Chapter 96 Two Disobedient "Children"
The old ancestor was determined to die.
The Desolate Clan scattered like clouds, leaving only the remnants of the Heavenly Ascension Clan within Dragon Breath Mountain. They secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Even if they screamed the loudest just now, how many of them were truly unafraid of death?
The old ministers of the Dragon Clan glared angrily at Duan Jiuyou. The Lord of the Great Wilderness suddenly recovered greatly. Even if they did not know the specific reason, they could guess from the conversation just now that this matter was related to Duan Jiuyou.
Several elders who had always been at odds with Duan Jiuyou denounced him righteously.
"Duan Jiuyou! You, a Celestial Priest, have actually colluded with a demon! Even if you saved the Dragon Clan today, you still owe us an explanation!"
Blood dripped from Duan Jiuyou's cracked palm.
Everyone had witnessed her suicide and the pain of being pierced by a thousand arrows. The pain that they could not bear was of no concern to Duan Jiuyou.
They were used to her strength, and that's why they never paid attention to her sacrifices.
As a Celestial Priest, it is her responsibility to protect the Celestials; as a member of the divine race, she must always prioritize the well-being of all living beings.
Despite the excruciating pain, Duan Jiuyou looked at the Dragon Clan's ministers.
If you were to question someone else, you might see a hint of remorse in her words, but what kind of person is Duan Laozu? She was born a divine being, never experienced arduous cultivation, and never comprehended the so-called righteous path. Her kindness only came from herself and from her uncle's painstaking and scheming guidance. You should be grateful if such a person doesn't become a demon or a monster. How can you expect her to bow her head and admit her mistakes?
"What explanation do you expect? You would all be dead long ago without me! So what if we went along with each other? So what if we helped him recover? Who gave you the right to lecture me? Let me tell you—"
Old Master Duan has his own set of theories.
Even if she trusted the wrong person this time, it's her own business. What does it have to do with the Dragon Clan?
She conquered the land, she protected the people, and the dragon clan was able to escape unscathed this time, so she considers the matter even!
Don't think that just because you're in the right, any Tom, Dick, or Harry can come and lecture her!
The Ten Emperors' opportunity was a lie, and the destined ruler was also a lie. She had been working as a slave to these fabricated lies as a priestess for years, and she had long since given up on it!
She wanted to take out the official seal and return it to Bai Yanxing, but realized she hadn't brought her Qiankun bag. She wanted to argue with the old minister of the Dragon Clan for a few more words, but suddenly everything went black and she spat out a mouthful of thick blood.
"Jiuyou!"
"Ancestor!!"
Bai Yanxing and the disciples of Aozong stepped forward at the same time and caught Duan Jiuyou, who was about to fall to the ground.
Emperor Jiang poured divine power into the Battle Heaven Halberd, truly intending to kill the Dragon Clan. The magical light attached to the halberd was no less powerful than a heaven-splitting array. Duan Jiuyou took the hit with his physical body; how could he have only injured his hands?
Yan Kuo strode forward to examine Jiu You and reported truthfully: "The priest's internal organs are all ruptured, and his cavity is full of blood stasis. His blood and qi circulation is not smooth, and coupled with his anger, he vomited blood. As for the external injuries, the bones in both hands are completely ruptured, with a total of nine wounds, the deepest of which is in the palm of his hand."
Despite being diagnosed with such a serious illness, Yan Kuo showed no panic on his face and then prepared to step aside after speaking.
Bai Yanxing and Duan Jiuyou simultaneously reached out and grabbed the old man's sleeve: "Use the medicine!"
"We brought you out here so you could report the cause of our ancestor's illness? Then cure him!" The disciples of the Ao Sect were even more anxious, wishing they could execute the old man on the spot!
The old man was even more confused than they were. Duan Jiuyou neither felt pain nor could she heal herself, so wouldn't it be a waste to give her medicine?
Before he could think it through, the disciples of the Ao Sect had already started rummaging through his medicine chest. He told them not to touch anything while searching for medicine himself.
"Is what you found edible? Her injury requires Great Rejuvenation Pill, Nourishing Heart Pill, and Fragrant Ointment..."
He searched through everything, examining each ailment one by one, and finally discerned the cause.
Duan Jiuyou lost the Bone of Painlessness; her wounds could heal on their own, but she was in pain.
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After a brief medical treatment, Bai Yanxing took Duan Jiuyou back to Dixi Mountain. Yan Kuo, who was also reluctant to return, also came with them.
"That damned Di Jiang! He deceived my feelings and injured my internal organs! I, Duan Jiuyou, am sworn enemies with him!"
"Is this a painkiller? Why isn't it working at all? Is there any medicine that can make me pass out? I don't want to suffer like this!"
"I might as well die! Who can help me die?!"
Old Master Duan's pain was so intense that it was hard to feel sorry for him... at least Yan Kuo couldn't feel sorry for him.
He treated Duan Jiuyou at Mount Dixi for four hours. Duan Jiuyou fainted from the pain eight or nine times, and each time he woke up, he gritted his teeth and cursed.
Yan Kuo had never treated such a noisy patient before, and Bai Yanxing stopped him several times when he tried to leave.
"Let's treat her some more. She's very concerned about her image. She would never scream like that unless she was in a lot of pain."
Bai Yanxing couldn't bear it. Jiuyou's injuries were too severe for ordinary people to bear, and the pain would be ten or a hundred times greater. Yan Kuo was the most skilled physician in the Heavenly Realm, so he could only place his hopes on him.
