I, the transmigrated villain, please wait, gentle master.

Chapter 220 Resentful Encounter: Jade Lock and Golden Shackles (9)

When Yun Songxuan was "invited" to the Taiji Hall, he had imagined countless ways to die. Rather than being tortured and killed in a cowardly manner, he would rather fight bravely and die a martyr.

So, as soon as he saw Li Tingyun, he used his "Rain of Pear Blossom Needles" technique, turning her into a hedgehog!

...He never imagined he would succeed.

I never imagined that even after Li Tingyun was riddled with thorns, he still hadn't died?!

This world is unreal.

Yun Songxuan looked around and saw that the Taiji Hall seemed to have been struck by lightning. The foundation and stone steps in front of the hall were split into pieces, with uneven surfaces and pits everywhere, making it impossible to find a good place to step.

He also saw that Li Tingyun seemed completely indifferent to everything around him, standing alone in the ruins, pulling out the needles from his body one by one, holding a handful of them, and then walking over to return them to him.

Then, as if nothing had happened, he said to Lin Qiu, "Take him inside."

Yun Songxuan: "...???"

Why don't you just give me a straight answer?

This is so scary.

After Lin Qiutan led him into the Taiji Hall, Li Tingyun sat down by the door, right on the threshold, and pinched his temples.

Damn it... the needle is poisoned...

But it's not necessarily a bad thing.

The excruciating pain of the poison biting into his marrow actually made him feel slightly relieved.

The feeling of having his brain ripped out seemed to lessen a bit, and he was finally able to think about what he had done... Actually, he didn't need to think about it; he knew and remembered everything, but he just didn't dare to admit it.

It turns out that when things get out of control to the extreme, the brain can also deceive him. When he can't accept reality, his brain will create illusions to confuse him.

He tried to push Mei Shiyu away, to keep him away from his rage, but as Mei Shiyu got close, he kicked him in the chest and sent him crashing down the steps. He tried to pull Mei Shiyu up from his knees, but as he rushed down the long steps, he broke Mei Shiyu's spine!

Li Tingyun felt as if all the strength had been drained from his body.

They couldn't even stand up.

For a moment.

He thought, maybe I should just admit it...

Just accept your fate.

He never imagined it at eight, never imagined it at twelve, never imagined it during his 130 years in hell, never imagined it through countless reincarnations and the turmoil of the mortal world! But now, if someone could tell him to whom he should raise his hands in surrender, perhaps… he would admit defeat…

Once he surrenders, his fate will no longer be so fickle...

But he knew it was impossible.

Lin Qiu came out from inside, his gaze falling on Li Tingyun, his eyes gradually darkening.

It's true, it's rare to see him like this, so "pathetic"...

That boy who died a violent death but managed to survive, that little devil who could tear apart his soul and kill the Yin Lord, when had he ever been so depressed?

But he was destined to be rejected by "the Way of Heaven".

It is destined to unleash a great calamity, destroying the Three Realms and Six Paths, and entering the next cycle of reincarnation...

Endless and without end.

"How is he?" Li Tingyun didn't turn around, as if he couldn't face it, which was incredibly pathetic.

She asked in a very soft voice, "Does it still... hurt a lot?"

"This..." Lin Qiu sighed, unsure how to answer.

He stopped crying out in pain...

But I vaguely called your name.

I'm calling you a bastard.

Lin Qiu sighed and said indirectly, "Yun Songxuan's medical skills are superb, so you can rest assured, Palace Master."

Did he tell us how to treat it?

"We need to have our bones replaced."

Did they say what would be exchanged for it?

"Jade from Kunlun. Prepared by Yunsongxuan."

Mei Shiyu's back injury is not difficult to treat, but difficult to cure. Back then, Kunwu's knife broke his spine, leaving a lasting injury. Ren Pingsheng once returned to Kunlun and found a large amount of jade to replace the most severely damaged pieces of his spine.

But he was originally a beautiful jade formed naturally from Kunlun Mountain. There is nothing better in this world to repair or replace his original bone marrow. Those "stones from other mountains" will cause problems in his body in just a few years.

Therefore, every sixty years, Dao Xuan Sect would ask Yun Songxuan to replace his bones.

Mei Shiyu and he crossed paths because of this, and gradually became close friends who could talk about anything.

Yun Songxuan still has many high-quality jade materials in his jade pouch that he always carries with him. They have been selected and processed and are ready to be used. There is no need to search for them anymore.

Li Tingyun was silent for a moment, then suddenly asked Lin Qiu a strange question: "Is Yun Songxuan very afraid of me?"

"...Indeed." My legs were shaking as I walked, and I even tripped and fell flat on my face when I entered the room.

Lin Qiu sighed, wondering why Li Tingyun asked this. Didn't he know how infamous and ruthless he was?

Anyone who sees him would be afraid... let alone Yun Songxuan, who witnessed Huachuan Valley suffer a "catastrophic disaster".

Li Tingyun said, "Then you go and tell him for me not to transfer his hatred for me to Mei Shiyu, and to make him do his best."

Lin Qiu sighed with a hint of a joke, "Palace Master, I thought you would threaten Yun Songxuan, saying that if he couldn't be cured... he would suffer a fate worse than death?"

Li Tingyun: "..."

But Mei Shiyu is in their hands now! With her lifeline held hostage, can't she speak properly? A true man can bend and stretch.

Besides, it's best not to mess with doctors; studying medicine isn't easy—wait, why would he have such a strange idea?!

"Let Ye Juechun's men withdraw from Huachuan Valley! I will not pursue the matter of the Ruomu Divine Tree for the time being; tell them to take care of themselves."

Why are there traces of primordial chaos energy remaining in Ruomu's roots? Did his spiritual root once reside there? Did Huachuan Valley, like Penglai Continent, have any dealings with the demonic path?

