"Master, where is he?"
Zhang Xincai and Liu Lian'er, along with their junior martial siblings, hurried over. They saw Jun Xuan Shitai standing before the dark woods at the back of the mountain, her old face grim and furrowed. They knew she had lost the eavesdropper!
"Master, who was it?" Zhang Xincai asked in a low voice, worried.
Jun Xuan Shitai flicked her sleeve and turned back, saying coldly, "I don't know, but this person's Qinggong is very high. To escape from me means his martial arts must be at the Gangjing realm!"
"The Gangjing realm of martial arts!"
Zhang Xincai and Liu Lian'er's eyes widened. They exclaimed, "Could it be those martial arts powerhouses from the major sects?"
Jun Xuan Shitai frowned. Her first suspect was naturally the powerful figures from the sects invited to their mountain!
However, she then thought that she had no conflict with those martial arts powerhouses. Why would they come to her room roof in the middle of the night to pry off tiles and eavesdrop!
Moreover, among the major sects that came up the mountain today, apart from the sect leader Shi Yizhen of Huashan Sect, the sect leader Yuan Gaowu of Kunlun Mountain, and their elder Zhang Qing, the sect leaders and masters of the other sects had martial arts that did not reach the Gangjing realm or above!
The sect leader of Qingcheng Sect, Liu Bing, was only at the late stage of the Danjing realm of martial arts, while Tan Song of Taishan Sect was only at the middle stage of the Danjing realm...
"Sect Leader Shi, Sect Leader Yuan, Elder Zhang!"
Jun Xuan Shitai mused, her eyebrows raised, muttering the names of these three. Only they had reached the Gangjing realm of martial arts, but she had no past grievances with these three.
Therefore, Jun Xuan Shitai could not determine if the eavesdropper just now was one of these three!
"Master, could it be that Wan Yunting?" Zhang Xincai's eyes widened, and she said.
Jun Xuan Shitai's footsteps stopped, her heart skipped a beat, and her old eyes suddenly widened...
"That's not right?"
Liu Lian'er said, "Master said the eavesdropper was at the Gangjing realm of martial arts. I heard that the sect leader Wan Guan of Wuliang Daoist Temple is also only at the middle stage of the Danjing realm of martial arts. With Master's Qinggong, how could she not have caught him just now?"
The other junior martial siblings listened and nodded in agreement. If that Wan Yunting really had such high martial arts, it would be monstrous.
"That's true." Even Zhang Xincai felt it was impossible, making Jun Xuan Shitai even more disbelieving that the eavesdropper just now was Wan Yunting.
After all, he was just a junior, and his martial arts realm was only at the middle stage of Danjing. She, on the other hand, had already entered the Gangjing realm of martial arts, External Gang. If she couldn't even deal with a junior at the middle stage of Danjing, Jun Xuan Shitai would be ashamed.
"Xincai, Lian'er, immediately go and investigate which major sects that came up the mountain today, besides Sect Leader Shi of Huashan Sect, Sect Leader Yuan of Kunlun Sect, and Elder Zhang, have anyone else at the Gangjing realm of martial arts!" Jun Xuan Shitai said sternly, her old eyes wide.
"Yes..."
Zhang Xincai and the others nodded and immediately went to investigate.
Jun Xuan Shitai could only walk back, feeling depressed. Suddenly, she stopped, turned back, and looked in the direction of the back mountain, specifically the peach blossom forest.
Jun Xuan Shitai frowned, thought for a moment, and then quickened her pace towards the back mountain...
In the dark mountain forest, Wan Yunting ran swiftly through the trees and gradually stopped. He looked back at the dark mountain forest. Being able to disregard the darkness of night, he saw that Jun Xuan Shitai was not pursuing him. He then put his hands on his knees and let out a heavy sigh, large beads of sweat rolling down his forehead...
He thought he was about to be captured by Jun Xuan Shitai, and his heart was pounding with fear. He never expected Jun Xuan Shitai's martial arts to be so formidable. Fortunately, he had escaped with all his might. If he had been caught, he would have been finished.
After catching his breath, Wan Yunting prepared to find a direction to return. As he walked, his vision suddenly opened up. In the hazy night, an endless peach blossom forest appeared in his sight, along with a small bamboo house with dim lights. At the entrance of the bamboo house, a beautiful figure appeared!
This made Wan Yunting's eyes widen. He gazed at the figure from afar. She stood under a peach tree by the entrance, wearing a white cloak embroidered with beautiful plum blossom patterns. In the gentle evening breeze, the cloak and the woman's long, black hair fluttered slightly...
The woman was in profile, and he could only see her breathtakingly beautiful profile, her delicate willow brows, and her melancholic, cold phoenix eyes. She was tilting her head slightly, observing the blooming plum blossoms on the branches of the peach tree in the hazy darkness. As the evening breeze blew, petals fell one by one. A plum blossom landed on her high, delicate nose, adding a hint of color to her pale, delicate face...
"What a beautiful woman!"
Wan Yunting, at the edge of the peach blossom forest, stared at the exceptionally beautiful, heavenly fair, and graceful woman from afar, utterly stunned by her beauty.
If Fang Yanxi's beauty was described as "toppling cities and nations," Gu Luotang as an "immortal descending to earth," Senior Sister Zi Qing as "divinely crafted," and Chen Qiuyun as "dignified and elegant, bright and moving," then the woman before him could definitely be called a beauty of breathtaking magnificence!
Coupled with this scene, even Wan Yunting, who had seen countless women, was deeply captivated by her elegant demeanor...
