Of course, Ding Yuan would not be so foolish as to jump out and fight with Heavenly Venerate Red Beard one-on-one. If that happened, he would have given up ten lives for nothing. He saw that the red-haired old monster was stepping on the surface of the water, raising his head to look at Ji Xueyan with his back facing him. This was an opportunity for him to launch a sneak attack.
If they acted according to the righteous sects, they should abide by the rules even when dealing with demonic experts like the Nine Demons of the Heaven Continent, without losing the demeanor of the righteous sects. Why would Dante Yuan care about this?
He took a deep breath behind the mountain rock and dived into the water, carefully swimming toward the feet of Heavenly Venerate Red Beard. Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Heavenly Venerate Red Beard, who seemed to be floating on the surface of the water without any reaction, Ding Yuan was secretly pleased. Just as he was about to catch the old monster by surprise and drag him into the water to swim, he suddenly felt alarmed.
At this moment, his Cuiwei Heart Technique had just reached a small success, and he could vaguely sense the potential threat. From the corner of his eye, he saw three black centipede-like things that were about the length of a finger breaking through the water in a triangular formation and shooting towards him. However, they had a pair of pale golden translucent wings under their ribs and were already in front of him in an instant.
Who was the Red Beard Heavenly Venerate? How could he be plotted against by Ding Yuan? He had already noticed Ding Yuan who was hiding in the pond. However, seeing that he was hiding, he didn't say anything. He was waiting to deal with Ji and Zhao first.
Who knew that Ding Yuan would actually use the cover of the pool water to secretly swim towards his feet. Even without asking, he knew that it was definitely not beneficial to him. Heavenly Venerate Red Beard immediately chanted a mantra and took out three Mystic Gold Flying Centipedes that were less than a finger long from a deerskin bag at his waist.
These three "Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes" were subdued by him in the Cloud-Dream Marsh when he was picking herbs more than forty years ago. At that time, they were only half an inch long, but they had already gained spirituality and were extremely poisonous. After 40 years of painstaking training by Heavenly Master Red Beard, these three Dark Gold Flying Centipedes had achieved great success. With just a command from their master, they could shoot down the sun from the nine heavens and catch the moon from the four seas. The poison in their bodies was the enemy of all spirits and the calamity of the mortal world.
Since he was not sure about the cultivation level of the person who ambushed him in the water, Red Beard did not dare to be negligent. He released the three Dark Gold Flying Centipedes that he had never used since he came out of the mountain for the second time.
This was hard on Ding Yuan. Heavenly Venerate Red Beard had really overestimated him. Even Ding Yuan would find it hard to defend against one of them, let alone three.
He saw three strange flying insects rushing towards him, so he quickly drew the water to the side in an attempt to dodge. However, the speed of the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede in the water was not inferior to that on land. Even if Ding Yuan's swimming skills were good, he could not escape.
Seeing a Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede rushing at the front heading straight for his face, Ding Yuan reached out his right hand in a hurry to slap it away. However, the Mystic Gold Flying Centipede was a spiritual demonic creature and had been refined by Heavenly Venerable Red Beard for forty years. How could his slap hit it?
The Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede nimbly flashed past Ding Yuan's palm and bit his left shoulder. Ding Yuan only felt a pain and numbness in his shoulder, and a strange cold current rushed into his lungs along his blood vessels. Before he could react, the other two Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes had already bitten his body.
Ding Yuan only felt three icy cold currents that were like three ice blades drilling into his body. Wherever they passed, his body immediately became numb and stiff. He knew that he must have been poisoned. If he didn't quickly force out the poison that had penetrated his body, he would be in a worse state than Zhao Zhuoshan.
With a thought, Cui Wei's mental cultivation technique rose up and flowed out from his dantian. However, although Ding Yuan had a sixty-year cycle of pure zhenqi cultivation, he could not use it as much as a hair on nine oxen. Even if he used all his strength, he could not resist the poison injected by the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede.
Ding Yuan felt a suffocating sensation in his chest. Stars danced in front of his eyes, and his ears buzzed. He almost lost all feeling in his body. Only waves of bone-chilling cold drilled into his nerves. Only the last bit of consciousness realized that he was slowly sinking to the bottom of the water."This is the feeling I feel before I die, right?”
Just as he was about to die, his dantian suddenly heated up. The sixty years of cultivation power stored in his dantian was finally awakened under the stimulation of the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede's entry, turning into a torrent of backlash that could topple mountains and overturn seas.
Ding Yuan regained his senses instantly. He felt a lava-like heat current surging rapidly in his body, continuously pushing back the Mystic Gold Flying Centipede's poison that had invaded his blood vessels. The Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede also noticed the abnormality, but it was too late. The sixty years of pure immortal zhenqi in Ding Yuan's body not only cleared the strange poison in a snap of his fingers, but also attacked the three Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes!
Ding Yuan felt as if he was soaking in a warm spring. The numbness and coldness from before had disappeared without a trace. His entire body felt extremely comfortable. Only the place where he was bitten by the Mystic Gold Flying Centipede felt a little pain. His body was also slowly pushed to the feet of Heavenly Venerate Red Beard. Through the water, one could vaguely see the old monster's feet stepping on the surface of the water.
He lowered his head and saw three Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes lying motionless on his body, as if they were dead. He reached out and plucked the one on his left shoulder. The Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede was already stiff and as hard as metal. He couldn't help but feel surprised, thinking that it was his sixty-year-cycle cultivation that had killed this demonic creature.
