Chapter 425: Husband's sword

South of Lingzhou, Taogu County government residence.

Following a wisp of clear breeze, the bloody smell drifting from the north began to fluctuate between thick and thin for a hundred years.

In the courtyard at this time, countless alchemists wearing pill robes were leading the Abbot and various Elders, constantly operating the pill Qi in their bodies, spreading it in all directions.

The four Hall Masters of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan, the six Upper Five Realm perfection experts of Spirit Sword Mountain, and other Elders took pills one after another, using the healing effect of the pill light to constantly adjust their breathing and heal themselves.

Since the Remnant race came to seize the artifacts, the imminent disaster forced the Humans to truly unite, frantically resisting the Remnant race's crusade.

But the gap in strength still caused them to suffer heavy losses at the moment of confrontation; if it weren't for the protection of the sacred artifacts, they would probably have already become the Remnant race's blood food.

But the power of the sacred artifacts could suppress the Remnant race's supreme combat power, but could not protect every Human, nor could it favor every corner.

Thus, they directly abandoned the two large counties in the north of Lingzhou, crossed a thousand miles, and retreated to the Taogu Plain, starting to fight with the help of the terrain of the Dongling Mountain Range.

At the same time, the Mountain Sea Pavilion, the Chen family Immortal clan, and the Yongzhou aristocratic families on the western front pulled their battle lines to the southeast, and the Asking Dao Sect carried the Yuzhou aristocratic families to defend the Sunset Mountain Range in the southwest.

Yesterday, the battle of Taogu Plain just ended, and the Humans pulled back their own decline for the first time, resisting the Remnant race's attack.

But they knew clearly that the Remnant race was bloodthirsty by nature and could be called endless; the next attack might arrive in an instant, so they had to heal and adjust their breathing as soon as possible.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi was also in this county residence, sitting with You Yingqiu, shrouded by the pill light of Yuanchen and Yu Caiwei.

"How does Sister feel?"

Yu Caiwei opened her moist eyes, looking at Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi who was gradually opening her eyes.

The Little Jianzhu felt the flow of spiritual energy and nodded: "Much better, the stinging pain in the spiritual essence is not as serious."

"After your spiritual essence stabilizes, take another Rainbow Qi Pill refined by younger brother yesterday, and you should be able to recover as before."

"Yuanchen has matured quite a bit; can he be of great use now?"

Yuanchen couldn't help but shrink his head after hearing this: "I am long since not the me from before; why does Jianzhu sister always laugh at me? Now that the disaster is imminent, all I can do is this, so naturally I need to work harder."

While the two were talking, Yu Caiwei suddenly reached out and took out a bundle and placed it in front of her.

Seeing this action of hers, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi recovered slightly, a trace of doubt appearing in her beautiful eyes.

"The western front sent a message that a large number of wounded have lost the ability to refine pills themselves; I want to take a few senior brothers and sisters to make a trip, and I ask Sister to grant permission." Yu Caiwei spoke softly.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi restrained the smile on her face: "The front line will be very dangerous."

"I am not afraid; actually, like younger brother, I used to bury my head in refining pills without knowing who those pills were given to or what effect they caused. Now, I feel I am more useful than before."

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi looked at her after hearing this: "Take care of yourself."

Yu Caiwei's eyes flickered, and she nodded gently.

Afterward, she gave Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi the Rainbow Qi Pill, catalyzed the medicinal power for her, and then carried her luggage with a group of fellow disciples and walked out of the main gate of the Taogu County residence.

The coachman waiting in front of the gate had been waiting for a long time; seeing this, he took the footstool from the carriage and reached out to take Yu Caiwei's luggage, but unexpectedly was dodged by Yu Caiwei turning around.

"Many thanks, I'll do it myself."

Yu Caiwei thanked the coachman, then stepped on the footstool and entered the carriage.

After sitting steadily, the carriage began to move slowly, and the sound of the carriage wheels came through the door curtain.

At this time, the Pill Sect daughter carefully opened the bundle, took out a memorial tablet written "Late Husband Ji You" from it, touched it gently, and pursed her lips.

After a long time, she no longer cried as soon as she saw it, but the void in the bottom of her heart could never be repaired.

What she didn't allow people to touch was not the luggage, but the pain she carried in her heart.

And just as the carriage carrying the alchemists to the west left from the road in front of the residence, the Managing Hall's Qin Rong came in a hurry holding a letter, lifted his robe to enter, passed by the people adjusting their breathing in a hurry, and walked toward You Yingqiu.

"Abbot, a letter from the Demon Prince!"

Quite a few people in the Taogu residence had finished healing; seeing his hurried figure, they couldn't help but raise their eyes.

They had heard about the alliance between the Humans and the Demons a few days ago; although the two races had deep contradictions before, in the current situation, having more allies was always better than fighting alone, so no one raised any objections.

You Yingqiu slowly opened her eyes from the process of healing in meditation, looked at Qin Rong, and spoke: "What does the letter say?"

