After a fierce battle, Duan Long and his two companions successfully escaped Dong Che's pursuit.
They recuperated in a temporarily safe cave. When Duan Long opened his eyes again, his face was still pale.
"puff"
A mouthful of blood spurted out, startling Shen Tianming and Dong Rou.
"Senior Brother, are you alright?" Dong Rou asked, feeling guilty as she helped Duan Long up.
If it weren't for taking that arrow for her, Duan Long wouldn't have been injured by Dong Che.
What's more, it was her younger brother who hurt her.
Seeing this, Duan Long shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with you. You can only blame my low cultivation level."
Upon hearing Duan Long's words, the three fell silent.
Thirty years have passed.
Shen Tianming and Dong Rou have both progressed from the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, while Duan Long is still only at the Great Perfection of the Golden Core realm.
Even so, Duan Long was never anxious.
Not to mention that Shen Tianming and Dong Rou are more than two hundred years older than him, even he himself, though he has not yet formed his Nascent Soul, can still feel the progress in his cultivation.
However, ever since Dong Che betrayed the sect and became a lackey of the Demonic Sect...
The three of them were being chased, and his cultivation level had become a burden to Shen Tianming and Dong Rou.
After all, once they reach the Nascent Soul stage, they can leave the Little Heavenly Enclosure Palace, but for his sake, they have to live a life on the run.
Duan Long was not afraid of death.
When he embarked on the path of cultivation, he had already embarked on a path full of hardships.
Therefore, even when he was being hunted down, he did not choose to leave Xiaotianwei Palace.
He didn't care about his own life or death, but he couldn't help but care about Shen Tianming and Dong Rou.
"You should leave," Duan Long said again, clutching his abdominal wound with a resolute expression.
"This time, my wound probably won't heal so easily."
"The arrow is the problem!" Dong Rou exclaimed angrily.
Duan Long nodded: "So you should leave. I'm afraid I'm really going to die in there."
"No! No way! There must be a way! There are so many medicinal herbs in this secret realm, they can definitely save you, they definitely can..."
As she finished speaking, Dong Rou began to sob.
Duan Long was an outstanding alchemist. If he said the injury was incurable, how could it be cured by simply finding a few herbs?
"Senior brother, go find her."
Upon hearing this, Dong Rou abruptly looked up at Shen Tianming, while Duan Long's expression also changed.
"Should we look for her?" Duan Long hesitated.
“Yes! Senior Brother Shen is right. Let’s go find Miss Hua Rong. I heard that she is now in the late Nascent Soul stage, and no one in this secret realm can defeat her. With her there, Lü Shu and his group will not dare to cause us any more trouble.”
Seeing that Duan Long was still hesitating, Shen Tianming continued, "Logically speaking, even if we had a past with Lü Shu, it shouldn't warrant such relentless pursuit. Besides, the Black Demon Old Demon has over a dozen Nascent Soul stage cultivators under his command; if he wants our lives, he could simply send them all out..."
"What do you want to say?" Duan Long raised his head and looked at his junior brother, who was usually not very talkative.
Shen Tianming remained expressionless and continued, "What I'm trying to say is that they did this simply to lure her here. Therefore, the Black Demon and Lü Shu's target has never been us, but her!"
“Therefore, I am even less likely to divert trouble!” Duan Long said resolutely.
Dong Rou cried and said, "Senior brother, let's go ask Miss Hua Rong for help. She will definitely have a way to save you."
Shen Tianming leaned against the cave, arms crossed, expressionless, and said, "If we get captured, do you think she'll come to rescue us?"
"……meeting."
Duan Long was certain of this, after all, she and Hua Rong's master, the Cold Immortal Ancestor, still had a de facto master-disciple relationship.
"In that case, let's go to Huagu."
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Hua Rong remained remarkably calm when she saw the disheveled trio in front of her.
After settling them in, she immediately went to Huagu. When she returned, she was carrying a person with a helpless expression on their face.
“Absorb the demonic energy from him. When your brother redeems you next time, I only need one magic weapon.”
Lu Qun really didn't know what expression he should make, but he really didn't dare disobey Hua Rong.
After absorbing all the demonic energy from Duan Long's body, Hua Rong fed Duan Long several valuable pills and let him heal himself.
"Miss Hua Rong, is Senior Brother alright?" Dong Rou asked anxiously.
Hua Rong glanced at her twice and raised an eyebrow slightly.
The word "love" was truly something she couldn't understand.
Previously, Dong Rou hadn't shown much liking for Duan Long; in fact, she paid more attention to Shen Tianming.
But now it seems that Duan Long, the chosen one, has finally found someone who is truly in love with him.
However, it seems that Long and the Mary Sue aura have no connection. The reason why Dong Rou cares about him so much is naturally because he has shown the same care in return.
"Don't worry, his injuries are much better now. The reason his wounds couldn't heal before was because of the demonic energy devouring his body. Now that the demonic energy has been eliminated, he can heal the rest of his injuries on his own."
Upon hearing this, Dong Rou finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Hua Rong walked to the lilac flowerbed next to him, gently stroked the flower, and said, "Moreover, he will have a considerable harvest this time."
"Miss Hua Rong is referring to the fact that our senior brother has reached the Nascent Soul stage?"
Shen Tianming, as always, is an extremely perceptive person.
Moreover, the way he looked at her every time was quite intriguing.
However, Hua Rong didn't pay much attention. She turned around, and sunlight streamed down from behind her. The lilacs swayed shyly, and her blue dress fluttered slightly. Her appearance was still ordinary, but she possessed a captivating beauty.
Shen Tianming's eyes flickered slightly, and his voice was somewhat low and hoarse: "Senior Brother's cultivation is stronger than mine and Junior Sister Dong's, but he has not yet formed his Nascent Soul. Now that he can form his Nascent Soul, it is naturally a cause for celebration."
"He's been accumulating experience for a long time, and this is his culmination of hard work," Hua Rong said meaningfully.
Every chosen one will be protected by the will of Heaven.
However, even if it is an adopted son, it is impossible to prevent him from experiencing hardships.
Therefore, although the children of destiny have great fortune, their lives are not necessarily smooth sailing.
There will be setbacks along the way, no less than anyone else's.
Perhaps without that Rubik's Cube, Lü Shu wouldn't even have been qualified to become Duan Long's stepping stone.
Hua Rong himself already knew why Duan Long couldn't form a Nascent Soul.
Duan Long's physique is special, making the formation of his nascent soul a hundred times more difficult than for ordinary people.
However, as long as one can successfully form a Nascent Soul through their own efforts, they will be much more powerful than ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators.
In his previous life, because Cong Tu couldn't bear to see him being left behind by his junior brothers and sisters, he gave him the Nascent Soul Pill without permission, leaving Duan Long with future troubles. That's why he was so vulnerable in Lu Shu's hands.
This ebb and flow, this is the nature of the struggle for destiny.
In this life, Duan Long was brought back to the Chong Palace by her true self, and experienced nine deaths and one life in the secret realm.
The time for this to form the infant has arrived.
Sometimes, life is like that, full of countless surprises and opportunities.
Only after Duan Long achieved Nascent Soul stage could he truly leap over the Dragon Gate and soar into the sky.
While Duan Long successfully formed his Nascent Soul, Lü Shu's process might not be as smooth.
Heaven's will! Heaven's will!
Duan Long won this round.
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