Chapter 430: Body and soul as one!

On the vast three southern states, the flames of war were like a prairie fire, accompanied by the roaring sound of sacred artifacts resounding through the universe, shocking heaven and earth.

And the place where the battle was most intense was the south of Lingzhou in the central theater.

Under that distant and deep night curtain, the laws of the heavens were chaotic and surging, and violent energy wantonly tore at heaven and earth.

Among them, the towering Immortal light was condensed into endless sword Qi and released wildly, and there was also the floating Little Little Tian Shu constantly bombarding the viscous dark night.

This earth-shattering battle had approached the station of Spirit Sword Mountain amidst dodging and chasing; the intense confrontation caused the entire night sky to tremble violently between flickering, and the sound of shattering roared continuously.

And amidst this wild roar, Ji You, who was traveling by air, flew past this place.

He could naturally see the intense battle, but he was also clear that without taking back his physical body, there was no meaning in him going there even if he attained enlightenment and spirit travel.

Whoosh——

In the turbulent flow of galloping, Ji You didn't look back as he crossed the dust and sand waves, rushing toward Spirit Sword Mountain behind the battlefield.

After the thousand-year aristocratic family joined hands to commit disaster, Heavenly Jianfeng was wiped out by Yan Shuyi holding the Spirit Mirror; the current Spirit Sword Mountain only had Profound Jianfeng and Asking Jianfeng independent, looking towering and majestic from a close distance.

And in front of the entire mountain range, the operating mountain-guarding formation shone brightly, and the intent to kill had already appeared.

At this time, inside the formation, the Spirit Sword Mountain disciples remaining in the mountain were nervously paying attention to the distant battlefield, but suddenly felt an aura approaching in the sky, and immediately raised their heads to look from afar.

"Someone is coming?"

"Correct, a very strange but very powerful aura..."

Looking up, these mountain-guarding disciples instantly gripped the long swords at their waists.

With the mountain-guarding formation, they believed that no one could enter without invitation; this owner of the strange aura, no matter how menacing, would definitely land in front of the mountain, so they weren't too nervous.

And the only thing they cared about at this moment was whether the person suddenly coming toward Spirit Sword Mountain was a friend or an enemy.

If it were a friend and not an enemy, that would be fine, and it wouldn't lead to disaster; but the problem was that the three states were currently erupting in intense war, and such a great power figure suddenly leaving the battlefield and coming here, the possibility of being a friend was not high.

Thus, as that aura accelerated and rushed over, all the disciples silently drew the long swords at their waists.

Following the approach of that aura, they had already begun to use divine sense, easily capturing the figure above the high sky.

But the next instant, something unexpected happened to the Spirit Sword Mountain disciples.

Approaching the formation, that figure didn't stop or land in front of the mountain gate as they expected; instead, he went all out and crashed straight toward the formation.

"He actually crashed into it?!"

"Daring to crash into the mountain-guarding formation with his body, is he looking for death?!"

Amidst the whistling night wind, many mountain-guarding disciples let out exclamations.

One must know that this formation was based on the origin of the sacred artifact and could even block Approaching Immortal experts; the intent to kill was unstoppable by anyone, and doing this was simply looking for death.

Thus, the moment that figure crashed toward the formation, almost everyone foresaw the scene of that person crashing and shattering on the formation, and then being crushed into ashes by the intent to kill condensed by Heavenly Might.

But the development of the facts was diametrically opposed to their expectations.

Pfft——

Only a light sound came from high in the sky; that person didn't receive any obstruction, suddenly entering Spirit Sword Mountain, and rushing straight toward the depths.

And their mountain-guarding formation didn't perform any obstruction on him, and even the intent to kill that would be emitted upon sensing a strange aura didn't appear at all.

Seeing this scene, a group of Spirit Sword Mountain disciples opened their eyes wide, a look of disbelief appearing in their eyes.

"He got in?!"

"How is it possible, how could an outsider pass through the mountain-guarding formation?"

"Could it be... could it be that something went wrong with the formation?"

After a piece of astonishment, all the mountain-guarding disciples' faces changed greatly, and they immediately chased in the direction where that figure broke through the air.

At the same time, Ji You, who had crossed the mountain-guarding formation, landed gracefully in mid-air, landing on the mountain cliff of Profound Jianfeng, the wind and waves around his body blowing away the fallen leaves on the ground.

Sure enough, Spirit Sword Mountain's mountain-guarding formation wouldn't block him.

This wasn't strange; after all, he was the husband of the arrogant ghost, not an outsider; Spirit Sword Mountain couldn't block him, and even had to say a word of welcome.

But in fact, the reason he could be so confident in crashing toward the formation was still because of the Spirit Mirror.

The formations of all major Immortal sects were based on the power of sacred artifacts, and he was someone who could wield the Spirit Mirror.