This time, he was wrong. The Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede was a spiritual demon and had been refined by Heavenly Venerate Red Beard for forty years. How could it be easy? Ding Yuan had taken the Carefree Pill and the Nine Reversal Heaven Golden Pill, so he was already immune to all poisons. Moreover, these two immortal pills were the most Yang immortal treasures in the world. They were the natural nemesis of the Dark Gold Flying Centipede, which was an extreme Yin demon. While Ding Yuan's Genuine Qi was attacking, the Carefree Pill and the Nine-Turn Heaven Reversal Golden Pill in Ding Yuan's body also attacked the Dark Gold Flying Centipede at the same time, taking the lives of the three demons.
Ding Yuan took the three Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes and was about to throw them away when he suddenly realized that the heads of the three demonic creatures were sharp like blades. He had an idea.
At this moment, Heavenly Venerate Red Beard had victory in his hands. Ji Xueyan, who was in midair, was completely unable to fight back in the entanglement of the 3,000 Red Dust Silk. He was only waiting for her to run out of energy to capture her alive. If not for this, how could Ji Xueyan have lasted until now?
Suddenly, Heavenly Venerate Red Beard felt a slight numbness in his feet, as if he had been bitten by a mosquito. Two streams of cold and poisonous qi shot up along his calves. He was shocked and recognized that it was the poison of the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede.
Heavenly Venerate Red Beard was originally a red-headed giant spider that had been refined into a demon in Mount Surging Waves for a long time. The Three Thousand Mortal Dust Silk was a protective magic treasure that he had cultivated using the poisonous silk in his body. Therefore, although the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede was a rare demonic creature in the world, it could not hurt him. Moreover, Heavenly Venerate Red Beard had more than a hundred years of cultivation.
As soon as he sensed it, he activated his dantian's devil qi to force out the poison in an instant. The clear water under his feet immediately turned a deep purple. It was just that he had summoned the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede to attack the person underwater, so why was this demonic creature attacking him?
Heavenly Venerate Red Beard was surprised. He hurriedly chanted the incantation to recall the three Dark Gold Flying Centipedes, but the incantation was like a clay ox entering the sea. Half of the Dark Gold Flying Centipedes did not return. Naturally, it was not good.
Right at this moment, the Three Thousand Red Dust Threads suddenly trembled violently, and the silver thread that was stuck to Ji Xueyan's end actually lit up with a fluttering flame!
As it turned out, he was slightly distracted by the Profound Gold Flying Centipede just now, causing the pressure on Ji Xueyan to decrease and her mind to become slightly clearer. After all, Ji Xueyan was a young disciple that the Emerald Cloud Sect had painstakingly nurtured. Her cultivation was incomparable to Zhao Zhuoshan and the others. As soon as she regained her consciousness, she immediately chanted softly with her red lips and flicked her wrist to unleash the Samadhi Red Lotus that her mother and Wan had given her!
Scholar Dipamkara, the father of Harmony, was a strange person in the Heaven Continent and the best fire-wielder in the righteous path. The Samadhi Red Lotus was one of the protective immortal treasures he used when he dominated the Heaven Continent. It was the size of a baby's palm and looked like a red lotus flower. There were three golden threads at the stamen, and it could ignite the True Samadhi Fire by chanting an incantation.
This red lotus looked small, but under the control of its master's zhenqi, it was enough to change the color of mountains and dry up rivers in a snap of a finger. Back then, the demons of the Heavenly Continent were all afraid of it. On the day of Harmony's marriage, Scholar Dipamkara gave the Samadhi Red Lotus to his beloved daughter as a dowry. Later, He Wan felt sorry for her daughter and was afraid that her cultivation was still shallow and would be harmed by evil people, so she passed the Samadhi Red Lotus to Ji Xueyan. Unexpectedly, she really saved the situation today.
The Samadhi Red Lotus rose to Ji Xueyan's chest and shot out a ball of fiery red light, sending out thousands of bean-sized sparks like a meteor shower. The 3,000 Red Dust Threads immediately burned, and the ball of fire quickly spread along the silver threads towards Heavenly Venerate Red Beard. It emitted an unpleasant stench and turned into ashes in the wind.
Ji Xueyan could not help but feel a burst of joy when she got rid of the fetters. Just as she was about to take the opportunity to escape, she felt a chill in her chest. Purple-black blood spurted out from her cherry lips, and her vision turned black as she fell into the Blue Ripple Pond under her feet.
It turned out that although she had used the Samadhi Red Lotus to break through Heavenly Venerate Red Beard's Three Thousand Red Dust Threads, the poison contained in the silver threads had long invaded her meridians and gradually seeped into her internal organs. Unable to support herself, Ji Xueyan fainted and fell headfirst into the cool pond water.
The Samadhi Red Lotus was a spiritual immortal treasure. After losing its master, it automatically returned to Ji Xueyan's embroidered pouch.
As for Ding Yuan, who was in the Blue Ripple Pond, he had successfully used the Dark Gold Flying Centipede to plot against him. However, he was also knocked back several feet by the rebound force of Heavenly Venerate Red Beard's feet. His chest was so depressed that he almost vomited blood again.
He finally used the Cuiwei Heart Technique to adjust his Genuine Qi. He did not know if this attack was effective, but he suddenly felt a loud bang above his head. A red shadow slowly floated down. It was Ji Xueyan.
Ding Yuan reached out to catch her soft and delicate body, but he felt a bone-chilling chill coming from Ji Xueyan's body. He couldn't help but tremble and hurriedly circulated his cultivation to resist. Fortunately, although the poison of the Red Dust Silk was powerful, Ji Xueyan had neutralized most of the poison that had entered Ding Yuan's body. Otherwise, he would definitely be unable to protect himself.
