At the foot of Yinlong Mountain.
After Wen Rou destroyed the Leopard Gall Sword with a strike, she hurried to Jian Ruyan's side.
She did not dare to lift Jian Ruyan up carelessly, lest she cause her a secondary injury.
"Where is Little Mu? Where is he?!"
Wen Rou's Divine Sense surged into Jian Ruyan's body, and she saw at a glance that Jian Ruyan was severely injured. Her heart had been savagely attacked twice by the Leopard Gall Sword and was badly damaged. If it weren't for her being a strong practitioner in the Divine Realm with a resilient will, she would have died on the spot.
Even so, without Mu Jinyu's Life Source Energy to heal and restore her heart, or a heart transplant surgery, Jian Ruyan wouldn't have lasted much longer; she would have died!
Wen Rou looked up anxiously and scanned the people nearby. She only saw Su Zijin and the others, not Mu Jinyu. Thinking of the chaotic battlefield and Qiu Bai holding a stranger, she had an ominous premonition and felt increasingly fearful and uneasy!
"He... went to pursue the enemy!"
Su Zijin led the people as they rushed over. Hearing Wen Rou's words, she also answered in a pained tone.
"Then what should we do?"
Wen Rou looked down at Jian Ruyan's pale face, devoid of any color, and saw her pupils starting to dilate, losing any focus. She quickly shouted, "Sister Ruyan, don't fall asleep, your little uncle hasn't come back to find you yet!"
Jian Ruyan, whose consciousness was about to dissipate, heard Wen Rou's words but showed no response. She could no longer recognize her little uncle from Wen Rou's words until Wen Rou changed her call to Xiang Mantang, which made her body tremble.
Her consciousness became slightly clearer.
'I... cannot die... Brother hasn't come back, I cannot... die...'
Jian Ruyan had no clear thoughts, but her obsession remained. She didn't want to never see Xiang Mantang again, and her body momentarily rallied like it was returning to light before she continued to assault the restriction Ye Wushuang had placed on her.
It just so happened that Jian Ruyan had never given up assaulting the restriction, wanting to save Mu Jinyu. By now, the restriction inside her had become very weak. After a few more strikes, she broke it!
Her True Yuan and Divine Sense could now move autonomously and were no longer stagnant and unable to be maneuvered!
Thereafter, Jian Ruyan, on the brink of extinguishing like a flickering light, only wanted to live to see Xiang Mantang again. Subconsciously, she began to operate the Soul Snatching Technique, a secret technique taught by Nameless, intending to seize a nearby body!
At that moment, the person closest to her was naturally Wen Rou.
Su Zijin and the others had not yet run over.
Otherwise, Jian Ruyan, who only wanted to survive, would definitely not think of seizing the body of Wen Rou, who had the strength of the Mid Stage of Divine Realm, but would prioritize seizing the bodies of people like Su Zijin and Yu Linglong, who were at the First Layer of the Divine Realm. They were clearly easier to seize!
Fortunately, it was not so; otherwise, if she tried to seize Su Zijin and the others, because of their lesser experience in cultivation, they would probably subconsciously think it was some form of Divine Sense attack and directly destroy Jian Ruyan's Soul!
Then she would have been completely doomed!
"Hm? What is this...?"
Squatting anxiously beside Jian Ruyan, Wen Rou instantly felt a Divine Thought invading her body. She subconsciously sensed something was wrong and wanted to counterattack.
But soon after, she suddenly had an inspiration and recalled the "Soul Snatching Technique" that Nameless had taught them not long ago.
Before they had left to eradicate the demon beasts, Mu Jinyu had reminded them yet again that if they were in mortal danger and happened to have a body nearby suitable for soul seizing, no matter if it was an ugly monster or a man, it wouldn't matter as long as they could survive!
"Is Sister Ruyan performing a soul seize on me?"
Wen Rou thought uncertainly.
But upon seeing that the spiritual thought was relatively weak and did not possess strong invasive power, Wen Rou felt that it should not be an enemy attacking her with divine sense but rather that it was Jian Ruyan seizing her soul.
Although it felt a bit strange, Wen Rou, being inherently kind, did not perceive Jian Ruyan's actions as malicious intent to take over her body. She thought, "This is also good, if Sister Ruyan stays inside my body, surviving is what matters. There will definitely be an opportunity to separate later. Even if not, it's like having two souls in one body or a split personality, which isn't so terrible..."
Thus, Wen Rou did not attack or try to expel Jian Ruyan's soul, but instead actively helped to guide her soul towards her own sea of consciousness.
"This..."
"What's done is done, what should we do? Jinyu is back, how are we going to explain this to him!"
"Sister Ruyan is Little Mu's sister. Before Little Mu left, he asked Jinyu to take good care of her, but now she…" Jinyu is probably going to be frantic..."
At that moment, Su Zijin and the others approached Wen Rou and Jian Ruyan, squatting down beside them. They saw Jian Ruyan's life signs were completely gone, her body gradually becoming cold, and her wide-open eyes showing no focus. Their hearts sank!
Thinking Jian Ruyan had no vital signs and assuming Jian Ruyan had died without knowing she was actually seizing Wen Rou's soul, everyone was filled with guilt!
Su Zijin was especially tearful and full of self-blame, "It's all my fault, just after Jinyu left, I should have immediately come over and taken Ruyan away, then she wouldn't have been in trouble..."
Among those present, aside from the critically injured Yu Shenfeng, she was the eldest and akin to a parent figure. She hadn't realized the danger in time to move Jian Ruyan away from the hazardous area, letting her heart be pierced by Ye Wushuang instead, leading Su Zijin to naturally blame herself and shoulder the responsibility!
Mu Hongchen was also deeply saddened, having worked with Jian Ruyan for the longest time. Although their relationship wasn't exactly sisterly, it was still quite good. Seeing Jian Ruyan die unexpectedly, she couldn't help but feel the sorrow that comes with the death of one familiar, lamenting the often tragic fate of beautiful women.
But hearing Su Zijin taking Jian Ruyan's death upon herself and fearing she might harbor extreme thoughts, Mu Hongchen quickly consoled, "Sister, don't do this. Just now, if you had tried to take Ruyan away, you might not have been able to leave the dangerous area either and both of you could have ended up in trouble. It's not what we wanted for Ruyan to be in trouble, but don't let such thoughts disturb you..."
Upon hearing Mu Hongchen's words, Su Zijin paused briefly, then her expression darkened, and she had nothing more to say.
Yes, even if she hadn't forgotten about Jian Ruyan just then, her mindset would probably not have considered it urgent to move her away since Ye Wushuang had left, thinking there wasn't any danger, and she might have casually assisted Jian Ruyan off the mountainside later, possibly even getting struck by the sword pill together!
If it had been just her who was attacked, Su Zijin thought, that would have been bearable. But she realized that had she suddenly remembered Jian Ruyan then, she likely wouldn't have gone alone since she needed to take care of Yu Shenfeng, but would have called for Linglong or Qiaoxia, and that could have made things even worse!
Not only would Jian Ruyan have been harmed, but she would also have been responsible for the death of a daughter-in-law!
Thus, a surge of retrospective fear overwhelmed her, flustering Su Zijin completely and leaving her at a loss!
"Boom!"
At that moment, a fierce tearing sound came from the distance.
Everyone looked up and saw Mu Jinyu like a fighter jet tearing through the sky, bringing with him a terrifying killing presence, leaving behind a long trail of clouds as he headed straight for Yinlong Mountain!
A suffocating and terrifying aura brewed like a boiling volcano about to erupt, crushing down on Su Zijin and the others, making them gasp for breath!