Legend Management Bureau Chapter 167

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Dong Qianqiu’s jaw dropped in horror…

“Sister Qianqiu! How are things?” Du Yu asked anxiously. “Fahai and I are almost at the pharmacy. Should we just go straight in?”

“No, you can’t!” Dong Qianqiu shouted frantically. “Whatever you do, don’t go inside! Medusa has revealed her true form! Men absolutely cannot look her in the eye!”

“Say what?!” Du Yu froze. Wasn’t this story supposed to be about ‘Bai Suzhen revealing her true form and scaring Xu Xian to death’? Why on earth did Medusa reveal her true form?

“She drank the realgar wine too! It was my mistake just now. I forgot to stop her!”

Du Yu and Fahai had just arrived at the entrance. Fahai was about to push the door open, but Du Yu quickly held him back.

“Master! We can’t go in right now!”

“What is the matter, Huijing?” Fahai asked, bewildered.

“Uh… how should I put this? Anyway, I have a very bad feeling about this, so let’s not go in just yet…” Du Yu grabbed tightly onto Fahai. He certainly didn’t want this kind-hearted old monk to lose his life.

Dong Qianqiu agreed and quickly sent a telepathic message to Shiranui Asuka.

Ah Xiang let out a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news. She had memorized the script inside and out, and this deviation was way too extreme!

“Leave it to me, Senior Transmitter!”

Shiranui Asuka hastily grabbed her magical artifact and hurried over to Xu Xian and Bai Suzhen’s bedroom. Through the flickering candlelight, she could see a massive shadow swaying wildly inside the room.

“Big Sister Gorgon, are you in there?” Shiranui Asuka knocked on the door.

“Disgusting! This is absolutely disgusting!” Medusa bellowed from inside the room. “Where are my divine guards? Bring me the finest wine at once!”

“Ah Xiang, how can you still be knocking at a time like this?” Dong Qianqiu urged anxiously. “Hurry up and get in there to help!”

“Senior Transmitter, according to our Fusang customs, you shouldn’t call me Ah Xiang. You can call me Shiranui, or Miss Shiranui…”

“Just go in already!!” Dong Qianqiu roared.

Shiranui Asuka promptly shut her mouth and pushed the door open.

“Oh?” Medusa turned around, her gaze immediately landing on Shiranui Asuka. “It is you… the deity who once tended to my wounds…”

“Big Sister Gorgon, exactly how much did you drink?” Shiranui Asuka rushed over to help Medusa sit down. “The alcohol in Huaxia is very strong, you need to drink less! If you do this again, I’m going to spank you!”

“I only had four or five cups!” Medusa cried out. “Back in the Divine Realm, there was never a wine that could make me drunk this quickly!”

“That’s exactly why I said this is Huaxia alcohol!” Shiranui Asuka hurriedly patted Medusa’s back, hoping to help her throw up the wine. Even though her current appearance was utterly terrifying, Ah Xiang knew that Gorgon had always been a good person.

Under Shiranui Asuka’s continuous patting, Medusa finally let out a loud retch and vomited.

“Ugh… I feel much better…” Medusa slowly raised her head and muttered, “Huh? Aren’t you Miss Shiranui?”

“You finally recognize me!” Shiranui Asuka breathed a sigh of relief. “Quick, take a look at the situation. We have a major problem!”

Medusa looked up and saw Xu Xian, who had been completely turned into stone.

“Heavens!” Medusa was stunned. “How did this man turn into stone?”

“Big Sister Gorgon! You…” Shiranui Asuka pointed at Gorgon’s hair. “Could you transform back first…”

Medusa finally realized that, at some point, she had reverted to her monstrous beast state. She hastily closed her eyes and cast a spell, transforming her entire body back into the beautiful young woman from before.

“Did I… turn him into stone?” Medusa was completely at a loss. She had originally come to help Du Yu, but now it seemed she had caused a massive disaster instead.

“Since you’re back in human form, things will be much easier to handle. I’ll call Senior Du Yu in first!” Shiranui Asuka turned around and opened the door, allowing two figures to slip inside.

“Ah Xiang, you little rascal, how are things?” Du Yu asked urgently.

Fahai hurried in after him, peering anxiously into the room.

“Pfft—Hahahahaha!” Shiranui Asuka suddenly burst into uncontrollable laughter.

The others stared at her in confusion. “What are you laughing at?”

“Du…” Ah Xiang tried desperately to suppress her giggles as she asked, “How did you end up bald?”

“I!” Du Yu touched his bare scalp, then winked furiously at Shiranui Asuka. “I’m a monk! Of course I’m bald!”

Shiranui Asuka covered her mouth and nodded emphatically.

He had looked perfectly normal when they met during the day, yet suddenly showing up with a shaved head at this hour was just too hilarious.

“Huijing, do you two know each other?” Fahai asked.

“Uh… I dropped by here during the day, which is how I knew there were demons around.” Du Yu could only give a vague excuse. “Master, forget about that for now. Hurry and check on Xu Xian!”

Fahai finally snapped back to reality and noticed that Xu Xian had transformed into a solid stone statue.

“What exactly is going on here?” Fahai surveyed the room before his gaze landed on Medusa. “Female benefactor, what exactly happened just now?”

“Old man… I…” Medusa thought about it carefully. If she explained it according to the script, it actually sounded somewhat plausible. “We drank that wine just now and accidentally revealed our true forms. This man was simply scared to death.”

Fahai was utterly flabbergasted by her words. “Scared to death?! Just how massive of a fright did he endure?! This man was literally scared into a block of stone!”