Ji Xueyan's starry eyes were tightly shut, her red lips were colorless, and her skin that was originally as bright as the moon in the sky was covered with a layer of purple gas. Fortunately, her heart was still beating slightly.
Suddenly, the Snow Vermillion Sword in her hand let out a soft hum and emitted a soft green light. This green light instantly spread out in all directions, and the water in the pool avoided it wherever it went. It actually formed a barrier that could accommodate two people and slowly sank to the bottom of the pool.
Ding Yuan couldn't help but feel surprised. He didn't know that although the Snow Vermillion Sword had lost its master's control like the Samadhi Red Lotus, it could still activate automatically after being stimulated by the water in the pond, opening up a water path to protect its master.
Ding Yuan's thoughts turned quickly and he immediately came to a realization."Not good. Although I don't know what's so strange about this sword that it's able to avoid the water, the green light it gives off will definitely be seen by that red-haired old freak. If he comes here, I'll be in big trouble.”
He immediately turned around and carried Ji Xueyan's delicate body towards the west. The Xue Zhu Sword was still in Ji Xueyan's hand, opening up a water path for the two of them.
At the west end of the Blue Ripple Pond, there was a small cave covered by water grass, which Ding Yuan found by chance when he came back. Now that Heavenly Venerate Red Beard could chase into the water at any time, he might have to hide there for the time being. He didn't expect that he could fool Heavenly Venerate Red Beard, but he hoped that he could buy some time and wait for his fellow disciples to rescue him.
After entering the small cave, Ding Yuan gently laid Ji Xueyan flat on the damp mud and sized her up again with the help of the sword light. Ji Xueyan was in a coma, and the poisonous gas on her face was getting deeper and deeper. Her cherry lips subconsciously moaned, and her breathing became weaker and weaker.
Ding Yuan knew that she was poisoned and if he didn't save her in time, she might not be able to save her life. However, where could he find the antidote at the bottom of the Blue Ripple Pond?
Suddenly, an idea came to his mind. He recalled the encounter he had just encountered when he was rescued. Thus, Ding Yuan helped Ji Xueyan up and held her cold body in his arms. His right palm was pressed against the Dazhui acupoint on her back.
Ji Xueyan's clothes were already wet and stuck tightly to her body. A jade glow could be seen behind her translucent clothes, accentuating her exquisite and even curves. Ding Yuan was a hot-blooded youth after all. He didn't feel much in the water just now, but at this moment, he couldn't help but feel his heart palpitate.
However, this was only a momentary feeling. Ding Yuan's gaze fell on Ji Xueyan's face, which was barely breathing. He immediately focused his mind and activated the Cuiwei Heart Technique to transfer a wisp of true qi over.
It was a pity that his cultivation was still too shallow, and that streak of Genuine Qi was unable to shake the strange poison of the Three Thousand Red Dust Silk. However, it still managed to rouse Ji Xueyan.
Ji Xueyan slowly opened her eyes and saw a young and handsome face. It was Ding Yuan.
She suspected that she was dreaming, but the coldness from her body came like a tidal wave. She muttered,"Why are you here?"
If Ding Yuan hadn't been cultivating for the past half a year, he would have almost been unable to hear what she was saying. "I've been in the Blue Ripple Pond for a long time. It's just that you and that Senior Martial Brother Zhao didn't realize it." You were knocked into the water by that red-haired old monster, so I brought you to a small cave at the bottom of the pool to temporarily hide.”
Ji Xueyan's face suddenly turned a soul-stirring shade of red as she coyly said in Ding Yuan's arms,"So you heard what Senior Brother Zhao and I said?”
"Can you force out the poison yourself?" Ding Yuan nodded. That old monster will find us at any time."
It was unknown whether Ji Xueyan had listened to him or not, but the light on her face became even more gorgeous, forming a sharp contrast with the layer of dark purple poisonous gas.
"There's really nothing between me and Senior Brother Zhao. Besides, he's already dead," she said softly.”Although Zhao Zhuoshan abandoned her in the face of danger and wanted to escape alone, they had been friends for ten years after all, and he could not help but feel sad.
Ding Yuan felt strange. He didn't know why she still had the leisure to talk about this at such a critical moment. Moreover, whether it was her or that Senior Brother Zhao, what did it have to do with him? She must have lost her mind due to the poison of the Three Thousand Mortal Dust Silk.
"Stop letting your imagination run wild," Ding Yuan said in a deep voice."Quickly circulate your energy to expel the poison, or you'll die.”Even though he kept pushing his zhenqi into Ji Xueyan's body, she still did not get better. Instead, her delicate body became colder and colder.
Ji Xueyan stared at Ding Yuan's face in a daze. Her gaze was filled with tenderness. The unruly and willful look she had in the past had disappeared without a trace. It was as if she had become a different person. Unfortunately, Ding Yuan had been lonely since he was young. Although his wisdom matured early, how could he understand the endless words in the eyes of the girl in his arms? How could he know the feelings that she was too ashamed to speak of?
Ji Xueyan sighed softly and said," I'm afraid I won't be able to live. That Heavenly Venerate Red Beard's strange poison has already invaded my heart meridian. Unless I have my sect's Nine Reversal Heaven Golden Pill, I can only die here." However, it doesn't matter. My parents and grandfather will avenge me. Don't worry about me and think of a way to escape. That old monster's cultivation is profound, you're definitely not his match.”
Ding Yuan didn't expect that this pampered young miss would actually think of someone else at a critical moment. Seeing that her face was gloomy and she was relying on a wisp of her true energy to hold on, he couldn't help but feel less disgusted with her. So he said,"Don't worry about this first. Protecting your life is more important!"”
