Chapter 89

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To Ning Shen's surprise, the scene was dead silent for a moment, and no one spoke at all.

Xie Tingyun didn't have the energy to speak, and his pair of dark eyes were fixed on Ning Chen, as if Ning Chen would fly away in the blink of an eye.

Others dared not speak.

Scared by Ning Shen who came back from the dead.

Daoming and the others found it completely unbelievable that Ning Chen was still full of energy after walking in the Endless Abyss, without any trace of the staggering look he had shown after being eroded by vengeful ghosts.

...How on earth did he do that?!

It was clear that the Demon Lord was in a dying state not long ago!

If you fall into the endless abyss in that state, even a great immortal will not be able to save you.

Daoming was transferring spiritual energy into Xie Tingyun's body to relieve the stagnant spiritual energy in his body. He couldn't help but be frightened by his own guess and said seriously: "Demon Lord, could it be that you also used some kind of forbidden magic to maintain your condition by overdrawing yourself?!"

"What do you mean?" Ning Chen asked in confusion, "Also, whether or not I use the forbidden magic has nothing to do with you, right?"

“…”

Xie Tingyun had escaped from the harsh environment of Endless Abyss and his body had slowed down a lot, but his soaked clothes were gradually stained by the blood underneath.

But fortunately it's not very obvious.

For unknown reasons, Xie Tingyun felt much better at this moment, and the pain from his injuries was much lessened.

He propped himself up, and Ning Chen reached out to help him along the way.

However, Xie Tingyun now felt that he was much better, so he refused Ning Chen's help. He first carefully checked Ning Chen's internal condition and confirmed that he was just exhausted due to over-consumption. His sea of ​​consciousness and inner organs were still intact, and his magic core and magic heart were beating strongly without any signs of injury.

The wet clothes were still clinging to Xie Tingyun's body, and whenever the wind blew over him, he would shiver slightly. Ning Chen frowned as he looked at his expression, and stretched out his hand to dry him with his magic breath, but Xie Tingyun suddenly pressed his hand down.

Ning Chen always felt that Xie Tingyun's condition was not quite right, not only physically, but also mentally.

But Xie Tingyun seemed to be more sober now than when he was in the Endless Abyss. He even lowered his eyes and said to Ning Chen, "Don't waste your magic energy on such a trivial matter."

Ning Chen winked at Daoming beside him, and Daoming quietly reached behind Xie Tingyun and used his spiritual power to dry the wet clothes on Xie Tingyun.

However, Xie Tingyun's white clothes had been stained with blood. After being soaked in the Endless Abyss for such a long time, the blood had not been washed away. Instead, it had spread across the white clothes in large, uneven patches.

More importantly, the lightly stained white clothes dried up and then slowly became wet again.

Ning Chen and Dao Ming's expressions changed instantly.

Xie Tingyun was the only one present who was unaware. He personally confirmed bit by bit that Ning Chen really had no other injuries and was in as good a condition as in his prime.

Even so, Xie Tingyun still refused to feel at ease. He turned around and humbly asked Daoming to help him confirm it again.

Ning Chen frowned and said, "How could this master be in trouble? It's you, Xie Tingyun, can you take care of yourself?"

Xie Tingyun didn't believe it at all.

Ning Chen looked at Xie Tingyun's condition and frowned involuntarily.

He raised his hand to thank Daoming and said in a deep voice: "Xie Tingyun, not everyone can send spiritual energy into my body as you do."

“…”

Just as Ning Chen was as skilled at touching Xie Tingyun's storage ring as if it were his own, Xie Tingyun never considered checking Ning Chen's condition as a polite thing.

After being enlightened by Ning Chen's words, Xie Tingyun's brain finally reacted, and he apologized, "Sorry, I forgot."

He paused and whispered, "I'm just a little worried, don't mind it. Do you have anyone you can trust? I want to confirm it."

"No." Ning Chen said coldly, then reached out and took out all the pills from Xie Tingyun's storage ring, and fed them all into Xie Tingyun's mouth without saying a word.

Xie Tingyun was quite well-behaved and didn't resist at all. He ate whatever Ning Chen fed him without even blinking an eye.

But after Ning Chen had done all this, Xie Tingyun was still thinking about his request and said, "Ning Chen, just for a moment, don't touch sensitive areas like the magic core and the sea of ​​consciousness."

Xie Tingyun's voice was soft, and even a little pleading at the end, as he said, "...Is it okay?"

