I Shall Be Everlasting In the World of Immortals 379

## Chapter 375: Aftermath of the Battle

*Zizhew!*

A cloud of thunder and lightning surrounded Lu Chang An and the Purple Mist Fairy, sending them a distance away to temporarily escape the crisis.

The explosive speed of the fourth-order lightning escape talisman allowed Jiang Zi Yan to quickly embrace Lu Chang An’s waist, preventing them from being thrown apart during the high-speed movement.

“A fourth-order low-grade lightning escape talisman, enough to maneuver for a moment. The other Nascent Soul Zhen Jun of the Great Yu Nation should be on their way.”

Lu Chang An secretly calculated, the situation was clear.

The ambush on the Great Snake Mountain had a time limit, there wasn’t more time to pursue them. This Nascent Soul killing calamity had been essentially resolved.

Sure enough, the resentful and unwilling Red Snake Zhen Jun in the distance did not pursue them.

The speed of a fourth-order low-grade escape talisman was equivalent to the full-speed escape of a Nascent Soul at the initial stage.

The initial burst of the lightning escape talisman was faster, only pulling a short distance away, but it couldn’t easily shake off a Nascent Soul Zhen Jun of the same level.

If there was enough time, and the lightning escape talisman ran out of spiritual energy, the Red Snake Zhen Jun could still chase after them.

Hm?

Lu Chang An noticed that the Red Snake Zhen Jun and the Treasure Pagoda Scattered Man in the distance, although they weren’t pursuing, were focused on the puppet army, intending to collect it.

These two were making a mistake.

Lu Chang An was currently merged with his Second Life, his spiritual consciousness strength far exceeded the level of Jie Dan, nearing the Nascent Soul stage.

Lu Chang An could control the puppet army within a radius of dozens of miles, making the battle a fully fledged Nascent Soul level, with solid defense, not easily taken down in a short time.

“Sister Jiang, heal your injuries and detoxify as soon as possible, I’ll guide the lightning escape talisman.”

Lu Chang An held the Purple Mist Fairy with one hand, and with the other hand took over the guidance and control of the fourth-order lightning escape talisman from her delicate fingers.

“Junior Brother, be careful!”

Purple Mist Zhen Jun closed her star-like eyes, initially somewhat worried.

However, she found that Lu Chang An easily guided and controlled the fourth-order lightning escape talisman, so she lay quietly in his arms, peacefully healing her injuries and detoxifying.

After guiding the lightning escape talisman, Lu Chang An no longer maintained a straight line to pull away, instead, he flew in a circular pattern, maintaining a distance of thirty miles, remotely controlling the puppet army.

“This kid’s puppet control range is so far?”

The Red Snake Zhen Jun and the Treasure Pagoda Zhen Jun looked at each other in disbelief. They had expected to easily take down the puppet army, but now they were facing its full-fledged defense.

The puppet army was not as afraid of poison.

Secondly, unlike Purple Mist Fairy, who had suffered internal injuries at the beginning, the puppet army in its prime could hold out for longer.

The Red Snake Zhen Jun and the Treasure Pagoda Zhen Jun needed a considerable amount of time to break through, requiring quite a bit of effort.

“Red Snake Daoist, let’s withdraw. Even if we ignore the cost and break through the puppet formation, as long as that Xiang Da Long can remotely control it, he can make these puppets self-destruct.”

Treasure Pagoda Zhen Jun persuaded.

The Red Snake Zhen Jun was extremely unwilling, especially thinking about the quasi-fourth-order spiritual pet being killed by Lu Chang An, his heart filled with anger.

“Withdraw.”

The Red Snake Zhen Jun did not lose his mind, after exceeding the planned time, he withdrew with Treasure Pagoda Zhen Jun.

“However, the Purple Mist Fairy was poisoned by the Heavenly Centipede Ying Poison, and the Great Yu Nation does not have a counter-poison. If she cannot be treated in time, it will damage her Nascent Soul spiritual body’s foundation, her strength will permanently decline by several levels, affecting her future potential.”

While flying in the Nine-Pole Sky, the Red Snake Zhen Jun’s snake-patterned old face, which was already dark, revealed a cruel smile of triumph.

This plan didn’t achieve its ideal outcome, but it still achieved its basic objective.

As long as the Heavenly Centipede Ying Poison penetrated the Nascent Soul, the consequences would be worse than Purple Mist Fairy discarding her physical body and letting her Nascent Soul escape.

The only thing that bothered him was Xiang Da Long.

This man was so well-hidden that he had suffered a heavy loss in this operation.

…

Seeing the two Nascent Soul enemies retreat, Lu Chang An controlled the puppet army to return, confirmed it was safe, and collected it.

