After the Great Dao died

Chapter 95 Lin Longyue: Please, General, save me!

The battle between Xiao Changlu and Yuan Yuan lasted for a full quarter of an hour.

That kind of clash of realms is beyond the comprehension of ordinary eyes.

The aftershocks of the collision of spiritual energy and blood transformed into visible ripples that spread in all directions, causing the sea of ​​clouds to churn and the sound to be like thunder wherever they passed.

The Yuanjiang River was stirred upstream, and the reeds along the Zhuzhao River were uprooted, swept into the void, and then turned into dust under the strangulation of the blades and palm strikes.

Chen Lingxi stood on an unnamed hill dozens of miles away, barely able to glimpse a corner of the battlefield through the ice mirror condensed by Xi Mu's mist.

"Entering the Profound."

He silently repeated those two words in his mind.

He took a deep breath, suppressing the shock and chaotic thoughts in his heart, turned around, and strode away into the distance.

He moved extremely fast, his Concealed Edge Technique flowing silently within his body, completely concealing his aura.

Xi Mu then transformed into a faint mist, silently trailing behind him for several feet, like a loyal shadow.

"We cannot stay in Yuanjiang Prefecture for the time being."

Chen Lingxi pondered in his heart.

A large-scale search will be conducted around Yuanjiang Prefecture; this is a foregone conclusion.

He killed Princess Yunhe, Chu Linzi, Yang Zhuri, and many other people. Today, Xiao Changlu has committed the earth-shattering act of assassinating the Imperial Concubine. Yuanjiang Prefecture is probably in complete chaos.

Staying here is tantamount to putting oneself in danger.

"I need to temporarily avoid the limelight," he thought to himself.

Southwest of Yuanjiang Prefecture, about three hundred li outside the city, lies the territory of Lunan Prefecture.

Lunan Prefecture is mountainous with little farmland and is located in a remote area, so it has never been as prosperous as Yuanjiang Prefecture.

There is a continuous mountain range in the Nanju area of ​​Lunan Prefecture, called the Twelve Mountains of Nanju. The mountains are steep, the forests are dense and the grass is thick. Tigers and leopards often appear there, and ordinary people rarely set foot there.

The government was too lazy to bother with such remote places, and only set up some checkpoints outside the mountains to check passing merchants and travelers, but did not enter the mountains.

This is exactly the kind of place he needs to stay right now.

With his fully developed Golden Body skill, he could travel over 300 li in just half a day, even with breaks and sightseeing.

He did not enter the city, but went straight towards the direction of the Twelve Mountains of Nanju.

The Twelve Mountains of Nanju, as their name suggests, consist of twelve peaks that rise and fall in succession, resembling twelve giant dragons coiled on the earth.

Chen Lingxi walked across several mountains and searched along a mountain ridge for about two hours before finally finding a suitable cave halfway up an unnamed mountain.

The cave was hidden beneath a cliff, its entrance completely obscured by several gnarled old pines and dense vines. Had he not carefully explored it with his spiritual energy, he would never have discovered it.

"It's a good location."

Chen Ling nodded in satisfaction.

He entered the cave and set up the Pure and Subtle Qi Array.

He was already very familiar with this formation, and now he was setting it up as smoothly as flowing water.

In less than half an hour, the array's core was set, and the blue flames in the bronze lamps ignited one after another, while the jade pendant shimmered with a hazy blue light.

A powerful suction force emanated from the center of the array, drawing in the sparse spiritual energy within a radius of several hundred feet. The energy gathered in wisps and strands, condensing into a pale blue vortex within the array.

Chen Lingxi sat cross-legged in the center of the formation, feeling the dense, almost tangible spiritual energy surging in from all directions, enveloping his entire body.

He took out the immortal willow leaf he had obtained from Willow Street from his bosom, swallowed it, and closed his eyes to heal his wounds.

After a long while, he opened his eyes.

"The effects of these willow leaves are really nothing special; they can only heal minor injuries."

Chen Lingxi was secretly disappointed.

But then he remembered that the willow leaf was obtained by killing two mortals as a sacrifice to the immortal willow, and he felt relieved.

Then, he closed his eyes and devoted himself to cultivation once again.

"I will then retreat to the mountains to cultivate until my injuries are fully healed, and then return to Yuanjiang Prefecture," he secretly planned.

There is a treasure inside Lin Longyue's body in Yuanjiang Prefecture, as well as that demon banner.

He still needs to go back to obtain these opportunities.

Not to mention Lin Suri.

It is seen that You Shentong's power will fall on Lin Suri.

Chen Lingxi suppressed these thoughts for the time being, calmed his mind, and began to practice the Six True Methods.

The stream of spiritual liquid in the Qi Sea rejoiced under the spiritual energy of the Qingmiao Qi Array, flowing slowly along the meridians, gathering, refining, and incorporating the pure spiritual energy into the stream.