This woman was naturally Elder Jin Yu of the Emei Sect. However, unlike others in the sect, she lived alone in the peach blossom forest at the back of the mountain. The night was beautiful and cool. Unable to sleep, Jin Yu Shitai, wearing her cloak, came out to admire the peach blossoms under the hazy night sky...
However, the next moment, her willow brows furrowed, and her jade hand covered her chest. Her pale, sickly complexion turned even whiter. The biting cold poison attacked, making her whole body weak, and she collapsed directly onto the ground in front of the bamboo house...
"Huh?"
Wan Yunting, seeing this from afar, was startled and immediately ran over quickly. He passed through the beautiful peach blossom forest and reached the woman. Looking at her stunning and exquisite full appearance, Wan Yunting was once again amazed. However, her pale, sallow face, furrowed brows, tightly closed eyes, and even the way she lay on the ground, causing the surrounding plants to freeze instantly...
"So cold!"
Wan Yunting was surprised. Even from this distance, he could feel an intensely chilling aura emanating from the woman, making him frown. He said, "Innate Ice Body!"
Wan Yunting immediately squatted down and touched Jin Yu Shitai's shoulder with his hand. His fingers immediately felt a piercing coldness, forcing Wan Yunting to circulate his profound internal energy to ward off the cold. He softly called out, "Hey, wake up..."
Wan Yunting called out several times but received no response. He directly grabbed her wrist to check her pulse. Instantly, Wan Yunting's frown deepened, and he murmured, "The cold poison has entered the bone, invading the internal organs. There can be no delay..."
Saying this, Wan Yunting quickly picked her up and hurried into the bamboo house. Without time to observe his surroundings, he saw a wooden bed inside. Wan Yunting, holding Jin Yu Shitai, quickly went over and gently laid her on the bed. Without a word, he directly unfastened her collar and cloak, and then unfastened her nightgown. The scene before him made Wan Yunting's old face blush...
But the next second, Wan Yunting averted his gaze. There were no evil thoughts in his eyes, because the woman before him, with her world-shattering beauty, was merely a very seriously ill patient, and he had to rescue her promptly.
Wan Yunting pulled out a few silver needles from the corner of his shirt, disinfected them with his profound internal energy, and held a four-inch-long silver needle with three fingers. His left hand pressed against Jin Yu Shitai's pale, tender skin, which exuded a chilling aura. At the Tanzhong acupoint between her breasts, the silver needle was inserted with a spreading technique, five fen deep!
"Ugh..."
The lying Jin Yu Shitai seemed to feel something. Her willow brows furrowed, and a trace of pain appeared on her pale, bloodless face, but she still did not wake up...
Wan Yunting was fully focused, without any stray thoughts, and continued to needle her.
Before long, various acupoints on Jin Yu Shitai's abdomen and internal organs were adorned with silver needles. Finally, Wan Yunting held a silver needle and, using a pinching technique, inserted it into the Meilin acupoint in the center of Jin Yu Shitai's forehead...
Then Wan Yunting placed his hands on her shoulders and helped her sit up. Wan Yunting also climbed onto the bed and sat cross-legged behind Jin Yu Shitai. He placed his hands on her back, instantly circulating his dantian's internal energy. A surge of powerful yang energy flowed into Jin Yu Shitai's body through Wan Yunting's hands, like two fierce streams of heat...
Gradually, a mist began to emit from Jin Yu Shitai's body. The ice encountered the fierce, primal internal energy of the raging fire and turned into steam, filling the air...
Jin Yu Shitai also seemed to feel something. Her willow brows were tightly furrowed, and her eyeballs were rolling under her eyelids, as if she were about to open them at any moment...
However, Wan Yunting's forehead was covered in large beads of sweat. The internal energy in his dantian was continuously flowing into her body through his hands. Combined with the Fiery Needle technique, he was suppressing the Yin cold poison within Jin Yu Shitai's body, forcing out the cold poison that had already invaded her internal organs...
In this way, Wan Yunting diligently circulated his energy to disperse the cold poison from Jin Yu Shitai's body. After about ten minutes, Jin Yu Shitai's rolling eyelids slowly opened. Her phoenix eyes gazed hazily at the familiar bedside. However, she still remembered falling outside just now due to the cold poison's attack...
"You're awake?"
Sitting behind her, still circulating energy with his hands on her back, Wan Yunting's face was pale, his forehead and neck were covered in sweat, and his back was soaked. This showed how much internal energy he had consumed to suppress the cold poison in Jin Yu Shitai's body.
Jin Yu Shitai frowned. Hearing the voice of the man behind her, and seeing her upper body exposed, with silver needles inserted in her chest, and a strange, yang energy gradually suppressing the cold poison within her body, Jin Yu Shitai knew that the man behind her was saving her!
Jin Yu Shitai's blushing face showed no emotion. She seemed unconcerned about being seen by a stranger at the moment. Instead, she calmly asked, "Who are you?"
"Wait a moment."
Wan Yunting said, his eyes widening, his hands slightly raised, and he erupted again, pouring a surge of profound internal energy into Jin Yu Shitai's body, completely suppressing the cold poison that had attacked her this time...
A moment later, Wan Yunting withdrew his hands, calmed the internal energy in his dantian, and exhaled slowly. He wiped his sweat-drenched forehead. Wan Yunting got off the bamboo bed and looked at Jin Yu Shitai, who was sitting cross-legged. He said, "That was close. If it were five minutes later, you would be a cold corpse now!"
Jin Yu Shitai turned slightly, but when she looked at Wan Yunting, her phoenix eyes widened slightly. She thought to herself: He is so young, yet he possesses such profound internal energy. Who is this person?