Chapter 108: Threatening with his life

Before Jiang Yan and Lin Yun could catch up, the figure had completely disappeared.

Looking at the faint traces of trampling around her, Jiang Yan frowned and said, "It seems like they came to steal herbs."

Lin Yun sneered, "No need to rush. There's a maze set up by the Ancestral Grandmother in this Medicine Valley. He won't be able to escape anytime soon! Use the tracking technique!"

Jiang Yan raised her hand and took out a tracking talisman from her treasure bag. She then concentrated the surrounding aura into it, and soon the talisman found the abnormal gas.

They were directed toward the artificial hill to the south. The closer they got to the artificial hill, the stronger the strange aura became.

It seems the person is hiding there!

A gust of wind blew by, and the black hem of the person behind the artificial hill flashed by.

Lin Yun frowned and said, "Who goes there, daring to trespass into the forbidden area of ​​my Medicine King Valley! This valley contains a special poison made by my ancestral grandmother. Without the antidote, you won't be able to leave the valley alive! If you know what's good for you, hurry up..."

Before he could finish speaking, several silver needles suddenly flew out from behind the valley.

Jiang Yan slightly furrowed her brows and quickly dodged the hidden weapon! Then she leaped to the back of the mountain, where the masked person suddenly conjured a long sword, pointing it directly at Jiang Yan.

"Serves you right for meddling in other people's business! Prepare to die!"

Jiang Yan quickly conjured the black iron sword in her hand and blocked the approaching sword with one strike.

Whether it was her imagination or not, she felt a certain familiarity with the person opposite her. Their moves were unpredictable and ruthless.

The small snake coiled around Jiang Yan's wrist was extremely anxious. The opponent's cultivation was clearly superior to Jiang Yan's; she couldn't hold out much longer.

However, his internal energy was restricted, so he couldn't help at all.

With a clang, Jiang Yan's move was broken by the opponent, who flicked the tip of his sword, almost knocking the black iron sword out of her hand.

Fortunately, Lin Yun extended its tail in time and hooked the sword!

Taking advantage of the situation, Jiang Yan raised her left hand, gathered a ball of energy, and struck the person.

The man staggered a couple of steps after being struck by her palm, but quickly regained his footing.

When he attacked again, his swordplay became noticeably more ferocious, as if he wanted to finish the fight quickly.

Jiang Yan quickly gathered a wisp of her divine sense and mentally called upon the few who had come to help.

At that time, Feng Qingyu, Dongfang Chen and the others had already come out of the study.

They all knew that the green snake was deliberately trying to have a date with Jiang Yan alone, so the group didn't rush to find her.

Upon suddenly receiving Jiang Yan's distress message, the group was taken aback and quickly slipped into the study.

Gongsun Jin came out of the room, and after thinking for a moment, he stopped a disciple of Medicine King Valley and asked, "Is Grandmother of the Ancestral Master in the valley?"

The disciple looked at him politely and said, "Reporting to Little Immortal Lord, our Ancestral Grandmother has finished her meal and then went out with 'Lord Wangyou'."

Gongsun Jin nodded slightly: "I understand, you can go ahead and get busy."

She quickly slipped into the study and saw the group searching for the mechanism.

Coal Ball was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan: "Waaah~ Master was clearly standing here before, how could he disappear?"

Ling Yue also looked anxious and said, "There must be some kind of mechanism leading to the Medicine Valley, but we can't find it! Why don't we ask a disciple of Medicine King Valley?"

Gongsun Jin frowned. "Ordinary disciples wouldn't know about this passage. Let me try."

He had stopped the Medicine King Valley disciple to ask about the whereabouts of the Ancestral Grandmother because he intended for her to personally solve the puzzle.

But now that the person is not in the valley, they have no choice but to find a solution themselves.

Ling Yue and Xiao Bai turned slightly to the side, and Gongsun Jin walked over and observed them carefully.

Then Feng Qingyu said, "The secret passage to Medicine Valley is right here. It seems to be designed according to the Five Elements and Eight Trigrams."

Gongsun Jin frowned and looked closely; it was indeed so.

Inside each other's medicine valley.

Jiang Yan was still locked in combat with the man in black, but her internal strength was limited, and she was no match for him if this continued.

