Chapter 1108 - 922: Evilbane_2

The other man sniffed again. "Looks seductive, but how come there's not the slightest hint of powder fragrance?"

The first one laughed. "How about we let them put on some makeup and then let you have a good sniff?"

"Sure, as long as you dare let them do that, what's there that I wouldn't dare sniff…" The two of them giggled and joked together.

After passing the checkpoint, Shi Chun hurriedly took out a piece of "Jade Marrow Fruit," broke off a chunk, lifted Yu Xuanbing's bamboo hat, and put it into his mouth. "Take it. This is a Healing Holy Medicine."

Because he could feel Yu Xuanbing's body trembling more and more violently.

Yu Xuanbing swallowed it as told.

After that, the same kind of inspection they'd just gone through happened several more times along the way. Each time was dangerous in appearance but ended without incident, and they finally exited the city under the strange, probing gazes of the gate guards.

Once he was sure they'd gotten out smoothly, Shi Chun finally let out a sigh of relief. Ignoring how miraculous Huang Yingying's skill was, he took out the Mother-child Talisman to contact Wu Jinliang.

When the carriage passed through a mountain forest, Wu Jinliang darted out from the woods to the side and slipped into the carriage.

At the same time, Shi Chun, who had been feeling Yu Xuanbing's pulse all along, wore an extremely grave expression and said in a deep voice, "Old Huang, he can't hold on much longer. We withdraw."

He had no idea what was going on. He'd found that a supreme healing treasure like the "Jade Marrow Fruit" actually had almost no effect on Yu Xuanbing's injuries, and Yu Xuanbing's condition was clearly on the verge of collapse. They really couldn't afford any more delay.

Wu Jinliang, who had also reached in to examine, wore the same grave expression. After lifting the veil and seeing the state of Yu Xuanbing's wounds, he was even more shocked.

The carriage immediately veered, crashing straight into the mountain forest beside them. Huang Yingying pushed out a palm through the air; the hillside they were about to hit split open, forming an entrance and revealing a slanted tunnel plunging into the ground. The carriage charged straight in.

Up ahead the path kept opening; behind them it kept collapsing. The carriage barreled all the way down into the depths of the earth.

When the carriage stopped, Wu Jinliang jumped out and quickly drew out some Death Refusing Incense, igniting a wisp. Shi Chun, who was supporting Yu Xuanbing with one hand, also tossed out a corpse.

Very soon, the Two Realms Channel opened again. The few of them shot through the passage in a rush, ignoring whether the carriage buried deep underground lived or died. The group went straight back to the Heavenly Domain Dingnan Prefecture, where it was still night, landing in a stretch of wilderness. In the distance, they could faintly see the lights in the direction of the Prefecture City.

Wu Jinliang and Shi Chun cooperated seamlessly. Without saying anything about returning for treatment, they directly cast a skill to open a cave in the mountain, carried Yu Xuanbing inside, and laid him on an earthen pallet. Wu Jinliang took off the bamboo hat from his head and tossed it aside, then pulled out his spare supply of Jade Marrow Fruit, ready to feed him.

Shi Chun raised his hand to stop him. "He's already taken it. It's no use."

As he spoke, his Right Eye Superpower locked onto the wounds on Yu Xuanbing's face for a closer look. He had long since noticed that the condition of Yu Xuanbing's head was different from that of a normal person; there were faint streaks of pink light and shadow mixed in his head. Compared to before, those pink light-shadows now occupied a noticeably larger area in Yu Xuanbing's skull.

The Jade Marrow Fruit's healing power couldn't be said to be entirely useless; it was working, but Yu Xuanbing's injured area was also continuously collapsing.

Yes, collapsing. The structure of the flesh and the bones of his face were slowly collapsing on a scale invisible to the naked eye, as if Yu Xuanbing's entire body were made out of dough, and someone had split a crack in his face—powder terusly flaking off and enlarging the fissure.

A very strange kind of injury.

And the Jade Marrow Fruit's healing could only barely hold the line against the expansion of the wound, keeping it from getting any worse.

But that was only the effect on the physical body. The pink light-shadows in Yu Xuanbing's head were not being suppressed; they were still spreading.

