Chapter 232: Jiujiu, you’re here?
— There are only two ways to deepen the bond between people: sharing joy or fighting a common enemy.
Ye Anping was perched on a tree branch, calmly observing Yun Yiyi and Yun Jiujiu. He didn’t show any worry at Yun Jiujiu’s disheveled state; in fact, Yun Jiujiu’s severe injuries were part of his plan.
In the Moon Shadow Sword Sect incident, both Zhuang Yan and the later appearing Yun Kunwu were his pawns.
His opponents were Yun Yiyi, Yun Jiujiu, and Yun Xi, the three of them.
His goal wasn’t to defeat them, but through this game, to reconcile the three who had previously stood their ground separately.
Undoubtedly, the position of Sect Master of the Sword Sect, no matter who it fell upon, would not lead to a good outcome.
One rope alone is isolated and cannot bear much weight.
Two ropes twisted together cannot bind.
Three ropes braided together can lift the sky and support the earth.
Only when the three of them unite and jointly support the Moon Shadow Sword Sect of the future could this once renowned millennium-old sect avoid perishing.
Only then could the three of them truly survive.
After today’s ordeal, the prejudice between Yun Jiujiu and Yun Yiyi should have been set aside.
Ye Anping breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a few Talisman Scripts from his Storage Bag, preparing to assist Feng Yu Die in slaying the last Core Formation Stage cultivator.
… …
Seeing Feng Yu Die suddenly appear, the remaining Core Formation Stage cultivator’s eyes filled with terror. However, his reaction was not slow; he immediately retreated and leaped backward.
Yet, after taking two steps and preparing to retrieve a magical artifact from his Storage Bag to defend himself.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Three sounds of whistling through the air came from behind.
The man looked back and saw three Thunder Talismans attacking like pine needles. His eyes widened, but at that moment, Feng Yu Die had already raised her sword and descended before him.
With enemies attacking from both front and back, he was helpless and could only unleash his spiritual energy to protect himself.
However, the Protective Spirit Shield formed by his spiritual energy was useless against the Spirit Sword wielded by the person with disheveled silver hair, whose gender was indistinguishable.
The Spirit Sword, imbued with golden spiritual energy, passed through his spirit shield unimpeded, aiming for his neck.
Swish—
A sound of flesh being cut was heard, but it was blocked by his Jade Bone at the Core Formation stage.
“Ah?”
The Nine Heavens Sword Art could break through spirit energy, but not flesh.
Feng Yu Die’s eyes widened upon seeing this. She then realized that her Spirit Sword seemed to have chipped when she had previously cut the alchemy furnace, creating a gap. This gap had now landed on the intervertebral neck of the Core Formation Stage cultivator, preventing her from beheading him with a single strike.
However, she didn’t falter and immediately prepared to retract her sword and strike again.
But it was at this moment that the three Talisman Scripts thrown by Ye Anping exploded.
Crackling—
Rushing thunderbolts struck the man’s back, following the gap Feng Yu Die had cut on his neck, transforming into bolts of electricity that surged directly into his body.
The man’s body instantly began to swell like an overinflated balloon.
Finally—
Bang!!
A bloom of bloody mist erupted in the snow forest, and Feng Yu Die was splattered into a Blood Person by countless sticky fluids.
“… …”
She pouted, raised her hand to wipe her cheek, and flicked the blood and mud from her hand onto the ground. Then, with a resentful expression, she looked in the direction of the snow pine where Ye Anping was.
The next moment, she saw three Fire Element Talismans flying towards her.
Feng Yu Die was so startled that she took a deep breath and immediately leaped away.
When the Fire Element Talismans struck the blood and mud on the ground, they instantly exploded, igniting all the scattered limbs and organs.
“Ah—!!”
A soul-piercing scream echoed through the forest. The Core Formation Stage cultivator, blown into a bloody pulp, had his spirit escape from a Golden Core on the ground, only to be directly struck by a Thunder Talisman that flew in immediately afterward.
