Chapter 192 With the battle raging on, she could no longer return to the human realm. ...
For a moment, the surroundings were completely silent.
At this moment, no one dared to go up to the bell tower and ring the great bell that has resounded countless times throughout the day.
No one expected Lin Feiran to actually dare to do this. Even Shen Qi, who was standing next to Bai Lu, felt a chill run down his spine and couldn't help but feel worried for her.
The Human Emperor was indeed just a mortal who could not cultivate, but he represented not only himself, but the entire human realm, the millions of ordinary people who could not cultivate, and the unchanging order that had lasted for hundreds of years.
Once this matter was made public, no one in the world bothered to investigate the reasons behind it.
Lin Feiran's identity is special. In everyone's eyes, she is the one who betrayed the demon realm and became a demon envoy, and then killed the emperor of the human realm.
If a human were to turn against the demon race, they would likely become an enemy of the entire world!
However, under everyone's gaze, Lin Feiran simply sheathed his sword, and the raindrops he brushed off fell onto the Emperor's face, fading the color from his complexion.
Ding Yi finally showed a hint of anger, but the most pressing matter was not Lin Feiran, but the Emperor.
He immediately stepped forward with his whisk, and the spiritual energy he released enveloped the wound on the Emperor's neck. He then took out a sky-blue pill from his sleeve and fed it to the Emperor, using his internal energy to heal his injury.
The remaining cultivators from the Star Domain finally reacted, guarding against Lin Feiran while protecting Ding Yi.
Amid the chaos, Lin Feiran did not intervene, but instead stood at a distance and watched quietly.
The Emperor looked past the crowd to meet her gaze, blood seeping from between his teeth, his face deathly pale, and his handsome features now contorted.
"Tell me...why she refuses to take her medicine..."
Ding Yi frowned slightly, but ultimately did not speak. Instead, he continued to circulate his internal energy to help him refine the Azure Pill.
Lin Feiran's gaze swept over Ding Yi and the others, then looked at his neck. The wound was slowly healing, and the Emperor himself seemed to think he was saved, so he struggled to ask her for clarification.
She sighed softly: "You all clearly have the answer in your hearts, yet you still like to get to the bottom of things."
She wanted to leave, but couldn't. She had long harbored the will to die. If it weren't for fulfilling her master's last wish to create a masterpiece, she wouldn't have lingered on until now.
Now that her wish has been fulfilled, it is naturally time for her to depart.
The Emperor was still unwilling to accept it: "Why...why didn't she even glance at me...?"
Ding Yi's cultivation was not shallow, and it only took him a few moments to refine pills for a mortal. By this time, the wound on the Human Emperor's neck was gradually connecting, and even his voice was no longer as hoarse as before.
Lin Feiran silently calculated in his mind and slowly retreated: "Why should I look at you? On her deathbed, the only people she missed were her master and my mother. She said that if there was an afterlife, she would only wish to be a grass by the river, to accompany them every day."
Of all these, I have never heard of your name.
"She won't...she won't..."
The Emperor's breathing became rapid, and the wound that was gradually healing burst open again, with very faint blood splattering on Ding Yi's face, no longer as warm as before.
"I made a promise with her, that we would never abandon each other in this life... and be together forever..."
Ding Yi looked surprised and immediately reached out to check his pulse. Apart from being a little weak, there was nothing else wrong.
He immediately looked at Lin Feiran, his face darkening: "You tampered with it!"
He wanted to take action, but he had to maintain the Emperor's collapsing body, so he could only raise his eyes and glare angrily.
Lin Feiran leaped onto the rooftop, the wind ruffling her clothes. She held her shoulder-high sword to one side, its gleaming blade casting a faint blue shadow.
She suddenly smiled and sighed to herself, "It's true that people should know a little about everything. The Azure Pill that I crushed didn't fall to the ground, but I smeared it onto the blade of my sword. Now, it should be in his neck."
Previously, when Ru Xian had nothing to do, he taught her a lot about pharmacology. Unlike ordinary medical cultivators, he did not start by teaching her the most basic herbs, but instead chose the most precious elixirs.
He would say whichever was the rarest.
This Azure Pill is one of them.
Therefore, when she saw this pill on Bai Lu's desk in the Avici Hell, she had many guesses in her mind. However, she did not expect that Bai Lu never took it before her death.
A single Azure Pill is enough to save a dying cultivator and bring a mortal back to life. It is also extremely difficult to refine; even with a single pill, perhaps only three can be refined in a year.
