On the east side of Chaoyang Peak, there is a simple brick and stone courtyard. It looks antique and has a long history. It has bluestone paving, green bricks and black tiles. The gaps between the stones are covered with weeds. The steps and roof are covered with moss.
Nestled among the green trees and bamboos, everything looks like time has stood still.
In a room on the south side of the small courtyard, there is a bed and futon, a stove and coffee table, a straw mat hanging on the window lattice, and a few other pieces of furniture, which looks very simple.
The stove was burning, the clay pots on it were bubbling, and the room was filled with a strong medicinal aroma.
On the bed, a young monk with a face as golden as paper was lying on his back, breathing in and out, and his breath was so weak that it was almost inaudible.
A young woman in a green skirt was sitting beside the bed, carefully wiping the remaining blood stains on the boy's cheek with a handkerchief, and carefully protecting a black bead placed between her eyebrows with one hand.
This battle is extremely dangerous.
And it’s so fast that it’s over before you even realize it.
Although Zhao Xuan got started earlier than Xu Chen and had a higher level of cultivation than Xu Chen, in fact, at critical moments of many things, Xu Chen's reaction was still countless times faster than hers, and once she got started, she would never be sloppy and would try her best without any hesitation.
Staying behind, not even caring about your own life or death.
Of course, everyone understood what Xu Chen was thinking. In that situation, there was no other way but to fight to the death.
However, this time the enemy was a real and powerful man in the middle stage of the Danyuan Realm who had been famous for decades, and his strength was completely different from that of the Yulong Master he met in the capital.
And now, Xu Chen almost sacrificed his own life to buy a few days for the Taiyuan Sect.
No one blamed Xu Chen, Lu Yuan, and Zhao Xuan.
This kind of disaster is unavoidable, and the fault does not lie with Taiyuan Sect.
But now that things have reached this point, how to resolve them is the key.
The key to solving the problem is that Dan Chenzi successfully transformed into a spirit within these five days.
But this hope is extremely slim.
Therefore, no one is sure whether Taiyuan Sect will be dead or alive in five days.
Outside the door, a ray of light fell in the small courtyard, and Seventh Senior Sister Qu Mei hurried in, holding a small white fox in her arms.
"Oh~~"
The little fox was placed on the bed, and suddenly felt that something was wrong with its owner. He cupped Xu Chen's chest a few times, then climbed to the top of his head, picked up the black beads in his mouth, and lay down, like a furry hat covering his forehead.
"This little beast is really weird!" Qu Mei couldn't help but mutter.
Zhao Xuan suppressed her sadness and said softly: "My junior brother was injured along the way. This is how Xiaobai helped him recover. This is how he discovered the effect of the soul beads for the first time."
Qu Mei's spiritual consciousness scanned Xu Chen's body, and said in silence for a moment: "My junior brother's soul has been seriously injured this time, and I'm afraid it will be even more difficult to recover."
Zhao Xuan choked with sobs and said: "These two soul beads have been used too many times and they are almost running out of soul power. I don't know if the third elder and the ninth brother can bring back new soul beads."
Qu Mei touched Zhao Xuan's hair and said: "Don't worry too much. The third elder is not only profound in Taoism, but also possesses many magic weapons. Even if the spiritual consciousness inside cannot be used, there will definitely not be too many problems with the lighting of the magic weapons. Take care of yourself."
Look at the little junior brother, I will take care of the master!"
"Okay, Senior Sister Seven, let's go slowly!" Zhao Xuan nodded and watched Qu Mei leave the room. Then she turned back and sat down by the bed, and continued to wipe the blood and dust from Xu Chen's face and hands.
Two days passed in a flash.
Xu Chen still didn't wake up, he seemed to be breathing, and he looked more serious.
Master Xuanhe had already woken up, but was seriously injured. After hearing what happened, and after personally seeing Xu Chen with the help of several disciples, his face became bitter and helpless.
Although the master and apprentice didn't spend much time together, their relationship was not weak. It's just that they were both cultivating immortals and were not used to the mundane etiquette and unnecessary emotional exchanges.
The master leads you in, and you have to rely on yourself to practice.
This has always been the case in cultivating immortality.
Therefore, there is a friendship between gentlemen among cultivators. It may seem as light as water, but in fact it embodies a simple and genuine relationship without conflicts of interest. Therefore, the relationship becomes more sincere, but no one is used to saying it.
"Second Elder, it's us who have caused trouble for you!" Zhao Xuan cried with tears in her eyes.
Master Xuanhe stretched out his hand to touch the top of Zhao Xuan's head, shook his head kindly and said: "This has nothing to do with you. In fact, it is just a matter of destiny. This Blood God Grass is too unnatural, involves too much, and involves too many areas. Once it is involved,
There must be a bloody disaster, and it is not you and others who can break the situation. If we can end like this and help the Great Elder advance smoothly, the situation will be reversed, and this disaster will be resolved invisible."
Everyone was silent after hearing this.
Because everyone knows that Master Xuanhe actually has a few words left, that is, if the great elder fails to transform into a spirit, and Longmenshan comes to find him first, then this bloody disaster will continue.
Master Xuanhe stood up, put his hands behind his hands and looked at the warm and bright sunshine outside the door. He sighed deeply and said: "The great road of heaven and earth is connected with cause and effect. Where there is gain, there will be loss. Where there is success, there will be failure. People plan things, and success depends on heaven.
