Chapter 970

Suddenly, a tremendous unknown force blasted over from Cao Zhengchun.

The power of the second sword was directly smashed to pieces by this force.

This force, still unsatisfied, followed the trail and struck toward Zhou Zhiruo.

Zhou Zhiruo truly did not know what this force actually was.

But she could clearly sense that, if she were struck by this force,

even if she did not die, she would still suffer no light an injury.

Therefore, Zhou Zhiruo exerted her movement technique to the utmost, and once again unleashed a sword strike, dodging around this force to attack Cao Zhengchun.

But after all, her mind was split in two, with most of her attention and cultivation used to evade this force.

Therefore, this third sword strike Zhou Zhiruo unleashed carried far less force, and could not pose a fatal threat.

Even so, it still sent Cao Zhengchun flying far away with a single strike.

As for Zhou Zhiruo herself, she was grazed by this force.

Her whole body trembled, as if her five viscera were burning.

She then fell to the ground and sank into unconsciousness.

She did not know how long had passed before Zhou Zhiruo, in a daze, sensed someone speaking by her ear.

But her injuries were too severe; she did not know who it was, nor what was said.

Then someone lifted her up, yet she had no strength at all to resist.

After that, she could only fall into a deep sleep.

Relying on the Nine Yang Divine Art and the Muscle-Tendon Changing and Bone-Forging chapter of the Nine Yin Manual to heal her own injuries.

After a long while, she gradually regained consciousness.

She opened her eyes, only to find herself in an extremely quiet and secluded meditation room.

"Ah! Miss Zhou, you've finally woken up."

The moment she opened her eyes, she heard Shangguan Haitang say this joyfully.

Zhou Zhiruo followed the sound with her gaze and saw Shangguan Haitang holding a towel, about to place it on her forehead.

It seemed that during her long coma, it had been Shangguan Haitang taking care of her all along.

"Thank you…"

Zhou Zhiruo nodded with effort, her voice slightly hoarse as she spoke.

"It's nothing!"

Shangguan Haitang beamed with delight, set down the towel, and went to fetch a bowl of water.

She propped Zhou Zhiruo up and gently helped her drink,

"If not for Miss Zhou stepping forward to fight, this time Guihai Yidao would have long been captured by that eunuch-dog Cao Zhengchun.

You are Yidao's and my life-saving benefactor; for me to look after you a little, isn't that only right?"

"Uh!"

Zhou Zhiruo forced a bitter smile.

In truth, she had fought with the mindset of fighting if she could, and running if she couldn't.

Who would have known that once she got the Heaven Reliant Sword, then…

Right, the Heaven Reliant Sword!

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhiruo's heart skipped a beat.

She abruptly sat up from Shangguan Haitang's embrace, looking left and right, searching for the Heaven Reliant Sword.

"Miss Zhou, Miss Zhou, are you looking for this?"

Seeing Zhou Zhiruo so anxious, Shangguan Haitang immediately recalled the sword Zhou Zhiruo had been clutching tightly when she found her.

She immediately took it out from behind her and held it out before Zhou Zhiruo's eyes.

"Phew! That's it! My thanks to Manor Lord Shangguan."

Seeing that it was indeed the Heaven Reliant Sword, Zhou Zhiruo could not help but let out a sigh of relief.

This Heaven Reliant Sword was not only extraordinarily powerful, but an immortal-grade divine weapon.

More importantly, it held the secret of "Heaven Reliant, Dragon Slaying."

As long as she completed the mission here and returned to the Nine Provinces, found the Dragon Slaying Saber, then with the secret on her, she would surely be able to advance another step.

When that time came, she could take revenge on Zhao Min!

"It's nothing, it's nothing."

Shangguan Haitang said with a light smile,

"At the time, I deliberately let the carriage run wild, making the Eastern Depot agents think Yidao and I had fled.

Then I secretly brought Yidao back to look for you.

When I found you, you were severely injured and unconscious, but still clutching this sword tightly.

I knew then that this sword must be of no small use to you."

Zhou Zhiruo listened and could not help but sigh with emotion.

She hadn't expected this Shangguan Haitang to actually be a person who valued affection and loyalty.

"By the way, where is this?"

Zhou Zhiruo suddenly thought again.

"This is Shuiyue Nunnery."

Shangguan Haitang said with a slight smile,

"The abbess here is Yidao's mother.

Now Guihai Yidao's mother was trying every means to free Guihai Yidao from the influence of his demonic corruption.

"If we're talking about safety, this place is actually extremely safe."

Water Moon Nunnery?

Zhou Zhiruo forced a bitter smile and shook her head.

Only then did she react—she must have come to a world beyond the Nine Provinces, another realm entirely.

Take this Water Moon Nunnery, for instance—she had never even heard of it.

762 What on earth is going on?

Now that she had awakened, Zhou Zhiruo naturally made healing her injuries her top priority.

After exchanging a few casual words with Shangguan Haitang, she sent Shangguan Haitang away.

She herself began to circulate her skill and regulate her breathing.

Once the Nine Yang Divine Art was cultivated to the ninth layer, true qi would generate itself, endless and inexhaustible, and even the gravest injuries could slowly recover.

The Muscle-Tendon Changing and Bone-Forging chapter of the Nine Yin True Scripture was even more a sacred text for healing wounds.

Even if only a single breath remained, one could use that chapter to heal and recover.

Back then, the Northern Beggar Hong Qigong was framed and lost all his internal cultivation.

He only cultivated for two years, and not only did his cultivation fully recover, it far surpassed what it had been before.

With these two divine arts in her body, and having merged the two into one through the divine ability on her back,

in theory Zhou Zhiruo's injuries should have long since healed.

But for some unknown reason, after Zhou Zhiruo awoke, she discovered her meridians were blocked and her qi circulation was impeded.

After sending Shangguan Haitang away, she performed an internal inspection.

Only then did she discover that scattered throughout the eight extraordinary meridians and the various vital acupoints, there was actually no shortage of a unique, strange power.

It was precisely this power that kept her injuries from healing for so long.

As she wondered inwardly what this power could possibly be,

she suddenly realized.

Wasn't this exactly the power that, when she fought a great battle with Cao Zhengchun, relying on the immortal-grade Heaven Reliant Sword to execute the Great Demon-Subduing Heaven-Surrounding Sword, she nearly killed him in a single strike—

and yet the power that erupted from his body instead wounded her?

But what on earth was this power?

Puzzled, Zhou Zhiruo mobilized the true qi of Nine Yin and Nine Yang, wanting to try to expel it.

Yet the moment her true qi touched this power, it would instantly dissipate.

She tried several times in succession, and it was the same every time.