Time passed quietly in this daily ascetic practice.

In the blink of an eye, more than forty days have passed.

It's already a new year.

Fine snowflakes drifted outside the cave, turning the entire mountain into a pristine white.

Chen Lingxi sat cross-legged in the center of the formation and opened his eyes.

He held a spirit stone in his hand. The stone, which was originally as white as jade, was now dull and covered with fine cracks.

As he exhaled his last breath, the spirit stone finally exhausted its last bit of spiritual energy, silently turning into a handful of fine ash.

A faint lingering spiritual aura permeated the cave.

Chen Lingxi let out a long breath.

He looked down at his hands.

Beneath the skin, golden light flows endlessly, and deep within the bones, golden broth surges like a tide.

After several days of arduous cultivation and refining another spirit stone, his cultivation level improved again. Although he still hadn't reached the threshold of the fifth floor, it was much more solid than when he first entered the fourth floor.

More importantly, his Qi and blood cultivation has benefited from the constant nourishment of his muscles, bones, skin, and flesh by spiritual Qi, and he has already reached the Great Perfection of the Golden Body.

The golden body was fully formed, the purple-golden wheel was completed, and all the bones in the body had turned into pure gold, with the golden soup of blood and qi surging like mercury.

"My cultivation progress is faster than I expected."

"It's time to go back."

He muttered a few words to himself, stood up, and stretched his limbs.

His bones cracked and popped, like popping beans, a particularly crisp sound in the silent cave.

He collected the bronze lamps and jade pendants from the formation and put them into his Qiankun bag. He then cleaned up the traces he had left in the cave before parting the vines at the cave entrance and walking out.

The snow outside has stopped.

The leaden clouds in the sky remained unbroken, pressing heavily on the mountain peaks and making the vast forests of the Twelve Southern Mountains appear even more desolate.

Chen Lingxi stood at the cave entrance, took a long breath of the cold mountain air, and felt completely refreshed, the slight dullness of the past few days of hard training was swept away.

He straightened his clothes, strode down the mountain, and headed towards Yuanjiang Prefecture.

Yuanjiang Prefecture is now much more heavily guarded than before.

Long queues formed at the city gate, and people entering and leaving the city were subject to layers of checks by yamen runners and soldiers.

Chen Lingxi entered the city easily, given his cultivation level and the Concealed Edge Technique.

The atmosphere in the city was even more tense than it had been in December.

The streets were now filled with more yamen runners and armored soldiers patrolling, and the teahouses and taverns were buzzing with discussion.

Chen Lingxi sat down at a tea stall on the street, ordered a bowl of coarse tea, and listened to the surrounding discussions while drinking the tea.

"It seems that Consort Chun is not dead, as she was stopped by Yuan Yuan."

It turns out that Consort Chun had encountered a misfortune, but had not died and had already returned to the capital.

It is said that he was assassinated several times on his way back to Beijing.

These assassins who came to kill the Imperial Concubine probably originally intended to carry out the assassination in Yuanjiang Prefecture, but they did not expect that Xiao Changlu would appear halfway and disrupt the situation, so they could only make their move on the way back to the capital.

However, the imperial concubine was heavily guarded, and the mysterious Yuan Yuan was also with her, so the assassination attempt naturally failed.

Chen Lingxi listened to these discussions, her face remaining expressionless, but inwardly she sneered.

Consort Chun is indeed lucky. Even Xiao Changlu, a fearless Xuan-level expert, failed to take her life when he personally took action. It will probably be even more difficult to kill her in the future.

"Fine, I'll kill them."

He then returned to the inn and closed his eyes to communicate with the divine chamber.

Lin Su had indeed returned and was at the residence of Marquis Baosu.

"Hmm? Lin Suri is in seclusion again?"

In the east hall of the south courtyard, Lin Suri was sitting cross-legged on a futon.

He held a bright lamp in his hands, the same lamp he had seen during his visit that day.

The lamp burned, emitting specks of spiritual light. The light contained a rich spiritual energy that spread out and entered Lin Suri's body.

A hazy light enveloped him, making his pale face appear even more like a jade sculpture.

The aura was becoming increasingly unfathomable, much more profound than when I had seen it a few months ago. It was like a still pool of water, calm on the surface but with undercurrents surging beneath, its depths unfathomable.

Chen Lingxi secretly assessed the situation and felt that Lin Suri's current aura was probably not far from reaching the seventh level of Qi cultivation.

The seventh floor is the threshold to the third floor.

Once you cross that threshold, it's a whole new world.

He looked away, then suddenly remembered something else.

During the previous visit, Lin Su Ri's consciousness went to the Great World. The woman in red said that he had been reincarnated into the Pool of Rebirth too late, only two years later. Compared with other seekers of truth, he was far behind in time.

