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"Ayan, the Palace Master is still in the secret realm."
Sitting on the ground, Sang Ganjun swallowed the blood that was about to burst into his mouth. Xie Yuqing walked over, helped Sang Ganjun up, and whispered, "How is Master?"
Sang Ganjun's face was pale. Xie Yuqing beside him fed him medicine. After taking it, Sang Ganjun explained to everyone, "I think something went wrong with the seal just now. Those demonic cultivators fought desperately and drove us out of the secret realm. Now that the Palace Master is still in the secret realm, should we go in again?"
After hearing Sang Ganjun's explanation, Qin Yan turned his head and looked out the window. A branch was broken off from the tree trunk outside the window. He turned his head, hesitated for a moment, closed his eyes, and scanned the Xuanji Secret Realm with his spiritual sense. He immediately felt Fu Changling's breath.
After Sang Ganjun asked this question, everyone fell silent.
Entering the Xuanji Secret Realm at this moment, one reason was that the Xuanji Secret Realm could not bear the pressure of so many people entering and would collapse directly, trapping everyone inside; the other reason was that everyone had seen the dangers inside the Xuanji Secret Realm just now, and entering at this moment would be a risk of life.
The six elders and the six sect leaders looked at each other. The fourteen people present almost decided all the affairs of Yunze Xiandao. If any one of them was missing, it would be a huge loss for the sect.
Seeing that no one spoke, Lord Sanggan swallowed his blood and gritted his teeth, saying, "Why don't I go in, elders..."
"Lord Sanggan," Jian Xingzhi, the Sword Sect's leader, said coldly, "Don't be impulsive. This is such a big matter, we need to discuss it with everyone."
Everyone in the room began to discuss who would enter the secret realm, and Xie Yuqing, who was standing next to them, frowned as he listened.
Qin Yan simply turned around, walked to the window and closed his eyes.
Fu Changling was in the secret realm, watching the surging floods around him and the flames and huge rocks falling from the sky. He stood beside Jiang Yebai, struggling to support the barrier while raising his sword to kill the demon cultivators who rushed towards him.
His golden core twitched in pain from the damage. He was desperately trying to figure out what to do when he suddenly heard a familiar voice: "Fu Changling."
Fu Changling rolled on the ground, dodging the claws of a demon cultivator. He was a little shocked and replied, "Qin Yan?"
"I'm outside, what's going on inside?"
Qin Yan's voice was very calm. Fu Changling looked down and saw the jade pendant Qin Yan gave him flashing. He instantly understood that the jade pendant Qin Yan gave him must have been infused with his essence and blood, so even if he was far away, he could sense his presence through this jade pendant.
Fu Changling felt an inexplicable joy well up in his heart. He quickly slashed the man's neck with the small fan in his hand, and blood splashed on his face. He quickly described the situation: "Master is sealing it, and it's almost over. The spiritual energy in the secret realm is shaking violently, and there are hundreds of demonic cultivators surrounding us."
"What do you need me to do?"
"Don't come in. Xuanji Secret Realm can't accommodate too many people right now."
Fu Changling glanced at the blood formation he had set up earlier. His spiritual power was always limited, and the formation was almost useless. It was stuck to the ground, gleaming with a faint light. He thought for a moment, then said, "Find eight cultivators above the Spiritual Transformation Stage and have them sit according to my instructions. Then, use the high-grade spirit stones to arrange the positions as I instructed."
Fu Changling threw the talismans on his body to the side as if they were free, while dodging the demon cultivators who were chasing him. He was agile and ran around in the crowd.
Seeing that it was useless to chase him, some demon cultivators simply turned around and rushed towards Jiang Yebai. The blood formation that Fu Changling had set up around Jiang Yebai immediately lit up the moment those demon cultivators approached. Those demon cultivators understood that Fu Changling was the one controlling the formation, so they turned around and surrounded him. Fu Changling dodged those demon cultivators while maintaining the blood formation around Jiang Yebai and the outermost barrier that isolated the sky crack and the flood, while talking to Qin Yan.
After receiving his instructions, Qin Yan turned around and said to everyone who was arguing, "Everyone, there's no need to argue anymore. I've received news from Master, and I still need your help."
Everyone was stunned and looked at each other. Qin Yan ignored everyone's thoughts and went straight up. He called out the names of eight people and said, "Uncle Sanggan, Uncle Fu, Uncle Su, Master Su, Uncle Liu, Sect Master Jian, Sect Master Zhang, and Sect Master Mengyang, please each step forward."
After Qin Yan finished speaking, although everyone was confused, they still followed his instructions and moved forward.