He had realized that Feng Yu Die was extraordinary and that someone else was hidden in the forest. Therefore, he had intentionally directed the Thunder Talismans’ spiritual energy to his vital points, faking his death by causing his body to explode. He hadn’t expected that the person in the forest could see through his plan at a glance.
A flash of lightning, with twisting electrical Tendrils, created a towering thunder tree in the forest.
Within three breaths, the Core Formation Stage cultivator’s spirit was completely annihilated and dissipated.
Silence returned to the snow forest. Feng Yu Die looked at the blood and mud beneath her feet, feeling inexplicably nauseous, but managed to hold it in.
She figured Ye Anping would likely come over and waited for a while. However, after waiting for a long time with no movement, she knew Ye Anping wasn’t planning to show himself.
“Honestly…”
Feng Yu Die sighed and simply threw out the chipped Spirit Sword in her hand, thinking she would have Ye Anping reimburse her for it later. Then, she quickly turned and walked back towards Yun Jiujiu and Yun Yiyi, who were now lying on the ground.
Yun Jiujiu was sitting on the ground with her hands hanging limply. Thick, bloody spiritual energy was erupting from every pore of her body like steam.
Upon seeing Feng Yu Die’s face approaching, Yun Jiujiu’s tense nerves finally found a sliver of relief.
“Yu Di… you’re here.”
*Thump—*
With her last sentence, Yun Jiujiu fell face-first onto the ground. Startled, Feng Yu Die flinched and quickly hurried over, crouching down to turn Yun Jiujiu over and rest her head on her lap.
“Huh? Jiujiu!! Wake up, wake up!!”
“… …”
Seeing Yun Jiujiu unresponsive, Feng Yu Die quickly took out healing Pills from her Storage Bag and then forcefully slapped her across the face.
*Slap—*
“Jiujiu, don’t sleep, eat your Pills first, then sleep!!!”
“… …”
However, at this moment, the color was rapidly draining from Yun Jiujiu’s face, revealing patches of blackish corpse spots.
Her once rosy and plump small round face quickly caved inward, and the contours of her cheekbones protruded.
Yun Yiyi, leaning against a tree nearby, couldn’t bear to watch and averted her gaze, saying:
“Her meridians are all shattered, there’s no saving her…”
“Ah? Hiss—”
Hearing this, Feng Yu Die took a deep breath, her brow furrowed. She quickly turned to look in the direction of Ye Anping behind her. With Ye Anping present, she had never worried that Yun Jiujiu or Yun Yiyi would die.
He was all-knowing, and he must have made plans for such a situation in advance.
But then why was he still squatting on the tree and not coming over?
Yun Jiujiu was practically on the verge of ascension!
“Wh… what do we do now?”
Feng Yu Die was starting to panic, but seeing no movement from Ye Anping, she raised her hand and slapped herself hard on the forehead twice.
*Slap, slap—*
“Hmph!! Stinky Yu Die, what are you doing?!!!”
Xiao Tian poked its head out resentfully from inside her forehead, still seemingly angry, with its brows tightly furrowed. But upon seeing Feng Yu Die’s almost tearful worried expression and Yun Jiujiu lying on her knees, it immediately stopped throwing a tantrum.
It immediately flew to Yun Jiujiu’s chest, raised its small hands, and directly penetrated Yun Jiujiu’s chest, pinching something before shouting:
“Yu Die, give her your True Essence!! Quickly!”
“True… Oh!!”
Feng Yu Die was stunned. She quickly picked up Yun Jiujiu, hugged her tightly, and just like she had transferred True Essence to Ye Anping before, she summoned her spiritual energy from her meridians.
“More!”
“Oh!!”
Feng Yu Die closed her eyes tightly, gritted her teeth, and then streams of golden spiritual light seeped out of her body, illuminating her scattered silver hair and slowly lifting it up, lighting up the dim snow forest.
On the ground, originally covered in snow and blood splatter, green shoots broke through the soil. The withered winter snow pines instantly revealed verdant green.
Xiao Tian watched Yun Jiujiu’s condition intently. Only after seeing her condition improve did it breathe a sigh of relief:
“Alright, alright, she’s stable now. She’ll recover with proper care.”
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