My Silly, Sweet Wife

Hearing Zuo Qiuyun’s explanation, Ye Guichen was overjoyed: "Then this Nascent Soul, isn’t it an extremely nourishing thing?"

Zuo Qiuyun sighed: "It’s more than just nourishing. Not only is it extremely beneficial, if one could use a Nascent Soul as a medicinal ingredient, then advancing to the Nascent Soul Realm would be much easier. But where can one easily obtain a Nascent Soul? Brother Ye, if a person’s Nascent Soul is captured, they generally wouldn’t endure torture and would rather self-detonate to perish together with their captor."

At this point, Zuo Qiuyun glanced at the tree spirit: "The power of a self-detonating Nascent Soul is too immense. Even a Nascent Soul Expert would die on the spot. Take that tree spirit for example; if it detonated its Nascent Soul, it would probably flatten the entire Spirit Stone mine!"

"Whew... so powerful!" Ye Guichen was fascinated: "In that case, I must capture this Nascent Soul."

"Hmm, we could try together to heavily injure it, as long as..." Zuo Qiuyun thought Ye Guichen intended to injure the tree spirit but suddenly realized Ye Guichen meant to capture it, and his voice halted: "Are you saying you want to capture the tree spirit’s Nascent Soul? Are you kidding me!"

Ye Guichen earnestly replied: "I’m not joking!"

Then, he nodded towards Gui Yi: "You go and give it a try."

Gui Yi did not hesitate at all, holding the Impermanence Sword, he suddenly flew towards the tree spirit.

"Be careful, don’t be reckless!" Zuo Qiuyun was immediately alarmed upon seeing this.

However, Gui Yi didn’t heed Zuo Qiuyun’s words, and with incredible speed, he reached within ten meters of the tree spirit in a blink.

"Screech...!"

A sharp sound echoed.

Mu Yuliu let out a roar from his mouth, and the branches spread again, winding towards Mu Yuliu.

The branches moved extremely fast and surrounded Gui Yi in the blink of an eye.

Gui Yi was not to be outdone, and with the Impermanence Sword in hand, he swiftly cut down several branches in an instant.

However, after those branches were cut, they astonishingly grew back in the blink of an eye.

Among them, two branches sped up, directly piercing into Gui Yi’s body from both sides.

At the same time, the other branches quickly entwined Gui Yi, wrapping him into a bundle.

Zuo Qiuyun exclaimed in panic: "Quick, save him!"

Ye Guichen was unmoved.

Clearly, Gui Yi was no match for the tree spirit, but it wasn’t as though he would be killed so quickly.

After all, Gui Yi was a puppet; as long as he had Spirit Stones and no heart, unless his body was dismembered in the shortest time, it was impossible for him to die.

Sure enough, in the next second, under Zuo Qiuyun’s shocked gaze, Gui Yi sliced open a gap with a sword.

Then, he broke through the branches and dashed out.

However, Gui Yi did not continue to engage the tree spirit but quickly retreated to Ye Guichen’s side.

Clearly, the battle with the tree spirit had cost Gui Yi greatly.

Ye Guichen silently replenished Gui Yi with a few more Spirit Stones.

"It seems he’s still no match for the tree spirit!" Ye Guichen muttered to himself.

Zuo Qiuyun gave a wry smile: "Brother Ye, your friend may be quite capable, but he’s only at the Golden Core Realm. That tree may not move, but it’s a Nascent Soul Expert. The difference between them is vast; how could he possibly win?"

Struggling to stand, Zuo Qiuyun said: "I do have an Array that can temporarily trap the tree spirit, severing the river water and cutting off the tree spirit’s nourishment. In seven days, the tree spirit’s combat power will drastically decrease due to lack of nourishment. Then, we might be able to heavily injure it."

Ye Guichen shook his head: "Seven days is too short."

"Mr. Ye, I know you’re formidable, but this is the most thorough method. Otherwise, it’s just throwing away lives!" Zuo Qiuyun tried to persuade further, but saw Ye Guichen give him a mysterious smile: "Taoist Zuo, I’m determined to acquire that tree spirit’s Nascent Soul."

With that, Ye Guichen waved his hand.