All living beings are nothing more than ants. They can only seek immediate dangers, but they cannot discern the secrets of the future. This matter is not something we can control, so we should just wait for the outcome!"
A group of disciples silently handed over their hands, and then sent Master Xuanhe away from the small courtyard.
At this point, the entire Taiyuan Sect's mood became increasingly depressed, but they had no power to resist at all and could only wait anxiously.
Another day passed in the blink of an eye.
Just when the disciples of Taiyuan Sect were looking forward to seeing through it, at dusk, a ray of light came from the northeast and landed in front of Taiyuan Hall in the blink of an eye.
All the disciples were overjoyed and jumped into the air to greet him.
The third elder and the ninth brother got off the flying sword. Both of them looked ragged. Even the third elder had several scars on his body. The flesh and blood were curled up and turned black. If he looked closely with his spiritual sense, he could still see curls in the wounds.
The black air continued to escape.
"Take these soul beads to heal Xu Chen's injuries!" The third elder took out a total of eight black soul beads from the storage bag and handed them to a disciple. Then he shook his body a few times and sat slumped on the ground.
"Third Elder!" A group of disciples quickly stepped forward to help him.
The third elder waved his hand and said: "I have nothing to do. It's important to save people. Let's all leave. I can just meditate and rest for a while!"
After saying that, the third elder took a pill, sat down cross-legged in front of Taiyuan Hall, closed his eyes and began to perform exercises to heal his injuries.
Soon several soul beads were delivered to the small courtyard where Xu Chen was training. Zhao Xuan quickly picked out the largest one and placed it on Xu Chen's forehead, and pressed it gently with her vitality.
Everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although I don’t know how effective it will be, I finally have new hope.
The fifth senior brother compared the old soul bead with the new soul bead, observed it carefully with his spiritual consciousness for a moment and said with joy: "This new soul bead really has strong soul power, and when I touch it with my spiritual consciousness, I feel as if my soul is frozen."
Zhao Xuan nodded and said: "That's true. When Junior Brother got this soul bead for the first time, Senior Brother Ninth and I didn't know each other, so we treated it as an ordinary treasure and gave it to Xiao Bai to play with. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be such a magical thing.
According to Lin Qiuya, this soul bead is of great benefit to cultivating the soul and is very rare."
The third senior brother said: "Although this thing is good, it is not easy to get. Seeing that the third elder went there for three whole days, he only brought back eight pills, and the injuries were serious. I think there must be many dangers in the fissures of Heifeng Ridge, so it is easy to
It’s better not to take risks.”
"Hey, look, my junior brother moved!"
Just as everyone was exchanging soul beads in a low voice, someone suddenly pointed at Xu Chen who was lying on the bed and exclaimed. Everyone looked at it, and several rays of spiritual consciousness swept across the bed, and then everyone showed joy.
.
Sure enough, Xu Chen made some movement, his fingers and face seemed to be twitching slightly, and his breathing was obviously much faster, and he could clearly see the rise and fall of his chest.
"Look, the color of the soul pearl fades so quickly!"
Someone observed carefully, and everyone looked at the soul bead placed on Xu Chen's forehead. Sure enough, a dark soul bead about the size of a thumb was fading rapidly at a speed that was almost visible to the naked eye. It only took more than ten breaths to fade away.
It turned into black gray.
After more than ten breaths of time, the gray-black soul bead completely turned gray, and then broke into pieces with a slight crackle.
"Quick, change it quickly!"
Amid the exclamation, Zhao Xuan quickly replaced a new soul bead.
Not long after this soul bead was placed, it began to fade rapidly again, and within a few dozen breaths, it actually shattered again.
"Quick, change again, my junior brother looks like he's about to wake up!"
Everyone was surprised and happy, and Zhao Xuan hurriedly replaced it with another soul bead.
In this way, he replaced five soul beads in one breath. Soon after they were put on, they began to fade rapidly and finally cracked. However, with the continuous replacement of soul beads, Xu Chen's breath became more and more calm, and his body was completely untouched from the beginning.
He twitched unconsciously, but eventually calmed down, and his face gradually gained a trace of color.
When he switched to the sixth one, Xu Chen's body trembled suddenly, and then he slowly opened his eyes and saw a circle of familiar faces of his brothers and sisters.
"Junior brother, wake up!"
The room instantly burst into cheers.
Xu Chen was confused, but slowly recalled the last attack on Qingyunzi, and quickly struggled to sit up and asked: "Brother and sister, how is the situation? Did Qingyunzi escape?"
"Don't worry, junior brother, Qingyunzi has been captured by the third elder, and now senior brother Dantian is forbidden to watch!"
"The crane was also caught and didn't escape."
"The second elder is fine and recovering well!"
A group of senior brothers and sisters reported the situation in a flurry. Zhao Xuan, with a nervous look on her face, held Xu Chen's hand and asked: "How do you feel, junior brother?"
Xu Chen quickly looked inward at the sea of consciousness and the meridians and Dantian, and then said with a strange expression: "I feel very good, it seems that there is no serious problem."
Everyone relaxed after hearing this, and someone quickly told the two elders and several fellow apprentices about the good news. Soon the mood in the entire mountain sect became much more lively.