Chapter 234 Su Yuyao in Danger
Inside the palace, a bright orange-red coffin floats in the center, inside which lies Chongji, who is healing his wounds.
Su Yuyao carefully examined the man she had never met before, who had had Fish Princess Tears ripped out and whose arm she had severed. "Crimson Flame Heavenly Lord, how is Young Master Qiangji's injury?"
"I've only exhausted my Qi, there's no immediate danger," Chi Yan replied with a dark expression.
Su Yuyao raised her eyelids and looked at Chi Yan, "Chi Yan Heavenly Lord, whether you believe it or not, I have never harmed you. Your encounter with Niu Tou was indeed accidental. If my people hadn't been patrolling the territory and discovered the anomaly, how would you two have had your chance to rise to prominence?!"
Unable to contain his rage, Chi Yan said in a low voice, "As long as Lady Yi Mu and Bi Fang are safe and sound, I'll accept it even if there's no hope for me! But what about my Bi Fang?! Why was she kidnapped by Meng Yu?!"
Su Yuyao looked calmly at Chi Yan and slowly said, "Bi Fang was bewitched by Hong Zhu and openly defied Empress Yi Mu in Tianyi Palace. I thought she was young and inexperienced, so I didn't punish her on the spot. Who would have thought that she would take the opportunity to secretly escape? I sent people to search every corner of the Heavenly Palace, but there was no trace of her. For the sake of appearances, I told you that Meng Yu kidnapped her."
"Hmph!" Chi Yan snorted angrily. "Su Yuyao, you keep contradicting yourself. How can I believe you?!"
"Do you have any other options?" Su Yuyao asked casually.
Chi Yan clenched his fists, his anger surging with nowhere to go. He truly had no other choice. Bi Fang's whereabouts were unknown, Niu Tou was being held captive at Chengma Peak, and Yi Mu's situation was even more precarious! His own stronghold was probably also destroyed...
Su Yuyao didn't say anything more. Instead, she raised her hand and placed it on the fire coffin. The Qi fire ignited suddenly, and in the orange flames, Qi streams as thin as hair appeared. The Qi streams quickly merged into the meridians of the thorn, gradually circulating and smoothing out the disordered meridians.
Chi Yan watched in shock as Su Yuyao so easily invaded and controlled other people's meridians, and had to admit in his heart that he no longer had the right to negotiate with Su Yuyao.
After a complex internal struggle, Chi Yan finally raised his hands slightly, clasped his hands in a fist and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, I have no other request but that Bi Fang be safe and sound. I hope Your Majesty will show me the way!"
Su Yuyao's lips curled up subtly. "I haven't found any trace of Bifang yet. However, people don't just disappear into thin air, unless... there's another way!"
"A passage?!" Chi Yan exclaimed in shock. "Could it be that Bi Fang has also... entered the mortal world?"
Su Yuyao shook her head. "I suspect that Bifang is hiding in Mengyu's passage."
Chi Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Bi Fang and Meng Yu have never had any dealings or grudges, so why would Bi Fang do this?!"
"Are you truly strangers, with no past ties or grudges?" Su Yuyao asked with a half-smile. "If you have no past ties, why does Bifang possess the special peach flavor from Jiujiao Mountain?"
Chi Yan was shocked once again.
Looking at the stunned Chi Yan, Su Yuyao slowly said, "Chi Yan Heavenly Lord, do you remember drinking a bowl of tea with a peach flavor at Chengma Peak? That tea was specially planted by Immortal Tea Heavenly Lord to protect the mountain after the Nine Suburbs Mountain was hit by a wildfire. This tea is produced in very small quantities, and because it resembles my appearance, Guan Yue, the King of the Nine Suburbs Hall Stele, named it Peach Flavor, which is only for my enjoyment and that of the Emperor! The person responsible for delivering Peach Flavor was Meng Yu. You can try to recall whether you have drunk this tea in the palace. If it was not shared with you by the Emperor, then perhaps it was Bi Fang who poured it for you?"
Chi Yan's heart pounded wildly. He had indeed drunk it once at Bi Fang's place, thinking it was tribute tea, but he never expected...
Chi Yan glared with fiery eyes, his hands gradually transforming into two fiery hammers, and he gritted his teeth, growling, "That bastard Meng Yu!"
