A World Worth Protecting

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The concentration of the Dark Qi in Li Wan’er’s body shocked Wang Baole as he absorbed it. It was so concentrated that if he were a little bit later, Li Wan’er would have died!

It was perhaps inappropriate to call her a dead corpse. Rather, she would have become a living dead person, with the possibility of being controlled by others without the hope of redemption.

That made Wang Baole extremely solemn. Not only did he have to save Li Wan’er, but he also had to get to the bottom of what exactly happened to her. At the same time, he had to find out whether an incident like this was the exception or the norm, and if it was the future plans of the mastermind.

It was as if another crisis was happening even before the previous one was settled. Wang Baole took a deep breath and further activated the devouring seed. However, even if he put in all his effort in absorbing it, the Dark Qi inside Li Wan’er’s body was so concentrated it was almost viscous, and her body was weak and unable to withstand the continuous absorption by Wang Baole’s devouring seed.

Therefore, it was challenging to return everything to normal in a short period of time. The only option was to let her rehabilitate after every absorption and carry on the next day. Several days passed like this in order to remove the danger while restoring her foundation.

Even though he was unable to remove everything at once, Wang Baole could still allow her to regain consciousness. Therefore, as Wang Baole continued absorbing and healing her, after five minutes, Li Wan’er’s body moved, and her eyelashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes.

The moment she opened her eyes, she saw Wang Baole. That was especially so as the two of them were very near each other, and because Wang Baole was rushing to save her just now and didn’t bother too much about other things, directly placing Li Wan’er on his lap.

Therefore, when she opened her eyes and noticed how intimate she was with Wang Baole, Li Wan’er took a deep breath. Even though she remained calm on the surface, she sat up naturally and moved back, sitting opposite Wang Baole, before revealing a complicated look in her eyes.

“Go on, tell me what happened.” Wang Baole stared at Li Wan’er, asking with a low voice, in no mood to care about other things.

Li Wan’er lowered her eyelids slightly. After taking a brief moment and calming down, she looked at her own body and began talking about what had happened.

“In order to prove the Art of Longevity, I personally cultivated it for a period of time, but I stopped after just a brief moment. However, for some unknown reason, the speed of my cultivation was unbelievable…”

“I have only practiced it for two days, yet I have reached another level…” Li Wan’er frowned, incredulous at that.

“Another level?” Wang Baole was confused. He hadn’t practiced the Art of Longevity himself and merely studied its mnemonic. Therefore, he wasn’t as acquainted with it, unlike Li Wan’er, who had experienced it personally.

“Only the first part of the Art of Longevity has been made known. If cultivated to the extreme, it is possible for one to break through to the second part. However, the cultivation technique for the second part doesn’t exist.”

“At the same time, once the second part is reached, all aura will be kept within, without any abnormalities…” Li Wan’er explained. Listening to her words, Wang Baole frowned yet again.

“Why didn’t you say so earlier? Do you know that if I were just a minute late in saving you, you’d perhaps not be how you are right now?”

Li Wan’er was silent and didn’t speak.

Wang Baole looked at the stubborn Li Wan’er and sighed. Even though she didn’t say anything, he could guess the reason. The two of them were now so distant and were considered enemies to a certain extent. Therefore, with Li Wan’er’s personality, she wouldn’t have approached him for help and would have tried to resolve everything by herself.

In reality, that was just the case. Li Wan’er hadn’t thought about asking Wang Baole for help. On one hand, she wanted to suppress it with her own cultivation, and on the other, she wanted to use the Dharmic artifact that Wang Baole had refined to dispel the evil aura by herself.

However, after trying it for a few days, not only did she not succeed, the situation made a turn for the worse. That was especially so tonight, as when she tried to dispel the evil aura, she felt a sense of something luring her!

That sensation wasn’t clear cut, and it was as if she had lost control of her body. With sheer will, she forcefully regained control of her own body and realized that she was like a bag filled with acid, with the acid continuously corroding her internal organs and making her extremely weak. At the same time, she was unable to resolve the problem. In that life and death situation, she had little choice but to seek Wang Baole’s help.

As a stubborn person, that was an extremely difficult thing to do. She felt embarrassed to reply to Wang Baole and therefore kept her silence. However, she knew her limits, and suddenly spoke after remaining silent for a while.

