35 The Forsaken Palace (1/2)
Jufeng, Chenric, Yingjie and DaXia, were standing in a safe distance from the area where elder Wang Xiu was confronting the blue-robed blood cultivator. The four of them were watching the developing scenario with intense concern. Some moment ago,they had thought the danger was over when the grey-robed man had suddenly left. In their joyful state, they had been flash-stepping towards elder Wang Xiu.
They were about to reach her position, when the blood cultivator appeared behind her making them stopped in their tracks. They had slowly but steadily backtracked their movement and left the area to a safer distance.
As a full premier, a true Zhuji cultivator, Jufeng could see the vastness of the chromium red aura emanating from the rogue blood cultivator using his spiritual sight.
Although, cultivators below the Zhuji stage wouldn't manifest a full aura, they still had traces of aura of copper. The Zhuji stage was where manifestations of full aura began. After a cultivator reached the Zhuji stage, the aura displayed would be silver. At the Jindan stage, the aura would be gold. While that of the nascent soul was chromium. A nascent soul cultivator could manifest the chromium aura in relation with the elements of the Chi essence in the dantian.
The aura of the Lang Hai was a pure chromium red and the element of blood essence. It was truly a sickening sight.
He glanced at elder Wang Xiu and saw the blinding chromium white aura she had manifested. He quickly switched from his spiritual sight to the normal sight which couldn't see any aura manifestation. From the way her aura was exuding, the extent of her killing intent was glaring.
This was becoming a dangerous situation. He was trying to envision the thoughts of elder Wang Xiu to no avail. But he was certain of the fact that, the rogue blood cultivator too was out for blood which could result in mortal harm to any of the two. Thpugh, it was elder Wang Xiu he was worried about. Would she be able to take care of herself? From the little he had seen of her, he knew she had the power to hold her own against such cultivator. Yet, something kept nagging at the back of his mind that this blood cultivator was extremely dangerous.
This was a grievious situation but with great optimism, he held the resolute conviction of elder Wang Xiu holding her own if the need arose.
With his mind occupied, he didn't pay much attention to the worried conversation that was going on around him. Especially to Chenric who was trying to get his attention with his words.
”Jufeng. Jufeng!”
”Eh?”
”What is with you? We are facing a serious situation and you are here daydreaming?”
”Sorry, just thinking. What were you saying?”
Chenric shrugged while staring at him.
”Anyway, what do you think we should do? We were thinking of what to do if it escalate.”
Chenric leaned closer towards them as he glanced at their faces.
”As for me, I think we should flee if it comes to that.”
Yingjie who was looking at the unfolding event in silence, suddenly voiced.
”There's nothing we can do here to help. Maybe some of us should go and look for help while the rest stay to keep an eye on the situation?”
”Why don't we wait a little bit more before deciding. We don't want to do anything that will put elder Wang Xiu in a more difficult situation.”
Jufeng nodded as he contemplated the words of Daxia.
”Mhm. I will go with DaXia. I think we should wait and see first before doing anything that will jeopardise the whole thing.”
After much delibration, they agreed to wait at a distance where they would be watching the proceedings.
Jufeng continued watching the two nascent soul cultivators as they were having a confrontation. He held a faint hope of them settling their differences amicably with no need for a fight but the moment elder Wang Xiu took out her sword, he knew his hopes were simply a mirage. Reality quickly dawned on him, this were differences that had gone beyond reconciliation for the two nascent soul cultivators.
He watched on as elder Wang Xiua sent two blade lights towards the blood cultivator. A fight between two nascent souls was always grave news for the bystanders and their surroundings. He still had vivid memories of the legendary swordman and swords he read about that had caused utter destruction in the mortal worlds. Afterall, they were all nascent soul cultivators even if they were hegemons or ascendants.
He looked around his surroundings and wondered whether they were safe at the distance they were standing. They would simply disintegrate if they were hit by an attack from a nascent soul cultivator. They might walked the path of reincarnation if they only died. But if their souls were to be obliterated in the course of the attack? That would be their existential oblivion.
He snapped out of his thought just as the two nascent souls were in a blur as they exchanged swords in clashes. This was on a different level of power compared to the one he witnessed displayed by the two genius core disciples at the sect's training ground. He tried to follow their movement but his eyes became dizzy and his head turned heavy. He closed his eyes as a banging headache arose in his head.
He opened his eyes at the same time as elder Wang Xiu was sent flying backwards.
”We can't just stay here, let's help.”
”How can we help? We will simply die if we try to intervene.”
”We would have died in the hand of the demon spider if not for her anyway.”
Although his mind was not on the conversation, Jufeng still got wind of it. He too, had been thinking of ways they could help but knew there was none. No matter how it seemed, they had to help. At least, they would have tried even if they didn't succeed.
He looked at them and sighed inwardly. No matter how hard he tried, he was always walking in the shadow of death. If that was the way it was, that was the way it would be.
”Yes, we can't just stay here. We need to help out.”
”By doing what exactly? Cutting him up with your bronze sword? You will simply die.”
DaXia observed her brother as she ruminated on his words.
”You have a point Chenric, but we can't stay here without doing anything. Maybe we can even take him by surprise if we approach with caution.”
With a sad expression, Yingjie nodded his head in agreement.
”We are who we are, both in life and in death. We can't just stand still and it's too late to look for help. We do whatever we can to help.”
Not long after, they headed in the direction of the two nascent souls. They were cautiously moving towards the two fighting cultivators when elder Wang Xiu executed the Vermillion Divine Judgement that was blocked by the move of the blood cultivator. The impact launched them in a flight several yards backwards leaving them in a disoriented scramble.
Jufeng, partially recovered in time enough to see Lang Hai executed the Oath of the Fallen Stars. He tried raising his hand but knew there was practically nothing he could do to help elder Wang Xiu as she spat out blood. He kept looking on as the rogue blood cultivator lept into the air and was bringing down his glaive only for the scenery to change.
They tried but the end was inevitable. He closed his eyes as he waited for the killing blow to land on elder Wang Xiu only for him to feel a breeze of air on his face.
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He opened his eyes to find himself inside the powerfully encircling right hand of elder Wang Xiu. Beside him was DaXia while Chenric and Yingjie were on the other side of elder Wang Xiu who was moving in high speed away from the battle ground. Somehow, she was literally carrying them as she moved in breathtaking speed despite the injury she sustained in the fight.
It was quite after some time that they suddenly stopped and elder Wang Xiu released her hold on them making them crashed on the valley grass. She reached insider her spatial sac and took out some medicinal pills which she quickly put in her mouth as she tilted her head backwards.
DaXia sat very close to elder Wang Xiu with a disoriented frown on her face. She was totally lost for words as she rumaged through the events of the recent past in her head. She had been sent flying from the impact of the collision and was thinking it was over. Only to find herself next to Jufeng speeding away from the village vicinity. After gaining more composure, she examined her surrounding before
Yingjie was only staring at elder Wang Xiu with raised eye brows as utter disbelief was written all over his face. He remembered scrambling on the ground from the impact but moment later, found himself being held by elder Wang Xiu alongside others as she sped away. How could he explain that? His mind wandered to his parents and the thoughts of asking her for help crossed his mind. How could he even think about that? It wasn't her duty to see to the safety of his family anyway. He pried his eyes away from her and stared hard at the floor. Lost in his thoughts.