Chapter 1272: Chapter 332: We Must Save Her

Xue Zhong was dead.

Even in death, his eyes were still open.

Although she hadn’t heard Xue Zhong speak personally about what had happened between him and Luo Yi, from the way he clung to thoughts of Luo Yi even until his last breath, it was clear that he and Luo Yi must have been lovers.

After Luo Yi became Xue Zhong’s maid, she entered the Ancient Nine Provinces.

The two of them supported each other in the Ancient Nine Provinces, adventured together, and became irreplaceable existences in each other’s lives.

This matter was probably something not even their sect knew about.

It was a pity they had not been able to walk to the end together.

Di Shen and Ye Lingyue fell silent. After a long time, Di Shen finally sighed and gently closed Xue Zhong’s eyes.

"Wife, I really didn’t know..."

Di Shen looked at Xue Zhong’s corpse, already turning cold, then glanced at his own hands, where the blood had yet to dry.

Di Shen had stayed at Lonely Moon Sea for only a short time. The so‑called fellow disciples, to him, were just a few senior brothers and sisters on Wuya Peak, but Xue Zhong was, in the end, killed by his hands, and killed while he was in a demonized state. He was afraid his wife would blame him.

"I realized it too late. If it weren’t for the Puppet Book recording the lives and origins of every person who’d been turned into a Puppet, I wouldn’t have known that Xue Zhong was our senior brother. And according to the Puppet Book, those turned into Spirit Puppets can’t regain their consciousness unless they’re killed. I think Senior Brother Xue Zhong should be thanking you. Otherwise, for the rest of his life he would have been controlled by Situ Nan, muddle‑headed, living as nothing but a Puppet."

Ye Lingyue had already read the Puppet Book. The Puppet Book was a special manual used to teach Alchemists how to refine Puppets.

The Vajras refined using the Puppet Book were called Spirit Puppets. They were similar in effect to Elixir Puppets, but their refinement was far more high‑level than that of Elixir Puppets.

Because as long as the Alchemist’s cultivation was sufficient, they could refine captives of any cultivation level into Spirit Puppets, and once a Spirit Puppet was successfully refined, it would only ever be loyal to the refiner themselves, until its life was stripped away.

"Then what are we waiting for? Senior Brother Xue Zhong also said before he died that we must find a way to rescue Luo Yi."

Di Shen knew his wife’s temper very well. Luo Yi was her fellow disciple and also her friend. Even without Xue Zhong’s entrustment, once Ye Lingyue learned the truth, she would never abandon Luo Yi.

"I want to save her too, but you saw it yourself—this is what happened to Senior Brother Xue Zhong. I don’t want to ’save’ Luo Yi by killing her. Besides, I’ve only found half of the Puppet Book, while Situ Nan has the complete Puppet Book. There might be Vajras even stronger than Senior Brother Xue at his back, hidden in the shadows. If we act rashly, it’ll only cause unnecessary losses. I don’t want there to be another Senior Brother Xue Zhong."

Ye Lingyue’s heart felt unbearably heavy.

Regarding Luo Yi, she was very much filled with guilt.

Back then, she and Luo Yi and Huang Jun had agreed that after joining Lonely Moon Sea, they would look out for each other.

Before Luo Yi left Lonely Moon Sea to follow Senior Brother Xue Zhong, she had always secretly given Ye Lingyue and Huang Jun some Spirit Stones and food.

But at that time, because of Di Shen’s matter, Ye Lingyue hadn’t paid much attention to this friend Luo Yi, until Luo Yi became a Spirit Puppet under Situ Nan’s control.

"Let’s first take care of Senior Brother Xue’s body. After we return to Lonely Moon Sea, we’ll send him back to his master."

Even though she knew that rescuing Luo Yi would be extremely difficult, Ye Lingyue still decided that she had to find a way to bring Luo Yi back, to bring her back without a single scratch.

Even if Luo Yi had already become a Puppet, when Ye Lingyue recalled the Luo Yi she had seen not long ago in City Lord Yang’s room, a sliver of hope rose again in her heart.

She had this feeling that Luo Yi wasn’t completely beyond saving.

After discussing with Di Shen for a while, Ye Lingyue and Di Shen decided not to tell the others about Xue Zhong for the time being.

With half of the Puppet Book in her hands, Ye Lingyue reconstructed the Eighteen Vajra Formation according to its records. Xue Zhong’s original position was replaced with a similar Golden Vajra that Ye Lingyue had set up.

As long as Situ Nan didn’t personally come to challenge the Vajra Formation, no one would discover that the original Golden Vajra Leader had already been replaced.

Only after six hours had passed, when everyone thought that Ye Lingyue and Di Shen were never going to come out, Senior Sister Wan Yun and Huang Jun, waiting outside the Vajra Formation, were already in desperate longing.

"They’re out, they’re out."

No one knew who shouted first, but Ye Lingyue and Di Shen were seen walking out.

"Ling Yue, Di Shen, you really came out, that’s great. I knew it, there was no way there’d be a problem with you two." The moment Huang Jun saw the two of them come out, and moreover completely unscathed, looking like nothing had happened.

The kid was both excited and emotional.

Comparisons really killed. Same Vajra Formation—no, what Di Shen and Ling Yue went through was the double‑difficulty Vajra Formation—yet they looked like they were perfectly fine, while he’d been beaten into a pig’s head.

While Huang Jun was busy being jealous, he didn’t forget to go around collecting his winnings from the people who had bet against them, leaving Ye Lingyue and Di Shen both amused and helpless.

The two of them tacitly chose not to mention anything about Xue Zhong and Luo Yi to Huang Jun.

Otherwise, with Huang Jun’s single‑track temper, he might charge into the City Lord’s Mansion to fight Situ Nan to the death and rescue Luo Yi the very next moment.

"Did you... find them?" Senior Sister Wan Yun walked up. She was much more perceptive than Huang Jun. Even though Ye Lingyue tried her best to hide it, Wan Yun still caught that Ye Lingyue’s mood was far heavier than when she’d entered the Vajra Formation.

"Senior Sister, let’s talk later."

Ye Lingyue’s gaze sharpened, just because she had seen a group of people walking over from not far away.

At their head was Situ Nan. Ye Lingyue had seen Situ Nan once before through the Ghost Doll in the City Lord’s Mansion. Behind him followed Luo Yi, and that sight made Ye Lingyue’s heart involuntarily tighten and hang in midair.

She and Di Shen had barely just passed through the Vajra Formation when Situ Nan appeared. His information network was truly well‑informed. It was clear that he must have many spies in the vicinity.

"Congratulations, congratulations. I am Situ Nan, staff of the City Lord’s Mansion. I wonder if the two of you have any interest in joining the City Lord’s Mansion and becoming members of the City Lord’s Guard Team. The City Lord’s Mansion will definitely not treat you poorly."

Situ Nan’s eyes, full of ill intent, swept up and down Ye Lingyue and Di Shen.

The two of them had worked together to pass the Vajra Formation. This was a first in the history of Gold City. Situ Nan already couldn’t wait to find out what extraordinary qualities the two possessed.

When his gaze fell on Ye Lingyue, and he discovered that there wasn’t even the slightest fluctuation of Five Elements Reincarnation Power on her body, an obvious flash of joy passed through Situ Nan’s eyes.

Di Shen couldn’t help but frown. He was about to snap at Situ Nan when he caught Ye Lingyue’s warning look. He had no choice but to forcibly suppress his displeasure, snort coldly, and step in front of Ye Lingyue, blocking Situ Nan’s somewhat fiery gaze.