Chapter 646 540: Ye Liyuan's Hatred: All Women Who Bullied My Dao Companion Will Pay the Price

"Senior Sister Lu and Ji Xichan… Xiaoxiao, was Senior Sister Lu also pulled into the Abyssal Sea Palace? Do you know where they are?"

Yu Xiaoyan nodded, her long eyelashes trembling slightly as she spoke softly:

"Back on the battlefield, I was with Elder Lu trying to find you, Master. When we heard that the gate to the Abyssal Sea Palace had appeared, we figured you must be there.

So Elder Lu and I rushed over. To our surprise, a powerful suction force pulled us into the Bronze Gate as soon as we arrived.

Thankfully, Elder Lu held my hand the whole time, so we weren't separated after entering the Abyssal Sea Palace."

"After arriving in the Abyssal Sea Palace, Elder Lu and I, by a fortunate coincidence, found the unconscious Ji Xichan.

Elder Lu could see that Ji Xichan's body was severely depleted. If she wasn't nourished with Spiritual Objects in time, her life would likely be in danger.

It just so happened that I heard about a Medicinal Garden nearby, so I had Elder Lu take care of Ji Xichan first while I came over to gather herbs."

"Is that so? It's great that you were all okay."

Pei Yuhang's worried heart eased a little.

In truth, after entering the Abyssal Sea Palace, aside from Yueqiu and the others, the one Pei Yuhang was most worried about was Ji Xichan.

Under Yuan Tianming's control, Ji Xichan had overdrawn her body's strength to open the Abyssal Sea Palace, and she was the first one to be pulled in. The danger she faced must have been immense.

Although he and Ji Xichan once had an indescribably complicated "entanglement," he had never truly hated her.

Besides, Chen Tiansheng had sacrificed his life to entrust her to his care.

But along the way, he had asked around everywhere, yet there was never any news of her.

Now, learning that she was not only alive but also being protected by Senior Sister Lu, his anxious heart finally settled, and a long-absent sense of relief flickered in his eyes.

"Xiaoxiao, take us to see Senior Sister."

"About your grandmaster… I'm afraid Senior Sister Lu doesn't know yet. I have to tell her as soon as possible."

Yu Xiaoyan nodded, but her gaze hesitated for a moment when it swept over Shang Miaoyan.

Shang Miaoyan, who had been silent all this time, sensed Yu Xiaoyan's hostility and pursed her lips slightly.

'She wasn't surprised by Yu Xiaoyan's hostility. Back when she'd heard that Yu Xiaoyan had used her status as a disciple to seduce Xiaohan while she was away from the Dao Sect, she had flown into a rage and brutally taught the little girl a lesson with her feet.

It was only natural for her to remember such a humiliation to this day.'

Shang Miaoyan's eyes flickered. She glanced at Xiaohan, then finally lowered her proud head before Yu Xiaoyan.

"I apologize for what I did to you back then… If you're still not satisfied and hold a grudge, then you can punish me in the same way."

Yu Xiaoyan snorted coldly and ignored her. Instead, she took Pei Yuhang's hand and pulled him further away from Shang Miaoyan.

"Master, let's go… What happened after you left the Dao Sect? Elder Lu and I have been so worried about you. Can you tell Xiaoxiao all about it, Master?"

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「Outside the Medicinal Garden.」

Yao Feng was forced back by the Flood Dragon once again. This time, even his robes were torn in several places by the crashing waves, leaving him in a sorry state.

He looked back towards the Medicinal Garden, as if he could see Pei Yuhang and Shang Miaoyan laughing as they picked Spiritual Medicine. The jealous fire in his eyes almost burned through his pupils.

"Damn it!"

He slammed his fist into the stone wall, sending shattered rock falling.

He had been just one step away from obtaining those Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, but now he could only watch helplessly as his opportunity was snatched away by others!

Just as Yao Feng sat back down on the White Jade Square, sullenly regulating his breathing, he suddenly heard a commotion from the back of the crowd.

Several cultivators, covered in blood, stumbled into the White Jade Square. They looked at the crowd before them and shouted in alarm:

"Run, fellow Daoists! The maze is eating people!"

"This is bad! A blood-red mist has suddenly risen in the maze on the outskirts of the Abyssal Sea Palace! Any cultivator caught in it is gradually melted into a pool of blood!"

"The blood mist isn't far from us now! Fellow Daoists, hurry and leave this place with us! Head deeper into the Abyssal Sea Palace!"

Yao Feng watched the chaos at the rear of the crowd, his brow furrowing slightly.

He shot to his feet, sharply noticing tendrils of scarlet mist seeping out from the cracks between the stones at the edge of the square, slithering like living creatures.

"N-No—"

The nearest cultivator let out a sudden, bloodcurdling scream. He frantically slapped at his back, but the flesh on the fingertips that touched the mist instantly melted away, revealing white bone.

The blood mist then drilled into his body through his seven orifices. In the blink of an eye, his entire person melted like wax, leaving behind only a blood-streaked skeleton!

At this sight, the crowd flew into a frenzy.

"Run! Run deeper into the Abyssal Sea Palace!!"

Yao Feng looked back, staring intently at the spreading blood mist. Cold sweat beaded on his forehead as a terrible premonition rose in his heart.

'The blood mist… It's forcing the cultivators deeper into the Abyssal Sea Palace!'

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Pei Yuhang, still unaware of the commotion on the outskirts, followed Yu Xiaoyan through layer after layer of pre-arranged concealment arrays and arrived in a hidden chamber.

The light in the chamber was soft, but the frail figure on the couch added a touch of sorrow to the scene.

Ji Xichan lay there quietly, her face as pale as paper and her lips drained of color. Only her faint breathing proved she was still alive.

Lu Ruoxi was dressed in white robes, her features as gentle and graceful as a painting. At this moment, however, her autumn-water eyes were filled with exhaustion and worry as she looked at Ji Xichan.

The Elixirs she had were all used up on the battlefield supporting her fellow sect members. Now, to stabilize Ji Xichan's fragile body, she had no choice but to use her own source energy to heal her.

But this was merely a temporary solution. She needed medicinal ingredients to refine Elixirs to be able to truly heal Ji Xichan.