He had intended to have Hua Jingchen and that dog of a Taoist priest recognize each other, but in the end it was all for naught. The cooked ducks had all escaped!

...So be it, so be it.

He should back down.

Li Tingyun said, "After a few days, when Mei Shiyu can move again, take him back to the city and take good care of him, understand?"

“Of course,” Lin Qiu sighed and couldn’t help but ask, “Palace Master, aren’t you going in to take a look now?”

"No." Li Tingyun answered decisively. He couldn't go in to visit her these days, not even for a glance. Mei Shiyu didn't want to see him at the moment. If he forced himself to get closer and angered her, causing her to strain her back, wouldn't that be even worse?

He muttered to himself, his conscience bothering him, "I'll sneak over and take a look later..."

Lin Qiu sighed: "..."

Just like a few days ago, did they "sneak" into White Tiger City, tear off the roof of the teahouse, and give the parrots and mynah birds a hot water bath?

Yun Songxuan spent a full day and night in a clean room in the Taiji Hall, cleaning Mei Shiyu's wounds, changing bones, and suturing them with extremely skillful techniques.

Midway through, Mei Shiyu regained consciousness and asked him, "Brother Yun, is that you?" Yun Songxuan's body trembled. Oh no, he hadn't given enough anesthetic!

Several pills were forced into Mei Shiyu's mouth, and he was knocked unconscious by the medicine. When he woke up again, he was already in the residence that Lin Qiutan had arranged for him in White Tiger City.

Mei Shiyu thought he had misremembered. Why would Brother Yun be here?! But then he smelled the bitter aroma of medicine being decocted wafting in from outside the window.

Then I heard Yun Songxuan's familiar voice outside, instructing: "Three bowls a day, drink them while they're hot, they'll work quickly."

Immediately afterwards, a dozen or so waiters filed in, all of them young women in their late teens or early twenties. They were tall, beautiful, dressed in fine silks and adorned with gold and jade, exuding an understated yet extraordinary air. Some carried bowls, some carried plates, and some even carried candied fruit and sweet cakes.

Before Mei Shiyu could react, the person holding the medicine bowl walked up to him and pretended to feed him with a spoon.

"Wait...wait!" He quickly refused, trying to turn over and get away, but he was struggling to even move his arm, and turning over was a difficult move that he couldn't do.

The woman frowned slightly and said softly, "Let me help you up."

Mei Shiyu didn't think that a girl who looked so thin could have much strength to lift him up.

To his surprise, he had underestimated her. This girl was quite strong; she lifted him up with one hand and held him against her chest, while holding the bowl of medicine in her other hand without spilling a drop.

So and so.

This very strong girl skillfully used both arms to encircle him and feed him medicine spoonful by spoonful.

Mei Shiyu spat it out after his first sip!

He's like Tang Sanzang who fell into the Spider Cave!

"Don't cough... let me go, cough cough..."

He choked and felt nauseous, so the girl put her hand on his chest to help him catch his breath, almost coaxing him, "You have to drink this medicine while it's hot."

"You can leave it there, I'll drink it myself... You all should leave! Get out!"

"But you have trouble even getting up. Why don't I stay and help you?"

Mei Shiyu closed his eyes, feeling a sense of suicidal urge. Someone save him… Qing Shuang? Where is Qing Shuang?!

Suddenly, he saw Yun Songxuan walk in, and exclaimed as if he had seen reinforcements sent by the monkey, "Brother Yun!"

He had barely called out when Yun Songxuan left. Full of suspicion, he turned to look at the woman behind him. The woman was looking towards the door. Noticing his gaze, she turned her head and asked with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Mei Shiyu: "...It's nothing."

He drank the medicine, feeling utterly hopeless.

Three times a day.

three days in a row.

On the fourth day, the people were finally changed. This time, instead of a dozen or so girls, a dozen or so handsome young men came!

Mei Shiyu felt even more hopeless.

Three more days passed.

The dozen or so servants were replaced by a dozen or so pageboys...

On the tenth day, Mei Shiyu felt that she could use her hands again.

She overturned the medicine bowl, yelling, "Li Tingyun, haven't you had enough fun?!"

"Huh?" Li was a little dejected after his disguise was exposed, and muttered under his breath, "How did you recognize me?"

Mei Shiyu: "...Even if you turn to ashes, I'll still recognize which pile you're in."

Li Tingyun laughed heartily, "I really don't believe that."

Okay, now that he'd been recognized, he stopped pretending, and the remaining dozen or so people in the room vanished instantly.

In reality, there weren't that many people coming and going in Mei Shiyu's room every day. It was just him from beginning to end. He was merely an avatar, and he created about ten shadow clones.

Mei Shiyu was so angry at his shamelessness that she laughed and was completely impressed. She had no choice but to point to the door and say, "Go away."

The fact that he didn't tell me to "get lost" meant there was still room for negotiation, so Li Tingyun "reacted" by saying, "I'll bring you another bowl of medicine?"

Mei Shiyu's fingers trembled with anger as she raised her voice, "Get out!! Don't ever come back!!!"

Li Tingyun had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

But before he could even leave the house, he was called back.

Overjoyed, he rushed to Mei Shiyu's bedside, his eyes sparkling with excitement, and asked almost reverently, "What are your orders?"

Mei Shiyu just wanted to slap him to make him behave and wake up, but he was staring at her so intently that she felt a little reluctant to do so.

He paused for a moment, then asked, "Yuan Che..."

Li Tingyun blurted out, "I didn't touch him! I'm sorry, I was out of my mind that day... I was just talking nonsense. Don't listen to a single word or hear a single sentence! Just consider it as me spouting some rambling nonsense!"