Inside the Stone Spirit Grotto-Heaven, all the spirit beasts and Wood Demons stood in a line.
Even the Void-Rending Divine Earthworm had settled off to one side.
Ye Xuecang, Ye Haicheng, and Ye Haihe were also watching Ye Jingcheng anxiously.
At that moment, Ye Jingcheng was drenched in blood, his aura feeble, as he received treatment from Peachwood and the Seven-Colored Cloud Deer.
Although he had faked his death, his injuries were all too real.
And at the last moment, he had even used the Heavenly Ghost Spirit-Severing Art. This time, he had severed his spirit far more thoroughly than he had at the Zhengyuan Divine Palace.
The meridians within his body felt as though they were clogged, making even his recovery extremely slow.
A full seven days passed before Ye Jingcheng opened his eyes.
"Jingcheng, are you all right?" Ye Xuecang was the first to ask.
"I'm fine. How are Jinghu and Fourth Brother?" Ye Jingcheng asked in turn.
Although he had notified Nirvana Phoenix and the Qingqiu Clan to come before faking his death, the two men had needed to attack in fury to make their performance convincing. He feared that Lan Li might have caught them with a desperate counterattack before dying.
Lan Li might not have been the most troublesome opponent, but as a flood dragon, it had possessed the most formidable physique.
Killing it had been no easier than killing Red Devil.
"Both their jade slips are fine. It's your injuries we're worried about..." Ye Xuecang took out the soul slips he had prepared beforehand and showed them to Ye Jingcheng.
"My injuries aren't serious. It's just this secret technique, the Heavenly Ghost Spirit-Severing Art..." Seeing that Ye Xuecang was still concerned about him, Ye Jingcheng felt warmth well up in his heart.
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