Immortal Maiden Falls into Peril, Mortal Comes to Her Aid!

I don't know how long she had been unconscious.

Yao Ji's consciousness slowly awakened from a dark, chaotic void.

Her eyelids felt as heavy as mountains. She exhausted all her strength before finally managing to pry them open a crack.

What greeted her was an unfamiliar wooden ceiling, carrying a faint, aged scent.

This was not her Yun Hua Palace.

Nor was it any Immortal Abode in the Heavenly Court.

Where was this?

Yao Ji instantly jolted awake and abruptly sat up in bed.

The sudden movement tugged at her injuries, and a tearing pain surged from her internal organs.

"Ugh..."

She couldn't help letting out a muffled groan, and her face went several shades paler.

She hurriedly gathered a wisp of consciousness and sank it into her body, carefully examining herself with Divine Thought.

All five internal organs and six bowels were injured, and her Immortal Power was exhausted.

A cold and violent demonic power, like a parasitic poison burrowing into her bones, still coiled within her Immortal Body, constantly destroying her vitality.

Her injuries were even more severe than she had imagined.

Fortunately, her foundation had not been damaged. She could recover given enough time.

Only after checking her injuries did she have the presence of mind to examine her surroundings.

It was a very crude room.

The furnishings were simple, even somewhat austere.

There was a wooden table, two wooden chairs, and an old wooden cabinet whose age was impossible to tell.

The air was filled with a faint herbal scent mixed with the smell of sunlight. It was not unpleasant.

She was lying on a plank bed, covered by bedding that was old but spotlessly clean.

It looked like the home of an ordinary mortal.

Had a mortal saved her?

This thought flashed through Yao Ji's