At this time, Ji You raised his head slowly, and saw the arrogant ghost's Cloud-Top Palace close at hand, like a giant beast crouching in the night.

He had only been to Spirit Sword Mountain once, more than six years ago when he came to ask the Dao with the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples.

But because he often came to the top of Profound Jianfeng, he didn't feel strange about the arrogant ghost's palace.

Bang——

Just at this moment, Ji You's divine soul suddenly began to vibrate.

It was as if he had been pulled suddenly; his eyes couldn't help but flash with a touch of gold, and his mud body began to tremble constantly.

He knew that this was the physical body's response to the divine soul.

Subconsciously, Ji You, who had judged the source of the feeling, turned his head, looked to the north side of the Jianzhu palace, and then walked away.

"Stop..."

"You... who are you?!"

Suddenly, under the dark sky, two figures appeared on the steps of the Cloud-Top Palace.

They were two maids, wearing the same long skirts, leaning against the railing, looking at him with incomparable vigilance and cowardice.

Ji You recognized them at a glance; they were the arrogant ghost's maids, Cui'er and Xing'er, so he spoke softly: "Don't be nervous, I have no malice, just came back to get some things."

"Nonsense, this is my Jianzhu's sleeping palace; let alone outsiders, even Spirit Sword Mountain disciples don't dare to come here at will; how could there be your things here!"

Cui'er's voice was very stern, but her tone was clearly trembling.

However, her scolding did not receive a response, and when she regained her senses, Ji You had already vanished from the spot, whistling toward the north side of the main hall.

He knew that his current appearance was vastly different from his previous beauty, and that Cui'er and Xing'er could not possibly recognize him; the reason he answered just now was merely to soothe their taut nerves.

But time was tight now, and he did not have much time to give them too much of an explanation.

"Hey, you..."

Watching him suddenly move away, Cui'er immediately shouted subconsciously, wanting to make him stop.

But the pressure released by Ji You made her whole body tremble, and she did not dare to chase after him.

At this moment, Xing'er, standing behind her, clenched her fists: "He went to the back mountain, quick, Cui'er, we must hurry and notify the senior brothers and sisters on guard!"

Cui'er immediately regained her senses, and together with Xing'er, she gathered up her skirt and hurried toward the foot of the Profound Jianfeng in a panic.

Whoosh—

Amidst the sound of wind and alarm, Ji You arrived at the north side, the place where his soul was being pulled.

It was a square little courtyard; facing him was a neat wall and a pitch-black wooden door. It did not look like a grave, but rather like an ordinary home, giving Ji You an indescribable sense of familiarity.

That wooden door was not locked, so Ji You pushed the door open and walked in with ease.

And when he crossed the threshold and saw the tea table, stone stools, dwarf trees, and even the balcony with bamboo baskets inside, he gradually understood where that sense of familiarity came from.

Because this little courtyard was built in imitation of the courtyard he had at the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan; regardless of the area or the furnishings, they were exactly the same...

Seeing this scene, Ji You's heart suddenly felt as if it had been pinched, and his eyes became much softer.

That tsundere ghost had said before that she did not want to be the Appraisal Master; back when the Spirit Appraisal chose its master on its own, she was very angry because she had been chosen, and took advantage of the time when no one was around to sink it into the Profound Sea.

And the reason she took on this burden was because she had seen with her own eyes the disciples of Profound Jianfeng being bullied on the mountain.

But she had never said what kind of life she, who did not want to live the life of an Appraisal Master, would actually like.

Only until seeing the scene here did he understand that this girl just wanted to have a little courtyard with him, and that would be enough.

Ji You took a deep breath, then stepped forward and walked through this small courtyard.

The end of the courtyard was not a living room, but a stone chamber only a few yards square. Its four walls were desolate, presenting a lonely gray-white tone throughout, as if all color and vitality had been swallowed up by these stone walls.

He raised his hand and pushed open that heavy stone door; the moment the stone door opened, the previous feeling of his soul being pulled suddenly became incomparably clear.

It was as if an invisible rope had tied his soul, and with an irresistible force, it was pulling him toward the darkness deep inside.

Ji You did not resist this pull; he stepped into the darkness, passed through a long and silent stone path, and finally saw an ancient stone platform standing quietly at the end.

And lying on that stone platform was his body, from which he had been separated for a long time.

Having lost its soul, his body presented a gray-white color overall, but it was clean and tidy, and had not changed from before; this should be because his physical strength had already reached its peak.

Of course, this was also because he had a tsundere ghost who was sharp-tongued but hopelessly love-struck, who had not buried his body; otherwise, he would have had to dig it out from a grave pit.

At this moment, Ji You stood still in front of the stone platform for a few breaths and did not step forward at the first opportunity.

Because looking at himself lying on the opposite side from a distance gave him a very strange feeling, as if he were truly observing himself from an objective perspective.