CHAPTER 18: CHAPTER 18: ARRIVAL AT CELESTIAL SOUND VALLEY

Celestial Sound Valley.

This is a unique power composed entirely of women.

Don’t underestimate Celestial Sound Valley because it’s all women; the valley boasts numerous strong and talented individuals, with extraordinary strength.

Daughters of great families and countless younger women dream of entering Celestial Sound Valley.

At this moment.

Inside the great hall.

The Valley Master of Celestial Sound Valley and the Elders were gathered, their expressions filled with concern.

Ling Qiushui was currently using her soul power to examine the body of an unconscious beautiful woman.

After a moment.

Ling Qiushui retracted her soul power and softly said, "The medicinal power of the Fifth Grade Elixir is potent, coupled with the backlash of soul power, Xiao Jun’s soul body is severely damaged; it’s already lucky she survived."

The Valley Master hastily asked, "Qiushui, do you have a way to save Xiao Jun?"

Ling Qiushui slightly shook her head and said, "I can only temporarily control the deterioration of the soul body. To fully recover, even I am powerless unless we can find Celestial Spirit Soul Revival Grass, and we need at least ten plants."

"What? Ten plants!" The elders were taken aback.

The Valley Master was also somewhat bewildered, anxiously saying, "Celestial Spirit Soul Revival Grass is extremely rare; let alone ten plants, we can’t even produce one now. Qiushui, you have to think of a way."

"Everyone, don’t worry." Ling Qiushui lightly chuckled, "I’m talking about a full recovery. Although Xiao Jun’s soul body is badly damaged, to recover and wake up, she only needs one Celestial Spirit Soul Revival Grass."

"One Celestial Spirit Soul Revival Grass is enough to help Xiao Jun recover her soul body, but it will take a long time to fully heal."

Hearing this, the Valley Master and several elders finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ling Qiushui chuckled again, "Xiao Jun is lucky this time. The Ancient Divine Sect just recruited a talented disciple who happens to know the location of Celestial Spirit Soul Revival Grass."

"On my way to Celestial Sound Valley, I already sent them to Supreme Profound Mountain; if nothing unexpected happens, they should reach Celestial Sound Valley in a few days."

"That puts my mind at ease too." The Valley Master nodded with a smile.

At this moment.

Yang Shan and Qian Yue, along with the unconscious Gu Chenfeng, were heading towards Celestial Sound Valley.

Due to the severe injuries, they first sought a hidden place to heal after leaving Supreme Profound Mountain.

This was both to evade the tracking of the Martial King’s Mansion and to recover strength just in case.

Gu Chenfeng had killed someone from the Martial King’s Mansion, and they would certainly not let it go.

Thus, recovering from the injuries was crucial.

A few hours later, the unconscious Gu Chenfeng finally woke up.

"Junior Brother Gu, how are you? Are you alright?" Lu Ming immediately asked while helping Gu Chenfeng to stand up.

"I’m fine." Gu Chenfeng slightly shook his head.

"It’s good that you’re fine." Qian Yue smiled happily, "This time we owe it to Junior Brother; otherwise, we might all have died. Who knew Junior Brother had such powerful strength."

"Me?" Gu Chenfeng was slightly confused, seemingly unaware of what had happened.

"That’s right." Wang Hou said excitedly, "Junior Brother, during the battle just now, you single-handedly killed two at the Early Stage of Fasting, and you even devoured the spiritual power of the Eagle Leader, scaring him into fleeing."

"Killed two at the Early Stage of Fasting? Devoured spiritual power?" Gu Chenfeng’s expression shook violently and thought to himself, "Could this be the power of the Celestial Emperor’s Blood?"

At that time, Gu Chenfeng had been driven by anger and obviously didn’t remember what had happened.

"Indeed! We all saw it with our own eyes." Lu Ming nodded repeatedly, recalling the scene just now, he couldn’t help but get excited.

Qian Yue slightly furrowed her brows and said, "Junior Brother, it seems you have some grudges with the Martial King’s Mansion."