"One is enough to give birth to a new life, but one more is a deadly poison that even a celestial being cannot cure."
She remembered those words, and so the moment she saw the Human Emperor after leaving the Abyss, she made up her mind about this backup plan.
At that time, many people protected him. Lin Feiran might only have one chance to strike. She wasn't even sure if she could kill him with one blow, but she was certain that if Bai Lu had such a Tianqing Pill, then he must have one too.
The Human Emperor was, after all, just a mortal. When he was struck in his most vulnerable spot, there was no other way to heal him except with a miraculous medicine. Therefore, he would definitely take another Azure Pill.
Even if he doesn't die from the first blow, he will have no chance of survival.
This was her backup plan.
She had prepared many methods for this precise strike, but unexpectedly, the appearance of the esoteric sect members provided her with such a golden opportunity.
Who would have thought that the petty tricks she originally used to steal spiritual veins would become her greatest asset?
His body was disintegrating.
From skin to flesh, from flesh to blood, from blood to bone.
Those around him tried to help him up, but had nowhere to put their strength. In doing so, they accidentally pulled up the skin that still had some resilience. When they lifted it up, it stretched out into a long piece. This stretched-out flesh was like every body he had torn open and then crawled into before.
He too should experience the agony that his children screamed in.
“My mother was in just as much pain when she passed away…” She looked down. “Don’t look at me like that. Today it’s you, but after I find out why the cult is hunting her down, they will be next.”
Upon hearing this, Ding Yi gave her a deep look, knowing that there was no way to reverse the situation, and gradually withdrew his hand.
"Father..." The Emperor wanted to reach out and grab him, but he was powerless to do so, so he could only call out to him.
Ding Yi sighed deeply, his eyes filled with regret and reluctance, but not with pain. He did not fly into a rage, but instead sat there for a long time, seemingly lost in thought, before reciting a rebirth mantra, his expression gradually calming down.
He looked at the Human Emperor and said, "At least you did a good job. Lin Feiran killed you, and she will have nowhere to stay in the human realm."
He stood up, flicked his sleeves, and the red stains splattered on them faded away. He ignored the weak calls from behind and looked at Lin Feiran.
"I will avenge you."
He raised his hand, and his aged yet deep voice reached everyone's ears: "Disciples of all sects are present and respectfully bear witness that Lin Feiran appeared alongside the Demon Lord and personally killed the Human Emperor. She is no longer of our kind. Such an evil person is beyond forgiveness. I urge you all to lend a hand and help my Star Domain capture her!"
With just a few words, Ding Yi had already targeted several groups of people. As soon as he finished speaking, Ding Yi rushed towards Lin Feiran like an arrow released from a bow!
After seeing that the Human Emperor had indeed melted most of his body, Lin Feiran turned and fled, his movements as swift as lightning, making him difficult to intercept.
Ding Yi immediately raised the whisk in her hand, and the strands scattered like a silver river. Even though she was fast enough, she was still trapped in it in an instant. Just then, a dark blue flame attacked and burned most of the whisk away in an instant.
Ding Yi stared intently and saw what appeared to be a living creature moving in the flames. He reached out and grabbed a glossy, green-eyed fox!
He immediately tightened his right hand, only to find that no matter how much force he applied, he couldn't penetrate the fur even a fraction of an inch.
The creature, unable to feel such gripping strength, turned and took a bite after Lin Feiran broke free from the silk threads. It then transformed into a thin, ungraspable thread and swam away, heading straight for Lin Feiran's side.
Meanwhile, the puppet, determined to seize the spiritual vein, is fighting against Ru Xian.
He was just a puppet, but his entire body was connected by incantations, so every part of him could be considered a magical artifact, and every move he made carried immense power. But for Ru Xian, this was nothing.
He glanced at Lin Feiran and pointed, his fingertips slowly tracing over several of the incantations, each stroke releasing a faint light.
He crossed his arms and asked in a low voice, "Why did you attack her?"
The puppet moved sluggishly, raising its remaining arm high but missing its target. It spoke haltingly.
"For the sake of the spiritual veins within her body."
Ru Xian frowned slightly upon hearing this, thinking of Lin Feiran's spiritual veins covered in incantations, and couldn't help but ask, "What do you want her spiritual veins for?"
As the puppet answered aloud, its body began to disintegrate, and its words became increasingly incoherent: "No, her spiritual veins, the spiritual veins within her body, belonging to the Pilgrimage Valley. We need to... use them for..."
Before the words were even finished, all that remained before them was a scattered, empty frame.
