Chapter 203 Inhuman and Depraved (1/3)

Inside the west room, the air was thick with the salty, fishy smell of evaporating sweat, mixed with the acrid stench of burning filth.

An Sanchuan lay sprawled on the ground, a small puddle of water accumulating on the bluestone slab beneath him, making him look as if he had just been pulled out of the water.

He was breathing heavily, his lungs burning with pain.

But that chilling, lingering aura that had been entrenched deep within his soul was truly gone.

Instead, there was a vast emptiness so clean it made him want to cry.

Even deep within his withered meridians, a faint, almost non-existent, yet balanced and peaceful warm current was slowly growing.

Jingji withdrew his fingers from above his head, turned around, and reported to the two people at the door in his emotionless, mechanical voice.

"The Zhengyi Huayuan Jue has been implanted."

"Seventy percent of the evil power has been burned away, and the remainder can be transformed on its own."

"The meridians have been reconstructed to a third degree, and the cracks in the soul have been initially healed."

"Scraping the bone and changing the marrow, complete."

He paused for a moment, then added an objective assessment: "His willpower is acceptable."

To be able to withstand such a soul-crushing ordeal without going insane is truly remarkable.

Ruan Tang nodded, satisfied with the result.

She looked at Yan Yu and saw that he was calm and obviously agreed.

Time was running out, so she didn't waste any more time and said directly to the people on the ground, "Now that you've made it through, go back to the educated youth settlement first, and don't let anyone notice anything amiss. As for the matter at Mao'er Mountain, A-Fu will handle the town's affairs; you just need to cooperate with him. As for the rest, we'll talk about it when we get back."

An Sanchuan struggled to his feet, bowed deeply to the two men, his voice hoarse, but each word was delivered with force: "Yes!"

He didn't ask a single question and turned to leave.

His back was still slender, but his posture was ramrod straight.

Inside the main room, the puppet Afu had finished dealing with the eight talismans. The evil talismans on the bronze artifacts were wiped off and replaced with orthodox suppressing talismans; the five pieces of black jade were also cleansed of their impurities, their core spiritual energy was properly sealed, and a new array was added to their outer layer.

Ruan Tang handed the items to An Sanchuan, gave him a few more instructions, and then turned to the puppet grandmother who had been waiting beside her.

"Mother-in-law, I'm leaving the house to you. If anyone dares to barge in, don't be polite."

The burly puppet grandmother grinned and patted her chest with a simple and honest expression: "Master, rest assured, everything is fine."

After everything was arranged, Ruan Tang tugged at Yan Yu's sleeve with her little hand, looked up at him with her bright almond eyes.

Yan Yu understood.

With a thought, an invisible vortex quietly opened up beneath Xiaobai and Daju's feet.

[Squeak! Little master! Another trip to the dark room? The little fried dough stick in my belly hasn't even finished digesting yet! It'll turn into mush in no time!]

Little White hugged its round little belly, put on its dramatic act, rolled around on the ground acting cute, but still resignedly jumped up.

Before jumping in, it deftly curled its large, shimmering tail around the big orange cat that was sleeping soundly by the door, still smacking its lips in its sleep, all in one swift motion.