Chapter 45: Ruthless Ruyi, Demonic Body Dissolution (Votes Requested)

"Willow Deity?"

Ji Fengxia stared blankly at Liu Ruyi, watching as her soul body materialized, radiating an aura of divine majesty far superior to ordinary ghosts.

"Amour and Moon Catalog?"

"What kind of treasure is this? It's too powerful!"

Looking away from Liu Ruyi, Ji Fengxia gazed at the majestic and sacred Amour and Moon Catalog, her eyes burning with fiery desire.

"Master..."

With a swift movement, she hugged Zhou Chen's arm, shaking it back and forth.

She wanted one too!

"Don't worry, there will definitely be one for you!"

A smooth and soft sensation came from his arm. Zhou Chen pinched Ji Fengxia's fair, tender cheek and gave her a reassuring smile.

During this period, Ji Fengxia had contributed greatly. When there were tasks, she did them; when there were no tasks, she...

Naturally, Zhou Chen wouldn't be stingy.

"Ji Fengxia, hear my decree."

"Your servant is here!"

Ji Fengxia was overjoyed, cupping her hands and bowing.

"I appoint Ji Fengxia as the Feng Deity!"

With the mandate of heaven in his words, as Zhou Chen's voice fell, the Amour and Moon Catalog burst into brilliant golden light once again.

A beam of golden light descended from the sky, enveloping Ji Fengxia. Her aura surged instantly, and her original fifth-layer Qi Refining cultivation realm leaped to the seventh-layer Qi Refining in a mere moment.

The gloomy and icy ghost qi vanished, replaced by an immortal-like aura of sacred majesty, and her strength skyrocketed by a large margin.

Ghosts all feared extremely yang and righteous techniques, but after being canonized as deities by Zhou Chen, they were no longer ghosts; they were deities.

Though still weak, their essence had transformed, and they would no longer fear thunder, fire, or other extremely yang and righteous techniques.

They could even practice thunder and fire cultivation arts.

"Not bad, not bad!"

Observing the transformed Liu Ruyi and Ji Fengxia, Zhou Chen was very satisfied.

The temperament of both women had elevated significantly, making one want to lavish them with fierce affection.

"Didn't I die?"

Liu Ruyi slowly opened her eyes, feeling the powerful energy within her body, filled with confusion.

"You did indeed die!"

Zhou Chen walked up to Liu Ruyi, pinched her fair chin to raise it, and looked into her beautiful eyes:

"But your soul came to me, and after being canonized by me, you can continue to exist and cultivate in another form from now on!"

"Are you a martial hero?"

Liu Ruyi looked at Zhou Chen. Although she was asking a question, her tone was very certain.

"Indeed."

Zhou Chen nodded.

"Why did you save me? Aren't you afraid I'll expose your secret?"

Liu Ruyi glanced around. Although she didn't know where she was, this place definitely concealed a heaven-shaking secret of Zhou Chen's.

If nothing else, that Amour and Moon Catalog alone was a supreme treasure she had never even heard of, capable of conferring divinity and instantly boosting her to the fourth-layer Qi Refining realm.

One must know that Zhou Chen had been on guard against her all along; even during those intimate moments, he still wore a mask.

"Because you are my woman!"

Reaching out to wrap his arm around Liu Ruyi's soft waist, Zhou Chen pulled her into his embrace, lowered his head to kiss her, and looking straight into her eyes, said directly:

"Is this reason enough?"

"Not enough!"

Liu Ruyi didn't mind Zhou Chen holding and kissing her—they had already done everything before, and more than once.

However, she didn't believe a single word of what Zhou Chen said.

He had been deeply guarded against her earlier, treating her not at all as his woman, yet now he suddenly changed his tune. Was that even possible?

There had to be a conspiracy!

"Because if your favorability toward me hadn't reached a certain level, your soul wouldn't have been able to come here at all!"

Zhou Chen gently stroked her face:

"Is this reason enough now?"

Liu Ruyi fell silent.

She hadn't expected it to be like this.

Actually, Zhou Chen was also surprised that Liu Ruyi's favorability toward him was so high.

They had only met three times in total.

And every time, they just did it.

Could it be because he was Liu Ruyi's first man, and also her only man?

Or perhaps because his extraordinary advantages stood out?

"It must be so!"

Zhou Chen thought to himself.

Was it not true that Lü Bu conquered the Queen Dowager Zhao Ji of the Qin Empire precisely because he possessed a superior skill?

And he too possessed the yang of Lü Bu.

No.

Lü Bu was mere scum compared to him.

"How did you die? Was it the Salt Gang?"

Pulling back his thoughts, Zhou Chen brought up the real business.

Liu Ruyi raised her head and looked at Zhou Chen:

"That's right! The cultivator you killed placed a blood curse on me at the moment of his death. I heard it called the Weeping Blood Curse."

"The people of the Salt Gang tracked me down based on this."

"This time, they dispatched Bai Guinong, the Law Enforcement Elder of the Salt Gang, along with an elder at the seventh layer of Body Refining, and other subordinates at the fifth and sixth layers of Body Refining!"

"Bai Guinong is considered a renowned expert throughout Yunmeng Prefecture. His cultivation has reached the peak of the ninth layer of Body Refining, making him a top-tier existence beneath the Divine Strength Realm."

