Chapter 47

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Li Min shouted in a stern voice: "Follow my command and form your formation!!"

The monks who had already reached the shore were soaked to the skin, their hands and feet were frozen stiff from being in the river water, and their faces were pale, but no one had time to celebrate their escape from death.

Because Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun were still floating in the Samsara River, the entire river seemed to be completely enraged. The relentless evil wind blew up huge waves, sweeping the two people who were already close to the shore further and further away, making it impossible for them to get ashore.

The monks stood in accordance with the positions of the formation and, with everyone's strength combined, they managed to set up a large-scale defensive formation that had taken shape, creating a small area of ​​calm water for Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun.

Having just escaped from the chilly and frightening river water, the stagnant spiritual power in the bodies of the righteous monks has not yet fully recovered. At this moment, the defensive formation built with everyone's combined strength is shaky and on the verge of collapse. At least it has stabilized in the water and can temporarily block the evil spirit and the surging waves, and will not be defeated all at once.

The long pale thorn instantly pierced through Xie Tingyun's palm, and the blood mist that came out almost blurred his vision. His slender fingers trembled slightly, then curled up and used force to pull away the long thorn that pierced his palm.

The whole process was clearly displayed in front of Ning Chen's eyes as if in slow motion through a magnifying lens. For the first time, he felt his brain go blank, and then anger and rape came belatedly, surging up and occupying Ning Chen's remaining senses.

Ning Chen was used to being hurt and never took his injuries seriously, so when the long thorn flew towards the two of them, he made this decision without hesitation.

After all, he had only taken a non-fatal penetrating wound with his body, and he would not die. With the resources of the cultivation world and the demon world, Ning Chen could have a big meal after he got out, and the wound would be completely healed in less than two hours.

When the long thorn flew towards him, Ning Chen watched Xie Tingyun look away blankly and calmly, and the next moment he stretched out his hand to catch the impact of the thorn, and broke it away from its original course with his bare hands, just to prevent it from piercing Ning Chen's waist and abdomen, that's all.

After Ning Chen realized this, he somehow felt a surge of anger in his heart, and he was even more angry than he was when he suffered this.

Xie Tingyun is already in that state, yet he still insists on taking it. Does he really want to die?

It is impossible for Xie Tingyun not to know that based on his current physical condition, the poison can run rampant in his body. Xie Tingyun does not have enough spiritual power to resist. If he is not careful, the poison may invade his heart and spiritual roots. Not to mention whether he can save his life, the lightest case is that his spiritual roots will be destroyed and he will become a useless person for life.

He just loves to show off this time!

Ning Chen was really furious.

Xie Tingyun staggered forward involuntarily due to the inertial force, and this time he bumped into Ning Chen unexpectedly. Ning Chen raised his hand to steady him. Ning Chen opened his mouth to curse, but Xie Tingyun's body trembled violently, and he lowered his head to Ning Chen's chest, and blood suddenly gushed out from between his fingers that covered his mouth and nose.

Ning Chen: “…”

Xie Tingyun's face was extremely pale. The two of them were underwater, and whatever Ning Chen said was just muffled in Xie Tingyun's ears. He didn't hear what Ning Chen said at all.

He didn't have the energy to explore so much. Fortunately, Xie Tingyun's left hand was used to receive the long thorn, which did not affect Xie Tingyun's use of the sword. Therefore, he lowered his eyes, leaned on Ning Chen to borrow some strength, and stretched out his hand to pull out the long thorn from the palm of his left hand.

He pulled it out so cleanly and decisively, as if he was just pulling out an ordinary thorn, so that Ning Shen didn't even react for a moment. He was completely dumbfounded after seeing the blood gushing out and then washed away by the water.

Xie Tingyun's eyes were almost completely dark, and his entire body was stiff and sluggish due to excessive blood loss and the cold. After an unknown amount of time, he finally regained some consciousness. Ning Shen was pinching his jaw, and his face was gloomy as he was saying something. But Xie Tingyun guessed that it was not something good.