Yan Kuo sighed, not that he didn't want to treat Duan Jiuyou, but that his medicine wasn't very effective.
He said to Bai Yanxing, "Elder Duan is born with the power of self-healing. Even if she loses a bone that causes pain, it will not affect the speed of healing. Didn't you see? In just a few hours, her external wounds have begun to heal, and her bones are slowly growing back. Although the injuries to her internal organs are the most severe, they will be completely healed in at least half a month. No matter how effective my medicine is, it is only a drop in the ocean when applied to Elder Duan, far less than the speed of her own healing."
After saying this, he bowed again and asked to leave: "This old minister is old and can no longer bear the ear-piercing noise. Please have pity on this old minister and let him go back!"
Duan Jiuyou woke up abruptly, and as soon as she opened her eyes, she cried out in pain. When she was in pain, she would startle people. Her cries came out of nowhere, and Yan Kuo was always startled by her.
Bai Yanxing knew that Yan Kuo was not easy to deal with, so he took Yan Kuo to the corridor.
“But I saw her sweating profusely from the pain, in great agony. Is there no other medicine that can relieve the pain? Or is there any rare medicinal herb that can be found? As long as it works, I will go and find it.”
Yan Kuo waved his hand: "There is no such medicine. Even if there were, it would be ineffective on a priest."
"Is this all we can do?" Bai Yanxing frowned.
“We can only endure it,” Yan Kuo said truthfully. “We’ll only stop hurting when the priest is fully healed. To put it bluntly, knowing pain might be a good thing. The priest is seventy million years old, yet his temperament is still like that of a child, largely because he has never suffered or learned his lesson. Only when a child with extraordinary abilities knows pain can he truly grow into an adult and have some consideration when making decisions.”
Yan Kuo left, and the bedchamber became quiet. Duan Jiuyou must have fainted from the pain again. Liantang and the others were serving him inside, while Bai Yanxing stood alone under the corridor, lost in thought.
Yan Kuo's words were not without reason. For example, in this rebellion, no immortal or divine official would dare to make such a decision lightly.
But Duan Jiuyou dared, and Da Qi Aozong dared!
Duan Jiuyou is too strong. He is so strong that no one can control him. He is so strong that he dares to choose a ruler for Heaven during the war between the two races. He is so strong that even if he personally pushes an emperor to the throne, he has the courage to pull him down and replace him with another one.
Such a priest, with such a temperament, would be no different from a demon if he took even one wrong step.
She needed a constraint, she needed to understand that everything has a price, but she also felt that this price could not completely bind Duan Jiuyou. The disobedient "child" did not know pain, and that being beaten would make him obediently follow the route planned by others.
Take Di Jiang, for example. A year ago, he was afflicted with a cold, and with only 30% of his divine power remaining, he fell into the tenth realm of breaking through the wind. The Desolate Clan suffered a great defeat, and the souls of 30,000 soldiers fell into the Soul Cleansing Pool. Did such a price bind Di Jiang? He knew what he had to give up, and he also knew what he wanted to gain. There is the word "willingness" between gaining and giving up. As long as they are willing, nothing can stop them.
Bai Yanxing couldn't help but sigh.
These two are so alike that they could "go down together," and Bai Yanxing had to admit that they were a good match in some way.
However, their paths ultimately diverged, and matters of the heart cannot tolerate any exploitation or deception.
Duan Jiuyou could remove a painless bone from the Emperor's body and endure a hundred times the pain of an ordinary person, but he could not accept that this relationship was tainted with impurities.
Emperor Jiang could temporarily withdraw his troops for Duan Jiuyou, and he was willing to endure the backlash when Xue Ciyi wielded the Battle Sky Halberd again in order to retrieve that magic array. But would he give up competing with the Dragon Clan for the Heavenly Realm again?
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Meanwhile, the ten regions of Pofeng were also not at peace.
The Wilderness Lord withdrew his troops, giving up a golden opportunity to defeat Tian Sheng in one fell swoop. The Dragon Breath Mountain was entirely staffed with the main force of the Dragon Clan. If they missed this chance, the battle would not be so easy to fight once the tribes of the Thirty-Six Provinces gathered!
The leaders of the Wilderness Clan gathered inside the Ten Realms Palace, pacing back and forth repeatedly.
"How could the Lord be so foolish? He could have taken the Heavenly Realm today, but he withdrew his troops because of Duan Jiuyou! Is the Great Wilderness's millennia-old foundation really worth less than a woman?!"
"Ever since Duan Jiuyou arrived at the Tenth Realm, the Venerable One seems to have become a different person. Rather than saying that Duan Jiuyou came to rebel against us, it's more accurate to say that she's a spy sent by Tian Sheng!"
"How decisive was our Lord in the past? When did he ever act with such womanly compassion? Putting aside everything else, just take the last battle with Yuan Chi. If he had consumed the people's spiritual energy beforehand, how could he have been so seriously injured? As his close advisors, why didn't you dissuade him and instead let him act recklessly?!"
They vented their anger on the four ruthless generals.
The four fierce generals kept their eyes down and their minds focused.
They can't control these complaining celestial officials and generals. When they actually stand in front of the Lord, how many of them would dare to speak up?
Amidst the discussions, someone slowly emerged. It was none other than the Emperor Jiang, whom the courtiers had been endlessly discussing. Since returning from Dragon Breath Mountain, he had locked himself in his study. Seeing his pale face, the courtiers suspected that the backlash from the Battle Sky Halberd had aggravated the Emperor's old ailment. However, his expression was stern and cold, and even if they wanted to call the barbaric physician for treatment, they dared not ask.
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