“Before I lost consciousness, I felt something luring me. While I was still awake, I arranged for someone to go to the place where that sensation originated from. However, I only know the general direction, and am not sure if they found the source of it.”

“Don’t fret about this for now. Take care of yourself first.” After Wang Baole heard the details, he immediately sent out instructions using his voice transmission ring, before looking at Li Wan’er again.

“Your injuries are severe, and it isn’t possible to cure everything in a day. I need about half a month’s time. For now, let’s continue.”

“… Thank you.” Li Wan’er lowered her head and spoke softly.

Soon, the process of healing continued. Previously, Li Wan’er was in a coma and unconscious and didn’t feel much. Now that she was extremely alert, she blushed, and her body trembled. Wang Baole inevitably felt something unusual as well.

As Dark Qi infiltrated not just her body, but also occupied all her flesh and blood to the extent that it was about to combine with it, Wang Baole had to touch every part of Li Wan’er’s body. This was to make the process of healing even more effective and for his devouring seed to absorb the Dark Qi from her flesh and blood…

The contact was separated by clothing, but gradually, in the silence of the secret chamber, Li Wan’er’s hurried yet suppressed breathing became louder. Wang Baole also couldn’t help but feel his heart palpitating even more rapidly, especially when he thought about the incident where the both of them warmed each other up in the evil cultivator’s cave.

Right now, it was more intense than before. After all, in the evil cultivator’s cave back then, it was pitch-black. However, in Wang Baole’s secret chamber, everywhere was well lit…

Seeing that Li Wan’er had shut her eyes and feeling the tremble of her body, Wang Baole blinked as his heart rate increased. An evil thought uncontrollably arose in his mind…

Li Wan’er seemed to have sensed something and opened her eyes suddenly. Biting her lips, she stared sternly at Wang Baole.

“Wang Baole, you…”

“Quiet! Do not talk during the healing process.” Wang Baole stared, slapping hard at Li Wan’er’s buttocks. He felt its bounciness while frowning as he spoke.

Being slapped and hollered at by Wang Baole, Li Wan’er, who had wanted to warn him not to take advantage of her, was taken aback. As she hesitated, Wang Baole sighed, waving his hand and extinguishing the lights in the secret chamber.

“I hope that this would calm you down. I’m trying to heal you here!” Wang Baole was thick-skinned. Even though his heart was beating quickly and he was thirsty with lust, he appeared stern and serious on the surface, despite the lights being extinguished.

It might have been the dark surroundings or the bewilderment caused by Wang Baole, but Li Wan’er chose to stay silent. Even though her breathing grew more rapid, she didn’t say anything further. To a certain extent, she seemed to have reached acquiescence…

However, Wang Baole felt that he was an upright gentleman with values. He continued the healing process in extreme detail; it was just that the process took quite a while. He felt that he was being responsible and serious, and in this way, after treating Li Wan’er by touching her all over her body, an hour had passed.

In the process of Wang Baole healing Li Wan’er, the cultivators sent by the both of them had already completed the search in the specific region that they were ordered to go to, but they didn’t find anything.

However, in another direction within Chen Mu’s autonomous zone, there were over a thousand people in a secluded location standing expressionlessly. There was no Dark Qi given off their bodies, but if Wang Baole were there and contacted their bodies to sense what is going on inside, he would definitely find that each one of them was like Li Wan’er, with Dark Qi contained in their bodies like a Dark Qi bomb!

On the ground before them, a large array formation was drawn. The black-robed man stood beside the array formation and spoke calmly.

“Let’s begin!”

The moment he said that, the over one thousand expressionless individuals immediately lifted their heads. Within their empty gaze, a look of madness was revealed. Each one of them stepped into the array formation slowly, and the array formation instantly absorbed every part of their bodies into nothingness…

When these thousand-odd individuals had all disappeared in the array formation, a blue glow emerged from the center of the array formation.

Taking a closer look at the glow, it looked like a seed!

Picking up the seed, the black-robed man examined it briefly, looking a little regretful but still revealing a smile.

<em>It’s a pity that we don’t have much time and only managed to produce one of these. However, it should be enough to destroy the Dark Child…</em>

<em>What’s next, is to choose a cooperative individual to carry out the task…</em>