Tianxiao's expression showed that he was most likely cursing someone out of displeasure.

But it doesn't matter, Xie Tingyun thought vaguely.

Seeing that Xie Tingyun's hand was bleeding profusely, Ning Chen's first reaction was to tear off a piece of cloth from his body and tie it around Xie Tingyun's upper arm to prevent him from losing too much blood and dying. However, after stabbing, Ning Chen remembered something and pinched Xie Tingyun's philtrum and asked, "Do you have any pills to stop bleeding? You can't bring detoxification pills without this thing, right?!"

Detoxification pills...wait, wait, doesn’t Ning Chen have his own system mall?

Ning Shen cursed secretly.

It was all because of this rubbish system. The points it gave out were not even enough to feed a hungry ghost. Until he got new points, Ning Chen's life was as if there was no system at all. He was used to fighting alone, so much so that now in this emergency, Ning Chen remembered that he still had a system. It just so happened that he still had some fresh points in his hand, which could be used to exchange for some pills to save the emergency.

The three pills of hemostatic pill, detoxification pill, and flesh and bone pill used to relieve and heal serious injuries are worth a total of 18 points, and the self-locking pill used to block pain is worth 5 points. Ning Chen exchanged one of each.

The total cost was 23 points, so it seems that the 200 points obtained are not so few. After all, the prices are here and it is enough to use for a long time.

Ning Chen was about to pinch Xie Tingyun's jaw and feed him the food, but his movement suddenly stopped.

It would be too strange if he could conjure up these pills out of thin air. He should at least conceal it and not let the existence of the system leak out.

Xie Tingyun was awakened by his forced pinching. This time he understood what Ning Chen was saying, so he silently slid the storage ring between his fingers with his fingertips and probed into it with his consciousness to get some hemostatic pills.

But his vision was a little blurry, and he took the wrong thing several times. Ning Chen happened to reach into Xie Tingyun's storage ring and said, "I'll take it myself. Asking you to take some pills is like asking for your life, but you can block the harm in one go. How handsome are you?"

Ning Chen refused to admit that Xie Tingyun's blocking move did startle him, but he would not say it out loud, nor would it prevent him from cursing: "You can do it."

Xie Tingyun: "..."

Xie Tingyun said weakly: "...You are right."

Tian Xiao was very reckless. He didn't seem to know that if he broke into someone else's storage ring, his consciousness would also be damaged. Xie Tingyun had no choice but to release the storage ring's authority before Tian Xiao could forcefully probe into his consciousness while he was still conscious, so that Tian Xiao could smoothly penetrate into his consciousness.

Xie Tingyun's storage ring didn't have much space, and contained some commonly used elixir materials, spare weapons and spare clothes, as well as other miscellaneous items. Fortunately, Xie Tingyun would make notes on the porcelain bottle for each elixir he brought out, so Ning Chen easily found the hemostatic pill.

Unfortunately, there was no detoxification pill in it. Ning Chen scanned it and took out all the hemostatic pills and spiritual tonic pills. Xie Tingyun lay quietly in his arms, half of his pale and thin face buried in Ning Chen's shoulder, quiet and silent. If Ning Chen had not been able to hear a little breathing sound, he would have suspected that this was a dead person.

Ning Chen simply and roughly pinched Xie Tingyun's jaw, forcing him to open his mouth, then mixed Xie Tingyun's pills with the pills he had exchanged and poured them all into his mouth, and then forced Xie Tingyun to close his mouth and swallow them.

Xie Tingyun's uninjured hand curled up, his long eyebrows knitted together, and he looked like someone who was being watched by a patriarch to take medicine on time. He wanted to refuse but couldn't, so he had to accept it with his head down.

He swallowed it hard, luckily not choking to death.

