Published: February 25, 2025
Flying towards the Meritorious Immortal Mountain, Tan Yun arrived outside the Meritorious Immortal Palace and bowed, saying, "Chief, disciple Tan Yun requests an audience!"
"Senior Brother Tan, my master is still unconscious," Nangong Ruxue, who had been waiting for Shen Subing, stepped out of the palace, tears in her eyes. "Senior Brother Tan, you are a saint level sovereign alchemist; you must check on Master’s injuries!"
As he stepped into the room, a sharp pain pierced Tan Yun's heart at the sight of Shen Subing lying quietly on the bed, her complexion terrifyingly pale.
"Master... Master... Su Bing does not want to die..." Shen Subing, still in a coma, called out intermittently, her voice like a cold sword stabbing into Tan Yun's heart.
Tan Yun turned to Nangong Ruxue, who had followed him in. "You stay outside the palace and guard it; no one is allowed to enter."
"Understood." Nangong Ruxue nodded, looking haggard as she left.
Tan Yun waved his right arm, setting up a soundproof barrier before leaning over the bed and releasing his spiritual sense to penetrate into Shen Subing's body.
After a thorough examination, he found that Shen Subing was no longer in critical danger, but she had three fatal sword wounds on her body!
One sword pierced through her chest!
Another sword stabbed through the left side of her neck!
And the last sword had slashed across her forehead!
Judging by the wounds, it was clear that the one who harmed her was the same person and that they used a feminine flying sword!
This meant Shen Subing had been injured by a woman!
Tan Yun understood that although Shen Subing was only at the first level of the divine soul realm, she had already cultivated the Ice Clear Divine Canon to the twelfth layer. Her strength in challenging opponents of higher levels was enough to rival those in the fourth layer of the divine soul realm!
Clearly, the woman who wanted to kill her had at least reached the fifth layer of the divine soul realm!
"Master... Master..." Shen Subing weakly called out, tears streaming down her pale as paper cheeks.
"Good disciple, Master is right here." Tan Yun gently stroked Shen Subing's cheek and said firmly, "Su Bing, just focus on recovering from your injuries; your master will avenge you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tan Yun bent down and carried Shen Subing out of the palace.
Nangong Ruxue, who had been waiting outside, was about to speak when Tan Yun interrupted her without allowing a rebuttal. "Follow me to the Meritorious Dojo!"
Carrying Shen Subing, Tan Yun stepped onto his flying sword and soared into the clouds...
Nangong Ruxue followed closely behind...
Half an hour later.
Over thirteen thousand disciples in the Meritorious Dojo saw Tan Yun carrying the chief into a Supreme Mustard Seed Time-Space Pagoda with 108 layers.
Nangong Ruxue also entered behind them.
Tan Yun instructed, "Junior Sister Nangong, from now on, you will guard the chief here. Once her injuries recover, inform her to focus on her cultivation and breakthrough; I will take care of everything related to the Danmai for now."
"Understood, I will remember," Nangong Ruxue nodded seriously.
"Whoosh!"
Tan Yun's figure flickered and appeared at the top of the pagoda, looking down at the disciples, noticing that over a year and three months ago, ten thousand fetal soul realm disciples had now seen more than five thousand of them advance to the first layer of the refining soul realm!
Tan Yun was quite satisfied with this.
His face turned somber as he said, "Now I have something to say!"
"Senior Brother, please speak!" The disciples gazed up at Tan Yun in admiration.
In Tan Yun's deep eyes, brilliance flickered and anger surged. "You are all smart people; you have probably seen that the second elder and the chief are surrounded and attacked for two main reasons!"
"First, it is related to my selection of disciples in the Inner Sect."
"Second, some people see our Meritorious Lineage as a thorn in their side and do not want to give us time to grow!"
"We will not back down against those with malicious intent!"