The solution lies beneath your feet.
Chapter Sixty-Five
The next day, Zhou Yulin got up, holding her head. Unlike the last time she was drunk, everything that happened last night was clearly etched in her mind.
She glanced sideways at the sleeping young man beside her, and without warning, pinched his arm hard. Before he opened his eyes and looked at her helplessly, she murmured, "It's not a dream."
Chen Mu rolled her eyes so hard they almost reached the sky, and sneered, "Why don't you pinch your own hand?"
“I told you it hurt last night, but you didn’t listen.” Zhou Yulin picked up her clothes from the ground and complained leisurely, “Chen Muyao, you usually act like nothing’s wrong, what’s wrong? Now you’re pretending to be deaf and dumb?” She glared at him, put on her clothes, and commented seriously, “Your skills need improvement.”
Under Chen Muyao's fiery gaze, Zhou Yulin dashed out of the room.
Hilarious! When this guy gets reckless, she can't beat him.
I shattered my life stone yesterday, so I expect reinforcements will arrive today.
Jinyang City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and with spirit-repelling arrays throughout the city, Zhou Yulin couldn't help but frown.
The spirit-removing array is an extremely complex array. Even the strongest array master in existence would need ten days to half a month to decipher one. However, she had seen no less than ten such arrays in the city. Fortunately, these spirit-removing arrays did not seem to have any effect on her.
Zhou Yulin looked at her palm, and while surprised, she felt more worried.
"What are you daydreaming about?" A voice that could infuriate anyone rang in her ears. Zhou Yulin looked at Chen Muyao, who had finished dressing and followed her. "Nothing, just wondering how many days before I'll die?"
Chen Muyao's face immediately darkened, and she rubbed her temples helplessly, saying, "Can't you think of something positive? It's always this 'dying or dying' thing."
Zhou Yulin glanced at Chen Muyao meaningfully, "If you die before me, I will feel lonely."
"No one in this world can compare to me anymore, and becoming the number one swordsman is quite boring," Chen Mu said quietly. "Isn't this better? It's a way to help others achieve their goals."
"Honestly, if Chen Muyao can go back alive..." Zhou Yulin suddenly paused at this point.
After waiting for a long time, there was still no further news.
Chen Muyao seemed to realize the heaviness written between the man's brows, and simply said, "He will live."
A cry came from the sky. Zhou Yulin raised her hand and a white dove landed on it. The moment she took the note, the dove vanished like smoke. It was a letter from her master. He knew about the situation in Jinyang City, and now the two sects were preparing to send troops together.
Looking at the familiar names on the letter, Zhou Yulin couldn't help but feel a little dazed. "Quan Jin is here too?" Chen Muyao glanced at the letter and immediately recognized many of the names.
They were both outstanding young talents of the same generation.
Standing atop the city wall, Zhou Yulin felt the wind blowing, and for a moment, she felt her depressed mood dissipate considerably.
"Let's go, this battle belongs to us."
It wasn't just myself and Chen Muyao.
It is also the cultivation of countless young people.
"Where are you going now?" Chen Muyao followed Zhou Yulin's steps. The woman turned around with a smile and said firmly, "I want to go into the city to find my senior brother."
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Zhou Yulin pushed aside the stones in the tunnel and pointed to the hole, which was about the size of a dog hole. Chen Muyao went down without saying a word.
This is also one of the things Zhou Yulin appreciates about Chen Muyao; he's someone who takes responsibility when things go wrong and doesn't talk much nonsense.
They truly deserve the title of the world's number one mortal enemy.
"This is Jinyang City." Zhou Yulin was about to explain a few words to this person when he walked straight past her into the city, leaving behind a vague statement, "I know."
As soon as the two entered the city, they saw disciples dressed in Xuanling Sect robes running out from the direction of the city lord's mansion, covered in injuries.
Zhou Yulin hurriedly supported the man, "Senior brother, senior brother has fallen into demonic possession!"
The disciple grabbed her arm, gasping for breath, "He...he killed that demon, and then, and then..."
"Junior Sister!" the voice said urgently, "It's a fact that Senior Brother has fallen into demonic possession. You should come back to the sect with me and report this to the sect leader."
Zhou Yulin's back remained motionless for a moment.
"Do you remember that he was your senior brother, not your enemy?"
When he was at the height of his fame, you praised him as pure and gentle as a breeze and bright as the moon.
When he saved the entire city and fell into demonic possession, you insulted him, calling him a demonic cultivator.
Chen Muyao only said one sentence before taking a step and following after him.
