Long Chen hastily ran back to Meng Qiâs room. Meng Qi was sitting on her bed, a faint black qi appearing on her face. Ling Yun-zi had a hand on her back, spiritual qi curling around him, his head covered with sweat.
âLong Chen!â Tang Wan-er seemed to have found hope and hastily explained, âSister Meng Qi was sleeping fine at first, but out of nowhere, her body began to spasm. I donât know whatâs going on.â
âSheâs been poisoned. Iâm using my spiritual qi to suppress the poison, not letting it invade her soul, but her body is too weak. Itâs extremely taxing for me,â explained Ling Yun-zi.
If it was an ordinary person, Ling Yun-zi wouldnât find it so difficult to suppress the poison. But Meng Qiâs body was too weak, and the slightest mistake might cause her body to explode.
Not to mention, the poison was too fierce, constantly attacking Ling Yun-ziâs suppression, making it very hard on him.
Long Chen hastily went over and peeled back Meng Qiâs eyelids. There were countless little specks in her pupils.
He quickly pressed onto the YuZhen acupuncture point at the back of her head and poured in his powerful Spiritual Strength.
âYou canât!â Ling Yun-zi cried out. Long Chenâs Spiritual Strength was bypassing his blockade to charge at the poison.
âItâs fine. This is the Thousand Star Devouring Soul Poison. Now it will focus on devouring my soul energy instead of attacking Meng Qi,â explained Long Chen.
Now Ling Yun-zi saw that as soon as the poison encountered Long Chenâs Spiritual Strength, it was like a hungry wolf that had encountered meat and was crazily devouring it.
âSect leader, help me guard her YuZhen point. Iâll expel the poison.â Long Chen increased his soul energy.
His Spiritual Strength was like a python swimming in Meng Qiâs meridians. As for the poison, as soon as it saw the Spiritual Strength, it crazily pounced on it, biting down and refusing to let go.
Long Chenâs originally transparent Spiritual Strength quickly turned black as ink because of the poison.
He then took out a knife and cut a small opening on Meng Qiâs palm. Instantly, pitch-black blood flowed out of the opening, emitting a disgusting stench.
âEveryone, get out. Close the door and get further away from the room.â
At this time, there were many people that had heard something had happened with Meng Qi and had gathered here. Now they hastily left.
This was a spiritual poison and extremely troublesome. When Tang Wan-er and the others saw that black blood, they all felt a chill.
Long Chen poured in his Spiritual Strength three times, finally drawing out all the poison in Meng Qiâs body. He finally sighed a breath of relief.
He summoned a blue flame and incinerated the black blood. The entire room was filled with the disgusting stench.
Holding Meng Qi, he and Ling Yun-zi also left the room. After a moment of hesitation, Long Chen waved his hand and summoned a ball of flames that instantly burned the room to ash.
This poison was too intense. Worried about the remnants, he decided the room wasnât worth it. This way was safer.
âWhat happened Long Chen?â asked Ling Yun-zi.
âIt was the Wind Spirit Pavilion.â Killing intent surfaced within Long Chenâs eyes. When they had handed Meng Qi over back then, they had also poisoned her.
If Ling Yun-zi hadnât rushed over here fast enough to suppress the poison from reaching her soul, the results would have been too horrible to think of.
âThat godd*mn Wind Spirit Pavilion, letâs go overturn their bastard lair!â raged Guo Ran. Everyone was completely infuriated now. Even though Meng Qi had already been crippled and half-alive, they still hadnât let her off. They were definitely worse than beasts.
âLetâs go, Long Chen. Iâll accompany you to the Wind Spirit Pavilion,â said Ling Yun-zi, patting Long Chenâs shoulder. He was also furious.
âLetâs cut them down!â
Gu Yang and the others roared furiously. The Wind Spirit Pavilion was truly too hateful.
âAll of you calm down. Right now, weâve only just settled in, and itâs not suitable for us to make any large movements. Donât always think about slaughter and fighting, as thatâs not beneficial to you. We should use kindness to subdue our opponents. Weâll talk it out reasonably.â Long Chen smiled.
âWhat? No way. Are you alright, boss?â exclaimed Guo Ran.
âAlright, thatâs enough. Everyone should disperse.â
Long Chen waved his hand at everyone. With Tang Wan-er, he set up Meng Qi in another room. He also gave her a medicinal pill to help recover her physical energy.
Then, he stealthily left on his own. Changing his clothes, he went down the mountain. But before he got a mile away, he saw Guo Ran and the others had long since been waiting for him.
âWhat are you all doing?â Being caught red-handed, Long Chen couldnât help being a bit infuriated.
âHehe, I was right, wasnât I? Boss, you wanted to go on your own.â Guo Ran laughed.
Gu Yang said, âBoss, how could you want to leave us behind? You donât think weâre brothers?â
âBrother Long, for you to go fight without me, does it mean you donât want me any longer?â asked Wilde, hurt.
âFuck, what does that have to do with anything?â Long Chen was speechless. âThis time, Iâm not going to fight.â
âNot going to fight? Then what are you doing? To talk about your feelings? Who would believe you?â asked Guo Ran.
âIâm going to get revenge.â
âThen how is that not going to fight?â
âThatâs not the same. This time, the scale is going to be rather large, and if you went, you wouldnât be able to help. Instead, youâd hold me back,â said Long Chen.
