Outside the Heavenly Plains.
Luo Xiu clutched his chest, staggering across a vast, naless prairie. Every step was an agonizing effort. Waist-high weeds, heavy with dewdrops, soaked his clothes, and in return, he stained the erald blades of grass with his own blood.
He was now so weak that he couldn't even enter the Land of Lawlessness.
Ti ticked by. Blood trickled down, drop by drop.
After a long while, Luo Xiu finally found a suitable place to hide: a small hill shaped like a grave mound, with a cave at its base. He crawled into the cave with difficulty and slowly lay down. Using the last of his strength, he cast a Secret Technique to conceal his aura, then gradually closed his eyes.
* * *
Under the moonlight, Luo Qingxian descended gently from the sky, her robes fluttering as she landed on the great prairie. She had already extended her Divine Sense to its absolute limit, but she couldn't find the trace she was seeking.
This was the Cloudy Prairie, a grazing land for the shepherds of the Heavenly Plains. Previously, Luo Qingxian had questioned the Ten-thousand-year Tree Demon guarding the Tianyuan Gate, who told her soone had flown toward the Cloudy Prairie after leaving the Heavenly Plains. She had been in pursuit ever since.
The female Knight suddenly tore through the air and landed beside Luo Qingxian.
"Xian'er, His Majesty must have left this place long ago. Didn't the old woman say he would return? Why are you in such a hurry?"
Luo Qingxian's lips parted slightly as if to speak, but she hesitated. Instead, she suddenly stepped forward and walked on.
The female Knight watched Luo Qingxian's retreating figure and sighed silently. She knew all too well how deep the Holy Maiden's obsession with the Azure Emperor ran. It had beco her emotional tribulation. Trapped by this turmoil, her Sword Dao had stagnated, unable to reach perfection and preventing her from ascending to the Emperor Realm.
Luo Qingxian suddenly spoke, "Sister, you ntioned earlier that he was gravely injured… so it's impossible for him to have left here in such a short ti."
The female Knight nodded. "That's true, but I have more faith in the old woman's words. She said that it's not yet ti for us to et him, so we won't be able to find him."
Luo Qingxian said no more. Like a startled swan, she soared into the night sky and continued her search.
「After a long ti.」
Having searched to no avail, Luo Qingxian landed on a small hill, her expression a mixture of worry and helplessness. The female Knight landed beside her and gently put an arm around her. She suddenly rembered sothing. "Speaking of which, Xian'er, had you already t His Majesty before?"
At her words, Luo Qingxian's brow furrowed slightly. "Sister, why would you say such a thing?"
"He had your Holy Decree," the Knight explained. "And your Holy Decree can only be possessed by soone if you hand it to them personally."
Luo Qingxian's eyes widened as she turned sharply to face the Knight. She suddenly recalled the man she had t in the Golden Roc Nest…
"What did he look like?" she asked abruptly.
The Knight shook her head. "When I saw him, his face was covered in blood, bruised and swollen… It was impossible to make out his features."
Luo Qingxian fell silent for a mont before taking off into the night sky.
"Forget it. I'll listen to the old woman. When it's ti for us to et, we will."
* * *
The night was tranquil, filled with the glimr of fireflies.
Beneath the small hill where the two won had stood, inside the unremarkable cave, Luo Xiu lazily turned over. He had long since concealed his aura with the Secret Technique, so he wasn't worried about being found while he recuperated here.
By now, the gaping hole in his chest had already closed, though a terrifying scar remained. Invisible wisps of vegetation essence flowed from all corners of the Cloudy Prairie, entering his body and transforming into faint traces of Fortune-Forming Power within his hollow, white inner core.
The complete Nine Suns Creation Technique could automatically absorb the essence of flora from the surroundings even when Luo Xiu was weak and unconscious. The Nine Yang Constitution would then convert the absorbed essence into Fortune-Forming Power and store it in his Dantian. This power, in turn, would automatically heal his physical injuries.
Unfortunately, the Cloudy Prairie was ho only to common weeds, without a single Spirit Plant in sight. The Fortune-Forming Power he could replenish was rely a drop in the ocean, but it was better than nothing.
