Chapter 59 Holy Blood Pill (Part Two) "Who exactly is she?"...
On the brocade box and yellow silk lay twelve Sacred Blood Pills, each perfectly round and the color of red jade, feeling icy cold to the touch. These were the pills Zhou Fuling had obtained from Luo Shi in the Second Division.
Shu Minglian and Huo Yue had both met him before, so they recognized him.
At this moment, the two of them were stunned and did not react for a long time.
They stared at the "Holy Blood Pill" in disbelief, as if it were a strange object that had suddenly appeared out of the ground, speechless with astonishment.
"What...what is this?" Shu Minglian rubbed her eyes hard.
"Sacred Blood Pill." Huo Yue's face remained the same as before, but his voice trembled at the end.
"What's this?"
"Holy Blood Pill".
The two repeated this meaningless conversation twice. They stared at each other, dumbfounded.
They fell in love because they admired each other's intelligence, but now, seeing the foolish look on each other's faces, they showed no reaction whatsoever.
Shu Minglian: "Where did this 'Holy Blood Pill' come from?!"
Huo Yue was also extremely shocked, opening his mouth and shaking his head without saying a word.
The two looked at each other, both in disbelief.
Huo Yue originally needed nine more pills to cure the poison, but now suddenly twelve pills were placed in front of them. They were like people who had been poor for a long time suddenly becoming rich, or people who had been searching for water for a long time falling into a sweet spring. They didn't know how to react.
Shu Minglian held the brocade box and examined it carefully, counting from one to twelve. She shook her head, counted again, and blinked as she looked at it closely.
He suddenly burst into laughter, slamming his hand on the table: "Good! Good! Good indeed! Holy Blood Pill!"
As she slammed her hand on the table, she was so excited that she tripped and fell backward, landing on the ground with a loud "Ouch!" but she didn't feel any pain. She shook her head, then looked up with a face full of joy.
Huo Yue had been holding his breath, counting with his eyes, afraid he was dreaming. Only when he saw Shu Minglian fall to the ground did he come to his senses. He hurriedly leaned over to help her up, but his hands were too weak to reach her.
"Get up! Do you think you're some ordinary person who has passed the imperial examination? Why are you acting so foolishly?!"
Although his tone was reproachful, his voice betrayed his delight.
Shu Minglian and Huo Yue were overjoyed, shaking their heads at what they saw, checking left and right in disbelief. They examined it several times.
Shu Minglian suddenly hugged Huo Yue and kissed him fiercely twice.
"Great! You have the Holy Blood Pill! You can survive! You can survive..." Overjoyed, Shu Minglian shed two tears.
Huo Yue himself had suffered greatly from this poison, and he also knew how Shu Minglian had run around because of his poison and how she had been troubled by the people of the First and Second Departments.
He was in despair and had even considered ending his own life in his moments of agony, so as to stop suffering and stop implicating Shu Minglian. But he didn't want to die or be separated from Shu Minglian by death, so he has managed to hold on until now.
His face was ashen, but now, even though he hadn't consumed the Holy Blood Pill, he was like a withered tree coming back to life, his joy overflowing.
In their ecstasy, the two gradually became hesitant.
Shu Minglian's brows relaxed, but she pondered, "Where did Ling Fu get... these twelve Sacred Blood Pills?"
The two looked at each other, and then stared at each other in bewilderment.
Shu Minglian's face remained beaming with joy: "Could it be that Ling Fu asked Yun Yi and Yun Er's people for it?"
Huo Yue pondered, then slowly shook his head: "Impossible. She had a falling out with the Rain Master this morning, and her relationship with the Second Division is also bad. It's impossible that they gave her the medicine."
Shu Minglian sighed, "At first I thought I was going all out, but Ling Fu gave me such a generous gift in an instant. All the gifts I gave her are simply incomparable."
Shu Minglian also felt a bit lost.
Those around her who held the Holy Blood Pill were trying to control her and the Five Minor Military Units.
But Zhou Fuling gave her twelve pills, relieving her great worry and causing Shu Minglian even more complicated emotions, making her even more hesitant.
"I wonder what Ling Fu's background is, that she dares to act like this, as if she's afraid of nothing."
Huo Yue: “Recount your conversation today again. Don’t omit a single word.”
Shu Minglian explained everything one by one.
When Shu Minglian uttered Zhou Fuling's words, "Now that dynasties are changing, we are both at the forefront of the storm. Why not join hands and make Yun Ning a new world?" Huo Yue said, "Stop."
Huo Yue fell into deep thought.
Shu Minglian frowned for a long time before saying, "At first, I thought her 'New World' was just a rhetoric to get us to form an alliance, but now it seems it's not that simple."
Huo Yue suddenly said, "If there are those who want to compete for the position of sect leader, it's not just in the first and second parts, is it?"
The two suddenly fell silent, gazing at each other for a long time.
Shu Minglian: "She actually harbors such wolfish ambitions?"