Looking at Chi Yan's appearance, Su Yuyao smiled faintly, "Chi Yan Heavenly Lord, don't worry. Since Meng Yu gave such a rare Peach Blossom to Bi Fang, it means that there is a deep friendship between them. He will not harm Bi Fang."
Although it was meant to comfort her, it only made Chi Yan angrier. The fire hammer in his hand gradually ignited with blue flames. "Meng Yu, where is he?"
Su Yuyao looked towards the chaotic World Origin outside the door, "Meng Yu is a person who crosses World Origins, and he himself has a passage. If he cannot be found in this world, then he must be in that World Origin!"
Chi Yan gripped the fire hammer tightly and glared angrily at Shi Yuan...
Bai Er clung tightly to Su Yuyao, scanning the main hall in horror. Although she had followed Su Yuyao all the way back to the Heavenly Palace, Su Yuyao had protected her very well and had never let her see such a bloody scene before.
Suddenly, a streak of light shot out from the fiery coffin! Bai Er caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of his eye, his heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but cry out, "Ah!"
Su Yuyao turned around, shielding Bai Er in her arms, and glared angrily at the fire coffin. She saw that the half-open eyes of the fish-like tearful fish were staring at her.
"Young Master Qiangji, you're awake," Su Yuyao asked.
Looking at Su Yuyao before him, Qiang Ji was struck by her grace, nobility, aloofness, and stunning beauty, exuding an aura of royalty. She was completely different from the Su Yuyao he remembered. He couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips into a smile. "Beautiful..."
"You! You are not allowed to disrespect the Goddess Yao!" Although Bai Er was afraid, she still poked her head out and scolded Qiang Ji.
Su Yuyao was not angry because of Qiangji's unreasonable behavior. Instead, she said calmly, "Qiangji, although you have done things to hurt me, I will not pursue the matter further because you were coerced and made contributions to protecting Wuji Dao."
"Hehe..." Qiangji chuckled a few times, enduring the pain.
"However, the dangers within the Wuji Dao are not yet over. In your current state, you'd better pray for good fortune!"
“Heh…” Qiangji could no longer laugh.
Boom—! Crack—! Strange noises from the world!
Su Yuyao and Chi Yan rushed out of the Palace of the Head, watching as Shi Yuan's blood qi bubbled up like boiling soup, with each bubble filled with a hideous evil spirit.
"Report! Something's happened at Shiyuan!"
"Report! The Zhenmen Gate is under attack by an evil spirit!"
"Report! Xunmen is under attack!"
"Report—!..."
Su Yuyao closed her eyes slightly, placing herself in the primordial chaos, moving through the primordial state, the rotation of heaven and earth all within her heart!
Suddenly, a gust of qi arose and swirled beneath her feet, her magnificent robes fluttered, and her phoenix tail soared into the sky! Su Yuyao slowly opened her eyes, her red phoenix eyes now gazing down upon Shiyuan!
"Crimson Flame Heavenly Lord!" Su Yuyao's ethereal voice struck straight to the top of the head.
"exist!"
"Notify all Heavenly Gates that everyone must withdraw from the Wuji Dao!"
"Yes!" Chi Yan replied, bowing slightly.
"father!"
"Daughter!" Langzhi looked up at Su Yuyao with red eyes. "Daddy's here!"
"Weave a net across the sky, and once all personnel have evacuated, ignite it with real fire to seal the Heavenly Gate!"
"Okay!" "Yes!" Langzhi and Chiyan responded one after another.
"Grandma Zhong, you are a spirit, and I am the source of this world. Whatever the final outcome, I hope you will not blame me."
Granny Zhong gathered her Qi and floated behind Su Yuyao, solemnly saying, "Do your best and leave the rest to fate! It's all up to destiny!"
Su Yuyao nodded slightly.
In an instant, the earth shook and the heavenly gates slowly closed amidst the falling rocks and surging earth. Langzhi sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, concentrating his breath and gathering his qi, countless spider silks shooting out in all directions like light and torches. Chiyan swung his fiery hammer, igniting the spider silks, and the eight heavenly gates instantly descended with curtains of fire, scorching the evil spirits. Screams of agony rose everywhere, and the bubbles within the World Source suddenly burst!
