Chapter 768 - 740: Seeking the Dao Lotus

"Hey, this looks good!"

"Wow, this old guy really knows how to enjoy himself, even more than us youngsters!"

"..."

Mu Qingyan weakly opened her eyes, looking at Sun Zhe on the other side, muttering and rummaging through the bodies for "loot," thinking he was just like a little bandit, her feelings extremely complicated.

She couldn’t understand how even Outer Domain cultivators were so unfamiliar with worldly matters now.

"Forget it, things have come to this, I can only choose to trust him."

She closed her eyes again, and this time truly fell into a coma.

...

After some rummaging, Sun Zhe found several storage bags and broke the seals on them one by one.

Most contained things like spirit stones and elixirs, with quite a few magical treasures, Daoist skills, and cultivation technique manuals as well, but these were not very useful to Sun Zhe currently, so he decided to take them back to use as resources for the Undying Pavilion, to reward those disciples later.

"After licking the bags clean, I need to hurry and leave, lest Old Six notices us. Sister Long, where to next?"

Little Dragon Girl pondered for a moment and said, "First find a place to heal this girl, then try to acquire her ’Wen Dao Lotus’."

Without hesitation, Sun Zhe gathered the pile of loot in front of him into the Ring Space and then turned towards Mu Qingyan, bringing her into the Ring Space before breaking through the air and leaving swiftly.

"Sister Long, what’s the use of this ’Wen Dao Lotus’ you mentioned?"

Little Dragon Girl patiently replied, "Remember I told you before, due to the depletion of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi on Earth, the Dao Principles are incomplete, and this ’Wen Dao Lotus’ can be used to replenish the Dao Principles, remake the muscles and bones, and shape spiritual roots."

"Sounds like a real treasure, then." Sun Zhe’s heart moved.

Little Dragon Girl added, "However, its true purpose is for enlightenment and cultivation. If your perception is high enough, you might even comprehend a ’Heavenly Deduction Divine Skill’ from it."

Curiously, Sun Zhe asked, "What is a ’Heavenly Deduction Divine Skill’?"

Little Dragon Girl huffed lightly, "Get the ’Wen Dao Lotus’ and you’ll know. Alright, I’m going to sleep, don’t call me for anything, especially for nothing."

"..."

He flew a few hundred kilometers at one stretch, until he left the marsh area and officially entered the Valley of Burial, finding a cave on a ridge of a peculiar peak.

The cave had a large space, but it was stinky, apparently a nest formerly occupied by a Jiao Beast.

Sun Zhe used Pure Yang Sacred Fire to completely burn the interior of the cave, and only then did he release Mu Qingyan from the Ring Space.

Looking at the charming body lying on the waterproof blanket, Sun Zhe was momentarily unsure how to proceed.

At that moment, Mu Qingyan was still bleeding, her entire white dress saturated with red, and her breath was growing weaker.

"Damn, if she dies, I’ll have to be buried with her!"

"Sorry, fairy sister, all this is for healing you!"

Sun Zhe steeled himself and took out a sharp surgical knife to cut away the clothes adhered to Mu Qingyan’s wound by the blood.

In just a short while, Mu Qingyan was left with only a pair of thin translucent white stockings wrapped around her legs.

The white stockings were so thin they needed to be viewed closely to be seen, like a very thin membrane, gleaming with a faint oily sheen. Strangely enough, Sun Zhe couldn’t cut through them even with the sharp surgical knife.

Once cut, they would instantly regenerate.

"Looks like these aren’t ordinary stockings, but a defensive type of magical treasure. No wonder, I thought, why would a woman like her come dressed like this, turns out it’s a treasure."

Little Dragon Girl was a bit speechless, "Why are you fussing over this? It’s Jade Silk, quite common in the Outer Domain, many female cultivators wear it as it’s both beautiful and defensive."

"Um... weren’t you asleep?"

"Stop wasting time, hurry and heal her. If she dies, you’ll die too."

Sun Zhe steadied his mind and focused on the sword wounds on the snow-white skin.

The several ghastly sword wounds were still bleeding and faintly carried remnants of spiritual power corroding the flesh.

"Seems like Pure Yang Spiritual Power is the only option."

After a long while.

Sun Zhe stood up with hands on his knees, looking at Mu Qingyan wrapped entirely in bandages, frowning, "The external injuries have mostly healed, why does it seem like there’s still no sign of improvement?"

Little Dragon Girl observed for a moment and said, "Her real injury is the damaged Dao Foundation, likely a mishap in her cultivation technique while breaking through. No wonder she’s stealing the ’Wen Dao Lotus’."

Sun Zhe asked, "What now? This is beyond my scope of medical skills."

"Don’t worry, cultivators of her level won’t die so easily. If she wants to survive, she has to wait until she wakes up and consumes the ’Wen Dao Lotus’."

Sun Zhe wiped his sweat, then entered the Ring Space with his Divine Sense, finding Leng Yuening still meditating, and decided to leave the cave to explore the surroundings and become familiar with the environment.

Just as he exited the cave, he was startled by what he saw.

Atop a distant peak, there was actually an airplane.

Then, as he searched around, he found quite a few fishing boats and cargo ships amid those lofty mountains.

"Whoa, what’s going on here?"

"..."