I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 167 - 141: The Mastermind Behind the Scenes
The elixir melted as soon as it entered the mouth, Zhao Fuyi asked hoarsely, "What did you... feed me?"
Jiang Yuebai shook the medicine bottle, "The Nine Flower Jade Dew Pill given to me by my enemy. I was afraid it was poisonous, so I didn’t dare to eat it, and I used you to test it."
"You!!"
Zhao Fuyi struggled slightly, and the excruciating pain throughout her body triggered internal injuries. Blood surged up, and she turned her head to spit out a mouthful of blood.
After spitting out, Zhao Fuyi felt her body lighten; her weak and powerless limbs gradually regained strength, and external injuries healed at a visible speed.
She slightly opened her eyes, looking at Jiang Yuebai with astonishment.
Jiang Yuebai raised an eyebrow, "It seems there’s no poison, so I can eat it with peace of mind in the future. I also have a bottle of Awakening God Elixir to restore Divine Sense and Green Wave Soul Cleansing Elixir to repair the Divine Soul wounds. Do you want to help me test these too?"
Zhao Fuyi bit her teeth firmly, trying to break through the Dantian confinement. The slightest movement of Divine Sense caused tearing pain throughout the Divine Soul, making her dizzy and weakened against the mountain wall.
Yet she still clenched her fists, unwilling to take the medicine bottle Jiang Yuebai offered her.
Jiang Yuebai nodded slightly, "Alright then, forget it."
Zhao Fuyi turned her head, the medicinal power of Nine Flower Jade Dew Pill still active. She shut her eyes, maintaining an attitude as if refusing to let anyone get close.
Jiang Yuebai’s eyes darted around, and she casually sat beside Zhao Fuyi, scooting close to her, causing Zhao Fuyi’s brows to furrow deeper.
Jiang Yuebai swallowed a Fasting Pill and then took out Spiritual Wine to drink.
"There’s a search team from the Three Elements Sect outside; I hope you don’t mind if I hide here? Even if you do, it’s useless. You can’t do anything to me in your current state."
Zhao Fuyi stayed silent, while Jiang Yuebai continued to run off at the mouth.
"I was wondering earlier, why are there so many search teams from the Three Elements Sect here, and there was also an explosion deep in the Land of Azure Flame. I saw a lot of tunneling lights chasing a tunneling light and hammering it fiercely. At first, I thought what was being hammered? Turns out it was you."
Zhao Fuyi’s fist twitched slightly.
Jiang Yuebai scratched her head, "I just can’t understand, aren’t you quite formidable? The number one Array Master in the Earth Spiritual Realm, killing people beyond your level, holding off hundreds with ease—wasn’t your skill in arraying just a farce?"
Zhao Fuyi’s mouth slightly opened, inhaling sharply, then bit down hard again.
"Pfft~"
Jiang Yuebai couldn’t help but snicker.
Zhao Fuyi suddenly stood up, "Shut your mouth, this True Monarch commands!"
"I won’t shut up."
Zhao Fuyi: !!!
"Unless you answer a few of my questions, otherwise I’ll keep nagging—more than Hee Wangchen."
Zhao Fuyi took a deep breath, leaning against the mountain wall again, turning her back to Jiang Yuebai.
"Ask!"
"Who hammered and caused you such harm? Cough~ Uh~" Jiang Yuebai scratched her nose and asked.
Zhao Fuyi’s eyes were shadowed, and she spoke in a deep voice, "Qing Nangzi."
"Qing Nang... Qing Nangzi!!"
Jiang Yuebai suddenly sprang up from the ground, unable to believe, her eyes wide, her mind exploding.
But upon calming down and thinking, the suppressive pill on Zhao Fuyi’s cultivation was provided by Qing Nangzi; only he could have tampered with the medicine to lead Zhao Fuyi, who was strong in combat, into such a predicament.
Yet Zhao Fuyi was truly formidable; even under the influence of drugs, facing the siege of a group, she managed to escape to this place.
It turns out Shen Huaxi wasn’t the only one in question, his master Qing Nangzi was the real mastermind behind it all!
"Oh no, my master!"
*
At that time, in the main camp of the Heavenly Interence Sect.
Lii Jiuchuan added a cup of tea for the white-bearded elder with a square scarf, "It’s been seven days, I wonder how they’re doing in the Secret Realm."
Qing Nangzi tapped the table twice, smiling, "True Monarch Jiuchuan worries about his own disciple, or is he concerned about True Monarch Fuyi?"
Lii Jiuchuan chuckled lightly, "My concern is whether the Four Symbols Great Array can be arrayed timely; the past grievances with Zhao Fuyi are over; we’re just fellow sect members now; Qing Nangzi needn’t mention it again."
Qing Nangzi stroked his beard, "Even today, I still remember how back then, on the Netherworld Sea, Fuyi dragged the severely wounded and comatose you, struggling to escape with her life. If she were truly heartless, she would have merely left you behind for the Ghost Tide to devour, leaving no trace of what happened, avoiding many later grievances."