Seeing that Ding Yuan did not listen to her advice and fled alone, Ji Xueyan was even more touched. She was older than Ding Yuan by more than a year and had already reached the age of first awakening of love. Although there were so many guardians and envoys around her with various motives, including some of the famous brothers like Qu Jiannan, Ji Xueyan hated them when she saw them surrounding her like flies, let alone like them.
However, she was destined to be trapped in a love tribulation in this life. More than half a year ago, she met Ding Yuan in the Purple Bamboo Forest. Not only had Ding Yuan bullied Cai 'Er, but he had also cursed her and even pushed her to the ground, causing her to suffer the greatest humiliation in her life.
However, for some reason, Ji Xueyan did not hate Ding Yuan after the incident. Instead, she inexplicably attached a strand of her heart to this wild brat. Every time she thought of Ding Yuan, she would feel her heart beat faster, and her entire body would feel that his body was filled with a wild and unruly aura.
Therefore, she couldn't help but put down her girlish self and went to the Purple Bamboo Forest to look for Ding Yuan again. At that time, she already knew that Ding Yuan was the new disciple of the Immortal Dan Yan, and in terms of seniority, he was her uncle master. However, even though she knew this, she still couldn't help but want to see Ding Yuan again. She wanted to ask him why he had bullied her and Cai 'Er. Otherwise, wouldn't it be too easy for him?
Unexpectedly, no matter how she lowered her posture and spoke nicely to him, Ding Yuan did not appreciate it at all and finally angered her away. Although she had never looked for Ding Yuan again, she had secretly watched him in the depths of the bamboo forest many times.
Sometimes, Ji Xueyan herself did not understand why this was the case and hated herself for being disappointing. She clearly knew that the other party hated her and that she was the disciple of the Immortal Danyan, but she still could not get rid of this concern.
Intentionally or otherwise, she was a lot colder to her fellow disciples around her, which led to today's incident.
Hearing Ding Yuan's reply, Ji Xueyan felt gratified and asked in a low voice,"So you don't hate me?"
Ding Yuan felt that this girl's questions were getting weirder and weirder. He really did not know what she was thinking. The strange thing was that there was no movement outside. Could it be that Heavenly Venerate Red Beard had already left?
There was a vague idea spinning in his mind. He felt that it was very important, but he could not grasp it clearly. Hearing Ji Xueyan's question, he snorted casually,""Hate you? Thank God you don't call me Wild Boy.”
However, Ji Xueyan misunderstood. She only felt a voice in her heart exclaiming in surprise,"He actually doesn't hate me. Otherwise, he wouldn't have saved me! Even Senior Brother Zhao fled because he was afraid that the old monster would abandon me, but he was willing to let me stay. He must have me in his heart!”
Her eyes, which had dimmed, lit up again. She almost forgot about the poison in her body and the life that was about to be lost. She only hugged Ding Yuan's solid chest tightly, enjoying the warmth and heat he transmitted.
She stared intently at Ding Yuan, afraid that she would miss a moment. He thought bitterly,"The heavens have mercy on me, I'm actually in his embrace." Unfortunately, I don't have much time to live. Every time I look at him, I lose one. If the heavens can pity me and let me live another ten years, even if it's just a year, I'm willing to exchange it with anything!”As she thought about it, sparkling tears quietly flowed down her cheeks.
Ding Yuan was deep in thought and did not notice Ji Xueyan's abnormality. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the way to save Ji Xueyan was right in front of him, but it could not be the last resort. So he couldn't help but mutter,"You said that you could be saved unless something happened?"”
Ji Xueyan would try her best to capture every minute expression of Ding Yuan, let alone the question he asked her. She immediately replied,"I just said that unless you have our sect's Nine Reversal Heaven Golden Pill." Unfortunately, Heavenly Venerate Red Beard was guarding outside. But even if he wasn't here, that golden core is an extremely precious item of our sect, how could he give it to me? No matter how much grandpa dotes on me, I'm afraid I can't do it.”
Ding Yuan suddenly understood and whispered,"That's right, it's the Nine Transformations Golden Pill!"”
He thought about how the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede had died inexplicably just now. It wasn't because he had some bullsh * t 60 years of cultivation power in his body, but because of the Nine Reversal Heaven Golden Pill! Since the Golden Core could counter the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede, it was naturally the nemesis of the Three Thousand Red Dust Silk. Why didn't he think of this just now?
However, the golden core had dissolved into his blood, so how could he give it to Ji Xueyan? Unless…Ding Yuan hesitated for a moment before he heard the girl in his arms moan softly and say,""I'm leaving. Can you hold me tighter? I feel really cold."
Ding Yuan gritted his teeth and thought, No matter what, this little girl is not evil. I can't just watch her die in my arms. Besides, it's just losing some blood. It's nothing!”
Without any hesitation, he extended his left arm and gently swept the sword edge of Xue Zhu's sword. The cold sword qi had already cut a bloody wound, and dark red blood flowed out.
Ji Xueyan looked at Ding Yuan in surprise, not understanding why he would suddenly do this. Ding Yuan said," Drink my blood quickly. It contains the medicinal power of the Golden Pill. It will definitely cure the poison in your body!"”
Ji Xueyan saw the bloody arm reaching to her lips and subconsciously stepped back."Don't-"
"Are you trying to waste my blood?" Ding Yuan said coldly.”He pressed his right hand on Ji Xueyan's lips and a warm liquid slowly flowed into her mouth.
Ji Xueyan couldn't help but tear up. She felt the sweet spring of life flowing from Ding Yuan's hot blood to her body.
