Chapter 228

"Rumble!"

With one sword slash, a loud noise of mountains collapsing came.

The huge golden Buddha finger was cut off by the sword, and the monk Zhao En spat out a mouthful of blood, his face as pale as paper, and he quickly sacrificed a magic treasure to escape and disappear.

The Buddha light in front of her vanished, and the scene of the dark night mountains returned. A mountain peak on the side was collapsing in front of her, with mountains crumbling and the ground sinking.

Ye Tinglan had cut off a mountain with one sword!

And she had also cut off the mountain and river formation that Zhao En was using to steal the spiritual veins.

The abyss-like mountain hollow was filled in from then on, and the plundered spiritual veins returned bit by bit; those good at gazing at Qi could almost see it with the naked eye.

Amidst the mountain collapse, rocks flew and fell. Ye Tinglan's figure passed through the rocks and headed straight for Shadow Moon City. She had no intention of chasing the monk Zhao En; her heart was full of Lu Xingzhou's state—he shouldn't have had the strength to compete for the spiritual veins, and the price he paid would be great!

In the central square of Shadow Moon City, Lu Xingzhou's face was like gold paper, and he had already fainted on the ground.

A group of Shadow Moon Sect high-level officials rushed over, all of them looking terrified. In fact, they didn't know what had happened; they just inexplicably found Lu Xingzhou seriously injured and unconscious. If this little milk dog of the Heavenly Jade Sacred Master really had an accident here, the Shadow Moon Sect wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.

Si Han was supporting Lu Xingzhou and hadn't had time to check him when Ye Tinglan's anxious voice came from the air: "Move aside!"

Ye Tinglan descended from the sky, pushed Si Han away, and held Lu Xingzhou in her arms.

Si Han: "..."

Ye Tinglan checked him slightly, her lips pressed tightly together.

Under normal circumstances, unauthorized changes to Feng Shui and spiritual veins would result in a backlash. Ye Tinglan had warned Lu Xingzhou before that the reason Mo He failed was partly due to the backlash of luck. But this kind of backlash was not on the body, but fed back into the fortune, which could very likely lead to future actions not going smoothly.

But this time, the one who changed the spiritual veins was Zhao En, and Lu Xingzhou was the one protecting the spiritual veins, which might actually lead to his fortune becoming stronger, receiving a certain degree of blessing from the Heavenly Frost country's national luck.

This was a good thing.

But the price was the exhaustion of his soul and the drying up of his soul sea; at first glance, he looked like a dead person. His soul power couldn't bear it at all. If it weren't for the formation set up at the four corners, allowing the Shadow Moon Sect's first-rank experts to suppress the four sides, he wouldn't have been able to do it at all.

Ye Tinglan pinched his mouth open, took out an elixir, and stuffed it in.

Si Han watched from the side, his heart bleeding. He recognized it as the Jade Pool Creation Pill of the Heavenly Jade Sacred Ground, a divine medicine for soul recovery. As long as the person hadn't been beaten to the point of soul scattering and still had a breath of soul fire, it could stabilize the soul fire and pull the person back from the gates of hell.

The value of this single pill could perhaps be exchanged for a small country, and it was just casually used on a face-servant... did this injury really require this level of medicine?

We can't really say...

However, perhaps because the level was too high, the immortal pill that would normally "melt upon entering the mouth" didn't have that effect here, and the pill slipped out after being put into his mouth. Ye Tinglan pinched his mouth shut, but could only let him hold the pill, unable to enter his stomach.

Ye Tinglan was silent for a moment and said slowly: "No matter what method you use, immediately abolish the technique the demon monk taught you to control the bone dragon, even if it damages your cultivation, do it. I will come back to check in a few days. If I find anyone still keeping the evil technique, the Shadow Moon Sect can stop sitting on this Royal Court!"

Si Han was terrified: "Sacred Master, this matter is..."

"You idiots were deceived into practicing evil methods, shaking the royal veins and being plundered. If it weren't for Lu Xingzhou risking his life to protect it, your royal aura would have dissipated." Ye Tinglan's beautiful eyes were filled with malice: "I don't care what you do, if you let down Lu Xingzhou's efforts this time, this Royal Court might as well not exist!"

Si Han bowed: "We understand."

"Immediately mobilize the power of the whole country to search for clues about that demon monk. He is in a seriously injured state right now. Once found, there is no need to report back, kill without mercy!"

"Yes."

Ye Tinglan said no more, held Lu Xingzhou, and disappeared in a flash.

When there was no external brain to give ideas, Ye Tinglan regained the dignity and alertness that a Heavenly Jade Sacred Master should have.

She was also suffering from internal injuries at the moment, and showing anger on the surface would make it less likely for people to notice anything unusual. And at this moment, Lu Xingzhou's state was extremely poor. Being on the Shadow Moon Sect's territory, if Si Han had ulterior motives, she might not be able to protect him perfectly in her injured state. So she simply didn't let Si Han arrange a place to heal and moved elsewhere herself.

But was this anger really just for intimidation?

At least in the hearts of Si Han and the others, her reason for venting for her own man was as real as it could be.

Until she had been gone for a long time, Si Han let out a breath and said in a low, gritted voice: "Gu Zhanting deceives me too much!"

Yes, if the demon monk's method contained the intention of destroying the Heavenly Frost royal aura, then the "killing multiple birds with one stone" behind Gu Zhanting's move was even more obvious.

An Elder responded: "This further shows that Gu Zhanting is involved with some ancient existences. The meaning behind this is..."

"Gu Zhanting has been secretly planning to suppress the Heavenly Jade Sacred Ground, and now it's about to be put on the table... This is also the reason why the Heavenly Jade Sacred Master wants to turn to support us." Si Han looked at the direction Ye Tinglan left and said in a low voice: "In any case, the Heavenly Jade Sacred Master helped us block the internal strife, and Lu Xingzhou helped us suppress the royal aura. I, Si Han, accept this favor."

"Then that one in the dark..."

"The Ice Prison Sect is not completely of one mind with us. They have their own pursuits, and what they seek is not human interests. If this matter becomes known to the Heavenly Jade Sacred Master, then cut it off when it should be cut off."

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A small town hundreds of miles away from Shadow Moon City, in a private courtyard of an inn.

Ye Tinglan placed Lu Xingzhou on the bed, reached out to gently smooth the messy hair at his temples, and bit her lower lip as she stared fixedly at his pale sleeping face.

Actually, in this battle, whether Lu Xingzhou had risked his life to help or not, she might not have lost.

She had a full set of magic treasures, and she had her own trump cards that hadn't been fully used yet.

Of course, Zhao En might also have other magic treasures; no one knew until the end.

What was certain was that if Lu Xingzhou hadn't helped, she wouldn't have only had these minor internal injuries. Even if she won, she would have suffered very heavy injuries, perhaps as difficult to heal for years as Gu Zhanting, which would be very disadvantageous for the future landscape.