"But she risked her life bringing you out, proving she’s not a villain, just values fame too much. Last time in the sect, Jiuchuan, you went a bit too far."
Lii Jiuchuan nodded humbly, "Many years of accumulated grievances erupting in a moment was indeed over the line; after all, I am but a mortal. Speaking of those times, I’ve yet to properly thank you; had you not happened to pass by and save us two, helping stabilize Fuyi’s cultivation and repairing my Dantian, there would be no True Monarch Fuyi or the current me. Jiuchuan thanks Qing Nangzi."
Qing Nangzi waved his hand, "True Monarch Jiuchuan is too kind; as a healer, one nurtures compassion, and cannot ignore the dying; I merely did what needed to be done. Besides, it was thanks to True Monarch Fuyi’s recommendation that I’ve been attached to Heavenly Interence Sect for so many years, sheltered in my medical research, even receiving a good disciple who can inherit my mantle - all fortunate things."
Mentioning Shen Huaxi, Lii Jiuchuan’s fingers twitched slightly, casually asking, "Lately, with the Three Elements Sect rampant, I’ve been worried there might be Ghost Clan remnants using possession methods to escape the Secret Realm; might there be ways within Medical Dao to distinguish between possession and Soul Lodging?"
"This..."
"True Monarch Jiuchuan, there’s an issue at the Transmission Array!"
Someone suddenly came to report outside, interrupting the conversation, causing Lii Jiuchuan’s expression to tense, as he and Qing Nangzi hurried to the Transmission Array.
Upon arrival, they saw eighteen stone pillars all showing cracks, with several Nascent Soul True Monarch responsible for initiating the Secret Realm Transmission Array suffering varying degrees of injury, among them, a Nascent Soul from Sun Erosion Sect leaning under a stone pillar, spitting blood unconscious.
Besides, there were quite a few Feather Clan extraordinary people, seemingly experiencing mishaps during transmission causing injuries; wings broken or limbs incomplete, many were gathering together, crying and begging surrounding cultivators for help.
"Send them to the medical camp." Lii Jiuchuan instructed the surrounding Heavenly Interence Sect disciples.
True Monarch Cang Huo, with fiery disheveled hair, pressing his slightly pudgy belly, approached and spoke to Lii Jiuchuan, "I don’t know what happened, but that old Xiaori suddenly fell into Deviation, nearly blowing his Nascent Soul."
Qing Nangzi had already finished inspecting, after a moment addressing the crowd, "His Nascent Soul is damaged and needs immediate treatment, quickly take him to my tent."
Qing Nangzi nodded to Lii Jiuchuan and left first.
Lii Jiuchuan and the remaining Nascent Soul True Monarch examined the Sealing Stone Pillars; the damage wasn’t too severe, as long as the runes above were replenished, the Transmission Array could be restarted.
At this time, a Nascent Soul True Monarch versed in Array Dao was already repairing them; Cang Huo spoke beside, "No big deal, setting up the Array Points, will take a month at least, they’ll surely be fixed by then."
Lii Jiuchuan’s brow twitched, an unsettling premonition lingered, but with things as they were, he had no way to enter the Secret Realm, and could only wait outside.
At the medical camp.
After a day’s toil, Xie Jingshan was resting with Shen Huaxi.
Xie Jingshan leaned closer to smell Shen Huaxi, "Huaixi, you stink, covered with the smell of blood."
Shen Huaxi laughed indifferently, "Treating wounded cultivators all day, it’s inevitable."
Xie Jingshan suddenly remembered childhood times, asking, "Huaixi, I’ve always wondered that although we grew up together, at that time I and Song Zhi’ang often went to the mountains to soak in hot springs, but you awkwardly refused to strip and join us in the water; are you secretly a girl? Otherwise, you could strip now and let me check."
Xie Jingshan reached to pull Shen Huaxi’s clothes; Shen Huaxi avoided with a smile, "Brother Jingshan, don’t, there are people outside."
"Come on, we’re all men, don’t be shy~"
"Is there anyone? Help! Someone come and save my uncle!"
Outside, a call for help sounded, pulling Shen Huaxi to adjust his collar and go out, Xie Jingshan followed closely behind, seeing several extraordinary people rush into the medical tent, carrying several blood-covered extraordinary people.
The front young girl, with wings like a sparrow, running to Shen Huaxi, clutching his sleeve, pleading.
"Please, please, save my uncle, save him."
In the process, the girl quickly conveyed a message to Shen Huaxi.
[Fuyi has escaped]
Shen Huaxi’s eyes shook, but then he quickly concealed it and had people lay the injured extraordinary ones on the ground.
"Go call other medical cultivators; there’s too many, I can’t manage it alone."
Seeing this, Xie Jingshan went forward to help.
