One of my fairy-like friends

After finding nothing unusual nearby, Yunling was about to make her move when, unexpectedly, a person rolled down from a cave on the cliff face. He tumbled and rolled all the way before finally crashing heavily to the ground.

Yun Ling immediately became alert, then relaxed, because she could sense that this person only had the cultivation level of the Accumulation Flow Realm, the kind of person she wouldn't even glance at under normal circumstances.

The man struggled to his feet, seemingly severely injured, his face pale and weak. His steps were unsteady as he stood up.

Yun Ling frowned. Who was this person? As far as she knew, Huang Feiyan should have come alone this time... Yun Ling's mind raced, and she instantly appeared in front of the person.

That person was naturally Ming Yan. Ming Yan originally wanted to jump down from the mountain, but due to excessive blood loss, he was too weak to jump up. Instead, he rolled down the mountain from the cave, looking quite miserable.

Upon seeing Yun Ling, he was first stunned, then overjoyed, "Fairy, Fairy Sister, have you come to save me?"

Help? Yun Ling felt a little strange upon hearing this, but then a sweet smile appeared on her face. "Yes... little brother... are you alright?"

"I...I'm injured...Fairy Sister..." Mingyan's expression was slightly bitter, and his clothes were covered with mud and sand, making him look miserable. "I was originally a disciple of the nearby Lingxu Cave. My sect sent me here to gather herbs, but I didn't expect to be kidnapped by that woman in the cave and brought to this place...When I saw her fleeing in a hurry, I knew that someone must have come to rescue me...Fairy Sister, you've come to rescue me, haven't you?"

"So you're a disciple of your Lingxu Cave Heaven... I'm on good terms with your sect... But why did you kidnap her..." Yun Ling asked with a smile.

"That crazy woman said I was top-quality medicinal material, she's utterly insane! What kind of logic is that to use a human to make medicine!" Ming Yan was furious. "She even forcibly bled a lot of my blood just now... saying my blood is an excellent medicinal catalyst..."

"Oh..." Yun Ling's eyes gleamed slightly. She had noticed the bandage wrapped around Ming Yan's wrist long ago; the bandage was already stained red with blood, and a faint, pleasant fragrance emanated from it...

Yun Ling suddenly reached out and grabbed Ming Yan's wrist, tearing off the gauze from his wrist. She discovered a scabbed wound on his wrist and narrowed her eyes.

"Fairy sister...do you also want my blood? As long as you save me, I'll give you as much as you want..." Mingyan didn't seem to care about Yunling's rough actions. He seemed to naively believe that Yunling was the one who came to save him.

Yun Ling, who had originally intended to create a new wound for Ming Yan to see what was so special about his blood, paused slightly upon hearing this, then smiled gently, "How could I possibly covet your blood... After I kill this evil cultivator who tried to use you to refine medicine, I'll take you to a good place..."

"Fairy sister, you are so kind..." Mingyan was very touched. He thought for a moment, then used his fingers to prick the wound on his wrist, making it bleed again. He endured the pain and raised his wrist to Yunling, "Fairy sister, look, will my blood help you?"

Yun Ling dipped her finger in Ming Yan's blood, smelled it, and raised an eyebrow. This blood was the same one found at the site of the giant bear attack. It had no fishy smell, but rather a faint fragrance, containing a powerful life force and yang energy... truly an excellent medicinal ingredient. A thought struck Yun Ling, and her smile softened. "After I kill that man, I'll take you to my home... You're definitely suited for cultivation; staying in Lingxu Cave is a waste of your talent... Hehe..."

Yunling lowered her hand, gently wrapped the torn gauze around Mingyan's wrist wound, and said with a smile, "Wait for your sister to take care of her."

After saying that, Yunling seemed to be about to leap up, but Mingyan quickly called out to her, "Fairy sister, please wait!"

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?" Yunling's attitude towards Mingyan became very gentle. She turned around to look at Mingyan and asked with a smile.

"Fairy Sister... do you feel anything unusual about your body?" Ming Yan's expression became slightly strange, and his eyes seemed quite subtle.

"Strange?" Yun Ling frowned upon hearing this and immediately checked her own body, but found nothing unusual. She opened her eyes and looked at Ming Yan, only to find a strange smile on his lips. She frowned, "What do you mean by that?"

"Fairy sister, did you not feel anything? Of course you can't feel anything, but... don't use your spiritual energy lightly, or you'll die." Mingyan laughed heartily, abandoning his previous well-behaved demeanor and becoming extremely arrogant and unrestrained.

Yun Ling's expression changed drastically. "You poisoned me?"

