After Mu Jinyun emerged from seclusion, his aura was even stronger. Spiritual energy surrounded him, and his hair fluttered, brushing against his eyes, which seemed to be filled with ice.
I asked, "Where is Lin Banjian?"
Everyone knelt down before him.
He walked step by step toward the people who were prostrate on the ground, and their hearts trembled with his steps.
"Are you all mute?"
The powerful internal energy erupted, and some people couldn't hold on and collapsed to the ground unconscious, while others had blood spilling from the corners of their mouths.
Despite the oppressive aura, the First Elder clasped his hands and said, "Young Master, Miss Lin, she..."
What should he say?
"What's wrong with her?"
The elder's robe was lifted up.
The elder gritted his teeth and said, "Miss Lin... she has already passed away!"
Mu Jinyun's pupils contracted instantly.
Unable to be cured...and died?
How could that be!
He had already given her heart-protecting herbs!
"How dare you!"
The elder was instantly thrown back and crashed heavily onto the stone wall in the distance, instantly creating a crack in the wall.
Everyone was shocked.
That's the Grand Elder!
Mu Jinyun looked at the trembling crowd and sneered, "Just because I'm in seclusion, you all think you can act with impunity?"
Another wave of oppressive force swept over them, pinning everyone to the ground, unable to move.
The young master's strength has reached a terrifying level!
Now that the young master is enraged, they... will die!
Mu Jinyun surveyed the area and, finding that none of the people he wanted to see had arrived, ordered, "Bring Duan Yao here!"
Duan Yao was Lin Banjian's personal maid, so she must know.
"This..." The people below looked at each other in bewilderment.
Duan Yao is not already...
"Are you all dead? Didn't you hear me? Or is it that I can't command you anymore?"
The phantom of Ta Chuan appeared behind him.
"Want to die... I'll grant your wish."
One of the servants finally broke down and cried out, "Young Master, I know where Sister Duan Yao is! The elders have imprisoned her at the Confinement Cliff!"
"Imprisonment Cliff? Very good!" Mu Jinyun tossed something over, "Go and bring Duan Yao here."
The servant picked it up tremblingly, and upon discovering it was the patriarch's token, he was so frightened he almost dropped it. He kowtowed three times to Mu Jinyun and ran away as fast as he could.
The temperature dropped to freezing point.
"You all know who Duan Yao is, don't you?"
...
When Duan Yao arrived with the servant, the people on the ground were lying haphazardly, all in extreme pain, unable to live or die.
She knelt down with a thud, "Duan Yao failed in protecting her mistress, please punish me, young master! Miss... Miss is probably in grave danger!"
"What did you say!"
"Young Master, ever since you ordered Miss to be brought back, my sisters and I have been imprisoned at the Confinement Cliff. No matter how I appeal, it is ignored. Miss... Miss..." She choked up and could not speak.
Duan Yao cried even louder, "Now that things have come to this, no matter what, I'll accept being killed or tortured! Even if I die the next second, I'll still speak out!"
Her head throbbed heavily. "Duan Yao had overheard the elders saying that Miss was unworthy to be the mistress of the Mu family! Once the young master succeeds, they'll... they'll get rid of her. They absolutely won't allow her to taint the Mu family bloodline!"
Everyone trembled like leaves.
For a moment, the entire forbidden area was so quiet that even breathing could be heard.
"To tarnish the Mu family bloodline? To get rid of them?" The words rolled on Mu Jinyun's tongue.
"Hehehehe—hahahaha—"
This was the first time Duan Yao had seen Mu Jinyun with such an expression.
He seemed neither mad nor demonic, insane yet possessed absolute clarity.
Duan Yao felt a warm liquid splash on her face and then flow down her cheek.
She raised her hand, trembling, and only touched a slippery puddle.
The tip of the nose is stained with blood that cannot be ignored.
Her breathing became rapid.
In the blink of an eye, it turned into a living hell.
Severed limbs were submerged in a sea of blood.
Mu Jinyun's boots stepped over the puddle, splashing blood droplets; the blood puddle was clearly different from the water puddle.
Duan Yao's teeth started chattering uncontrollably.
"Elder," Mu Jinyun scooped the person up, "is there anything you want to say to me?"
As Mu Jinyun's elder, the First Elder was someone Mu Jinyun had always respected. This was the first time he had felt the powerful aura emanating from the person in front of him.
That was his master.
He finally realized what kind of mistake he had made.
"Young Master...Young Master, Miss Lin...she's not dead!" he struggled to speak.
While observing Mu Jinyun's condition, he secretly gathered his strength.
The young master has gone mad! Although Mu Jinyun has just emerged from seclusion and his cultivation has improved significantly, he is still young. With his many years of cultivation, how could he not suppress a mere brat?
