– Dead!
Lin Feiyun, the formidable adversary, has finally perished!
Chen Yun felt a sense of relief, his entire body limp as he leaned against the cliff wall, not wanting to move at all.
Having spent a long time deceiving the other party with all his heart, he finally succeeded in luring the demon woman into a trap and ultimately burned himself.
It can be said that this time, as long as the acting skills show even a slight flaw, both I and Zhang Qian will certainly die.
Luckily, I had one move up my sleeve!
Chen Yun was secretly rejoicing.
Suddenly, he remembered something.
Zhang Qian!
Zhang Qian, where is he?
I didn't hear him scream just now.
Could it be that he was also killed by the explosion?
Upon thinking of this, Chen Yun felt a sense of tension in his heart.
As one of his few friends in this world, Chen Yun cared very much about Zhang Qian's life or death.
He hurried out, rolling and crawling, shouting loudly, "Zhang Qian! Zhang Qian! Are you okay?"
The sound echoed for a long time in the wind, but there was no response at all.
It's over!
Zhang Qian is really dead!
Chen Yun's heart suddenly turned cold, he kneeled down on the grass and pounded his head repeatedly, saying "It's all my fault! It's all my fault!" in remorse.
His tears were welling up in his eyes, making him uncomfortable.
The scenes of playing together with Zhang Qian from everyday life flashed before him, causing Chen Yun immense pain.
However, at this very moment, a loud shout came from Zhang Qian's ear, "Brother Chen, why are you kneeling down on the ground?"
"Aha?" Chen Yun quickly raised his head and looked in the direction of the sound.
He saw a disheveled figure emerge from the grass ahead, still grimacing as if he had suffered serious injuries.
Upon seeing Zhang Qian was okay, Chen Yun excitedly jumped up from the ground, ran to Zhang Qian's side in a hurry, and then angrily said, "You son of a bitch, why didn't you answer me? I almost died because of you!"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Qian shook his head and shouted, "Ah? What are you saying? My ears are ringing and I can't hear anything!"
Chen Yun: ...
That's it!
He finally understood why Zhang Qian didn't respond to him just now.
It turns out that it was because the explosion was so loud that it temporarily deafened him.
Chen Yun couldn't help but burst into laughter and shouted loudly, "I just want to say that you're okay!"
"Everything's fine with me!" Zhang Qian shouted back, "I just got a cut in my back from falling rocks. Now it seems like it's bleeding."
Hearing that Zhang Qian was injured, Chen Yun felt a wave of tension and quickly moved closer to look at his back. Sure enough, he saw that his clothes were torn open, revealing a long, deep wound on his back with blood and flesh oozing out and flowing continuously.
It was clearly injured by the flying debris from the explosion's shockwave just now.
This injury is not too severe.
But if we say it's not severe, it's also not very light.
If it doesn't receive timely treatment, it might possibly worsen and lead to infection.
Chen Yun knew that he had to find a physician for treatment.
He supported Zhang Qian and asked, "Let me carry you back to the city. I'll find a physician to see you later."
"No need, I can run myself."
Zhang Qian declined his offer.
Chen Yun wouldn't let him run on his own, fearing that he might bleed too much and have an accident.
Without a word, Chen Yun picked Zhang Qian up and put him on his back, then lifted his foot and began to leave here.
He had taken only a few steps.
Suddenly, Chen Yun noticed that there seemed to be something reflecting sunlight and shining brightly at the spot where Lin Feiyun was killed by the explosion.
"Huh?"
He was shocked, what could survive in the explosion of twenty catties of wheat grain gunpowder?
Chen Yun walked a few steps towards the large crater.
He found a silver metal ring on the charred black land at the edge of the large crater.
The ring was engraved with an array of mysterious runes.
He was taken aback. If he wasn't mistaken, the ring should have been worn on Lin Feiyun's left hand just now.
Twenty catties of wheat grain gunpowder could destroy a building.
How could this ring, in the midst of the explosion, remain unharmed?
Could it be a treasure?
Chen Yun was about to bend down and reach for it.
But then, suddenly, he heard Zhang Qian's loud shout, "There's a ring! There's a ring!"
Chen Yun was startled by the loud shout.
He knew that Zhang Qian was still deaf from the explosion, so his shout was so loud.
He quickly waved his hand to indicate that he understood, and then bent down to pick up the ring.
Because of Zhang Qian's serious injury, Chen Yun didn't immediately inspect the ring. Instead, he carried him and ran towards Ma Chi City at full speed.
With the speed-boosting talismans, they moved quite fast.
Within no time, Chen Yun had already run several miles carrying Zhang Qian.
Shortly after they left, a gust of ominous wind suddenly swept through the crater.
Following the wind, a stream of golden qi began to gather and condense.
It wasn't long before a faint, indescribable figure of a woman appeared suddenly.
She stared in the direction of the official road to the east, gritting her teeth and muttering to herself, "This thief deceived me so miserably, my physical body was blown to pieces and scattered! If a normal martial artist encountered such a situation, they would die for sure. Luckily, I cultivated the spirit of Yin. This is why I was able to escape this disaster. Even so, my Yin spirit was severely injured by the intense firelight. Thankfully it's night now; otherwise, if sunlight shone on me again, I might really perish!"
That's right, the figure composed of the golden qi was none other than the demon woman Lin Feiyun!
Alternatively, it was her Yin spirit.
At this moment, Lin Feiyun finally understood the meaning of "don't play with fire" as Chen Yun had said.
She was even considering killing Chen Yun!