"What do you mean I poisoned Fairy Sister? It was clearly Fairy Sister who poisoned herself! Who told you to smell my blood... Whatever you do, don't try to use your spiritual energy, or you'll die a horrible death, tsk tsk tsk..." Ming Yan shook his head, looking regretful. "What a pity, such a young and lovely Fairy Sister is going to die..."

Chapter Ten My Savior

Yun Ling's expression changed drastically. She flashed in front of Ming Yan, grabbed him by the neck, and lifted him up. "You actually dared to poison me? Do you know that even if I can't use my spiritual energy, I can still easily kill you?!"

"Of course I know, I'm just a lowly Accumulation Mirror..." Ming Yan's neck was being gripped, but instead of panicking, he wore a smug smile. "I know that killing me is as easy as crushing an ant for Fairy Sister, but Fairy Sister... if you kill me, there won't be an antidote... using spiritual energy will kill you, but without spiritual energy, are you sure you can leave Dragon Ridge? There are four or five ferocious beasts at the Divine Palace Realm nearby, not to mention the Demon King. Fairy... have you thought it through! Leave me here, and I can take you out and give you the antidote... Fairy Sister, what do you choose?"

Yunling dared not use her spiritual energy, but in her opinion, for a mere cultivator at the Accumulation Flow Realm to dare to speak to her so arrogantly, she could only believe it rather than dismiss it. Moreover, upon carefully recalling the scene at the time, Mingyan's gesture of extending his wrist in front of her was indeed somewhat deliberate, as if it were meant to allow her to come into contact with his blood.

There are countless poisonous creatures in this world. Could this man be a poison person, with poison in his very blood? Yun Ling dared not gamble lightly. Just as he said, although she could easily crush him, without an antidote and unable to use her spiritual energy, leaving this perilous Dragon Ridge would be extremely risky...

"How dare you, a cultivator at the Accumulation Flow Realm, speak such boastful words?" Yun Ling narrowed her eyes, looking at Ming Yan's face, which was turning purple due to lack of oxygen, and asked in a cold voice.

“I brought Huang Feiyan in, Fairy, what do you think?” Mingyan said weakly. Yunling’s hand was too strong, and he could hardly breathe, but he still did not show any fear. He could not show any fear.

"You...you were in cahoots with Huang Feiyan! You're also a disciple of Yutai Blessed Land, aren't you!" Yun Ling's expression changed again. "You actually dared to lie to me!"

Mingyan was unable to speak due to lack of oxygen to his brain, and his eyes had rolled back slightly. Yunling frowned, but eventually let go of Mingyan.

After being released, Mingyan collapsed to the ground as if he had no bones left, and it took him a while to recover...

"Don't think Huang Feiyan can save you! Even if I can't use spiritual energy, I can easily kill Huang Feiyan now." Yun Ling looked coldly at Ming Yan and snorted.

Ming Yan slowly got up from the ground, took a few deep breaths, and snorted coldly, "You don't really think I'm doing this to help Huang Feiyan, do you?"

Yun Ling frowned upon hearing this. She suddenly looked up and felt the spiritual energy at the mountainside suddenly surging into the cave. Her expression changed slightly, and then she looked at Ming Yan, "What did you mean by what you just said?"

“That woman brought such calamity to my Yutai Blessed Land... I wish I could kill her…” Mingyan gritted his teeth, “She even wanted to take me back to refine medicine… Neither of you are any good!”

Yun Ling's eyes flickered slightly. She felt the spiritual energy surging into the cave at an increasingly faster speed, which puzzled her. Huang Feiyan should be suffering from Yin poison, so even if she absorbed such a large amount of spiritual energy, it shouldn't have any effect on her. Could it be that she was struggling to survive?

"That woman was far more cautious than you, it's a pity we couldn't poison her..." Ming Yan sneered, "But she was already heavily poisoned, even if you hadn't come, she would have been dying anyway..."

Yunling felt something was off; she sensed that something was amiss...

"Hand over the antidote, and I can pretend this never happened. I won't hold it against you for hiding Huang Feiyan in Yutai Blessed Land anymore. Let's put this matter to rest." Yun Ling really couldn't think of any way Huang Feiyan could remove the Yin poison from her body. Although Ming Yan's blood contained a lot of Yang energy, if there was really poison in his blood, it would be unusable...

Yun Ling frowned, suddenly realizing something was strange. If Ming Yan's blood was poisonous, why did Huang Feiyan insist on capturing Ming Yan to refine medicine? Did she have some other way to deal with it?

Or perhaps, it is actually poisonous... and Mingyan is just deceiving himself?