Medusa looked incredibly awkward. How was she supposed to explain this?

“Female benefactor, this poor monk knows that you are not an evil person, so there is no need to trouble yourself,” Fahai said gently to Medusa. “But saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. This poor monk needs to know the full truth of the matter in order to find a way to save this young master.”

Du Yu was also extremely curious. “That’s right, miss… I’d also like to know, can a person who has been turned into stone still be saved?”

Medusa shook her head with a troubled expression. “I don’t know. I’ve never tried to save anyone before.”

“Female benefactor, could it be that this young master turning to stone has something to do with you?” Fahai inquired. “Please tell me the truth. This poor monk promises to keep your secret.”

Medusa pondered for a moment before slowly answering, “Monk, to tell you the truth, whenever I assume my true form, I carry a peculiar magic. Any man who locks eyes with me will be turned into stone.”

“Oh?” Fahai had never heard of such a bizarre spell. “Is this true, female benefactor?”

“Since I have decided to speak of it, I certainly wouldn’t deceive you,” Medusa stated slowly. “There have been many men whom I’ve turned to stone. I have never attempted to save a single one of them, so I have absolutely no idea how to turn them back into humans.”

Fahai continued to examine Xu Xian’s condition. The man was completely devoid of life, thoroughly reduced to a statue.

“Such profound earth-attribute energy.” Fahai tapped repeatedly on Xu Xian’s body but received no response whatsoever.

Du Yu quickly sought help from Dong Qianqiu, urging her to consult the immortals present and see if there was any way to save a person who had been completely turned into stone.

“Fellow immortals, you have all seen it. Xu Xian has now been turned to stone. Are there any seniors practicing earth-attribute cultivation who know how to reverse this?” Dong Qianqiu turned and addressed the assembled immortals.

The immortals began chiming in one after another with various ideas. Dong Qianqiu listened to them, but most were unreliable. After all, Huaxia’s earth-attribute cultivation arts relied on the power of earth and stone to attack enemies; they had never involved literally turning enemies into stone!

Dong Qianqiu couldn’t help but frown. Only an immortal who had reached the absolute pinnacle of earth-attribute spells could possibly handle a situation like this.

“This old lady happens to have an idea.”

A woman’s voice suddenly echoed from just outside the doors of the Legend Administration Bureau.

The immortals all looked toward the newcomer. The woman wore a comical mask that completely obscured her face, making it impossible to identify her. She also appeared to have suppressed her cultivation base, leaving others unable to discern her true depth of power.

However, the moment Dong Qianqiu and the Black and White Impermanence heard the words ‘this old lady,’ they all gasped in shock. Why was she here?!

Under the watchful eyes of all the immortals, the female immortal slowly strode into the room.

“This old lady has dabbled a bit in earth-attribute cultivation methods, so I might just have a countermeasure.”

Dong Qianqiu stood up with the utmost reverence. Just as she was about to speak, the female cultivator waved her hand dismissively. “There’s no need to say a word.”

The woman walked right up to Taishang Laojun and said, “Old man, could it be that you haven’t figured it out? Let me ask you, out of the Five Elements, which one counters earth?”

Taishang Laojun raised an eyebrow, somewhat puzzled. “This venerable one naturally knows that Yin Wood counters Yang Earth. But right now, Xu Xian has been turned to stone from the inside out. Even if we refine wood-attribute herbs into a pill, how on earth are we supposed to make him swallow it?”

“I really want to slap you across the face right now.”

As soon as those words were spoken, everyone present was completely dumbfounded. Just who in the world was this woman? How could she dare to speak to Taishang Laojun like that?

“Are you trying to anger me to death? Yin Wood countering Yang Earth?”

“You… Your Excellency… Could it be…” Taishang Laojun seemed to finally understand. In the entire Immortal Realm, the number of people who dared to speak to him in such a manner didn’t exceed three.

“Today, I’ll teach you a trick. Listen closely,” the female immortal stated slowly. “Yang Earth corresponds to the Gen trigram, while Yin Wood corresponds to the Zhen trigram. If you blindly use Yin Wood to counter it, you will only end up shattering Xu Xian into a million pieces. At this moment, you must use Li Fire to catalyze it, transforming the Yang Earth into the Kun trigram, and then resolve it with the gentle power of Yang Wood. Do you understand now?”

Upon hearing this, Taishang Laojun immediately stood up. Using fire to produce earth first, and then using wood to counter earth—this miraculous approach to saving someone sounded absurd at first, but upon careful thought, it was genuinely feasible.

“However, this humble one still has one thing he does not understand…” Taishang Laojun said with a frown.

The immortals were flabbergasted once again. Why had Taishang Laojun’s self-address suddenly changed to ‘this humble one’?

“Speak, what is it?”

“For the life of me, this humble one simply cannot think of which medicinal herb fits the criteria of ‘fire first, then wood’…”

Goddess Houtu was practically livid. “Old man, are you completely illiterate when it comes to Chinese characters?”

“Eh?” Taishang Laojun was a bit bewildered. “Your Excellency’s meaning is…?”

“Use that thick wooden blockhead of yours and think carefully! Which medicinal herb’s name, when written out, literally represents ‘fire first, then wood’?”

Taishang Laojun couldn’t help but frown deeply in thought.

“I’ll give you three seconds.”

“One.”

“Two.”

“Ah!” Taishang Laojun was obviously a bit nervous, but fortunately, he figured it out. “Your Excellency means… the ‘Lingzhi’ Mushroom?!”