The carriage of the Thirteen Divisions of Radiant Green left, but the female disciples stayed behind. They, the disciples of South Stream Temple, and the priests of the Li Palace treated the injured in the forest.
The cultivation world was currently in a season of blooming wildflowers, and this year's Grand Examination was even more of a big year. Coupled with the starlight from the Mausoleum of Books, there were actually several dozen young cultivators who had not yet reached the age of twenty who had overcome the barrier of life and death and successfully entered Ethereal Opening. The future of the human world seemed incomparably bright, but who could have imagined that such a major incident would occur in the Garden of Zhou. Whether it was the Orthodoxy, the Imperial Court, or the sects of the south, they were all naturally incomparably nervous.
Fortunately, the injuries on the bodies of the injured were not too serious. The majority of them had been injured by the falling rocks while escaping the Garden of Zhou. After some simple treatment, they were no longer in any danger. There were also several dozen cultivators who had been heavily injured by the demon experts in the first two nights. They had already received treatment from Xu Yourong and Chen Changsheng, so they were no longer in any danger.
Amongst these people, Qi Jian's injuries were the most serious. That treacherous sword had directly pierced through her abdomen, shaking off several of her meridians. In addition to the several dozen days and nights of fleeing and the effects of medicine, she was still unconscious. It was unknown when she would wake up. The Mount Li elder who was watching over her had an extremely unsightly expression.
With the Mount Li teacher taking care of Qi Jian, Zhexiu naturally could not get too close, but he did not go too far either. He stood under a scholar tree nearby, his eyes closed. Compared to the noisy and chaotic forest, he seemed very lonely.
In reality, he had also suffered extremely heavy injuries, especially since the poison that Nanke had planted in his body had already spread. However, he did not ask the priests of the Li Palace to treat his injuries. His slightly pale face showed no expression. Not only did he keep people at a distance of a thousand li, the other human cultivators also did not take the initiative to ask about him due to the rumors related to him.
The Mount Li elder turned his head and glanced at Zhexiu. His eyes were filled with inquiry and vigilance, as if he wanted to ask something. However, in the end, he turned his head again and returned his attention to the heavily injured and unconscious Qi Jian.
As the last disciple of the Mount Li Sword Sect Master, Qi Jian's status was naturally different. As soon as she left the Garden of Zhou, two cardinals of the Li Palace had already carefully examined her and confirmed that her life was not in danger. However, her injuries were extremely severe, especially her severed meridians and her coma. They could not think of any good methods to treat her, so they had to bring her back to the capital or Mount Li as soon as possible.
That Mount Li elder knew of Qi Jian's past and was even more uneasy. If she really was so heavily injured that she could not get up, who knew what kind of madness his martial uncle would have. And what made him most uneasy and even somewhat afraid was the sword wound in her lower abdomen.
Swords had sword intent, and sword wounds would often have remnants of sword intent. Mount Li cultivated the sword, so this elder only needed a glance to sense where the sword that had heavily injured Qi Jian had come from.
Just as he was feeling uneasy, several cries and shouts suddenly came from the depths of the forest, "Someone come quickly!"
This Mount Li elder turned around and saw the scene. His expression suddenly changed, and he could no longer care about Qi Jian. He ordered the disciples to take good care of her and rushed over himself. With a flick of his sleeve, he shook off the surrounding crowd and angrily yelled, "What's going on here!"
In the center of the crowd was a stretcher, and the person lying on the stretcher was Liang Xiaoxiao.
Liang Xiaoxiao had actually been heavily injured for some reason. His body had over ten wounds made by the edge of a sword. Two female disciples of the South Stream Temple were helping him bandage them, but they could not stop the blood from flowing out from beneath the bandages. The scene was extremely cruel.
His face was as white as paper, his lips were blue, his eyes were dim, and his Qi was weak. The once valiant and formidable-looking young genius was now only a hair's breadth away from death. The two female disciples of the South Stream Temple squatted at the two sides of the stretcher, constantly using bandages to try and staunch the bleeding. However, they could not stop the bleeding, and they could not help but panic. One of the slightly younger female disciples even began to cry, sobbing, "Senior Liang, you can't have anything happen to you!"
The forest was deathly still, and the crowd was shocked speechless. Liang Xiaoxiao was not an ordinary cultivator. He was an inner disciple of the Mount Li Sword Sect, one of the Divine State's Seven Laws, and first upon the first banner in last year's Grand Examination. Yet now, he was actually about to die.
What was going on? Who had injured him?
A cardinal of the Li Palace hurriedly rushed over. Seeing the scene before him, he could not help but be greatly alarmed. Without hesitation, he used the Sacred Light technique, and without any hesitation, he sprinkled clear light onto Liang Xiaoxiao's body.
