Edited by Ea
“Is the blood cypress sap something the likes of you can covet? How foolhardy and presumptuous!” The man said coldly, and the strength in his hand increased so much that he almost snapped Yan Tianhen’s neck.
Yan Tianhen clung to the man’s hand in a deathly grip, but it was useless.
Yin Chongyue cursed and gathered ghost Qi in his palm, rushing to attack. The man, however, just looked at him coldly. At first, he did not move. When Yin Chongyue was about to hit his shoulder, a thick vine suddenly appeared behind the man without warning and slammed into Yin Chongyue’s palm.
With a loud bang, Yin Chongyue was thrown into the bird nest like a dead dog, unable to get up for a long time. Yin Nian’s entire body felt cold as he trembled nonstop.
Who the hell is this fellow?
Just how high is his cultivation?
The man swept a light glance over these insignificant fellows and announced, “This Venerable is in a good mood today and will spare your lives. Get lost.” After saying that, he threw away Yan Tianhen, whose eyes were beginning to roll back.
Yan Tianhen knelt on the ground, coughing desperately, but before he could compose himself, an unexplainable feeling of extreme foreboding rose inside him.
“What are you doing!?” Yan Tianhen screamed in a hoarse voice and subconsciously tried to rush over, but was held back by Bai Yanqiu’s timely intervention.
Bai Yanqiu warned, “Don’t confront him head-on!”
“I want him.” The man moved his finger, and Lin Xuanzhi was drawn into his arms. He looked at Lin Xuanzhi’s face, which looked extraordinarily beautiful even with his eyes closed, and raised his lips with pleasure. He said, “Consider yourselves lucky.”
Yan Tianhen shouted, “Get the fuck off him! Whatever you want, I’ll give it to you! Let him go!”
“Do you think that those measly medicinal pills of yours can save him?” The man raised his hand and patted Lin Xuanzhi once on the forehead and said, “His soul is not whole, his five internal organs are burning, and his five elements are colliding, you-”
The man’s hand pressed on Lin Xuanzhi’s forehead, stared blankly, then looked up and stared at Yan Tianhen’s eyes as red as blood, with a subtle expression and said, “What are you to him?”
Yan Tianhen tightly gripped the branches below him that held the nest up and said, “I’m his Dao companion. You just said that his soul is not whole, his five internal organs are burning, and his five elements are colliding, what does that mean?”
The man finally showed an interesting expression.
He looked Yan Tianhen up and down, and said, “Dao companion? That’s indeed an uncommon relationship, but why should this Venerable believe you?”
“I have dual cultivated with him many times.” Yan Tianhen stood up, his hair was a mess, and his face was like a ghost. “Could it be that you can’t see that I have his Yang Qi in my body?”
“It is as you say.” The man slightly raised his chin and said in a commanding tone, “However, why does this matter? These are all things of the past. In the future, you will have nothing to do with him. This Venerable is just telling you — it’s not a discussion.”
When the man finished speaking, he raised his hand and threw a blood colored bottle into the nest and said, “The common people are greedy for the blood cypress tree sap. If you want it, just take it. Don’t set food into the Tomb of Youshan again until you are at the Grandmaster Stage.”
When the man finished speaking, just when Yan Tianhen wanted to open his mouth, the man pointed a finger between his eyebrows. He only felt as if his soul was going to be torn apart, and he screamed, wailing in pain and shrinking up in a ball in the nest. Afterwards, Yan Tianhen only felt like there was a blur in front of him. The wind roared next to his ear, and his consciousness began to waver and become disorganized, seemingly making him feel like he wouldn’t remember anything anymore.
But he still desperately opened his eyes and watched the unknown man easily take Lin Xuanzhi away from his side.
And just like that… took him away.
And he could not fight back at all.
“Ahhh-! “Yan Tianhen’s shout spilt out of his lungs, and his heart was also hurt. He suddenly used power to stand up and then fell head first into the nest.
“Ah Hen!”
The turbulent spiritual Qi rampaged around violently in his body, and his veins fractured inch by inch and shattered. Even his Dantian could not bear this huge spiritual Qi, and split into several pieces.
Yan Tianhen’s entire body was sweating and his small face was wrinkled, writhing painfully. His face was as white as snow, and fresh blood constantly came out of his mouth and nostrils.
“The appearance of Five Declines of Heavenly Beings!” Bai Yanqiu’s expression was pale. During this time, he had fed Yan Tianhen life-saving medicine everyday, but he couldn’t stop the decline of his body at all.
Yin Chongyue sat next to him in silence. Originally, his complexion only had thirty percent of ghost Qi, but now the ghost Qi had already reached a hundred percent. These days, it wasn’t that he hadn’t tried to find Lin Xuanzhi. However, the surrounding terrain was constantly changing. If it weren’t for the Echo Bell that could give him directions, he was afraid he probably might not even be able to find Bai Yanqiu and the others.
Yin Nian’s eyes were red; he had suffered greatly in recent days. Not only was he worried about Lin Xuanzhi, but he was also frightened by Yan Tianhen’s current physical condition.
With great difficulty, Yin Nian turned to Bai Yanqiu, who was trying to smooth Yan Tianhen’s spiritual Qi, and asked, “Elder Martial Brother Bai, Ah Hen… what will happen if he can wake up?”
Bai Yanqiu’s eyes darkened and said, “His veins and Dantian have been half abolished, and his cultivation realm can barely be maintained at the Foundation Stage. I’m afraid it might not be possible for it to go up.”
Both of Yin Nian’s legs felt a little weak, and he suddenly knelt down in the bird’s nest. Yin Nian suddenly shook his head and said, “It’s impossible. This is absolutely impossible. He was just just thrown a little spiritual Qi. How could it be so serious? Elder Brother Bai, you should take a good look again. Quickly, take a good look at him!”