She recognized the person in front of her: "Blood Demon Prince, we meet again!"

"You recognized me?" The person opposite sneered. "Then let's settle both the old and new scores!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he thrust his long sword at Jiang Yan again.

Jiang Yan quickly dodged, but the man feinted and then struck her with a palm.

Jiang Yan had no way to avoid this palm strike, and she subconsciously frowned.

In the nick of time, the green snake on her wrist suddenly darted in front of her.

Jiang Yan frowned, and then saw the man suddenly stop his palm strike and grab Lin Yun.

Xue Mingzi smiled slightly and said, "My inner strength has actually been restricted. It seems that today is truly heaven's help!"

"Lin Yun!"

In a daze, Jiang Yan was stabbed in the chest by Xue Mingzi's sword.

The poison embedded in the sword tip instantly began to bind her internal energy. Jiang Yan only heard the man say, "Put down your sword, or I will take his life immediately!"

Jiang Yan stepped back and looked at Xue Mingzi, saying, "Don't hurt him."

Xue Mingzi looked at her smugly and said, "Put down that sword in your hand!"

"Jiang Yan!"

Lin Yun screamed, "Don't listen to him!"

In his mind, Xiao Mei cried out urgently, "Host, no!"

"Aren't you going to let go?" The man raised his sword and slashed it fiercely at Lin Yun.

"Don't touch him, I'll put him down!" Jiang Yan casually tossed the sword in her hand aside.

Inside the study at that time.

Gongsun Jin had already figured out the Bagua lock of that secret room. After he turned it, a force flashed outside and instantly sucked them all in.

In the medicine valley.

Xue Mingzi glared at Jiang Yan and said sternly, "Take out the Myriad Tribulations Soul-Protecting Lamp! Give it to me!"

Feng Qingyu and the others appeared behind her.

Then they saw Xue Mingzi using Lin Yun to threaten Jiang Yan into handing over the 'Ten Thousand Tribulations Soul-Protecting Lamp'.

Jiang Yan frowned, took out the lamp, and said in a deep voice, "One hand for the person, the other for the lamp!"

Gongsun Jin's gaze faltered slightly as he stared intently at the 'Eternal Soul-Protecting Lamp' in her palm. Such a powerful ancient artifact was a one-of-a-kind since the beginning of time. Cultivators naturally knew the preciousness of this item; they would rather have one lamp than ten immortals.

Otherwise, Xue Mingzi on the other side wouldn't have threatened Lin Yun's life.

I still remember when I first entered the sect as a child to learn skills, my master once said that any ancient artifact within the sect must strictly adhere to one principle: as long as the artifact exists, the person lives; if the artifact dies, the person dies.

Even in the Heavenly Court, such a rare divine artifact is extremely important.

But now, she just casually took it out? Gongsun Jin looked at Jiang Yan with a complicated expression. The shock and confusion surging in his heart melted away silently in her calm gaze, turning into a warm current.

"You have no right to bargain with me. Give me the lamp first, or I'll kill him right now!" Xue Mingzi commanded in a deep voice, "Right now, use your fingertip blood to break the bond with that lamp!"

Jiang Yan frowned slightly and took out the lamp in her hand, letting a drop of blood from her fingertip fall onto the wick.

The lamp body instantly emitted several beams of light, which then quickly went out and became extremely dim.

Jiang Yan reached out and caught the lamp: "The contract has been broken, can we exchange now?"

“I told you you have no right to bargain with me. Bring that lamp forward!”

"Sister Yan!"

"Miss Jiang!"

Lingyue and Xiaobai screamed in alarm at the same time.

Jiang Yan frowned slightly, holding the lamp, and was about to take a step forward when Feng Qingyu grabbed her wrist.

The next second, she felt a warm force flowing into her body through her wrist.

Feng Qingyu gestured with her hand and said, "Be careful in everything."

Xue Mingzi then said, "Take one more step forward and make them retreat a few steps."

Lin Yun frowned and called out, "Jiang Yan, don't come any closer!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Jiang Yan took another step forward and stopped half a step away from Xue Mingzi.

Xue Mingzi looked at the lamp in her palm, and after seeing Gongsun Jin and the others take a few steps back, a look of determination flashed in his eyes.