In the deep mountains and vast gorges.
A peerless man in green clothes stood on a mountain peak.
Beside him stood two attendants, Ting Bai and Mu Wan, who had appeared before.
After Yan Ruyu came out of the Ghost Domain, he went straight back to Qingyun Peak.
When his spiritual power clashed with that of the ancient fierce beast, there was a surge of vital energy and blood in his body. But as the situation was urgent at that time, he forced himself to suppress that powerful force.
Yan Ruyu knew that at that moment, the Karma Fire Red Lotus must have been resisting some powerful force, so his own body was also affected.
Now back on Qingyun Peak, Yan Ruyu covered his chest and spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.
There were dots of bloodstains on his green clothes.
But Yan Ruyu was smiling.
"Ting Bai, help me in."
The attendant quickly helped Yan Ruyu into the cave.
There was a huge night pearl in the cave. Under its illumination, the whole cave was as bright as day.
It was the first time for Yan Ruyu to be so seriously injured.
Mu Wan was boiling medicinal soup for Yan Ruyu.
Ting Bai complained discontentedly beside him.
"Your Majesty, you shouldn't have given such an important thing to Miss Zhao. That's the Karma Fire Red Lotus which is related to your life. Without it to protect you, even though you have an immortal body for a thousand years, you will eventually be seriously injured."
Yes, Yan Ruyu was the ancient imperial teacher and the supreme being of all ages. He was just immortal, but it didn't mean that he wouldn't get hurt or feel pain.
It's just that he never showed his emotions on his face.
Ting Bai thought that even if His Majesty was hit by tens of thousands of sharp swords and his body was pierced with a thousand holes, his complexion probably wouldn't change at all.
"Ting Bai, you don't understand. Xiaoning'er is more important to me than my own life."
Both Ting Bai and Mu Wan lowered their heads.
This was the first time His Majesty had said such words.
Yan Ruyu's face was pale. Looking at the red - clothed woman on the ice bed opposite, the light in his eyes flickered.
His Majesty was a very patient man.
At that time, when he brought Ye Ling back, he locked himself in the cave on Qingyun Peak for several months.
When he came out, his complexion became even colder.
No one could imagine how bloody and cold the eyes of the ancient imperial teacher were at that moment. Mu Wan and Ting Bai thought that if it weren't for those spiritual tablets in the cave, His Majesty might have become a blood - thirsty devil.
After Yan Ruyu lay down, he waved his hand and told them to leave.
Actually, when Ye Ling died that year, Yan Ruyu had already been seriously injured.
He used the method his mother had told him.
He used all his spiritual power and mental power to preserve the last trace of Ye Ling's mental power. But at that time, Yan Ruyu was really too tired and there was no one to help him.
At that time, as long as he was a little distracted, what he would have to pay was his own life.
At the last moment, he fainted due to physical exhaustion.
That last trace of Ye Ling's mental power also disappeared.
God knows how devastated Yan Ruyu was when he woke up. He thought he had failed and that he hadn't protected the last trace of Ye Ling's mental power.
So for the following time, he stayed in Qingyun Country.
Yan Ruyu had seen the fate. If he wanted to destroy the four great families in the Dongze Wilderness, then the Kyushu Continent would surely be out of balance. By then, all living beings would be buried because of his own selfish desires.
At that time, Yan Ruyu wasn't sure. He didn't know if Ye Ling had entered reincarnation and had a new physical body.
So, he gave the Dongze Wilderness a hundred years.
It wasn't that the fate of the Dongze Wilderness was only a hundred years, but that Yan Ruyu gave himself a hundred years to find Ye Ling after her rebirth.
At that time, he had already thought that if he could find Ye Ling, then he would leave the four great families to her to kill. If he still couldn't find Ye Ling's reincarnation within a hundred years.
Then, Yan Ruyu would wash the Dongze Wilderness with blood and let the whole Dongze Wilderness be buried with Ling'er.
Having such thoughts was very dangerous.
But Yan Ruyu never wavered.
After he discovered Xiaoning'er's consciousness, he immediately set out on the journey to find her. During this period, he traveled through all the hidden currents just to find her trace.
Yan Ruyu was really not an impatient person. He had also thought that if he met Xiaoning'er again, he would do his duty as a teacher and just quietly protect her.
But when someone on the field hurt Xiaoning'er, he couldn't help it.
All his years of self - cultivation and calmness vanished into thin air at that moment.
That girl was the one engraved in his bones and blood. He was reluctant to let her get hurt, so how could others have the right?
So, Yan Ruyu couldn't help but take action.
When Xiaoning'er threw herself into Yan Ruyu's arms, the only bit of guilt in Yan Ruyu's heart was diluted by joy.
When he learned that she was going to Piao Miao Mountain, Yan Ruyu didn't hesitate at all and gave her the Red Lotus Karma Fire for protection.
The Red Lotus Karma Fire was passed down from his father.
For a thousand years, it had protected Yan Ruyu's mind.
But he didn't want to see what had happened before happen again, so he gave the Karma Fire Red Lotus to Zhao Shuning.
What he gave was not a magic treasure or a magical instrument, but an armor that could protect himself in the most dangerous moment.
But Zhao Shuning, that girl, was more important than his own life.
So Yan Ruyu was willing to take off this armor for her and put it on her.
On the bed, Yan Ruyu's face was extremely pale.
His body couldn't help shivering with cold.
It seemed that without the Karma Fire Red Lotus in his body, the cold on Qingyun Peak was really bone - chilling.
But so what?
Previously, Yan Ruyu had single - handedly sealed the Ghost Domain for a hundred years. Within these hundred years, they would be hard - pressed to take other actions.
The threat to Xiaoning'er would also be reduced.
After a hundred years, when the Ghost Domain was unsealed, he would find a way to deal with those strange people and those ancient fierce beasts.
Yan Ruyu supported his weak body and slowly walked to the ice bed. Ye Ling in red clothes looked exactly the same as before.
With a gentle wave of his hand, Ye Ling's body completely disappeared from the ice bed.
"Cough, cough, cough—"
Yan Ruyu suddenly stumbled, and then his leg hit the ice bed hard.
Even so, Yan Ruyu didn't even grunt.
Mu Wan and the others heard the noise and quickly rushed into the cave.
"Your Majesty, Miss Ye?"
"The body is just a shell. From now on, I will only remember Xiaoning'er."
At this time, there were faint bloodstains on Yan Ruyu's legs.
When he sealed the Ghost Domain before, a powerful force rushed from bottom to top. Yan Ruyu knew that it was the last blow from the hidden Shenzong Palace. He endured it, but the force penetrated his legs.
Without the protection of the Red Lotus, Yan Ruyu couldn't withstand that blow.
Now, his legs would be crippled for several years.