Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 492 - 322: Returning to the Realm of Soul Condensation

Chapter 492: Chapter 322: Returning to the Realm of Soul Condensation

The chamber was silent, as if a pause button had been pressed on everything.

Li Qingyan’s gaze gradually shifted from concern to a deep coldness.

Xu Yuan’s floundering on the ground like a salted fish suddenly stopped, and the low groan of suppressed pain from his mouth gradually diminished until, under her watchful eye, he let out a few "Mmhm" sounds and then fell silent.

He felt an urge to whip a corpse.

What does it mean to "act"?

Although there truly was an element of acting, the pain was also real.

However, his upbringing in his previous life made something very clear to Xu Yuan: when a woman becomes fixated on something, any explanation you offer will always be construed as an excuse.

In such cases, no matter what she says, it’s best to just go along with her and agree.

In the ensuing silence, Li Qingyan slowly walked back and sat down beside the bed, quietly watching him as he lay on the ground like a corpse:

"Doesn’t it hurt anymore?"

Silently rising from the ground, Xu Yuan spoke with a hoarse voice:

"It hurts."

Li Qingyan crossed her long, jade-like legs, her lips pursed as she looked at him with a bent gaze:

"Then you may continue to scream, don’t mind me..."

"Ah~"

"...."

Li Qingyan clenched her fist, her beautiful eyes glaring.

Xu Yuan immediately shut up.

Li Qingyan’s lips parted slightly, ready to say something, when she abruptly noticed a change in his aura.

As the main subject, Xu Yuan naturally also felt the transformation his body was undergoing; his previously somewhat rosy complexion turned deathly pale in an instant.

It had begun.

The Life Reversal Liquid he had ingested had already infiltrated his limbs and bones under his guidance, and the pain of having his marrow cleansed and his tendons washed started to spread throughout his body.

What was formerly the flickering glow of a dying flame suddenly became solid and overwhelming, the aura of a Mortal Transcendence ghost uncontrollably began to expand and press out in all directions.

Fortunately, Xu Yuan had previously declared several city blocks around the area as restricted zones, otherwise just the oppressive force of Mortal Transcendence alone could have killed those ordinary soldiers.

This dispersing Mortal Transcendence aura naturally attracted the attention of the strong warriors left behind in the Barbarian Tribe Holy City.

Almost instantaneously, several figures broke through the air to mid-sky, gazing from afar at the stand-alone courtyard amidst the ruins.

Three men and one woman.

The woman was dressed in a cheongsam painted with an ink wash, her mature and plump figure outlined to perfection, her skin white and taut as befits a high-level cultivator, her demeanor peaceful.

Besides an old man dressed in an official’s robe, the other two were clad in the White Armors of a colonel.

After watching for a few moments, the four realized that the terrifying aura was not subsiding, but was instead continuously spreading, and their eyes all revealed a trace of solemnity.

The cheongsam-clad mature woman glanced at the robust man in White Armor beside her:

"Colonel Tang, should we go over and check?"

Colonel Tang’s deep brown pupils were calm as a lake:

"The man in bloodred has already said that anyone who dares to disturb His Highness’s recovery will be treated as an assassin."

The mature woman in the cheongsam frowned slightly:

"With such a sudden outbreak of terrifying aura, if it is detrimental to His Highness..."

"Detrimental?"

Colonel Tang interrupted her, saying, "A Mortal Transcendence being who can withstand a Saint, are all of us combined a match for even one of his hands? If it really comes to blows, we’ll probably only manage to get our soldiers to desperately activate the military formations and take a gamble."

The woman in the cheongsam took a deep breath and sighed, "Since that’s the case, shall we send a message to ask?"

Colonel Tang nodded slightly, "That area has been designated as a restricted zone, we have no other choice."

Upon hearing this, the mature woman in the cheongsam ceased her words, her hands forming a seal, and a streak of light immediately shot towards the courtyard that was emanating the eerie aura.

After a few moments of silence,

a hoarse yet pleasant female voice came through, betraying no weakness from injury:

"I am unharmed. This aura comes from a friend of mine practicing a Secret Technique here. As he requested, the area was declared off-limits. Anyone who trespasses will be dealt with by military law."

"...."

Hearing this voice, the four of them looked at each other somewhat bewildered.

While they remained silent,

the bizarre aura suddenly began to swell, and under its powerful suppression, a faint blood-colored mist began to appear, enveloping that part of the city!

Even the mature woman in the cheongsam, a Primordial-level powerhouse, paled upon sensing this aura, while the other three men were hardly faring any better.

Because this kind of aura was something they had experienced just three days ago.

From the Saint who was the Barbarian King.

However, compared to the Barbarian King Chi Su’s fluctuations of Origin Qi, this blood-colored strangeness lacked some purity and had added discord.

The mature woman in the cheongsam murmured to herself, "Is this a breakthrough happening? ...No, the aura is starting to dissipate now."

As the seductive blood-colored mist reached its zenith, instead of undergoing a sudden qualitative transformation, it gradually began to fade, the overwhelming aura slowly receding.

He had failed...

Seeing this scene, the four’s faces all showed varied expressions.

There was disappointment, sighs of regret, and some felt as if a weight had been lifted from their shoulders.

The Saintly Barbarian King’s backlash before his death also caused him no light injury; attempting a breakthrough without being fully recovered, if he had actually succeeded, what kind of a monstrous figure would that blood-clothed man be?

If such a monster accompanied His Highness back to Di’an City, how much upheaval would it bring to the situation?

Although their status was not enough to step into the topmost echelons of the Dayan Dynasty, they could still understand some of the happenings within the upper structures of Di’an City through various channels.

Like the Emperor’s ill health...

Like the reappearance of Jiatiange...

Like the announced marriage alliance between Prince Wu Yuan and the Third Young Master of the Prime Minister’s Mansion to the whole world...

In this troubled autumn, His Highness finding a Mortal Transcendence being on the verge of breaking through to Saint – wasn’t this a blatant slap in the face of Minister Xu...

Colonel Tang took a deep breath, his eyes sweeping the other three:

"Gentlemen, if you do not wish to die, I hope you can keep this matter to yourselves and ensure your subordinates keep their mouths shut."