The gates of the City Lord's Mansion creaked and groaned. Zhou Yulin stepped over the steps, took the Jade of Immortality, and followed the route in her mind to the Sun and Moon Pavilion. The flowers in the courtyard were stained with blood. The voices of her fellow disciples came from a corner. Standing opposite them was Xuan Qingxian.
The sword in his hand was shrouded in demonic energy, and his deep red eyes seemed to be momentarily blank when they met Zhou Yulin's gaze. But soon, the emotion in his eyes was replaced by ferocity, and the sword was pointed directly at Zhou Yulin, who had just arrived at the scene. "Junior Sister, run! That demonic cultivator has possessed Senior Brother's body. You are no match for him."
Zhou Yulin, however, seemed not to have heard, saying, "The jade will not fall."
She stepped lightly, and a large section of the ground instantly caved in.
"Teleportation, activate."
The woman's clear voice reached the ears of the disciples, "Thank you all for your hard work on this trip. Leave the rest to me."
"Junior Sister!!!"
Xuan Weixi did not stop the man; instead, he simply looked at him with amusement.
"You still have spiritual power inside the spirit array? That's interesting."
"Little girl, it's a pity I didn't kill you sooner."
Zhou Yulin smiled easily, "Oh? Is that so? I think so too."
Xuan Weixi looked at the calm and collected girl standing opposite him with some regret, "After they've been sent away, you're even less likely to defeat me."
"Who said I was going to defeat you?" Realizing something, Xuan Weixi's expression suddenly changed.
"Trading my life for the lives of five members of my sect is an extremely worthwhile deal."
Zhou Yulin stated it casually, her tone conveying an indescribable ease.
Xuan Weixi squinted, finally taking a closer look at the man. "Words of a dying man, they don't matter. Let him be buried with the people of this city." A beam of black light shot from his palm pierced the sky, and the entire city was bathed in demonic energy. Before Zhou Yulin could react, he had already disappeared from sight.
As the Jade Sword was drawn from its sheath, hundreds of demonic soldiers surged forth from all around. Zhou Yulin saw Chen Muyao draw his sword and disperse the demonic soldiers around him before he could reach him. He heard the frustrated voice of the young man beside him, "I can't use my spiritual power."
Zhou Yulin muttered under her breath, "I told you not to follow me." Although she said that, she grabbed Chen Muyao's hand and recited the obscure incantation very quickly. Chen Muyao looked at the pure white spiritual energy shining in his palm. This person had already moved forward. He immediately reacted and cooperated with this person, drawing the Jade Arrow.
However, the strength of the two men was ultimately limited, not to mention the entire city's population.
"Chen Muyao, we can't stay here any longer. We have to break through the encirclement."
Zhou Yulin and Chen Muyao stood back to back. In the past, they were mortal enemies, but at this moment, they were partners who knew each other better than anyone else. "You say, I'll do." Absolute trust.
"I need you to draw the string and I to swing the sword at the same time."
This requires an extremely high degree of tacit understanding, but Chen Muyao didn't even frown and said, "Simple."
Zhou Yulin was too lazy to comment on this person's unfounded confidence. She traced her finger along the blade of the sword and said, "Cold Moon Rising!"
Chen Muyao simultaneously drew his bow, "Ten thousand swords, fire them all at once!"
With the ferocity of a sweeping army, the two successfully broke through the encirclement of the city lord's mansion and rushed towards the city gate. Compared to the city lord's mansion at this moment, the people of the entire city were what they should be most worried about.
The divination slips fell to the ground. Quan Jin picked one up first, staring at the words, but the more he looked at them, the less he understood. "What does it mean?"
"It means nine deaths and one life," a voice replied silently.
He originally wanted to blow up the city gate, but the elder stopped him. Quan Jin then asked a disciple from the divination academy to perform a divination.
"Tch, no way." He tossed the slip into the disciple's collection and clapped his hands.
With a turn of his head, the seemingly impregnable city gate slowly opened on its own.
Quan Jin was stunned. The next second, a familiar voice came from the city tower.
"Don't just stand there! Disciples of the Array Academy, dispel the spirit array. The rest of you, go into the city to save the people." Looking at that beautiful figure, Quan Jin sniffed, almost bursting into tears, and choked out, "Did you hear me! Don't just stand there."
The disciples behind him were still hesitating, but upon hearing the young sect leader's words, they immediately sprang into action.
Zhou Yulin guided her disciples to evacuate the people through the tunnel. She glanced at Quan Jin, who was directing the evacuation in an orderly manner, and knew that he was here. Her heart was at ease. She turned back to look at Chen Muyao, who was evacuating the people for her, and said, "My senior brother is still in the dungeon. I have to go and save him."
