Lin Qingyang thought he couldn't sleep at all, but it was probably because his body was too exhausted, or the pain in his meridians made him lose strength. He leaned against the pillar in the corridor and fell asleep in a daze.
In the dream, he returned to the pale corridor, looking inside quietly through the thick glass of the ICU ward. The light in the ward was dim, with only the fluorescent light dancing on the monitor screen, accompanied by a monotonous and mechanical "ticking" sound.
He subconsciously reached out to push the door, but his palm passed through the metal door handle without any hindrance. Lin Qingyang was stunned for a moment, then simply took a step forward, passed directly through the wall, and stood in front of the hospital bed.
The person on the bed had a gray face, and his body was covered with tubes of different thicknesses. Under the oxygen mask was a thin layer of white mist, which rose and fell with difficulty as he breathed weakly.
Lin Qingyang looked down at this familiar yet unfamiliar face, feeling unexpectedly calm in his heart, as if the person lying here was not him at all. He tentatively stretched out his hand, wanting to touch the pale cheek, but his fingertips went straight through and touched nothing.
At this moment, the person on the hospital bed suddenly twitched violently, and his chest heaved rapidly. The surrounding instruments suddenly erupted into sharp alarms, and red warning lights flashed crazily.
Lin Qingyang suddenly opened his eyes, the surroundings were quiet, and in front of him was still the same Lake Water he had before falling asleep. The sky was already slightly bright, and a soft mist appeared on the lake. It should be like spring all year round in the secret realm, but the cool breeze in the morning blew on his clothes stained with cold sweat, which still made him shiver.
Not far away, Mo Yan and Yun Zhan were sitting cross-legged in meditation, while Jin Buhuan and Su Ruohuan were leaning in the corner, breathing evenly.
Lin Qingyang rubbed his swollen brows and was about to change his posture when, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a string of bubbles suddenly appearing on the water in front of him. He frowned and looked, only to see a golden miniature Array faintly lit up under the water.
Immediately afterwards, there was a soft "crack" sound, and a fish jumped out of the water, drew an arc in mid-air, and accurately landed on the wooden board of the corridor. After flopping twice, it stopped moving.
Lin Qingyang Then it became clear that it was not a living thing at all, but a finely carved wooden fish.
"This is what Tianxuan Pavilion uses to deliver information."
Li Tian's voice came from behind. He left the room at some point, and with the dark circles under his eyes, he bent down to pick up the wooden fish on the ground.
The movement here woke up the others, and Mo Yan and others got up and came over.
"Is there any news?" Lin Qingyang stood up supporting the pillar, his voice still a little hoarse.
Li Tian said nothing, and lightly scratched the wooden fish's dorsal fin with his fingertips. The wooden fish split from the middle with a "click" and spit out a thin roll of paper.
Li Tian unfolded the note and glanced at it. His expression sank. He raised his eyes and looked at everyone. "Demon Clan has assembled a large number of troops and is advancing towards the Human Clan territory at full speed. Jiuchen has also given orders. All disciples of the Immortal Alliance are dispatched to fight against the Demon Clan."
The air suddenly became quiet, and everyone's expressions became serious.
Su Ruohuan said carefully, "Is this really going to start a fight?"
Everyone looked serious. In the past, Lin Qingyang was interfering with it, and with the peace faction like Su Jingui suppressing the formation, the surface peace was barely maintained. Now Su Jingui died tragically, Myriad Spirits Sect was robbed, Demon Clan is coming again with force, naturally there can be no more peaceful voices in the Immortal Alliance, and Cang Mo is now angry again, blood will flow into the river if the two sides meet.
"Where are they gathering?" Lin Qingyang asked urgently.
Li Tian squeezed the note. "Ten Thousand Demons Forest border, Tianshui City."
Lin Qingyang paused for a moment, then his face became a little darker.
"Without further delay, we have to go Tianshui City to stop them!" Yun Zhan clenched the sword in his hand and sounded anxious.