Countless ferocious evil spirits bared their fangs and brandished their claws as they fiercely pounced on Su Yuyao! Su Yuyao floated in the air, her aura flaring slightly, radiating golden light! Just as the claws pierced through the auspicious cloud robes, Su Yuyao suddenly disintegrated! Her golden humanoid form transformed into golden particles, which in turn turned into golden powder, which slowly spread outwards.
"Bang!" A grain of powder exploded, forming a gust of qi.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" More and more powder exploded one after another.
"Boom—! Boom—! Whoosh—!" Golden powder exploded layer by layer, and huge waves of energy surged in all directions! The evil spirit rushing in front of Su Yuyao was instantly shattered and scattered into a cloud of ash!
Langzhi transformed into a giant ghost-faced spider, quickly weaving a dense web to withstand the Qi wind. He then turned to Chiyan and shouted, "Get everyone into the main hall!"
Chi Yan crossed his flame hammers in front of his chest to block the Qi wind, and shouted with bulging veins on his neck, "Everyone—! Get into the main hall—! Crawl in if you can—!"
Under the protection of Langzhi and Chiyan, the guards of the capital palace scrambled into the main hall! Just as the last person rushed into the hall, the doors slammed shut with a loud thud!
Langzhi looked at Chiyan, who was blocking the palace door with his body, and exclaimed, "Chiyan! Why don't you go in?!"
Chi Yan glanced at Lang Zhi, who was shrouded in the palace, and curled the corner of her lip. "Why don't you go in, you stinky spider?!"
"Squeak—!" A long-haired white rabbit suddenly flew out from under Langzhi's belly and tumbled in the air.
"White Ear?!" Langzhi shot out a strand of spider silk that wrapped around White Ear. "Why didn't you go in either?!"
White-eared creature with disheveled fur and a determined gaze, "Squeak! Squeak squeak squeak! Squeak squeak squeak—!"
Langzhi, speechless, wrapped the white earrings around her stomach. "Stop squeaking! I don't understand!"
A hurricane-like surge of Qi crashed against the evil spirits emerging from the source of the world.
*Puff! Puff! Puff!* The hideous evil spirits burst one after another like bubbles. Before the dust from their destruction could settle, another wave of Qi surged forth. The Qi waves were endless, and the evil spirits that rushed into the Wuji Dao gradually vanished into nothingness, with no possibility of reincarnation.
Amidst such a massive surge of Qi, Granny Zhong remained motionless, as if she were merely a reflection of a shadow! Watching Su Yuyao destroy the evil spirit with her Qi field, she was not only shocked but also filled with admiration for Su Yuyao's fearlessness!
Granny Zhong gathered her Qi at her feet, rode the wave of Qi, held the Soul-Guiding Bell in her left hand and the Spirit-Binding Rope in her right, and rushed towards Shiyuan. She whispered to the evil spirits, "All spirits, heed my command! Heaven and earth are mysterious and chaotic, Yin and Yang rotate, life and death are natural. Each should follow its own path and return to the afterlife. This is the right way. Those who stray from the path will not return, and those who miss their time will not be waited for!"
The words had barely left her lips when the ringtone blared, "Clang, clang—clang, clang—"
The evil spirits struggling in the world suddenly quieted down, but they still could not escape the fate of being destroyed by the Qi waves!
Oh no! Granny Zhong frowned, fearing that Yao'er might not be able to control such a large amount of Qi!
"Yao'er! Stop your Qi!" Granny Zhong shouted.
Su Yuyao's true form transformed into Qi, and the immense Qi power drew upon her Qi Sea. Su Yuyao focused her breath to control the Qi power, but she underestimated the energy of her Qi Sea.
"Bang—!" Su Yuyao's Qi Sea surged out suddenly!
"Thump—!" Langzhi's anal sphincter pressed heavily against Chiyan's face!
"Stinky...spider..." Chi Yan was suppressed and couldn't utter a curse.
"Daughter..." Lang Zhi looked at Su Yuyao, who was about to shatter, and was extremely anxious, but was unable to move due to the waves of Qi pressing down on her.
Crash! Crash! Several rocks fell from the sky!
