A moment later, Zhang Ruochen withdrew his fingers and looked at Huang Yichen lying on the ground, his eyes filled with guilt, trepidation, and worry, and he couldn’t help but bite his lips tightly and said, “It’s all my fault.”
Huang Yichen was injured quite severely, his internal organs, meridians, and qi sea were all irreparably traumatised, and his flesh was already tattered and torn, so I’m afraid that even if a saint came to the rescue, there was nothing he could do to save his life.
Without a miracle, it was almost impossible to wake up again.
Zhang Ruochen’s fists clenched tightly, rather blaming himself, if, at the beginning, he had allowed Huang Yichen to keep cultivating in the Scroll World, he wouldn’t have suffered such a calamity.
At that time, he felt that a closed-door cultivation would not be beneficial to cultivation, it would only be counterproductive, and he would not be able to become a truly strong person at all.
Only by experiencing constant life and death battles, experiencing the sweet and sour of life, and experiencing the refinement of the human world, would one, in the end, be able to walk farther along the path of the Sacred Dao.
Therefore, he had let Huang Yichen come out to train, to fight together, to sharpen his mind and his will.
However, how could he not have expected that such a turn of events would occur?
Xiao Hei found Ao Xin Yan and the Orange Moon Star Envoy, who had been seriously injured, and brought them over.
The two of them, too, had fainted.
However, they had a special physique, and their cultivation was also much stronger than Huang Yicun, reaching the Fish Dragon Third Transformation “Bone Refining and Jade Transformation”.
Therefore, although they were seriously injured, as long as they took the pills to heal their injuries and took the time to recuperate, they would still be able to heal and would not be in any serious trouble.
“Let’s go to the Scroll World first.”
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and immediately took out the Qiankun Divine Wood Diagram and opened the Tutelary World, carrying Huang Yichen into the Gate of Space, arriving at the bottom of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood and placing her on the ground.
The wood spirit qi of the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood might be of some help to her injuries.
Zhang Ruochen dried the blood at the corner of Huang Yichen’s mouth, took out the Ruyi Treasure Bottle, put one hand on her back, lifted her up, parted her lips, and slowly poured the Wood Spirit Red Stillness from the bottle into her mouth.
Afterwards, Zhang Ruochen held Huang Yichen upright and sat on her back, striking out with both palms at the same time, mobilising the Sacred Dragon Qi from the Dragon Pearl, striking into her body in a steady stream.
An entire half day passed, bean-sized beads of sweat continued to emerge from Zhang Ruochen’s forehead, even his face gradually turned pale, but Huang Yichen’s injuries did not show the slightest sign of improvement.
“No, it can’t be like this.”
Zhang Ruochen shook his head and clenched his teeth as he continued to squeeze the power within his body.
Not only did he strike the Holy Dragon Qi into Huang Yichen’s body, even his own True Qi was almost completely exhausted, and his body shook slightly as if he would faint at any moment.
It must be known that earlier, when he fought with the Ebony Skeleton Jiao King, Zhang Ruochen had already suffered a considerable amount of injuries, relying on his body’s True Qi and the Holy Dragon’s power to suppress his injuries.
At this moment, he injected all the True Qi in his body into Huang Yichen’s body, and his own injuries immediately erupted, causing a backlash against his body.
“Pfft!”
Zhang Ruochen spat out a mouthful of blood as a strong sense of weakness and pain spread throughout his body, his face as pale as paper, devoid of any blood colour.
His body swayed and collapsed to the left.
“I can’t I can’t fall down I fall down, what about her.”
With a strong will, Zhang Ruochen propped his palms on the ground, clenched his teeth, and slowly sat up again.
Just a moment ago, the moment Zhang Ruochen collapsed, Xiao Hei also checked Huang Yichen’s injuries and shook his head, saying, “The injuries are too severe, even with the Wood Spirit Qi from the Heaven Receiving Divine Wood nourishing her body, she won’t live for more than three days.”
Little Black looked at Zhang Ruochen’s face and added, “However, if we can find the Xuanwu Saint Source, perhaps, we can save her life. She cultivates the Xuanwu Sacred Canon, and fusing the Xuanwu Sacred Source will enable her to reshape her flesh and bring her to life.”
Without Little Black continuing to say more, Zhang Ruochen already understood that no matter what, he had to fetch the Xuanwu Sacred Source within three days.
Of course, the Xuanwu’s abdomen, since it would emit such a terrifying sound wave, it also meant that there must be a supreme powerhouse that was seizing the Xuanwu Sacred Source inside.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have sent out sound waves that shocked Huang Yichen, Ao Xinyan, and the Orange Moon Star Envoy, preventing them from travelling to the Xuanwu’s abdomen.
If he wanted to take away the Xuanwu Sacred Source from that one powerhouse, Zhang Ruochen would have to break through his cultivation to the Fish Dragon Realm first.
“Fish Dragon Realm.”
