Chapter 31: Congenital Disease?

Xu Bingkun's words were cut short as all the bones in his body shattered, and he fell to the ground.

He made the same mistake as Huo Yu – being completely unaware of his enemy. If everyone was at the fifth-grade upper level, their cultivation appearing equal, where was the biggest difference, besides variations in experience and techniques? Of course, it was the grade of the cultivated merit laws! Even with equivalent amounts of spiritual energy, the quality could be vastly different!

The Emperor Extreme Shocking World Scripture, one of the few super-grade merit laws in the world, crushed his little method like crushing a chicken. But he couldn't understand. Shen Tang was clearly a disciple who had cultivated in the Tianxing Sword Sect since childhood. He knew her, and she was the young sect master publicly recognized by all the elders of the Tianxing Sword Sect. How could she inexplicably have another identity, another cultivation? If he had known earlier that she had such terrifying backing, on what basis would those elders have dared to harbor dissenting thoughts before!

And who could break her leg, leaving her to escape to Xia State like a stray dog?

Unfortunately, there was no opportunity for him to solve the mystery. Xu Bingkun's consciousness quickly dissipated, and he died with wide-open eyes.

Killed in one strike!

Shen Tang raised her head slightly, looking towards the direction of the fierce battle in the courtyard. A large number of people from the Town Demon Office had already arrived on that side, surrounding the demon. Sheng Yuan Yao trusted this group of people greatly. The arrival of a large number of Town Demon Office elites significantly reduced her pressure, and her face was pale as she gasped for several breaths.

Looking at Du Gu Qing Li, the white-haired girl's mouth also had a slight trace of blood, clearly indicating the fight was not easy. A fourth-grade demon, even if injured, its understanding of techniques and power was still incomparable to a fifth-grade expert. Moreover, demons' physical power originally exceeded that of human martial cultivators. The best way to deal with them was often to pair up with Dao cultivators who could use various weakening techniques. The two girls managing to hold on for so long was already something to be proud of.

The demon, originally injured, became even more exhausted being dragged down by the two girls. With the participation of a large number of fresh forces from the Town Demon Office elites, the demon was quickly put in an extremely awkward position, its heart even more furious. Almost half the people in Xia State City could hear the demon's earth-shattering roar of anger, causing the wind and clouds to change color. Catching sight of the city lord's mansion guards even further away, several of whom he still recognized, yet none stepped forward to help, the demon suddenly became enraged: "Some people, if you stand by and do nothing again, don't blame this old one for spilling the beans!"

Pity some people were already lying outside the small alley, unable to respond.

The demon angrily held on in the formation for a while, finally shouting in frustration: "Xu Bingkun, you broke your word!"

As if on cue, Huo Yu's voice came from afar: "City Lord Xu, this young master already knows the beginning and end. If you stop now and together execute this demon, my Huo family can protect you and help you redeem your merit for your crime."

The entire city was in an uproar! It really was Xu Bingkun! If the demon alone said it, there might be suspicion of random slander, but with Huo Yu's timely statement, it was like a hammer blow. So, Young Master Huo investigating Huo Shang was fake, and secretly investigating the demon was real!

Huo Yu saw the crowd watching, breathed a sigh of relief, and secretly thought he might actually survive this. Just as he was planning to add another sentence, a huge force suddenly kicked his buttocks, sending him flying directly towards the center of the fierce battle.

"I day..." his voice suddenly stopped. The Town Demon Office group forming the array on that side subconsciously opened a path, and Huo Yu flew directly into the furious demon's attack range.

"Haha haha!" The demon laughed wildly: "So you are Huo Yu! So you were investigating me! Die!"

Huo Yu: "?"

The demon slapped down with one hand. Huo Yu didn't even have time to block. Neither Du Gu Qing Li nor Sheng Yuan Yao helped him receive the blow. He was directly slapped into meat paste.

The surrounding audience: "???"

Town Demon Office: "!!!"