“Sister Jiang, how are your injuries and poison?”

Lu Chang An asked with concern.

Purple Mist Fairy’s star-like eyes were closed, her brow furrowed, her beautiful face showed a faint trace of blue centipede patterns.

Her graceful body, as soft as jade, lay in his arms, her forehead sweating and shivering.

Perhaps it was too cold, she had been tightly holding onto him, seeking warmth.

Lu Chang An pressed his palm against Jiang Zi Yan’s back, using the ordinary healing technique of the Evergreen Technique to help her stabilize her internal injuries.

As long as he didn’t use the life-shortening Evergreen Secret Technique, the Evergreen Technique’s treatment was not fundamentally different from other wood-type techniques, at most it had better healing effects.

Strangely, Jiang Zi Yan’s body was not cold, instead, there was a faint warm fragrance.

Lu Chang An could only speculate that the chill might come from the Ying Poison that had penetrated her Nascent Soul, from the soul level, not the physical body.

However, the Nascent Soul spiritual body was the core foundation of the Nascent Soul Zhen Jun, and Lu Chang An dared not rashly touch the taboo.

“Junior Brother Xiang, thank you for this.”

Purple Mist Fairy’s weak voice came, making one feel pity.

“Sister, you took the secret medicine just now, your life is in no immediate danger. However, your Nascent Soul spiritual body is being restrained by the terrible fourth-order Ying Poison, unable to cope with the injuries to your body. Your spiritual power is also out of control…”

Hearing this, Lu Chang An was somewhat surprised, Purple Mist Fairy was weaker than he imagined.

Now, even a regular cultivator could easily dispose of her.

Fortunately, her life was not in danger.

“Thankfully, Junior Brother Xiang’s wood-type technique has excellent healing effects.”

“From now on, Sister will focus on dealing with the Ying Poison. The injuries to my body will be completely entrusted to Junior Brother Xiang, don’t worry about the rules of men and women.”

Purple Mist Zhen Jun finished speaking, then closed her eyes and said nothing, as if she had fallen into the peaceful sleep of a baby, fighting the Ying Poison within her Nascent Soul spiritual body.

When Lu Chang An heard the word “completely,” he put aside some of his previous concerns, carefully examining Purple Mist Fairy’s body inside and out, and bandaging her wounds.

The wound on Jiang Zi Yan’s shoulder was easy to deal with.

But there was another wound on her thigh, the main entry point of the Ying Poison.

Lu Chang An slightly tore open the hem of her palace dress, on her white, round, beautiful leg, there was a deep cut, almost touching the bone.

At this moment, Lu Chang An’s expression became serious, he carefully treated her, as if he were facing a formidable enemy… with his hands supporting Purple Mist Fairy’s crystal-like jade legs.

He was on his guard against the Ying Poison spreading from the wound!

For this, Lu Chang An used his spiritual power to protect himself, his body was already covered with various protective talismans, including the detoxification talisman, even though the Evergreen Technique’s physique had a strong resistance to poisons.

Fortunately, the strange Ying Poison seemed to have a certain time limit, the activity remaining outside the body was very low, posing little threat.

Concentrating on his healing, Lu Chang An didn’t notice that Purple Mist Fairy, who was “peacefully asleep,” slightly opened her long eyelashes, revealing a thin sliver of her star-like eyes.

Her side profile, pressed against his chest, turned a light pink, hidden by Lu Chang An’s clothes.

A faint purple starlight in her eyes receded.

“Unexpectedly, Xiang Da Long, an outsider guest elder, is the most trustworthy person in the face of life or death. If I was ‘unconscious,’ and my body was completely entrusted to him, there wouldn’t be any transgression or ulterior motives.”

Purple Mist Zhen Jun closed her eyes peacefully, relying on the power of the Yin Yang Life and Death Pill to protect her Nascent Soul, slowly removing and decomposing the Heavenly Centipede Ying Poison.

It turned out that Purple Mist Fairy’s condition, the Ying Poison she had been poisoned with, was not as critical and bad as he imagined.

After taking charge of the Cloud Mist Sect, Purple Mist Fairy was extremely wary of the Great Snake Mountain.

To deal with the poisonous creatures of the Great Snake Mountain, after the death of her Daoist companion in the Ancient幽殿, she had spent the sect’s resources to secretly purchase the Yin Yang Life and Death Pill, a rare and precious pill, in Cloud Sky City.

That was the black and white detoxification pill she had taken earlier.

This pill, in critical moments, could not only save her life, protect her Nascent Soul foundation, and stabilize the yin and yang, but also help to weaken and decompose various evil energies and poisons.