Zhang Ruochen’s eyes sank as he picked up the Ruyi Treasure Vase, drank a mouthful of Wood Spirit Red Still Water, and began to heal his injuries.
Afterwards, he took out another Jiao Bead and took it into his mouth, mobilising the thin True Qi in his body and began to refine the Jiao Bead to impact the Fish Dragon Realm.
With his current injuries, impacting the Fish Dragon Realm was quite a dangerous thing to do.
However, Zhang Ruochen had no choice as there was not much time left for him, even if it was dangerous, he had to heal his injuries and impact the realm at the same time.
After refining the first Jiao Bead, the True Qi in Zhang Ruochen’s Qi Sea had reached a state of perfection.
It was only the surging true qi that flowed crazily through his injured body, impacting his meridians and internal organs, causing Zhang Ruochen’s injuries, to become even more severe.
Zhang Ruochen’s mouth bled while he took the second Jiao Bead and continued to impact the Fish Dragon Realm.
Even though he knew that in doing so, he would be injured even more, there was no hint of hesitation in his heart.
Two whole days passed, Zhang Ruochen took thirteen Jiao Beads in a row, and the aura on his body, became stronger and stronger, and his whole body was wrapped in true qi, forming a huge orb with a diameter of nine zhang.
Looking from afar, Zhang Ruochen’s body was being held up by the true qi in his body, cracking out a blood-coloured line, like cracked ceramic.
If he couldn’t break through the realm, Zhang Ruochen could burst his body at any time.
In two days’ time, under Little Black’s healing, Ao Xin Yan and the Orange Moon Star Envoy had woken up.
They of course knew why Zhang Ruochen was trying so desperately to break through the realm, and they also knew that Huang Yichen was so badly injured that he probably wouldn’t survive today.
Ao Xin Yan didn’t have the heart to heal her injuries, her hands tightly pinching the corners of her clothes, very worried that Zhang Ruochen’s injuries would deteriorate and that he would meet an untimely end during his breakthrough.
Although, Ao Xin Yan very much hoped that Zhang Ruochen would cherish his body and not be so desperate, and first recuperate his injuries before breaking through the realm.
But it had to be said that it was precisely because of that special aura on Zhang Ruochen that made Ao Xinyan quite admiring, willingly recognising him as the leader of the group and following his orders. In her heart, she even had a few feelings for Zhang Ruochen, only that even she didn’t realise it.
Even the Orange Moon Star Envoy, who had always looked at Zhang Ruochen unfavourably, at this moment, a few different colours appeared in his eyes, somewhat admiring Zhang Ruochen’s charisma.
A true man did not need to be how domineering and strong he was in front of the weak, but, rather, he should be able to shoulder the responsibility and bearing that was due to him when he was needed, to face up to enemies and severe challenges that were stronger than himself, and to protect and guard the people he needed to love and care for.
“Boom!”
Suddenly, the mass of True Qi on the surface of Zhang Ruochen’s body shattered and opened up, turning into a stream of True Qi that surged towards his brow.
At this moment, Zhang Ruochen finally broke through the limits of mortals in one fell swoop, reaching the first change of Fish Dragon, “Innate Fetal Breath”.
The so-called Innate Foetal Breath was the self-subscribing internal qi, holding a firm grip on one, and being able to swallow heaven and earth’s spiritual qi as its own food, reaching the realm of grain cultivation.
Attaining this realm, even if one did not eat or drink for a year, one would not die of hunger or thirst.
“It’s finally done!”
Zhang Ruochen opened his eyes and took a deep breath, and the aura within a ten-mile radius was instantly drained, all of it being drawn into his body and deposited into his Qi Sea.
After reaching the Fish Dragon Realm, the speed at which he absorbed the spiritual qi of the heavens and earth became even faster. The true qi in his body was running through his meridians all the time, forming an internal cycle of its own, and there was no need to worry that he would run out of true qi.
Zhang Ruochen stood up and walked over to Huang Yichen’s side, bending down, his fingers pressed on her wrists, checking over her injuries.
Only after a long time did he withdraw his hand and softly said, “Wait for me to come back. Cough!”
Just by opening his mouth, Zhang Ruochen triggered his injuries and coughed twice, wiping his fingers on the corner of his mouth to wipe away the blood he coughed out.
“Team Leader, I’ll go with you to fetch the Xuanwu Sacred Source.”Ao Xinyan stood up and immediately greeted her.
Zhang Ruochen stared at her and said, “You stay and nurse your wounds, just leave it to me. Cough!”
Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and suppressed his injuries for the time being, opening the Gate of Space and stepping back out of the Tulip World.
Two days had passed in the Tulip World, but only two hours had passed in the outside world.
Zhang Ruochen clenched his fists tightly and said, “There is only one hour left, I must take the Xuanwu’s Sacred Source, I will definitely be able to do it.”
Zhang Ruochen straightened his chest, trying to make himself stand straighter as he dragged the Sinking Abyss Ancient Sword and travelled towards Xuanwu’s abdomen.