Bai Yanqiu slightly sighed and pressed on his forehead, and said, “A little spiritual Qi, indeed, he just got thrown a little spiritual Qi. But you need to know, that spiritual Qi contained at least half the power of someone at Earth Realm’s Grandmaster Stage. Do you think, with the present condition of his veins andantian, that he can endure it?”
Yin Nian was stricken with panic for a while, and then said with a clear sobbing tone, “If he’s become like this, how will I explain this to Master when I see him again?”
Yin Chongyue frowned and said, “You are not allowed to cry!”
Yin Nian held his tears back.
Yin Chongyue asked, “Are there any other ways to cure it?”
Bai Yanqiu shook his head and said, “It’s hard to say. His injury, it’s estimated that it has to be cured with a Divine Grade medicinal pill. If critical care is done in time, it is also feasible. But looking at the present situation, we don’t know when we can leave the Tomb of Youshan. The more we delay, the harder it will be to treat.”
These days, Yin Chongyue spent most of his time searching for a way out. However, the terrain of the Tomb of Youshan changed every day, as if it was purposefully trapping them there. Even if they found a path out, when they intended to leave, the landscape would change greatly, and make their previous effort wasted.
If they couldn’t get out, they wouldn’t be able to cure Yan Tianhen, and if Yan Tianhen couldn’t receive treatment for a long time, it would be more difficult for him to recover in the future.
Moreover, even if his body recovered, his cultivation still might not come back. This was extremely cruel for any cultivator.
Taotian’s health also got worse. After all, he was a plant spirit; staying in a place with malevolent and evil Qi for a long time would always be harmful to his cultivation. In addition, every day, he had to expel miasma from Yan Tianhen, and no one knew how long he could hold on.
It seemed like everything had fallen into a dead end.
“Fortunately, the Yin Umbrella and Yang Umbrella followed and went with Xuanzhi.” Yin Chongyue couldn’t help but sigh. “To be honest, I am not that worried about Xuanzhi. His fate is extremely precious and noble, and it is impossible for him to die in this kind of place.”
“A very noble fate doesn’t mean it’s impossible for an accident to happen,” Yan Tianhen spoke this line with a hoarse voice, then immediately started coughing. He wanted to use his own power to sit up, but was unable to even move. It felt like his internal organs had moved locations, and even moving a finger would cause deep piercing pain in his heart.
His body had basically already been completely crippled. Even if he had made a special trip to refine his body in the lightning lake, it still wasn’t able to endure these shattered veins.
When Yin Chongyue saw him gain consciousness, he said, “You shouldn’t casually move around, your current body…..” He paused and kept silent.
Yin Chongyue had thought that with Yan Tianhen’s temper, he might cry and scream at the top of his lungs. However, he guessed wrong — even though Yan Tianhen acted extremely delicate in front of people and would complain as soon as he got even a small headache, that was only in front of Lin Xuanzhi. Moreover, it was because Lin Xuanzhi was there to love him and care for him at that time. But now, Yan Tianhen was very clearly aware that Lin Xuanzhi was no longer by his side and was no longer able to take care of him. Yan Tianhen accepted his body’s problems very calmly and sat up straight with the help of Yin Chongyue and Bai Yanqiu with much difficulty and determination.
“I heard all of your words just now.” Yan Tianhen said, “I can’t leave right now. You should leave first. I’m going to find Xuanzhi.”
Yin Nian’s heart throbbed and said, “Martial Aunt, don’t give up. You are the second heir to the Qianyuan Dynasty. When you want wind there will be wind. As long as you give the order, all the people of the Nine Lands will seek out powerful alchemists and miracle pills for you — let’s get out of here first and then make plans.”
“I am honored you called me Martial Aunt.” Yan Tianhen smiled and said, “When I came in, It was him that brought me in, and it was also because of me that he came in. If he’s alive, I want to see him, and if he’s dead, I want to see his corpse. No matter what, I must find him.”
Yin Chongyue frowned with disapproval and said, “This is simply a child’s mindset! Are you clear on the condition of your body? Just how far do you think you can walk with this crippled body in this Tomb of Youshan?”
Yan Tianhen said, “I know my own situation, but I always have to take a gamble. Now that I am this way, even if you take me out, you’ll just be carrying along a burden.”
“What are you saying?” Yin Nian suddenly stood up, raising his neck and said, “I’ll carry you back out, even if I have to carry you on my back. Even if I die, I will still die in front of you!”
Yin Nian finished speaking, and stood angrily with his back facing Yan Tianhen, unwilling to look at him again.
Yan Tianhen was a little touched, but he had already made up his mind. He had already abandoned Lin Xuanzhi once, there would definitely not be a second time. Although that spiritual Qi destroyed his body, it suddenly made him remember events from the past — the unique and precious memories hidden deep in his sea of knowledge that belonged to him and Lin Xuanzhi that had been obliterated by the Dao of Heaven.
He remembered their past lives, the scene of the first time they enjoyed intimacy on the ground of the Myriad Beasts Demonic Forest, and the cruel picture of Lin Xuanzhi who was perfectly happy and willing to become a sacrifice in order to unlock the seal of the Five Continents. He had already forgotten Lin Xuanzhi for ten years. Right now, he had finally found Lin Xuanzhi again after much difficulty, so how could he so easily let go of Lin Xuanzhi?
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Author’s Note: This Tomb of Youshan arc will be comparatively longer.
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Translator’s Note
Laplace: Hey everyone sorry for this chapter being so late without any warning, Chapter 629 won’t be impacted by this and will be uploaded at it’s normal time. Sorry for the inconvenience! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Ea: We’ll be seeing more of calm, calculating YTH