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Of course, Ding Yuan would not be so foolish as to jump out and fight with Heavenly Venerate Red Beard one-on-one. If that happened, he would have given up ten lives for nothing. He saw that the red-haired old monster was stepping on the surface of the water, raising his head to look at Ji Xueyan with his back facing him. This was an opportunity for him to launch a sneak attack.
If they acted according to the righteous sects, they should abide by the rules even when dealing with demonic experts like the Nine Demons of the Heaven Continent, without losing the demeanor of the righteous sects. Why would Dante Yuan care about this?
He took a deep breath behind the mountain rock and dived into the water, carefully swimming toward the feet of Heavenly Venerate Red Beard. Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to Heavenly Venerate Red Beard, who seemed to be floating on the surface of the water without any reaction, Ding Yuan was secretly pleased. Just as he was about to catch the old monster by surprise and drag him into the water to swim, he suddenly felt alarmed.
At this moment, his Cuiwei Heart Technique had just reached a small success, and he could vaguely sense the potential threat. From the corner of his eye, he saw three black centipede-like things that were about the length of a finger breaking through the water in a triangular formation and shooting towards him. However, they had a pair of pale golden translucent wings under their ribs and were already in front of him in an instant.
Who was the Red Beard Heavenly Venerate? How could he be plotted against by Ding Yuan? He had already noticed Ding Yuan who was hiding in the pond. However, seeing that he was hiding, he didn't say anything. He was waiting to deal with Ji and Zhao first.
Who knew that Ding Yuan would actually use the cover of the pool water to secretly swim towards his feet. Even without asking, he knew that it was definitely not beneficial to him. Heavenly Venerate Red Beard immediately chanted a mantra and took out three Mystic Gold Flying Centipedes that were less than a finger long from a deerskin bag at his waist.
These three "Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes" were subdued by him in the Cloud-Dream Marsh when he was picking herbs more than forty years ago. At that time, they were only half an inch long, but they had already gained spirituality and were extremely poisonous. After 40 years of painstaking training by Heavenly Master Red Beard, these three Dark Gold Flying Centipedes had achieved great success. With just a command from their master, they could shoot down the sun from the nine heavens and catch the moon from the four seas. The poison in their bodies was the enemy of all spirits and the calamity of the mortal world.
Since he was not sure about the cultivation level of the person who ambushed him in the water, Red Beard did not dare to be negligent. He released the three Dark Gold Flying Centipedes that he had never used since he came out of the mountain for the second time.
This was hard on Ding Yuan. Heavenly Venerate Red Beard had really overestimated him. Even Ding Yuan would find it hard to defend against one of them, let alone three.
He saw three strange flying insects rushing towards him, so he quickly drew the water to the side in an attempt to dodge. However, the speed of the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede in the water was not inferior to that on land. Even if Ding Yuan's swimming skills were good, he could not escape.
Seeing a Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede rushing at the front heading straight for his face, Ding Yuan reached out his right hand in a hurry to slap it away. However, the Mystic Gold Flying Centipede was a spiritual demonic creature and had been refined by Heavenly Venerable Red Beard for forty years. How could his slap hit it?
The Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede nimbly flashed past Ding Yuan's palm and bit his left shoulder. Ding Yuan only felt a pain and numbness in his shoulder, and a strange cold current rushed into his lungs along his blood vessels. Before he could react, the other two Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes had already bitten his body.
Ding Yuan only felt three icy cold currents that were like three ice blades drilling into his body. Wherever they passed, his body immediately became numb and stiff. He knew that he must have been poisoned. If he didn't quickly force out the poison that had penetrated his body, he would be in a worse state than Zhao Zhuoshan.
With a thought, Cui Wei's mental cultivation technique rose up and flowed out from his dantian. However, although Ding Yuan had a sixty-year cycle of pure zhenqi cultivation, he could not use it as much as a hair on nine oxen. Even if he used all his strength, he could not resist the poison injected by the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede.
Ding Yuan felt a suffocating sensation in his chest. Stars danced in front of his eyes, and his ears buzzed. He almost lost all feeling in his body. Only waves of bone-chilling cold drilled into his nerves. Only the last bit of consciousness realized that he was slowly sinking to the bottom of the water."This is the feeling I feel before I die, right?”
Just as he was about to die, his dantian suddenly heated up. The sixty years of cultivation power stored in his dantian was finally awakened under the stimulation of the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede's entry, turning into a torrent of backlash that could topple mountains and overturn seas.
Ding Yuan regained his senses instantly. He felt a lava-like heat current surging rapidly in his body, continuously pushing back the Mystic Gold Flying Centipede's poison that had invaded his blood vessels. The Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede also noticed the abnormality, but it was too late. The sixty years of pure immortal zhenqi in Ding Yuan's body not only cleared the strange poison in a snap of his fingers, but also attacked the three Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes!
Ding Yuan felt as if he was soaking in a warm spring. The numbness and coldness from before had disappeared without a trace. His entire body felt extremely comfortable. Only the place where he was bitten by the Mystic Gold Flying Centipede felt a little pain. His body was also slowly pushed to the feet of Heavenly Venerate Red Beard. Through the water, one could vaguely see the old monster's feet stepping on the surface of the water.
He lowered his head and saw three Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes lying motionless on his body, as if they were dead. He reached out and plucked the one on his left shoulder. The Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede was already stiff and as hard as metal. He couldn't help but feel surprised, thinking that it was his sixty-year-cycle cultivation that had killed this demonic creature.