The pills that Xie Tingyun brought were all commonly used emergency pills, which could be used to deal with emergencies. Although they could not completely and quickly heal injuries, they could at least keep Xie Tingyun alive for now, so they were not completely useless.

With Ning Chen's added ingredients, as long as Xie Tingyun didn't choke to death on the pill at the beginning, his life would not be in danger in the short term.

After taking this choking pill, 60% to 70% of the toxins in Xie Tingyun's body were cleared. He could even feel the pain from the wounds on his body gradually subsiding. The pierced left hand also no longer felt any pain, and the wound even felt slightly warm.

Xie Tingyun was a little surprised: Is the medicine he brought so effective this time?

It's just that Xie Tingyun had lost too much blood before, and his brain was a little stiff. In addition, the current situation did not allow him to think too much, so Xie Tingyun put it out of his mind.

Next time, I will ask my friends for more help.

Xie Tingyun's hand stopped bleeding temporarily, but the spiritual pills didn't have much effect while he was still soaking in the cold river water. No matter how much spiritual power he replenished, it was useless because he would be frozen in a few breaths.

At some point, Ning Chen discovered that the waters around him had calmed down, and the thorny debris floating around them no longer rushed towards the two of them with their fangs and claws.

However, they had been washed a long way away from the shore by the storm current, so they had no choice but to resign themselves to their fate and continue swimming towards the shore.

Xie Tingyun was almost half supported and half hugged by Ning Chen and dragged forward until the water became calm. After Ning Chen surfaced, he saw the defensive formation above his head that was shaking and about to fall, but still holding its position. Only then did he understand what was going on.

Li Min naturally became the center of the entire formation, and he played a great role in stabilizing the formation.

All the disciples who had reached the shore had escaped from the state of dislocated time and space, and could clearly see Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun floating up and down towards the shore. They could not get back into the water at the moment, so they could only wait anxiously while trying to maintain the formation.

Even though the dead fish was dead, the evil spirit it had thrown out was still wandering around stubbornly. When it hit the hard obstacles on all sides, it was not broken into pieces but bounced back instead. It was really weird.

The evil spirit lingered for a long time, and the Samsara River seemed to be angry because of the demise of the ancient monster. The initial river waves were caused by the evil spirit. Later, even after the evil spirit left, the river waves continued, and each wave was higher than the last. In the end, it almost violently hit the direction of Ning Chen and Xie Tingyun, determined to keep the culprit here.

Fortunately, these strong waves and storms were temporarily blocked by the defensive formation put up by the righteous monks on the shore. The formation above their heads was shaking and about to collapse, and it could not last for too long, but it was enough to make up for the distance that the two of them were washed away by the waves. If Ning Chen had been faster, he might have been able to get ashore before the formation was broken.

However, as the saying goes, "The devil is always more powerful than the good". Suddenly, a lot of fog quietly spread over the banks of the Samsara River. The fog was probably condensed from the chilling coldness in the river water. Every bit of cold air was drilling into everyone's meridians, interfering with and stagnating the spiritual power output by the cultivators.

He already had less spiritual energy in his body, and the disturbance by the Samsara River made the situation even worse.

Seeing that they were about to reach the shore, the junior brothers and sisters of Liuyun Sect squatted on the shore, staring at the two people who were approaching. As long as Ning Chen and the eldest senior brother swam a few more times, they would be able to reach out and pull them up.

Li Min's old face almost turned red as he managed to withstand the huge consumption of the formation. Some monks with lower cultivation levels had to withdraw from the formation without protection due to the backlash.

Ning Chen also wanted to hurry up.

But they had been soaking in the Samsara River for a long time after all. Even if they were calm, their limbs were a little stiff. Most of the demonic energy in their bodies was stagnant in their meridians. It was extremely difficult to move it freely like at the beginning.

The wounds on his body caused by the stingers began to hurt at an inopportune time. Even if the toxin was invading slowly, it was now starting to eat away at the flesh and blood in his body.

