Chapter 147: Ye Wuya Unconscious

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao withdraw her overwhelming momentum, Nalan Susu flew over toward this side.

The members of the Azure Cloud Sect let out a collective breath, their tense nerves finally relaxing. Everything had happened so fast, catching them completely off guard, and some had no idea what had just transpired.

If that world-destroying energy had fallen, their Azure Cloud Sect would likely have been reduced to ashes.

Although Jiang Xiaoxiao had already put away the God-Slaying Physique and the God-Slaying Halberd, the elders of the Azure Cloud Sect still did not dare to approach. They stopped a hundred meters away from Jiang Xiaoxiao and Ye Wuya, finding the entire situation simply too terrifying.

Most of them had seen or heard of Jiang Xiaoxiao, but her cultivation was merely at the Golden Core Five Viscera stage, yet her actual strength was terrifyingly immense. The thought that someone this frightening had been right under their noses without their knowledge made their hair stand on end.

"Master, are you alright?" Jiang Xiaoxiao asked anxiously, supporting Ye Wuya with one hand while using the other to retrieve a medicinal pill and feed it to him.

After taking the pill, Ye Wuya immediately felt his spirits lift slightly, but it was entirely insufficient to replenish his depleted divine sense.

Sharp pains racked Ye Wuya's mind, threatening to make him lose consciousness at any moment.

"Xiaoxiao, immediately help Master confirm whether Jiang Xiaoxiao and Dongfang Yanran are safe, and where they are right now!"

Having said these words, Ye Wuya cast a final glance at the approaching Azure Cloud Sect Master, Nalan Susu, and instantly fainted!

Ye Wuya's divine sense had been depleted to such a severe degree that it now posed a threat to his life. Previously, with Jiang Xiaoxiao absent, he could only force himself to endure; upon seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao appear, he finally lowered his guard. After speaking those words, he could no longer sustain himself and collapsed into Jiang Xiaoxiao's arms.

Jiang Xiaoxiao channeled her divine sense, attempting to examine the state of Ye Wuya's spiritual injuries. The moment her divine sense brushed against the edge of Ye Wuya's sea of consciousness, an ancient, primordial aura surged forth like a tidal wave. Jiang Xiaoxiao's face turned pale, and she let out a muffled groan, wiping away a trace of blood from the corner of her mouth.

"Such formidable divine sense!" Jiang Xiaoxiao thought with internal shock.

Her expression grew even gloomier as she muttered to herself, "To be this powerful even after his divine sense is completely exhausted—just what kind of ordeal did Master go through to become like this? If not for Master's strict instruction not to act against the Azure Cloud Sect, that single strike earlier would have wiped the sect completely off the map of the Yan Territory."

Jiang Xiaoxiao turned her head coldly and said, "I am taking Master back to the Scripture Depository Peak to heal his wounds. You must immediately go and check if the two people Master mentioned are safe!"

With that, Jiang Xiaoxiao carried Ye Wuya and flew toward the inner areas of the Azure Cloud Sect.

Seeing Jiang Xiaoxiao fly toward them, the elders of the Azure Cloud Sect immediately cleared a path, not daring to block her way. Their Sect Master hadn't spoken; if they were to rush forward on their own, how would that be any different from seeking death?

"Dongfang Yanran? Could something have happened to that spirit body?" Nalan Susu was startled. Dongfang Yanran was cultivated by the Azure Cloud Sect as a foundational asset and should not have met with any danger. Although Ye Queque did not possess a special physique, she was diligent in her cultivation and possessed sharp innate talent, not falling behind Dongfang Yanran in the slightest, and even faintly showing signs of surpassing her.

It could be said that both Ye Queque and Dongfang Yanran were key objects of cultivation for the Azure Cloud Sect. Nalan Susu had repeatedly tried to take them on as her personal disciples, only to be refused by both.

Even so, the Azure Cloud Sect still poured all its resources into nurturing Dongfang Yanran and Ye Queque.

They were trained and concealed just like Young Sect Masters.