"Buzz—! Boom—!" A heavy pressure descended from the sky, controlling the surging Qi waves!
A blue flame gradually illuminated the ceiling, and in the center of the flame was the Xuanfeng wind swooping down!
The surge of Qi finally subsided somewhat under the suppression of the Xuanfeng wind. Seeing this, Granny Zhong quickly rang her bell to summon the spirits. Scattered evil spirits from the World Origin rose and gathered towards Granny Zhong, drawn by the sound of the bell! Granny Zhong gradually increased the speed of ringing the bell, simultaneously throwing out the Spirit-Binding Rope. The rope, like a silver serpent, weaved through the spirits, binding the wrists of each that had come to her...
Xuanfeng gently landed on Su Yuyao's fading afterimage, closed his eyes, regulated his Qi, and merged Su Yuyao's afterimage into his own heart meridian.
"Little girl, don't be afraid, I'm here." Xuanfeng's voice gently called to Su Yuyao.
"Little girl..." a distant voice reached Su Yuyao's ears, "Don't be afraid... little girl... I'm here..."
“Xuanfeng…” Su Yuyao’s shattered Qi field reassembled, and she slowly opened her eyes, as if awakening from a deep sleep…
This is a vast black space, with no top or bottom, no left or right, no front or back. Occasionally, a point of light will appear. The point of light will slowly grow larger and reveal several rays of light. The rays of light will change color and shape, forming all kinds of strange patterns and rushing towards Su Yuyao!
Su Yuyao calmly watched the shapes getting closer and closer, like a plate, like the moon, like a pavilion, like a building, like... the sky!
Buzz—!
An endless, dazzling sky suddenly pierced through Su Yuyao's body! The colorful, glass-like rays of light pierced Su Yuyao's eyes, flashing by in an instant!
Su Yuyao's pupils spun rapidly, taking in the entire world!
“Girl, concentrate,” Xuanfeng’s voice rang out gently again, “Even if you’re turning Qi into power, you must hold firm to your foundation and not relax your Qi Sea.”
Su Yuyao looked around, but apart from the occasional speck of light, she didn't see Xuanfeng's figure.
“Girl, I’m protecting your true form, so I can’t be by your side. Don’t be afraid, I’ll tell you what to do.”
Su Yuyao looked down at her body. In the slightly transparent Qi Meridian that emitted a faint golden light, wisps of blue Qi flowed.
Su Yuyao felt a warmth in her heart, but she still stubbornly said, "Your Majesty need not worry about me. I know what I'm doing."
Xuanfeng clenched his fist tightly. "You brat! Don't you know anything?! You can't even control such a large amount of Qi, yet you dare to act recklessly! I really…!" *Sigh…*
Xuanfeng gritted his teeth, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled to calm his anger before speaking as gently as possible, "Girl, although your Qi field is strong, you lack experience. Your Qi power just now was a bit too strong, and it's easy to hurt yourself... So you must... otherwise the consequences..."
Su Yuyao did not obediently listen to Xuanfeng's words, but instead released her Qi field again to sense her surroundings and search for the source of the evil spirit.
Strange, where did it go?
In the endless darkness, not a trace of any other energy field could be detected. Something was wrong...
"Girl!" Xuanfeng's voice was slightly impatient, "Withdraw your Qi field!"
Before Su Yuyao could withdraw her Qi field, an inexplicable force suddenly bound her tightly!
Oh no! Su Yuyao hurriedly released her Qi again to resist, but instead, her Qi was dissipated, as if she had fallen into a swamp; the more she struggled, the tighter she was bound. A feeling of suffocation slowly rose in her chest, flooded her nostrils, and overwhelmed her pupils…
"Girl, don't rush, don't resist, go with the flow." Xuanfeng's palms were covered in a fine layer of sweat, but he still spoke calmly, "You may be trapped in the passage. You must not release your Qi easily, otherwise it will backfire!"
Su Yuyao relaxed her body and withdrew her Qi, and the feeling of being restrained gradually lessened.
Suddenly, a point of light streaked across her head. A moment later, the point of light passed through her chest, and then a moment later, it passed through Su Yuyao's entire body.
Xuanfeng held his breath, sensing the changes in Su Yuyao's aura. "She's out?"