Thinking of Bai Guinong, Liu Ruyi's gaze turned solemn as she said earnestly:

"Fortunately, he didn't make a move at the time, otherwise I'm afraid I wouldn't even have had the chance to commit suicide!"

"Actually, the elder at the seventh layer of Body Refining making a move would have been enough to capture me alive, but they didn't expect that I practiced a Heaven-Shattering Demonic Dissolution Art of mutual destruction!"

"I knew what kind of terrifying torture and punishment awaited me if I were captured alive, and realizing I couldn't escape, I directly chose to self-detonate!"

"It's a pity my cultivation was too weak. Even with the Heaven-Shattering Demonic Dissolution Art, self-detonating couldn't kill an expert at the seventh layer of Body Refining, let alone someone at the ninth layer of Body Refining!"

"You were already impressive enough!"

Zhou Chen had to admire that this woman was truly ruthless, but self-detonation was indeed a good choice—not only could it prevent her corpse from being defiled, but it also spared her from being captured and humiliated.

One must know that the torture a woman faces upon being captured far exceeds the imagination of ordinary people.

Things like General Yuwen's execution lines were nothing.

Spiked chairs, wooden donkeys, rope torture, thumb screws—any of these could make a person wish for death yet unable to die.

"Don't worry, I will definitely help you avenge this grievance!"

Zhou Chen promised.

Of course.

He wouldn't rashly go head-to-head with the Salt Gang experts right now.

With his current abilities, he could at most deal with the elder at the seventh layer of Body Refining; as for the ninth-layer Body Refining Law Enforcement Elder Bai Guinong, he was far from being a match.

"Thank you!"

Liu Ruyi felt moved in her heart. She could sense the sincerity in Zhou Chen's words; he wasn't just saying it casually to deceive a young woman.

"The storage bag of the cultivator you shot to death that day was buried by me under a ginkgo tree three miles outside the city."

Liu Ruyi said, "At the time, I worried there might be a tracking device on the storage bag, so I buried it on the spot instead of taking it with me. You can go retrieve it when you have the chance!"

"I understand. I'll go after some time when it's confirmed safe."

Zhou Chen nodded, in no particular hurry.

He wasn't lacking in cultivation manuals right now; what he lacked was time to accumulate Amour and Moon Points. He had no desire to take risks.

Just like Liu Ruyi who was hit by Bai Ruyun's Weeping Blood Curse, what if there was some mark on the storage bag? Wouldn't Bai Guinong be waiting in the shadows for him to walk right into a trap?

"Master!"

Ji Fengxia finished her transformation, ran over with an excited expression, and tightly hugged Zhou Chen's arm.

"I won't disturb you two anymore!"

Liu Ruyi's figure vanished, turning into a stream of light that merged into the Amour and Moon Catalog.

"Master, why is she here?"

Ji Fengxia was very curious.

She hadn't seen Zhou Chen meet Liu Ruyi, yet Liu Ruyi had suddenly appeared here.

"Just an opportunity of fate."

Zhou Chen didn't explain further. Looking at Ji Fengxia, he said:

"From now on, she will keep you company. Get along well with each other!"

"Yes, master."

Ji Fengxia felt slightly displeased that her "territory" had to be shared with someone else, but there was nothing she could do.

"Go into the Amour and Moon Catalog to comprehend the cultivation methods first!"

"Alright, master!"

Ji Fengxia turned into a stream of light and entered the Amour and Moon Catalog.

As a treasure condensed by the Amour and Moon Mirror, the Amour and Moon Catalog had infinite miraculous uses. Not only could it confer divinity, but it also contained cultivation methods within it.

It was similar to the God of War Catalog in Huang Yi's novels.

Zhou Chen looked up at the huge Amour and Moon Catalog in the sky and reached out with a grab. The catalog immediately shrank, rolled up into a scroll, and fell into Zhou Chen's palm.

Zhou Chen opened the Amour and Moon Catalog. Aside from the names of Liu Ruyi and Ji Fengxia, their figures were also visible inside.

With a thought from Zhou Chen, reliefs suddenly manifested on the Amour and Moon Catalog, containing the primal mysteries of heaven, earth, and the universe.

Zhou Chen took a glance and immediately closed the Amour and Moon Catalog.

"I'll comprehend it when I get home!"

Normally, he could use one mind for two tasks—his soul could be romping with Ji Fengxia in the Amour and Moon Mirror while a wisp of his consciousness controlled his body to do other things.

However, if he were to comprehend these reliefs, he might not be able to multitask.

Withdrawing his consciousness from the Amour and Moon Mirror, Zhou Chen glanced at the disheveled figures lying around him. Without disturbing them, he quietly slipped away.

Upon returning home, Zhou Chen told Qin Hongyu a word, then returned to his room, lay on the bed, and sent his soul into the Amour and Moon Mirror to pick up the Amour and Moon Catalog for comprehension.

Gazing at those reliefs, Zhou Chen felt as if he were undergoing spiritual ascension and becoming an immortal. His consciousness drifted in an ocean of countless lights and shadows, innumerable thoughts surged into his mind, and his entire being fell into a state of sudden enlightenment.