Xie Tingyun inadvertently raised his hand and touched Ning Shen's neck, and suddenly realized that Tian Xiao's pulse had quietly weakened at this time, his skin was pale and cold, and his tightly pursed thin lips were thin in blood.

Although the wounds on his body were small, they were countless. There were a few deeper wounds that Ning Chen had no time to take care of and just let them bleed. He might have bled more than Xie Tingyun.

Tianxiao seemed to be acting normally and could even get angry and curse at him, but his condition was actually just as bad.

It has to be said that the Samsara River is really a very suitable place for a war of attrition. They used sword arrays and chariot battles to wear out the Fish-Headed Octopus, and the Samsara River used its gradually freezing spiritual power, magic breath and consciousness to prepare to wear them out with chariot battles.

It seemed that the Liuyun Sect disciples who wished they could transform into giraffes were about to reach Xie Tingyun in front of them. However, at this moment, there was a clear and crisp sound of breaking, and the formation could no longer hold and broke apart abruptly. The demonic energy swept up with huge waves and rolled down towards the two of them like a broken bamboo, trying to use the same trick to roll them into the bottom of the river again.

The evil spirit was as sharp as a knife, and when it blew over, it instantly inflicted many wounds on the two of them. Xie Tingyun raised his hands to block it, but in the process of tumbling and surging, the red rope around Xie Tingyun's neck had been cut into pieces without him knowing when. It was originally one of the most tough magic weapons, but now it broke under multiple scrapes and collisions, and the warm finger ring slipped out from the gap between the skin and clothes, and was instantly caught in the chaotic flow!

Xie Tingyun's expression finally changed.

He reacted quickly and reached out to grab it, but before his fingertips could touch it, the ring was suddenly blown away by the surging debris in the river, and even Ning Chen, who was behind him, couldn't catch it.

Seeing the warm and moist ring made of Lingxi jade being swept into the deep water of the river, Xie Tingyun turned around and was about to chase after it, but Ning Chen cursed him in a low voice, grabbed his shoulders and pushed him back.

If one wanted to go back and grab the ring now, the severity of the storm and waves would be enough to keep anyone who wanted to go ashore forever in the turbulent waters.

The wisest choice would be to go up first before they are swept too far away.

However, Xie Tingyun's breathing was rapid, and his pale fingers tightly grasped Ning Chen's arm, struggling to break free from Ning Chen's shackles, and said: "Let go, let go..."

Ning Chen cursed: "Do you want to die?!"

He had a heart of stone and took advantage of the gap when the next wave came down to break out of the water. Relying on the remaining strength, he unreasonably pushed Xie Tingyun's hand, which was stretched to the limit by the Liuyun Sect disciple.

The Liuyun Sect disciples immediately grabbed their eldest senior brother and tried to pull Xie Tingyun. The disciples on the other side tried to reach Ning Chen, but found that Ning Chen coughed softly and bright red blood seemed to flow from his lips. However, he sank silently into the water the next moment.

The junior brothers and sisters immediately had a bad feeling in their hearts. They looked at the waves that were piled up higher and higher, and shouted anxiously: "Where are you doing? Come up quickly!!"

The sinking black figure twisted and blurred under the water, gradually moving farther and farther away until it was almost invisible.

However, wrapped in countless evil spirits, the river waves that had piled up to the highest point fell down heavily.

Before the huge wave crashed down, a shiny ring was thrown out and hit the muddy ground with only a slight sound.

The ring was also wrapped with an extremely thin layer of magic energy, as if the owner was afraid that the thing was so fragile that it would break if dropped. However, the owner of the magic energy did not have much magic energy to mobilize, and in the end he could only wrap it with a thin layer.

Xie Tingyun was dragged up and staggered. When he turned around, he saw Tianxiao being completely swallowed up. His pupils shrank: "Tianxiao!?"

