Dong Shunye originally wanted to search Lu Ye's body, but the message from the battlefield mark disturbed his mind, and he no longer cared about Lu Ye.
Cao Ye sent another message, with only three simple words.
"Urgent, return quickly!"
He had previously received a message from Cao Ye, knowing that the Xuanmen cultivators had come to attack the Nine Stars Sect's base, but he was not panicked. Attacking a sect's base was not an easy task. According to his estimation, even if the Xuanmen went all out, the great array at their base could hold for one or two days, which was enough time for him to kill Lu Ye and return.
But it had only been so long, and Cao Ye actually sent such a message, indicating that the situation at the base must be extremely dire.
He hurriedly rushed back, while sending a message to Cao Ye to ask for details, but there was no response, as if the message had fallen into a void.
...
At the bottom of the pond, Lu Ye was dazed and nearly drained of his spiritual energy. Blood water surged around him, along with some severed limbs and flesh.
After diving in, he discovered that there was actually someone at the bottom of the water, seemingly collecting something.
They were both startled when they saw each other.
Lu Ye had no time to explain. After stabilizing himself underwater, he immediately activated the defensive spirit pattern above his head. Immediately, golden arcs slashed through the water layer and attacked him.
The unknown cultivator didn't even have time to make a sound before being cut to pieces, suffering an undeserved disaster. The defensive spirit pattern above Lu Ye's head shattered after blocking one slash, but fortunately, the remaining golden arcs did not hit him.
The attack soon stopped, but he didn't dare to surface because he couldn't determine Dong Shunye's movements. He endured his fatigue and pain, swimming underwater for several dozen breaths until he was almost out of breath, then he surfaced in a wretched state.
He took a deep breath and quickly dived again, continuing to struggle forward underwater.
After several such attempts, Lu Ye was utterly exhausted, but he was relieved that Dong Shunye seemed to have stopped attacking him.
A quarter of an hour later, when Lu Ye surfaced again, a powerful force struck him from behind.
His back was already injured, and he was in a terrible state, so the impact almost made him faint.
Instinctively thinking that Dong Shunye had come again, Lu Ye drew his long knife from his waist and slashed back.
There was no one, only a piece of dead wood, which he cut in half. The dead wood was what had hit him.
He looked around but saw no sign of Dong Shunye.
Holding the knife in his hand, Lu Ye was bewildered. Where was that guy? A cultivator of the Seventh Layer Realm had come to kill him, driving him to the brink of death, and there was no reason for him to just give up...
But he searched for a long time and still didn't see Dong Shunye, confirming that the guy had really left.
He soon realized something. Earlier, at the bottom of the pond, a cultivator had been killed by Dong Shunye. Could it be that he thought he had already succeeded?
The more he thought about it, the more he believed this was a possibility. Moreover, the Xuanmen was already attacking the Nine Stars Sect's base, and Dong Shunye probably didn't have the patience to carefully investigate the situation underwater. After confirming that he had killed someone, he hurriedly left.
Was that how he escaped?
After sorting out his thoughts, Lu Ye felt a sense of relief, but an overwhelming fatigue and pain swept over him, and his body began to sink into the water.
He quickly raised his hand and grabbed the piece of dead wood, struggling to float up.
His consciousness was hazy, and he could faint at any moment, but Lu Ye knew that if he fainted now, he might never wake up. He was severely injured.
With a trembling right hand, he reached into his storage bag and pulled out a jade bottle. He opened the bottle and, without counting the number of healing pills inside, poured them all into his mouth, chewed them, and swallowed.
He wanted to switch his cultivation technique to the Taotie Feast to speed up the absorption of the pill's power, but his spiritual energy was almost depleted, and his spirit orifices were dry. The Golden Cicada Freedom Technique had stopped running, and he had no strength left to switch techniques.
He could only use all his strength to tie his clothes to the piece of dead wood.
Don't drown... that would be a joke.
With this last thought, Lu Ye's vision was enveloped in darkness, and he lost consciousness.
...
When he opened his eyes again, Lu Ye found himself lying face down on a bed. After a brief daze, an indescribable pain swept over him.
To his surprise, a person was sitting beside him, and a faint fragrance filled his nostrils. From the glimpse of the plump figure at the corner of his eye, the person sitting beside him was a woman.
Not only did he feel pain on his back, but also a tingling sensation, along with a faint spiritual energy fluctuation and a constantly flickering emerald green light...
Had he been saved? He remembered tying his clothes to the piece of dead wood before he fainted, and he should have drifted with the current. Now, he was in this place, clearly saved by someone.
He didn't make a sound because he didn't know who had saved him. He quietly assessed his condition.
It was terrible. His spiritual energy had not recovered, and his injuries were severe. He had a deep slash on his back, and his chest and hands were burned.
Such injuries would be fatal for an ordinary person, but as a cultivator, he could still hold on. Moreover, he had taken several healing pills before he fainted, and they must have taken effect.
But the situation was still not optimistic.
"Your breathing has changed," a pleasant voice suddenly said, soft and gentle. "It's appropriate to be cautious with strangers, but if I wanted to kill you, you would already be dead."
Lu Ye felt a bit embarrassed and was at a loss for words.
A small, fair hand suddenly appeared in front of him, and the woman said, "Although I saved you, I still need to confirm which side you are on."
As she spoke, a faint blue light appeared on the back of her hand, revealing her allegiance.
This made Lu Ye feel relieved, and he slightly activated the little remaining spiritual energy in his body, causing a faint blue light to appear on his hand as well.
"You're not the wrong person to save," the woman said in a gentle tone.
But Lu Ye was certain that if he hadn't shown the light of the battlefield mark, or if the light had been red, she would have killed him without hesitation!
In the Lingxi battlefield, different allegiances were reasons for slaughter, allowing no room for sympathy or mercy.
The tingling sensation on his back became more noticeable, and the emerald green light flickered more frequently.
After a while, the spiritual energy fluctuation behind him stopped. Then, the woman applied something to his wounds, causing Lu Ye to sweat profusely from the pain.
After applying it, she placed something on his back, which Lu Ye couldn't see, but it was probably something like a plaster.
After finishing, the woman stood up and said, "You are severely injured. Don't move for now, as it will affect your recovery."
"Thank you!"
The woman said, "It was Lingyu who found you and brought you back." With that, she walked away.
Only then did Lu Ye see the woman's profile. Perhaps because he was grateful, he found her as beautiful as a fairy, especially with her full, high chest. Her hands were held in front of her abdomen, and her steps were dignified.