Chapter 108 (1/2)

Luo Shangyan heard the noise and opened her eyes. She watched the half-illusionary, half-substantial Xiao Chen, who now resembled a Deity or a Devil. She said hesitatingly, “Junior Brother Xiao… ”

Xiao Chen finally came around. His Soul could not leave his body for too long, or he might not be able to return and would be left scattered. He turned back to look. His body was lying quietly in the mud. The Immortal-Binding Rope had loosened.

The Immortal-Binding Rope could only bind a living thing. As long as the person it bound was still alive, it would never come loose. Although a Cultivator could execute mystic arts to make his Soul come out of the body, his body would still be alive. Why had the Immortal-Binding Rope come loose? Was his body…

He had no time to carefully ponder. He quickly shifted his Soul back into his body. He finally opened his eyes after a long time. Ling Yuxuan’s Heart Meridians had been shattered by his blow. Blood gushed out incessantly from his mouth. He would soon die.

Xiao Chen walked quickly over, removing his clothing to cloak Luo Shangyan. Then, he turned around coldly. “You want my Spiritual Meridians so badly, but I will take yours instead!” With these words, two black mists entwined Ling Yuxuan’s body.

Taking another person’s Meridians was strictly prohibited by the Immortals’ sects. Xiao Chen’s method came not from the Mystic Cyan Sect or the Three Pure Sect, but from the Devil book Heaven’s Talisman, which he had discovered by accident in the Xiao Family Tombs.

Ling Yuxuan’s whole face contorted. “Stop! Our Ling Family won’t ever let you off… ”

Although his Heart Meridians had been shattered, he could still recover after a year or so of recuperation. If his Spiritual Meridians had been forcefully ripped out, his foundation would be lost. Henceforth, he would be a maimed invalid, better off dead.

Xiao Chen turned a deaf ear and was still executing the mystic arts from Heaven’s Talisman. Ling Yuxuan’s heart gradually turned cold. “I beg you! Don’t take my Spiritual Meridians! I guarantee that the Ling Family will never bother you again… ”

“Too late!” Xiao Chen gave a loud roar. Black Qi gyrated around his entire body and his eyes were purplish, like a great Devil’s. Even Luo Shangyan by the side stared in shock.

After seizing someone else’s Spiritual Meridian, he could not use it directly but must refine it. His cultivation would then soar. After refining Ling Yuxuan’s Spiritual Meridians, Xiao Chen was certain to break into the Foundation Building Realm.

The contortions on Ling Yuxuan’s face became more and more gruesome. Finally, he yelled, “Save me, Grandpa!” “Poom!” He crumbled a jade piece in his hand into pieces.

Xiao Chen gave a start. It was a jade note. Those old devils from the Ling Family would soon be here. In his haste, he released his True Energy even faster. Finally, two half-illusionary, half-substantial white radiances streaked into Ling Yuxuan’s elixir field. Ling Yuxuan’s face dimmed and he could no longer move.

Xiao Chen rapidly absorbed the two Spiritual Meridians into his body. He knew that they could no longer stay. He grabbed Luo Shangyan and tried to run. From the corners of his eyes, he saw the Immortal-Binding Rope and grabbed it quickly as well, putting it into the Divine Vessel. Then, they dashed away into the depths of the forest.

By now, night had completely fallen. The stars and the moon were dim tonight. They could not make out anything in the mountains. Aided by his Divine Sense, Xiao Chen skirted around obstacles and ran all the way for nearly 20 kilometers. Only then did they dare stop for a rest.

After a day of escape, they were exhausted. Yet they could not rest. Those men from the Ling Family would come in pursuit anytime. If the pursuers were only at the Foundation Building Realm, it would be alright. If they were Core Forming Realm Cultivators, however, two of them would perish in these vast mountains.

“Now what?” Luo Shangyan asked, gripping his hand tightly and surveying the ghastly forest all around them.

Xiao Chen was about to comfort her when he felt a scorching sensation course out from his elixir field. It ran around his entire body, burning him like a stove. He felt terrible. Luo Shangyan did not know anything about him seizing the Spiritual Meridians and asked nervously, “What’s wrong?” She was about to condense a white radiance into his body.