Gu Chenfeng slightly nodded without speaking.

Yang Shan slowly got up, slightly smiling, "The injuries have recovered somewhat; while the people from the Martial King’s Mansion haven’t arrived yet, let’s continue on our way and reach Celestial Sound Valley as soon as possible."

Meanwhile.

Martial King’s Mansion.

The Eagle Leader dragged his weakened body back to the Martial King’s Mansion and explained everything that had happened.

Inside the hall, the Martial King and the higher-ups were all shocked.

They had thought they could retrieve the herbs smoothly, but no one had foreseen such an event.

General Wu’s expression was grave, frowning as he asked, "Eagle Leader, are you sure it’s Gu Chenfeng?"

The Eagle Leader respectfully replied, "General Wu, there’s no mistake; it’s definitely Gu Chenfeng."

"That’s impossible, right?" Mu Qingyun was utterly shocked and dazed.

Mu Qingyun simply couldn’t believe that Gu Chenfeng could kill two at the Early Stage of Fasting and even devour the Eagle Leader’s spiritual power.

Mu Qingyun shook his head in disbelief and said, "In the Lingyun Sect, didn’t General Wu cripple his Sea of Qi and break all his meridians? How could he have recovered?"

Even if he had recovered, Gu Chenfeng had inexplicably progressed to the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment and possessed a power strong enough to contend with the Middle Stage of Fasting.

How could Mu Qingyun possibly believe this?

General Wu added, "I did indeed cripple his Sea of Qi and sever his meridians."

"In that case, the boy must have gained some fortuitous encounter." The Martial King’s eyes narrowed, fiercely saying, "General Wu, send someone to follow them immediately; they can’t have gone far. If the boy has recovered, he likely has other treasures on him."

"As you command!" General Wu respectfully obeyed.

"I’m going too!" Mu Qingyun said angrily with a gloomy look, "If Gu Chenfeng has indeed recovered, I’ll cripple him again!"

...

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Yang Shan and the others finally arrived at Celestial Sound Valley.

A disciple entered the great hall and respectfully reported, "Valley Master, the disciples from the Ancient Divine Sect have arrived."

"Have they caused trouble?" Ling Qiushui slightly furrowed her brows, her beautiful eyes flickering with ferocity as her graceful figure instantly flashed out of the great hall.

The Valley Master and several elders also walked out of the hall.

Outside the hall.

Yang Shan and Gu Chenfeng had already arrived at the main palace square.

Suddenly, a terrifying aura descended upon them, weighing down so heavily that Gu Chenfeng and Yang Shan couldn’t move at all.

The disciples of Celestial Sound Valley around the square were all frightened, their faces filled with terror.

"You have some nerve! Daring to treat my words as mere wind in your ears!" Ling Qiushui’s cold voice rang out as her graceful figure appeared.

Yang Shan struggled and said, "Aunt Qiushui, it’s a misunderstanding."

"A misunderstanding? How do you explain your injuries?" Ling Qiushui coolly asked, raising her jade hand ready to teach Yang Shan and the others a lesson.

Qian Yue closed her eyes in fear and said, "Aunt Qiushui, we encountered people from the Martial King’s Mansion; they wanted to steal the herbs."

Hearing Qian Yue’s reply, Ling Qiushui paused her jade hand and frowned, "Steal the herbs?"

The Valley Master calmly asked, "Was it the Martial King’s Mansion of the Celestial Fire Kingdom?"

"Yes." Qian Yue nodded repeatedly, "The Martial King’s Mansion sent three at the Fasting Stage and disciples of the Lingyun Sect; they not only wanted to steal the herbs but also to capture Junior Brother Gu."

"If it weren’t for Junior Brother Gu’s intervention, the herbs would have been taken." Lu Ming added.

"Capture Gu Chenfeng?" Ling Qiushui was slightly taken aback, then asked, "Gu Chenfeng, what’s really going on? You have grudges with the Martial King’s Mansion?"