But now it seems that even if he had fallen behind, Lin Suri has caught up and even has the potential to surpass him.

He couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"Such talent truly deserves to be called a golden opportunity, which is enviable."

"However, the methods of this academy are slightly different from those of other sects and clans." He thought to himself, "Other cultivators from the Great Heaven and Earth enter the Pool of Rebirth and are reincarnated, sealing their memories until the time is right or they encounter some opportunity to awaken."

But this Lin Suri seems to have been possessed; the original Lin Suri was completely possessed, and it's likely that his soul and spirit have been destroyed.

Chen Lingxi shook his head: "Lin Su Ri's seclusion this time will probably last for a long time—that's fine too."

"It makes it convenient for me to do many things."

Seeing the game broken, Chen Lingxi waited quietly.

Late at night, Chen Lingxi suddenly opened her eyes, changed into black clothes and a mask, entered the Baosu Marquis's residence, and came to the main courtyard of the west courtyard where Lin Longyue lived.

He silently pushed open the courtyard gate and stepped into the courtyard.

The door to the main hall was also closed, and a few dim candlelight shone through the paper windows.

He walked to the window and peered inside through the crack.

Lin Longyue was not sleeping in her boudoir, but was lying on her side on the rosewood couch in the main hall, covered with a thick brocade quilt, revealing only her pale and haggard face.

Her eyes were closed, as if she were asleep, but her brows were tightly furrowed, and a fine layer of cold sweat seeped from her forehead.

In just over forty days, she looked even more haggard than before.

Chen Lingxi frowned slightly.

Logically speaking, with Princess Yunhe dead, the source of that foul energy should have been cut off, and Lin Longyue's condition from having her vital energy drained should have improved.

Even if it cannot recover immediately, it shouldn't look like this.

Without further hesitation, he silently pushed open the hall door and entered.

A censer of aloeswood incense burned in the hall, its smoke curling upwards and lingering.

The fragrance was supposed to be calming, but at this moment it seemed to carry a hint of inexplicable chill.

Chen Lingxi walked to the bedside and looked down at Lin Longyue's pale face.

When she was asleep, her innate indifference and majesty faded considerably, revealing a demeanor more befitting her age.

He activated the Six True Methods and the art of [Observation].

The spirit emerges from the dantian, travels upward along the meridians, and flows into the eyes.

In an instant, what Chen Lingxi saw changed!

He saw that the filth within Lin Longyue's meridians was still slowly writhing.

It did not dissipate because of Princess Yunhe's death; on the contrary, it became even larger than before.

What alarmed Chen Lingxi even more was that the essence and spiritual energy in Lin Longyue's body were being drawn away bit by bit by this magic array and accumulated within the array.

"Princess Yunhe is dead, so who is maintaining this magic array?"

Chen Lingxi narrowed her eyes slightly, not even needing to guess too much.

"It's Yingchi," he murmured to himself.

Princess Yunhe was only taught the method of swallowing qi by Ying Chi, and received a small share of the benefits from it.

After she died, Ying Chi personally took over the magic array and continued to extract essence and spiritual energy from Lin Longyue's body.

Chen Lingxi's expression remained unchanged, and her gaze returned to Lin Longyue.

Lin Longyue slowly opened her eyes, as if she had just realized something.

Then Lin Longyue saw Chen Lingxi wearing a mask.

She looked at him, startled.

"General!"

Lin Longyue got up, wearing only a thin garment that revealed her beautiful figure. She stepped off the warm couch, stood barefoot on the cold bluestone floor, and walked to Chen Lingxi.

Then—she seemed to think for a moment, then suddenly bowed gracefully to him.

The manners were extremely respectful.

Chen Lingxi stood with his sword at his side, his body straight and his aura profound.

He looked at Lin Longyue and suddenly asked, "Have you met the Crown Prince?"

Lin Longyue was slightly taken aback, then nodded respectfully: "More than twenty days ago, the Crown Prince came to Mangyang Mountain and held a beast-fighting banquet. I and others were invited to the banquet."

As she said this, a hint of doubt appeared in her eyes, and she said, "Yunhe was also very close to the Crown Prince at that time, could it be that—"

Chen Lingxi asked bluntly, "The Imperial Concubine wants to use you in her medicine, and the Crown Prince has inscribed a magic array in your body to absorb your spiritual energy to sustain himself—has your cultivation level regressed?"

"Your Highness—" Lin Longyue smiled bitterly and said, "General, you are wise. My cultivation of Qi and blood has already reached the Great Perfection of Silver Bone, and my strength and Qi and blood are even inferior to those of the Bronze-Red figures."

She spoke with her head slightly lowered, her black hair falling down and covering half of her face, revealing only half of her pale and thin chin.

A few breaths later, her gaze suddenly hardened.

Then, she bowed gracefully again, and then knelt respectfully before Chen Lingxi.

"Please, General, save me."

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