The scene was silent, and the crowd anxiously waited. After a while, the bleeding on Liang Xiaoxiao's body stopped, but … his face was still pale, and his eyes were still dim. The cardinal slowly shook his head.
Seeing the expression on the cardinal's face, the Mount Li elder's body slightly swayed, and he forced himself to stand. Through the narration of some of the people present, he knew that Liang Xiaoxiao had been carried out by Zhuang Huanyu in the end. He coldly looked over.
"What's going on?"
Zhuang Huanyu also had several sword wounds on his body, but they were not serious. His face was also very pale, but it was probably not because of his wounds, but because his mind was agitated. Hearing the Mount Li elder's question, he looked at Liang Xiaoxiao on the stretcher, and was somewhat hesitant.
Liang Xiaoxiao lay on the stretcher. His spirit was slightly better than before, and his Qi was slightly stronger. However, when the sunlight sprinkled down, one could faintly see that on the surface of his clothes, there were some fragments of glass.
It was a sign that his cultivation was dispersing. This Divine State's Third Law was about to die.
The forest became even more deathly still, and the sorrow gradually thickened. The girl from South Stream Temple began to cry again.
The Mount Li elder looked at Zhuang Huanyu and roared, "Speak!"
With this roar, a sword intent exploded forth, enveloping Zhuang Huanyu. It seemed that if Zhuang Huanyu had been a little slower, that sword intent would have directly chopped him into pieces!
Zhuang Huanyu was also not a normal cultivator, he was a student of the Heavenly Academy. However, at this moment, this Mount Li elder did not care about this at all, and it could be seen how angry he was.
As the host of the opening of the Garden of Zhou, Zhu Luo had already arrived. Naturally, he could not just watch Zhuang Huanyu die like this. He looked at the Mount Li elder and said, "Calm down."
At this moment, a weak voice came from the stretcher.
"Martial Uncle, it has nothing to do with Master Huanyu."
The Mount Li elder looked at Liang Xiaoxiao, and said with a slightly trembling voice, "Then who injured you like this?"
At this moment, the majority of the people in the forest believed that the demon experts that had infiltrated the Garden of Zhou had heavily injured Liang Xiaoxiao. It must be known that Liang Xiaoxiao was first upon the first banner in last year's Grand Examination, and had also viewed the monoliths in the Mausoleum of Books for an entire year. His cultivation was extremely profound, and logically, only those demon experts could injure him like this.
However, the Mount Li elder was very clear that Liang Xiaoxiao was not injured by demons, because he recognized the sword scars on Liang Xiaoxiao's body. Those sword scars were just like the one on Qi Jian's abdomen. They were all … sword techniques of Mount Li.
The Mount Li Sword Sect disciples that had entered the Garden of Zhou were only Qi Jian and Liang Xiaoxiao.
The Mount Li elder had a vague guess, but he could not believe it, so his voice trembled very much.
Liang Xiaoxiao looked at his martial uncle, and slowly but firmly shook his head.
The Mount Li elder understood his meaning, and his face revealed an expression of disbelief.
Liang Xiaoxiao was in a state of terminal lucidity, and his spirit was better than before. His gaze slowly moved, and when he saw Qi Jian in the distance, he imperceptibly paused, and then continued moving. Only the Mount Li elder and Zhu Luo noticed this, and they also saw that Liang Xiaoxiao's gaze towards Qi Jian was filled with self-blame, frustration, heartache, and sorrow.
Everyone's gazes followed his gaze, and they vaguely understood what he was looking for.
Finally, Liang Xiaoxiao's gaze fell on a scholar tree.
Under the scholar tree was the wolf tribe youth.
Countless gazes fell on his body.
Zhexiu's eyes were closed, as if he had not sensed anything.
"It's him." Zhuang Huanyu's voice was somewhat hoarse as he said, "Wofu Zhexiu … is a spy for the demons. In the Garden of Zhou, he ambushed us. In order to save me, Senior Liang was taken advantage of by him."
Hearing these words, the forest was first deathly silent, and then it exploded into an uproar.
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(I'm truly sorry. According to the plan, I should have written six thousand characters today. I definitely shouldn't have stopped here, but there really are too many things to do, and my condition is too terrible. Tomorrow, if my body is fine, I will definitely write more. In this story, Liang Xiaoxiao is a supporting character, or even a minor character. However, I am very serious about writing him, so I'm sorry again. In addition, a while ago, I reported to everyone that the book review area is holding a long-term welfare event. Readers who cast two or more monthly votes this month, or readers who cast twenty or more recommendation votes this month, will have the opportunity to receive 10000 book coins and a set of Choosing Heaven's Diary's signature. Everyone can pay attention to the book review at the top of the book review area: [The promised book review area welfare is here!] Reply to participate.)
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