Feng Xuyang's Schemes, Jade

Feng Xuyang was very strict in disciplining the words, actions, clothing, and appearance of her six disciples.

Under the moonlight, she glanced at Feng Jinying. She was wearing a Mauve Long Dress and a Bright Yellow Gauze Shirt, with a Vermillion Cape with Blue and White Scroll Pattern draped over it. Her tall figure was fully revealed, and Feng Xuyang nodded in satisfaction.

She then turned her head and saw Feng Shayuan and Feng Bailian. With a patch of whiteness exposed across their chests, they had worn their bustiers even lower than she did. She shook her head in displeasure.

Feng Shayuan saw her master's gaze sweep over and instinctively shrank back.

Feng Xuyang was helpless. This was no time for a lecture; the important matter came first. She said solemnly, "I'll go to Ma Long Peak first and lure Liu Tianyang to the summit. There's a Summit Lake there, built by our ancestors of Southern Zhao."

"Jinying, once you gather at the hour of the ox, launch the attack. Use 'Like a Dream of a Century' to subdue the enemy first. If you encounter stubborn resistance, don't show mercy."

Feng Jinying replied, "This disciple accepts your command!"

After Feng Xuyang finished speaking, she used her lightness skill. Her sleeves fluttered, and she vanished into the night like a red-robed immortal.

Time passed through the silent night. In the same stretch of the Yunling Mountains, the people of Ziqi Country arrived at the foot of Cang Lang Peak around midnight, only to discover that the entire mountain was eerily quiet.

Liu Changhu volunteered to go up the mountain and investigate. When he reached the summit, he found that the plaque of Cang Lang Peak had been torn down, the tables overturned, the chairs broken, the windows shattered, and flowerpots smashed across the ground. The rooms in the inner courtyard had been completely ransacked.

More than a hundred disciples lay sprawled motionless across the hall floor. He stepped forward and felt their pulses. Their hearts were still beating, but no matter how he called out, he could not wake them. After searching for a long while, he still found no trace of the inner disciples or Uncle-Master Tian Wei.

The Six Sons of Ling Kong had already gotten ahead of them. Liu Changhu did not dare delay, and hurried back down the mountain. Anxiously, he said, "Princess Bingxue, the junior disciples at Cang Lang Peak seem to have been poisoned. Please go take a look."

Bai Bingxue was stunned when she heard this.

Liu Changhu briefly described the situation on the mountain.

A short while later, in the hall at the summit, Bai Bingxue examined the unconscious disciples' pulses, mouths, and eyes. She then used a silver needle to pierce their skin and test their blood. Chen Xi and Liu Changhu assisted her from the side.

Ying Hu took the others around the summit as well. When they returned to the hall,

Princess Hong Yun said, "Master, Cang Lang Peak is the second-largest peak of Dian Cang Mountain, and Liu Tianwei is the second strongest expert of the Dian Cang Sect. How could they have fallen so easily?"

Ying Hu furrowed his brows. "Strange. Five years ago, Liu Tianwei had already stepped halfway over the threshold of the Grandmaster realm. There must be something fishy going on."

Bai Bingxue stood up and said, "These disciples have been drugged with a sedative. Water won't wake them, needles won't hurt them, and their vitality is slowly draining away."

Ying Hu asked, "Princess, what kind of poison is this? How can it be so potent?"

Bai Bingxue replied, "I read about it in a medical text. When the Southern Zhao imperial family executed palace maids and eunuchs who had committed offenses, they gave them a certain poison. Those who took it would never wake from their sleep, and their vitality would gradually fade away."

"Later, this poison leaked out of the palace. Some high-ranking officials and nobles bought it and gave it to elderly family members who were on the verge of dying, easing their suffering so they could pass away in their sleep."

After hearing this, Liu Changhu hurriedly asked, "Miss Bai, what is this poison called? Is there an antidote?"

"Like a Dream of a Century!"

"The main ingredient is a red-headed poisonous mushroom. It causes hallucinations and makes people unwilling to wake up."

"All poisons in the world have an opposing remedy. There must be an antidote, unless the best time for treatment has passed," Bai Bingxue replied.

Upon hearing this, Liu Changhu clasped his fists and bowed. "Miss Bai, you're truly compassionate. Please save them."

Bai Bingxue waved her hand and replied, "Young Hero Changhu, there's no need for such courtesy! Southern Expedition Country has a kind of Photinia Flower. It's pure white, round, and plump, but unfortunately, it has an unpleasant fishy odor."

"But according to the medical texts, it has an exuberant vitality and is known as the Flower of Life. Anyone poisoned by 'Like a Dream of a Century' can awaken from the dream after taking Photinia Flower. With some further recuperation, they should suffer no serious consequences."

After hearing this, Liu Changhu said happily, "There are many Photinia trees growing on the sunny slopes of the mountains. Since there's no distinction between day and night here, they bloom all year round. I'll go pick some more right now." With that, he went to gather the medicine.