The sacred veins of the Pilgrimage Valley?
Ru Xian turned to look at Lin Feiran, her fingertips tapping absently as if lost in thought. Then, she curled her lips into a smile, leaped away, and raised her hand to stop Ding Yi.
The chase on the rooftops was already dizzying, while in the center of the square below, chaos reigned because of Ding Yi's earlier orders.
The sect disciples who had been watching from the sidelines suppressed their shock and joined in. One group wanted to capture Lin Feiran, while the other group seemed to be deliberately obstructing them. The two sides immediately became entangled, with flashes of inspiration flying everywhere and complaints rising and falling.
All the cultivators from the Canxing Domain who wanted to set off were held back by Wei Changzai. His hair was also mostly disheveled, with his black hair hanging loose, and only a plum blossom hairpin was barely held in his hair.
The ice and snow in the field were like a mirror, reflecting the swirling light and creating a strange and dazzling spectacle.
While everyone was fighting, the three eunuchs not far away had already lost their minds and were stunned on the spot. It wasn't until a beam of light flew by and shattered the stone pillar behind them that they suddenly came to their senses and ran away with their heads in their hands.
The three rushed to the foot of the bell tower. Thinking of the Emperor and Ding Yi, one of them gritted his teeth and decided to go up and ring the Yellow Bell to announce what had happened that day!
The clock tower was extremely tall, with only one particularly narrow long staircase. The three of them had just squeezed in and had not even climbed a few steps when they heard a series of light footsteps behind them.
They turned to look and saw Shen Qi running towards them with all his might. He had been running for an unknown amount of time, his face was flushed, his breathing was slightly rapid, his doe-like eyes blinked incessantly, and he was shaking off the fine sweat.
He gasped, "Wait for me!"
"The Thirteenth Prince!"
The three of them immediately crawled out of the long ladder and called out sincerely, but when their eyes focused, they saw that Shen Qi was holding a stone that looked like a beast's head.
"etc……"
Shen Qi stopped, holding the stone, and looked at the three of them with a guilty look in his eyes. "I'm here to beat you up."
As soon as he finished speaking, he gritted his teeth, picked up the stone, and knocked the three men unconscious without hesitation. Then, as if relieved, he threw the stone away, wiped the thin layer of sweat from his brow, climbed up the bell tower, took off the bell mallet, and secretly stole it while muttering that it was an insult to civility.
With the situation in such a chaotic state, the key figures and leaders are currently entangled in a battle with Ru Xian and Lin Feiran, and have no time to attend to anything else.
Amidst this chaos, a purple cloud suddenly appeared, moving from east to west. Even before it got close, the nearby rain clouds dispersed, leaving only a rainbow in its wake.
Lin Feiran noticed it first, and she immediately took a few steps back and turned to look in that direction.
This was no ordinary cloud. Within this purple cloud, she vaguely glimpsed a figure that seemed to be rushing here, its speed no different from that of lightning!
Just one glance was enough to make Lin Feiran's heart pound like a drum, a panicked feeling of impending extreme danger.
Such imposing presence, and coming from Luoyang, made her suspect they were members of the Secret Sect. Considering her spiritual veins and the fact that she was not safe, she immediately leaped forward, used her sword to deflect Ding Yi, grabbed Ru Xian's hand, and decisively said.
"We cannot linger any longer, let's return to the demon realm!"
Ru Xian also looked at Fang Ziyun, pondering in her heart, but still nodded: "Now that the matter is over, let's go back."
"Don't even think about escaping!"
A magic circle emanating from feathers immediately rose from the ground. It appeared soft, but it firmly trapped him in place, preventing him from moving in or out for the time being.
It wouldn't be difficult for Ding Yi to break through his formation, but this period of time was enough for Lin Feiran and Ru Xian to escape.
Seeing that things were not going well, he raised his slightly aged hand and clenched it tightly, and a series of deep bell sounds immediately filled the city of Luoyang.
This is the secret signal of the Feather Guard Army. When the bronze bell rings, it means that the city's protective formation is to be activated, sealing off Luoyang City and stopping anyone who tries to escape.
The city guards unfurled a map, and the magic array was activated. Immediately, lines of stars stretched out from the sky and the ground, crisscrossing like an inverted chessboard falling down.
Lin Feiran and Ru Xian swiftly walked through the streets of Luoyang City. The clown transformed into a bluebird and flapped its wings beside them. Many people in the city exclaimed and watched in surprise. Countless Feather Guards chased after them from all directions, and cultivators from the Star Domain also followed closely behind, like a surging tide.
