"Jing Yu!"
Seeing his junior brother in such a state, Qi Hao anxiously checked on him. But as a Qingyun Sect disciple himself, there was nothing he could do at the moment.
He could not understand why Lin Jingyu had been so reckless, why he had rashly spoken up and even attacked while Martial Uncle Tian, Martial Uncle Shuiyue, and the Poison God were talking.
Was a contest between Spirit Transformation Realm experts something disciples like them could take part in?
But with things having come to this, Qi Hao cast those questions aside and focused entirely on Lin Jingyu's safety.
"Help him take this. Use spiritual energy to expel the poison from his body. Once we return to the sect, we can treat him properly."
Shuiyue hurried over, frowned at Lin Jingyu, then took out a medicinal pill and handed it to Qi Hao for him to administer.
Tian Buyi also glanced over, his eyes filled with anger and helplessness.
Why did this brat always do things that caused more trouble than good?
Who knew how Senior Brother Cang Song had taught him? Such a disciple with excellent spiritual roots and talent, yet he was so ignorant of propriety and had committed such a grave mistake. What a waste!
Now that he thought about it, although his youngest disciple Zhang Bufan had average aptitude, he was honest and kind-hearted, never causing him any disasters or worries. Tian Buyi found himself growing strangely fond of him.
Shuiyue thought the same.
Fortunately, she had not taken Lin Jingyu as her disciple back then. Otherwise, she would have been too disturbed by the trouble he caused to cultivate in peace. She only wondered where her youngest disciple, Su Changqing, was now.
"Tian Buyi, Shuiyue, you saw it yourselves. It was your Qingyun Sect disciple who attacked me first. Everything else can be discussed today, but you must hand over that disciple!"
The Poison God naturally knew that his palm strike had been neutralized, leaving little of its power when it landed on Lin Jingyu. Lin Jingyu was surely still alive.
"Impossible!"
Tian Buyi furiously refused the Poison God.
Before coming here, he had promised the Sect Leader that he would bring every sect disciple back safely. Now that the Poison God wanted him to hand someone over, how could he agree? Besides, he was a righteous man with a conscience. Even if it were an ordinary person standing before him, he could never personally hand them over to the Demonic Cult.
"Then fight me!"
The Poison God swiftly rose into the air, clearly telling Tian Buyi to fight him in the sky so their Divine Abilities would not harm anyone else. That last move had failed to injure the Qingyun Sect members, but had instead killed and wounded more than half of the Demonic Cult's people, including quite a few disciples of his Myriad Poisons Sect.
To be honest, it pained him somewhat.
Tian Buyi and Shuiyue exchanged a glance, then each leaped into the heavens and vanished into the high skies.
The Qingyun Sect disciples and the remaining Demonic Cult disciples were left confronting one another, yet neither side dared act rashly. Even Qiu Buping could only wait calmly for the three Spirit Transformation Realm experts to decide the outcome, utterly unwilling to order an attack on the defenseless Qingyun Sect group.
He faintly sensed that one or two of them made him wary. The man supporting the unconscious disciple was one, and the woman staring at the sky with a frown was another.
Meanwhile, Su Changqing, who was hiding far away, was completely bewildered.
Before he could even figure out what was happening, he saw three Divine Abilities collide. A shockwave immediately swept toward him, but fortunately, he was far enough away that he only needed to set up a spiritual energy barrier to block it.
Then he saw three figures fly high into the sky and disappear. The latter two were his master Shuiyue and Martial Uncle Tian Buyi.
Why had they suddenly started fighting?
"Master has gone into battle. I can't just stand by and do nothing. I'll follow them and take a look!"
Su Changqing gritted his teeth and muttered.
He knew that a battle in the Spirit Transformation Realm was not something a Qi Refining Realm cultivator like him could influence. But thinking that his master had likely come looking for him and had thus fought the Poison God made it impossible for him to calm down.
"Will you come with me, or wait here for me to return?"
Su Changqing first thought of the flood dragon snake's safety. For such a dangerous move, he had to ask his good friend first.
"Hiss, hiss!"
The little flood dragon snake answered very seriously.
"What loyalty through life and death. Then let's charge in together!"
Su Changqing took the Little Flood Dragon Snake aboard his Flying Sword and flew toward the place where the three had vanished.
The Movement Technique of Spirit Transformation Realm experts was truly swift. Su Changqing gave it everything he had, and with the three slowing down as they exchanged Divine Abilities, he barely managed to keep up.
He hid among the clouds from afar and observed the battle.
The Poison God, at the peak of the eighth level of the Spirit Transformation Realm, fought two Qingyun Sect Peak Lords alone without falling into the slightest disadvantage. He received their attacks with ease and could even counterattack with his cultivation techniques.
Heaven and earth shifted. The previously clear sky had become dark, while spiritual energy from all directions grew unusually restless under the cultivation techniques of the three Spirit Transformation Realm experts. At times, it turned into surging waves; at others, it became explosive blasts that boomed through the air.
With a wave of his hand, the Poison God turned the white clouds into poisonous clouds and sent them at Tian Buyi and Shuiyue. Tian Buyi and Shuiyue repeatedly unleashed sword techniques to blast apart the poisonous clouds, then each struck back with a chain of strange sword qi aimed at the Poison God.
The Poison God's gaze sharpened, and his figure immediately vanished, leaving only a poison qi clone behind to be directly destroyed by the sword qi. When he appeared again, he was already behind Tian Buyi and Shuiyue. He struck out with a palm, its shadow resembling a centipede, one of the Five Poisons, opening its bloody maw as it bit toward them.
Tian Buyi and Shuiyue were prepared as well. They hurriedly used their Movement Techniques to evade the palm-shadow centipede's bite. Only after Tian Buyi unleashed a Golden Dragon Sword Qi did he cleave the centipede in two. Yet the severed centipede twisted and erupted with a burst of poison qi. Tian Buyi and Shuiyue tried to dodge, but still became contaminated by some of it.
The poison qi instantly entered their bodies. The two hurriedly diverted part of their spiritual energy to expel the toxins, but some residual poison remained, leaving them in great discomfort.
As the three fought, Su Changqing watched from afar. At the Qi Refining Realm, he could not see through their movements at all, and the Divine Abilities and cultivation techniques they used were beyond his current comprehension. The system had not sent any notification for a long time.
Yet his eyes shone as he watched, studying every move intently.
Just then.
The host is observing a battle between Spirit Transformation Realm cultivators. Unrivaled Insight has been triggered. The bottleneck has been broken. Please quickly use the Desolate Orchid Water Lily to break through!
The time had come. Su Changqing quickly took out the Desolate Orchid Water Lily, sat cross-legged on his Flying Sword, and began attempting a breakthrough.
After observing that battle, his bottleneck had broken. Entering the Foundation Establishment Realm now felt as simple as stepping over a threshold, especially with the Desolate Orchid Water Lily's aid.
In less than a minute, Su Changqing opened his eyes again.
His aura surged enormously. The spiritual energy within him leaped with joy as though dancing, while his dantian, meridians, and bones all underwent a qualitative transformation. Su Changqing felt more comfortable than ever before!
"Hiss, hiss!"
The Little Flood Dragon Snake naturally sensed Su Changqing's change and curiously questioned him.
"That's right! I broke through!"
Su Changqing stroked the Little Flood Dragon Snake's head and said happily.
The Little Flood Dragon Snake had just broken through, and now Su Changqing had done the same. One man and one snake had both broken through in less than an hour. If that was not fate, what was?
"Not good!"
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