Chapter 679
A man in green stood in the air, holding a heavy sword without a sharp edge but with a mighty force. Behind Fu Shaoping, hundreds of students were evacuating in an orderly manner under the organization of the instructors. He glanced at the students who fell to the ground in pain below, and his eyes were filled with anger: "Using the Soul Devouring Formation to deal with children, the Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce is really shameless!"
The leader of the Golden Toad Envoys said calmly, "I have heard of the name of 'Blue Sky Sword' Fu Shaoping for a long time. Today is a good opportunity to learn from him." He turned to the people behind him and said, "According to the plan, I will go and meet this sword genius."
The eleven Golden Toad Envoys immediately scattered and continued to maintain the Soul Devouring Formation. Just as Fu Shaoping was about to stop them, the leader had already appeared in front of him and slapped out with his palm, causing the space to distort!
"Space Law?!" Fu Shaoping's heart was shaken, and he blocked the heavy sword horizontally, and the whole person was knocked back more than ten feet, and his palm burst. He was secretly shocked in his heart - this person's cultivation must be above the Spiritual Transformation Stage!
"Sword cultivators are only so good." The leader of the Golden Toad Envoy sneered, "I will kill you in three moves."
Fu Shaoping did not answer, and the momentum of his sword suddenly changed. The heavy sword seemed to be raised slowly, but it left a trail of afterimages in the air, each of which contained a completely different sword meaning - this was his self-created sword technique "All Things Return to the Origin" that integrated all he had learned throughout his life!
The leader of the Golden Toad finally changed color: "What a great swordsmanship!" He had to respond with all his strength. As his palms flew, the space was torn into cracks like cloth.
The aftermath of the battle between the two masters destroyed all the surrounding buildings. Taking this opportunity, Liu Qingshuang quickly organized the remaining students to evacuate. At this moment, a white figure rushed over from the west side of the academy, with copper coins flying in his hand, and each copper coin landed accurately on a formation center.
"Nangong Yue is back!" a student cheered.
Nangong Yue's clothes fluttered, but her face was extremely pale. She had just rushed back from the Nangong family and was exhausted. Seeing the miserable state of the academy, she had a cold light in her eyes: "Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce, how courageous!"
She bit her fingertips and drew a bloody symbol in the air: "Heaven and Earth Mysterious Sect, all spirits obey my command - Bind!"
The blood talisman exploded and turned into twelve golden chains, chasing the eleven Golden Toad Envoys like living creatures. The chains were extremely fast and wrapped around the enemy's body in the blink of an eye.
"Soul Binding Rope?!" A Golden Toad Master was horrified, "Nangong Family's forbidden technique! How dare you use it at the cost of your lifespan?"
Nangong Yue's mouth was bleeding, but she couldn't stop sneering: "It's worth it to deal with you."
The eleven Golden Toad Masters struggled desperately, but they were unable to break free from this forbidden spell that cost the lifespan of the caster. The operation of the Soul Devouring Array suddenly stagnated.
In the distance, Fu Shaoping was greatly encouraged by this, and his sword became more and more fierce. The leader of the Golden Toad Envoy saw that the situation was not good, and suddenly laughed strangely: "Do you think we have no backup plan?"
He crushed a jade talisman, and the entire academy ground shook violently again. Deep underground, an even more terrifying aura awakened—it was the core of the temporarily strengthened Soul Devouring Array, which began to frantically extract the spiritual power of the student dormitory area!
"Not good!" Fu Shaoping's eyes were red with anger, "There are still low-level students who have not evacuated the dormitory area!"
He threw the heavy sword without hesitation, and the sword fell to the center of the dormitory area like a meteor, and pierced deeply into the ground with a "clang" sound. Fu Shaoping formed seals with both hands, and all the spiritual power in his body rushed into the sword: "Qingming Zhenyue!"
The heavy sword shone with dazzling light, forming a light curtain that covered the entire dormitory area. The suction of the Soul Devouring Array was temporarily blocked, but Fu Shaoping's seven orifices began to bleed - this was the backlash of forcibly using himself as a medium to stabilize the spiritual vein!
"Shaoping!" Nangong Yue exclaimed. She wanted to provide support, but her spiritual power was almost exhausted from using the Soul Binding Rope.
The leader of the Golden Toad Envoys laughed loudly: "A last-ditch struggle! Once the spiritual power of those children is drained, the Soul Devouring Array will gain enough energy to complete its final transformation, and by then the entire academy will be reduced to ruins!"
At this critical moment, a young but firm voice rang out: "Don't hurt anyone!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Aning standing on the ruins of the library. Her small body was trembling slightly, but her eyes were flashing with a strange green light. She held the Mohist jade pendant tightly in both hands, and the jade pendant was emitting an increasingly strong light.
The leader of the Golden Toad's pupils shrank: "Mo family bloodline?! Capture her!"
The two Golden Toad Envoys who were not completely restrained immediately rushed towards Aning. Nangong Yue wanted to stop them, but she fell to the ground due to lack of spiritual power. At the critical moment, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the side and forced the two Golden Toad Envoys to retreat with a sword!
