Chapter 82: Xuanxi (2/2)

“You feel that as well?” Lu Yun asked in surprise. According to Qing Han, the abyss was a burial pit for the divine race. Yueshen, on the other hand, was an immortal ghost...

Wait!

Yueshen?

Shen, as in the character for god?

Realization struck him. “You’re a divine too?”

Yueshen was at a loss. She remembered nothing about her past but her own name.

“That must be it.” Her being a divine would explain everything. The burial pit was here for a reason, and the power beneath the abyss had likely also factored into why Yueshen had turned into a ghost, rather than return to life.

The thing beneath the abyss can kill divines. I wonder if the river god will be able to deal with it once she resurrects.

Lu Yun had all the time in the world to think, now that he’d entered the gates. Time was halted outside, comparatively speaking. Even if he stayed here for hundreds of millions of years, he’d return to the same point in time once he left. Thus, he wasn’t worried that the palace monster would break free after he’d collected the body of the river god.

However, the monster intimidated even the dark creatures that the divines had been corrupted into; it was no ordinary monster.

“There’s nothing for it, I have to try! If the river god can’t help us, we’ll die no matter what! Third Envoy of Samsara, seek your place!” Lu Yun exclaimed.

Hum.

A black light radiated from Lu Yun, and the faint shadow of a book rose from his body.

Crack crack crack.

The enormous corpsefish cracked open like a cocoon, allowing the mermaid to slowly step out. Her eyes gradually fluttered open, revealing the depths of an ocean in her gaze. Long, crystal-blue hair flowed around her, matching the color of her tail. She looked like a piece of fine art, sculpted from crystal.

“Xuanxi, third Envoy of Samsara, greets master.” She swept down in a graceful curtsey.

Lu Yun rubbed his nose. Just like Yuying, Xuanxi had resurrected without any clothes. What set her apart was the fish tail that made up her lower body. Noting her nakedness, the new envoy manifested a downy-blue silk robe with a light wave of her hand, covering her curves.

Is this corpsefish the one that rampaged through the Dusk River and ate the thirty-six golden immortals? Lu Yun stared at the corpsefish on the ground. The river god had come back to life, but that corpsefish remained.

It looked like Xuanxi had been eaten by the creature after her death, but her tremendous power had assimilated the corpsefish in return.