With this pill, Purple Mist Fairy would not be in danger of death in the short term, her Nascent Soul spiritual body was protected in time.

However, the Yin Yang Life and Death Pill was not a specific detoxification medicine, to resolve the Heavenly Centipede Ying Poison, further treatment was needed to gradually adjust and detoxify.

Therefore, the Great Snake Mountain’s operation did not achieve its expected effect.

Lu Chang An dared not rashly probe Jiang Zi Yan’s Nascent Soul, so he didn’t know her true condition, she was not as weak as he imagined, she couldn’t be disposed of at will.

If Lu Chang An had any malicious intentions, and he harbored evil thoughts, Jiang Zi Yan could not only escape with her Nascent Soul, but she could also self-destruct this body, at such a close distance, enough to kill a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Fortunately, Lu Chang An had no such thoughts at all, he was relying on the Cloud Mist Sect to continue to shelter him, borrowing the fourth-order spirit vein to form his Nascent Soul.

Moreover, he was always cautious, even when facing the weakest Nascent Soul old monster, he wouldn’t underestimate them.

After bandaging her wounds.

Lu Chang An checked Purple Mist Fairy’s body inside and out.

It was not serious, it was just that her body was weak after the internal injuries and the invasion of the Ying Poison, and it needed to be slowly nursed back to health.

Just then, a strong aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator’s high-speed flight came from afar.

“Reinforcements have arrived.”

Lu Chang An sensed the spiritual power aura, confirming that it was a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Great Yu Nation’s camp, and it was even a familiar person, so he felt relieved.

He closed his eyes and remotely sensed the distance, looking towards the direction of the Great Snake Mountain, and murmured:

“It’s a pity, the Great Snake Mountain did not send out all their forces, they were still quite cautious.”

…

The Great Snake Mountain region, a circular mountain range and valley stretching for a thousand miles, was shrouded in gray mist all year round.

In the hills a hundred miles away from the mountain gate.

A blue-armored puppet resembling a tusk-like iron zombie was sitting cross-legged among the weeds, watching the mountain gate of the Great Snake Mountain.

“The aura of the Red Scorch Zhen Jun is still there, he has not left the Great Snake Mountain, he has gone out with the Red幽 Snake King.”

The Wei Puppet Master, who had merged with the fourth-order puppet core, muttered softly, and transmitted the approximate information to Lu Chang An in the distance.

To transform into a true fourth-order puppet, the fourth-order puppet controlled by the Wei Puppet Master had been traveling and comprehending around the Cloud Mist Sect’s territory in recent years.

In the previous years, Lu Chang An’s divination had vaguely sensed something, and he had been somewhat wary of the Great Snake Mountain.

Therefore, he asked Wei Puppet Master to travel around the outskirts of the Great Snake Mountain’s territory to gather intelligence, but he didn’t dare to get too close.

This time, after returning from Cloud Sky City, they were ambushed in the Great Yu Nation, and Lu Chang An immediately contacted Wei Puppet Master, asking him to act accordingly.

If the Great Snake Mountain sent out all its forces, and even the newly promoted Red Scorch Zhen Jun had left, then the defense would inevitably be empty.

At that time, the fourth-order puppet controlled by Wei Puppet Master could act independently, using the puppet’s special nature to try to sneak into the interior of the Great Snake Mountain, plunder and massacre.

Once successful, not only could they plunder the top resources for forming Nascent Soul and raising spirit beasts, but they could also besiege Wei to rescue Zhao, and resolve the crisis on the front line.

Of course, this was just a last resort, a spare move by Lu Chang An.

Even on the front line, he still had some trump cards that he had not used, such as the arrival of his Fourth Life’s Nascent Soul, the quasi-fourth-order spirit beast puppet, and the Nailed Arrow.

The facts proved that the Great Snake Mountain was still quite cautious, the newly promoted Nascent Soul stayed behind to guard the mountain gate, leaving no loopholes to exploit.

The Great Snake Mountain’s cautiousness was not to guard against Lu Chang An, but as an evil sect, it had many potential enemies.

…

The Cloud Mist Sect, the mountain gate formation was activated, and the entire sect was on guard.

Above the sect, the wind howled, the center of the ground煞妖氣, a half-妖 rat man was floating.

The Earth Rock 君, wearing a purple-red robe, his slightly round face showing a look of vigilance, looked around the sect.

Earlier, he had received an urgent message from the sect, as well as instructions from his master, to stay here to guard the sect.

Knowing that his master was ambushed, Earth Rock 君 was somewhat anxious, but he couldn’t go out to help.

