My Silly, Sweet Wife

The black chains bound the dragon’s spirit, temporarily immobilizing it.

The remaining fragmented souls surged forward once more, clinging to the dragon’s spirit like maggots on a bone.

The dragon spirit roared loudly, trying to struggle.

It seemed ready to break free from those black chains once again.

At this moment, Ye Guichen was almost exhausted; if this continued, he would be unable to capture the dragon.

He couldn’t help but recall what Liluo had said.

At noon, this was when the dragon spirit would be at its weakest.

However, when he looked up at the sky,

The sun was bright, but the tree canopy just happened to shield the entire lake, blocking out any sunlight.

Ye Guichen seemed to suddenly understand the purpose of this canopy.

It was probably meant to shield the dragon’s spirit from the sun’s stimulation.

”Ten Sword Technique!”

Realizing this, Ye Guichen immediately launched ten swords.

The ten swords madly hacked at the giant tree.

To one’s horror, with each chop, red tree sap, resembling blood, seeped out.

Before long, the entire lake was stained red.

Moreover, as more of the giant tree was chopped away, the beast corpses in the lake began to slowly rot.

The dragon spirit seemed to finally sense something was wrong, roaring and turning to charge at Ye Guichen, seemingly trying to stop him.

Seeing this opportunity, Ye Guichen immediately enlarged the Jiuyou Tower, shouting, ”Capture it for me!”

The black chains exerted a massive pulling force again, trying to drag the dragon’s spirit into the black tower.

But how could the dragon submit so easily?

In its continuous struggle, it broke the black chains once more.

Then, it shook off the remaining fragmented souls from its body again.

Now there were fewer than a thousand fragmented souls left, which Ye Guichen had painstakingly accumulated.

”Damn it!”

Ye Guichen’s face darkened.

If he couldn’t subdue the dragon spirit, the losses would be significant.

Seeing the dragon break free from the black chains and charge at him again, its overwhelming momentum could swallow him whole.

Ye Guichen was aghast.

He hastened to cut down more of the giant tree.

Moreover, Ye Guichen noticed a problem.

Although the dragon kept struggling, its tail remained hidden within the giant tree.

It seemed this giant tree was fundamentally nourishing the dragon’s spirit.

Once detached from the tree, the dragon might not be as formidable.

”Come on!”

With this thought, Ye Guichen suddenly retreated over a hundred meters.

The dragon’s body howled and charged toward Ye Guichen.

But just as it was about to reach him, it abruptly halted.

Because, despite its size, the dragon’s length had its limitations.

Its body stretched out, seemingly exactly matching the lake’s radius.

At this moment, only a small section of its tail remained within the giant tree.

”Opportunity!”

Ye Guichen stomped hard, directing the ten swords to not attack the giant tree but directly target the dragon’s tail end instead.

These swords, crafted by the Carefree Sword Immortal, could cut through physical forms and spirits alike.

With ten swords striking together.

A crisp sound was heard.

A wailing followed.

Ye Guichen directly severed the dragon’s last small piece of tail.

Then, the dragon went into a frenzy, thrashing wildly in the air, its form beginning to dissipate gradually—it wouldn’t be long before it vanished completely.

”Jiuyou Tower, capture it!”

Ye Guichen activated the Jiuyou Tower once more.

This time, there was no obstruction.

The chains coiled around the dragon, and with a sudden tug, they pulled it into the Jiuyou Tower.

However, this time the dragon was pulled into the fourth level of the black tower.

Within the tower, the dragon tried to struggle, but trapped inside an iron cage, no amount of force could break it.

Ye Guichen finally let out a long sigh of relief, quickly gathering the remaining fragmented souls, and then collected the spirits of Gui Tuo and Yan Fang.

Lastly, he put away the Jiuyou Tower.

After completing all this, Ye Guichen felt utterly drained.

Dealing with just one trapped dragon spirit had almost cost him his life.

Moreover, without the Jiuyou Tower, he would have certainly lost his life today.

After quickly consuming a few pills, Ye Guichen noticed several strange gazes fixed on him.

Among them were naturally Feng Wuxiu’s and Zhao Yuan’s.

The others were from the Spirit Beast Sect people.

They stared with wide eyes at Ye Guichen, as if seeing a deity or demon.

Especially Feng Wuxiu, who couldn’t stop trembling.

The more time he spent with Ye Guichen, the more terrifying he found him.

No matter what, he never expected Ye Guichen to capture a dragon spirit.

”Are you a human, an immortal?” Finally, Feng Wuxiu couldn’t help but murmur.

Zhao Yuan, who didn’t know Ye Guichen, also wanted to make his acquaintance. After a brief hesitation, he quickly approached him, bowed, and said, ”Senior, I am Zhao Yuan from the Xuanyin Sect. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”

Ye Guichen snorted coldly, ignoring Zhao Yuan, and glanced at him indifferently: ”Your Xuanyin Sect is indeed insidious.”

”Huh?” Zhao Yuan was taken aback, not understanding: ”Senior, why do you say this? It seems I have no grievances with you?”

”You indeed have no grievances with me, but I, too, am a newly-joined disciple of the Xuanyin Sect,” Ye Guichen replied blandly.

”You’re a new disciple?” Zhao Yuan gasped, shaking his head with a bitter smile: ”Senior, don’t joke like this. With your cultivation, how could you be a new disciple?”

”Heh, hasn’t Li Yuanshou told you?”

”Li Yuanshou?” Zhao Yuan was dumbfounded for a moment, recalling when Li Yuanshou mentioned wanting to plunder Spirit Stones from a young man named Ye Guichen, his expression turned unpleasant.

He knew this wasn’t the time to offend Ye Guichen.

He quickly cleared up, ”You’re Ye Guichen? My apologies, I’m not very familiar with Li Yuanshou. Although we belong to the same Xuanyin Sect, but...”

”Whether you’re familiar or not doesn’t concern me.” Ye Guichen interrupted Zhao Yuan, casting a meaningful glance at the Spirit Beast Sect disciples who were warily watching him: ”Whatever grudge you have with the Xuanyin Sect, I don’t want to get involved, and don’t compete with me for the treasures here.”

Saying this, he stepped over the beast corpses in the lake and approached the giant tree.

If there were treasures, they must be on this giant tree.

Moreover, this tree was clearly extraordinary; he had been cutting it for so long, yet hadn’t severed it.

Thus, Ye Guichen also grew interested in this tree.

Now that the dragon spirit had been captured, there should be no danger left.

Looking up at the tall giant tree, Ye Guichen retrieved two slightly shorter swords from his storage ring, placed them on the tree, and began to climb upward.