In the next second, twelve puppets wielding treasured swords appeared beside Ye Guichen.

These were the Earthly Branches Twelve Puppets.

"They..." Zuo Qiuyun was stunned. He hadn’t paid close attention to Gui Yi before, but a closer look revealed that Gui Yi and the twelve newly appeared figures were not human but puppets.

"Is this the Thousand Mechanism Skill of the Qianji Sect?" Zuo Qiuyun’s pupils shrank, staring at Ye Guichen in disbelief: "Are you from the Qianji Sect?"

Ye Guichen shook his head: "If I must be called a member of the Qianji Sect, then perhaps I am, but as of now, I have only broken the Kunlun array and haven’t yet visited the Qianji Sect."

"What? You, you broke the Kunlun array?" It was clear that Zuo Qiuyun knew of this Kunlun array and seemed familiar with the Qianji Sect, looking at Ye Guichen like he was a monster: "Are you the traitor the Third Elder mentioned?"

"Oh? Taoist Zuo, do you also know the Third Elder?" Ye Guichen was a bit surprised, not expecting that Zuo Qiuyun seemed quite familiar with the Qianji Sect, even knowing the Third Elder.

Zuo Qiuyun’s face showed a complex expression: "Ah, I was presumptuous! I do indeed know the Third Elder, but I’ve never liked him, always doubting his words. Seeing you now, I trust him even less. Hmph, that person is insidious and cunning; Wen Ya and those juniors probably found out something and were thus resented by the Third Elder."

From Zuo Qiuyun’s words, it seemed he not only knew the Qianji Sect but was also familiar with Wen Ya and the others.

Ye Guichen smiled: "Taoist Zuo, I still haven’t asked which sect you belong to?"

"You saved my life, I have nothing to hide." Zuo Qiuyun sighed: "I come from the Dragon and Tiger Sect; our sect has always been on good terms with the Qianji Sect, frequently visiting one another. Recently, invited by Song Botong, I left Dragon and Tiger Mountain and visited the Qianji Sect, staying there for a few days. That’s when I heard the Third Elder talk about someone breaking the Kunlun array, but according to the Third Elder, the person who broke the array, together with Wen Ya and the juniors, plotted against the Qianji Sect, asking the Sect Leader to punish Wen Ya and the others."

Here, Zuo Qiuyun looked at Ye Guichen with a questioning gaze: "Brother Ye, how much of what the Third Elder said is true or false?"

Ye Guichen was silent for a moment before speaking: "Taoist Zuo, if I tell you the truth, will you believe me?"

Zuo Qiuyun hesitated for a moment and then said: "I will believe!"

"Haha, Taoist Zuo, with your word of belief, I’ll tell you the truth!" Ye Guichen briefly recounted what had happened by the ice wall that day.

After listening, Zuo Qiuyun remained silent for a long time: "Hmph, that Third Elder is indeed problematic. I always suspected his collusion with the Demon Clan, and from what you said, he must be closely tied with the Demon Clan. Once this matter is resolved, I must inform the Qianji Sect and have this traitor eliminated!"

Ye Guichen wasn’t particularly interested in eliminating any traitors.

He was only thinking of visiting the Qianji Sect; as for the Sect Leader, he wasn’t much interested either.

Ye Guichen had originally planned to just rest briefly in Taihe Town and then go to the Qianji Sect, but the Nascent Soul of this tree spirit was too enticing, making it hard for Ye Guichen to resist.

"Taoist Zuo, with your words, I feel relieved." Ye Guichen politely said: "Once I capture this tree spirit’s Nascent Soul, I will chat with you leisurely!"

Without waiting for Zuo Qiuyun to stop him, he waved his hand and raised the Immortal Slayer Sword, charging towards the tree spirit first.

The Gui Yi and Earthly Branches Twelve Puppets immediately surrounded Ye Guichen.

Seeing this, Zuo Qiuyun was stunned, opened his mouth to speak, but couldn’t say anything.

The little disciple was full of confusion: "Master, can he do it?"

"Before, I didn’t believe he could trust, but now, I suddenly have a bit of expectation," Zuo Qiuyun said softly.

The little disciple was puzzled: "Why?"

