Yang Corporeal Soul Takes Form

Unless the interests involved are so outrageously large that a life-or-death struggle is necessary, top figures will not fight each other to the death.

No matter how Li Guang spoke, the Venerable One in the secret place in the center of the lake did not appear, but only expressed his emotions with extreme anger.

"Zhu Jiuyin, you are truly all talk and no action, you have disappointed me greatly!"

Li Guang's deep disappointment echoed continuously in the utterly silent Xieluosi River Holy Land.

"You think I should just show up and get shot by your arrow, so you can laugh and say, 'That old codger is finally done for'? Why don't you just come up to me in the middle of this lake?"

The Venerable One roared, unmoved by Li Guang's provocation, and directly expressed his reality.

"Then you can stay holed up in your secret place until the end of time," Li Guang said sarcastically.

Neither the Venerable One nor Li Guang appeared in the center of the lake.

It seems that the Venerable One has been cornered by Li Guang, but it's clear that neither of them has the strength to directly defeat the other.

Zhang Xuezhou felt a little uneasy. Li Guang hadn't shown up earlier or later, but he appeared and shouted at the exact moment when Zhang Xuezhou and Ling Yu stepped into the Sacred Land. There was a 100% chance that he would be considered a traitor.

Zhang Xuezhou glanced at the center of the lake, then looked at the bewildered eyes on the head of the Spirit Feather Bird.

"Let's find a safe place to hide first," Zhang Xuezhou suggested.

"Okay, let's go to my house, it's the safest place!"

The important figures continued their verbal sparring, but Lingyu seemed rather oblivious.

After all, in her heart, there was nothing in this Sacred Land that her father couldn't solve.

Of course, if her father couldn't solve it, Lingyu felt she definitely couldn't either.

Since that didn't work, she would just do what she was supposed to do, since the important figures wouldn't bother killing these little bird demons.

In the Sacred Land where only the Venerable One and Li Guang remained in confrontation, she flapped her wings slightly and, as usual, flew low above Zhang Xuezhou's head, pointing.

"See that big tree? My dad built me a huge house in it!"

The home Lingyu mentioned truly belonged to her. Through the light, Zhang Xuezhou could see a bird's nest high up in a distant tree.

This forced him to walk on, with Lingyu occasionally offering quiet explanations.

Unable to find Li Guang, the numerous bird demons and great demons in the Sacred Land dared not rashly fly high and attack. The quarrel between the Venerable One and Li Guang also came to nothing. In the tense atmosphere of the Sacred Land, all eyes finally focused on this man and bird.

Some were killing time, some were trying to distract themselves, some were trying to avoid embarrassment, and others were keeping a close eye on their surroundings, watching to see if Li Guang would make a move.

Numerous eyes are watching the changes this behavior may trigger.

To the disappointment of many demons, Li Guang did not make another move until Ling Yu flew into the bird's nest and Zhang Xuezhou continued to climb the tall tree.

It was as if that arrow had been fired as a show of defiance, and Li Guang had fallen silent ever since; in fact, the other party had remained silent for quite some time now.

But no demon dared to be careless.

Li Guang's arrows were specifically designed to kill powerful demons, but he was blind and flew around recklessly, getting pierced by the enemy's arrows, and died without any recourse.

Despite being the most mobile and agile bird demon, it encountered a top-tier expert who excelled at long-range shooting, and this awkward situation lasted for a very long time.

Only when the sun rose and illuminated the lake with shimmering light did His Majesty's sigh echo from the center of the lake.

"Li Guang's ability to conceal himself was insufficient for him to hide during the day; he has already left!"

His Majesty's sigh stemmed from two reasons: firstly, his advanced age and declining strength made it difficult to deal with Li Guang; and secondly, the fact that while the Sacred Land seemed to be teeming with experts, none of them were of any use when faced with a clash of the elite. Some demon kings even deliberately fled to avoid disaster under the guise of searching for Li Guang.

