Chapter 346 - Where Did He Truly Go?
"Save me! Quickly save me! I am Nalan Family's Great Elder, I'm the only one who can bring you back to Nalan Family. I'm the only one who can get you to recognize your ancestors. Do you hear me? Quickly save me!"
"If you want to blame something, then blame the fact that you're Nalan Family's people!"
Hexi coldly chuckled, nobody knew when another bottle appeared in her hands, but she lightly sprinkled the medicine out.
Immediately, Nalan Yanming's shrieks became fiercer and his body was unable to keep rolling, he was only able to lie on the floor and twitch.
The wound on his body burst open and black blood and pus sprayed everywhere. In the blink of an eye, a puddle of blood formed.
Whilst Hexi was sprinkling her medicine on Nalan Yanming, Nangong Yu had long separated the crowd from Nalan Yanming.
At this moment, he saw that even Nalan Yanming's skeleton was gone, however, Hexi's gaze was filled with deep concentration.
He thought that Hexi was grieving and couldn't help but walk up to Hexi, taking her into his arms and hugging her closely. Softly saying, "No matter what type of person you are or what sort of identity you have, in my heart, you are still my Xi'er. You are still my wangfei."
Hexi was distracted for awhile, by the time she realized that this fellow was comforting her, she couldn't help but feel as if it simultaneously somewhat funny and moving.
Shaking her head, "Regarding Nalan Family's people, as far as I'm concerned, they're just insignificant strangers to me. How can I be affected by their matters, life or death? I was merely...... I was merely thinking about Nalan Ziyun."
Hexi's only impression on Nalan Ziyun, this younger brother, was from when she was merely five years old.
At that time, they were still living in the small courtyard, mutually dependent for life. However, when Nalan Hexi was five, she fell ill with a fever. After she woke up, she never saw her younger brother again.
Wet Nurse Chen had told her, Nalan Manor's people had taken her younger brother away. The previous Nalan Hexi had gone to Nalan Manor to inquire about this matter. But it was never disclosed to her that her younger brother wasn't even in Nalan Manor anymore, in fact, he was sent away to study in a sect.
Time flies and in the blink of an eye, ten or so odd years had passed. Nalan Hexi had already given up on seeing her little brother again, however, that doesn't mean she doesn't miss him. This was actually one of Nalan Hexi's last desires before she died- - She wishes to confirm that her younger brother has lived well.
Now Nalan Yanming told her that the Third Young Master, Nalan Ziyun, studying at the sect was fake? Then where did he truly go? Even if Nalan Ziyun died at the age of five, nobody would've pursued the matter. Why did Nalan Zhengze still bring out a fake Nalan Ziyun?
After listening to Hexi's words, he knew that she wasn't grieving and Nangong Yu let out a breath. Lightly stroking her hair, "You can rest assured, I'll send people to go investigate Nalan Ziyun."
Hexi nodded her head and was just about to speak when she suddenly heard the sound of something plopping coming from within the medicinal field. Soon after, a flash of purple also appeared. Dan Dan and the Purple Abyss Vine, who were originally wreaking havoc inside the medicinal field had returned into her space.
Hexi didn't enter the space and could only watch as Dan Dan's whole body was enveloped in a spiritual aura. His small stomach was perfectly round and he seemed to have finally eaten enough.
Hexi suddenly felt as if she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, scolding him, "Little chowhound."
But before she could put her heart down, Purple Abyss Vine energetically came up and it's anxious thoughts were felt by Hexi.
The Purple Abyss Vine was apparently very uneasy and fretful, however, it had no way to clearly express what it felt uneasy about.
Hexi was puzzled when suddenly a strong wave of spiritual force burst out from inside the medicinal field.
Chapter 347 - Completely Healed
Immediately after, a dazzling white light beam descended from the sky. Along with the beam came an immense force of spiritual power pushing down on the medicinal field.
When the beam of light made contact, it quickly spread. In the blink of an eye, it covered every inch of the ground in the medicinal field.
To add onto that, all the warriors standing in the middle of the light beam seemed to be isolated from everyone else. They seemed to have become invisible, nobody could see or hear them anymore.
Everyone couldn't help but panic. Most of all, this group of people who just experienced the impact of Intoxicated Blood Poison. At this moment, their hearts were filled with fear of the unknown.
Nangong Yu's response quickly covered Hexi and Qing Long with his void spiritual barrier. Wu Yu waited for everyone else to be enveloped.
