Chapter 52: Dao Protector

In the Inner Sect Mission Hall, Senior Brother Ouyang and the fox demon were lying on a warm jade stone bed, unconscious.

Senior Brother Ouyang's whole body was covered in ice frost, his skin was snow-white, and his hair had turned into ice silk, chilling to the bone.

His pet fox demon was also in a similar state, its fur all white, unconscious.

No matter how the Mission Hall elder used magic power to warm and call them, Senior Brother Ouyang and the others had no reaction at all.

On the side, the magpie spirit that issued the mission was weeping, blaming itself for not being able to bring good luck to the disciples who went out of the sect to perform missions.

"How is Senior Brother Ouyang's situation?"

Many inner sect disciples knew Ouyang Hao. Seeing his state, they asked one after another: "Senior Ming Que, what mission did Senior Brother Ouyang perform? With his strength, how could he end up like this?"

Lin Jing also arrived at the Inner Sect Mission Hall at this time, only to hear the magpie spirit angrily say: "Great Desolate Domain, Snow Moon City. My Beast Taming Sect has a Beast Valley in this city, raising many snow rabbits, which is the core industry of the sect.

A few months ago, disciples in the Beast Valley claimed that snow rabbits were missing for no reason. Apart from this, a large number of ice and snow beasts in Snow Moon City also disappeared strangely. In order to investigate this matter, the sect issued a relevant mission."

"Many disciples went to Snow Moon City to investigate, and Ouyang Hao was among them. But who would have thought that not long after he arrived in Snow Moon City, he met with this misfortune!"

"Stealing my sect's spiritual beasts, hurting my sect's disciples, this hatred is irreconcilable!"

"The injury is extremely strange. I don't know what kind of cultivation method caused it. My cultivation power actually cannot resolve it. If it weren't for the vigorous yang energy in their bodies, they would have already turned into ice corpses by now." Elder Shen from Danxia Peak also came. She was proficient in alchemy and medicine, but after observing, her brows were also tightly locked.

Apart from this, there was Elder Mo, who also came in a hurry. Even though Lin Jing brought back important intelligence from the Demon-Suppressing Tower, he put it aside for the time being and came here first.

"Elder Shen, is this ice injury unsolvable?" Elder Shen had already given Senior Brother Ouyang and the fox demon a red elixir each, but after they took the elixir, there was still no change. Seeing this, Elder Mo asked with a gloomy face.

"If you give me time, I might be able to study it. But now, given their state, I'm afraid there isn't enough time," Elder Shen shook her head.

"Alas, I will go find the ancestor!" After saying this, Elder Mo took Ouyang Hao and the fox demon Hong'er away to seek help from the sect ancestor Wang Batian, who guarded the Buddha tower.

At present, most of the ancestors in the sect followed the sect master out, and only the Turtle Ancestor was still in the sect.

Seeing Senior Brother Ouyang being taken away, the inner sect disciples scattered, their hearts extremely wary of the "investigate missing beast population mission."

An injury that even a Golden Core elder couldn't do anything about... it was better to stay away from Snow Moon City.

"Let's go and see too." Lin Jing's heart was heavy, and he followed. Senior Brother Ouyang was one of the few good friends they had in the sect, and Lin Jing was very worried about his condition.

The Pine-Needle Rat nodded. It remembered that it seemed to be Senior Brother Ouyang who rescued Lin Jing and brought him back to the Beast Taming Sect.

Arriving at Qingtian Peak, Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat only saw that the sect ancestor was also helpless in the face of Senior Brother Ouyang's strange condition.

"Ancestor, you have no way either?"

"This injury is strange, suspected to be caused by a demonic cultivator's cultivation method. For example, the ghost fire injury of the Netherworld Hall is very difficult to heal with normal means. His is the same."

The ancestor had no way either. Elder Mo was burning with anxiety, unable to bear watching Ouyang Hao fall here. After all, he was a genius he dug out with his own hands, and even more so a disciple favored by the sect master.

At this time, Lin Jing climbed the peak. In fact, the ancestor had already discovered him, but did not stop Lin Jing from entering.

"Pays respects to the ancestor, pays respects to Elder Mo." Lin Jing looked at Senior Brother Ouyang, who was about to turn into an ice sculpture, and asked: "Is there really no way to save Senior Brother Ouyang?"

"He can keep a breath now, also because he is a Primordial Yang Body, with vigorous yang energy, which formed a counter-balance with the mysterious ice injury. That fox is also the same, because it usually feeds on yang energy and has a blood contract with him, which saved its life. But this situation... cannot last long. This ice injury... is still continuing to spread!" the ancestor said.

Lin Jing walked to Senior Brother Ouyang and the fox demon, picked them up: "Elder Mo, can you send me to Tiandoufeng? I want to go and seek help from that one on Tiandoufeng!"

"Hmm?" Elder Mo looked at Lin Jing, then looked at the Pine-Needle Rat, and said: "You succeeded?"

Lin Jing nodded. The Pine-Needle Rat had just obtained a powerful cultivation method from the Tiandu Senior Senior Shen Song, and now it was going to trouble this guardian deity again... He didn't know if it was good or bad, but he couldn't watch Senior Brother Ouyang lose his life like this.

