It was currently late at night, and the indistinct halo of light still hung over the horizon. As a result, the reeds at the edge also received some light. Xu Yourong opened her eyes and woke up. The crystal in her hand had already turned into useless powder. The true essence in her body had recovered a little, but it could only barely suppress the poison in her blood. It could not solve all the problems.
With a thought, she retracted her pure white wings. Her fingers touched something, and only then did she remember that she had saved a human cultivator.
Her fingers touched the pulse of the human cultivator, and after a while, her eyebrows slightly rose. She seemed rather surprised — the amount of true essence in this human cultivator was rather thin, and it was not the result of battle. There seemed to be some problem with his meridians — with this kind of cultivation talent, he was actually able to enter Ethereal Opening and obtain the qualifications to enter the Garden of Zhou. It could be imagined that this person had to be extremely diligent in his cultivation.
It was a pity that this person's luck was too terrible. The Garden of Zhou was so large, yet he had actually encountered Nanke's two wings. He was heavily injured, and if he did not receive treatment soon, he would definitely die. Another reason for this person's terrible luck was her current situation. She had used up all her true essence and lost a lot of blood. It was simply impossible for her to use the Sacred Light technique to treat him.
She stood up and shook her head at the depths of the plain, then turned around and looked in the opposite direction. She saw that on the other side of the reeds, not far away was dry land, and a little further away was a forest. She could faintly make out a cliff. If she followed this cliff, she should be able to walk into a garden where human cultivators gathered. She still remembered that there were many caves in that cliff.
Looking at the dense forest on the other side of the reeds, she said nothing. Yes, she only remembered, but she could not see clearly. Right now, her vision was still a blur.
She felt that that person was too miserable, but her own situation was even worse. In order to escape Nanke's pursuit, she had burned too much of the Heavenly Phoenix's true blood. The poison in her blood had already begun to spread, and her vision and five senses had all been greatly damaged. If she could not leave the Garden of Zhou in time, she really would die here.
At the peak of Sunset Valley, the Phoenix's soul had awakened, but what was the point? Without a fleshly body, no matter how strong the soul was, what use was it? Without a wick, how could a flame exist? Would she die here?
The gentle breeze of the plain blew over, and the temperature was lowered by the water beneath the weeds and reeds. It was somewhat chilly. Her expression was still calm, but her hands were trembling slightly, as if she wanted to catch the wind but couldn't. She calmly gazed at the mountains of the Garden of Zhou. Slowly … slowly … for some reason, she suddenly became angry.
Yesterday, before leaving the Mountainside Whispering Wood for the last time, she had heard from her senior sister from Holy Maiden Peak that Chen Chang Sheng and the wolf-tribe youth had quietly left. From the looks of it, they were heading upstream. As the next Holy Maiden of the south, she knew many secrets. Although she was not certain, she was certain that the entrance to the Sword Pool was somewhere upstream of that stream.
Chen Chang Sheng's destination was the Sword Pool.
The upper reaches of the stream, the summit of Sunset Valley, and this patch of reeds were separated by several hundred li. Even if Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu could fly, they would still not be able to reach this place.
That was why she was angry now.
She had never hidden her feelings towards Chen Chang Sheng. She had never liked this fiancé that she had never met, but there was a marriage contract between her and that person after all. Therefore, she naturally had some guesses and even hopes for him.
She had hopes, but now she was disappointed.
She gazed at the mountains of the Garden of Zhou, gazed at the distant upper reaches of the stream, and felt an indescribable anger towards that fellow. "He doesn't even have the slightest sense of the overall situation. He only knows how to save people and treat the injured. Could it be that he can't see that this is a demon plot? His way of doing things is so petty. It really is infuriating. "
The chaos in the Garden of Zhou was definitely related to the demons. She had thought of this point, which was why she had walked the lonely mountain path of Sunset Valley last night. If Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu had the same idea as her and worked together, then with the addition of Liang Xiaoxiao and Qi Jian, the two members of the Divine State's Seven Laws, they would definitely be able to destroy the demon plot.
However, Chen Changsheng had gone to find the Sword Pool, so she had made this evaluation.
She did not remember that at the summit of Sunset Valley, Nanke had also made this evaluation of him.
"Shuang 'er really wasn't wrong. On the surface, he seems honest, kind, and benevolent, but at the crucial moment, you can see that his bones are filled with indifference and selfishness. At this moment, he still feels that the Sword Pool is more important than anything else. Only … why would that guy be the same as me, running around in the Garden of Zhou for two nights, not hesitating to save so many people? "
Xu Yourong creased her brow and thought for a while. Finally, she came up with an answer — Chen Changsheng had done those things on purpose, to save those people for her to see.
"He wants to use this kind of method to … obtain my good impression? He really is a hypocritical guy. "
Her mood was somewhat strange. She stopped thinking about it and turned to look at the cultivator that she had saved. Because her vision was blurry, she had to lower her head and get extremely close. Only then was she able to see that person's face a little more clearly. The person was unconscious, his brow tightly furrowed, but he still gave off an honest and steady feeling, making people want to get close to him. His age was around twenty years old.
"He seems like an honest person. At such a young age, he's already at Ethereal Opening. Perhaps he's a favored core disciple of some sect. Perhaps he's even one of the top three in this year's Grand Examination. It's a pity that his corpse will be exposed in the wilderness."