If it weren’t for his master’s instructions, he would have instinctively wanted to go out to rescue him.

In a mountain stream a hundred miles away from the Cloud Mist Sect.

A huge, red-black snake tail was faintly visible.

In that mountain stream, a giant red-black scaled snake was lurking, about thirty zhang long, with a dark red head shaped like an egg.

Where it was, the stream turned into red poisonous water, forming a silent red land for several miles around.

“The time has passed. It seems that the pressure on them is not enough.”

The cold,幽 light in the Red幽 Snake King’s pupils was enough to make ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators terrified.

*Whoosh!*

The Red幽 Snake King rolled up a piece of poisonous water, covering his figure, and quietly left the Cloud Mist Sect’s territory.

Looking at the direction of the Cloud Mist Sect’s mountain gate, the Red幽 Snake King stuck out its tongue, revealing greed and unwillingness.

That fourth-order rat king, containing a thick ground煞之氣, held a great attraction to it.

Unfortunately, that fourth-order rat king didn’t leave the sect, giving it no chance to ambush and swallow it.

For this ambush, it had brought with it poison specifically made to kill rats by a poison炼毒宗师, it was a surprise attack, and it should have been seven out of ten chances of success.

…

At the Cloud Mist Sect’s mountain gate, the Earth Rock Rat seemed to sense something, looked towards the direction where the Red幽 Snake King had left, feeling a strange sense of foreboding.

Another half an hour passed.

The aura of a Nascent Soul cultivator’s flight approached from the horizon.

“Master is back!”

Earth Rock 君 was overjoyed, he sensed Lu Chang An’s aura.

Soon, a Nascent Soul cultivator appeared, escorting a floating small palace, returning to the Cloud Mist Sect.

The Nascent Soul Zhen Jun who escorted him was a man in a dark blue scholar’s silk robe, with a unique appearance, his temples were silver, giving him a sense of age.

This was Xiao Wei Feng, the ancestor of the Xiao Family, one of the four great families of the Great Yu Nation.

This person was considered to be the ancestor of Xiao Qing Shan, the steward of Lu Chang An’s cave mansion.

Due to this relationship, Lu Chang An had some material exchanges with the Xiao Family, and the Xiao Family also had a good relationship with the Cloud Mist Sect.

“Thank you for escorting me, Daoist Xiao. I’m going to heal my injuries and detoxify, and I can’t personally treat you, please forgive me.”

From inside the palace, the Purple Mist Fairy’s clear voice came.

“Since Daoist Zi Xia is fine, Xiao will not disturb you.”

The Xiao Family ancestor was neither obsequious nor arrogant, before leaving, he looked at the palace with a hint of deep meaning.

Inside the palace, Lu Chang An helped Purple Mist Fairy to sit on the soft couch, she seemed to still be cold, weak and helpless, hugging his body, absorbing warmth.

After the Xiao Family ancestor arrived, Purple Mist Fairy briefly regained consciousness, stating that she wanted Lu Chang An to take care of her, and did not let the Xiao Family ancestor approach to examine her.

All the way here, she had shown her unconditional trust in Lu Chang An.

“Junior Brother Xiang, for the next period of time, Sister will focus on dealing with the Ying Poison, and will be mostly asleep. Sister’s body in the real world will be entrusted to you.”

Purple Mist Fairy raised her eyes, took out the Supreme Elder’s token and handed it to Lu Chang An, her breath weak, she forced a smile.

“This… Sister is a Nascent Soul Zhen Jun, her body is precious, to care for her so intimately, perhaps we should change to a female disciple…”

Lu Chang An took the token and hesitated.

“Junior Brother Xiang’s spiritual power, treatment, and nurturing are excellent, no one in the sect can compare. In the vast Cloud Mist Sect today, Sister can only unconditionally trust you alone.”

Jiang Zi Yan’s soft, mournful voice had a pleading tone, like that of a young daughter.

Lu Chang An couldn’t refuse with such an excuse.

After going through the ordeal of life and death together, Purple Mist Fairy trusted him the most. And his medical skills and nurturing abilities were unmatched in the sect, even without using the Evergreen Secret Technique.

“If it weren’t for Junior Brother Xiang’s selfless protection, Sister’s Heavenly Spiritual Root’s body would have been destroyed. With such great kindness, why should we care about the mundane rules of men and women?”

After saying these words, Purple Mist Fairy closed her eyes, her consciousness returned to her Nascent Soul, resisting and resolving the Ying Poison.

Her peaceful sleeping face turned slightly rosy, perhaps because her injuries had stabilized and her complexion had improved, making it look bright and vibrant.

