At the Yellow River Bank.
Yang Jian lay in the mud and sand, his body shattered.
"Why are people from the Western Teachings here?"
Yuding Zhenren looked puzzled. From the lingering Buddhist aura on Yang Jian, he had discerned the identity of the person before him.
But Yang Jian's meridians were severed, and his Grand Unity Golden Immortal Dao Fruit was destroyed. Now, aside from his physical strength, he had not the slightest trace of magical power and was no different from an ordinary mortal.
"Cough, cough!"
Yang Jian coughed, spitting several chunks of flesh from his mouth.
Seeing this!
Yuding Zhenren's compassion stirred. He took Yang Jian to a cave dwelling and used all kinds of immortal medicines to treat his wounds, but in the end, it was only a drop in the bucket.
"You're lucky to have run into me, lad. It's a pity that I've wasted tens of thousands of years' worth of my collection, yet your injuries still can't be fully healed."
"If I had inherited Senior Taiqing's alchemy arts, I could surely have saved you. But now, it all depends on luck and fate."
Yuding Zhenren shook his head and used the Jade Pure Dao Method to tend to Yang Jian's injuries.
Somewhere deep down, he felt an inexplicable connection with this man.
Time passed, and nearly ten years went by.
The Western Teachings issued a bounty: anyone who revealed Yang Jian's whereabouts or brought him to the Western World would be granted an audience with the Two Sages of the West and bestowed supreme Buddhist teachings.
By then, Yuding Zhenren had also learned Yang Jian's identity.
He had wounded Subduing Dragon Arhat and been sentenced by the Western Teachings!
He had betrayed his master and defied the Heavenly Dao.
Yang Jian's infamy spread throughout