Li Tian was silent for a moment, then turned and walked back to the workbench, carefully put the wooden hand into the box, and whispered, "A-Yan Be good, wait until I come back."
After that, he strode to the water's edge, quickly made seals with his hands, and prepared to open Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array.
"What is that?" Su Ruohuan suddenly pointed at the lake and exclaimed.
Everyone looked in the direction she pointed, and saw in the thick morning fog, a small wooden boat rushing towards this direction like an arrow from its string. There was a vague figure lying on the bow of the boat.
"There is someone!" Mo Yan's eyes flashed, and Thunderclap Mace instantly slipped into his palm.
Li Tian frowned. "Only the elders of the Tianxuan Pavilion know how to enter this secret realm."
The boat was extremely fast and was about to hit the corridor, but it showed no intention of slowing down. Lin Qingyang was pulled back by Yun Zhan. Li Tian quickly raised his hand and shot a Array in an attempt to force the boat to stop, but the boat still hit the wooden railing heavily, making a dull loud noise.
The people on the bow of the boat rolled down onto the wooden board.
Only then did everyone see clearly that it was an old man wearing Tianxuan Pavilion elder's clothing. However, his whole body was covered with white frost, and even his beard and eyebrows were frozen into ice. He was curled up on the ground, his lips were purple from the cold, and his upper and lower teeth were chattering crazily.
"Snow... snow demon..." the old man trembled, his voice hoarse, "There is a snow demon! It's completely frozen outside!"
"It's Xue Lanyuan!" Mo Yan's face changed suddenly.
"How did she find this place?" Jin Buhuan looked in disbelief.
Lin Qingyang gritted his teeth and said, "Jiuchen sent her! He wants to hold us back, Li Tian, activate the teleportation array quickly!"
When Li Tian heard this, he thrust his hands upwards, golden light bloomed in mid-air, and Ten-Thousand-Li Tianyan Array's complex totem quickly took shape.
But just when Array was about to start operating, the golden light suddenly and strangely stopped.
The golden formations in mid-air were dyed blue-white at a speed visible to the naked eye. Immediately afterwards, the crisp sound of ice cracking sounded, and the entire Array was like a frozen glass, shattering in mid-air and turning into countless ice shards falling down.
Li Tian's face darkened and he took a step back to avoid it.
Almost at the same time, everyone felt that the surrounding temperature dropped sharply to a bone-chilling temperature. The originally calm lake in front of them was freezing at a terrifying speed. Thick hoarfrost spread along the water and instantly climbed onto the hull of the wooden boat.
Mo Yan subconsciously stretched out his hand to pull up the old man on the ground, but as soon as his fingertips touched the old man's clothes, an extremely cold air rushed up along the back of his hand. The old man's body instantly turned into an ice sculpture, and the layer of frost was rapidly spreading up Mo Yan's arms.
Mo Yan could only withdraw his hand. A thin layer of ice had already formed on his palm, and everyone was forced to retreat due to the rapidly spreading frost.
Yun Zhan The long sword was unsheathed, and a thick sword energy swept out, shattering the frost that spread to the feet, and raising frost and snow all over the sky.
The blown frost and snow did not disperse, but instead circled and condensed into a blue figure in mid-air.
Xue Lanyuan was hovering in mid-air, with no expression on her beautiful face, and her eyes were covered by a layer of strange red light, looking at everyone blankly.
"Is this Elder Xue?" Li Tian said in surprise, and Yun Zhan also looked confused.
"She was controlled by Soul-Seizing Technique of Jiuchen." Lin Qingyang stared at Xue Lanyuan in mid-air. The Spiritual Power in his meridians became more and more stagnant due to the cold air, which made him grit his teeth.
Before he finished speaking, Xue Lanyuan slowly raised his hand.
The moisture in the air condensed instantly, and dozens of sharp ice cones formed in mid-air, shooting toward everyone overwhelmingly!