"That Flying General has gone too far in bullying demons, beating my third brother to such a terrible state! I swear I will not be a demon until I avenge this!"

The angry voice of the Goat Strength Demon King rang out, followed by the echo of the Demon King Luli.

Later, a group of powerful demons began to complain and curse, and some even threatened to go to Shanggu County to teach the Northern Border Army a lesson.

But despite the talk, no demon would risk its own life.

Even in the skies above the Sacred Land, only a few stubborn bird demons flapped their wings and clamored. Most demons cursed and hid, but still didn't dare to fly out from their hiding places.

"Everyone's talking; it seems safe now!"

In the bird's nest high in the tree, the spirit feathers communicated in hushed tones.

"Possibly!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded and touched the soft straw mat again.

As a bird demon that bathes only once every seven days, Lingyu's nest, apart from being somewhat open-air, is extremely comfortable. There is no accumulation of filth like in bird nests, nor any unpleasant odor.

On the contrary, the more than twenty square meters of herbs laid out gave the bird's nest a faint, pleasant fragrance.

If he has nowhere else to stay, Zhang Xuezhou feels he'll shamelessly live in this bird's nest.

This allowed him to maintain extremely close communication with Lingyu, so that he wouldn't be unable to find her when needed.

"This is wonderful! Without that general, we can fly freely again!" Lingyu exclaimed happily.

"We're not in a hurry to fly. Let's wait for your father's reply," Zhang Xuezhou said. "If Lord Feiyu has his eye on us, that general definitely won't escape. He'll be beaten to death by the Venerable One in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains."

"Maybe my dad would beat him to death," Lingyu retorted Qi Ingestion.

"Lord Feiyu is mighty!"

"And Sister Ning is amazing too!"

"Kong the Demon King is mighty!"

"The Five Lakes Kings are incredibly powerful when they join forces. Father says anyone trapped by them will be beaten to death!"

"The Dragon King is mighty!"

"But I've always felt it's really unfair of them to have five dragons ganging up on one!"

Zhang Xuezhou would occasionally offer a few perfunctory words, and then occasionally express his own opinions.

Only when he heard the Venerable One's voice did he scramble down the tree.

"Hey, my dad's not back yet and you're already going to fly away?" Lingyu shouted.

"I feel safe now," Zhang Xuezhou replied.

"You're such a worry," Lingyu muttered. "Don't you even think about how horribly your cousin died!"

"I've already built a grave for it so it can rest in peace!"

"Don't make me build your grave too! I hate carrying stones in my mouth. Just thinking about building you a huge stone tomb like the one with the black hair on it gives me a headache!"

Zhang Xuezhou responded sullenly, and then Ling Yu fluttered her wings and flew onto his head again, occasionally looking around to see if Feiyu had returned.

Only when a channel appeared in the center of the lake did Lingyu nod hesitantly.

"You're really something! My dad said that's where His Majesty lives down there; it's the safest place in there!"

Watching Zhang Xuezhou being carried along by the surging waves, Lingyu gently landed on Zhang Xuezhou's head and followed the waves into the center of the lake.

"You actually brought Li Guang to the Sacred Land, which makes me lose face greatly. This should be..."

As the water level dropped in the center of the lake, a palace gate came into view. Then, as a gentle force propelled her body, Lingyu felt herself and Zhang Xuezhou float and leap into the gate.

A scorching heat rushed towards them, and an old man with white hair and a white beard appeared before the man and the bird.

The authoritative voice was accompanied by Zhang Xuezhou's astonished, cold breath.

"Your Excellency, has your Yang Soul separated from your body and taken human form?" Zhang Xuezhou asked in surprise.

"Didn't you see it before?"

The original intention was to give Zhang Xuezhou a hard time and make him reflect on his mistakes, but His Majesty was very satisfied with Zhang Xuezhou's naive and unsophisticated appearance.

Clearly, it was only now that Zhang Xuezhou realized the difference between his physical body and his Yang Soul.