Chapter 22: The Land Temple (4)

  Su Qi Ruo opened her eyes and instinctively moved her head, "Ah... ouch... it hurts..." The sour, numb, and painful feeling made her dare not move again. What's going on? Su Qi Ruo carefully thought back, it seemed like someone had launched a sneak attack on her, who was it? Not She Rui Wen, could it be... Lu Ke?

  "Ah... ouch..." Su Qi Ruo was momentarily excited and forgot about the pain in her neck, forcing herself to move her head slightly to take stock of her surroundings. Only then did she realize that she was sitting at the base of a tree, leaning against the trunk with no idea how long she had been unconscious. "Where did those two bastards go?"

  "Huh? Awake?" Shi Ruiwen's voice came from above Su Qiruo's head, and seeing that Su Qiruo was awake, he jumped down the trunk and appeared in front of Su Qiruo.

  "What about Lu Ke?" Su Qi was furious and hated him, why did he suddenly hit me?

  "What are you looking for me?" Lu Ke walked out from the other side of the tree, calmly staring at Su Qi Ruo, without any sense of wrongdoing.

  Su Qi's anger was further ignited by Lu Ke's calm demeanor, "Why did you hit me?"

  "It's easier to bring you back and forth again." Lu Ke still had no expression, as if Su Qi was asking a superfluous question. "The land has arrived."

  "Land?" Su Qi Ruo turned her head back, and after a rustling sound in the grass, an animal possessed by the land spirit appeared before everyone.

  "The little god greets the superior god." The land still treated Su Qi with an unusual respect.

  Su Qi felt strange, "Didn't you say tomorrow night?"

  The small eyes on the round face showed a bewildered expression, "The Upper God said it was tonight."

  I fainted for a whole day? Lu Ke's hand was too ruthless, right? Su Qi glared at Lu Ke with hatred, "This is the water source of Zhengjia Village."

  "That's right."

  Facing Su Qi's gaze that could kill, Lu Ke was completely unaware and instead reminded him, "You'd better hurry up, or else the sky will be bright again." Su Qi couldn't do anything about Lu Ke's thick skin, even if he stared at him until he saw a hole in his body, Lu Ke wouldn't care.

  Su Qi Ruo searched for a flat, clean place and knelt down with her hands on the ground, calming her mind to carefully sense the direction of the water source. The land was slightly damp, and Su Qi Ruo could feel the continuous rising of water vapor, but it was still far from the underground water source. How far was the underground water source from the surface? Could she control it with her own strength?

  "Qí Ruò, Qí Ruò......" A clear voice seemed to seep up from the ground, causing Sū Qí Ruò to suddenly open her eyes. "Qí Ruò, don't move."

  "Mushen?" Su Qi's eyes fluttered open again, "Where are you?"

  "In your palm."

  "What's in my palm?" Su Qi was wondering when the land under his right hand seemed to have something breaking through the soil, the power was weak, but Su Qi felt it clearly.

  "The seed is sprouting." The wooden god's voice came again, "Along the root system of the seed, infuse spiritual power, and you can guide your strength to the underground water source."

  "Even if I reached the underground water source, I don't know if I have the strength to reopen the waterway." Su Qi said to the wooden god, no longer hiding her worries.

  "Don't worry, recall your heritage, the root system of the seed will draw out your power to guide the direction of the water source." The words of the wooden god contained a magical power that made Su Qi Ru feel at ease and trust. Su Qi Ru regained her confidence, pouring all her spiritual energy into the root system of the seed, following the direction of its extension, constantly expanding downward.

  Inheritance. Su Qi'er tried hard to recall the dream of that day, imagining herself in the vast blue sky and sea, with the same color as the sea and sky, and she was also integrated with this endless blue, she was water, and water was her. With a flick of her hand, waves surged, and with a raise of her hand, the waves were turbulent, the dragon rising from the broken sea was an angry roar that refused to be confined to a corner of the world.

  "The Water God, nourishing all things, all living things obey......" The deafening chanting sound echoed in Su Qi's ears again, and with the chanting sound surging and rolling, not only was the ocean in Su Qi's heart stirred up, but also the spiritual power sealed within Su Qi's body. The spiritual power sealed in the blood vessels was like a burst dam, roaring towards the underground water source, and the spiritual root system that originally pulled Su Qi's soul also instantly turned into nothingness due to being unable to withstand the surging spiritual power. Su Qi's spiritual power lacked the pulling of the spiritual root system, like a fierce beast that had escaped from its cage, uncontrollably dispersing in all directions, and the underground water source was also affected by the Water God's spiritual power, leaving its original watercourse and chaotically rolling and surging with the scattered spiritual power.

  The rumbling sound from the ground was like the earth's groan, and the surging water source was like a sharp blade that ruthlessly cut through the ancient body of the earth from the inside out. Even on the surface, cracks appeared one after another, and the howling sound seeped out from the fissures in the ground like the wailing of evil spirits from hell that had been going on for years, making people's faces change color upon hearing it.

  The withered body trembled incessantly on the ground, and in the hundred years since he had gained spiritual awareness, he had never encountered such a frightening scene. Not only was the earth affected, but also the disordered, scattered spiritual energy in the air was summoned by the water god's spiritual power, gathering from unknown distant places to surround Su Qi like a massive spiritual vortex. Under the vortex's churning, the chaotic spiritual energy was further purified into pure spiritual energy. In an era where gods and demons had fallen and spiritual energy was scarce, it was nothing short of a miracle that such a large amount of pure spiritual energy could reappear.