Fu Changling listened to the movements from Qin Yan's side and gave instructions: "With the Xuanji Secret Realm as the center, one person should stand in each of the Qian, Zhen, Kan, Gen, Kun, Xun, Li, and Dui positions. Place eight high-grade spirit stones around each person to form the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array."
Qin Yan followed Fu Changling's instructions and asked the eight cultivators to stand still. The moment the eight cultivators stood still, the eight points around the blood formation lit up. Fu Changling formed seals with his hands and dodged the weapons of the demon cultivators while chanting something.
The demon cultivators also noticed what Fu Changling was about to do and immediately became excited. Fu Changling was careless and was slapped to the ground by them, causing him to vomit blood on the spot. Qin Yan heard the sound of Fu Changling vomiting blood. He paused while setting up the spirit gathering array and lowered his eyelids: "What's wrong?"
Fu Changling smiled when he heard Qin Yan's question. He rolled over to avoid the next attack and said happily, "It's okay."
As he spoke, he threw the small fan upwards. He chanted the incantation again, and the fan spun around the magic circle. There were eight bright spots on the magic circle. Every time the fan passed, a beam of light followed and connected to a bright spot. Then, the bright spots formed into pillars of light that shot up into the sky. When the last pillar of light lit up, the spiritual energy of eight Divine Transformation cultivators instantly transmitted from the beams, shocking the surroundings! In that instant, Fu Changling suddenly appeared at the "dry" position of the beams.
The small fan flew over and landed in Fu Changling's hand. Fu Changling turned the golden fan, put one hand behind his back, and put two fingers on his lips.
Hundreds of demon cultivators rushed towards him. Fu Changling stood in the beam of light. The strong wind blew his clothes and black hair, and the blood from his wounds flowed into the spiritual power vortex next to him.
"Borrowing the power of the universe," Fu Changling looked at the demon cultivator heading towards him. His figure appeared in each of the eight beams of light around him. Eight Fu Changlings' voices rang out simultaneously, "Whoever comes will die!"
As soon as he finished speaking, countless light blades from the eight beams of light rushed towards the formation, and howling sounds arose one after another. At the same time, the spiritual power of eight Jindan stage cultivators madly poured into the spiritual power center where Jiang Yebai was, and sank down together with Jiang Yebai's sword. There was a loud bang, and the formation under the tip of Jiang Yebai's sword suddenly embedded in the ground. At this moment, a huge amount of spiritual power swept away, and Fu Changling and Jiang Yebai were both violently shaken away.
"Open the secret realm!"
Fu Changling shouted loudly, he could no longer maintain the formation, he only saw the flood coming in like a surge, the flints and stones falling down, smashing into the flood. Fu Changling endured the pain all over his body and flew up on his sword, but as soon as he reached mid-air, he realized something was wrong, and when he turned around, he saw Jiang Yebai being swept into the flood.
His gaze fell on Jiang Yebai, who was rising and falling in the floodwaters. He immediately understood that this was because Jiang Yebai had exhausted his energy after completely sealing the Karma Prison Qi Meridian. He was stunned for a moment when Qin Yan's voice rang out: "Wait a moment."
Then, Qin Yan asked again: "Is Master okay?"
When Fu Changling heard this question, he pursed his lips and gritted his teeth and said, "It's okay."
After saying that, he rushed towards the flood.
The surrounding firestones fell with increasing frequency, almost brushing past Fu Changling. Currently, the Xuanji Secret Realm had no controller, no incantation to unlock it. To open it, it had to be forcibly opened by outsiders. The eight cultivators must have been exhausted earlier, so it wouldn't be easy for the remaining cultivators to join forces and open the secret realm.
Fu Changling dodged the fire stone and rushed to Jiang Yebai. He felt a little scared.
He couldn't let Jiang Yebai die.
At least, he couldn't let Jiang Yebai die beside him, otherwise Qin Yan would hate him for the rest of his life.
He flew to Jiang Yebai on his sword and grabbed him. However, Jiang Yebai seemed to weigh tens of millions of pounds, and even when Fu Changling pulled him, he didn't move at all.
Jiang Yebai noticed Fu Changling's arrival. He opened his eyes and said hoarsely, urging him to leave: "Go."
However, at that moment, the flint suddenly hit Fu Changling, and Fu Changling was knocked directly from the sword into the water. Then countless hands climbed up and pulled him underwater. Fu Changling reacted extremely quickly, raised his hand and slashed with the sword, then grabbed Jiang Yebai's wrist and dragged him to swim upstream.
