Lu Changfeng and Xue Chongyin raced back to Yao Light Hall, one behind the other, their feet barely touching the ground.
Outside the hall, the atmosphere had changed completely. A murderous chill filled the air.
The elite Plum Blossom Guards who had been concealed in the shadows had all revealed themselves. Led by the Twenty-Four Floral Periods, they stood at designated positions, sealing off the entire central area of Yao Light Hall so tightly that not even water could seep through.
Mu Qinghong stood guard at the entrance, her face ashen with fury, the pressure of a Fifth Realm Great Grandmaster rolling off her like an abyss, like a prison.
At the sight of Lu Changfeng and Xue Chongyin, her expression softened slightly, and she immediately stepped aside.
Lu Changfeng had no time to look closely. He and Jinghong rushed straight into the inner hall.
Though Lu Changfeng had prepared himself, the scene inside still made his heart clench.
Princess Taiping lay curled up on the couch, one hand pressed fiercely against her chest, her body trembling slightly from excruciating pain. Her breathtaking face, normally so majestic, had lost every trace of blood and taken on an ominous blue-gold hue. On closer inspection, countless fine golden threads seemed to be darting frantically beneath her skin!
Clearly, the erupting Golden Silkworm Gu had already broken through the seal on her left arm and begun its backlash!
The energy around her was in utter chaos. Her powerful ziwei true qi and the sinister golden silkworm gu poison were locked in a vicious struggle within her meridians, and the escaping force whipped the surrounding gauze curtains into a snapping frenzy.
Zhao Lanjun held her other hand, continuously channeling true qi into her to help suppress it.
Fu Rong knelt beside the couch, tears