Chapter 214: Tu Qingtian and Shenmu Ling

Through the illumination of the moonlight and the Saint's ultra-long-distance vision, Jiang Xun could directly see the land beneath the Northern Wasteland.

Everywhere was a desolate ruin.

Within the ruins, many strange-looking Demonic Beasts were lying down and sleeping; most were massive creatures, packed densely together, a sight that made one's scalp tingle.

The reason Demonic Beasts are terrifying is, first, because they do not fear death; second, because their numbers are immense; and third, because they possess absolute discipline and high obedience, with no possibility of traitors ever appearing.

"This place... was once where the Junlin Dynasty stood."

Jun Tianling looked at the ruins below, sorrow showing in her eyes.

Once incomparably glorious, the most powerful Junlin Dynasty in the entire Northern Wasteland had now become a vast expanse of ruins, with not even a single house left standing.

"Woo~"

Just at this moment, a flying Demonic Beast flew toward the direction where Jun Tianling was, letting out a howl.

The Demonic Beasts below were also startled, scrambling up from the ground one after another and beginning to hiss at Jun Tianling.

Jun Tianling did not hesitate; with a flick of her right hand, a black whip directly smashed that Void Refining Great Perfection bird-beast into pieces, and then she flapped her wings, quickly leaving this area.

"Are there people down there?"

Jiang Xun looked down through Jun Tianling's vision and discovered a man and a woman being chased by a group of Demonic Beasts, running toward a valley; because it was pitch black, he could not see them very clearly.

"It seems there are still humans in the Northern Wasteland who didn't manage to escape." Jun Tianling nodded, then flew toward the direction of those two people.

"What are you doing?" Jiang Xun asked upon seeing this.

"What if they are subjects of the Junlin Dynasty?" Jun Tianling said.

"Big sister, the Junlin Dynasty has been gone for over a hundred years; even if the subjects were alive, they would have died of old age." Jiang Xun spoke very quickly, but the speed of Jun Tianling's Crimson Wings was faster.

Before Jiang Xun could finish his sentence, Jun Tianling had already rushed below, blocking the path behind the two.

"Get lost!"

Jun Tianling waved her hand, and a forty-meter-long Heavenly Net Soul-Catalyzing Black Blade was whipped out; the entire group of Demonic Beasts chasing behind was cleaved in two by this strike from Jun Tianling, falling to the ground and howling in pain.

Hearing the commotion behind them, the two also stopped their steps and turned their heads in surprise.

"Don't just stand there, the smell of their blood will soon attract more Demonic Beasts."

Jun Tianling turned back, grabbed the two by their collars, and flew rapidly into the valley, flying for a hundred miles before stopping only after charging into a cave behind a waterfall.

"Many thanks to the Saint for the rescue!"

As soon as they landed, the man hurriedly knelt on the ground, cupped his hands, and shouted.

"Many thanks to the Saint for the rescue!"

The other woman also hurriedly knelt down.

Jiang Xun and Jun Tianling were stunned at the same time, speaking almost simultaneously:

"Tu Qingtian!?"

"Shenmu Ling!?"

The two were taken aback, then asked each other.

"You know him (her)?"

"She is the Shenmu Clan Princess I mentioned who changed my Spirit Root," Jun Tianling said.

"This man is the Sect Master of the Tianwu Sect, the greatest Demonic Sect two thousand years later," Jiang Xun also said; he truly had not expected to encounter Tu Qingtian at such a time and in such a place.

At this moment, Tu Qingtian's face was still on the younger side, he did not have a head full of white hair, and his cultivation was only at the Golden Core Great Perfection, but Jiang Xun was certain he had not recognized the wrong person.

That Tu Nan!

Jiang Xun directly vied for control of Jun Tianling's body, grabbed Tu Qingtian by the collar, and prepared to speak anxiously...

The words stopped at his lips.

He couldn't just ask where Tu Nan was, could he?

That would be too inappropriate.

He had to let him bring it up himself, and it had to be quick; perhaps if he went over a step earlier, Tu Nan wouldn't have to suffer.

"Sa... Saint?"

Tu Qingtian was also startled by Jiang Xun's reaction, not knowing if he had done something wrong.

"What are you doing?" Jun Tianling, whose body had been seized, was also confused; it was only at this moment that she realized he could take over her body at any time—wasn't this a bit dangerous?

"There's an urgent matter, please understand." Jiang Xun responded to Jun Tianling first, then released Tu Qingtian's collar and coughed dryly: "Cough... nothing, at a time like this, why are you two in the Northern Wasteland?"

"Saint, I was originally the eldest son of the Tu family, a noble house of the Junlin Dynasty, named Tu Qing. After the fall of the Junlin Dynasty, I was never able to escape the Northern Wasteland region. My younger sister and younger brother have now also been captured by Demonic Beasts; I beg... I beg the Saint to lend a helping hand!"

As Tu Qingtian spoke, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed violently.

"Princess..."

Shenmu Ling knelt on the ground, looking at Jiang Xun, and suddenly spoke, a look of astonishment on her face: "Princess of Junlin, is it you!"

Upon hearing this, Tu Qingtian was also stunned; he glanced at Shenmu Ling, then hurriedly looked at Jiang Xun—Princess?

The Princess became a Saint?

"How do you know?" Jun Tianling took back control of her body and asked while looking at Shenmu Ling.

Jiang Xun was anxious to death, wanting to go out and ask for Tu Nan's whereabouts, but this time Jun Tianling guarded her body tightly, simply refusing to let Jiang Xun take over.

"Big sister, I have an urgent matter, hurry and go save his sister."

Jiang Xun shouted anxiously.

"You know his sister?" Jun Tianling asked.

"I remember the scent on the Princess; I definitely haven't recognized the wrong person, it is you!" Shenmu Ling said with an excited face.

"Yes, yes, hurry and go save his sister." Jiang Xun nodded repeatedly.

"..." Jun Tianling looked at Shenmu Ling upon hearing this, reached out, and pulled her up: "Let's not talk about this for now." She then looked at Tu Qingtian: "Where were your younger brother and sister taken?"

"At... uh..."

Tu Qingtian hurriedly stood up to point out the direction, but Jun Tianling had flown so fast just now that he had long since lost his way, and the Qi he had been locking onto Tu Mo and Tu Nan had also been severed.

"Go back to where we were first; he doesn't know the way anymore."

Jiang Xun said hurriedly.

"So many Demonic Beasts have died, and now is the time for other Demonic Beasts to gather; it is too dangerous to go back," Jun Tianling shook his head.

"It is in the territory of the Boar Demon King," Shenmu Ling said, seeing that Tu Qingtian could not find the route, and offered a hint: "We also met in the Boar Demon King's territory and fled together."

"Shall we go?" Jiang Xun asked upon hearing this.

"The Demon King is in the Great Vehicle Realm, and with a large number of Demonic Beasts under his command, it won't be easy to save them," Jun Tianling shook his head with a grave expression: "Is this person very important to you?"

"This... is important... besides, aren't they all subjects of your Junlin Dynasty?" Jiang Xun nodded.

Jiang Xun realized at this moment that the person who had saved them along with Tu Qingtian, as Tu Nan had told him at the time, must have been Jun Tianling; if Jun Tianling did not go, Tu Nan would likely lose his life.

"I beg you, without my younger sister and younger brother, there is no meaning for me to live!" Tu Qingtian knelt on the ground, looked at Jun Tianling, and shouted: "I beg you to help me hold off that Demon King, I will go save them myself; if the situation turns bad, you can just abandon us and leave!"

As Tu Qingtian spoke, he knocked his head against the ground three times with a loud thud.