As soon as they emerged, a flood of water came crashing down on Fu Changling, hitting him hard on the head and making him dizzy. Fu Changling's mind was dazed, and he almost lost consciousness when he heard a loud shout in his ear: "Fu Changling!"
After hearing this, Fu Changling became much more clear-headed instantly. He looked up and saw that there seemed to be a hole in the sky. Qin Yan leaned out of the hole and stretched out his hand towards him.
The flood had almost filled up the Xuanji Secret Realm. Fu Changling was only ten feet away from the sky. On normal days, this half a foot would not be difficult for him. However, at this moment, he was completely exhausted while floating on the water. Even if he tried his best, he could only barely jump to the entrance.
But he still brought Jiang Yebai with him.
Fu Changling's face was splashed by the river water, and he looked up at Qin Yan.
Qin Yan lay at the entrance of the Xuanji Secret Realm. The Xuanji Secret Realm was completely unable to withstand the entry of another person at this moment. The other elders only reluctantly opened a hole for the Xuanji Secret Realm, allowing only half of his body to emerge. He saw the scene inside.
As soon as he saw Fu Changling's condition and saw that Jiang Yebai was almost fainted, he knew something was wrong. He quickly thought of a solution, and then he saw Fu Changling smiling at him.
"Qin Yan," Fu Changling suddenly said, "You choose between me and Master."
As he spoke, Fu Changling sighed: "I have no strength left."
Qin Yan didn't say anything. His hand holding the sword trembled slightly. He continued to transmit the message to him through the jade pendant: "I'll hand the sword to you."
"I can't hold it."
Fu Changling urged him: "Hurry, choose one!"
The flood swept Fu Changling towards Qin Yan. Just as it was about to reach the position where Qin Yan stretched out his hand, Qin Yan's eyes kept shifting. After a brief silence, he clenched his fist around the edge of his sleeve with one hand and said hoarsely, "Master."
Fu Changling was not surprised to hear this.
However, the word "Master" still cut through his heart like a sharp knife. He felt that he was too unreasonable. He knew the result but still asked this question.
The moment they passed the entrance to the Xuanji Secret Realm, Fu Changling used all his strength to throw Jiang Yebai upwards. He looked up and said breathlessly, "Qin Yan, you must remember this account."
I'm different from you, Qin Yan. I'm very stingy. You have to remember this.
After he finished speaking, a huge wave crashed down. Fu Changling no longer cared about his golden elixir. He placed all his spiritual power in his abdomen, raised his hand and drew a teleportation array. Then the pain of his golden elixir shattering spread into his four meridians and eight vessels.
When Qin Yan looked up at the moment when the Xuanji Secret Realm was closed, he saw a teleportation array vaguely opened at the end of the flood. The other end of the teleportation array was pitch black, with the vague shapes of a few rocks visible. White skulls piled up into a small hill, and blood-red flowers bloomed on the skulls.
The Xuanji Secret Realm suddenly closed, and the last thing he saw was Fu Changling turning back with a pale face and giving him a faint smile.
He saw the teleportation array and shouted, "Stay alive and wait for me!"
Fu Changling was slightly stunned, and then he saw the sky slowly closing. Fu Changling opened his eyes, looked at the blood-red sky, and felt his body slowly sinking.
Waiting for him alive.
Fu Changling couldn't help laughing. In his previous life, he was in the Xuanji Secret Realm and asked him to wait for him, and then he made him wait for a lifetime.
After waiting for a lifetime, his Yan Ming never came back.
"Qin Yan," Fu Changling murmured, "Don't lie to me again in this life."
However, Qin Yan could not hear these words. Fu Changling followed the current and fell straight into the teleportation array in front. At the moment when the strong wind swept over him, Fu Changling took out a talisman and held it in his palm with trembling hands.
He can't die.
His last thought before losing consciousness was - this life is not over yet, he still has to protect Qin Yan, he cannot die.
*** ***
After the Xuanji Secret Realm was completely closed, he looked up and saw Qin Yan still kneeling on the ground, staring blankly in the direction where the Xuanji Secret Realm was closed.
The people around hurriedly helped Jiang Yebai up and began to examine him. Xie Yuqing walked over to him and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Junior Brother Qin..."
Qin Yan heard Xie Yuqing's call, and he quickly came back to his senses. He answered softly, then stood up and said, "I'm fine."
As he spoke, he walked towards Jiang Yebai and asked Su Zhiyan, who was treating Jiang Yebai: "Uncle Su, how is my master?"
Su Zhiyan checked Jiang Yebai's pulse for a moment, then looked up at Qin Yan and said, "It's nothing. He just has a temporary spiritual power exhaustion. He will be fine after a short rest."