"Oh? Then please tell Jinyun, Elder, where is Banjian?" Mu Jinyun's eyes were already bloodshot.
"She...she was taken away by the disciple of Immortal Venerable Jiliang!"
After the elder finished speaking, seeing Mu Jinyun deep in thought, he seized the opportunity to suddenly unleash a palm strike.
"Young Master, be careful!"
puff--
The Grand Elder opened his eyes wide in disbelief.
He looked down and saw that Mu Jinyun's hand had already pierced through his chest.
"Young...Master..."
Mu Jinyun shoved him away.
The elder lay supine in a pool of blood, a large hole in his chest, and his eyes remained open until his death.
Duan Yao's legs went weak, and she collapsed onto her bottom.
Is this still the young master she knows?
Now, apart from Mu Jinyun, only Duan Yao is alive in the entire forbidden area.
He walked step by step out of the pool of blood.
As he passed by Duan Yao, he paused slightly, but quickly continued walking away without stopping.
Thunderbolts were already gathering in the sky.
Rumble rumble rumble—
Thunder echoed.
"You've arrived so quickly?" Mu Jinyun narrowed his eyes.
At this moment, the entire immortal sect was shaken.
"Heavenly lightning! It's heavenly lightning! Someone is about to ascend to immortality!"
"May I ask which fellow immortal is this?"
"I am so fortunate to have witnessed the magnificent scene of ascension!"
The entire Mu family mansion and even Ruzhou eagerly awaited this moment.
"Young Master has emerged from seclusion!"
"We must quickly protect our young master!"
"Young Master is truly a genius! He has attained immortality and ascended to heaven at such a young age!"
Everyone was in an uproar.
The lightning layer grew thicker and thicker, but the ascendant himself just sneered.
The first few bolts of lightning were relatively weak, and Mu Jinyun was completely unharmed. However, starting from the tenth bolt, they became increasingly powerful.
When the twentieth bolt of lightning struck, Mu Jinyun's clothes were already tattered. By the time the thirtieth bolt struck, his protective measures had been almost completely destroyed.
He withstood the final six strongest bolts of heavenly lightning with his bare body.
People could see what looked like a red dragon shadow in the clouds. Then, a flash of white light appeared, and the dragon shadow disappeared, replaced by a heavenly ladder that snaked all the way to Mu Jinyun's feet.
He raised his right hand, grasping at the air, and white light passed through his fingers.
"This is ascension!"
The sentiment expressed was one of both admiration and other emotions.
He lowered his hand and gazed at the ladder to heaven.
The ladder to heaven is so long and so bright; I wonder where it will lead him.
"What is the young master thinking about?"
"Why haven't you stepped onto the Heavenly Ladder yet?"
Those below, seeing that Mu Jinyun remained motionless, began to whisper among themselves.
Then their eyes widened.
Mu Jinyun stood there for a while, then turned and left.
"Young Master, you're going the wrong way!"
"Young Master, ascend the Heavenly Ladder!"
He turned a deaf ear.
A hand was placed on the heart.
"Ascension is nothing more than this." It wasn't nearly as exciting as he had imagined.
"Without you, there is nothing in this world that can bring me joy anymore. Half-seen."
He regretted it.
Even if you finally obtain the blood of your heart that you've been searching for for so many years, what then?
"I return my heart's blood to you."
"We will never be apart."
...
Lin Banjian naturally heard the thunder as well.
The legendary heavenly lightning...
He has probably gotten what he wanted!
It has nothing to do with her anymore.
She blocked out the sounds around her and focused only on what was in front of her.
Ji Liang Immortal Venerable sat on the throne, below him were her and Luan Hua, both dressed in bright red wedding attire.
Jiliang Immortal Venerable was their only elder.
The two bowed to each other, and Jiliang Immortal Venerable drank the tea they offered. Then he took out a gift box containing a complete set of golden masks.
"I am handing over my wife's beloved possessions to you today."
The two thanked them.
Lin Banjian and Luan Hua did not invite any outsiders to their wedding; the three of them simply had a meal together.
That evening, Immortal Venerable Jiliang left first, leaving the two of them some private space.
Lin Banjian collapsed almost as soon as he entered the house.
Luan Hua carefully carried the person to the bed and fed her the medicine.
Lin Banjian had been struggling for half a day for the sake of the wedding, and now he was completely exhausted.
With the bright red cloak pressing down on her, she struggled to open her eyes.
"Luan Hua...we...are husband and wife now..."
Luan Hua held her hand tightly. "Yes, Ban Jian, we're husband and wife now!"
Lin Ban forced a smile and said, "That's great!"
"Yes, this is the happiest day of my life," Luan Hua said with a thick nasal tone.
"I'm a little tired." She closed her eyes.
"Okay, go to sleep, Banjian, I'll watch over you." He cupped her hand and pressed his face against her palm.