Seeing this kind of light-shadow thing, Shi Chun thought of the "Demon Dew" strange poison that Li Hongjiu had been struck with, and also of that so-called "Six Extremes" strange poison that had afflicted Dongguo Shou.

He couldn't help leaning closer to the Yu Xuanbing who was enduring torment and asked, "Elder Yu, were you poisoned?"

Yu Xuanbing's voice trembled from pain. "It's a skill that attacks the Divine Sense, not poison. This skill is quite sinister—it can ride back along the Divine Sense when it's withdrawn and stain it on the way back. I've never seen this before. Shi Chun, help me look after that mother and daughter…"

Shi Chun didn't take that line, but suddenly flipped his palm onto the top of Yu Xuanbing's head, operating the Bath Demon Skill. Green Qi emerged, which he poured into Yu Xuanbing's head, trying to drive out the pink light in his brain.

As soon as he did this, the pink light weakened and was clearly suppressed. Shi Chun's spirits lifted, and he was about to pull it out.

Who knew Yu Xuanbing's body would suddenly shudder violently as he panted urgently, "Don't. You can suppress it, but our Divine Senses can't merge. Forcing it out without knowing the fine depths and shallows will turn me into an idiot…"

Hearing this, Shi Chun hurriedly stopped, but he did not withdraw his hand. His Green Qi had a suppressive effect on the pink light; though he couldn't forcibly extract it, he could at least keep it from spreading further.

Just then, Huang Yingying suddenly said from the side, "Since it's evil magic, maybe we can ask the Phoenix Clan for help. The Phoenix Clan's divine light can restrain evil beings."

Having been imprisoned so many years on the Phoenix Clan's Divine Mountain, he was quite familiar with the Phoenix Clan's abilities.

At the mention of receiving treatment from the Phoenix Clan, Yu Xuanbing's reaction seemed a bit too intense. He said quickly, "No need, no need…"

Shi Chun, however, didn't think it would be much trouble. He remembered that Feng Xi had a request of him, so this shouldn't be hard.

Only, since he had to keep suppressing Yu Xuanbing's injuries, it wasn't convenient for him to go in person. He immediately turned his head to tell Wu Jinliang to go contact the Phoenix Clan, only to see Wu Jinliang beside him swinging out a great halberd covered in dark-gold patterns. He almost ran straight into Shi Chun as he turned and nearly scraped his face.

Before he could scold him, Wu Jinliang had already planted the weapon like a staff and said, "In that case, let my 'Evil-slaying Spear' have a try."

Hearing this, Shi Chun couldn't help slapping his forehead. Right, how had he forgotten this? Back then this guy had snatched this Phoenix Clan treasure from Feng Yin's hands. It was said to contain the Phoenix True Spirit and could suppress evil beings.

Whether it would work or not, he first stepped aside to let Wu Jinliang give it a try.

Wu Jinliang didn't stand on ceremony. He shook the spear and pointed; multicolored radiance burst from the spear and instantly enveloped Yu Xuanbing.

Bathed in the radiance, Yu Xuanbing's body trembled even more violently; his whole person was shivering, showing a sense of painful struggle.

Watching from the side, Huang Yingying wanted to speak but held back. Wu Jinliang also felt something was off and turned to look at Shi Chun.

Shi Chun, using his Right Eye Superpower, saw the pink light in Yu Xuanbing's head rapidly dissipating under the radiance, the effect extraordinarily obvious. At the same time, he also saw the Demon Essence in Yu Xuanbing's abdomen churning violently, with a sense of turning to ash and dissolving—clearly being suppressed.

Only then did Shi Chun react, understanding why Yu Xuanbing had been so resistant to seeking treatment from the Phoenix Clan earlier. He must have been afraid of exposing his secrets.

Though Yu Xuanbing's body was strongly resisting, he still didn't call for them to stop.

Seeing that Shi Chun didn't shout to stop, the ever-cooperative Wu Jinliang immediately continued to drive the radiance.

Shi Chun's Right Eye Superpower stayed locked on; when he saw that all the pink light in Yu Xuanbing's head had dispersed, he immediately cried out urgently, "Stop, that's enough. Stop, quick!"