Lin Feiyun had never encountered such a cunning person. She had never seen anyone who wielded such a powerful fire weapon, calling it a spiritual treasure, and humiliating her intelligence by making her lift the bomb herself and ignite it.
The insult to her intelligence was more humiliating than losing her physical body, Lin Feiyun thought.
What Lin Feiyun couldn't accept the most was that Chen Yun had picked up her ring, which was personally crafted by her master and engraved with the secret technique of Tútān Shù, containing vital information of the Taiping Sect!
"Wait for me, I'll return to the sect and cultivate my Yin spirit to possess a new body, then I will definitely kill you!"
Lin Feiyun secretly cursed.
……
On the other side, in the city of Ma Chi.
After a while of traveling, Chen Yun finally entered the city before the sky fully darkened.
He asked someone for directions and quickly took Zhang Qian to a medical clinic called "Xing Lin Tang."
Stepping in, Chen Yun urgently called to the physician who was dozing off behind the counter, "Physician, my brother is injured. Please attend to him quickly."
The bearded physician with white whiskers stood up quickly and called out to the one inside, "Bring the person in and lay him on the bed."
Chen Yun carried Zhang Qian into the room.
Seeing three or four wooden beds, Chen Yun didn't bother to choose which one, and gently placed Zhang Qian down.
Zhang Qian seemed to have lost a lot of blood. At this moment, he was half awake and half dizzy, unable to say even a single word.
Chen Yun supported Zhang Qian and helped him lie down, then asked the physician, "Is my brother going to be okay?"
"Just wait outside." The physician immediately bent down to examine the injury, "I'll call you in when I'm done."
Chen Yun didn't dare to disturb the physician while they were treating the injury, so he turned and left outside.
He sat on a long bench and kept his eyes on the inside, while silently praying in his heart that Zhang Qian wouldn't be hurt.
He waited for about fifteen minutes.
The physician came out from inside.
Chen Yun stood up nervously and asked, "Physician, how is my brother?"
The physician chuckled and waved his hand, "He's fine, just a flesh wound. I've stopped the bleeding, cleaned the wound, and applied medicine. Let him rest here tonight. If anything happens, I can look after him."
After hearing that Zhang Qian was okay, Chen Yun breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank you, doctor. How much is the fee?"
"Tomorrow, settle all the fees after you pick up the medicine. You can go now." The physician waved his hand dismissively.
Zhang Qian had been injured because of himself, so Chen Yun wouldn't leave. He insisted, "I want to stay with him."
The physician thought for a moment and said, "Okay, if there are no patients at night, you can rest inside. But if there are any patients, please stay outside."
Chen Yun replied, "All right, thank you, doctor."
"No trouble."
The physician nodded and walked to the medicine cabinet to start grabbing medicine, clearly he was going to prepare a potion for Zhang Qian.
Chen Yun helped out for a while.
By the time the medicine was ready and given to Zhang Qian, it was already very dark outside.
Even though Chen Yun didn't eat anything, he stayed by Zhang Qian's side without leaving for even a moment, guarding him inside.
......
Perhaps tonight will be peaceful.
There was no patient at the clinic.
Chen Yun lay on the small wooden bed next to Zhang Qian and couldn't sleep for a long time.
"Alas, although I killed Lin Feiyun, it's a thousand damage to myself and eight hundred to my enemy. It seems that the Jùqì Zhū and Zhuǒguǒ can't be retrieved."
Jùqì Zhū can help him cultivate.
The Zhuǒguǒ is also a key ingredient for the medicinal soup that refine essence into Qi.
He really felt regretful about losing these two items now.
However, Chen Yun remained composed.
While it's a regret, it doesn't feel too difficult.
The way of cultivation relies on oneself, and the external objects only serve as auxiliary tools.
Now that the Jùqì Zhū and Zhuǒguǒ are lost, it can only be said that there was no blessing in them.
After understanding it, he felt at ease.
"Oh, right, what kind of treasure is that ring? It seems to be unscathed even in the explosion of twenty catties of wheat grain gunpowder?"
Chen Yun suddenly remembered the ring he had picked up from Lin Feiyun when leaving.
He took out the ring from his clothes' inner lining.
He used the moonlight that came in through the window gap to carefully examine it.
The material of the ring seemed to be like an alloy.
Specifically, it's difficult to identify what type of metal it is.
It was engraved with countless runes.
"It seems to be a magical artifact."
Chen Yun inspected it for a while and muttered to himself, "But what exactly does this magical artifact do?"
So far, excluding the small copper furnace, the only two magical artifacts he has actually used are the windmill and the dragon boat.
The first magical artifact was the "Red Gold Demon-Slaying Sword" given to him by his teacher when he became an apprentice.
Chen Yun remembered that his teacher had once said that in order to wield the "Red Gold Demon-Slaying Sword," at least you needed to be a lower-level magic user.
Because of this, Chen Yun had been holding the demon-slaying sword for a long time, but he really didn't know the specific method of use.
Naturally, looking at the ring in front of him, which was very likely a magical artifact, Chen Yun felt at a loss as to how to proceed.
"Right, magical artifact, naturally it requires magical power to operate. Let me try injecting true qi into it."
Thinking about it, Chen Yun guided the qi with his mind and gathered true qi into his palm. He then slowly injected it into the ring.
The next moment, a flash of light.
Chen Yun felt as if he had established a special connection with the ring.
He could actually see the inside of the ring!
It was a space about one cubic meter in size.
In this small space, there were several things that appeared.
The Jùqì Zhū and the clay jar containing the Zhuǒguǒ were prominently displayed!
Chen Yun finally realized with a flash of insight that this was a storage ring.
(Chapter complete)
