Chapter 52: Dao Protector

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

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

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

No matter how the Mission Hall elder used magic power to warm and call them, 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 performing missions outside the sect.

"How is Brother Ouyang’s situation?"

Many inner sect disciples knew Ouyang Hao. Seeing his state, they asked one after another, "Senior Mingque, what mission did 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. He only heard the magpie spirit angrily say, "Great Desolate Domain, Snow Moon City. Our Beast-Taming Sect has a Beast Valley in this city, raising many snow rabbits, which is a core industry of the sect."

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

"Many disciples went to Snow Moon City to investigate, and Ouyang Hao was among them. But who would have thought that shortly after he arrived in Snow Moon City, he encountered this accident!"

"Stealing our sect’s spiritual beasts, hurting our sect’s disciples, this hatred is irreconcilable!"

"That 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 their vigorous yang energy, they would probably have 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.

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

"Elder Shen, is this ice injury unsolvable?" Elder Shen had already given Brother Ouyang and the fox demon a red pill each, but after they took the pills, 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 in their current state, I'm afraid there is not 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.

Currently, most of the ancestors in the sect had gone out with the sect master, and only the Turtle Ancestor was still in the sect.

Seeing Brother Ouyang being taken away, the inner sect disciples scattered, their hearts filled with fear for 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 take a look too." Lin Jing’s heart was heavy, and he followed. 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-Leaf Rat nodded. It remembered that it seemed to be Brother Ouyang who rescued Lin Jing and brought him back to the Beast-Taming Sect.

Arriving at Qingtian Peak, Lin Jing and the Pine-Leaf Rat only saw that the sect ancestor was also helpless in the face of 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 Palace is very difficult to heal with normal means. His is the same."

The ancestor had no way either. Elder Mo was anxious, unable to bear watching Ouyang Hao die like this. After all, he was a genius he dug out himself, 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.

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

"He can keep a breath now 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 is why it saved its life. But this situation... cannot last long. This ice injury... is still continuing to spread!" the ancestor said.

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

"Hmm?" Elder Mo glanced at Lin Jing and then at the Pine-Leaf Rat, saying, "You succeeded?"

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

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

"That monster is willing to see people?" Ancestor Wang Batian was surprised. That one on Tiandu Peak was hard to see even for past sect masters...

On top of Tiandu Peak, Lin Jing held Brother Ouyang and came here again, and was not blocked.

Seeing the Divine Pine again as he wished, Lin Jing got straight to the point.

"Divine Pine Senior, this is Ouyang Hao, the disciple of the current sect master. They encountered 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, take action to help."

"I have an agreement with the second sect master of your sect to only take action to assist within the scope of my ability when the Beast-Taming Sect is at a life-and-death juncture, and I have no obligation to save the disciples of the sect," the Divine Pine said.

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

However, the Divine Pine remained unmoved.

"The disciple knows..." Lin Jing nodded and said, "The most valuable thing on the disciple’s body is the longevity body. The disciple is willing to use longevity blood to exchange for a chance for Divine Pine Senior to take action to save them! Please, Senior... extend a helping hand."

The Divine Pine was silent for a while and said, "You don't have to be like this, because I am also powerless. This is not caused by an ordinary ice injury, but by a poison technique, and this poison technique is very rare and difficult to eradicate by cultivation base. Only by finding the source of the poison can there be a chance to prescribe the right medicine."

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

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

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

Most importantly... 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 gone to be a dessert for the demon king, although... wanting to save him now might also require paying a 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 holding Ouyang Hao down and quickly asked, "What did the guardian deity say?"

Lin Jing shook his head and said, "The guardian deity also has no way to eradicate the poison injury, only to 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 techniques..."

"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 encountered this accident! Damn it." Elder Mo was extremely angry.

But the next moment, he looked at Lin Jing, who was cupping his hands at him, and showed a look of astonishment.

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

"No!!" Elder Mo refused as soon as he heard it, "Snow Moon City, the follow-up investigation will naturally be handled by the Law Enforcement Hall and sect elders. You, a small Qi Refining stage cultivator, what are you going to such a dangerous place for? As a longevity body, just cultivate well in the rear!"

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

"The disciple knows 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 not done at the time, will definitely leave regrets."

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

The Pine-Leaf Rat nodded slightly, expressing approval. If there weren't enough storage bags, then what is the point of cultivating immortals?

"You..." Elder Mo was speechless. This longevity body is most afraid of encountering a stubborn donkey personality.

"Elder Mo, you don't have to worry. The disciple is not going to die for no reason. Divine Pine 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. It said that this ice poison is extremely special and absolutely not something an ordinary cultivator can possess. Even if it finds the source of the poison, it only has a few chances to help Brother Ouyang eradicate it. If I only leave the investigation mission to the Law Enforcement Hall, the disciple really cannot rest assured."

"So I want to... go to Snow Moon City with Divine Pine Senior to investigate personally and contribute! 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-Leaf Rat, and seeing that they were both extremely serious, he said, "Since that is the case, then go. Ouyang Hao is lucky to have a good friend like you." ===== CHAPTER 53 =====