Chapter 395: Defend Divine Doctor Jiang to the Death
Leng Ning and Chuchu were in their car, about to arrive at the Mu Family estate.
Along the way, Chuchu regained consciousness. After Leng Ning explained what had happened, she couldn’t help but feel a wave of lingering fear.
"We’re members of Black Cloak, yet we almost fell into the Huang Family’s hands. If word of this gets out, won’t the higher-ups chew us out?" Chuchu said with a woeful expression.
Leng Ning sighed and said, "I’m afraid it would be more than just a scolding. We’d be lucky to get off with only a lifelong kill order."
"You mean it could bring disaster to our families?" Chuchu asked indignantly.
"Black Cloak is capable of it," Leng Ning said, her face devoid of expression.
Chuchu let out a long sigh. "The Chu Family has over a hundred members, but you... you’re all alone..."
At that, Chuchu clamped her mouth shut.
Leng Ning said with a bitter smile, "It’s fine. It’s the truth. I’m all alone, so I don’t have many ties. You’re different."
While they were talking, they arrived at the Mu Family estate.
A hundred meters out from the Mu Family estate, Qiu Shirong and a man known as the Butcher were standing guard with their men.
Fortunately, the Yan Family from the Provincial City had not yet appeared.
The two of them drove straight to the medicine garden.
Niu Xiaolan, Mu Huang, and the others were there, forming a second line of defense.
"Thank heavens you’re both back safely." Niu Xiaolan saw that although Leng Ning and Chuchu were injured, they were at least still in one piece.
"As long as you’re safe, that’s what matters." Mu Huang was also relieved.
They both knew that Leng Ning and Chuchu had received Jiang Xinghai’s favor the previous night, so their status had naturally risen with the tide.
If the two women had returned missing an arm or a leg, they truly couldn’t imagine how explosively Jiang Xinghai would react upon waking.
Chuchu couldn’t help but say with emotion, "It’s all thanks to Chairman Yan showing up just in time. That’s the only reason we were able to escape."
Leng Ning, meanwhile, placed the Spiritual Medicine at the ten-meter red line and waited to see what would happen.
However, to her surprise, Jiang Xinghai didn’t immediately draw the Spiritual Medicine toward him as he usually did.
Jiang Xinghai remained seated with his eyes closed, motionless, as if he had entered a state of deep meditation.
Leng Ning noticed subtle signs: Jiang Xinghai’s face was growing paler, and his entire body was trembling slightly. He was clearly struggling to suppress something.
Her heart clenched. ’Is Jiang Xinghai at a critical point in his breakthrough?’
"Divine Doctor Jiang, he..." Due to her weaker cultivation, Chuchu didn’t notice anything substantially wrong.
"Don’t disturb him," Leng Ning said gravely.
Chuchu nodded and glanced toward the gate of the Mu Family estate. "Then we should treat our injuries quickly."
No one knew exactly when the Yan Family from the Provincial City would show up.
But they all knew that if Jiang Xinghai hadn’t awakened by the time the Yan Family appeared, it would be a catastrophe.
Time ticked by, second by second.
Beads of cold sweat began to break out on Jiang Xinghai’s body.
Suddenly, his entire body shuddered once.
Just then, the stalks of Spiritual Medicine that Leng Ning had placed beyond the ten-meter red line slowly floated over to Jiang Xinghai.
With a wave of his hand, a powerful current of air surged forth, and the scarce Medicinal Vein Qi from deep underground erupted once more.
Jiang Xinghai’s face instantly turned ashen. Beside him, the stalks of Spiritual Medicine rapidly withered and shriveled until they turned to dust.
’It’s not enough!’
Jiang Xinghai roared in his heart.
But he knew that in a small place like Central State, it was already incredibly difficult to acquire this much Spiritual Medicine in just half a day.
’The Yin Qi from Leng Ning can probably sustain me for another ten minutes at most. The Medicinal Vein Qi will be completely gone within half an hour, and I will have absorbed it all. If I don’t get any more Spiritual Medicine to absorb and refine now, I’ll have to come out of my seclusion in an hour.’
Jiang Xinghai made a quick calculation. Though he didn’t understand what everyone outside was doing, he could sense that a major crisis was imminent!
Therefore, there was no point in continuing his cultivation.
「Half an hour later.」
Jiang Xinghai had completely refined and absorbed the Yin Qi, and the last of the Medicinal Vein Qi had also been fully absorbed. He just needed a final half hour to refine it!
’This is so hard!’
This was the first time since leaving the mountain that Jiang Xinghai realized just how difficult it was to cultivate in the mortal world.
’The Spiritual Qi is exhausted!’
’Without Spiritual Qi as dense as that in Kunlun’s Jasper Pool, it’s just too difficult to advance my cultivation.’
’Unless... another virgin were to offer herself to me now.’
’If only Lingxue were here. The energy from a Thousand Derivation Spiritual Body is truly one in ten thousand!’
Jiang Xinghai gave a bitter smile. ’But, judging by the time that’s passed, Lingxue should be showing signs of pregnancy by now. Even if she were here, I couldn’t sleep with her in her condition.’
BEEP! BEEP!
Just then, a van sped toward them.
"It’s Chairman Yan!"
"Wonderful! Chairman Yan must have brought the Spiritual Sand!"
Seeing Yan Qingshan dash out of the car holding a wooden box, the crowd quickly cleared a path for him.
"Divine Doctor Jiang! Five hundred grams of Spiritual Sand, equivalent to one Lower Grade Spirit Stone!" Yan Qingshan carefully placed the wooden box beyond the ten-meter red line.
SWOOSH!
The wooden box was instantly pulled over to Jiang Xinghai.
’Just in time!’
’Five hundred grams of Spiritual Sand is equivalent to five stalks of Third Grade Spiritual Medicine. This can help me break through to the Peak of Late-stage Creation with ease!’
"What? The Yan Family’s car just got off the highway?"
Yan Qingshan had just received a report from one of his men. He glanced up at Jiang Xinghai, then announced, "Everyone, the Yan Family from the Provincial City will be here in half an hour at the latest! We will defend Divine Doctor Jiang to the death!"