“…”

Ning Chen unconsciously avoided Xie Tingyun's gaze and said impatiently, "Daoming."

Daoming hurried forward and carefully released a trace of his spiritual awareness.

After confirming that Ning Chen did not have any hidden illness or injury, Daoming said, "Tingyun, don't worry, he is fine. He doesn't look like he has used any forbidden techniques. On the contrary, you are more injured than him..."

Xie Tingyun breathed a sigh of relief and interrupted politely, "Okay, I understand. Thank you, Uncle Master."

Now that the biggest knot in his heart had been untied, Xie Tingyun finally seemed to relax a lot. He even smiled softly and said to Ning Chen, "Shall I take you back? There is just one last jade talisman left, which can just take you back to the Demon Palace."

The others looked at Xie Tingyun as if he were a ghost. The sense of horror was no less than entering the realm of resentful ghosts again and experiencing the resentful ghosts everywhere.

It's really not their fault. Xie Tingyun's condition at the moment was simply too abnormal, so abnormal that even other people outside could see it.

He was a man with obvious external injuries and was seriously injured to the point of being in a worrying mental state, but he smiled and told a demon in the realm of Silence who was obviously in high spirits to send him back?

Is Xie Tingyun crazy or are they crazy?

Xie Tingyun's body was gradually stained with blood, which was especially obvious on his white clothes. In the end, the blood even dripped silently onto the ground along the hem of his clothes.

In the distance, Chengfeng, who was still maintaining the forbidden formation, had his entire sword trembling slightly, as if he was extremely anxious. However, it was deeply inserted into the ground, and as the eye of the forbidden formation, it was impossible for it to pull itself out.

Ning Chen learned his lesson this time. He did not answer Xie Tingyun directly, but raised his hand and released his long sword, stretched out his hand towards Xie Tingyun, and said, "Come here."

“…”

This action held an irresistible magic power over Xie Tingyun. His eyelashes trembled, and he raised his hand without hesitation and grabbed Ning Chen's outstretched hand.

However, after getting on Ning Chen's long sword, he silently went into Ning Chen's arms and repeated in a low voice: "You are not used to finding your way. Have you used the jade talisman?"

As he spoke, Xie Tingyun seemed to have thought of something and smiled: "Don't worry about me. I have so many fellow practitioners here. How can I be taken away by a wild beast?"

“…”

Ning Shen had a terrible headache.

He took a deep breath and asked, "You will only feel relieved if you see me use your jade talisman with your own eyes?"

Xie Tingyun nodded gently.

"Okay." Ning Chen said crisply.

Xie Tingyun curled his eyes in surprise and said, "It's rare for you to cooperate like this. I'll have to cherish it."

For some reason, these words made Ning Chen feel as if someone was squeezing his heart gently.

He felt unusually guilty again.

I don't know why, but Ning Chen only behaves like this when facing Xie Tingyun.

Isn’t it just that, isn’t it just that I acted a little recklessly…?

Just a little.

Ning Shen thought.

Anyway, apart from Xie Tingyun, no one cares whether the Demon Lord will die or not.

In this case, Ning Chen is free to decide how to use his life. Even if Ning Chen squanders it completely, no one has the right to blame him.

...No, those righteous people will still care about it for the sake of the devil's heart.

But putting all this aside, of course, he is the only one who has the final say on how Ning Shen lives and dies.

But Xie Tingyun is different.

Ning was so depressed that he couldn't tell whether Xie Tingyun still hated him for pretending to be his junior brother and deceiving him for so long. He probably still hated him, after all, Xie Tingyun said he hated him.

The strange thing is that Xie Tingyun seems to want Ning Chen to be alive more than anyone else.

Of course this is not difficult to understand. After all, the advancement of the key plot depends on Ning Chen's death and the digging out of the devil's heart.

But just because Ning Shen is usually heartless doesn't mean he really has no heart.

He always felt that... Xie Tingyun wanted him to be alive even more than he did.

It had nothing to do with any desire or ambition, it seemed to be just a simple wish, hoping that he would be alive and live well.

Because Xie Tingyun simply wanted Ning Chen to be alive more than Ning Chen himself, so when Ning Chen used his own life as a bargaining chip, he always felt some unspeakable awkwardness and hesitation.

It was so strange. Ning Chen really couldn't figure it out.

