Chapter 174 The Person in the Painting
The host had already exhausted a lot of true energy fighting the "Five Monsters," and even had to use the feigned death technique to drink the holy lake water to recover some of it. Now, he still has to face people from the upper realm...
"It's nothing." Mu Jianjian wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and began to think about the meaning of Qu You's last message to her.
Those who descend from the upper realm are either possessed by a different body and have had their souls swapped, or their cultivation level is bound by the laws of their continent's heaven and earth...
[Host, won't you drink some of the sacred lake water to restore your true energy?] The system felt sorry for you.
“There’s only a little left,” Mu Jianjian said, not feeling so much pain. “Besides, this water doesn’t seem to have much effect on the secret techniques of the upper realm.”
Previously, when she discussed using the sacred lake water to make pills with Linghu Zhuoyu and Sang Wanyue, she had already given up most of the sacred lake water to improve high-grade pills. Moreover, with battles coming one after another, if she continued to squander the water like this, she was afraid that she would run out of materials before she could make any truly effective pills.
She stood up unsteadily and cooperated with Ye Xuanzhi, ignoring the worried look in his eyes.
Ye Xuanzhi finally relented, "Jianjian, just hold on a little longer, we'll be fine once the effects of 'Manluo' wear off."
Time passed second by second. Murong Yunyan saw that although the two were seriously injured, they had not fallen. She calculated that the time limit was coming to an end. Instead of being anxious, she sighed.
It turns out that Ye Xuanzhi was not the same person she remembered. That idle young master was also growing up in his own way in the lower realm...
However, she could never turn back.
After making up her mind, Murong Yunyan concentrated all her true energy into one place, looked down at the two people on the ground from above, and unleashed her final attack!
This true energy is extremely swift. Even if a cultivator at the peak of Foundation Establishment came with a full-force attack from a Nascent Soul cultivator, it would be like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
Just as Mu Jianjian and Ye Xuanzhi were thinking about how to deal with it, a cat's meow appeared in front of them.
"Meow~" The white ball licked its paws, slowly sat down in front of the two, and blinked its beautiful purple pupils, seemingly completely unaffected by the true energy in front of it.
"White Ball! Come back quickly!" Mu Jianjian anxiously reached out to hug it back.
This is no joke!
Ye Xuanzhi was so frightened that he couldn't speak.
This little rascal usually disappears when there's a fight, so why did he suddenly reappear when he couldn't win this fight?
Just as the two reached out to pull the white ball back, the cat, which was originally an arm's length long, suddenly opened its mouth wide and absorbed all the true energy that Murong Yunyan had thrown at them into its belly!
Mu Jianjian: ?
Ye Xuanzhi: ?
After another attack, Murong Yunyan was exhausted and collapsed to the ground. She thought she could kill the two of them, but she was unexpectedly blocked by a monster that appeared halfway through!
She could hardly believe her eyes, and nearly fainted from the shock and anger.
"Really? Is your stomach okay, White Ball?" Mu Jianjian tentatively reached out and touched the fluffy white ball. Seeing the other creature nestled into her arms so affectionately, she still felt like she was in a dream.
Back then, she stood up for this "pretty cat" so that its eyes wouldn't be gouged out!
It actually managed to swallow the attack of a Nascent Soul cultivator?
Ye Xuanzhi was furious as he looked at the white ball of flesh with its backside facing him.
He was originally going to break his own seal to block the attack, but the white ball appeared and forced him to stop breaking the seal. As a result, the little ancestor swallowed the true energy again!
"You don't want to see me yet!" Ye Xuanzhi reached out to grab Bai Tuan but was stopped by Mu Jianjian. "You used to run so fast when we were in danger, but now you suddenly showed me something that almost scared me to death!"
"Hey, hey, why are you touching Bai Tuan!" Mu Jianjian turned her back to block his hand. "I didn't expect Bai Tuan to be so powerful!"
The Gold-Devouring Demon not only eats stones, but it can also devour true energy!
"Amazing my foot!" As if all the credit had fallen on Bai Tuan, Ye Xuanzhi retorted unconvinced, then fixed his gaze on Murong Yunyan, who was trying to leave, and easily blocked her with his true energy.
"Murong Yunyan, when did you betray the Xuanmen?"
“My true body is not here; what remains here is merely a soul. Killing me won’t change anything,” Murong Yunyan sneered.
"And this?" Seeing that she didn't want to say more, Ye Xuanzhi directly raised his hand and touched her forehead.
"You used forbidden magic on me?" Murong Yunyan's composure vanished, and panic appeared on her face.
He actually knows forbidden techniques from the Xuanmen sect!
Using Taoist magic to temporarily confuse a person's memory means that even if she returns to the upper realm, she won't be able to remember what happened!
Ye Xuanzhi remained silent, but his hands did not stop moving.
——
A certain palace in the upper realm.
The bright and gentle sunlight shone on a man dressed in white. He exuded an elegant air amidst the pavilions and towers, until a figure appeared behind him, kneeling on one knee.
"Your Excellency, someone has returned."
"Oh?" A chessboard was placed in front of the man. He raised his hand to pick up a piece, but the seat opposite him was empty. "Have someone come over."
A moment later, Murong Yunyan, looking dazed, appeared behind the man. Although she had not yet recovered from her chaotic thoughts, she knew the identity of the noble and peerless man in front of her.
He bowed his head and knelt close to the ground, not daring to look even slightly at the other's godlike face, his voice trembling, "Your Excellency, I—"
"Murong, don't worry," the man said, seemingly trying to reassure her.
A blush rose on Murong Yunyan's cheeks, which were buried between her arms, making her look incredibly beautiful, but unfortunately no one saw it.
"Your Excellency, it seems my memories have been disturbed and erased. I...I don't know..."
"Is there anything else?" The man's voice was full of patience, without the slightest impatience.
"I think I saw someone familiar..." Murong Yunyan racked her brains trying to remember something, but her mind was still blank.
"Are you from the Xuanmen sect?" The man's hand holding the chess piece did not stop.
“…No,” a blurry image of a young girl appeared in Murong Yunyan’s mind, “I feel like I’ve seen her before, she was a woman…”
After Murong Yunyan finished reporting everything she knew, she walked out of the pavilion and strolled between the hall and the platform, finally stopping in one place.
"Lord Murong, this is His Majesty's study. May I ask—" A servant looked at Murong Yunyan as she stepped into the study and stopped her.
Murong Yunyan then came to her senses and withdrew her foot. Remembering the portrait of a woman she had just seen in the study, she asked in an unfriendly voice, "Who is the portrait of the woman in Your Excellency's study?"
“I don’t know,” the attendant quickly shook his head, noticing the oppressive atmosphere around him. He explained, “But that portrait has been there for ten thousand years, and the servants in the palace have never seen the person in the painting visit.”
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