo followed Purple Bamboo's gaze and saw a purple immortal bamboo stalk, over ten feet tall, leaning there. Its entire body was translucent as violet jade, and its dense clusters of purple leaves were crystalline and clear. Its quality surpassed that of the Nether Springs Purple Jade Bamboo by far more than a single grade.
"Senior Shen, this..." Purple Bamboo's divine soul looked at Shen Luo, her eyes filled with a plaintive appeal.
"Don't worry. I won't go back on what I promised you," Shen Luo said with a smile.
With that, he removed the restriction within the walking staff. Purple Bamboo's divine soul immediately flew out and plunged toward the purple immortal bamboo.
Crackle...
Black lightning suddenly burst from the purple immortal bamboo. The instant Purple Bamboo's divine soul drew near, it blasted her backward.
In her anxiety, she immediately tried to fly forward again and throw herself toward the immortal bamboo.
Shen Luo hurriedly extended a palm and stopped her.
"Fellow Daoist Purple Bamboo, don't rush. Someone seems to have placed a restriction on your immortal bamboo body. Let me examine it first."
Only then did Purple Bamboo's divine soul stop. She hurried closer, her eyes brimming with anxiety.
"Judging by this mark, Ghost Yan seems to have left it. He apparently wanted to refine your original body, but because your divine soul hadn't dispersed, the bond between it and your body remained, preventing him from succeeding. In his frustration, he left a bolt of Forbidden Thunder on your body. If you really tried to return to it, I'm afraid it would blast your soul into oblivion," Shen Luo said after examining it carefully for a while.
"Please help me remove this Forbidden Thunder, Fellow Daoist," Purple Bamboo said.
"The method used to apply this Forbidden Thunder