"Um."
Xuanfeng breathed a sigh of relief. "You brat! You better come back safe and sound! I have plenty of time to settle accounts with you!"
Having just broken free of her restraints, Su Yuyao immediately began to fly up, her Qi rising. She spread her palms, and a crescent moon appeared!
Whoosh—! The crescent-shaped blade gathered its energy and slashed downwards!
"Girl!" Xuanfeng exclaimed in alarm, "Don't..."
Boom! A huge, strange noise came from Shiyuan.
Xuanfeng suddenly opened his eyes and saw that the blood qi within the World Source had suddenly stopped, and the evil spirits had also solidified within the blood qi because they had lost the power to surge within the World Source.
Xuan Feng's eyes gradually became bloodshot, and the veins on his temples slowly bulged. "Su Yuyao! You dare?!"
Su Yuyao, glowing with a faint yellow aura, floated in the darkness. She raised her crescent blade high and once again aimed it at the endless blackness beneath her feet, slashing down fiercely!
Whoosh—! Boom—!
The crescent moon exploded into the sky, like a golden lightning bolt striking into the black mist! Black waves surged, and the chaotic, formless space began to tremble slightly.
Rumble—! Shi Yuan's blood energy suddenly began to collapse, and after a brief pause, the evil spirits all changed direction and converged towards the center of the blood energy.
"Su Yuyao!" Xuan Feng roared, his eyes bloodshot. "Stop!"
Su Yuyao pressed down on the hilt of her sword against the Qi wind and said calmly, "Xuanfeng, my body and the passage are of the same origin, so it is impossible for me to be trapped."
Xuanfeng's eyes widened in shock.
"What trapped me was Meng Yu."
Xuanfeng's Qi Sea trembled slightly.
"Meng Yu used our shared origin to absorb me into his body, and pushed all the evil spirits in the world toward the Boundless Path! I had no choice but to resort to this desperate measure..."
"You..." Xuanfeng gritted his teeth, his fists trembling, "Have you thought about the consequences?"
“Break through this barrier, and all evil spirits will be drawn in…and the dangers within the Wuji Path will be eliminated.”
"Then what are you going to do?!" Xuanfeng suddenly opened his palm and pushed it towards Shiyuan's blood energy.
The Qi, fueled by the blood Qi, surged once more, and the evil spirit turned back and charged towards the Wuji Dao.
"Grandma Zhong! Quickly lure out the evil spirit!" Xuanfeng roared. "Langzhi! Hurry..."
"It's too late." Su Yuyao's voice paused.
The blood energy suddenly began to spin, dragging the ghostly shadows and evil spirits as they plummeted downwards, instantly coalescing into a point of light that plunged into the endless world!
The golden light in the air vanished instantly, tearing at Xuanfeng's heart meridian.
"Thump!" Xuan Feng landed on the edge of the cliff, kneeling on one knee, tears of blood streaming down his face. "Su Yuyao, you bastard!"
"Daughter—!" Langzhi ran towards Shiyuan with a sob in her voice, bang!
A green barrier blocked Langzhi's path.
"It's too late." Xuanfeng, suppressing his heartbreak, stood up. "The girl..."
Thump! Langzhi fell to the ground, staring blankly at the bizarre scene before her, "My...daughter..."
"Squeak—! Squeak—!" Bai Er, who was tied around Lang Zhi's waist, struggled with red eyes.
Xuanfeng slowly looked at Granny Zhong, "Granny Zhong, what... should we do with these?"
Granny Zhong looked at the spirits bound by the spirit-binding rope, then at Shiyuan who had returned to normal. "Your Majesty, now, only I can take them back."
Xuanfeng's heart skipped a beat again. "Isn't there any other way?"
Grandma Zhong smiled slightly, "I'm not from this world. I'm just... going home."
After speaking, Granny Zhong slowly closed her eyes. Her figure faded into nothingness, and the spirit-binding rope gradually became transparent.
"Your Majesty, please... say goodbye to Guan Yue for me..."
“Grandma Zhong…” Xuan Feng’s heart and bones had already been ripped out by Su Yuyao. He could only watch helplessly as Grandma Zhong perished, unable to stop it…
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