Chen Muyao: "How come you have so many senior brothers?"
Zhou Yulin glanced at the man and said, "Likewise."
The dungeon door had been broken open, and Zhou Yulin rushed into the shadows. Suddenly, a figure blocked her way. The person wearing a black cloak turned around, and it was none other than Xu Zuiyue, whom she hadn't seen in a long time. At this moment, Xu Zuiyue had a sweet smile on her face and looked at Zhou Yulin with great leisure, "Long time no see, Senior Sister."
The ground lamp flickered on, standing between the two of them.
"Xu Zuiyue, what are you doing here?"
She glanced at Zhou Yulin and smiled sweetly, "I've come to say goodbye to my senior sister."
This person is extremely dangerous. Zhou Yulin took a step back without showing any emotion. "You are not Xu Zuiyue. Who exactly are you?"
“I am indeed not.” Xu Zuiyue drew the sword from her bosom. “However, Senior Sister, you won’t live much longer either.” She plunged the sword into her own heart, and Zhou Yulin collapsed before she could stop her.
A crystal-clear golden elixir emerged from his chest and flew off in one direction.
Xu Zuiyue was born in a lunar year and at a lunar hour.
Recalling the setting in the storybook, Zhou Yulin almost immediately understood what this person wanted to do.
Chen Muyao arrived at this moment. Seeing the female lead lying on the ground, he remained calm. "They've all gone. The bad news is, I didn't see the second senior brother you mentioned."
Soon, Zhou Yulin remembered the scroll Linghu Miao had given her. "Tracking talisman, go." A tracking talisman was quickly drawn, and Zhou Yulin pasted it on the scroll. She found that the flight path seemed to be in the same direction as the golden core from before.
What exactly is Xuan Weixi going to do?
Unable to muster his spiritual power, Quan Jin was also feeling weak. The elders had gone to break the spiritual array. As he was catching his breath, a hand patted his shoulder from behind. Turning around, he found the person looked rather familiar. "Are you alone?"
The newcomer smiled brightly, "Of course not." Golden spiritual energy emitted a faint yet dazzling light in the darkness. The spatial domain power burst forth, and the boy's unrestrained voice rang out, "Who said I came alone?"
Seeing the person appear behind him, Quan Jin was stunned. "A spatial domain? I've never seen anything like it before."
Yu Tao'er rolled her eyes at the man, "Country bumpkin, after all these years, Quan Jin, you're still a country bumpkin." When Quan Jin saw that it was this person, he swallowed the curse that was about to come out. This lady was not to be trifled with.
This person is skilled at both treating illnesses and poisoning.
Yu Tao'er glanced at the dark sky and frowned. "Why is it so dark?"
Quan Jin spread his hands and honestly said, "Grandma, didn't you see the news? Isn't it normal for a demon king-level demon to have a patch of sky black?" Yu Tao'er then asked a second question, "Why can't I use my spiritual power?"
"Our elders are already researching ways to break the spirit array."
"Useless thing."
Seeing Yu Tao'er release her Gu worms with her hands down, Quan Jin asked in confusion, "What's the use of your worms?"
Yu Tao'er glared at the man, "What kind of bug is this? This is my treasure, you bumpkin, get out of here!"
After a long while, Yu Tao'er, who had placed the Gu worms, stood up from the ground. "The Gu worms can sense the connections between the spirit arrays."
“Sever the connection between the spirit removal arrays, and the spirit removal arrays will no longer change.”
Quan Jin scoffed, "I know even if you don't tell me."
Yu Tao'er smiled faintly and kicked the man in the back, saying, "There's a beauty waiting for you to rescue her."
Quan Jin looked up and his lips twitched. "This isn't a beauty, is it? She's already a grandmother."
Yu Tao'er said softly, "You don't understand, do you? Time never defeats a beauty."
What was originally just a simple conversation turned into a Gu worm attaching itself to Quan Jin's lower back, causing Quan Jin to fly away in fright.
Yu Tao'er then stood up and looked at Gu Ling, who was standing there with a completely pale face, afraid that the Gu worms would die. "Idiot, that's fake. It's the Gu worms shedding their shells."
Gu Ling moved his numb leg, picked up his sword and was about to go forward when Yu Tao'er stopped him. "Your heart meridian is damaged. Such a large summoning array is not something you can use at will. Gu Ling, I don't want to see you die."
Her tone was firm, and her eyes held an indescribable reverence. As she turned back, something stirred within Gu Ling.
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