PDLP Chapter 199 Nan Longyue is seriously injured
Chapter 199 Nan Longyue is seriously injured
The Xuanhuang Cauldron absorbed a massive amount of spiritual energy, and its body trembled violently.
hum! ! !
The cauldron suddenly burst forth with a dazzling, dark golden light.
The light was not dazzling, but it carried an unparalleled majesty that suppressed all heavens and cleansed the universe. In an instant, it spread out silently in a ring from the center of the Xuanhuang Cauldron.
Wherever the golden light passed, the space emitted a soft "sizzling" sound, as if it had been purified.
"Hiss hiss hiss..."
The menacing, flailing tentacles emitted a chilling melting sound the moment they touched the dark golden light.
The hard scales covering the tentacles quickly decayed and then peeled off piece by piece.
Countless tentacles writhed and disintegrated wildly in the golden light that purified everything, turning into wisps of black smoke, which were then completely annihilated by the golden light and returned to nothingness.
"No... ants! What kind of power is this?!"
A mixed voice of thought arose, filled with anger and a hint of incredulous fear.
Rumble! ...
In the direction of the bronze hall, the ground bulged violently as if boiling.
An unimaginably enormous shadow is struggling to emerge from the depths of the earth.
However, the light from the Xuanhuang Cauldron firmly enveloped Chen Xu and the heavily injured Nan Longyue.
The golden light collided violently with the gushing out filth and evil energy, forming a clear boundary.
Chen Xu's corrupted right arm, the spreading blood-red patterns struggled violently under the golden light, the color rapidly changing from a ferocious blood red to a dull gray-black.
Eventually, it peeled off like charred tree bark, revealing the pale but now conscious skin underneath.
"Uh..." Chen Xu groaned and swayed.
While the golden light emanating from the Xuanhuang Cauldron was indeed miraculous and invincible in exorcising evil and purifying, its terrifying ability to devour spiritual energy made it difficult for Chen Xu to withstand.
The golden pill with four colors flowing within the dantian dimmed at a visible speed, and its rotation became sluggish.
This feeling was several times more terrifying than when he activated it during his Foundation Establishment stage. Just maintaining the protective golden light almost drained him dry.
"Hold on, senior!" Nan Longyue was extremely anxious when she saw Chen Xu swaying precariously.
She could clearly sense the depletion of spiritual energy within Chen Xu's body, and her voice was trembling with tears.
Immediately afterwards, disregarding her own injuries, she poured the remaining water and wood spiritual energy in her body into Chen Xu's body without reservation.
This pure spiritual energy, like sweet rain, temporarily relieved the burning pain and emptiness in Chen Xu's dantian, providing a continuous source for the Xuanhuang Cauldron.
Nourished by this spiritual energy, the Xuanhuang Cauldron hummed even louder, and the golden light it emitted suddenly intensified.
That magnificent divine power, which purified all evil, crashed down like an invisible giant wave onto the terrifying shadow struggling to emerge from the depths of the earth.
"laugh!!!"
The golden light collided violently with the gushing out filth and evil energy, producing a violent corrosive sound.
This time, Jin Guang gained an absolute advantage.
The filth and evil energy melted away in large swaths, like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun.
"roar!!!"
A roar filled with boundless anger and fear exploded directly in the minds of Chen Xu and Nan Longyue.
This mental shock was a hundred times more terrifying than the previous oppressive force, filled with chaotic will.
Nanlongyue was the first to be hit, and the phantom of the dragon-like creature let out a mournful cry before instantly disintegrating.
She felt as if she had been struck by a heavy hammer, blood instantly flowing from her seven orifices. Her hands, which were pressed against Chen Xu's back, went limp, and she collapsed, her consciousness sinking into a semi-conscious state. She clung tightly to Chen Xu's clothes with only a sliver of willpower.
Chen Xu's vision went black, and the excruciating pain in his soul almost made him faint.
However, he held fast to the last vestige of clarity in his mind, and the "Qingyuan Technique" was running wildly. His powerful divine sense, even at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, fiercely protected the core, and he withstood the terrifying impact on his soul.
"Insects! How dare you harm my very essence!" The chaotic thought was filled with unbelievable rage.
From the depths of the earth came an even more frantic struggle, like a raging prehistoric beast trying to break free of its final shackles.
The Xuanhuang Cauldron seemed to be completely enraged by this provocation.
On the body of the cauldron, the originally simple and blurred mysterious patterns suddenly lit up, as if they had come to life, flowing with indescribable Daoist charm.
This time, the golden light no longer spread outwards, but transformed into a golden pillar of light that was condensed to the extreme.
It struck with perfect precision at the core where the filth and evil energy were most concentrated.
Boom!
The entire Youlan Sea Eye ruins seem to have been bathed in a sun.
An indescribable, terrifying energy erupted from the depths of the earth.
Chen Xu felt an irresistible force rebounding from the Xuanhuang Cauldron, and his already exhausted body could no longer hold on.
He spat out a mouthful of blood with a "pfft," and flew backward, crashing heavily onto the bronze wall covered with reliefs. The sound of bones shattering was clearly audible, and his internal organs seemed to have shifted.