The sound of the waves crashing against each other was deafening, splashing countless cold water droplets, soaking almost everyone on the shore.

After an unknown amount of time, the water surface finally calmed down. A faint blood mist silently spread over the river bottom and was then quietly washed away.

Everyone stared at this scene in a daze, some unable to recover from their shock.

The junior brothers and sisters of Liuyun Sect turned pale, as if they couldn't believe it. They looked at Xie Tingyun for help, and were so helpless that they almost choked up and said, "Big, big brother...he...the demon lord..."

Xie Tingyun's body was stiff and he didn't move.

The faint color on the water surface pierced Xie Tingyun's pupils. He suddenly came to his senses and turned the storage ring over and over with shaking hands, but he couldn't find the Soul-Replenishing Pill. Then he suddenly remembered that Ning Chen had already fed all of the Soul-Replenishing Pill into his mouth when he was underwater.

Xie Tingyun staggered to his feet, his body swaying slightly, and he grabbed his fellow disciples' shoulders. His voice was trembling despite his forced suppression. He said in a low voice, "Soul-replenishing pills... and, did you, did you bring the demon cores or demon pills that you killed during the mission?"

The fellow disciples immediately said, "Yes, yes, yes! We have them all!!!"

Normally, not many cultivators would carry magic cores or demon pills with them, but the junior brothers and sisters of Liuyun Sect happened to have completed sect missions before coming to Nuwa Secret Realm, and did not have time to go back to hand over and settle the matters, so the magic cores and demon pills on them were left in their hands.

The fellow disciples hurriedly took out all the things and gave them to Xie Tingyun. The other cultivators knew that he was in great need of elixirs, so they directly stuffed all their storage treasures into Xie Tingyun's hands and said, "There is no crystal core, but there are some elixirs and magic tools here. Take them, Brother Xie, they may be useful."

"Thank you, fellow Daoist, take mine too!"

Xie Tingyun didn't have time to say thank you, he put them all away, hurriedly uncorked the bottles, and swallowed a few bottles of Buling Pills first.

What Xie Tingyun couldn't understand the most and asked the most was why.

Tianxiao, why.

However, all the doubts and confusions disappeared at this moment.

Because Xie Tingyun suddenly realized that no matter why Tian Xiao became like this, no matter why Tian Xiao once hated him but now tried every means to protect him, these are no longer important. For Xie Tingyun now, there is no need to explore them.

Tian Xiao is first of all a person, a living person standing in front of him, a person who would have a tacit understanding and mutual appreciation if they were from the same camp and sect, a person with seven emotions and six desires, who can be arrogant and angry. Every sidelong glance, provocation, irritation, complacency, and pretentious expression and movement can be heard in Xie Tingyun's mind, so that he is surprised why he can remember them so clearly.

It's not a life-and-death enemy, it's not an enemy with only swords and shadows and worldly vendettas, it's not a flat task that must be defeated to achieve victory.

He was just Tian Xiao, a living person whom Xie Tingyun didn't want to see surrounded by blood mist and lying at the bottom of the river of corpses.

It doesn't matter why Tianxiao did this. What matters is that no matter whether Xie Tingyun is willing to admit it or not, the fact is that Tianxiao has become a part of his independent world, and if he is removed, a piece of existence will be missing.

He wouldn't die, bleed, or become paralyzed if a piece of him was cut off. He wasn't that important, but Tian Xiao was the kind of person that even if everyone told him that he should kill Tian Xiao, Xie Tingyun just didn't want to cut him off out of selfishness.

This is so strange. Xie Tingyun now wants to ask himself why.

He is such a strange man.

Xie Tingyun thought so, then jumped into the Samsara River without looking back.

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The author has something to say:

Ningmi: Who on earth is crossing such a dark river? (gritting teeth) (smile) (turning around dizzily) (can’t find the way back) (sees Xiao Xie’s figure) (meow meow meow meow meow!!!)