âAre you telling the truth?â asked Guo Ran suspiciously.
âWhen have I ever tricked you?â
âBoss, what is going on?â Guo Ran still didnât understand.
âDonât ask so many questions. Just hurry up and scram. Just wait for the news. Remember, donât tell anyone Iâm leaving. If anyone asks where I am during this time, just say Iâm in seclusion,â said Long Chen.
Hearing how solemn Long Chen was, they knew he was planning something. They hastily nodded.
Once Guo Ran, Wilde, Song Mingyuan, Li Qi, and Gu Yang left, Long Chen couldnât help shaking his head.
Now, Long Chen summoned Little Snow, and taking advantage of the darkness of the night, he rushed directly towards the Wind Spirit Pavilion.
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Within the Wind Spirit Pavilion, there were over ten Xiantian Elders standing together, not daring to say a single word. In front of them, the pavilion masterâs expression was exceedingly ugly.
âThird Elder, youâre sure you poisoned that slut with the Thousand Star Devouring Soul Poison?â asked the pavilion master icily.
âIâm absolutely sure. And I definitely used enough. There definitely wasnât any mistake.â The Elder who had gone to bring Meng Qi out of custody now spoke, his voice extremely silent from fear.
âDefinitely enough? Definitely no mistake? Then tell me, why is that even up to now, Meng Qiâs soul tablet hasnât broken?!â roared the pavilion master, pointing towards a jade tablet.
The Wind Spirit Pavilionâs disciples were all soul cultivators, and all the stronger disciples were made a soul tablet by the Wind Spirit Pavilion. Once the disciple died, that soul tablet would also break, no wonder how far apart they were. It was extremely magical.
Back when Feng Xiao-zi had died in the secret realm, his soul tablet had broken, infuriating the entire Wind Spirit Pavilion. They had moved out in full force to their entrance of the secret realm. As a result, Meng Qi lost any chance of escaping from them when she left the secret realm.
Right now, the Third Elder was clenching his teeth. According to how much poison he had given Meng Qi, she should have already died.
However, this jade tablet was still completely fine. If the Third Elder hadnât followed him for so long, the pavilion master would definitely suspect he had betrayed him.
âPerhaps Long Chen has some ability to temporarily suppress the poison. But you also know that this poison targets the soul, and thereâs no medicine that can cure it,â said the Third Elder.
The pavilion master nodded. He had a great understanding of just how terrifying the Thousand Star Devouring Soul Poison was. It was specialized in targeting soul cultivators. It was a poison that activated slowly. There wasnât any way to sense it at the beginning when a person was poisoned.
By the time the poison erupted, it would take a personâs life in just a few breathsâ time. It was only because Meng Qi had been lucky that Ling Yun-zi had been passing by and had heard Tang Wan-erâs cry, thus saving her from death.
That was also why the pavilion master suspected the Third Elder. The Thousand Star Devouring Soul Poison killed its target almost as soon as the poison activated. There was usually no time to save such a person.
âHmph, the Xuantian Supermonastery really is intolerable. Their monastery head personally came here. Was it to establish her prestige?
âOur Wind Spirit Pavilion has been standing for thousands of years, and we arenât so easy to bully. This time, itâll count as giving them a lesson. My Wind Spirit Pavilion isnât something anyone can take advantage of,â said the pavilion master through clenched teeth.
Although the Wind Spirit Pavilionâs inheritance didnât stretch back as far as the Xuantian Supermonasteryâs, they were all soul cultivators, making them incredibly powerful. Over these years, there had been practically no one who dared provoke them, causing their desires to inflate boundlessly.
In fact, they even had some intentions of standing on the same level as the supreme sects. They had been thinking of using Meng Qi and Feng Xiao-zi to stand out in the secret realmâs Righteous and Corrupt battle, shocking the seven prefectures, making their Wind Spirit Pavilionâs name resound loudly.
However, their name didnât resound, and of their two greatest hopes, one had died and one had left, almost driving the pavilion master mad.
That was why he hated Meng Qi to the bone. If he hadnât cared about her talent, he would have killed her.
But after crippling her soul root, all her soul energy would rest within her mind-sea and would be passed on to the next generation. That had been his extremely malicious thoughts.
But before he could implement this plan, Long Chen had destroyed their Feng familyâs ancestral statue, almost cutting down the entire Wind Spirit Pavilion and had almost ended up killing his other son.
The pavilion master had only had two sons. Feng Xiaoyunâs battle strength was just slightly inferior to his big brother's, making him extremely strong.
However, the Jiuli secret realm was extremely dangerous, and it was possible for anyone to die. The pavilion master hadnât wanted to place all his eggs in the same basket, as that was dangerous.
It had been precisely because he had been smart that he had managed to protect his Feng familyâs bloodline back then. Now, he was just glaring at the jade tablet in front of him, waiting for it to shatter.
They didnât know that as they all stared at this jade tablet, a death god was stealthily approaching their Wind Spirit Pavilion.
Long Chen looked at the Wind Spirit Pavilionâs buildings from a distance. He suddenly waved a hand, and a huge blue ball appeared.
âLittle Snow, prepare yourself. Our target is that plaza in the center. Weâll raze the Wind Spirit Pavilion to the ground.â
Little Snow roared and spat out a huge ball of wind blades. It wrapped around Long Chenâs flame ball. It was like a shooting star as it went flying straight towards the center of the Wind Spirit Pavilion.