"Not good!"
Before Ren Yuanhao could finish speaking, Qing Xuanzi felt a black gust of wind descending like a tidal wave!
As his breathing choked, he intended to retreat, but saw a hand, like a black snake, strike directly towards his throat. Angered, he thrust his right hand out diagonally to try and block it. To his surprise, the opponent was too fast, and before his hand could reach, his throat was already seized.
Seizing his throat was not the end. Although Qing Xuanzi was thin, he was still an adult and not light. Yet, the man before him, like a killing god, was lifting him up with just one hand.
"You bastard, which hand injured Ye Lan!" Ren Yuanhao's voice was laced with an suffocating gloom.
His eyes were fixed on Qing Xuanzi, whom he held aloft with one hand, his gaze burning with a man-eating fury.
"What are you all standing around for? How do I usually educate you?" Qing Xuanzi deliberately avoided Ren Yuanhao's eyes and roared at his disciples, who had turned into a crowd of onlookers behind him.
The crowd hesitated for a moment, preparing to step forward. However, after seeing Ren Yuanhao's terrifying black eyes, everyone faltered.
"You won't say, will you?"
Ren Yuanhao grinned, his left hand shot out like lightning, instantly grasping his right wrist.
"Do you know how important this position is to a martial artist? Now, I'm going to take it away, so you don't harm others again!"
Ren Yuanhao madly circulated the Bi Hai Chao Sheng heart technique, his aura as majestic as the sea, surging into his left hand. Qing Xuanzi's breathing was uneven, and his right foot had gathered enough strength to kick out. Unexpectedly, in an instant, he heard the 'crackling' sound of bones shattering in his right hand!
"Ah! I, I'll kill you! Kill you!"
Qing Xuanzi was enraged, but the intense pain almost made him faint. His disciples, like beaten dogs wagging their tails, watched Ren Yuanhao bully their master, remaining indifferent. Even if they had the courage, they lacked the strength.
"Kill me? Are you worthy?"
Ren Yuanhao glanced back at the still unconscious Ye Lan, like a wild, ferocious lion. With a surge of his right hand, he almost snapped Qing Xuanzi's neck bone, then slammed him heavily onto the ground, and stepped on his face.
"A woman without the strength to even truss a chicken, and you, a martial artist, could be so cruel. Therefore, even if I crush your wrist bone now, you won't have any complaints, will you!"
Without waiting for an answer, Ren Yuanhao clenched his fist, his inching force like a sword, hammering down madly!
The crowd watched as Qing Xuanzi's left hand continuously streamed with blood, flesh and skin torn apart. White bone fragments, like knives, sliced Ren Yuanhao's fist, but he refused to stop, wildly swinging his fist as if possessed.
Qing Xuanzi had already fainted. At this moment, Shen Lan Ni suddenly flashed forward, grabbing Ren Yuanhao's furiously hammering fist, and said in a deep voice, "Enough, Ren Yuanhao. Making him pay such a price is enough. Do you really want his life?"
"Such a person is a menace to keep!"
Ren Yuanhao's injuries had not fully healed, and coupled with such strenuous fighting, a surge of anger made his throat taste sweet, and he coughed out a mouthful of blood like mist.
"Ren Yuanhao, calm down. You can't get angry anymore. Listen to me, okay?"
Ren Yuanhao narrowed his eyes, but as he turned his head, he saw a misty haze forming in Shen Lan Ni's pupils.
His heart instantly softened, and he allowed Shen Lan Ni to help him step back, saying in a deep voice, "Before I change my mind, immediately carry this waste down the mountain. If you cause any more trouble, beware of my personal visit, Ren Yuanhao!"
The disciples, as if granted amnesty, hastily packed up, carried their fainted master, and shamefully rushed down the mountain.
The group had not gone a hundred steps when Ren Yuanhao coughed up another mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning pale.
"I told you not to get angry, your inner energy hasn't stabilized at all."
"There were so many of them, bullying a woman who couldn't even truss a chicken. You expect me not to be angry? Look, every drop of blood she shed was to defend Master Yun's dignity. How can I not be angry?"
Shen Lan Ni continuously rubbed his back, her voice softer than ever, "Alright, don't be angry. The urgent task now is to check Ye Lan's injuries."
"Sister Lan Ni, hurry over here. Ye Lan is not doing well, her body is burning hot!"
Yang Ling Xue, being a young lady, was accustomed to being taken care of, so touching Ye Lan's body slightly frightened her.
Speaking of taking care of people, it reminded Ren Yuanhao of Zhang Ying Fang. If she were here now, she would surely be able to take perfect care of Ye Lan.
"Right, how many pills are left from the ones obtained from the demon tree cave from the mother mountain ape?"
Shen Lan Ni took out the ancient bronze box engraved with dragons and phoenixes from her backpack. Opening it, she saw two grayish-black pills lying inside.
Speaking of which, it must be mentioned that after Ren Yuanhao rescued the mother mountain ape not long ago, the ape did not go berserk and attack Ren Yuanhao. Instead, it looked at the ancient bronze box in Shen Lan Ni's hand, which she had just thrown out, with a pleading expression.
At that time, Ren Yuanhao opened the box, and the mother mountain ape prostrated itself, its furry hand reaching out, as if asking for the medicine in the box.
After a period of gestures and whimpers, Ren Yuanhao managed to understand most of it.
It turned out that this mother mountain ape had taken a risk for the pills in this box, but had unfortunately ingested them. All of this was to save her infant child.
At that time, after hearing this, Ren Yuanhao took out three pills and handed them to her. Only then did she, satisfied and grateful, point at the cracked and dry ground and chatter incomprehensibly, then tugged at Ren Yuanhao's hand.
Ren Yuanhao, not being foolish, immediately ventured into the dangerous area again, peered into the dug-up, cracked ground, and successfully retrieved a bamboo slip that he couldn't understand. Thus, he passed through the narrow secret passage.
Coincidentally, no one expected that this secret passage wound upwards, eventually spiraling towards the location of Yun Qing He's tomb. It was precisely because of this that, at the critical moment, Ye Lan was saved from the clutches of that villain!
At this moment, Ren Yuanhao felt immense self-blame. If he hadn't cared about the mother mountain ape back then, perhaps Ye Lan wouldn't have suffered such great hardship.
Shen Lan Ni read the meaning from his face and said softly, "According to what the mother mountain ape meant, these pills are divine medicine for healing. Why not let Ye Lan take one immediately?"