Chapter 685: Suppressing the Fish Demon Curse

The Regent's vicious words immediately drew the startled, suspicious gazes of many forces present toward Li Luo; after all, the relationship between Xi Chan and Li Luo was rather complicated. During this Lu Lan Mansion sacrifice, this mentor who came from the academy was actually willing to resign to help out, showing that the bond between the two was far from ordinary.

And now Xi Chan had once again shown signs of being polluted—could this have something to do with Li Luo or Lu Lan Mansion?

This inevitably aroused suspicion.

This sudden turn of events also interrupted Li Luo's intent to continue pursuing and slaying the Regent, after all, the situation with Mentor Xi Chan was more important at the moment; immediately his figure flashed, appearing directly at the viewing platform where Lu Lan Mansion was situated.

He landed beside Jiang Jiang Qinge, and the latter was also frowning tightly as she stared at Mentor Xi Chan, whose entire body was emanating a terrifying aura of malice; the veil on Mentor Xi Chan's cheek had long since fallen off, and the originally intellectual, elegant, pretty cheek was now covered in agony and distortion; she covered half her face with one hand, her body trembling ceaselessly.

Li Luo knew the location of the half of her face she was covering—there had once been a "Fish Demon Curse" there, said to have been left by the Fish Chi King in the depths of the Dark Caverns; previously, when Mentor Xi Chan had helped him refine the "Mini Wuxiang Divine Wheel," this Fish Demon Curse had erupted once—could it be erupting again now?

Moreover, judging by the density of that malice aura, it seemed even more terrifying than last time.

Jiang Jiang Qinge, meanwhile, was continuously forming hand seals with both hands; the light resonance power within her body condensed, transforming into light runes imbued with purifying power that drifted down; these light runes landed on Mentor Xi Chan's body and did somewhat alleviate the malice aura.

Clearly, the purifying power possessed by Jiang Jiang Qinge's ninth-grade light resonance was still quite effective.

But unfortunately, she herself was only at the Tian Zhu Jing, and the malice aura erupting within Mentor Xi Chan's body was something even Mentor Xi Chan herself could not suppress, so Jiang Jiang Qinge's light resonance power was merely a drop in the bucket.

"Can't suppress it." So, after persisting for a while, Jiang Jiang Qinge also let out a sigh.

"I suggest we all act together now to first suppress Xi Chan, to prevent the malice aura from erupting later and causing greater pollution and damage." At this moment, Zhu Zhu Qinghuo of the Extreme Flame Mansion spoke coldly, while glaring covetously in this direction.

He was rather ill-intentioned; now that Xi Chan had joined Lu Lan Mansion, if he could take the opportunity to eliminate her, it would weaken Lu Lan Mansion's momentum.

Once these words were spoken, it drew slight nods from the leaders of some forces, after all, Xi Chan's situation did look rather chilling, and regarding aberrations, they truly were wary and terrified to the extreme.

"This is a matter of my Lu Lan Mansion, I don't need you worrying about it." Li Luo's gaze turned slightly cold as he looked toward Zhu Zhu Qinghuo, saying.

Seeing that look in Li Luo's eyes, Zhu Zhu Qinghuo also felt some fury rise in his heart—you, a mere Evil Palace realm cultivator, if not for borrowing Pang Pang Qianyuan's power at this moment, what right would you have to shout at this seat? So young, yet you've taken 'a fox borrowing the tiger's might' to the extreme.

"If Xi Chan's malice aura erupts, then it won't just be your Lu Lan Mansion's matter at that point—can your Lu Lan Mansion bear that consequence?" Zhu Zhu Qinghuo said with a cold laugh.

While they were confronting each other here, Vice Principal Su Xin and others walked over quickly; her expression was also extremely solemn, and she said to the surrounding forces: "The malice aura on Mentor Xi Chan was inflicted when she entered the Dark Caverns to carry out a purification mission and was injured by the 'Fish Chi King' in the depths of the Dark Caverns, receiving a 'Fish Demon Curse,' so this matter actually doesn't have much to do with Lu Lan Mansion; everyone need not speculate wildly."

"Moreover, suppressing the Dark Caverns is also a matter concerning the peace of Great Xia; everyone here has benefited from it. Although this is the responsibility of our Holy Profound Star Academy, we also hope that everyone will show a bit more kindness to those injured because of the Dark Caverns, and not treat them as aberrations at every turn, not giving them any way out—after all, they are only polluted, not directly turned into aberrations."

Listening to Vice Principal Su Xin's calm words, Zhu Zhu Qinghuo's expression stiffened slightly; the other's words were clearly aimed at him, but regarding Su Xin and the Holy Profound Star Academy, he was clearly still very wary, so he said no more, merely giving a dry laugh.

The leaders of the other forces were also somewhat embarrassed, but fortunately they were all thick-skinned, and in the blink of an eye they asked worriedly: "Then how does Vice Principal Su Xin think this matter should be handled?"

Vice Principal Su Xin only then looked toward Xi Chan, whose entire body was rising with malice aura, her brows tightly furrowed; she also did not understand why Xi Chan had erupted so severely this time.

"Li Luo, this time we may still have to rely on you; it happens that you still possess the Principal's power here, and to suppress the Fish Demon Curse left by the Fish Chi King, only the Three-Phase Power of a King-tier powerhouse can accomplish it." After brief contemplation, Vice Principal Su Xin said to Li Luo.