"That Earthly Branches Twelve Puppets were made by the Qianji Sect’s strongest Thousand Mechanism Skill, and now they have fallen into Brother Ye’s hands. Previously, I did not believe anyone could break the Kunlun transformation, but seeing this, this boy might have really broken the Kunlun transformation; otherwise, it would be impossible to subdue the Earthly Branches Twelve Puppets. And since he can break the Kunlun transformation, perhaps the tree spirit is not a difficult matter for him either."

The little disciple was slightly shocked upon hearing this.

The little disciple knew very well how proud his master was.

He had never seen him praise anyone like this.

Even the Sect Leader of Dragon and Tiger Sect or even the Sect Leader of Qianji Sect were nothing in Zuo Qiuyun’s eyes.

"Is this guy really that strong?"

The little disciple pursed his lips, but he didn’t believe it in his heart.

Meanwhile, Ye Guichen had reached near the tree spirit.

Gui Yi joined with the Twelve Puppets, sealing Ye Guichen’s surroundings tightly, like an impermeable cocoon, no matter how the tree spirit attacked, it couldn’t harm Ye Guichen in the slightest.

Seeing the situation was unfavorable, the tree spirit was evidently a bit anxious.

"Ah!"

Mu Yuli screamed sharply, and the ground rumbled along with it, countless trees burst out from underground, like steel spears, stabbing towards Ye Guichen and the puppets.

However, the array formed by the Twelve Puppets almost reached an indestructible level, and with Gui Yi assisting on the side, it was unexpectedly impossible to break through each other, and they ended up evenly matched.

"Open!"

Suddenly, just as the tree spirit appeared irritable, Ye Guichen’s voice sounded.

The Twelve Puppets abruptly opened a gap.

Ye Guichen, like a mudfish, slipped out from the gap, and slashed towards Mu Yuli.

Mu Yuli didn’t expect Ye Guichen to make a sudden move, and could only respond in panic.

However, just as Mu Yuli was forming a tree net shield in front of her to block Ye Guichen, Ye Guichen slashed again with his sword.

A horizontal sweep directly over Mu Yuli’s head, cutting onto the tree spirit’s main body.

In an instant!

Blood gushed out wildly!

The tree spirit began to shake violently.

Like a furious frenzy.

The ground began to tremble.

The river of blood started to churn, countless corpses surged out from the river of blood, like becoming a legion of the living dead, slowly crawling up and charging towards Ye Guichen.

"Brother Ye, corpse spirits, those are corpse spirits controlled by the tree spirit, be careful!" Zuo Qiuyun’s complexion changed greatly; he didn’t expect there to be so many corpse spirits under the tree spirit’s roots.

The corpse spirits surged like a tide, probably numbering over a thousand.

Ye Guichen remained unfazed.

His target was the tree spirit’s Nascent Soul; as long as he captured the tree spirit’s Nascent Soul, the tree spirit would naturally be no threat.

"Hundred Swords Chime Together!"

"Xuanming Prison!"

"Lightning Strike Technique!"

Suddenly, accompanied by Ye Guichen’s shout, the air seemed to freeze for a moment.

Several immense forces erupted from Ye Guichen’s body.

A hundred swords, as if they had eyes, began to kill the corpse spirits.

A bolt of thunder streaked across the sky, directly striking the crown of the tree spirit.

Even as if ghosts emerged, trapping Mu Yuli’s soul with invisible power, preventing it from being controlled by the tree spirit.

Gui Yi and the Twelve Earthly Branches Puppets, as if going crazy, swung their swords like chopping wood, frantically hacking at the tree spirit’s branches.

Before long, the growth speed of the tree spirit’s branches was far slower than the hacking speed, becoming bare and resembling a big wooden stick.

"Swipe!"

Ye Guichen even slashed and severed the branch connecting Mu Yuli.

Mu Yuli spat out a mouthful of blood, fainted directly on the ground.

"Screech!"

The tree spirit’s body emitted a sharp scream, extremely piercing.

The little disciple’s face turned red, quickly covering his eyes.

Even Zuo Qiuyun was shaken by the sharp sound, his complexion slightly changing, quickly taking out two pieces of talisman paper and plugging them into his ears.