Lin Banjian's breathing gradually became steady.
Luan Hua kissed her forehead, then walked outside alone.
Gazing at the lonely moon in the sky, he wept silently.
Since the wedding, Lin Banjian has hardly gotten out of bed; she is so weak that she has difficulty even getting up.
"Half-meal, just one more bite, okay?"
Luan Hua had been holding the porridge in her hand for a while when Lin Banjian finally managed to take another bite, but she couldn't swallow it and just held it in her mouth.
Luan Hua looked so haggard that she was practically a different person.
Lin Banjian watched him grow thinner and thinner, but he was powerless to do anything about it. Several times he wanted to rush to the Mu residence, beat Mu Jinyun up, and then snatch his heart's blood, but not to mention that he couldn't even get into the Mu residence. Could he possibly beat Mu Jinyun? He had already ascended to immortality!
Lin Banjian took a few breaths to catch his breath, but his head was still spinning.
She felt it was about time.
"Luan Hua...cough...I want to see you practice swordsmanship."
"Half-sighted, once you get better, I'll dance for you." He wanted to give her hope.
"No, I want to see it now." She pouted, her expression turning tearful. "Is that not allowed?"
Luan Hua gritted her teeth and said, "Fine!"
He carried Lin Banjian to the yard and placed a cushion behind her chair.
He had left the beaded string in a corner for a long time.
Lin Banjian watched as the man twirled his sword, performing the "Vast Sword Technique." Soon, the first volume was finished, and the second volume began.
She stared intently, afraid of missing a single second.
Seemingly engrossed in watching, she stood up.
For the first time in so many days, she felt some strength.
A final burst of energy before death.
She knew.
Finally, the last move.
"The essence of the 'Vast Sword Technique' lies in its final move; all the previous moves are merely preparation for it. Lin Banjian, have you thought it through?"
"I've made up my mind," she said softly.
She lifted her foot and started running quickly.
Finally, just as the last move was about to end.
puff--
A brilliant flower of blood bloomed before Luan Hua's eyes.
call--
Luan Hua could see nothing but the woman's raised chin and fluttering hair.
"Halfway there!"
He caught his falling wife.
Strange phenomena reappeared in the sky.
He held the man tightly in his arms, pouring all his inner strength into Lin Banjian's body, but the blood kept flowing, as if it would dye the world red.
Bolts of lightning struck him one after another.
"Half-seen—half-seen—" he called out repeatedly.
"Finally... I saw it..." she said, mustering her last bit of strength.
"Ascension...your wish...finally..."
Tears streamed down Luan Hua's face. "That's not my wish! Half a year!"
You can't abandon me!
"We're husband and wife, we promised to grow old together! Why, why..."
But Lin Banjian could no longer hear.
A person, unafraid of the thunder, walked to a spot not too far from Luan Hua.
"Master?" He raised his eyes.
"Luan Hua, forget about that woman! Ascend to heaven!"
He was completely different from his previous master.
"Master, what are you saying?"
Immortal Venerable Jiliang raised his hands high and laughed wildly, "I knew it! I knew it! I was right! The Vast Sword Technique is right!"
"I have set a precedent! I am the teacher of all ages!" He laughed loudly at Luan Hua, "Indeed, I was right! The Wife-Killing Sword Technique is correct!"
"What did you say... murder his wife?"
Seeing Luan Hua's unfocused eyes, Ji Liang was extremely satisfied. "That's right, murder your wife! If I hadn't told Lin Banjian, why do you think she married you? Luan Hua, I'm proud of you! You're my first... uh..."
The pearl pierced his heart.
Luan Hua has never felt so cold.
Even when I was a child, I was covered in snow, but it wasn't as bad as it is now.
When Mu Jinyun arrived, he saw this scene.
The pearl was inserted into Ji Liang Xianzun's body, and Lin Banjian was held in his arms, covered in blood and with his eyes closed.
"You...killed her?"
No wonder he asked that question; Lin Ban saw that the wounds on his body were indeed sword wounds.
It matches the idea of throwing pearls.
Luan Hua kept her head down, ignoring everything.
After the thirty-six bolts of heavenly lightning subsided, the Heavenly Ladder descended.
Luan Hua held the person without moving.
Later, the two unparalleled masters of the immortal sects engaged in an epic battle.
They were all about to ascend to immortality, but they all gave up on it.
Later, the entire immortal sect was thrown into turmoil.
Ruzhou, which was at its zenith, quickly declined and withdrew from the ranks of the Immortal Continents. Mu Jinyun abandoned his surname and became the Immortal Venerable Jinyun.
A new Demon Lord has emerged in the Demon Realm.
Later, people learned that it all started because of a woman.
Everyone knows it, everyone is familiar with it.
Half-seen fairy.
Lin Banjian.
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