Deep and Devoted Love

Song Wen cursed inwardly, "What bad luck!" He only wanted to take the opportunity to get some Silverhorn Grass and Beast Brocade Pills, but he never expected to fight to the death with a Foundation Establishment Elder of the Beast Taming Sect so close to the market.

However, since the other side has already made a move, I can't just sit and wait to die.

A fist-sized droplet of water suddenly appeared in front of Song Wen; it was the Kui Yin Heavy Water he had obtained from Li Chenggu.

In an instant, the Kui Yin Heavy Water transformed into a transparent water shield, blocking Song Wen's path.

The toad's tongue struck the Kui Water Shield, and the enormous impact sent Song Wen and the shield flying.

"Devil Cultivator!"

Heng Cheng narrowed his eyes. When Song Wen activated the Kui Water Shield, he keenly sensed that a Devil Cultivator's aura emanated from the other party.

After confirming Song Wen's identity as Devil Cultivator, Heng Cheng became even more furious. Devil Cultivator who was suppressed by the righteous forces and only dared to hide in the shadows had actually appeared openly within a thousand miles of the Beast Taming Sect and even dared to attack the child of him, a dignified elder of the Beast Taming Sect. He was simply courting death.

With a thought, a flying sword appeared in front of Heng Cheng.

He made a few sword gestures, and the flying sword suddenly shone brightly, about to pierce Song Wen.

Just then, a sharp whooshing sound came from the left.

Heng Cheng hurriedly turned his flying sword around and blocked to the left. A cold light was blocked by the flying sword; it was the Cold Moon Blade.

Just as Heng Cheng blocked the Cold Moon Blade, he sensed a small insect rapidly approaching from behind. The insect was horrified to find that it possessed the strength of Early Second Rank Demon Beast.

Heng Cheng summoned a Squad Commander, which grew to about ten feet in size as soon as it was blown by the wind, protecting his back.

Just as he was distracted from defending against the Sacred Beetle Gu, he suddenly saw a flash of blood in front of him. The man in black suddenly became covered in blood mist, his speed increased dramatically, and he dodged the toad's tongue, quickly flying towards him on his sword.

"Trying to fight in close combat? You're asking for death!"

The toad on the ground below suddenly opened its venom sac on its back, spewing out a large amount of yellow poisonous gas, instantly enveloping an area of a hundred meters in radius, including Song Wen who was flying on his sword.

Although the toad spirit beast raised by Heng Cheng is only at the Early Second Rank, its poisonous smoke is so potent that even a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator would not dare to come into contact with it easily.

Inhaling even a small amount of the poisonous fumes will cause excruciating pain to the internal organs, as if they were being cut by knives and axes. The weak will simply turn into a pool of yellow liquid, while the strong will suffer a significant loss of strength due to the intense pain.

To Heng Cheng's great surprise, Song Wen seemed completely unaffected by the poisonous smoke, showing no discomfort whatsoever.

Song Wen cultivated the "Myriad Poisons Primordial Body" and had ingested a large amount of highly poisonous substances. The toad's poisonous smoke could not harm him for the time being.

Song Wen moved closer to Heng Cheng, his hand, sharp as an eagle's claws and gleaming with a cold light, reaching down to grab him.

Heng Cheng's flying sword pierced the Ye Kong, slashing towards Song Wen's claws.

Even though Song Wen had cultivated the Netherworld Claw technique with both hands and honed it through countless trials, he still wouldn't dare to catch Foundation Establishment Middle Stage cultivator's flying sword empty-handed.

The Kui Water Shield protected the claws, blocking the flying sword.

Just then, the Cold Moon Blade shot out from the right.

Heng Cheng was at a loss for what to do.

The ten-foot-long yellow flag was still entangled with the Foundation Establishment Realm insect behind him.

The toad's long tongue, which it had launched, was still several feet away when the Cold Moon Blade reached its right waist. There was no time to block the Cold Moon Blade.

"Puff!"

The Cold Moon Blade pierced through Heng Cheng's right waist and exited through his left waist, leaving a fist-sized bloody hole across his waist.

It also shredded most of Heng Cheng's intestines and stomach, and the sharp blade energy emanating from the Cold Moon Blade also severed several of his heart meridians.

Heng Cheng's aura immediately weakened, and his body fell directly from mid-air.

