Naturally, she needed to concentrate fully without too much distraction; otherwise, how could she succeed? Mobilizing the power of the entire Mustard Seed Secret Realm to suppress You Yuelan and Yijia, Lin Huanhuan’s face showed almost no expression. She couldn’t glean anything from Xuan Yin True Person’s face.
And although Xuan Yin True Person had seemed calm and composed on the surface earlier, as if nothing had happened, it was easy to see from the dispelled Power of Heaven and Earth that he was actually outwardly strong but inwardly weak, still putting up a brave front.
Hearing this, Xuan Yin True Person wasn’t angered. He just gave a cold laugh.
Lin Huanhuan sensed something was wrong and raised her hand to send a Soothing Wind toward You Yuelan and Yijia.
Having just escaped danger but still suffering from internal bleeding, You Yuelan and Yijia felt a breeze brush over them. A cool, refreshing sensation flowed through their meridians into their bodies, so comfortable they almost moaned aloud.
What surprised them even more was that half of their internal injuries had directly disappeared, and the remaining injuries were still recovering at an extremely fast pace.
Clearly, this was a mystical wind of a supportive nature that accelerated recovery.
Yijia and You Yuelan straightened up. You Yuelan finally regained her strength, suppressed the overwhelming drowsiness rolling over her, and cast a grateful look at Lin Huanhuan.
Yijia spoke up to thank her: “Lin Huanhuan, thank you.”
“No need to thank me. Let’s deal with this guy first. We’re still in the middle of a fight.”
Lin Huanhuan took out her folding fan, a magical artifact she hadn’t used in a long time, and gently flicked it. The fan opened, the landscape-painted surface covering half her face.
She suspected that this old bastard was also brewing a killing move. Although she had broken his previous technique, it was still beneficial to make the situation more favorable.
Xuan Yin True Person’s total lack of reaction made her feel uneasy.
This Mountain and River Folding Fan had been in use since her Qi Training Initial Stage, accompanying her for several years. After she forged her Dao Foundation and became a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator, she had kept it stored within her Dao Foundation to nurture it. She had also added many precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and now the fan had ascended from a mid-grade magical artifact to a high-grade one.
Wielding this artifact, her spellcasting speed had greatly increased.
Almost the instant the fan opened, a gentle breeze began to blow within the Mustard Seed Secret Realm, which had barely any air movement. In at most nine seconds, it would form a large-scale storm.
But at almost the same moment, Xuan Yin True Person suddenly broke into a smile. Though it was only a Wooden Puppet body, Lin Huanhuan felt as if she could see his real body grinning.
Then Xuan Yin True Person opened his mouth and spat out a wisp of pale purple smoke. It shot toward her at high speed.
Lin Huanhuan was alarmed. She quickly mobilized the not-yet-formed storm to create a barrier, trying to block the smoke, and simultaneously deployed a Spiritual Qi Shield around herself.
Though the smoke looked gaseous, it passed straight through the storm barrier without any effect. It then instantly reached Lin Huanhuan, and without any obstruction, it also passed through her Spiritual Qi Shield, entering her mind through her nostrils.
“What kind of technique is this? Why haven’t I seen it in the original work?”
Lin Huanhuan was terrified. She immediately realized that this too was an Ancient Great Dao that had long since been lost to time. Only such a technique could be so elusive and impossible to guard against.
“But how does that smoke attack exactly? Why do I feel fine?”
Lin Huanhuan looked at her body, touched herself everywhere, and felt nothing wrong. There was no abnormality in her mind either.
She raised her head, but suddenly froze.
All around her, purple smoke filled the air, and huge pink bubbles floated up and down, dreamlike and illusory.
“Where is this? Wasn’t I inside the Mustard Seed Secret Realm?”
You Yuelan and Yijia watched Lin Huanhuan fall asleep instantly, stunned for a moment.
What was going on? Was Lin Huanhuan actually someone who loved sleeping even more than You Yuelan?
But they quickly realized that this must be the effect of that purple smoke, undoubtedly a hidden trump card of Xuan Yin True Person.
Xuan Yin True Person gave a cold laugh. “This last Dream Dao move, I originally didn’t want to use it. But this damn girl is too strange. To avoid complications, I have no choice but to sacrifice a trump card.”
“As for you two, without her help, you’re as good as dead today anyway. Might as well surrender now and save yourselves some suffering. No need to be so desperate.”
“In your dreams!”
Yijia produced a Whisk, and Blazing Heavenly Thunder followed right behind it, rolling violently toward Xuan Yin True Person.
Xuan Yin True Person sneered. Without dodging or avoiding, he met it head-on.
Boom, boom, boom—
The next moment, the two clashed directly.
You Yuelan saw this and forced herself to stand up, pinching her thigh hard, intending to help.
But Xuan Yin True Person seemed to have anticipated her move. He blocked a thunderbolt hurtling toward him with one hand, then pointed a finger. Suddenly, a quilt and a pillow appeared where You Yuelan was standing.
You Yuelan’s tense nerves instantly relaxed. She stared at the quilt and pillow, almost unable to move her feet.
“Curse it, using this kind of temptation to trap me… How am I supposed to resist?”
Xuan Yin True Person had chosen the Sleeping Lotus Scripture for You Yuelan back then precisely so he could manipulate her at will today. And now, the effect was spectacular.
Under the terrifying pressure of the Sleeping Lotus Scripture, You Yuelan struggled for a while. By the time she realized it, she had already lain down with the quilt over her.
“Curse it.”
You Yuelan lifted her head with difficulty and saw a sight that made her blood boil.
In that short moment, the battle had already been decided.
Xuan Yin True Person had one hand gripping Yijia’s neck, squeezing tighter and tighter. Yijia tried desperately to pry his hand away with both of hers, kicking her legs downward, but it was useless.
“Old bastard, you damnable creature!”
You Yuelan wanted to go help, but she was almost completely controlled by her instincts. She couldn’t even manage to throw off the quilt.
Her body’s instinct told her that she hadn’t slept for such a long time. She desperately needed a good long sleep, preferably for a whole month, sleeping until the sky went dark.
Forcing her eyelids open was already the limit of her willpower.
“Yijia, it seems you’re a bit too naive. All of your cultivation was taught by me. Your entire life has been under my control. How can someone like you possibly resist me?”
Xuan Yin True Person smiled calmly, looking down at Yijia, whose life and death were already in his hands, like a lofty god.
“Oh, is that so? Then what are you going to do next?”
Suddenly, Yijia stopped struggling, and a smug smile curled on her lips.
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