"Good!!" Thinking that there was indeed still a sect guardian deity, Elder Mo also seemed to have grabbed a straw to save his life.

"That monster is willing to see people?" It was Ancestor Wang Batian, who was shocked. That one on Tiandoufeng, even the sect masters of past generations found it very difficult to see...

On Tiandoufeng, Lin Jing carried Senior Brother Ouyang and came here again, and was not blocked.

Seeing the divine pine again as he wished, Lin Jing went straight to the point.

"Senior Senior Shen Song Senior, this is Ouyang Hao, the disciple of the current sect master. They met with an accident while performing a mission outside the sect and were seriously injured. The sect elders cannot heal them. The disciple had no choice but to bring them here. Please, Senior, extend a helping hand."

"I have an agreement with your second sect master to only provide assistance within my ability at the time of the life-and-death survival of the Beast Taming Sect, and I have no obligation to save the disciples of the sect," the divine pine spoke.

"Squeak squeak squeak!!!" The Pine-Needle Rat also begged.

However, the divine pine remained unmoved.

"The disciple understands..." Lin Jing nodded and said: "The most valuable thing on the disciple's body is the Longevity Body. The disciple is willing to use the Longevity Blood to exchange for a chance for Senior Senior Shen Song Senior to take action and save them! Please, Senior... extend a helping hand."

The divine pine fell silent for a while and said: "You don't need to do this, because I am also powerless. This is not caused by ordinary ice injuries, but by poison arts. And this poison art is very rare and very difficult to eradicate by cultivation base. Only by finding the source of the poison can there be a chance to prescribe the right medicine."

"The source of the poison?" Lin Jing pondered, feeling a trace of trouble.

However, he felt that Senior Brother Ouyang could not die like this.

Although the other party looked unreliable, he had indeed helped him quite a bit.

Most importantly... Senior Brother Ouyang was still his guide. It was he who called people to rescue him from the demon cave, and only then could he cultivate!

Without the other party, he might really have to be a dessert for the demon king. Although... wanting to save him now might also require paying a little price.

This Tiandu guardian deity... didn't look like it would help for free. At worst, he would sell his blood!

Lin Jing sighed slightly, his heart still unable to sit idly by.

Gengyun Peak, Elder Mo saw Lin Jing carrying Ouyang Hao down and hurriedly asked: "What did the guardian deity say?"

Lin Jing shook his head and said: "The guardian deity also cannot eradicate the poison injury, only suppress it. However, it saw that this was caused by a strange poison, and only by finding the source of the poison can the best treatment be obtained."

"Poison..." Elder Mo was stunned and said: "There are many cultivators in Snow Moon City who cultivate ice-attribute cultivation methods, but poison arts..."

"This person must be the culprit who caused the disappearance of the demon beasts in Snow Moon City! Ouyang Hao must have discovered clues about him, which is why he met with this accident! Damn it." Elder Mo was extremely angry.

However, the next moment, he looked at Lin Jing, who was cupping his fists at him, and revealed a look of astonishment.

"Elder Mo, the disciple requests to take over Senior Brother Ouyang's mission, go to Snow Moon City, continue to investigate this case, find the source of the poison, and rescue Senior Brother Ouyang," Lin Jing requested.

"No!!" Elder Mo heard this and refused: "As for Snow Moon City, the Law Enforcement Hall and sect elders will naturally investigate it later. You, a small Qi Refining cultivator, why go to such a dangerous place? As a Longevity Body, you can just cultivate well in the rear!"

Lin Jing shook his head, his attitude firm: "Elder, Senior Brother Ouyang saved my life. It was he who rescued the disciple from the hands of the Yin Corpse Sect. In the sect, Senior Brother Ouyang also helped the disciple quite a bit. The disciple cannot remain indifferent to this matter."

"The disciple understands the elder's good intentions, not wanting the disciple to encounter danger, but this matter... the disciple wants to go personally."

"The disciple also wants to cultivate peacefully for thousands or tens of thousands of years, but some things, if you don't do them at the time, will definitely leave regrets."

"If life is full of regrets, then what is the meaning of longevity...?"

The Pine-Needle Rat nodded slightly, expressing agreement. If there weren't enough storage bags, then what was the meaning of immortal cultivation?

"You..." Elder Mo was speechless. This Longevity Body was most afraid of encountering a stubborn donkey personality.

"Elder Mo, you don't need to worry. The disciple is not going to die for no reason. Senior Senior Shen Song Senior... has already agreed to this trip to Snow Moon City to protect the disciple. With that senior's cultivation base, it should be an invincible existence within Snow Moon City. The old senior said that this ice poison is extremely special and definitely not something ordinary cultivators can possess. Even if it finds the source of the poison, it only has a few chances of helping Senior Brother Ouyang eradicate it. If I only hand over the investigation mission to the Law Enforcement Hall, the disciple really cannot rest assured."

"So I want to... go to Snow Moon City with Senior Senior Shen Song Senior to investigate personally and do my part! I already have a plan!"

"That senior is actually willing to protect you." Elder Mo couldn't believe it. Afterward, he stared solemnly at Lin Jing and the Pine-Needle Rat. Seeing that they were both extremely serious, he said: "Since that is the case, then you go. Ouyang Hao having a good friend like you can be considered extremely lucky." ===== CHAPTER 53 =====