Su Jiu and her companions enjoyed a proper rest, but Gu Ningyun's team was on the verge of going mad.
Although they had taken a different route, they too encountered a Formation Arts Artist who laid arrays to intercept and slaughter them. Their team had no Formation Arts Artist, so in the end, their two Nascent Soul Cultivators had to break the array by brute force.
But breaking an array by brute force was far harder than dismantling it normally. Even the Nascent Soul Cultivators found the effort difficult to bear.
Gu Ningyun had even been injured.
Seeing Gu Ningyun's pale face and the traces of blood at the corners of her lips, the female fellow disciples traveling with her were beside themselves with distress.
The other Nascent Soul Cultivator who had broken the array alongside Gu Ningyun seemed entirely unchanged. Dressed in black, he was normally quiet and spoke little. While everyone else regulated their breathing, he simply leaned against a tree, seemingly surveying their surroundings.
Quite a few people wondered why Gu Ningyun had been injured when they had broken the array together, while he remained completely unharmed.
They soon learned the answer.
The man suddenly drew his sword and slashed at Gu Ningyun, who was still meditating.
Like Gu Ningyun, the man was at the nascent soul middle stage. Even if the other cultivators wanted to intercept him, they could not move fast enough.
The Heavenly Music Pavilion disciples went white with fear.
Just as they thought Gu Ningyun was doomed-
A sudden clang rang through the forest.
Everyone realized that Gu Ningyun had opened her eyes at some point. Blocking the man's sharp blade was her Life-Bound Treasure, the Nishang Konghou.
It had to be said that the konghou itself was a masterpiece as beautiful as