Yun Ling raised an eyebrow. He was just a minor cultivator at the Accumulation Flow Realm, nothing more than an ant in front of her. She could kill him with ease. If he hadn't really poisoned her, how dare he be so arrogant and presumptuous towards her?

Ordinary people wouldn't have such courage... Yun Ling hesitated, not daring to try, because if Ming Yan was telling the truth, then using her spiritual energy might turn her into a dead person... But if... he really was deceiving her... Yun Ling narrowed her eyes.

"Do you think I'm a fool, or do you think you're a fool? I can tell you straight, I don't have the antidote right now, but I know how to cure the poison. As for what you said about letting me go and letting Yutai Blessed Land go... Heh, I'm afraid that if I cure your poison, you'll kill me immediately and then go to take revenge on my fellow disciples..." Ming Yan sneered.

"If I'm going to die anyway, I'll definitely kill you first!" Seeing that Ming Yan was unmoved, Yun Ling bit her lip and let out a heavy snort.

"You can kill me right now, come on?" Mingyan was not afraid at all, and even took the initiative to provoke Yunling. Yunling's eyebrows shot up, she reached out and squeezed Mingyan's neck tightly, and looked at him coldly, "Do you really think I don't dare to kill you?"

"I told you... go ahead and crush me." Mingyan wanted to sneer, but the intense pain and lack of oxygen made him unable to make a sneer. The combination of blood loss and lack of oxygen made him see stars, his ears rang, and he felt as if he was suffocating.

"Will you hand over the antidote or not!" Yun Ling tightened her grip, she could feel that Ming Yan was on the verge of death.

Mingyan was speechless, but he did not struggle, as if quietly awaiting death. Yunling wanted to strangle Mingyan, but when she thought that if he died, she might not be able to leave Longling, a struggle flashed in Yunling's eyes. Finally, she decided to let go of Mingyan. She turned around, lightly touched the ground with her toes, and leaped up, landing at the entrance of the cave on the cliff. Huang Feiyan was still sitting there. She decided to kill this woman first, and then deal with Mingyan and the poison.

Yun Ling struck Huang Feiyan's forehead with a palm strike, expecting it to kill her instantly. However, Huang Feiyan, who had been sitting cross-legged absorbing spiritual energy, suddenly opened her eyes and struck out with her own palm. Without the aid of spiritual energy, Yun Ling, relying solely on her physical strength, was no match for Huang Feiyan, who had recovered most of her strength. Yun Ling immediately felt a sweet taste in her mouth and flew out of the cave, crashing heavily beside the unconscious Ming Yan.

Yun Ling quickly got up, looked up, and saw Huang Feiyan standing at the cave entrance, glaring at her. Then she looked at Ming Yan lying on the ground beside her and gritted her teeth, saying, "You actually killed him!"

"You...! How is this possible! How could your strength have recovered?!" Yun Ling's expression changed drastically. She could clearly feel that although Huang Feiyan's strength was not as good as it was at its peak, it had obviously recovered most of its strength. She did not look weak at all, as if she had been poisoned by the Yin Poison.

Without a word, Huang Feiyan flashed forward, a feather sword appearing in her hand. She swept the sword horizontally, and Yun Ling quickly created distance. Although Huang Feiyan's strength hadn't fully recovered, she couldn't use her spiritual energy and might not be a match for Huang Feiyan. She leaped up, trying to create distance, but Huang Feiyan, empowered by spiritual energy, was even faster! After missing with her sword, Huang Feiyan reached out and grabbed Yun Ling's ankle, pulling her down hard and slamming her to the ground. The force of the impact created a large crater in the ground!

That wasn't enough. Huang Feiyan instantly thrust her sword forward, intending to pin Yun Ling to the ground. But Yun Ling sensed death approaching and, disregarding the "poison" within her body, was forced to use her spiritual energy to retrieve an ancient bronze bell from her dantian. She then concealed herself within it. Huang Feiyan's feathered sword struck the bell, and with a deafening "dong," the bell's sound echoed through the forest. The bell flew a distance before floating in the air, its surface completely intact, its hardness unimaginable. Yun Ling appeared beneath the bell, glaring angrily at Ming Yan lying on the ground, realizing she had been completely fooled. There was no poison! She had used her spiritual energy to retrieve the bell without any harm!

Huang Feiyan glared at Yun Ling, the fiery red mark between her brows resembling a brilliantly burning red lotus, the surrounding spiritual energy seeming to ignite, tinged with dazzling red light. Huang Feiyan gripped her feather sword, the feathers on the hilt radiating brilliant red light. With a swift movement, she unleashed a sword strike. In the moment Yun Ling was distracted, the sword's edge was already upon her. She quickly raised her hand, using an ancient bronze bell to block it. The sword struck the bell with another resounding "thud!" A slight crack appeared on the seemingly indestructible bell, and Yun Ling coughed up blood... This ancient bell was her natal weapon, bound to her; if it were damaged, she would naturally suffer a severe backlash.