  Shi Ruiwen looked up at the sky, the bright moon and sparse stars of the night sky were suddenly covered with dark clouds, the rolling black clouds accumulated thicker and thicker until they covered the entire starry sky, and the world was dull and without light.

  Lu Ke's face was as cold as frost, his body trembling slightly due to the pain. He had been hit by Su Qi Rao's Soul Binding Curse, and the uncontrolled spiritual energy brought him immense suffering. Lu Ke felt it immediately, and he knew that Su Qi Rao was in even more agony than he was. He understood better than anyone else the pain that Su Qi Rao was currently facing.

  Su Qi Rao's mortal body couldn't withstand the overwhelming spiritual energy that came with the awakening of her inheritance. If she let the energy surge out of control, she would die! Su Qi Rao couldn't die; if she did, Lu Ke would also die due to the Soul Binding Curse. He couldn't die, absolutely not!

  Since the awakening of his demonic heritage, Lu Ke had gone through countless hardships and devoured numerous demons, gods, and humans. No matter how great the crisis he faced, he never gave up on his desire to survive. It was the same now - he couldn't die, absolutely not!

  Lu Ke suddenly transformed and pounced on Su Qi Ruo without hesitation, he wanted to plunder the spiritual power within Su Qi Ruo's body, minimizing the impact of the spiritual power on her physical body as much as possible. Although doing so would likely solidify the binding spirit curse within his own body, if he didn't do this, Su Qi Ruo would surely die! As long as she lived, there would always be a way to undo the binding spirit curse, but if she died, everything would be over!

  Shi Ruwen was suddenly transformed back to his original form by Lu Ke's sudden transformation, Su Qi's spiritual power was still growing. If Su Qi's body couldn't withstand the impact of her spiritual power, she might be crushed into powder. The overflowing spiritual power would destroy everything within a hundred miles, no, a thousand miles, once it lost its restraint on Su Qi's body. Not even he himself could escape unscathed. No wonder the dead scorpion would help her consume the spiritual power in her body. Shi Ruwen smiled knowingly and followed suit, transforming to absorb Su Qi's spiritual power with all his might.

  The Demon Clan's absorption of other clans' spiritual energy cannot be immediately converted for their own use, and must first be transformed into demonic energy before it can be absorbed and utilized. Lu Ke and She Rui's cultural forms were designed to absorb and transform Su Qi Ru's spiritual energy as much as possible, reducing the damage to Su Qi Ru's body. However, what they didn't expect was that Su Qi Ru's spiritual energy was far more powerful than they had imagined, and the speed at which the absorbed spiritual energy was transformed into demonic energy couldn't keep up with the speed at which the spiritual energy surged into their bodies. The untransformed spiritual energy clashed with the demonic energy, causing Lu Ke and She Rui to suffer unbearably.

  "Ah——" She Ruiwen couldn't withstand the impact of the spiritual power and escaped first, but the collision between the spiritual power and magic within his body still didn't stop. She Ruiwen painfully twisted his massive snake body, and all objects that were crushed by his snake body instantly turned to dust.

  Lu Ke's physical condition was no better than She Ruiwen's, and if it weren't for Su Qiye's safety being tied to his own life, he would have withdrawn just like She Ruiwen. Now that he wanted to withdraw, it was too late, as Su Qiye's spiritual energy was tightly attached to his body, like a fierce beast crashing inside him, definitely due to the Soul Binding Curse pulling on the spiritual energy. Lu Ke stared intently at Su Qiye, who had closed her eyes and showed no signs of pain or discomfort on her face, just like she was asleep. How detestable! Lu Ke immediately understood that Su Qiye must have entered a state of transmission, so she couldn't feel the changes in her body; if she woke up from the transmission, the pain would definitely stop the overflowing spiritual energy.

  "Su Qi Ruo! Su Qi Ruo! Su Qi Ruo, wake up!" Regardless of whether Su Qi Ruo could hear or not, Lu Ke continued to shout at her. As long as she heard even a little bit, no matter how small, there was a possibility that Su Qi Ruo would awaken from the inheritance.

  Su Qi Ruo is immersed in the azure, sensing the changes of water, and she doesn't feel anything from the outside world. Su Qi Ruo, who is deeply indulged in the tradition, is joyful, feeling a deep understanding of water and an inexhaustible power within her body. This azure expanse is her world, and she is its master.

  "Su Qi Ruo! Su Qi Ruo!" Who was shouting her name? Who was it? Su Qi Ruo woke up from her daze, "Su Qi Ruo! Su Qi Ruo!" Was it Lu Ke? Why was he shouting for her? What was she doing? She seemed to be following the guidance of the wooden god to reopen the water vein.

  "Su Qi Ru!"

  "Ah——" Su Qi Ruo was suddenly awakened from her trance-like state, only to be overwhelmed by pain and faint. Lu Ke supported Su Qi Ruo's body with his own, enduring the unbearable agony.

  Staring at Su Qi Ruo's calm face, Lu Ke gritted his teeth and whispered, "You almost killed me!"

  "Phew! Finally stopped!" Mugen panted heavily, Su Qi's uncontrolled spiritual power also affected him, making him share the burden of her spiritual power. "Almost lost my life, should have let that kid take a reading for me before coming out." Mugen's body kept trembling, no wonder he was one of the three creation gods, his power was truly terrifying, I'll have to be more careful in the future too.