Huo Yue shook his head: "No, that's not right. She's only a third-rank official. If she makes you lose tomorrow, it'll probably be a wedding dress for someone else."
Shu Minglian suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be Minister Liang?!"
The two fell silent again, the conclusion truly startling them. Everything that had happened today seemed to point to this shocking answer.
Huo Yue said, “We have been suppressed by Ning Chenghan, Liu Wuxing and others for a long time. The second part is also a den of wolves with the Zou family involved and the two young masters fighting each other more and more. Why don’t we take this opportunity to find out the details of the fourth part?”
Shu Minglian took Huo Yue's hand and nodded in agreement: "Yes. Let's treat this as a test. If we lose, we lose. If Minister Liang really wants to seize the position of sect leader, he will definitely have a backup plan. We need to give a satisfactory answer when we lose to Ling Fu, and not let others see any flaws."
Huo Yue: "Exactly. If we are to form an alliance with Minister Liang in the future, we must not be looked down upon."
Shu Minglian and Huo Yue kissed again. Both of them were overjoyed and their gloom from the past year was swept away, and their faces were filled with happiness.
Huo Yue took a pill, and Shu Minglian, thinking she would deliberately lose the next day, also let loose and began to push her internal energy and blood to Huo Yue. Huo Yue was in high spirits, thinking that no matter what Ling Fu's purpose was in giving him the Holy Blood Pill, it was a great favor.
After a brief, joyful and tender moment, Huo Yue said, "Minglian, neither of us should appear too happy about the martial arts competition tomorrow. You should too. We should look a little dejected so that others won't notice anything amiss."
Shu Minglian said, "Alright, alright. We must act as if we are utterly grief-stricken."
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The next day, Liu Wuxing, the third minister, led his troops to the top of the Cloud Candle Tower, filled with resentment.
Seeing Shu Minglian and Huo Yue's grief, he felt a surge of joy: "Huo Yue's poison must have flared up again. It's best to delay this a little longer so that your five small military units can't cause any trouble."
Upon seeing this, the Rain Master also felt a sense of schadenfreude.
Huo Yue said to Shu Minglian, "Little Fu has come too."
The sound transmission method was used, and only Shu Minglian could hear it.
Shu Minglian: "Oh, let me see where our little Fu is."
Huo Yue felt greatly relieved because of the medicine Ling Fu brought him, and he also knew that Zhou Fuling and Shu Minglian had become sworn brothers. So he changed his address to "Little Sister Fu" to be more affectionate.
Shu Minglian also found this very interesting and joined in the exclamation.
She was destined to lose today's martial arts test, so she wasn't nervous at all. She just wanted to see Liu Wuxing yell and scream in anger when he found out she had lost.
When Zhou Fuling entered the shop with Liang Bucheng and others from the Fourth Division, she had changed into a lake-green short-sleeved outfit. Her hair was tied back with hair ornaments made of blue beads and batik cloth, and she had a short sword and a mustard seed pouch at her waist, making her look youthful and beautiful.
Her demeanor was remarkably similar to that of her junior sister from the Tianji Sect. Ning Bai stared, wide-eyed, and sat up straight.
Zhou Fuling and Shu Minglian bowed to each other from afar, which was nothing to be ashamed of.
Liu Wuxing got angry when he saw the fourth installment!
Because of this fourth installment's selective approach to comparison, he has to face off against the first installment in the very first round of this grand competition. For the sake of the alliance, he has to do all the work for them!
"We must teach that Liang Xuyan a lesson!" Liu Wuxing spat. "Godfather, where is Godfather?"
His adoptive father, Zhong Dashan, suddenly disappeared. Liu Wuxing looked around, puzzled. Then Zhong Dashan reappeared, carrying the enormous sea-slaying sword.
Liu Wuxing asked, "Where did you go?"
Zhong Dashan said, "I've gone into deep thought."
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Part Four. Zhou Fuling was stuffing the mustard seed bag to the brim.
The "ventilation pills" given by Xu Duanwu, as well as the wound medicine given by the other elders, were all placed in the mustard seed bag.
Master Miao said, "The martial arts test will begin soon, and there will be three rounds. During the three rounds, the participants must stay on the waiting platform and cannot come down from the field. You must bring enough supplies."
Zhou Fuling also learned of this news.
The training ground for this martial arts competition is called the "Questioning Platform".
The "Quest Platform" is divided into two sections: "Questioning the Sword" and "Stopping the War".
The "Sword-Asking Platform" is the actual battleground, and it is also enchanted with an illusionary barrier. The battlefield will evolve, allowing cultivators to fight in different environments. In the first round, the "Sword-Asking Platform" is divided into two, allowing two groups of cultivators to fight simultaneously.
"Zhi Ge" refers to the place where all participants can rest and recuperate. Unlike other trials, the martial arts test of the Yun Ning Grand Competition does not allow cultivators to return to the Yun Palace, where all four factions are present, to rest after completing a round.
Zhou Fuling pursed her lips.
This could be disadvantageous for her.
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