This time, he was wrong. The Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede was a spiritual demon and had been refined by Heavenly Venerate Red Beard for forty years. How could it be easy? Ding Yuan had taken the Carefree Pill and the Nine Reversal Heaven Golden Pill, so he was already immune to all poisons. Moreover, these two immortal pills were the most Yang immortal treasures in the world. They were the natural nemesis of the Dark Gold Flying Centipede, which was an extreme Yin demon. While Ding Yuan's Genuine Qi was attacking, the Carefree Pill and the Nine-Turn Heaven Reversal Golden Pill in Ding Yuan's body also attacked the Dark Gold Flying Centipede at the same time, taking the lives of the three demons.
Ding Yuan took the three Mysterious Gold Flying Centipedes and was about to throw them away when he suddenly realized that the heads of the three demonic creatures were sharp like blades. He had an idea.
At this moment, Heavenly Venerate Red Beard had victory in his hands. Ji Xueyan, who was in midair, was completely unable to fight back in the entanglement of the 3,000 Red Dust Silk. He was only waiting for her to run out of energy to capture her alive. If not for this, how could Ji Xueyan have lasted until now?
Suddenly, Heavenly Venerate Red Beard felt a slight numbness in his feet, as if he had been bitten by a mosquito. Two streams of cold and poisonous qi shot up along his calves. He was shocked and recognized that it was the poison of the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede.
Heavenly Venerate Red Beard was originally a red-headed giant spider that had been refined into a demon in Mount Surging Waves for a long time. The Three Thousand Mortal Dust Silk was a protective magic treasure that he had cultivated using the poisonous silk in his body. Therefore, although the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede was a rare demonic creature in the world, it could not hurt him. Moreover, Heavenly Venerate Red Beard had more than a hundred years of cultivation.
As soon as he sensed it, he activated his dantian's devil qi to force out the poison in an instant. The clear water under his feet immediately turned a deep purple. It was just that he had summoned the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede to attack the person underwater, so why was this demonic creature attacking him?
Heavenly Venerate Red Beard was surprised. He hurriedly chanted the incantation to recall the three Dark Gold Flying Centipedes, but the incantation was like a clay ox entering the sea. Half of the Dark Gold Flying Centipedes did not return. Naturally, it was not good.
Right at this moment, the Three Thousand Red Dust Threads suddenly trembled violently, and the silver thread that was stuck to Ji Xueyan's end actually lit up with a fluttering flame!
As it turned out, he was slightly distracted by the Profound Gold Flying Centipede just now, causing the pressure on Ji Xueyan to decrease and her mind to become slightly clearer. After all, Ji Xueyan was a young disciple that the Emerald Cloud Sect had painstakingly nurtured. Her cultivation was incomparable to Zhao Zhuoshan and the others. As soon as she regained her consciousness, she immediately chanted softly with her red lips and flicked her wrist to unleash the Samadhi Red Lotus that her mother and Wan had given her!
Scholar Dipamkara, the father of Harmony, was a strange person in the Heaven Continent and the best fire-wielder in the righteous path. The Samadhi Red Lotus was one of the protective immortal treasures he used when he dominated the Heaven Continent. It was the size of a baby's palm and looked like a red lotus flower. There were three golden threads at the stamen, and it could ignite the True Samadhi Fire by chanting an incantation.
This red lotus looked small, but under the control of its master's zhenqi, it was enough to change the color of mountains and dry up rivers in a snap of a finger. Back then, the demons of the Heavenly Continent were all afraid of it. On the day of Harmony's marriage, Scholar Dipamkara gave the Samadhi Red Lotus to his beloved daughter as a dowry. Later, He Wan felt sorry for her daughter and was afraid that her cultivation was still shallow and would be harmed by evil people, so she passed the Samadhi Red Lotus to Ji Xueyan. Unexpectedly, she really saved the situation today.
The Samadhi Red Lotus rose to Ji Xueyan's chest and shot out a ball of fiery red light, sending out thousands of bean-sized sparks like a meteor shower. The 3,000 Red Dust Threads immediately burned, and the ball of fire quickly spread along the silver threads towards Heavenly Venerate Red Beard. It emitted an unpleasant stench and turned into ashes in the wind.
Ji Xueyan could not help but feel a burst of joy when she got rid of the fetters. Just as she was about to take the opportunity to escape, she felt a chill in her chest. Purple-black blood spurted out from her cherry lips, and her vision turned black as she fell into the Blue Ripple Pond under her feet.
It turned out that although she had used the Samadhi Red Lotus to break through Heavenly Venerate Red Beard's Three Thousand Red Dust Threads, the poison contained in the silver threads had long invaded her meridians and gradually seeped into her internal organs. Unable to support herself, Ji Xueyan fainted and fell headfirst into the cool pond water.
The Samadhi Red Lotus was a spiritual immortal treasure. After losing its master, it automatically returned to Ji Xueyan's embroidered pouch.
As for Ding Yuan, who was in the Blue Ripple Pond, he had successfully used the Dark Gold Flying Centipede to plot against him. However, he was also knocked back several feet by the rebound force of Heavenly Venerate Red Beard's feet. His chest was so depressed that he almost vomited blood again.
He finally used the Cuiwei Heart Technique to adjust his Genuine Qi. He did not know if this attack was effective, but he suddenly felt a loud bang above his head. A red shadow slowly floated down. It was Ji Xueyan.
Ding Yuan reached out to catch her soft and delicate body, but he felt a bone-chilling chill coming from Ji Xueyan's body. He couldn't help but tremble and hurriedly circulated his cultivation to resist. Fortunately, although the poison of the Red Dust Silk was powerful, Ji Xueyan had neutralized most of the poison that had entered Ding Yuan's body. Otherwise, he would definitely be unable to protect himself.