However, just as he was about to pull Hexi into his embrace, a green beam quickly shot towards Hexi.
For a moment, Hexi didn't even process what had happened. She only felt a boom in her head and following that, everything in front of her eyes changed.
After returning back to her soul, Hexi found herself in both an unfamiliar yet familiar place.
She said it was familiar because this was the place she had met the Little Golden Dragon and lifted it's seal.
She said it was unfamiliar because this originally dusky and narrow space had undergone some large changes.
The whole space had become gold and jade in glorious splendor . There were countless night pearls hanging from the ceiling, giving off a soft yet bright light.
Originally, there were fuzzy mirrors all around, but now, they all seemed clear.
The mirror showed the scene inside the secret territory, including Nangong Yu and everyone else's images.
However, currently, the images in the mirror were all frozen, as if time had completely stopped in the secret territory.
There was suspicion in Hexi's heart. She secretly thought, could it be that because the Little Golden Dragon ate the Divine Dragon Fruit and woke up, bringing her back to his original nest?
At this moment, she heard the Little Golden Dragon's old and decrepit voice. "Woman, at least one can say you have a good heart. You know that benzang got such an injury in order to save you, so you obtained the Divine Dragon Fruit for benzang. At least benzang's efforts in Zijin Palace weren't wasted!"
After that was said, a very small gold dragon sitting on a pink cloud came down in front of Hexi.
It seems that the Little Golden Dragon had completely healed by now, the golden scales on his body were glistening. Along with his body's originally thumb-sized width got wider.
However, the cotton candy-like pink cloud he was riding on, when matched with his tiny body, didn't match the fact that he was the noble and mighty golden dragon.
Hexi restrained herself from smiling, "At least your scales resemble a dragon's now, unlike before when someone could've mistaken you as a snake."
The Little Golden Dragon suddenly became angry at Hexi, pointing at her and cursing incessantly.
Hexi suddenly got rid of her teasing tone, "No matter what, thank you for protecting Dan Dan at Zijin Palace, and thank you for protecting me too."
The Little Golden Dragon's scolding stopped and coldly snorted. "This still isn't good enough!"
Hexi didn't mind his arrogant character and changed the subject. "As long as you're good, then it's good. Why did you suddenly bring me back to this room?"
"What of this matter of me bringing you back?" Having heard what was said, the Little Golden Dragon raised it's voice, "It's clearly you who triggered the secret territory's restriction, starting the transfer of the secret territory's controlling right."
Chapter 348 - Heaven Defying Luck
The Little Golden Dragon's words alarmed Hexi. "The secret territory's controlling right?"
How could this be? After becoming the descendant of Zijin Palace, the Sealed Dragon Territory was already considered hers.
But, the information left by the original master of Zijin Palace did pass on information saying that obtaining the controlling right over the secret territory wasn't an easy task. Even if the secret territory closes she still may not obtain it.
Hexi originally didn't hold much hope. When she was in the Hundred Herb Mist, she clearly didn't do much. So how did she still obtain the controlling right to the secret territory?
The Little Golden Dragon raised his head, groaning. "Even if I don't want to admit it, but you, woman, still have some abilities. Although you can't be compared to my previous master, but to let me reluctantly admit this to you isn't an impossible thing.
Having said this, the Little Golden Dragon pointed at the floor and lowered it's voice. "If you want to obtain control over Sealed Dragon Domain's secret territory then, first, you must have remarkable talent and willpower. You were already verified when you inherited the Zijin Palace."
"Second, you need to go through and collect the five heavenly spiritual treasures from Green Wood Realm, Water Moon Realm, Burning Heaven Realm, Ice Snow Realm, and Desolate Desert Realm in order to prove that you've mastered the strength of the secret territory. Originally, this is extremely hard to accomplish. However, who could've thought that you saved so many people and by an accident arising from many causes, you managed to get all five of the secret territory's heavenly spiritual treasures."
However, having just these treasures isn't enough. You have to be able to condense enough spiritual power to touch the secret territory's restriction barrier. In fact, this can only be done by Gold Core stage and above martial artists, however due to the fact that, just now, Dan Dan and your Purple Abyss Vine ate so many magical plants, it was just enough to touch the secret territory's restriction barrier.
Although the Little Golden Dragon was disoriented at the time, due to his contract with Hexi, he was still able to clearly see everything outside the space.
