What Is Love, That It Makes Life and Death a Mutual Vow
Rong Jingyun noticed her husband's movements behind her.
She turned around hurriedly, her expression anxious.
"My lord, why do you do this? This place is dangerous, why don't we escape?"
Heng Cheng turned to look at his wife, his eyes full of tenderness, but his hands continued to perform the Method Formula.
"Jingyun, you know very well that neither of us can escape. Rather than falling into the hands of the evil monk together, it's better for one of us to leave alive."
Before he could finish speaking, a tall, green figure suddenly appeared in front of Heng Cheng.
This is a giant demonic vine with dozens of tendrils.
Each vine was as thick as a person's waist, covered with tiny scales that shimmered with a faint green light.
They resembled a group of enraged giant snakes, constantly writhing and twisting.
With a sharp whooshing sound, it pounced towards the three monks.
In the lull between attacks, Heng Cheng turned around and shouted loudly to his wife, who had stopped her escape and was hesitating.
"Go! You must survive and get out of this secret realm. Your son is still at home, waiting for us. He's in your care from now on."
Heng Cheng's tone was urgent, yet tinged with the sorrow of entrusting his son to someone else.
As he spoke, dozens of vines, like angry giant pythons, lashed out at Jie Hui and the other two.
The three of them simultaneously slowed down their escape.
"It's actually Spirit Plant- type Demon Beast, that's interesting."
With a strange smile on his lips, Jie Hui quietly appeared behind Jie Wu and Jie Se.
His Evil Buddha Secret Art were unlikely to be effective against such thick-skinned, mindless Spirit Plant Demon Beast.
It would be more effective to have Jie Wu, who is proficient in hand-to-hand combat, and Jie Se, who is skilled in ambush and assassination, take action against the enemy.
Then, Jie Wu used the secret technique of 'Arhat True Body' to transform into a giant man ten feet tall.
Wearing a protective Kasaya atop his head, activated by the Jie Se, he fearlessly charged towards the demonic vine.
Jie Wu's muscles bulged high, and beneath his golden skin, the veins, like earthworms, writhed incessantly.
He swung his enormous fist with the force of a thunderbolt, smashing it towards a demonic vine.
This punch gathered all his strength. As the giant fist landed, powerful spiritual energy poured out, forming a powerful shockwave that swept in all directions.
The demonic vine instantly turned into countless wood chips.
As soon as Jie Wu broke one demonic vine, more than a dozen demonic vines came from different places and began to coil around him.
Jie Wu kept swinging his arms, which slammed down like iron hammers.
With each attack, one of the demonic vines was broken.
Jie Se hid behind Jie Wu's thick back, wielding a Demon-Subduing Pestle to help Jie Wu clear out some of the stray demonic vines.
In the blink of an eye, nearly half of the demonic vines were destroyed.
Heng Cheng turned to look at Rong Jingyun, who was still there, his expression extremely anxious.
"Why aren't you leaving! Are you going to perish here with me?"
These demonic vines are Demon Beast to the Spirit Plant Spirit Herb Peak of the Beast Taming Sect, and Heng Cheng only recently acquired them.
The demonic vine is very powerful, comparable to a late-stage second-tier Demon Beast. Moreover, because it lacks a soul and intelligence, the demonic vine is fearless and makes it extremely difficult to deal with.
However, due to the lack of intelligence, Heng Cheng must personally control the demon vine to attack, unlike other spirit beasts that can attack enemies on their own while their master can escape.
Rong Jingyun gazed at her husband, her eyes filled with tenderness.
"We are husband and wife, and having entered this secret realm together, we should leave together. How can I stand by and watch you perish to save me, while I myself live on in disgrace?"
"Indeed, they are deeply in love and their affection is profound. In that case, you may all stay."
Jie Hui's voice suddenly rang out.
Without realizing it, he bypassed the demonic vines and arrived not far from Heng Cheng.
Holding Human-Skin Hand Drum, he gently tapped it.
