Chapter 296: Where Did You Take Him? (2/2)

”Find Rou'er! Protect them!”

She shouted out at them before clashing swords with the five experts. If Elder Jia was going to go somewhere, it would be where the disciples were. The fox and owl departed as quickly as they came, following her instructions and chasing after Rou'er.

Fighting against them was much easier this time around. Her combat strength was nearly three times as strong and here, she managed to stay her ground.

”You're not going to last long, Ming Yue”, Xue Yue said.

”That's obvious, but what do you expect me to do?”

Ming Yue was at her wit's end, there wasn't much she could do against her opponents. They weren't at their best and even at her strongest, she could barely push them back.

”Free the elder, at the very least, the situation would be a bit better.”

”If I can even do it, but it's worth a try.”

In this quick exchange, Ming Yue sought for an opportunity. She retreated several meters back before sending off a wall of wind that drained a third of her energy. The mindless elders charged forward without a care but piercing this wall was difficult for even them. It was thick and dense, providing her with a bit of time to break into the pagoda.

She descended and attacked the doors but they were locked shut. Even after several tries, she could only scratch it or cause it to tremble. It must have been supported through special tools and formations but there was not time to decipher it.

”Blasting Gale...”

Floating above her shoulders, a singular lance of wind formed, condensing until it was the size of her arm but carried the power of a hundred lances. Something like this was enough to cause a Sky Realm expert to feel fear, let alone a pair of locked doors. At a time like this, brute force was the solution.

She retreated it and send the lance forward, shooting through and crashing into the tower. The ground shook and a shockwave spread through out the sect grounds. The impact was so loud that even those within Luan City heard it. Nevertheless, the pagoda did not fall. It was created to protected a several hundred year old technique, the foundation of the Eternal Blade Sect. Even under a calamity, it would not fall. However, the doors had cracked, shattering the restrictions that binded it.

”Yes!”

Ming Yue jumped forward with her quickest speed, just as the other elders broke past her wall of wind. None of them were quick enough for her as she burst past the doors.

”A spiral staircase!”

She immediately climbed up, ignoring what surrounded her. The walls were shelves filled with books and scrolls, each one containing a life's worth of knowledge and practice. There were hundreds of them, all for the sake of improving one technique, one stance.

Ascending the pagoda, she noticed a haggard figure, chained up upon one of the shelves. Hanging from the walls was Elder Fei, his clothes ripped and shredded from battle and torment. There were wounds covering his body and a large gash across his chest, deep and barely healed. It was a crimson red, as if one touch could break it again.

”Elder Fei!”

She called out to him and ran up, cutting his chains.

Outside, her five pursuers stopped in front of the pagoda, not daring to enter for their purpose was to guard this tower. No amount of hynosis or poison would change that.

Towards the Medicinal Hall, Qi Yao and and Fei Xian led everyone there. They were in shock, surprised to see their elders appear so strangely and for them to battle Ming Yue. That was especially so for Rou'er, who was still hung up on what she had seen.

”Qi Yao, tell me. What is going on? What does this have to do with my uncle?”

Fei Xian looked toward her, pleading with his eyes that she would tell him.

”Sister Qi, do you really know what's happening? Why is Ming Yue fighting with the elders?”

Having heard her, Rou'er turned around and walked up to her senior sister. Her face was somewhat empty, shock still gripped her, and relunctantly, she told them what she had heard days ago. Then she spoke of what Ming Yue had planned to do. The pair listened intently, their faces showed little emotion as they tried to comprehend what they had just heard.

Before Fei Xian or Rou'er could even speak, a figure entered, opening the doors.

His handsome face was somewhat pale and his clothes a bit scratched up, Elder Jia looked a bit miserable as he looked at the many eyes around him.

”We've been attacked!”