* * *
Ti slowly passed. The sky began to whiten with the first light of dawn.
Luo Xiu opened his eyes. Enduring the pain that wracked his body, he struggled to sit up.
"HUFF—"
He exhaled deeply, then slowly got to his feet, gazing toward the sun as it slowly rose over the grassland horizon. Suddenly, he felt a wave of heat surge through him. His nearly empty inner core grew restless, like a starving beast demanding to be fed.
Luo Xiu knew exactly what this ant. He imdiately opened the spatial gateway to the Land of Lawlessness.
「Land of Lawlessness.」
Clutching his still-aching chest, Luo Xiu staggered into the Green Lotus Palace.
"Yan'er!"
His skin was flushed red, and his entire body felt like it was boiling in scalding water. The Yang Essence within him was raging with unprecedented vigor, and he desperately needed Hua Muyan's Flower Demon Yin Essence to suppress it.
But after he called out a few tis, there was no response.
Just then, Master Ping waddled over. Catching sight of the blood-soaked Luo Xiu, he jumped in shock.
"What in the hell… did you go get in a wrestling match at a slaughterhouse?"
Luo Xiu's face was twisted in pain. "Where's Yan'er?" he asked with difficulty.
"She went to Thundering Mountain," Master Ping said. "Sothing about absorbing that tree heart thing to prepare for a breakthrough."
Luo Xiu gritted his teeth. "What about Xia Chan?"
If Flower Demon Yin Essence was unavailable, Fire Dragon Yin Essence would have to do.
"Er… your little Xiaochan went too. She had to go protect your Little Yan'er, of course."
A wave of frustration washed over Luo Xiu. Suddenly, he stared at Master Ping with a strange look in his eyes. I wonder if the Tai'a Divine Bottle has any Yin Essence or sothing…
Feeling Luo Xiu's fervent gaze, Master Ping paled and instinctively clamped his legs together.
"Master Ping, I… this damned Nine Suns Creation Technique… I can't take it anymore…"
Master Ping began to tremble. "What are you trying to do, kid? I'm telling you, don't you dare get any funny ideas!"
Luo Xiu took a deep breath, fighting to maintain his reason. "Help ! This damned Nine Suns Creation Technique… it's too much to handle."
"Help you my ass! Get the hell away from !" Master Ping snapped. Then he paused, a curious look on his face. "But why did your Nine Suns Creation Technique flare up again? Didn't your sister say that as long as you cultivate the complete technique, the side effects of your Nine Yang Constitution would be perfectly suppressed?"
"That's right," Luo Xiu said. "But it doesn't an the side effects disappear completely. And while I have the complete Nine Suns Creation Technique, the prerequisite is that I actually have to cultivate it."
"Master Ping, I really… can't hold on much longer… help …"
Without another word, Master Ping turned and bolted. "Not being able to hold on is none of my damn business! I'm busy! See ya!"
Luo Xiu was left bewildered. All he wanted was for Master Ping to help him think of a solution; it wasn't like he had any other ideas.
Just then, Mu Yueqing approached, dressed in a short skirt, nude stockings, and high heels, carrying a pair of pruning shears. Her task for the day was to trim the plants in the Hundred Herbs Garden.
When Luo Xiu saw her, he froze. That's right! Before is sothing even more effective than Flower Demon Yin Essence or Fire Dragon Yin Essence—Moonlight!
Seeing Mu Yueqing's revealing and alluring outfit, Luo Xiu could no longer control himself. It was as if a primordial beast had awakened within him!
When Mu Yueqing saw Luo Xiu, she too paused for a mont. Seeing him covered in blood and gravely injured, she inwardly cursed, 'Serves you right.'
She let out a cold snort, her expression as aloof and proud as ever. Acting as if he didn't exist, she walked straight toward the palace gate. But in the next mont, Luo Xiu lunged forward and seized her fair wrist.
"Lowlife, what do you think you're doing?!" she shrieked. "Let go of !"
Luo Xiu's eyes were bloodshot. He had completely lost his reason. He abruptly swept Mu Yueqing into his arms and carried her toward the bedchambers.
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