Chapter 421: Guidance

Liu Yuyan looked at Lingyun and Ling Shuang with a curious expression, a trace of doubt flashing through her heart.

All this time, Ling Shuang had always appeared indifferent in front of her. But looking at her now, she seemed like a junior meeting an elder, appearing somewhat reserved. However, judging by the conversation between the two, it was clearly their first time meeting, which made their relationship even stranger. More importantly, she did not detect any True Qi fluctuations from the man in front of her; in other words, the person before her was merely an ordinary person. For an ordinary person, did Ling Shuang need to be this reserved?

"Do you have a way to handle Liu Laoyezi's condition?" After staring at each other for a moment, Ling Shuang lowered her head and asked softly.

Although it was only their first meeting, she felt that the person before her seemed to be someone she could rely on. Her intuition told her that perhaps this person really had a way to solve the difficult problem she was facing.

Hearing this, the doubt in Liu Yuyan's heart grew a bit more. Although Ling Shuang had pulled Liu Laoyezi back from the gates of death, she had also stated plainly that with her current ability, she could only use her own True Qi combined with some medicinal herbs to extend Liu Laoyezi's life, and it could not last long. Although the old man looked to be in good condition now, it was merely a facade of strength masking inner weakness. Even so, this was enough to prove the power of Ling Shuang's medical skills, but why would she ask Lingyun if he had a way?

"If you can fully unleash the vitality within your True Qi, solving Liu Laoyezi's problem is not very difficult," Lingyun said.

"Fully unleash the vitality within the True Qi?" There was a trace of doubt in Ling Shuang's tone.

Regarding the control of the vitality within the Shennong True Qi, she was still very confident; even her master had once told her that she had already surpassed him in the control of the vitality within the True Qi. Could it be that there was some hidden mystery in this?

"It seems you don't quite understand!" Lingyun chuckled and tapped his right foot lightly against the ground. In an instant, everyone present felt the space around them seem to distort slightly.

"This is... an Array?" There was a trace of surprise in Liu Yuyan's tone. "To actually trigger an Array so easily and silently among a crowd?"

"Watch closely!" After activating the Shielding Array, Lingyun said to Ling Shuang.

Lingyun opened his five fingers, and wisps of emerald-green True Qi appeared in his hand; rich vitality emanated from these wisps of True Qi.

"Th-this is... Shennong True Qi?" Ling Shuang looked at the True Qi at Lingyun's fingertips, a look of astonishment appearing in her eyes.

She remembered her master once telling her that in this world, there were only two people who possessed Shennong True Qi: one was herself, and the other was her master. Even her senior fellow apprentice, Qiu Yu, had not learned Shennong True Qi from her master. But now, a third person possessing Shennong True Qi had appeared before her, which left her beyond astonished.

"No need to be so surprised; Shennong True Qi is not unique to your lineage of Shennong Successors!" Lingyun smiled and waved his hand. "Watch carefully. I think with your comprehension, it won't be very difficult to accomplish this!"

The Shennong True Qi in Lingyun's hand changed constantly, and wisps of vitality appeared slowly from nothing, gradually becoming stronger. In just a few breaths of time, the intensity of the vitality in the True Qi reached the limit of what Ling Shuang could currently achieve.

Afterward, a scene that surprised Ling Shuang occurred: the intensity of the vitality in the True Qi continued to rise. The changes within this left Ling Shuang mesmerized; her hands moved subconsciously, and wisps of Shennong True Qi spilled from her hands, beginning to change along with the changes in the True Qi in Lingyun's hand. At the same time, wisps of powerful aura radiated from her body, pressing down on Liu Yuyan to the side, making her feel somewhat uncomfortable.

Chen Jing and Su Wanyue exchanged a glance, then sat down on either side of Liu Yuyan, and wisps of faint aura were released from their bodies, just enough to resist Ling Shuang's pressure.

Liu Yuyan looked at Chen Jing and the other in disbelief. Although she had long known that Chen Jing and Su Wanyue, who could become prominent figures in Beijing, would not be ordinary people, she had completely not expected that the strength of these two would be so powerful—in a certain sense, they could even steadily suppress Ling Shuang. This phenomenon also made Liu Yuyan put away her contempt for other prominent figures in Beijing; after all, there was no shortage of prominent figures in Beijing who were even more famous than Chen Jing!

Liu Yuyan looked at Lingyun's face, and pieces of information she already knew flashed through her mind. It was impossible for an expert like him to have appeared without a single bit of information spreading. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning flashed through Liu Yuyan's mind: some time ago, the illustrious Vampire Duke Naishi died in Huaxia, and the person who caused this was named Lingyun.

After combining Lingyun with the information she had obtained, Liu Yuyan was horrified to discover that the handsome young man in front of her was actually the Lingyun marked as "do not provoke" in the intelligence reports.

This could not be blamed on why Liu Yuyan only guessed Lingyun's identity at this moment. After all, to be able to kill Naishi, a powerful Vampire Duke, the person who acted must naturally be at the Golden Core realm. And in many people's minds, those who could step into the mysterious realm of Golden Core must have achieved it only after a long period of bitter cultivation. How could she have imagined that the young man in front of her was also a terrifying Golden Core expert?

"I, I succeeded!" Ling Shuang exclaimed with joy from the side. The vitality in the Shennong True Qi in her hands had grown several times stronger, and even the aura on her body had become much stronger. "Many thanks for the guidance, Senior!"

However, soon her expression slumped again: "But, even if it's just like this, it's still not enough to save Liu Laoyezi's life!"

"Take this!"

Lingyun grabbed with his hand, and the wisps of Shennong True Qi in his hand slowly solidified into a small piece of emerald jade. On the jade, wisps of peculiar patterns lingered. These patterns seemed to have a peculiar magic, making everyone present feel a trace of comfort.

"This is... the legendary Condensing Qi into Stone?" Ling Shuang looked at the small piece of emerald jade in Lingyun's hand with some astonishment.

"Give this thing to Liu Laoyezi. As long as he wears this jade stone by his side, it will be able to fully unleash the vitality of the Shennong True Qi within Liu Laoyezi's body and solve his current problem!" Lingyun said.

"Many thanks, Senior!" Ling Shuang took the jade stone, a trace of joy appearing on her face. She had never thought that the problem she had been worrying about all along would be solved just like this.