The Last Witch Lord

"What is the Void Province?" Xiu Ye asked blankly.

Hearing the term filled her with an immediate sense of unease.

"It's exactly as you see it now," Priest Ai Jing said, waving a hand at the area behind her. "Enveloped in mist, stripped of its original system of rules."

Priest Chu Qi added, "Simply put, it's destroyed."

Priest Xiu Ye's eyes reddened. Fighting back a surge of emotion, she said, "I actually guessed as much."

Guarding the Cat Girl, Priest Qian Que kept a slight distance from the rest of the group. "What exactly happened to you?"

Priest Xiu Ye was still incredibly frail, so the others avoided pressing too close.

Priest Ai Jing retrieved a chair from her Cubic Space so the weakened priest could sit.

Settling weakly into the chair, Xiu Ye gave a brief account of her final moments before the disaster.

This was the first Priest Ai Jing and Priest Qian Que had heard of it.

Why would Xiao Suo target a Star Glow Priest?

Priest Xiu Ye continued, "I once possessed an element called Myriad Hearts—"

After listening to Xiu Ye's explanation, Priest Qian Que understood.

Black Robe Xiao Suo had wanted to stir up trouble, but operating alone was too inefficient.

Therefore, he had plotted for a long time, intending to destroy Yun Province and use the ensuing crisis to snatch Xiu Ye's Superior Element.

That was why, once Yun Province was transformed into the Void Province, Xiao Suo abandoned his low profile and became incredibly brazen.

For one thing, he wasn't afraid to die; for another, he wanted everyone to know it.

The white-robed priests of the three major factions knew far too little about Xiao Suo, which was precisely how he managed to make fools of them time and time again.

Priest Ai Jing seethed. Even though she had already overcome her inner demon, she still ground her teeth at the mere thought of Xiao Suo.

However, she was more concerned with a different detail. "Are you saying that the vine producing the white fuzz was originally just meant to extract the Superior Element from your body? And it was only after being refined in some Medicine Furnace that it became the Mutated Element that destroyed the rules of Yun Province?"

Xiu Ye nodded. "I might be the only person left who knows that Medicine Furnace even exists."

Priest Chu Qi hastily interjected, "A Medicine Furnace capable of creating a Mutated Element absolutely cannot be left in the Void Province!"

"Exactly. We have to bring it back. The search for Xiao Suo can wait." This time, it was Priest Zhan Yan who spoke.

As he spoke, his gaze met Priest Chu Qi's.

One was a priest of the Mist Realm, the other a priest of the Myriad Ancient Pagoda.

The exchange perfectly captured the underlying rivalry between the two great priestly factions.

Both wanted to secure the Medicine Furnace for their own side to study.

Even if they agreed to joint research later, one faction would inevitably dominate the project.

The two Star Glow Priests had already begun secretly plotting their next moves, while the two Solar Priests hadn't yet considered the long-term implications.

All they cared about right now was securing the Medicine Furnace as quickly as possible; everything else could wait.

"Xiu Ye, do you still remember where the Medicine Furnace is?" Priest Ai Jing asked.

Xiu Ye nodded.

"We find the Medicine Furnace first." Priest Qian Que agreed with Priest Ai Jing's proposal.

Standing behind Priest Qian Que, the Cat Girl stealthily peeked at the exhausted Priest Xiu Ye.

'Have the chaotic elements in Priest Xiu Ye's body stabilized?' Since the ice crystal shattered, the Cat Girl could distinctly sense the chaotic elements clinging to Priest Xiu Ye.

Priest Hao Yang looked at the Cat Girl and gave a gentle shake of his head.

The Cat Girl clamped her mouth shut.

Perhaps the reason none of the priests had mentioned the chaotic elements was because they already knew the energy hadn't stabilized.

Priest Xiu Ye's condition probably wasn't nearly as good as she had let on.

However, they couldn't possibly wait for the elements in Xiu Ye's body to stabilize before heading to the Medicine Furnace.

Black Robe Xiao Suo was still out there deep within the Void Province.

Only by retrieving the Medicine Furnace immediately would anyone be able to feel at ease.

Priest Chu Qi moved to step forward. "I'll support Priest Xiu Ye."

However, Priest Zhan Yan of the Mist Realm pushed his companion forward instead. "Let Wu Hai do it. He's a physician, after all."

Chu Qi wanted to argue, but his own faction's Solar Priest interjected. "Then we will trouble Priest Wu Hai to look after Xiu Ye."

Chu Qi felt helpless. Sometimes, Priest Qian Que was simply too passive.

They resumed their journey. This time, they were no longer searching aimlessly; they headed straight toward the Yun Province border near the Mist Zone.

Even as the Cat Girl and the others rushed toward the Medicine Furnace, Li Ban continued advancing at his own pace.

His overall direction was toward the Medicine Furnace, but he scoured the route carefully, making sure not to miss anywhere an avatar of Xiu Ye might be hidden.

Two days later, he found a withered white-fuzz vine and an ice crystal in the same location.

But upon shattering the ice crystal, he discovered that the avatar of Priest Xiu Ye inside was entirely devoid of a divine soul.

Only the avatar's physical body remained, perfectly preserved by years of being sealed in ice.

"Only a corpse left?" Li Ban rubbed his chin. "A corpse?"

A sudden thought came to him.

He sat cross-legged on the ground.

The next moment, the old man's head drooped limply.

Li Ban left this vessel, returning his consciousness to the Zhuangsheng Ring.

However, he didn't return to his own body. Instead, he immediately used the Zhuangsheng Ring to scan for nearby vessels.

Very quickly, the newly discovered and marked body of Priest Xiu Ye appeared within the Zhuangsheng Ring's selectable range.

Li Ban immediately chose to load into it.

The process was flawlessly smooth.

Priest Xiu Ye's body stood up, and Li Ban took a moment to adjust to it.

The various Xiu Ye avatars inside his Cubic Heaven and Earth were unaware of the situation outside, but Li Ban gave them a truthful explanation.

He only concealed the existence of the Zhuangsheng Ring, claiming instead that he had used a special method to project his divine soul into the vacant avatar.

The four Priest Xiu Yes had varying reactions, but none of them voiced any objections.

Number Four Xiu Ye asked, "Do you want to research the relationship between the white-fuzz vine and my body?"

Li Ban sighed internally. Priest Xiu Ye was remarkably sharp.

"Yes. I want to figure out exactly what kind of power causes the white fuzz to target your body and carve out the Superior Element."

Since Xiao Suo had his eyes on Xiu Ye's Superior Element, he would have definitely made sure the element could be safely extracted when he made his move.

Otherwise, going through all that trouble only to extract a waste element would leave even Black Robe Xiao Suo weeping in frustration.

Furthermore, people could be good or evil, but a method itself was neutral.

If he could figure out how to use the white fuzz to safely extract an element, it would be a major asset for the white-robed priests.

After taking control of Xiu Ye's body, Li Ban immediately channeled his spiritual rhinoceros and starlight to activate the withered vine.

Just like last time, he gathered the flower buds.

He placed one of the buds in his palm and gave it a gentle squeeze.

White fuzz burst forth.

The fuzz seemed to possess a mind of its own. The moment it escaped the bud's confinement, it burrowed straight into Xiu Ye's body.

This time, Li Ban didn't stop it.

He could clearly feel the white fuzz slipping smoothly through the pores of the skin and entering the bloodstream.

From there, it began circulating throughout the entire body via the blood vessels.

It was as if it were searching for something.

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