The sword light, which was not blocked by the ancient bell, sliced ​​off the ancient trees behind Yun Ling, causing them to fall heavily to the ground and kick up clouds of dust.

In terms of raw strength, she was naturally no match for Huang Feiyan. The Huang family were descendants of the ancient divine phoenix clan, whose techniques were unparalleled in their offensive and defensive capabilities. At the same level, the younger generation of the Huang family relied on their powerful offensive and defensive abilities and their strong self-healing abilities to stand out from the crowd. Huang Feiyan was the most outstanding among the younger generation of the Huang family. Although the two were at the same level and could be considered mortal enemies, she rarely fought Huang Feiyan head-on.

However, Huang Feiyan was clearly not at her peak at this moment. Yun Ling wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and looked at Huang Feiyan, who was obviously a little weak after releasing that sword. She was not completely without a chance. She formed a hand seal, and the ancient bronze bell emitted a faint light with ancient runes appearing on it. A strange phenomenon like the night sky appeared behind Yun Ling. Huang Feiyan, who originally did not intend to give Yun Ling time to cast a spell, was stunned when she saw this, and then her expression instantly became strange.

In broad daylight, a night sky image appeared behind Yunling, covered with dark clouds that obscured the moonlight, making it extremely dim.

Yun Ling, who was casting a spell, felt a sudden tightness in her heart. As if sensing something, she turned her head, and a white aurora arrived in an instant like lightning. It turned out to be a woman dressed in white with a light veil over her face. She kicked Yun Ling in the face. Yun Ling had no time to dodge and was instantly sent flying by the kick. Before she could get up, the woman in white arrived again in an instant, like a human lightning bolt, and stepped on Yun Ling's face. With a "bang", she stomped Yun Ling's face directly into the ground. Yun Ling spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted. The ancient bronze bell that was floating above her head also turned into a beam of light and returned to Yun Ling's body.

"Qingying!" Huang Feiyan put down her feather sword and let out a long breath.

"Are you alright?" The woman in white lifted her foot from the face of the unconscious Yun Ling and looked at Huang Feiyan. Although her face was not clearly visible, her voice was very gentle, which contrasted sharply with her lightning-fast movements.

"I'm fine..." Huang Feiyan sheathed her feather sword, quickly went to Mingyan's side, helped him up, checked his breathing, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank goodness, he's alright."

"Who is he?" The woman in white walked to Huang Feiyan's side and looked at her with a hint of doubt. She had never seen this young man before, so she was curious about his identity.

"My...savior..." Huang Feiyan looked at the unconscious Ming Yan, a bright smile blooming on her pretty face, "If it weren't for him...you might not be seeing me again..."

Upon hearing this, the woman in white looked at Ming Yan and clearly sensed that Ming Yan only had the cultivation level of the Accumulation Flow Realm. Her eyes flickered slightly. "My master has also arrived. She has informed your mother. Let's go back to Yutai Blessed Land first. My master should have resolved all the issues."

"By the way, are those people from Yutai Blessed Land alright?" Huang Feiyan only remembered this when she heard this and quickly asked.

“I’m not entirely sure either. My master told me your approximate location, so I came directly to find you. But given my master’s strength, those people at Yutai Blessed Land should be safe.” The woman in white gently shook her head, seemingly extremely confident in her master.

"Hmm... With the strength of the Moon Shadow Saint Lord, he will definitely be fine..." Huang Feiyan looked down at Ming Yan, then picked him up and carried him on her back. "Let's go back to Yutai Blessed Land."

Chapter Eleven: I Need Your Help Again

"What should we do with her?" The woman in white looked at Yun Ling, whose head was completely buried in the ground, and asked Huang Feiyan for her opinion. After all, she was the one who was chasing Huang Feiyan, so the decision was in Huang Feiyan's hands.

“Let’s take her back to Yutai Blessed Land first… When my mother arrives, I think we can use her to gain more than we can kill her.” Huang Feiyan glanced at Yun Ling, hesitated slightly, and then said, “Besides, we also need to see his opinion…”

The woman in white had a slightly strange expression. The fact that Huang Feiyan cared so much about this junior cultivator at the Accumulation Flow Mirror level made her somewhat concerned. There must be something special about the other party that made Huang Feiyan value him so much.

