In an instant, everything changed!
The steward's silver needle pierced Ma Bucun's heart.
Ma Bucun's body jerked, and he fell stiffly from midair.
The moment Ma Bucun shot out, Lu Chengwen had leaped up as well, catching him in midair.
Long Aotian and Jiang Yuanshu guarded both sides. The steward did not dare strike again and could only use a spinning maneuver to shed his momentum, planting his feet against the wall and sliding down to the ground.
Long Aotian stared at the steward. "So it really was you!"
Lu Chengwen held Ma Bucun up. "Patriarch Ma!?"
He quickly took out a Great Heaven Returning Pill and stuffed one into Ma Bucun's mouth.
He turned his head. "Senior Disciple Brother!"
Long Aotian walked over. "This is troublesome. He needs an extremely quiet environment. I have to carefully use King's Aura to repair his heart while slowly extracting the silver needle. Only then can he survive."
"The needle isn't poisoned?"
Long Aotian said, "If it were poisoned, there would be no need to aim for the heart."
Lu Chengwen looked at Ma Bucun. "Lie down for now. I'll think of something."
Ma Bucun was baffled. "He... has been with me since childhood... more than thirty... years... How could he..."
Lu Chengwen looked at Ma Bucun for several seconds. "It wasn't the steward. It was your daughter."
"Wha... what..."
Ma Xun'er giggled, lightly lifted the hem of her skirt, and stepped out. The Seven Star Loose Immortals all dropped to one knee behind her.
"Big Sister."
Ma Xun'er wore a smug smile. "Lu Chengwen, you're quite observant. How did you know something was wrong with us?"
Lu Chengwen said, "When the battle began, neither you nor the steward appeared on the battlefield. I kept feeling that someone was missing, and at first