Xuanxia

Chapter 953 Go to that mountain
The celebration banquet in Anyue City will last for three days.

In addition to celebrating the victory for the generals of the rebel army's southern route, Ning Wushu also wanted to host a banquet for the local officials and gentry in Anyue. This was something that had to be done.

The Xishuo Army has occupied this place for a long time, so they must have roots here. No matter if those people are fence-sitters or are truly loyal to King Xishuo and the direct descendants of the family, Ning Wushu must ensure that there is no stain in his rear...

Make sure those who can become your own people are won over.

If you are sure that those cannot become your own people, get rid of them.

All along, the essence of governing that she learned from her adoptive father Hong Ruohai can be summed up in just these two sentences.

But these things have nothing to do with the three people from Wan Dushan.

After resting for one night and one morning in Anyue City, the three of them set off on their journey the next afternoon.

The rebel army did not send anyone to follow them, but they would be supported by people from the rebel army on their next journey.

"That Doctor Liang yesterday was indeed quite capable."

In the carriage, Elder Yu recalled yesterday's banquet and thought of Divine Doctor Liang who came to drink afterwards. He showed admiration in his eyes: "A person who has never practiced and does not understand the way of alchemy can actually go so far in the medical field. I am afraid that even Master Wu would regard him as a close friend if he met him."

As she said this, she looked at Hua Xiaolan and said, "If you have the chance, you can learn a few tricks from this Doctor Liang."

"Yes."

Hua Xiaolan responded obediently.

Kuaye didn't say a word the whole time - he had drunk a lot of wine last night and was sleeping with one eye closed, leaning against the carriage.

At this moment, Hua Xiaolan suddenly turned pale and started coughing violently!

When she coughed, her eyes were immediately filled with bloodshot and her face turned as pale as gold paper. The cough sounded extremely horrifying, as if her lungs were riddled with holes. The blood foam that spurted out of her mouth and nose immediately spilled all over the floor.

Hearing the cough, Kwaye woke up from his sleep, with a look of helplessness and sadness in his eyes.

But this sadness was not directed at Hua Xiaolan, but at... Elder Yu.

At this time, Elder Yu had already grabbed Hua Xiaolan's hand with a calm expression.

"Take a deep breath."

she whispered.

Hua Xiaolan endured the pain, suppressed the urge to cough, and took slow, deep breaths.

Elder Yu held her hand and turned it over. A tiny poisonous insect as thin as a hair crawled out from his sleeve. The insect quickly climbed up Hua Xiaolan's wrist, drilled a small hole in her skin, and drilled directly into the vein in her wrist.

In an instant, Hua Xiaolan's skin was covered with black air!
"Yu... Elder..."

She suppressed the pain and murmured, "Don't..."

"Be obedient." Elder Yu said softly, "You are more important than me - relax your mind."

Hua Xiaolan looked up at Elder Yu, with a pleading look in her eyes.

"Junior Sister Hua." Kua Ye sighed and said slowly, "We have done this so many times, so just listen to Elder Yu."

After a moment of silence.

Hua Xiaolan finally stopped struggling. She closed her eyes and relaxed her whole body, but a tear flowed from the corner of her eye.

Then in an instant, all the black energy on her face and body gathered at her wrist!

After a moment, the tiny poisonous insect crawled out from her wrist, but its color became colorful, and under the sunlight cast from the carriage window, it had a metallic texture.

Elder Yu didn't hesitate at all. He immediately grabbed the poisonous insect and ate it!
"Ugh……"

Kwaye sighed.

In fact, Hua Xiaolan had already been dying a year ago. The life-changing curse that she had used to kill Long Dabei had doomed her to early aging and death, but at that time Long Dabei had said, "You won't live past thirty." After that, after taking some elixirs to suppress it, Hua Xiaolan's health had improved a lot.

But a year ago, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

She was clearly only in her early twenties, but the pills she had taken in previous years to suppress the curse seemed to have lost all their power in an instant, and the powerful backlash came back twice as strong!
No matter what method Elder Yu used, he could not reverse the deterioration of Hua Xiaolan's health!

In less than a month, she had become emaciated and barely able to breathe, and it was obvious that she was dying.

And Elder Yu finally found a way to treat her in the Thousand Witches Tower.

Hua Xiaolan’s problem is not with her body, but with “the way of heaven”.

The Life-Exchange Spell uses the lives of relatives and friends as the price, and one's own body as the medium, to exchange for the death of a powerful enemy.

This kind of behavior is not just against the harmony of nature, it is evil and crazy!

What killed Hua Xiaolan bit by bit was not the backlash of the spell, but the rules of nature!
Anyone who has used the life-changing spell should calmly admit that they have done something wrong and wait for death.

But she actually tried to reverse all this?
So what awaits her is an even more terrifying and crazy backlash!

After learning all this, Elder Yu felt relieved.

She knew a way... a way to transfer all the consequences to herself.

After swallowing the small poisonous insect, Elder Yu's face seemed to be instantly covered with a new layer of white paper, making her look even more like a mannequin.

Hua Xiaolan was the opposite. After the black air was removed from her body, her breathing immediately slowed down.

"Why……"

She bit her lip and asked, "Weren't the previous times enough? Why do you keep going..."

"Silly child, it's not enough." Elder Yu smiled and stroked her head gently: "You understand."

Hua Xiaolan lowered her head and silently wiped away the tears from the corners of her cheeks.

"Elder Yu."

Kua Ye at the side suddenly said: "Actually, there is a way to save you."

Elder Yu and Hua Xiaolan were both slightly stunned.

"You're not the only one who went to the Thousand Witches Tower." Kua Ye said with a smile, "I'm the future sect leader, and I've been doing a lot of homework recently. Do you really not know anything about the prophecy?"

“So, you saw it.”

Elder Yu was shocked at first, then calmed down and smiled softly, "Of course I know about the prophecy, but our ancestor was probably the one who knew the whole story best. He deliberately crossed out the word 'Wu Ling', which must have had a deep meaning, so Sect Master Hua did not go to Bailu Mountain that year..."

"What are you talking about?" Hua Xiaolan was confused: "How does this have anything to do with Master?"

Kwaye gave her a long look.

"When we get back to the mountain, you can go and see for yourself."

He said helplessly: "Elder Yu said so."

"Kua Ye!" Hua Xiaolan raised her eyebrows: "I don't dare to let Elder Yu say it, so why should I dare to let you say it? Quick! Say it!"

Kwaye scratched his head.

"Okay, Xiaolan."

Elder Yu said softly: "I will tell you. We can talk slowly along the way. Anyway... it will take some time to get to Langhuan Mountain..."

(End of this chapter)