127: I'll just have to make do.

As Yun Mu fled in a disheveled state, the depths of the Jade Pool fell back into silence.

Only the rolling white mist surrounding them told the tale of the brief conflict that had just occurred.

Chu Qianqian did not pursue.

Because at this moment, she was facing an even more fatal crisis.

"Mmph..."

Her body shuddered violently, and she fell to one knee on the water's surface.

The "internal and external troubles" within her body erupted simultaneously at this moment!

On one hand, the Soul consciousness belonging to the original Chu Qianqian was struggling desperately.

It was like a disobedient child, attempting to seize back control of its own body.

This forced her to divert the vast majority of her focus to suppress it.

On the other hand, this state of being unable to attend to everything at once gave the temporarily suppressed "Hehuan Heart-Devouring Gu" an excellent opportunity!

This backlash was more violent and vicious than ever before!

That long-suppressed heat was no longer just a simple rise of desire.

It was more like a tangible, invisible flame!

It burned and rampaged wildly along her Meridians!

"Sizzle..."

She could even clearly hear the incomparably pure spiritual power within her body being rapidly evaporated by this evil fire, emitting a teeth-grinding sound.

"Damn it!"

She clutched the collar of her chest tightly with one hand, her knuckles turning white from the excessive force.

She gritted her teeth, her eyes filled with thick unwillingness and humiliation.

To think that she, a dignified God King of the Upper Realm, had finally waited for this glimmer of life to awaken.

She hadn't even breathed enough of the air of this world!

Could it be... that she was going to perish in this unknown place?

"No! This is impossible!"

She roared wildly in her heart:

"I still have my unfinished Dao! I have yet to avenge the blood feud that cut off my path to immortality! How can I stop here? How can I die in such a stifled way?!"

However, willpower ultimately could not completely overcome physiological collapse.

That terrifying burning sensation gradually spread to her Sea of Consciousness.

Her vision began to blur, and the surrounding scenery twisted and spun.

Her sanity was also tottering on the edge of collapse.

She knew very clearly.

In a few more moments, if she could not find a release, this strand of her newly awakened remnant Soul would be completely burned dry by this evil fire!

Or she would fall into an endless slumber again, or even... directly Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!

"Time... I need time..."

Even if she were given another half an hour, or even just a quarter of an hour!

As long as she could catch her breath, she was confident she could use a secret technique to forcibly Seal this damned bug.

At the same time, she could also suppress the Soul of the original Chu Qianqian that was somewhat restless within her body.

But right now, what she lacked most was time, and that damned bug would not give her this opportunity.

And in this place where heaven didn't respond and the earth didn't listen.

Could it be... that she really could only wait for death?

Just as her consciousness was about to fall into the dark abyss, at the very last moment.

A voice, tinged with a bit of mockery yet incomparably clear, suddenly came from behind her:

"Yo, our Saintess, what's wrong? Weren't you acting all majestic and wanting to kill someone just now? Why have you wilted now?"

This sudden voice was like a thunderclap on flat ground to Chu Qianqian at this moment.

She used all her strength to turn her head with difficulty.

She saw a youth in white clothes as pure as snow, handsome and dashing, appearing from the mist—it was Lu Yi, who was slowly walking out from the mist.

He had originally lost track of Chu Qianqian and Yun Mu due to the interference of the Jade Pool mist.

He was wandering around inside like a headless fly.

As a result, he was attracted by that earth-shattering palm strike just now.

Through her blurred vision, Chu Qianqian saw the person who had arrived.

For some reason, the moment she saw Lu Yi, deep in her heart—perhaps it was the original owner's emotions, or perhaps it was her innate arrogance.

A strong, instinctive sense of alienation welled up.

This man... his body always carried an aura that made her feel uncomfortable.

Furthermore, in his seemingly smiling eyes, there was always an aggression that wanted to pull her down from the altar, and even wanted to control her.

This feeling made her, who was accustomed to being high and mighty, very unhappy.

But immediately after, that sense of disgust was instantly replaced by a much stronger survival instinct.

Because she felt the vigorous, flourishing, Dragon-like blood energy on Lu Yi's body!

For her right now.

That was not just an annoying man.

He was a walking, life-saving, top-grade "humanoid Spirit Medicine"!

"As long as I have him... as long as I borrow his primordial yang..."

A cruel and realistic multiple-choice question was placed before her:

Should she use this body to trade for a chance at survival?

Or should she die for that so-called purity and dignity?

For her right now, this multiple-choice question was actually not difficult at all.

Only by living is there everything.

Only by living does one have the qualification to talk about dignity, revenge, and the Dao!

"Hoo..."

The trace of struggle in her eyes vanished without a trace in an instant.

Replaced by a kind of resolute, even slightly crazy coldness.

"Forget it."

She said coldly to herself in her heart:

"Although I don't know why this person makes me feel uncomfortable, his Cultivate Aptitude looks barely acceptable. In this desperate situation... I can only make do. At worst, after it's over, I'll just kill him or keep him as a boy toy..."

Lu Yi looked at Chu Qianqian kneeling on the ground, and seeing that her state seemed wrong, he was just about to step forward to ask about the situation.

By the way, he wanted to tease her a couple of times to ease the weird atmosphere from just now:

"Hey, are you okay? By the way, that Mu Yun who was traveling with you ran..."

Before he could finish the words he wanted to ask.

He saw Chu Qianqian, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly raise her head violently!

In those eyes that should have been filled with pain and confusion.

At this moment, there was not a trace of weakness of asking for help.

There was only a heart-palpitating desire for plunder, like a beast seeing its prey!

"Although you're annoying... you'll do."

Chu Qianqian murmured in a low voice, her voice hoarse and cold.

The next instant!

"Boom!"

She actually exploded with the remaining power in her body!

Her figure sprang up like a leopard that had been lurking in the jungle for a long time and suddenly launched an attack!

Bringing with it a gust of wind, she instantly broke the distance between the two!

"What?!"

In Lu Yi's completely stunned gaze, where he couldn't react at all.

She rushed over at an extremely fast speed!

She directly stretched out her arms, hugged Lu Yi's waist fiercely, and then used inertia to pounce with force!

"Thump!"

The two fell heavily into the Jade Pool, splashing a thick spray of water!

Lu Yi only felt the world spinning, and immediately after, a hot, soft, yet dangerous-smelling delicate body was already unceremoniously pressing down on his body!