Ji Xueyan's starry eyes were tightly shut, her red lips were colorless, and her skin that was originally as bright as the moon in the sky was covered with a layer of purple gas. Fortunately, her heart was still beating slightly.
Suddenly, the Snow Vermillion Sword in her hand let out a soft hum and emitted a soft green light. This green light instantly spread out in all directions, and the water in the pool avoided it wherever it went. It actually formed a barrier that could accommodate two people and slowly sank to the bottom of the pool.
Ding Yuan couldn't help but feel surprised. He didn't know that although the Snow Vermillion Sword had lost its master's control like the Samadhi Red Lotus, it could still activate automatically after being stimulated by the water in the pond, opening up a water path to protect its master.
Ding Yuan's thoughts turned quickly and he immediately came to a realization."Not good. Although I don't know what's so strange about this sword that it's able to avoid the water, the green light it gives off will definitely be seen by that red-haired old freak. If he comes here, I'll be in big trouble.”
He immediately turned around and carried Ji Xueyan's delicate body towards the west. The Xue Zhu Sword was still in Ji Xueyan's hand, opening up a water path for the two of them.
At the west end of the Blue Ripple Pond, there was a small cave covered by water grass, which Ding Yuan found by chance when he came back. Now that Heavenly Venerate Red Beard could chase into the water at any time, he might have to hide there for the time being. He didn't expect that he could fool Heavenly Venerate Red Beard, but he hoped that he could buy some time and wait for his fellow disciples to rescue him.
After entering the small cave, Ding Yuan gently laid Ji Xueyan flat on the damp mud and sized her up again with the help of the sword light. Ji Xueyan was in a coma, and the poisonous gas on her face was getting deeper and deeper. Her cherry lips subconsciously moaned, and her breathing became weaker and weaker.
Ding Yuan knew that she was poisoned and if he didn't save her in time, she might not be able to save her life. However, where could he find the antidote at the bottom of the Blue Ripple Pond?
Suddenly, an idea came to his mind. He recalled the encounter he had just encountered when he was rescued. Thus, Ding Yuan helped Ji Xueyan up and held her cold body in his arms. His right palm was pressed against the Dazhui acupoint on her back.
Ji Xueyan's clothes were already wet and stuck tightly to her body. A jade glow could be seen behind her translucent clothes, accentuating her exquisite and even curves. Ding Yuan was a hot-blooded youth after all. He didn't feel much in the water just now, but at this moment, he couldn't help but feel his heart palpitate.
However, this was only a momentary feeling. Ding Yuan's gaze fell on Ji Xueyan's face, which was barely breathing. He immediately focused his mind and activated the Cuiwei Heart Technique to transfer a wisp of true qi over.
It was a pity that his cultivation was still too shallow, and that streak of Genuine Qi was unable to shake the strange poison of the Three Thousand Red Dust Silk. However, it still managed to rouse Ji Xueyan.
Ji Xueyan slowly opened her eyes and saw a young and handsome face. It was Ding Yuan.
She suspected that she was dreaming, but the coldness from her body came like a tidal wave. She muttered,"Why are you here?"
If Ding Yuan hadn't been cultivating for the past half a year, he would have almost been unable to hear what she was saying. "I've been in the Blue Ripple Pond for a long time. It's just that you and that Senior Martial Brother Zhao didn't realize it." You were knocked into the water by that red-haired old monster, so I brought you to a small cave at the bottom of the pool to temporarily hide.”
Ji Xueyan's face suddenly turned a soul-stirring shade of red as she coyly said in Ding Yuan's arms,"So you heard what Senior Brother Zhao and I said?”
"Can you force out the poison yourself?" Ding Yuan nodded. That old monster will find us at any time."
It was unknown whether Ji Xueyan had listened to him or not, but the light on her face became even more gorgeous, forming a sharp contrast with the layer of dark purple poisonous gas.
"There's really nothing between me and Senior Brother Zhao. Besides, he's already dead," she said softly.”Although Zhao Zhuoshan abandoned her in the face of danger and wanted to escape alone, they had been friends for ten years after all, and he could not help but feel sad.
Ding Yuan felt strange. He didn't know why she still had the leisure to talk about this at such a critical moment. Moreover, whether it was her or that Senior Brother Zhao, what did it have to do with him? She must have lost her mind due to the poison of the Three Thousand Mortal Dust Silk.
"Stop letting your imagination run wild," Ding Yuan said in a deep voice."Quickly circulate your energy to expel the poison, or you'll die.”Even though he kept pushing his zhenqi into Ji Xueyan's body, she still did not get better. Instead, her delicate body became colder and colder.
Ji Xueyan stared at Ding Yuan's face in a daze. Her gaze was filled with tenderness. The unruly and willful look she had in the past had disappeared without a trace. It was as if she had become a different person. Unfortunately, Ding Yuan had been lonely since he was young. Although his wisdom matured early, how could he understand the endless words in the eyes of the girl in his arms? How could he know the feelings that she was too ashamed to speak of?
Ji Xueyan sighed softly and said," I'm afraid I won't be able to live. That Heavenly Venerate Red Beard's strange poison has already invaded my heart meridian. Unless I have my sect's Nine Reversal Heaven Golden Pill, I can only die here." However, it doesn't matter. My parents and grandfather will avenge me. Don't worry about me and think of a way to escape. That old monster's cultivation is profound, you're definitely not his match.”
Ding Yuan didn't expect that this pampered young miss would actually think of someone else at a critical moment. Seeing that her face was gloomy and she was relying on a wisp of her true energy to hold on, he couldn't help but feel less disgusted with her. So he said,"Don't worry about this first. Protecting your life is more important!"”