Bai Bingxue took Chen Xi to the pharmacy behind the hall to find some dried herbs, jars, and pots, which they would use to make the antidote later.

Suddenly, Su Dingfeng returned in a hurry from his investigation and said, "Fifth Senior Brother, the disciples ahead reported that they found traces of the Six Sons of Ling Kong heading toward Ma Long Peak."

After hearing this, Su Jiangcheng looked at Ying Hu, clasped his fists, and said, "Senior, how should we deal with this?"

Ying Hu looked at everyone and pondered before saying, "The Nine Peaks of Dian Cang are tied to the martial arts fortune of Southern Expedition Country. They've been ambushed by villains today. How can we stand by and do nothing?"

"Although I serve in the imperial court, I also understand the martial world's principle that when one encounters injustice, one must draw one's blade to help."

Everyone was eager to volunteer.

Seeing this, Ying Hu immediately said, "We'll split into three groups.

Fifth Hero Su, take fifty disciples from your sect and Princess Hong Yun to scout the route toward Ma Long Peak;

I'll take fifty guards from my own force and provide support from behind;

Sixth Hero Su, take fifty disciples from your sect, Princess Hong Lian, and Princess Bingxue to rescue the injured disciples of the Dian Cang Sect. After Liu Changhu returns, come from Cang Lang Peak, Wutai Peak, Lotus Peak, White Cloud Peak, Crane Cloud Peak, and San Yang Peak along the Jade Belt Mountain Road. We'll rendezvous at Ma Long Peak."

"Remember, do not engage the Dian Cang Sect disciples along the way. Report any changes to one another immediately."

Bai Bingxue and the others clasped their fists and acknowledged the order.

When Su Jiangcheng and Hong Yun led their people toward Ma Long Peak, they noticed movement in the dense forest ahead. The two of them quickly led their people in a pincer maneuver.

After half an incense stick of time, more than a dozen disciples of the Divine Dragon Snow Mountain Sect were found bound and kneeling beside the road. Ten wooden chests had also been hauled out of a pit in the ground and placed in front of them.

Hong Yun opened a chest and was shocked by what she saw. She immediately ordered someone to report to her master.

After Ying Hu arrived, Hong Yun said happily, "Master, these are all disciples of the Divine Dragon Snow Mountain Sect. They looted the Dian Cang Sect's treasures and were preparing to bury them, but we happened to catch them in the act."

Ying Hu examined them one by one, greatly pleased in his heart, but he still said solemnly, "The Dian Cang Sect is truly wealthy. These could be exchanged for more than ten thousand taels of gold. Fifth Hero Su, what do you think we should do?"

Su Jiangcheng thought, These ten chests of treasure are tempting, but they're still in Southern Expedition Country. He smiled and said, "Senior Ying, wealth has descended from heaven, and these are ownerless goods. We should take them without hesitation."

Hong Yun hurriedly added, "Master, why not send a trusted man to escort them back to Ziqi Country? Any delay could lead to complications. As for these disciples of the Divine Dragon Snow Mountain Sect, shouldn't we kill them to prevent them from leaking the secret?"

Upon hearing this, Ying Hu thought, With these ten chests of treasure, this trip truly wasn't in vain. King Ziqi will certainly reward me handsomely.

He replied, "We'll do as you suggest. However, escort the disciples of the Divine Dragon Snow Mountain Sect back with the treasure as well, to prevent word from getting out."

Meanwhile, inside the Small World within the Twin Fish Jade Pendant, at the Siheyuan Courtyard.

Chen Qing had recently broken through to the Body Integration Stage. Instead of cultivating properly, he spent every day tinkering with things for fun and entertainment, causing his cultivation to progress somewhat slowly. Bai Xue had already broken through to the Great Ascension Stage.

Chen Qing had been one year slower than Bai Xue in breaking through from the Golden Core Stage to the Nascent Soul Stage, two years slower from the Nascent Soul Stage to the Deity Transformation Stage, three years slower from the Deity Transformation Stage to the Void Refinement Stage, and four years slower from the Void Refinement Stage to the Body Integration Stage.

However, there was one difference: Chen Qing's Golden Core was larger, and his Nascent Soul was also taller and more robust.

The two of them only knew about cultivation realms, and had no idea what spiritual power was actually useful for. They had never used spiritual sense attacks, controlled avatars, crossed the void, or regenerated severed limbs, focusing solely on cultivation.

At first, Bai Xue still urged him to cultivate. Later, she could no longer be bothered to manage him. Recently, Chen Qing had even tinkered together a bicycle, and every day he carried Bai Xue around the lakeside once. There were only two people in the Small World, so Bai Xue was happy to accompany him for a ride.

Cultivation was so easy inside the Small World of the jade pendant. What exactly was hidden within it?