Heavens! ...Sixth Young Master Huo came to Xia State to investigate the Huo Shang case, but because he overestimated himself and angrily rushed the demon, he died at the demon's hand! But Sixth Young Master Huo was so weak... A whole bunch of people from the Town Demon Office here with only seventh or eighth-grade strength could form an array to trap the enemy. Sheng Yuan Yao, a sixth-grade martial cultivator, could endure for so long. You, also a sixth-grade martial cultivator, rushed in and were slapped to death without even making a single move? Why bother!

Du Gu Qing Li and Sheng Yuan Yao exchanged glances. Of course, they could see that this Sixth Young Master Huo had all his acupoints sealed, clearly thrown over by someone. Even his dumb acupoint was sealed. That sentence "I day" was probably followed by "Lu Xingzhou," pity he couldn't curse it out.

This time, the surrounding masses reported information. Huo Yu's death had no relation to Shen Tang, not even half a relation, and no relation to Lu Xingzhou... it was the demon who did it, and the mastermind was Xu Bingkun. Perhaps all his guards were secretly killed by people sent by Xu Bingkun...

Several talismans ignited in the air. The breath of techniques spread, and the demon's pupils shrank. It secretly thought it was in trouble. Subdue Demon Talisman, Slow Talisman, Unforce Talisman... Lu Xingzhou! Although the grade was not high, the precise control of techniques falling accurately on its body from afar was still very uncomfortable.

Just breaking free from the techniques' control, a brilliant sword light, like the moon embracing the nine heavens, locked onto its spiritual platform and rushed straight down. Shen Tang, Tianxing Sword Sect, Break Cloud Flying Sword! Du Gu Qing Li's ice sword crossed horizontally, and ice crystals surrounded the demon, condensing into a prison, briefly preventing it from dodging Shen Tang's killing move.

With a "bang," the ice crystals shattered, and the demon barely managed to flash away. The flying sword brushed past its shoulder, and demon blood sprayed. A small figure suddenly appeared in the air and smashed down with one fist. Where could the extremely embarrassed demon still dodge this fist? It was hit squarely and fell headfirst towards the ground, spitting blood wildly, which splashed onto A Nuo's body.

A Nuo suddenly let out a muffled hum. She felt this blood was very uncomfortable. The spiritual energy in her body seemed to be roasted by a furnace, suddenly burning up. "Eh..." The clearly at the end of its rope demon's eyes suddenly flashed with a sharp light: "You this... ha? Haha haha..."

Shen Tang and Du Gu Qing Li's swords, Sheng Yuan Yao's knife, and Lu Xingzhou's thunder talisman almost simultaneously fell on its body. Facing the absolute kill situation, the demon roused its entire body's demon energy to hard endure this wave of attacks, crashing straight towards A Nuo's direction. A Nuo, whose body movements were usually ghost-like, showed an extremely uncomfortable expression at this moment, seeming foolishly unable to dodge.

Lu Xingzhou, who was extremely familiar with A Nuo, also didn't understand what was happening and shouted in a lost voice: "A Nuo, quickly dodge!" He slapped his hand, and the wheelchair "whooshed" up, rushing straight towards the field. But where could he arrive in time? Du Gu Qing Li quickly made a move, pulling A Nuo away with one hand. The demon just rushed past A Nuo's side and ran far away in a flash: "Haha, interesting, haha haha..."

Sheng Yuan Yao looked at A Nuo with some worry, but her duty prevented her from paying more attention. She only sternly said: "Chase!" The Town Demon Office crowd quickly chased after the demon. Lu Xingzhou arrived in the field and hugged A Nuo, his voice trembling: "A Nuo, how are you? Don't scare Master..."

A Nuo softly leaned in Lu Xingzhou's embrace: "Master, I seem to have a fever..."

Shen Tang and Du Gu Qing Li exchanged glances. Fever... A Dao and Martial dual cultivating fifth-grade expert, fever?