"Senior...Senior!" Nan Longyue struggled to go over and check on Chen Xu's condition.
But her severely injured body made it incredibly difficult for her to even move a finger, and she could only watch helplessly as Chen Xu fell to the ground, his breath extremely weak.
Fortunately, the Xuanhuang Cauldron was powerful enough that the Xuanhuang Qi it unleashed easily dealt with the mysterious evil spirit, leaving not even a wisp of black smoke behind.
"Thump..."
After unleashing that earth-shattering attack, the Xuanhuang Cauldron completely subsided, becoming ancient and unadorned, and gently fell to the ground, rolling into Chen Xu's hand.
At this moment, Chen Xu's powerful recovery ability began to take effect.
Inside the dantian, the four-colored golden core began to frantically devour the sparse spiritual energy of heaven and earth around it.
These spiritual energies seem to still retain the pure Daoist essence purified by the Xuanhuang Cauldron, making them easier to absorb than ordinary spiritual energy.
The broken bones began to repair themselves, and the wounds on the skin surface scabbed over at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After Chen Xu fully recovered, he looked at Nan Longyue, who was barely breathing, not far away.
In order to withstand the final wave of impact, she forcibly activated her source energy, and her injuries were more severe than they appeared.
"Don't move." Chen Xu pressed down on Nan Longyue's shoulder, which she was trying to lift.
His divine sense swept across her meridians and found that her spiritual energy was almost depleted, and even her Water-Wood Golden Core was cracked with spiderweb-like fissures.
For injuries that reach the very foundation of the body, ordinary medicines are simply insufficient.
Chen Xu frowned, a hint of seriousness flashing in his eyes.
Nan Longyue took that fatal blow for him, but the price was far too high.
He quickly took out several bottles of top-grade healing elixirs from his storage bag. These were all obtained from the Starfall Merchant Guild or as spoils of war, and were quite valuable.
He fed several pills, which emitted a rich medicinal fragrance, into its mouth and used a trace of his own pure spiritual power to help it neutralize the medicinal effects.
The medicine entered her body, barely nourishing Nan Longyue's parched meridians, stabilizing her weak breathing slightly, and restoring a trace of color to her face.
But this was only a drop in the ocean; the cracks on the golden elixir remained stubbornly there, like an unhealable wound on porcelain.
The medicinal power was unable to penetrate deep enough to repair the damage, and the dissipating primordial energy did not stop.
"This is troublesome..." Chen Xu's mind raced, and ordinary methods were no longer effective.
Nan Longyue's eyelashes trembled, and a barely audible groan escaped from her pale lips.
She barely opened her eyes, feeling the pill dissolve in her mouth, and instinctively tried to turn her head away: "Senior... there's no need to waste the spiritual medicine..."
However, before she could finish speaking, Chen Xu grabbed her chin and fed her several pills, which turned into a warm current and slid down her throat.
A moment later, as Chen Xu withdrew his hand, he said calmly, "If it were an ordinary cultivator, their soul would have been scattered long ago. But your Sea Spirit Body is extremely powerful; even if its origin is damaged, there is still a possibility of repair."
At that moment, the sound of bronze fragments falling could be heard in the distance, and the entire site began to slowly collapse.
The seawater seeping from the cracks in the dome, carrying with it spatial turbulence, formed a dark blue vortex on the ground.
Chen Xu narrowed his eyes, his divine sense sweeping over the mangled remains of Wu Yazi and the others.
"I'm sorry." He suddenly put his arm around Nan Longyue's waist, and the Xuan Shui spiritual power turned into a ribbon that tightly connected the two of them.
The First Holy Spear flashed a dark light, deflecting the falling bronze beam and sweeping up all the remaining storage bags.
Nan Longyue could clearly hear his heartbeat, and a blush rose to her face.
The return journey was a hundred times more dangerous than the journey there.
Chen Xu has not yet been able to refine Wu Yazi's Dinglan Pearl.
Without the protection of the Dinglan Pearl, Chen Xu had to frequently change directions to seek a safe way out.
Each swing of the Primordial Holy Spear unleashed annihilating lightning, shattering the oncoming void rifts.
Nan Longyue fell into a semi-comatose state again, with only the scent of blood and Xuan Shui spiritual power lingering around her nose.
……
The familiar, bustling outline of Meteor City finally appeared on the horizon.
Chen Xu rode the escape light, holding the faintly breathing Nan Longyue tightly in his arms, and returned to his floating island cave.
The barrier closes silently, completely isolating the area from the noise of the outside world.
The cave was still filled with spiritual energy, the fishpond was calm, and the Xuan Shui Ling Turtle poked its head out, a hint of doubt flashing in its green bean eyes before it sank back down.
Chen Xu carefully placed Nan Longyue on a soft futon next to the spirit-gathering array.
Her face was as pale as paper, her lips were bloodless, and the once vibrant and flowing water and wood spiritual energy around her had become extremely weak, with a decaying aura lingering around her.
Chen Xu sat down cross-legged, took a deep breath, and carefully probed his pure Xuan Shui spiritual power into Nan Longyue's dantian.
His consciousness then sank in.