"Zhao Wuji?" Nangong Yue looked at the usually low-key vice president in astonishment.
Zhao Wuji adjusted his crooked glasses, and his gentle smile seemed particularly cold at this moment: "I'm sorry, Elder Nangong, I'm actually from the Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce."
Before he finished speaking, the dagger in his hand had already stabbed into Nangong Yue's back!
"You!" Nangong Yue spat out a mouthful of blood, turned around with difficulty and slapped Zhao Wuji on the chest, but he easily avoided it.
Zhao Wuji, or the "Mo Yuchan" of the Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce, took off his glasses, revealing his snake-like pupils: "I have been lurking in the academy for twenty years, and today I finally got my reward. Thank you, Elder Nangong, for your care over the years."
He flashed and arrived in front of Aning. Aning instinctively raised the jade pendant, and a beam of green light shot out, but it was easily offset by a black talisman that flew out from Zhao Wuji's sleeve.
"The Mo family bloodline is indeed extraordinary, but it's a pity that it's too weak." Zhao Wuji grabbed Aning's wrist and said, "Come with me, little guy. Master Jinchan will cultivate you well."
"Let her go!" Fu Shaoping roared, but he was unable to extricate himself because he was maintaining the sword formation.
Zhao Wuji sneered: "Fu Shaoping, you should take care of yourself first. Your meridians should have been broken by forcibly stabilizing your spiritual veins, right?" He held Aning hostage and winked at the leader of the Golden Toad Envoy, "We have got the thing, retreat!"
The leader of the Golden Toad Envoys grinned: "The Mo family's heirloom will be ours after all!" He suddenly crushed a golden talisman, and the talisman exploded, turning into a golden light that shot straight into the sky.
What was shocking was that the Juzi Ling in Aning's arms suddenly flew out by itself and merged with the golden light in the air, forming a three-dimensional landscape scroll - the picture clearly marked the location of an ancient relic, with three ancient characters floating above it: Tiangong Box!
"What?!" Zhao Wuji was shocked. "The Tiangong Box Map is actually..."
Something unexpected happened! A strange pattern suddenly appeared on Aning's forehead, and a dazzling green light burst out from her body. Zhao Wuji was struck by lightning and had to let go of her hand. Aning floated in the air, her eyes completely turned green, and she whispered something that was not a human voice: "Fei Gong. Tian Gong Ju Zi"
"Not good! The bloodline has awakened!" The face of the leader of the Golden Toad changed drastically, "Everyone retreat! Retreat immediately!"
The Twelve Golden Toad Envoys quickly assembled. Zhao Wuji looked at the floating Aning unwillingly, gritted his teeth and followed them to evacuate. Before leaving, he threw out three poisonous needles, aiming directly at Fu Shaoping's throat!
Ding!Ding!Ding!
Three copper coins flew in time and knocked down the poison needle. Nangong Yue stood up with all her might, spinning the copper coins in her hand: "Don't even think about it. You'll succeed."
The Golden Toad's men no longer wanted to fight, and they crushed the teleportation talismans and disappeared.
As the enemy retreated, the Soul Devouring Formation finally stopped functioning. Fu Shaoping could no longer hold on, spitting out a large mouthful of blood and falling to the ground. The light of the heavy sword dimmed, and the light curtain of the dormitory area also dissipated. Nangong Yue staggered to Fu Shaoping's side, and after checking his injuries, his face became even paler: "The meridians are all broken. The spiritual power is exhausted."
"Not dead yet." Fu Shaoping smiled weakly and turned his gaze to Aning who was floating in the air, "How is she?"
At this time, the green light around Aning was slowly fading, and finally completely sank into her body. She fell back to the ground lightly and fell into a coma. Surprisingly, the lines on her forehead did not disappear, but condensed into a clear ancient seal character - "Mo".
Liu Qingshuang limped over and gasped when she saw this scene: "The mark of the direct bloodline of the Mo family. She is not an ordinary reincarnation, but a direct descendant of Mo family Juzi!"
Nangong Yue took out the healing pill with difficulty and fed it to Fu Shaoping: "The Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce is willing to expose its hidden chess piece that has been lurking for twenty years in order to get Aning and the Tiangong Box. The situation may be more serious than we imagined."
"That picture," Fu Shaoping struggled to point to the sky, "where is the Tiangong Box?"
Liu Qingshuang looked up and saw that the three-dimensional picture was slowly dissipating, but the core position was still clearly visible: "That is the ancient ruins of the Mohist school, 'Tiangong City'! It is three thousand miles away from here, deep in the Falling Star Mountains!"
"We must do it before the Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce." Fu Shaoping tried to get up, but vomited blood again.
Nangong Yue held him down: "You can't even move now, how can you chase?" She looked at Liu Qingshuang, "What are the casualties in the academy?"
"According to preliminary statistics, 47 people were slightly injured and 12 were seriously injured. Fortunately, no one died." Liu Qingshuang looked solemn, "But more than 60% of the academy's buildings were damaged, and the protective formation was completely paralyzed."