"The letter says they have rescued their clansmen from Qingzhou and are on the way back, and there are a thousand Humans who escaped together, who will enter from the direction of Liangzhou."

"Then is their trip smooth?"

Qin Rong shook his head upon hearing this: "Not smooth; according to that Demon Prince, they discovered an altar being built in the Remnant race's construction site."

Hearing this sentence, the people in the courtyard couldn't help but freeze their eyes.

"It seems the Heavenly Secret Junior Sister saw was correct; the Remnant race Holy Emperor really wants to refine the Heavenly Dao again." Zuo Qiuyang couldn't help but speak in a low voice.

Qin Rong nodded: "Correct, and it is precisely because of this that they misjudged the level of defense there and encountered thirty Remnant race Generals with Upper Five Realm perfection combat power."

"Thirty?!"

"Correct."

The Profound Jianfeng Master Yan Jingxiang narrowed his eyes upon hearing this: "More than ten appeared on the battlefield a few days ago, and now there are thirty more; even if all our Human Immortal sects were added together, I fear we wouldn't reach this number."

You Yingqiu froze her eyes: "And then?"

"The rest was dangerous but without harm; although they were pursued, fortunately, the Demon Emperor arrived in time and held back those thirty Remnant race Generals. Also... there was one more person."

"One person?"

Qin Rong nodded: "The letter says they encountered a Human hiding in the Great Wilderness Forest, who drew his sword when they were being pursued and helped them block for an hour."

You Yingqiu pondered for a long time before speaking: "What kind of Human?"

"Said it was an ordinary-looking Human; judging from the description, it should be the one encountered by the Gong family."

As the words fell, everyone was slightly startled, and then subconsciously looked at the Little Jianzhu of Spirit Sword Mountain.

And the reason they were like this was because the Gong family had brought back news of that Human when they escaped from Qingzhou; at that time, many people were talking nonsense, saying that the person was Ji You come back to life.

Thinking of Ji You from that person would naturally make people think of the Little Jianzhu of Spirit Sword Mountain who had a daughter for Ji You.

At this time, Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi's eyelashes trembled, but she didn't make too much of a reaction.

She had already been deceived once, so naturally, she wouldn't be deceived a second time, because that feeling would truly make her feel incomparably uncomfortable.

"Some people are truly incomparably lucky; when alive, they used flowery words to gain quite a bit of profit, but before disaster arrived, they died early and just happened to escape a calamity; I don't know if it was calculated, but dead is dead, what exception can there be."

The Profound Jianfeng Master Yan Jingxiang frowned, his eyes looking coldly at the crowd, and finally landed on his daughter.

Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi also turned her eyes lightly, looking at her father.

The Little Jianzhu of Spirit Sword Mountain, who had been locked in the mountains to attain enlightenment since childhood, had never been close to her family; after giving birth to a daughter, this estrangement deepened even more.

Yan Jingxiang couldn't understand his daughter's choice, nor did he understand why she wanted to keep the daughter in her womb; back then, he had even been so angry that he said, you will definitely regret it.

This is probably the mentality of parents, always feeling that if you don't listen to the old man's words, you will suffer losses before your eyes.

Especially after the autumn of the seventh year of Taiwu, he felt even more that he was right.

As for Kuangcheng Yan Shuyi, without the little Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciple, she had become much colder, and from beginning to end, she had never said anything to them.

However, after this brief interlude, everyone's attention was quickly shifted to the person himself.

"The previous Gong family members said this person slashed a Boundless Realm Remnant race member, and now the Demon race says he blocked an Upper Five Realm perfection level General; what is this person's cultivation realm?"

"Indeed, could it be that in just over ten days, he broke through realms one after another? What kind of genius is this?"

"This is not a genius, it's more like nonsense."

On the west side of the residence, Heavenly Jianfeng Master Yan Zhong stroked his long beard and spat out a sentence.

Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but look back at him: "Does Abbot Yan mean the Demon race is lying?"

"Ten days, from Boundless to being able to fight Upper Five Realm perfection; such a thing, I fear even the ancestors of our Human race would find it difficult to do, where is there half a point of credibility? This Snow Region Demon race tried every means to steal our race's luck back then; although they are allied with our Human race now due to the situation, we must not relax our vigilance easily."

"This, it does make some sense..."

Yan Zhong's words indeed made sense, and the root of the reason was that this matter was too outrageous.

They were all practitioners and understood the process of cultivation incomparably well; how could they believe that someone's realm could improve so quickly.

Coupled with their contradictions with the Demon race, such a statement was naturally convincing.

However, just when they were discussing, another figure came in a hurry outside the door.

Another Managing Hall Qin Zhangshi, Ji Jingyao, lifted his robe to enter: "Several aristocratic children from the Central Province, and two disciples of my Managing Hall, have escaped from the Remnant race."

"Escaped?" ===== CHAPTER 426 =====