His dantian and dantian were completely dark.
The light of the golden core was extremely faint, and each slight rotation seemed to be enduring immense pain, causing the entire dantian to groan in agony.
"The Golden Core is cracked... the essence is dissipating..." Chen Xu's heart sank to the bottom.
Without further hesitation, Chen Xu flashed and transformed into a swift streak of light, rushing out of the cave once more and heading towards Meteor City.
……
Meteorite Chamber of Commerce, penthouse suite.
"Oh my! What a rare guest! Congratulations, Fellow Daoist Xu, on successfully forming your Core! The Great Dao is within your reach!"
Zhou Caisheng's face was beaming with an even more enthusiastic smile than usual, his eyes narrowed into slits as he looked Chen Xu up and down.
"Senior Zhou." Chen Xu nodded slightly, his voice calm and even, showing no joy at having successfully formed his core, but rather a hint of solemnity.
"I have come here to inquire about something, and also to make a request."
Zhou Caisheng's smile remained, but a glint flashed in his eyes as he immediately caught the unusual tone in Chen Xu's voice.
He personally poured Chen Xu a cup of spiritual tea and tentatively said, "Fellow Daoist Xu is now a Core Formation cultivator. The title 'senior' is too much for me. We can just be friends as equals."
"Fellow Daoist, what difficulties do you face? Please speak freely! As long as my Meteorite Merchant Guild is able, we will certainly do our utmost to help you! We have a long-standing friendship."
He deliberately emphasized the words "old friendship," while secretly planning the deal.
Chen Xu didn't touch the tea. He got straight to the point, his voice lowered: "I have a companion who encountered a powerful enemy while exploring a dangerous place. His golden core was damaged and is on the verge of shattering, and his essence has dissipated."
"Fellow Daoist Zhou is knowledgeable and experienced, and in charge of the Chamber of Commerce's treasury. I wonder if you possess any rare treasures or heaven-defying elixirs capable of repairing Golden Cores and stabilizing one's origin?"
"The Golden Core is shattered?!" Zhou Caisheng's smile froze instantly, his eyes widened, and he gasped.
Repairing the Golden Core? This is hundreds or thousands of times more difficult than ordinary healing.
The Golden Core is the culmination of a cultivator's cultivation and essence, and is the foundation of the Great Dao.
If the Golden Core is damaged, it is almost a death sentence of "the end of the path to enlightenment".
His face twitched, revealing an unprecedented solemnity and distress: "Fellow Daoist Xu... this matter... is no small thing! The injury to the Golden Core, especially one on the verge of shattering, has touched upon the very foundation of the Great Dao!"
"Ordinary pills, even top-grade healing medicines, are of little use in this case; at most, they can only delay the collapse, which is far from enough."
"The treasures required are all creations of heaven and earth, things that are hard to find even in ten thousand years! Their value is probably..."
He didn't finish his sentence, but his meaning was clear:
This item is priceless and unavailable, and even if it were available, the cost would be far beyond what a newly formed Core Formation cultivator could easily afford.
Chen Xu's gaze remained unwavering as he quickly replied, "The price is not a problem. Since I've come to ask, I'm already prepared."
"Fellow Daoist Zhou, please tell me if the Chamber of Commerce has this item? Or... do you know where it can be found? If you have any clues, I would be extremely grateful."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Caisheng's mind raced.
The treasures for repairing the Golden Core... there are indeed none readily available in the merchant guild's treasury.
Once such a thing appears, it will be reserved by those Nascent Soul stage monsters or powerful forces long ago, and it is impossible for it to remain in the warehouse.
He tapped his fingers unconsciously on the table, pondering for a long time, seemingly weighing the pros and cons and organizing his thoughts.
Finally, Zhou Caisheng spoke slowly, his tone cautious and tentative: "Fellow Daoist Xu, to be honest, the Chamber of Commerce's treasury currently does not have any such treasures readily available."
He noticed the slight coldness in Chen Xu's eyes and immediately changed the subject:
"However! I, Old Zhou, have been in charge of the Chamber of Commerce for many years and have handled countless rare treasures. I am not completely clueless about this."
"As far as I know, there are three items that might be able to resolve this crisis, but..."
"But what is it? Fellow Daoist Zhou, please speak freely." Chen Xu leaned forward slightly.
Zhou Caisheng held up one finger and said:
"The first one is the legendary Nine-Turn Great Rejuvenation Pill."
"This pill is an ancient and wondrous elixir, said to possess the power to seize the creation of heaven and earth, capable of reshaping the golden core and stabilizing the foundation of one's Dao. However, the formula for this pill has long been lost, and the method of refining it is extremely demanding."
"Not to mention the Meteorite Merchant Guild, I'm afraid no one in the entire Meteorite Sea can refine it."
Upon hearing this, Chen Xu frowned slightly; the first method was essentially meaningless.
"Secondly," Zhou Caisheng continued:
"It is a rare and precious herb called the Seven-Leaf Golden Lotus. The vitality contained in its lotus platform has an incredible restorative and nourishing effect on injuries to the core, such as those to the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages."
"Although this item is rare, it is not completely extinct..."
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