Qin Yan nodded, and Su Zhiyan stood up and said, "Everyone go back and rest first, and make plans after Palace Master Jiang wakes up."
Everyone agreed, and Qin Yan bowed to everyone and said respectfully, "Master is ill, so I can't take care of you. I was impulsive and rude today, so please forgive me."
After he finished his apology in a proper and proper manner, everyone was tired and didn't want to worry about these details, so they nodded and followed the other disciples brought by Yun Yu back to their respective resting places.
Su Zhiyan and the others had left, but they were still in the room. Qin Yan saw Su Zhiyan standing there alone, and knowing that Su Zhiyan had something else to say, he dismissed the people around him, then saluted Su Zhiyan and said, "I wonder what advice does Uncle Su have for you?"
"Just now in the secret realm, Yebai was in charge, and everyone worked together to seal it. For some reason, Yebai suddenly had a problem, and then we were all excluded from the Xuanji Secret Realm. I didn't say anything just now, but your master was actually seriously injured. The spiritual power fluctuations left by the injury were not from demonic cultivation. This is the prescription he really wants to use," Su Zhiyan wrote a new house to Qin Yan, "You can boil the medicine yourself."
Qin Yan took the prescription, lowered his eyes to glance at the herbs, and then bowed to Su Zhiyan: "Thank you, uncle-master."
Su Zhiyan nodded, turned around and left the house without saying anything more.
Qin Yan understood the meaning of his words. Jiang Yebai was injured, but the fluctuation of his spiritual power did not come from the evil cultivator, so there must be an insider at work.
Qin Yan turned his head and walked to Jiang Yebai. Jiang Yebai had his eyes closed and his face was pale, just like the last time Qin Yan saw him.
That scene made Qin Yan almost unable to breathe. He knelt beside Jiang Yebai, held Jiang Yebai's hands, and rested his forehead against Jiang Yebai's hands.
He tried to gain some strength from this action, but Fu Changling's last smile kept repeating in his mind.
"Qin Yan, you must remember this account."
He remembers.
He is a man who remembers clearly every debt he has ever owed.
*** ***
Half a day had passed when Fu Changling woke up coughing.
The moment he woke up, he realized that the pain in his golden elixir had caused him to curl up completely. He lay on the ground, gasping for breath, unable to move at all.
He was familiar with this kind of pain. In his previous life, in the Xuanji Secret Realm, when his golden elixir completely shattered, he had felt the same way. He had thought he could keep the golden elixir in this life, but he didn't expect it to be destroyed in the end.
He stretched out his hand tremblingly, and eagerly poured out many Yuehua Pills and swallowed them. However, swallowing so many Yuehua Pills only made him feel slightly better. He lay on the ground gasping for breath, feeling pain in his internal organs and tendons.
"what's on your mind?"
A child's voice rang out. Fu Changling grabbed the Qinggu fan, quickly raised his head, and shouted, "Who?!"
The moment he shouted loudly, Fu Changling looked around.
He seemed to be in a cave, which was pitch black. White human bones were piled up like a hill, surrounding the edge of the cave. Bright flowers bloomed above the bones, which looked weird and terrifying.
The sound of dripping water could be heard from not far away. The echo indicated that the cave was not very large. Fu Changling looked around cautiously, listening to the sound again. "My golden elixir is useless, what's the point of holding on to the magic weapon?"
Fu Changling didn't say anything, he was trying to identify the source of the sound.
"You're so pitiful," the child's voice seemed to see through his intentions, coming from all directions. "I saw it all, they don't want you anymore."
"What do you want to say?"
Fu Changling spoke coldly, and the child laughed: "Oh, I feel sorry for you. You like that guy so much, but he doesn't like you."
"You know I like him?"
Fu Changling looked around, pulled out a talisman from his spirit bag, and twisted it in his hand. The child seemed a little confused: "If you don't like it, why do you listen to him?"
"Who told you that I listened to him because I liked him?"
The other party seemed to be stumped by the question. Fu Changling closed his eyes and continued, "You have never liked anyone in your life, nor have you ever been liked by anyone!"
"Nonsense!"
The child's tone was a little angry: "Master likes me, and I like Master too!"
"oh?"
Fu Changling laughed: "Are you sure your master likes you?"
"Yes!" the child said happily, "My master likes me very much."
"How do you know?"
"I just know it!"
"You don't even know what it's like for one person to like another, so how do you know that the master likes you? No one would like a child, especially a timid child like you."
"You're talking nonsense! The Master likes me! He..."
The child's tone finally lost its composure. Fu Changling recognized the direction at that moment, and the talisman in his hand suddenly flew out, shouting: "Come out!"
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