While controlling the demonic vines, Heng Cheng was also distracted by talking to his wife, and without realizing it, he fell into the trap.
His eyes widened, filled with fear and panic.
The situation was exactly the same as when Ji Ruxue was controlled by the hand drum; it was as if she had witnessed a great terror, causing her to lose her composure.
Without Heng Cheng's control, the demonic vines' attacks became chaotic, and the vines even became entangled with each other.
Jie Wu and Jie Se easily broke through the demonic vines' blockade and charged forward.
"My husband, wake up quickly."
Rong Jingyun screamed in panic.
At the same time, she hurriedly activated the Blazing Fire Cauldron, pouring out a large amount of blue Spirit Flame, which burned towards Jie Hui and the other two.
Amid Rong Jingyun's exclamation, Heng Cheng snapped back to reality.
His consciousness had just returned from the illusion when he saw a Demon-Subduing Pestle piercing through the blue Spirit Flame and heading straight for his chest.
Heng Cheng was terrified. The Demon-Subduing Pestle was already within reach, and time was of the essence, leaving him no time to activate his Spirit Artifact to resist.
He could only exert all his spiritual power to condense a spiritual power shield.
However, his spiritual energy shield, that of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, was no match for the full-force attack of Foundation Establishment Peak Stage cultivator.
The Demon-Subduing Pestle pierced through his chest and passed right through his body.
Heng Cheng was carried by the power of the Demon-Subduing Pestle and thrown towards Rong Jingyun's position behind him.
Rong Jingyun took Heng Cheng from her and saw a hole the size of a bowl on Heng Cheng's left chest.
Heng Cheng's entire heart has been shattered.
He was barely clinging to life thanks to the powerful physical abilities of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Heng Cheng lay in Rong Jingyun's arms, gazing at her face with eyes full of reluctance and longing.
His mouth was slightly open, as if he wanted to say something.
He didn't utter a single word; only copious amounts of bloody foam spilled from his mouth.
Rong Jingyun looked distressed, raised her hand, and took out a purple Ganoderma lucidum.
It was the Purple Cloud Lingzhi, an extremely precious third-tier spirit medicine, that Fang Pengyi used to keep the Man-Snake alive during the final stage of Song Wen's refining of the Man-Snake Profound Corpse.
Rong Jingyun directly inserted the Purple Cloud Lingzhi into the wound in Heng Cheng's chest.
Then, he infused it with spiritual energy to help it refine the Purple Cloud Lingzhi.
"Don't speak, just sleep soundly, I'll definitely take you out of here."
Rong Jingyun gazed at her husband with an unusually firm expression.
Heng Cheng's eyes rolled back, and he fainted.
Rong Jingyun raised her hand and summoned the Blazing Fire Cauldron.
She placed Heng Cheng's body into the Blazing Fire Cauldron.
Then, he stepped onto his flying sword and soared through the air.
Without Heng Cheng's burden, Rong Jingyun's speed improved significantly.
Jie Hui and his two companions were temporarily blocked by the blue Spirit Flame.
Rong Jingyun quickly distanced herself from the three.
The enormous cave where the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid Hall is located has only one exit, the one from which everyone came.
There were several people ahead of Rong Jingyun.
Song Wen was at the forefront of the escape.
Next was Lei Yuanhua.
Next were Mu Yunxin and Xue Gu, who were chasing after Lei Yuanhua, trying to seize the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Liquid from him.
Finally, there was Feng Qi, who gained nothing.
Rong Jingyun knew that the people ahead were not to be trifled with.
Instead of continuing her escape towards the exit, she fled down the cliff edge at the edge of the cave.
The cliff is bottomless, and no one knows where it leads or whether there is any way out of the cave.
The monks who entered the cave in the past did not bring back any relevant information.
However, at this point, Rong Jingyun had no other choice but to take the risk.
Even if there's a cliff below with no exit.
If she finds a secluded place to hide, the secret realm will limit the range of Divine Sense detection, making it not easy for Jie Hui and the others to find her.