Even he had to sigh, this little girl has a formidable amount of strength and potential. In addition, she also had luck that defied the heavens.
Requirements which were supposed to be difficult to accomplish was, unexpectedly, easily attained by her.
Thinking up to here, the Little Golden Dragon coldly snorted and flew higher up. Keeping his arrogant character he coldly said, "And of course, the most important point is that you must be able to become the master benzun has genuinely approved of."
"That means that I must willingly enter a life and death blood contract with you, which can't be reversed, not the originally dispensable contract we had."
"By becoming benzun's genuine master, to obtain my whole heart's willing approval, only then can you become the secret territory's true master.
As soon as the Little Golden Dragon said this, it swooped down and when it neared the side of Hexi's neck, it firmly bit down.
For awhile Hexi didn't see anything, she didn't have enough time to dodge, she only felt the pain in her neck. Soon after, a gold colored beam enveloped both her and the Little Golden Dragon.
Moments later, the golden beam scattered and the wound on Hexi's neck disappeared without a trace. However, the golden mark of a dragon appeared on the hollow of her palm.
This golden mark was completely different from the gold lines she received when she and the Little Golden Dragon initially drew their contract. This mark was incomparably clear, it seemed to have gone deep into her flesh. It also held a faint feeling of great power.
Although the golden dragon mark quickly disappeared from Hexi's palm, she was still able to clearly sense it. It seemed as if there was a strange memory, that didn't belong to her, burned into her mind.
Hexi knew that these memories were part of the dragon race's inheritance. But, now, these memories were fuzzy and she was only able to see one sentence clearly
Chapter 349 - The Best Timing
Through blood, to serve as my brand; abandon hatred, forget glory; thousands of generations, never betraying. May the dragon race's glory from millions of years prior, one day appear again! *
Hexi didn't understand much of what this sentence meant, but strangely enough, she could sense the sorrow, despair, and hope contained within the words.
And at this moment, under the soles of her feet, a brilliant light suddenly started brightly shining.
Just now, Hexi discovered that the design engraved on the floor of the room resembled a pentagram.
Each of the five angles of the pentagram was perfectly aligned with one of the mirrors while she stood in the center of the pentagram.
The entire pentagram was lit up and Hexi felt as if the mirrors were all flying towards her. Soon after, she was able to clearly see every nook and cranny inside the secret territory.
The Little Golden Dragon's proud voice and mischievous laughter was soon heard. "When the controlling right of the secret territory is handed over, the entire secret territory is in a completely static state. This includes all the magical beasts and martial artists currently inside the secret territory."
"In the entire Sealed Dragon Domain, only you and I are able to move, although this period of time is short. Moreover, later on, even if you are in control of the secret territory, you won't be able to replicate this again. The most you can do is drive the people you dislike out of the secret territory. But now, during this time, no matter what you wish to do, these people are completely unable to resist."
Once Hexi heard these words, a weird smile appeared on her face.
The Little Golden Dragon's words weren't wrong, this truly was the best timing.
Especially at this moment. Hexi already spotted the frozen figures of Feng Yunjing and Feng Lian Ying. They were currently next to a stream of spring water in the Ice Snow Realm. Several disciples from Liu Li Sect were currently in the process of preparing to remove a nearby tiny tree.
Having just received control of the secret territory, naturally, Hexi also knew of each inch of soil and treasure inside the secret territory.
She knew that this stream was called the Spiritual Spring Stream and that tree was the Spring Tree.
That tree was one of three of Miluo Continent's great tree deities. Every two hundred years, a liquid called Heaven's Alcohol will flow out from the spiritual spring tree's roots. When mixed with the spring water, a small puddle of spiritual spring stream will form.
In Miluo Continent, the Feng Family was currently like the sun at noon. In addition to the fact that their skills were more talented than those of ordinary individuals, the Feng Family also had a group of high-level alchemists.
The pills refined by these alchemists were able to allow the children of Feng Family to advance by leaps and bounds. However, it's not without harm if someone takes the pills for a long time.
No matter how pure and perfect the pill was, each pill contained quantities of an individual medicine. These individual medicines would accumulate and made it easy for martial artists to go overboard when being promoted.
According to research done by ancestors of Feng Family, this spiritual spring tree was able to dissolve this individual medicine. Therefore, Feng Yunjing was determined to get this tree, furthermore, this tree was difficult to locate inside the Ice Snow Realm.