The toad spirit beast was indeed loyal to its master. With a flick of its tongue, it caught the seriously injured Heng Cheng, preventing him from suffering further injuries from the fall.

Just as Song Wen was about to completely eliminate Heng Cheng, a beautiful figure flew in from the horizon and shouted loudly.

"Fellow Daoist, please show mercy."

The woman who arrived was in her thirties and exuded a mature aura.

She was Heng Cheng's first wife, Rong Jingyun, an elder of the Beast Taming Sect Alchemy Chamber and Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator.

In fact, Rong Jingyun had already noticed months ago that Heng Cheng was keeping a concubine outside the marriage.

She had assumed that her dao companion Heng Cheng was merely a passing fancy, so she didn't expose him.

She thought that once Heng Cheng's novelty wore off, he would naturally abandon his mistress and return to her side.

But to everyone's surprise, several months later, Heng Cheng still went to the market regularly, each time for two or three days.

Feeling betrayed, Rong Jingyun decided to catch Heng Cheng in the act of Alchemy. Under the guise of refining pills, she deliberately created an opportunity for Heng Cheng to meet with his mistress, while secretly following him all along.

Song Wen stopped attacking Heng Cheng and stared warily at Rong Jingyun.

Rong Jingyun explained loudly.

"Heng Cheng is my husband. I only want to save him, not to become enemies with you, fellow Daoist."

"However, if you insist on killing my husband, I have no choice but to fight you to the death."

As she spoke, Rong Jingyun had already reached the air less than a mile away, looking Orthodox God at Heng Cheng below, who was on the verge of death.

With a thought, Song Wen summoned Corpse Puppet emitting a faint silver light, which appeared in front of him.

The Corpse Puppet contained its internal corpse energy and did not release its dense corpse energy.

This place is too close to East Birch Market. The Silver Corpse is releasing a huge amount of corpse energy, which is likely to attract the attention of the Golden Core experts of the Beast Taming Sect stationed in the market.

This is also why Song Wen did not use the Silver Corpse when he was fighting against Heng Cheng.

Seeing the Silver Corpse suddenly jump out, Rong Jingyun became even more anxious, but she did not lose her composure.

"Fellow Daoist, please do not attack. You possess a pseudo-third-tier Silver Corpse; I admit I am no match for you."

At this moment, she raised her right hand, in which she held a white Jade Slip.

"The Jade Slip in my hand is the summons Jade Slip of the Beast Taming Sect. It was a reward from the sect when I developed a new type of beast core. Once I activate this Jade Slip, all disciples of the Beast Taming Sect within a radius of several hundred miles will receive an emergency summons and must come to our aid. Otherwise, they will be executed for treason."

Song Wen stared at the white Jade Slip in her hand, unable to immediately determine whether what she said was true or false.

But Song Wen had no intention of fighting to the death; his purpose in coming here was only for the Silverhorn Grass and the Beast Brocade Pill.

Song Wen slowly backed away, saying as he did so.

"I never intended to be your husband's enemy; he brought this upon himself. I can let you save him, and I can also let you both leave, but I need Silverhorn Grass, Beast Brocade Pills, and some other compensation. Also, you must swear Soul Oath never to reveal my existence."

Rong Jingyun immediately said, "I will do as you say, but could you allow me to treat my husband first? He might..."

At this moment, Song Wen had already retreated a hundred meters away, nodded, and said, "Okay."

Rong Jingyun glanced gratefully at Song Wen, and without fear of Song Wen's sneak attack, she leaped down and flew towards Heng Cheng.

Heng Cheng was on the verge of death due to massive blood loss and severe internal organ damage.

Looking at his wife who had risked her own safety to save him, Heng Cheng's eyes were filled with guilt.

Rong Jingyun landed in front of Heng Cheng, placed her left hand on the blood hole in her waist, and injected spiritual power to seal the heart meridian and prevent further blood loss.

She took out a golden pill with her right hand and poured it into Heng Cheng's mouth, where it was slowly refined by her spiritual power.

It was unclear what kind of miraculous medicine this golden pill was, but as soon as it entered his mouth, Heng Cheng's complexion visibly improved.

In less than half an incense stick's time, Heng Cheng was pulled back from the brink of death.

Although Heng Cheng was still weak, his life was not in danger in the short term.