The boy had obvious purplish marks on his neck, indicating that he had been choked before. There was also a noticeable wound on his wrist that had scabbed over. His lips were pale, but his features were handsome, with a subtle and indescribable charm that was very pleasing to the eye. This was strange, as she had seen many handsome and dashing princes and noblemen, but only this person had this feeling. He was not handsome enough to overwhelm everyone, but he gave people a very unique feeling that left a deep impression.

The woman in white withdrew her gaze, walked to Yun Ling's side, reached out and grabbed Yun Ling's collar, lifting her up. "Fei Yan, let's go."

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What do people see after they die? Mingyan used to think about this question often. For example, does a person's consciousness still exist after death? Does it become a wandering spirit like in those ghost stories used to scare children in the village? Or does it enter the cycle of reincarnation and begin to be reborn?

After the intense feeling of suffocation disappeared, Mingyan suddenly felt relieved, thinking that he was probably dead.

It's a pity he died before he could finish many things...

I haven't been able to fulfill my promise to take care of Liu Mengli, and I don't even know what's in the burlap bag my master gave me... I wonder how Sect Master Xia Yanming is doing, and whether I've bought enough time for Fairy Sister?

The most regrettable thing is that I haven't been able to catch up with her yet, and I don't even know her name. But I guess I won't let her down, right? Heh, maybe she just saved me on a whim and has already forgotten about it?

Do you regret it? Yes, I should have saved her, but I shouldn't have caused trouble for the blessed land. Do I regret it? No, I don't regret it, because either I died with the fairy sister back then, or... I bought enough time that the fairy sister might have been able to avenge me.

It's just a little regrettable; it feels like there were so many things I hadn't had time to finish. It would be such a shame to die like this...

Suddenly, a figure appeared before Mingyan's eyes. It was the fairy who had saved him that day, whose name he did not know. She stood in the distance, her gaze slightly cold. Mingyan subconsciously took a step and walked towards her.

But she seemed to be getting further and further away... Mingyan started running, but the figure became more and more blurred. The more he chased, the farther apart the two became, until she became so blurry that she could no longer be seen. Only then did Mingyan wake up!

He sat up abruptly, and his surroundings became familiar. Mingyan gradually calmed down, but then became somewhat confused. This... seems to be his room?

Just then, the wooden door to the room was pushed open, and Huang Feiyan walked in carrying a bowl of medicinal soup. When she saw Mingyan sit up, her pretty face lit up with joy. "You're awake?"

"...Fairy Sister...?" Mingyan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Huang Feiyan was safe and sound, but his head was throbbing. He rubbed his temples, and his memories before he fainted gradually returned. He came to his senses and looked up at Huang Feiyan, "Where's Yunling? Fairy Sister?"

"Yunling has been captured by us." Huang Feiyan sat on the edge of the bed with a bowl of medicinal soup. "Drink this medicinal soup; it will help you replenish your blood."

Mingyan took the medicine soup. When he heard that Yunling had been arrested, his brows relaxed, but he immediately looked puzzled again. "Are we back in Yutai Blessed Land now?"

"Hmm, you've lived here for a year, and you don't recognize it anymore? Why are you asking me?" Huang Feiyan smiled, then hesitated. "Don't worry, nothing will happen again, it's just... Sect Leader Xia..."

"What happened to the sect leader?" Mingyan's heart tightened, but he immediately showed a bitter expression. In fact, he had already prepared himself mentally and had guessed a certain possibility.

"Sect Leader Xia is seriously injured and his cultivation level has dropped significantly. He is currently unconscious, but don't worry, as long as my mother arrives, I believe there will be a way to resolve this." Huang Feiyan pursed her lips. "As for your master and the others, there's no need to worry for now. They only suffered minor injuries, and Sect Leader Xia has protected them very well."

Mingyan was somewhat taken aback upon hearing this, and then scratched his head. He had prepared himself for the possibility that Xia Yanming and his master might have met with misfortune, but he never expected that they would only suffer serious injuries and a drop in cultivation level. Although this was equally unbearable for a cultivator, it was at least better than losing their lives.

“I know you might be a little confused. Didn’t I ask you to inform Sect Master Xia that night? That very night, I had Sect Master Xia send someone to inform my friend Yue Qingying that I was in danger here. I originally thought it would take some time for Yun Ling to find me, but I didn’t expect that she would bring a powerful cultivator at the Xuanji Realm with her to kill me. He quickly discovered my whereabouts. Fortunately, after my friend learned the news, she immediately asked her master to go to Yutai Blessed Land with her. Her master, Holy Master Yueying, saved Sect Master Xia, thus preventing a tragedy. As for the disciples in the other blessed lands, they have also been found. Judging by the time, they should be back soon.”