Lu Xingzhou's anxious sweat flowed straight down. A soft light rose from his hand, and he pressed it on A Nuo's brow to carefully check. The spiritual energy inside A Nuo's body seemed to be burning up, even her entire body's blood was boiling, like boiling water gurgling and bubbling. Her body surface was even more scorching hot. If one were to say fever, it was to a degree where an ordinary person would die immediately, at least fifty or sixty above. Even though Lu Xingzhou had studied alchemy and medicine for so many years, he still couldn't figure out what was causing this. What he could see was that demon blood had invaded, but the demon energy had clearly been resisted by A Nuo herself and did not cause any harm. Now there was no demon energy related to it inside A Nuo's body at all, so why did it cause this strange result?

"Cannot find out... I cannot find out the cause... What is this..." Lu Xingzhou's face was pale. He turned his head and looked everywhere: "Chen Palm Officer, is Chen Palm Officer here or not, help me take a look..." Chen Jin Nian quickly ran over from the surrounding crowd. Lu Xingzhou, holding A Nuo, wanted to stand up, almost falling from the wheelchair.

Shen Tang quickly supported him, her lips tightly pursed. She sighed secretly in her heart. She had only ever seen Lu Xingzhou calm and collected, with everything under control, yet he was actually showing such a flustered and helpless, out-of-control performance. As he said... his soft spot was only for certain specific things. And he had raised this little bundle by hand, acting as both father and mother. A Nuo was like his life connected to him. Shen Tang did not doubt that if A Nuo really had an accident, Lu Xingzhou would go mad.

Clearly, everything had gone according to plan, and it was precisely the time for the dust to settle and for a great celebration, yet things had suddenly taken a sharp turn. The tragedy was that no one even knew what had happened.

Chen Jin Nian took A Nuo's pulse and checked for a long while, also furrowing his white brows: "Very strange... the old man's examination result is that this should be an innate disease root brought from the mother's womb, but why did it suddenly erupt this time? There was no trigger."

"Innate disease?" Lu Xingzhou's eyes brightened slightly: "A Nuo indeed had a deficiency innately. When she was young, she was extremely difficult to raise... If it's a disease, it can always be cured, right?"

"The problem is right here. The old man also cannot figure out exactly what this disease is. I fundamentally cannot prescribe anything..." Seeing that lively little girl instantly become weak and listless, Chen Jin Nian was also anxious: "The old man will immediately send a letter to the prefecture and ask my senior brother to hurry over... he might have a way..."

People coming from the prefecture... how long would that take? Looking at the little girl's weak appearance now, with her eyes almost closed, he felt she couldn't hold on...

A Nuo nestled in Lu Xingzhou's embrace, her small hand very reluctantly reaching to touch Lu Xingzhou's face: "Master... am I going to die..."

"Don't talk nonsense. I'll die, you won't!" Lu Xingzhou hugged the scorching hot little bundle with one hand and felt around in his ring with the other. Lying there were the spoils of war just obtained. No matter what A Nuo's condition was, that pill could absolutely cure it... That was a pill that could save the life of a dying person, with vast and unparalleled creation force, not just for curing legs. That was something he had schemed for so long... If Chen Palm Officer could cure A Nuo's condition, he wouldn't easily consider this, but now he couldn't care. Nothing else was important.

Lu Xingzhou quickly took out the pill he had just obtained and directly stuffed it into A Nuo's mouth. The characteristic of a top-grade pill was that it melted upon entering the mouth. A Nuo didn't even have the opportunity to spit it out; the medicinal power had already entered her throat. A Nuo glared at Lu Xingzhou in annoyance, and Lu Xingzhou nervously looked at her.

The little girl's powerless eyes became bright and shiny again. Her earlier red face began to recede, becoming white with a healthy flush again. Her pink, tender, round face was pouting, just sulking at her Master. Chen Jin Nian almost pulled off his own beard, staring with wide eyes, dumbfounded. What did you just give her to eat? An immortal pill?

Lu Xingzhou burst into laughter, hugging A Nuo and lifting her twice: "Grass, so fat, Master almost can't lift you! Yo, little thing, still dare to glare at Master!"

A Nuo's gaze softened, and she asked in a low voice: "What will you do?"

Lu Xingzhou happily put her back on his lap and reached out to rub her face back and forth: "It's fine as long as you're well. What's the big deal?"