Purple clouds drifted in from not far away, moving at an extremely fast speed, and a beautiful figure could already be vaguely glimpsed within them.
She was a female cultivator with extremely high cultivation level. Her clothes fluttered and her hairpins swayed. The sense of oppression she brought was even greater than that of Ding Yi!
Lin Feiran didn't even need to think much before guessing that she had come for the spiritual vein.
With pursuers blocking her way from behind and the magic formations gradually approaching from the front, Lin Feiran had no choice but to speed up. For a moment, the wind that blew by almost became a sharp blade, rustling and stirring her stray hairs.
Suddenly, a chilling aura came from behind her. She turned around and saw that the female cultivator had already launched an attack and was coming from the air!
The surrounding roof tiles were all blown off, and the onlookers fell to the ground.
"You go first."
Ru Xian immediately turned around and raised her hand to block Lin Feiran. Her emerald eyes were deep and her five fingers were slightly clenched. Countless light feathers were formed in the void, gathered in one place, and then suddenly bloomed, hitting the blow back directly!
In an instant, a loud bang echoed through the air. It wasn't deafening, just a muffled sound, but it was enough to make many people present faint.
The wind was blowing wildly, and the words spoken by the crowd were indistinct.
In the midst of the chaos, two figures leaped out from a dark alley. Lin Feiran glanced to the side and saw that it was Li Changfeng and Zhang Siwo!
One of them wielded a sword, the other a hammer. They pushed her, and the words "Run!" they uttered were blown away by the wind. They then looked at the female cultivator, leaped forward, and tried to intercept her!
Above the purple clouds, the female cultivator drew closer and closer, and everyone could even see what she held in her hand—a Green Forest Longbow. The earth-shattering blow just now was from one of her arrows.
She originally fired three arrows in quick succession. The first one was blocked by hail, and the second one flew through the air like a falling meteor, but was also thwarted by Li Changfeng and Zhang Siwo!
The third arrow hurtled straight at Lin Feiran. She immediately ducked and braced herself with her hands, sliding halfway down the roof ridge to avoid the incoming spiritual energy. But the arrow was still hot on her heels, and was about twice as fast as her!
The spirit of the Golden Wave Sword manifested, leaped into the air, used its finger as a sword, spun around and slashed, the arrow feathers were hit somewhere and suddenly disintegrated!
After being harassed repeatedly, Lin Feiran and his companions slowed down. They were still some distance from the outer city, but the interwoven magic array was only two or three feet away from converging.
The female cultivator paused slightly, then rushed forward even faster!
Just then, a neighing of a celestial horse came from the sky. As Lin Feiran fled, he looked up and saw that the person on horseback was wearing a silver dragon robe, with his black hair tied up and his cloak fluttering in the wind!
The person who arrived was none other than Murong Qiudi!
She rode her celestial horse to the city gate, landed gracefully, raised her token, and said in a deep voice, "Halt!"
The imperial guards, bewildered, stammered, "But the bronze bell is ringing..."
“I said, halt.” Murong Qiudi looked directly at him.
As the head of the Feather Guard Army, her words were naturally more intimidating than the bronze bell that relayed messages. The city guards nodded repeatedly and then unfolded a map, marking a certain place in the complex text.
In an instant, a creaking sound came from mid-air, and the city-protecting formation came to an abrupt halt in place.
As Lin Feiran and Ru Xian drew closer to the city gate, countless blooming peonies in the city surged upwards, creating a path for them.
As the purple clouds approached, the two leaped out!
Before leaving, Lin Feiran glanced back at Murong Qiudi. She still had that solemn expression, but nodded to her almost imperceptibly.
After they left, Murong Qiudi snatched the map, her long fingers twitched slightly, and the city's protective array drew closer again, finally closing in with an ancient, resonant locking sound.
The city's protective formation was closed, preventing anyone from entering or leaving. The female cultivator stopped in place, looked at Murong Qiudi, and her gaze darkened slightly.
Outside Luoyang, Lin Feiran looked back. The ancient city was shrouded in starlight, and flower petals fluttered down, like a snowy rain.
Above the city gate, two people stood facing each other, and behind the city gate, several other figures also stood.
They all looked in this direction, and then looked at themselves.
With a resounding boom, the bell of heaven and earth tolled once more, and the news of Lin Feiran's slaying of the Human Emperor spread, echoing in every city, every village, and even every valley.
From that moment on, she could never return to the human world.
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