With the words reaching this point, Lu Chang An seemed to have a realization, and he put aside his misgivings.

He no longer hesitated, controlling the small palace to enter the mountain gate of the Cloud Mist Sect.

…

Lu Chang An, holding the Supreme Elder’s token, briefly communicated with the Snow Peak Sect Master and Earth Rock 君.

Then, the palace arrived at the fourth-order main peak, Purple Mist Peak.

“Elder Xiang, how are Master’s injuries?”

A young male cultivator, with a handsome figure and a dignified appearance, came forward with concern and anxiety.

The person was Hu Ang, the direct disciple of Purple Mist Fairy, whom she had exceptionally accepted many years ago.

Hu Ang’s Jie Dan quality had reached the level of half-step Golden Dan, he was quite accomplished.

Lu Chang An looked at Hu Ang, who was worried and concerned, and the latter wanted to rush into the palace.

Lu Chang An raised his hand, his powerful Dan power pushed him away.

“Elder Xiang, what do you mean?”

Hu Ang’s face turned red with anger, but he soon realized that as a male disciple, his previous actions were a bit too impulsive.

After all, he had returned after cultivating again, and his current identity was no longer that of Purple Mist Fairy’s Daoist companion.

Whether it was cultivation, status, or influence, he was far inferior to Xiang Da Long.

“The Supreme Elder has instructed that Xiang is to escort and care for her throughout, and no one else is allowed to approach.”

Lu Chang An, holding the token, followed official procedures and entered Purple Mist Peak.

The small palace landed at the entrance of the cave mansion.

Hu Ang was about to say something.

At this time, Purple Mist Fairy’s soft and gentle voice came from the palace:

“Please, Elder Xiang, carry me into the cave mansion.”

“Hmm.”

Lu Chang An agreed, he had been embracing Jiang Zi Yan for so long on the way here, he was already accustomed to the wonderful, plump feeling.

He picked up Purple Mist Fairy with both hands and held her firmly at his waist.

Thus, Jiang Zi Yan’s gracefully undulating body floated in balance on Lu Chang An’s chest, revealing her beautiful and charming curves.

On one side was her cascading cloud-like hair, covering half of her beautiful face, her white chin and neck were faintly visible. On the other side, her white thigh, exposed by the torn skirt, was long and round, slightly curled up, and her purple jade embroidered shoes tilted downwards.

“Elder Xiang, you…”

Hu Ang’s heart trembled violently, as if struck by lightning, instinctively feeling that something was wrong.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he didn’t know what reason to use to stop him.

After all, this was a request that Purple Mist Zhen Jun had just made, Xiang Da Long was just following orders.

“What does Little Nephew Hu have to say?”

Lu Chang An looked back at him, he could understand his feelings.

In the Cloud Mist Sect, there were many male cultivators who secretly admired Purple Mist Fairy. Hu Ang, as a male disciple, had similar tendencies, it was not unusual.

“This, this disciple has some knowledge of medicine, perhaps I can be of some help…”

Hu Ang’s eyes lit up, he found an excuse.

The Yun Lan Zhen Jun’s residual soul, who had merged with this body, had once been knowledgeable, and had some knowledge of fortune-telling, artifact refining, and medicine, but he wasn’t considered top-notch.

“No need, Elder Xiang is skilled in medicine, and the wood-type technique is more suitable for nurturing and conditioning. You can guard outside the cave mansion.”

At this time, Purple Mist Fairy’s consciousness briefly returned to her body, and she said coldly through voice transmission.

“Yes… Master.”

Hu Ang felt that the voice of his former Daoist companion was cold, with a hint of anger.

As if she was blaming him for spoiling things.

His heart felt cold, a mixture of shock and anger, he could only force a smile.

Hu Ang bowed deeply, watching the bald, blue-robed Elder Xiang carry Purple Mist Fairy, whose palace dress was torn and disheveled, into the cave mansion.

“For the sake of the sect’s legacy, to win over Earth Rock 君, Zi Yan is going to sacrifice herself, dedicate herself to Xiang Da Long?”

Hu Ang’s heart was burning, his impulsive thoughts were eventually suppressed by reason, he dared not show anger or dissatisfaction.

Endure!

At this moment, his Daoist companion was injured and weak, the Cloud Mist Sect had to rely on Xiang Da Long and Earth Rock 君.

If he revealed anything, Xiang Da Long would kill him, and no one in the sect could stop him.

As the sun set, night was about to fall.

Hu Ang was anxious and uneasy, time passed like years.

Because of Purple Mist Fairy’s order just now, he couldn’t leave, he had to honestly stay at the entrance of the cave mansion.

(End of Chapter)

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