The sect had even planned to let the two of them seek their fortunes within the镇山秘境 (Mountain-Suppressing Secret Realm).

Flying swiftly back into the depths of the Azure Cloud Sect, she headed straight toward the residences of Dongfang Yanran and Ye Queque.

"Sect Master," the elders greeted respectfully.

Nalan Susu acted as if she hadn't seen them, flashing past their group.

Judging by Ye Wuya's attitude earlier, he cared deeply for the two women; they must have known each other, and their relationship was clearly extraordinary. At last, Nalan Susu understood why the two young women had refused to take her as their master.

"Nothing must happen to them!" Nalan Susu thought to herself. If an accident truly befell them within the Azure Cloud Sect, the sect would be in grave danger.

That Jiang Xiaoxiao was simply too terrifying!

This also caused Nalan Susu to endlessly speculate about the true identities of Ye Wuya and Jiang Xiaoxiao.

Aside from the imperial family of the Yan Territory, the Blazing Sun Sect, and the coalition of rogue cultivators, when had such a terrifying figure ever emerged here?

As she pondered, Nalan Susu—as one of the three major titans of the Yan Territory—was well aware of all the factions within it. For two such terrifying individuals to remain completely unknown could only mean one thing.

"They are not people from the Yan Territory!"

As for where they came from or what their purpose was, Nalan Susu had no way of guessing.

At first, Nalan Susu had genuinely believed Ye Wuya was a rogue cultivator who held a grudge against the Blazing Sun Sect and had thus come to aid the Azure Cloud Sect. Now, however, the reality appeared far more complex than she had imagined.

Jiang Xiaoxiao carried Ye Wuya back to the small courtyard on Scripture Depository Peak and laid him flat upon the bed.

She placed her hand gently upon Ye Wuya's wrist, channeling wisps of spiritual energy into his body.

Before the spiritual energy could even enter, it was shredded to pieces on the surface of his skin by a razor-sharp force.

Ye Wuya's sword intent was protecting him automatically, destroying all external forces.

"What should I do? What on earth should I do?" Jiang Xiaoxiao paced anxiously back and forth across the room. She could sense that Ye Wuya's soul was growing increasingly feeble; she could not examine his physical condition, nor could she probe his sea of consciousness.

Jiang Xiaoxiao had never felt so frantic in her entire life.

She couldn't even reach her other master. What should she do? Should she return to the Holy Land?

Returning to the Holy Land was too far; even using a teleportation array would take a very long time. When she had left, she used the array located within the Holy Land itself.

The Holy Land's teleportation array was capable of spanning the distance of an entire great domain. Where was she supposed to find a teleportation array of that scale right now?

The teleportation array of the Immortal Moon Pavilion in the Yan Territory could at best take one out of the Yan Territory. By the time she reached the Eastern Wasteland and transferred to another array to reach the Holy Land, it would already be far too late.

Because Ye Wuya's divine sense had been over-consumed, his soul aura was growing weaker by the second.

It was as if that fragile trace of soul aura might dissipate entirely at any given moment.

After all, peering into both the future and the past involved far too many profound secrets; how could Ye Wuya possibly withstand such a heavy toll?

"I can't return to the Holy Land on short notice. What am I supposed to do?" Jiang Xiaoxiao was lost in bewilderment. Ye Wuya's current state was akin to falling into a form of self-defense mechanism.

External forces were completely ineffective.

At this very moment!

Unaware of what was happening in the outside world, Ye Wuya felt as though he were trapped within a boundless, endless darkness.

"What is going on? Where is this?" Ye Wuya murmured blankly within the darkness.

"Didn't I return to the Azure Cloud Sect? I seemed to have seen Jiang Xiaoxiao, and then... and then I lost consciousness." Ye Wuya clutched his aching head as he tried to recall the events that had just transpired.

"Hello? Is anyone there?" Ye Wuya shouted loudly.

"Where is this place!" Ye Wuya kept shouting at the top of his lungs, yet received no response whatsoever. This place was pitch black, devoid of light, and entirely swallowed by darkness.