Seeing this scene, Hexi couldn't help but smile. Luckily for her, the time she received the inheritance was very good.
Otherwise, Feng Yunjing would be able to take away this spiritual spring tree. Although the she didn't value the tree as rare, when she thought about her enemy getting good things, she felt unhappy.
To the side, the Little Golden Dragon's mouth twitched. "Unfortunately, although this standstill of time is powerful, there are some restrictions. You can't touch the bodies of martial artists. Otherwise, boss, you are the knife that erased that slut. Isn't that just death ending all your troubles??"
Chapter 350 - Slowly Settling Accounts
Hexi softly smiled. "To erase her with a knife, isn't that too cheap of a fate for Feng Lian Ying? Rest assured, my patience is very good. What we have is time, I'll slowly settle my accounts with her."
Seeing that the time left for the people to remain frozen was almost up, Hexi no longer hesitated. She quickly began to manipulate the people inside the secret territory.
Although she couldn't directly touch the people inside the secret territory, she could move them around.
The storage items that were stored inside the storage rings that the martial artists carried around were hard for her to take. However, the charms they wore on the outside or held in their hands, she kindly took, as if they were being offered to her.
Hexi's mouth picked up into a sinister smile, looking around, she quickly made up her mind.
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After Feng Yunjing and his party left the Green Wood Realm, they quickly found the spiritual spring tree by following the secret method that Feng Family's elder alchemist provided.
But there were seven rank 5 magical beasts guarding the spiritual spring tree. Each Rank 5 magical beast was equivalent to Gold Core stage cultivation.
Feng Yunjing, Feng Lian Ying, and disciples of the Liu Li Sect wasted a lot of labor in order to completely defeat these seven Rank 5 magical beasts.
Seeing that the spiritual spring tree was so close, Feng Yunjing's eyes flashed with something. As long as he was able to obtain this tree, the danger of taking so many pills would be eliminated. Then, Feng Family would be able to stand at the summit of Miluo Continent.
From now on, nobody on this earth would be able to fight or obstruct him.
Everything he wanted, every person he wanted, he would be able to easily grasp in the palm of his hand.
Everybody was filled with excitement, they were so excited that they didn't even bother to clean up the seven Rank 5 magical beasts. They took out a Ninth Level Spiritual Shovel and prepared to move the spiritual spring tree.
But after a quarter of an hour, something occurred that shocked Feng Yunjing.
His hand just touched one of the leaves on the spiritual spring tree before he felt the sky spin and the earth go round. When he opened his eyes, the scenery before his eyes had completely changed.
The sounds of the magical beasts' roars sounded in the air, rising and falling one after another.
What stood in front of them wasn't seven Rank 5 magical beasts anymore, instead hundreds of thousands of magical spirit beasts surrounded them. These magical beasts contained three Rank 4 magical beasts, some Rank 5 and even one at Rank 6.
Not only that, but they were no longer located in front of the spiritual spring tree. Instead, they found themselves in a desolate desert.
Feng Yunjing's face changed. He was just about to use the weapon he carried to resist the magical beasts. But he was stunned to find that the weapon that was originally in his palm had, at some unknown point, disappeared.
As it turns out, Feng Lian Ying, Nie Jinchen, and the rest of the disciples of Liu Li Sect found themselves in a similar situation.
Feng Lian Ying had long since already been scared stupid by the magical beasts' roars and the weapon in her hand had also disappeared. She was so panicked, she found that she didn't have enough time to take out another weapon from her storage ring before a magical beast snarled and pounced towards her.
"Ah! Ah! Ah!- - I don't want to die!"
Feng Lian Ying shrieked and ruthlessly pulled a disciple of Liu Li Sect to stand in front of her.
Only a tearing sound was heard as the disciple was horribly torn apart, the Liu Li Sect disciple didn't even have time to groan before they became a pool of flesh.
Nie Jinchen also found himself caught off guard, and to add onto the fact, he was caught off guard by a Rank 5 magical beast. He was terrified, noticing what Feng Lian Ying did, he also instinctively pulled two Liu Li Sect disciples in front of him.
Feng Yunjing's cultivation level was higher than those two, therefore he was able to take out a new weapon and kill in all directions.
However, the number of magical beasts in front of them was too high and the bodies of these few people all contained the scent of the spiritual spring tree, causing the magical beasts became extremely excited. Even Feng Yunjing was unable to make them fearfully withdraw.