In fact, he would rather believe that Xie Tingyun had other intentions, but in fact, if Xie Tingyun only wanted to preserve his devil heart, he would not have reacted like that when he heard him say that he wanted to dig out the devil heart in the ghost realm.

After all, in the eyes of a male protagonist like Xie Tingyun, if Ning Chen died this time, he would be really dead. He would never think that he had another new body to be resurrected. So if Xie Tingyun had other intentions, he would definitely not give up that opportunity at that time.

But Xie Tingyun had reason to hate him because his beloved junior fellow apprentice was "killed" by him.

Xie Tingyun hated him, but did not take any retaliatory actions against him, and even dared to risk his life to rescue him.

A complete contradiction and conflict.

With Ning Shen's current state of mind, he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried, so he simply gave up.

Xie Tingyun looked at him for a while, then took out the last jade talisman from his storage ring.

Xie Tingyun's clear and focused eyes always made Ning Chen look away uncomfortably.

Ning Chen stared at the jade talisman in Xie Tingyun's hand, which was emitting a bright white light due to the infusion of spiritual power, and sighed: The last jade talisman really cannot escape the fate of being wasted.

Xie Tingyun injected his spiritual consciousness into it, circled the landing spot, and then injected spiritual power. Then, before the jade talisman took full effect, he placed it into Ning Chen's palm.

Ning Chen looked at Xie Tingyun with a serious look as he jumped down with his long sword. After he landed, he just frowned and watched Ning Chen disappear on the spot.

“…”

Daoming frowned, and he approached Xie Tingyun, always prepared for any unexpected incidents. However, Xie Tingyun seemed to be fine, and he even said to comfort him, "Uncle Master, I'm really fine."

It would have been more convincing if there hadn't been blood stains gradually spreading on his body.

Xie Tingyun looked around and saw that almost everyone had made it out of the ghost realm alive. He said happily, "Everyone is alive. That's good. There's no point in staying here for long. Why don't you fellow practitioners lead your own disciples back to the sect and calm down the panic."

Xie Tingyun glanced at the disciples of Liuyun Sect, turned around and said, "Xie will go first, we will meet again if we are lucky."

The Mahayana monks bowed to Xie Tingyun and thanked him solemnly.

Xie Tingyun walked towards Daoming and said almost silently: "...Uncle Master, can you lend me the Transmission Jade Talisman?"

Daoming's expression suddenly changed. He reached out to support Xie Tingyun and said, "Tingyun, how are you?!"

Xie Tingyun still looked gentle and calm, as if nothing had happened, "It's okay, uncle, I'm just a little tired and don't want to practice sword defense. I just want to take a break."

He was just like an ordinary disciple who occasionally asked his uncle for a break. This request coming from the mouth of a junior who usually treated him harshly always softened the hearts of the elders.

Dao Ming handed him a teleportation jade talisman, and silently pinched another jade talisman in his hand.

Daoxin and his men had already released a huge magic flying boat, loaded all of their disciples on it, and then slowly lifted off into the air.

Xie Tingyun saw that most of the people had left, and he even said goodbye to Daoming at the end: "Goodbye, Uncle Master."

Daoming glanced at him worriedly, but said calmly, "Go ahead, and be careful."

"Okay," Xie Tingyun nodded. He raised his hand to call back Chengfeng, and then crushed the jade talisman.

At the moment Xie Tingyun disappeared, Daoming also crushed the jade talisman.

…

Xie Tingyun's vision was blurry for some reason.

The dizziness caused by the time-space teleportation should have disappeared soon, but for some reason it became more and more severe, so that when Xie Tingyun opened his eyes, he saw clearly that he had landed in a forest in the backyard of Yunfeng Pavilion.

He swore silently.

He had clearly located the area inside Yunfeng Pavilion, but in the end there was still a deviation.

As expected, the probability of making mistakes when determining the landing point is higher when you are tired.

Fortunately, this area is usually remote and quiet, and disciples usually do not pass by.

Forget it, I do feel a little tired.

Xie Tingyun closed his eyes sleepily.

However, before he fell into complete darkness, Xie Tingyun seemed to have touched someone's hot body temperature again.

It felt like falling into a soft bed after a tiring day, letting the warm quilt completely embrace his entire cold body.

I feel inexplicably comfortable and at ease.

It seemed like someone was cursing in anger... but Xie Tingyun had completely fallen into a coma and could no longer hear clearly what was being cursed.