Seeing that Ding Yuan did not listen to her advice and fled alone, Ji Xueyan was even more touched. She was older than Ding Yuan by more than a year and had already reached the age of first awakening of love. Although there were so many guardians and envoys around her with various motives, including some of the famous brothers like Qu Jiannan, Ji Xueyan hated them when she saw them surrounding her like flies, let alone like them.
However, she was destined to be trapped in a love tribulation in this life. More than half a year ago, she met Ding Yuan in the Purple Bamboo Forest. Not only had Ding Yuan bullied Cai 'Er, but he had also cursed her and even pushed her to the ground, causing her to suffer the greatest humiliation in her life.
However, for some reason, Ji Xueyan did not hate Ding Yuan after the incident. Instead, she inexplicably attached a strand of her heart to this wild brat. Every time she thought of Ding Yuan, she would feel her heart beat faster, and her entire body would feel that his body was filled with a wild and unruly aura.
Therefore, she couldn't help but put down her girlish self and went to the Purple Bamboo Forest to look for Ding Yuan again. At that time, she already knew that Ding Yuan was the new disciple of the Immortal Dan Yan, and in terms of seniority, he was her uncle master. However, even though she knew this, she still couldn't help but want to see Ding Yuan again. She wanted to ask him why he had bullied her and Cai 'Er. Otherwise, wouldn't it be too easy for him?
Unexpectedly, no matter how she lowered her posture and spoke nicely to him, Ding Yuan did not appreciate it at all and finally angered her away. Although she had never looked for Ding Yuan again, she had secretly watched him in the depths of the bamboo forest many times.
Sometimes, Ji Xueyan herself did not understand why this was the case and hated herself for being disappointing. She clearly knew that the other party hated her and that she was the disciple of the Immortal Danyan, but she still could not get rid of this concern.
Intentionally or otherwise, she was a lot colder to her fellow disciples around her, which led to today's incident.
Hearing Ding Yuan's reply, Ji Xueyan felt gratified and asked in a low voice,"So you don't hate me?"
Ding Yuan felt that this girl's questions were getting weirder and weirder. He really did not know what she was thinking. The strange thing was that there was no movement outside. Could it be that Heavenly Venerate Red Beard had already left?
There was a vague idea spinning in his mind. He felt that it was very important, but he could not grasp it clearly. Hearing Ji Xueyan's question, he snorted casually,""Hate you? Thank God you don't call me Wild Boy.”
However, Ji Xueyan misunderstood. She only felt a voice in her heart exclaiming in surprise,"He actually doesn't hate me. Otherwise, he wouldn't have saved me! Even Senior Brother Zhao fled because he was afraid that the old monster would abandon me, but he was willing to let me stay. He must have me in his heart!”
Her eyes, which had dimmed, lit up again. She almost forgot about the poison in her body and the life that was about to be lost. She only hugged Ding Yuan's solid chest tightly, enjoying the warmth and heat he transmitted.
She stared intently at Ding Yuan, afraid that she would miss a moment. He thought bitterly,"The heavens have mercy on me, I'm actually in his embrace." Unfortunately, I don't have much time to live. Every time I look at him, I lose one. If the heavens can pity me and let me live another ten years, even if it's just a year, I'm willing to exchange it with anything!”As she thought about it, sparkling tears quietly flowed down her cheeks.
Ding Yuan was deep in thought and did not notice Ji Xueyan's abnormality. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the way to save Ji Xueyan was right in front of him, but it could not be the last resort. So he couldn't help but mutter,"You said that you could be saved unless something happened?"”
Ji Xueyan would try her best to capture every minute expression of Ding Yuan, let alone the question he asked her. She immediately replied,"I just said that unless you have our sect's Nine Reversal Heaven Golden Pill." Unfortunately, Heavenly Venerate Red Beard was guarding outside. But even if he wasn't here, that golden core is an extremely precious item of our sect, how could he give it to me? No matter how much grandpa dotes on me, I'm afraid I can't do it.”
Ding Yuan suddenly understood and whispered,"That's right, it's the Nine Transformations Golden Pill!"”
He thought about how the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede had died inexplicably just now. It wasn't because he had some bullsh * t 60 years of cultivation power in his body, but because of the Nine Reversal Heaven Golden Pill! Since the Golden Core could counter the Mysterious Gold Flying Centipede, it was naturally the nemesis of the Three Thousand Red Dust Silk. Why didn't he think of this just now?
However, the golden core had dissolved into his blood, so how could he give it to Ji Xueyan? Unless…Ding Yuan hesitated for a moment before he heard the girl in his arms moan softly and say,""I'm leaving. Can you hold me tighter? I feel really cold."
Ding Yuan gritted his teeth and thought, No matter what, this little girl is not evil. I can't just watch her die in my arms. Besides, it's just losing some blood. It's nothing!”
Without any hesitation, he extended his left arm and gently swept the sword edge of Xue Zhu's sword. The cold sword qi had already cut a bloody wound, and dark red blood flowed out.
Ji Xueyan looked at Ding Yuan in surprise, not understanding why he would suddenly do this. Ding Yuan said," Drink my blood quickly. It contains the medicinal power of the Golden Pill. It will definitely cure the poison in your body!"”
Ji Xueyan saw the bloody arm reaching to her lips and subconsciously stepped back."Don't-"
"Are you trying to waste my blood?" Ding Yuan said coldly.”He pressed his right hand on Ji Xueyan's lips and a warm liquid slowly flowed into her mouth.
Ji Xueyan couldn't help but tear up. She felt the sweet spring of life flowing from Ding Yuan's hot blood to her body.
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