She confirmed that she had no way of saving this person and couldn't help but feel a little regretful. She shook her head with a little pity, then extended her hand and felt around the person's body, hoping to find something that could prove his identity. Unexpectedly, she found nothing, only a very ordinary dagger without any insignia on it.
She remembered that when she was saving the person last night, she seemed to have seen a very strange weapon in his hand. It seemed to be shaped like an umbrella, but she didn't know where it had gone. Her brow creased, as if thinking of something. She turned around and walked towards the land on the other side of the reed marsh. The lake water had soaked her dress, leaving a mark on the beach outside the forest.
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In the instant that Xu Yourong's figure disappeared into the forest, an extremely thin shadow, like lightning, fell into the reed thicket.
The reeds swayed in the wind. A Qi suddenly appeared and then disappeared. A little girl wearing a black dress, appeared at Chen Changsheng's side. At her waist was a jade scepter.
The little girl's expression was indifferent. Her vertical pupils were as dark as her dress, making the red mole between her eyebrows even more vivid.
She was the Black Dragon. Chen Changsheng called her Zhizhi, or sometimes Hong Zhuang.
She gazed at the unconscious Chen Changsheng, a hint of worry and confusion faintly appearing in the depths of her indifferent eyes. "Weren't you on the other side of the cliff? How did you suddenly appear here? "
As a noble and powerful Black Frost Dragon, even if she was just a strand of her soul, she only needed a glance to see that Chen Changsheng's body was already riddled with holes. Only then did she know that he had suffered such heavy injuries.
If no one saved him, he would assuredly die.
"How did you end up with that woman?"
She gazed at the forest on the other side of the reed thicket, her brow rising in displeasure as she thought, Chen Changsheng, you idiot, what did she promise you? How could you trust a human woman?
To her, the most painful memory of humanity, besides the long-vanished Wang Zhice, was that woman, the Tianhai Divine Empress.
Xu Yourong was very similar to the young Tianhai Divine Empress, and coupled with the fact that Chen Changsheng had spoken of that engagement, she was innately wary of Xu Yourong and had no good impression of her.
She had seen the scene of Xu Yourong saving Chen Changsheng last night, and then she had searched the Garden of Zhou for a very long time before finally finding these two. Unexpectedly, she had seen Xu Yourong leave once more.
This only increased her disgust for Xu Yourong.
In her view, the reason Xu Yourong had risked her life to save Chen Changsheng last night was because demons had been watching from the side. And now, Xu Yourong had left Chen Changsheng here to wait for death because no one had seen it. The reason for this was because Xu Yourong deeply valued her reputation. She viewed it as even more important than the lives of others, even her own.
This sort of woman was truly cruel, hypocritical, and frightening.
She recalled the letter Chen Changsheng had once told her in the underground cavern, recalled those four words, and her small face revealed an expression of loathing.
To leave Chen Changsheng in this patch of reeds and leave on her own, to have him slowly and helplessly wait for death, was this the 'take care of yourself' she had said in the letter?
She had no good impression of humans, except Chen Changsheng, so she was somewhat angry. Moreover, she had invested a great deal of blood and sweat into Chen Changsheng, true blood and sweat. She could not permit Chen Changsheng to die like this, or else all that blood and sweat would be wasted. Thus, the first thing she had to do was to keep Chen Changsheng alive.
How could she cure the wounds in Chen Changsheng's body?
She thought of a method, and an indescribable feeling of shame and anger appeared on her forehead. That dark red mole on her face became somewhat brighter.
"Remember, you owe me another life," she hatefully said to the unconscious Chen Changsheng.
After saying this, she leaned over and embraced Chen Changsheng, nestling in his embrace. Then, she transformed into a black light and entered his body.
A Qi of utmost cold and purity was released from Chen Changsheng's chest, and then it gradually retreated back into his body.
There were many tiny wounds on the surface of Chen Changsheng's internal organs, and they were constantly bleeding. They were frozen by this extremely cold Qi, and the bleeding gradually stopped. At the same time, his blood flow and breathing began to slow.
A thin layer of frost formed on the surface of the water in the reeds.
A layer of frost also formed on Chen Changsheng's forehead.
At the same time, a jade ruyi appeared on his wrist.
After a while, the sound of splashing water could be heard.
Xu Yourong walked out of the forest. Holding her dress, she walked back into the reeds, but it was unknown what she had just gone to do.
Seeing the layer of frost on Chen Changsheng's forehead and sensing that the environment was slightly colder than before, she slightly raised her eyebrows. She felt that something had happened.
But around the reeds, there was clearly nothing.
She took out the Fated Star Plate, and her fingers seemed to carelessly fiddle with it a few times.
The Fated Star Plate did not give any instructions. Those lines were extremely messy and chaotic, just like the starless night sky of the Garden of Zhou. Nothing could be seen.
Her injuries were too heavy, and she could not walk back to the garden where the human cultivators gathered, so where should she go next?
She grabbed Chen Changsheng's belt and walked to the other side of the river, just like she was carrying a bundle.
Because she was not tall, Chen Changsheng's face would occasionally dip into the water, creating a splash in the reeds and startling a few fish.
Just what does this person eat every day? He doesn't look fat, so why is he so heavy?
She thought to herself.
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After discussing and debating with my friend for an entire day, I finally confirmed all the plots in the Garden of Zhou. Very good. Tonight, I will complete the outline. The main text is just this chapter.
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