Chapter 738: She has to wake up (1/2)

Everyone grew on edge at her words. Xu Donglin, who had just regained consciousness himself last night, practically rolled off his bed and rushed forward.

“Granny You, I never thought you could be so despicable! Hmph, we all thought wrongly of you!”

“If you want Han Yunxi to recover faster, you’ll get out of the way!” Granny You shot back.

She didn’t regret helping Han Yunxi, but neither she did regret allying with Cang Qiuzi to besiege the woman. Both times, she had done exactly what she was supposed to do. Now she was acting both for her own principles and Celestial Mountain’s sake.

“You want to hurt our mistress, don’t you? Who’s going to trust your damned lies?” Xu Donglin harrumphed.

Granny You’s face grew dark. She was about to act when the man suddenly asked, “Granny You, you simply took the chance to launch a sneak attack here while His Highness Duke of Qin is fighting with the sword sect master! What kind of righteous hero are you?!”

“Impudence!” Granny You rebuked him. “Don’t blame me for being tactless if you continue to dishonor the sect leader!”

“Dishonor? Heheh, how could I dare? Suppose the sword sect master loses his temper and summon the four elders to besiege us next? I’d die for sure!” Xu Donglin put on a face of fear, yet it was full of nothing but mockery.

As he stalled for time with Granny You, he shot glances at the others to inform His Highness Duke of Qin. Unfortunately, the sharp eyed Granny You spotted them trying to slip out the door and struck out with her palm, swiftly injuring the would-be messengers.

“Feiye and the sword sect master are fighting a fierce battle. If Cang Qiuzi seizes the chance to reap in advantages, none of you will survive!” Granny You’s face was stern as she spoke to the shocked crowd. “It was Cang Qiuzi who instigated everything from the start. Your true enemy should be him!”

Everyone exchanged glances at her words. Although all of them detested the sword sect master, Granny You’s words were right. The real enemy was Cang Qiuzi. His Highness Duke of Qin was fighting with his current strength against the sword sect master, but drawing out the battle would only cause both sides to suffer and leave the advantage to Cang Qiuzi.

Xu Donglin looked at his fellow brothers with some hesitation. Then he said, “This has nothing to do with esteemed wangfei. She’s already unconscious, so she can’t coax His Highness to back down!”

“This old woman has ways to wake her up right now! Only she has the power to convince Feiye now,” Granny You’s voice was solemn.

“Why should we believe you?” Xu Donglin was still on guard.

Granny You lost her temper. “Just on the basis that this old woman is capable to taking all your lives this instant, including hers! If I really wanted to kill her, would I be wasting words with you lot now?”

Xu Donglin had nothing more to say. The dozen or so other brothers all exchanged uncertain looks. Although Granny You’s words held merit, this was too much of a risk for any of them to bear! But as it turned out, Granny You simply took the chance while they were distracted to dart past them in a flash. By the time they regained their senses, she was already sitting on the bed and helping up the unconscious Han Yunxi.

“Granny You, you…” Xu Donglin was startled.

“Shut the door. Everyone withdraw to a corner with their hands over their heads and crouch down!” Granny You threatened. “Otherwise, this old woman will murder her this instant.” At this, she actually moved to hold Han Yunxi by the neck.

Scared to death by her threats, everyone did as Granny You told, especially Xu Donglin. As he crouched down and hugged his head, he shouted, “Auntie You, if you have to kill anyone, kill me first!”

Granny You had had enough of this lot. She supported Han Yunxi with one hand while channeling true qi into her body with the other. Seeing this, everyone exhaled in relief. So Granny You really had come to help esteemed wangfei.

They thought the old woman would only channel a bit of true qi into esteemed wangfei’s body, but she ended up giving half of her true qi into the woman. It wasn’t long before her complexion turned ashen from the effort, but esteemed wangfei still didn’t wake despite her now ruddy complexion.

Granny You was a level six in the Nirvana Heart Arts. Gaining 50 percent of true qi from her body should be enough to cure all of esteemed wangfei’s internal injuries, but at the cost of massive injuries to the channeler! The people in the room were stunned by the sight. Xu Donglin couldn’t believe his eyes and even rushed to the bed for a closer look before he believed what Granny You was doing.

“Granny You, you… You…”

Granny You seemed to have aged a decade with half of her true qi lost. She looked pale, weak, and old, with none of the steely strength present in martial arts practitioners. As she checked Han Yunxi’s pulse, she asked, “Do you believe this old woman now?”

“Even if you let esteemed wangfei regain consciousness, His Highness Duke of Qin will still never forgive you,” Xu Donglin couldn’t swallow his temper.

“This old woman isn’t counting on him to forgive me. I just don’t want Celestial Mountain’s centuries old foundations to crumble!” Perhaps Granny You was the most clear minded one of all.

If it’s destroyed, it’s something you guys brought upon yourselves! Xu Donglin said the words in his heart since esteemed wangfei was still in Granny You’s hands. It wouldn’t do to aggravate the old woman.