She paused slightly, then added: "However... doing so will also consume the power transmitted by the Principal."

Her gaze glanced toward the direction where the Regent was; originally Li Luo had already forced the Regent into an extremely wretched state, and if it continued, it might not be impossible to achieve greater results, but the sudden problem with Xi Chan had interrupted Li Luo's plan.

If Li Luo were to help Xi Chan suppress the Fish Demon Curse, it would give the Regent more time to catch his breath.

Hearing this, Li Luo said indifferently: "No rush, let him catch his breath for a bit; once we solve the problem here, we'll go finish him off."

Although dealing with the Regent was also very important, Mentor Xi Chan had helped Li Luo so much; if at this moment he didn't even care about the latter's life and safety, and still went to kill the Regent, that would be too chilling—such a thing Li Luo could not do.

As for Li Luo's choice, although Vice Principal Su Xin showed nothing on her face, she nodded slightly in her heart; this kid Li Luo still had a good disposition, knowing to repay kindness, otherwise even she would have felt that the help Xi Chan gave him was somewhat unworthwhile.

An ungrateful Bai Yanlang, no matter how good the talent, is not worth cultivating or valuing.

Vice Principal Su Xin turned her gaze toward the Regent again, and said calmly: "Regent, although my academy does not wish to meddle in Wang Ting's affairs, Xi Chan's matter currently concerns malice pollution, and Li Luo needs to act to suppress it, so during this period, we also hope the Regent will not act rashly; once Xi Chan's malice aura is suppressed, everything will proceed according to each of your own wishes."

Hearing this, the Regent's brow immediately furrowed, and he said: "Vice Principal Su Xin, Xi Chan has already left the academy; you have no reason to continue sheltering her."

If Li Luo acted to help Xi Chan suppress it, that was clearly a good opportunity for the Regent, but Vice Principal Su Xin's words clearly did not permit him to cause trouble at this time.

"Regent, once malice pollution spreads, it will affect the safety of Great Xia City; this is disadvantageous to everyone, including you, so this matter cannot be delayed. Of course, if you have the ability to suppress that 'Fish Demon Curse,' you may try; otherwise, just wait quietly for Li Luo to resolve it." At this moment, from the Golden Dragon Treasure House's side, Yu Yu Hongxi also spoke up.

Her speaking up did cause some commotion, after all, the Golden Dragon Treasure House was also a super force in Great Xia, its strength and foundation no less than the academy or Wang Ting; if even Yu Yu Hongxi now agreed with Vice Principal Su Xin, then even the Regent could only back down.

"Even the Golden Dragon Treasure House is going to change its neutral stance?" the Regent questioned darkly.

Yu Yu Hongxi's expression did not change, and she said: "The Golden Dragon Treasure House's stance will not change, but once malice pollution spreads, how will my Golden Dragon Treasure House do business? So in my eyes, resolving the malice pollution is the most important matter; whoever interferes with this touches the Golden Dragon Treasure House's interests."

Her words were well-reasoned; actually, whether the Wang Ting was controlled by the Regent or the Princess made little difference to their Golden Dragon Treasure House—doing business with anyone was the same—but malice pollution was different; if it truly spread and aberrations appeared, would they go do business with aberrations?

The Regent's eye twitched slightly; Yu Yu Hongxi's reasoning was indeed flawless, so in the end he could only give a muffled snort.

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Li Luo here paid no attention to the Regent at all; he quickly came before Mentor Xi Chan, directly grasping one of her slender, soft jade hands, while his other hand gripped the Profound Elephant Blade tightly.

The next moment, he once again mobilized that massive power within the Profound Elephant Blade.

The Three-Phase Sacred Halo directly emerged from his arm, its mysterious, divine brilliance blooming, then traveled along the hand that Li Luo and Xi Chan were tightly clasping.

The Three-Phase Sacred Halo slowly rotated, as if erupting with a special suction force, and the malice power continuously surging from Mentor Xi Chan's body was drawn over endlessly, sinking into this resplendent Three-Phase Sacred Halo.

Once this malice power entered the Three-Phase Sacred Halo, it was directly dissolved and evaporated, leaving no trace of residue.

Clearly, as Vice Principal Su Xin had said, the Three-Phase Power could suppress this "Fish Demon Curse."

As time passed, the malice power rising from Mentor Xi Chan's delicate body began to gradually weaken; when the last wisp of malice black qi was purified by the Three-Phase Sacred Halo, that Three-Phase Sacred Halo transformed into a streak of flowing light that shot toward Mentor Xi Chan's cheek, forming a tiny tri-colored halo that trapped the black fish attempting to burrow into her pupil within it.

In the end, the black fish stopped struggling, and also became much more illusory, once again turning into something like a tattoo, landing on Mentor Xi Chan's cheek.

Vice Principal Su Xin and the others saw this and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

And clarity also appeared in Mentor Xi Chan's eyes; however, when she came to, the first thing she did was look at Vice Principal Su Xin and urgently said: "Vice Principal, something has happened at the academy! A mysterious person triggered the Fish Demon Curse; their target is to destroy the Resonance Power Tree!"

While being counter-eroded by the malice earlier, Mentor Xi Chan had also, through some special connection, witnessed the scene occurring within the Holy Profound Star Academy.

Once she said this, it was undoubtedly like a thunderclap.

Even Vice Principal Su Xin, Yu Yu Hongxi, and the others all suddenly lost color.