As they were talking, dozens of streaks of light suddenly flew in from the distant sky. Nangong Yue stood up alertly, and relaxed a little after seeing who was coming: "It's the reinforcements from Tianji Pavilion."
The leader was none other than Mo Yunzi, the elder of Tianji Pavilion. After landing, he saw the miserable state of the academy and sighed, "We are still a step late."
"Elder Mo," Nangong Yue said anxiously, "The Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce has obtained the location map of the Heavenly Crafts Box. We must..."
Mo Yunzi raised his hand to interrupt her: "I have a general understanding of the situation. Tianji Pavilion will fully assist the academy in rebuilding, and at the same time send elite troops to pursue the Jinchan Chamber of Commerce." He glanced at the unconscious Aning, "This child needs special protection."
Nangong Yue and Fu Shaoping exchanged glances. Fu Shaoping said weakly but firmly: "Aning, we will be responsible for it."
Mo Yunzi pondered for a moment and nodded, "Okay. But considering your current condition..." He took out two jade bottles from his sleeves, "This is the 'Nine Turns Resurrection Pill' made by Tianji Pavilion, which can help you recover quickly."
Nangong Yue took the pill and thanked him solemnly. Mo Yunzi looked at the traces of the image in the sky again: "The Heavenly Crafts Box is the treasure of the Mohist School. It is said that it contains the ultimate secret of the 'non-attack' mechanical technique. If it falls into the hands of the Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce,
"We understand." Nangong Yue's eyes were firm, "We will never let them succeed."
Mo Yunzi nodded, and then directed everyone in Tianji Pavilion to start the rescue work. After Nangong Yue took the pill, she immediately treated Fu Shaoping's injuries. The Nine-Turn Resurrection Pill was indeed effective, and Fu Shaoping's broken meridians began to slowly heal.
As night fell, the academy temporarily returned to peace. Aning was placed in the only intact wing room left, and was taken care of by Liu Qingshuang herself. Nangong Yue stood on the dilapidated corridor, looking at the starry sky, with a frown on her face.
"What are you thinking about?" Fu Shaoping walked over with the help of his sword, his face still a little pale.
Nangong Yue said softly: "I have worked with Zhao Wuji for more than ten years, and I never thought that he was a hidden chess piece of the Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce."
"Twenty years of planning," Fu Shaoping sighed, "The Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce has great ambitions."
"Not only that." Nangong Yue turned and looked directly at Fu Shaoping, "The last move Zhao Wuji used, 'Spiritual Snake Stab', is the Nangong family's secret sword technique."
Fu Shaoping's pupils shrank: "You mean..."
"I suspect there is more than one traitor in the Nangong family." Nangong Yue said in a low voice, "This time when I went back, I found traces of outsiders entering the secret room where my father was in seclusion. And there are no more than five people in the entire Nangong family who can enter that secret room."
Fu Shaoping was silent for a moment: "When your injuries are better, we will set off for Tiangong City. But before that," he looked at the room where Aning was, "we need to know more about the Mo family bloodline."
"Elder Liu should know something about this." Nangong Yue nodded, "Besides, I always feel that Aning's blood awakening is too coincidental. It's like..."
"As if it was planned?" Fu Shaoping continued. Their eyes met and they saw the worry in each other's eyes.
The night wind blew, bringing the whispers of the distant mountains and forests. Above this ruin, a bigger storm concerning the secret treasure of the Mo family and the future of the cultivation world is brewing. And the "Mo" mark on Aning's forehead loomed in the moonlight, as if telling a secret that had been buried for thousands of years.
The morning mist was like a veil, covering the dilapidated eaves of Qixia Academy.
Fu Shaoping pressed the last talisman on the core position of the Xuanji formation. The jade-like rune immediately glowed faintly and flowed along the marks on the ground, forming a translucent barrier that enveloped the main building complex of the academy.
"This should last for seven days." He wiped the sweat from his forehead and turned to Aning who was standing beside him. "The academy will be handed over to you for the time being."
Aning's small hands tightly grasped the control talisman, her knuckles turning white. The "ink" mark on her forehead was faintly visible in the morning light: "Uncle Fu, I'm scared."
Nangong Yue squatted down and stuffed three special copper coins into Aning's palm: "When you encounter danger, throw them into the air to form a triple protection. Remember, except for Elder Liu, don't trust anyone who claims to be from the Nangong family or Tianji Pavilion."
Aning nodded as if she understood, and suddenly grabbed Nangong Yue's sleeve: "That huge bronze door that always appeared in my dream became clearer last night, and there was a red light in the crack of the door."
Fu Shaoping and Nangong Yue exchanged a solemn look. Ever since the attack on the Golden Toad Chamber of Commerce, Aning began to frequently dream of a huge bronze door engraved with runes, and each dream would make her blood mark more obvious.
"We'll talk about it in detail when we get back." Nangong Yue stroked Aning's head and turned to Fu Shaoping, "It's time to set off." (End of this chapter)