Chapter 15: Soul Jade Spirit Box

As the words fell, Madam Liu suddenly noticed that the baby in Su Lao’s arms was visibly transforming into a blurry, blue-dressed woman at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The woman stood before her, exuding an air of superiority, as if looking down upon the world.

Those deep, cold eyes seemed to contain the entirety of the universe. As she cast a glance at Madam Liu, an invisible pressure swept over her like a tidal wave, overwhelming Madam Liu in an instant, engulfing her entirely.

The reason her face was blurry was because her cultivation was so high! That’s why no one could see her true face!

Realizing how terrifying her opponent was, the malicious expression on Madam Liu’s face froze. Without thinking, she quickly pulled out a talisman and stuck it to her body, transforming into a streak of light as she turned to escape.

The woman didn’t speak, only gazing coldly at the fleeing figure.

Madam Liu saw the light at the exit and her eyes lit up, thinking she was about to escape. But the next moment, the blue-dressed woman appeared in front of her again, and everything around them returned to how it had been before.

Madam Liu was startled, and as she looked around, seeing only darkness, she suddenly realized she had been pulled into an illusory barrier by that damn baby!

Cold sweat began to form on Madam Liu’s forehead, and her voice became hoarse with fear. “Friend, I only seek wealth, not murder. You’ve already freed the golden silkworm from the girl. Why not let me go? If you continue to act against me, I won’t show mercy!”

As she spoke, Madam Liu’s appearance gradually changed into that of an old man wearing a golden robe, a golden crown, and a face like gold paper.

The old man’s expression was vicious, his body radiating dark qi, quite evil in nature.

This was his true form.

He had long lost his lifespan, surviving only by borrowing someone else’s life essence through the use of evil techniques like the golden silkworm, hiding his actions from the heavens.

The blue-dressed woman’s eyes sharpened. She summoned an ancient bronze compass from her white palm, which emitted a dark golden glow. With a soft breath, she spoke, “The way of heaven is clear and upright. It does not allow evil. Today, there is an evil cultivator who defies the heavens. I, the ancestor of the Bihai Sect, the Immortal of Infinite Bihai, shall eradicate evil and restore clarity!”

“Immortal… you’re an Immortal? How is that possible! No one has ascended to immortality in these thousands of years! How could you be an Immortal!”

The old man was stunned by her imposing aura. Seeing that she wasn’t backing down, his face darkened as he prepared to take out a treasure and fight her to the death.

Suddenly, as her words fell, the bronze compass began to spin wildly, releasing a powerful energy that sucked him into it. In the blink of an eye, the old man’s soul was devoured by the compass, which flickered a few times before the dark golden glow stabilized, no longer faint as it had been.

The blue-dressed woman took the compass back into her body, waiting for the barrier to dissipate.

However, after a long while, the barrier remained unchanged.

Her eyes narrowed, and her divine sense scanned the surroundings. She suddenly noticed something on the ground where the evil cultivator had just been destroyed—a palm-sized box that was entirely emerald green, with water-like ripples flowing through it.

That evil cultivator had intended to use this box against her.

No wonder the barrier hadn’t dissipated. It turned out that this box was also a magical artifact.

The blue-dressed woman took the box into her hand and examined it. Her gaze suddenly paused.

This was… the Soul Jade Spirit Box? The most powerful soul-protecting artifact in the cultivation world!

Had she possessed this in her previous life, how could her physical body have been destroyed during the Ninth Heavenly Tribulation, the “Soul Rebirth Tribulation”?

She suppressed her excitement and, after storing the Soul Jade Spirit Box in her spatial ring, exited the barrier.

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Inside the cabin.

Su Huan opened her eyes, looking at Madam Liu, who was kneeling on the ground, staring at her in fear with wide eyes. The servants had already dragged her body away. Su Huan’s mood was quite complex.

She hadn’t expected that the Soul Jade Spirit Box, which countless cultivators in the cultivation world coveted, could protect them from death during tribulations, would be left in this world. It had been controlled by a local evil cultivator who had cultivated for less than a hundred years.

This evil cultivator was either lucky or unlucky. Although he had found such a treasure, he didn’t know how to use it. Based on his reaction, he didn’t even understand what the Soul Jade Spirit Box was. He merely treated it as an ordinary life-preserving artifact and tried to fight Su Huan with the form conjured by the bronze compass.

Had he not encountered her, and given more time to grow, perhaps this evil cultivator could have traded the lives of people carrying the Heavenly Dao’s fate to improve his cultivation and successfully overcome his tribulation.

By then, he would naturally realize the true function and value of the Soul Jade Spirit Box.

Since the scene in the barrier couldn’t be seen by ordinary people, to Su Lao and Wang Lao, it seemed as though Madam Liu had only spoken one word, “You,” and then died without further sound, her life extinguished.

Wang Lao looked worriedly at the jar that contained the golden silkworm and asked Su Lao, “Elder sister, what should we do with this insect?”

This insect had been caught by their granddaughter, so she had no idea how to deal with it.

However, it seemed safe to burn it with fire.

That’s how they dealt with pests in the countryside.

Su Lao replied to Wang Lao, “Shall we burn it and see?”

Wang Lao, without suspicion, immediately ordered someone to bring a fire basin, and they threw the jar with the insect into the flames.

They waited until the jar cracked in the fire and everything inside had burned away, before Wang Lao finally let out a sigh of relief.

She had ordered an investigation into Madam Liu’s matter, and now her granddaughter, Ying Jie, had returned to normal. Earlier, when Wang Mama had fed her, she hadn’t vomited milk anymore. Wang Lao, feeling relieved, gave Su Huan a pair of exquisite longevity locks and a seven-treasure longevity lock that was missing one agate bead as a token of gratitude. She also gave Su Lao a thousand taels of silver as thanks and asked them to stay on the main ship for a few more days before directing Zhang Guan to send them back to the ferry.

Su Lao didn’t tell anyone about the dangerous incident from earlier and let everyone celebrate the rewards the grandmother and granddaughter had brought back.

For the next half month, Wang Lao frequently invited them to the main ship to keep company, and as they approached the capital, she invited the entire Su family to stay on the main ship, not even minding that there was no “Wang Lao Ye” aboard, only the lonely grandmother and granddaughter. She didn’t hesitate to let the Su family know the secret.

At first, Zhang Guan and Zi Lan had been somewhat concerned, but to their surprise, after the Su family learned of this secret, they not only kept it quiet but actively helped cover it up when they returned to the ferry. The people there were even more convinced that there was a “Wang Lao Ye” on board who was strict and authoritative, which made both of them feel much more at ease, thinking that the Su family had not betrayed their mistress’s trust.

However, as for the identity of Wang Lao, neither she nor anyone on the main ship had ever revealed a hint. The Su family was curious but tactfully refrained from asking.

One day, a magnificent city, dressed in white snow, appeared vaguely on the opposite shore.

The capital had arrived.

As the weather turned to winter, when the two ships docked, Wang Lao, wearing a wind hat and wrapped in fox fur, holding a much larger Ying Jie, personally sent the Su family off the ship.

At the gangway, Wang Lao handed Su Lao an exquisite small box and smiled. “This is a rouge jade pendant from my dowry. My Ying Jie also has one. Today, I’m giving it to you, Huan Jie, in hopes that from now on, you’ll still treat us as family.”

Zhang Guan was shocked upon seeing this. “The old lady actually gave such a valuable jade pendant to a common girl?”

Could it be that she really wants the young miss and Su family’s Fifth Miss to become sisters?