In the cold pool cave, an ice bed faintly emitting wisps of cold air stood in the center. Su Yuan lay quietly on it. His lips were blue with cold, and his forehead and cheeks were covered with frost.
"What should we do? The boss's condition is getting worse. If this goes on, I'm afraid his body won't be able to hold out..." Nan Jia looked at Su Yuan lying on the ice bed, her eyebrows knitted with worry. She anxiously looked at Gu Qing, hoping he could come up with a solution.
But what could Gu Qing do? He was just as helpless as she was.
"We've been looking for that thing for so long but still haven't found it. We finally got the Bu Ye Ding, but the boss was as stubborn as a mule and refused to use it. Now, the sacred object of the Dong Clan in the Bu Ye Ding is gone. I'm completely at my wit's end!" Gu Qing paced back and forth on the spot, tugging at his hair with both hands. He looked extremely dejected.
"I once heard that the Lady of the Dragon Lord seems to be able to soothe the Dragon Lord. Every time the Dragon Lord has an abnormal situation or his sins flare up, as long as the Lady is around, His Majesty can quickly return to normal. Why don't we invite the Lady here?" Bai Ge beside them tentatively spoke up. However, her voice grew weaker and weaker as she spoke, lacking confidence. After all, before Su Yuan lost consciousness, he had repeatedly warned them not to tell Zhaozhao about this.
Nan Jia was obviously a bit tempted by this proposal, but she didn't dare to take the risk.
Su Yuan's current situation was very different from before. The danger level was significantly higher. If he wasn't in a coma at the moment, most of the demons in this cave would probably be killed by his hands. The cave might have been flattened and filled with blood.
If they really invited Zhaozhao here and Su Yuan happened to wake up in a frenzy at this time, he would surely hurt Zhaozhao. By then, they would be unforgivable even if they died a thousand times. I'm afraid that if it came to that, Su Yuan himself would also follow Zhaozhao to the underworld.
"It's not the time to tell Zhaozhao yet. Let's wait a bit longer—"
"What are you still waiting for?" The voice they had been longing for came from outside the cave. Zhaozhao stood at the entrance with a cold look on her face. Her eyes were colder than ever. Behind her, several little demons chased in, baring their teeth and groaning in pain.
"We really couldn't stop her..." The little demons looked at Nan Jia and the others, looking aggrieved.
It was over. This was really over!
Nan Jia covered her forehead in pain and waved her hand to let the little demons go.
"Why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you tell me about Su Yuan's sin flare - up? Why did you hide it from me?!" Zhaozhao's eyes swept over all the demons present one by one, and finally fixed on Nan Jia. Her eyes were full of pain and sadness.
Nan Jia felt a jolt in her heart when she saw this look. She quickly stepped forward and grabbed Zhaozhao's hand, opening her mouth to explain: "Zhaozhao, listen to me. We didn't mean to hide it from you. It was really the boss's personal order. Moreover, he is really very dangerous now. We were also afraid that something would happen to you."
"His personal order?" Looking at Su Yuan with a weak breath on the ice bed, Zhaozhao felt both pain and anxiety in her heart. She sneered defiantly: "Who does he think he is to order me what to do and what not to do? Doesn't he dislike me and doesn't want to have any contact with me anymore? If so, then my life should be up to me. No one can stop me from doing what I want."
Gu Qing had already changed his opinion of Zhaozhao a lot since she brought back the Bu Ye Ding last time. In this situation, he could only try his best to persuade her: "We of course know that you can play a certain role in suppressing Su Yuan's sins. Maybe you can make him calm down briefly in some ways. But this situation is extraordinary. He has completely lost his mind. What you see now is his comatose state after being overly weak due to his frenzy. When he recovers, he will be in a terrifying state. You may not be able to handle him. Staying away is the best protection for you at this time, and this is also what he has always been most concerned about."
"Then are we just going to let him die? No, I will never give up on him..." Zhaozhao stood there stubbornly. Her thin body looked so fragile, but the look in her eyes showed the courage to go all out and share life and death with him.
Looking at Zhaozhao like this, Nan Jia felt very distressed. She understood how Zhaozhao felt when she said these words and what was on her mind.
From another perspective, if it was Gu Qing lying here today, and although his body was in such a bad condition, he still refused to admit it and hide everything from her, she would be even more angry than Zhaozhao.
"Actually, there is another way..." After thinking for a while, Nan Jia decided to tell her about this. "Do you remember the Bu Ye Ding and the sacred object of the Dong Clan inside it?"
Hearing these two things, Zhaozhao felt inexplicably nervous. "Yes, I do."
"Actually, when we were looking for the Bu Ye Ding back then, on the surface, we were following the boss's order to find the sacred object of the Dong Clan and return it to them to maintain the peace of the Eastern Demon Clan. In fact, our original plan was to get the Bu Ye Ding, seize the sacred object, and then try to hide it from the boss and use it to suppress the sins on the boss.
"The Bu Ye Ding was originally made by someone who wanted to find a way to bring the dead back to life. It is rumored that the sacred object in the cauldron is related to the divine object that could bring people back to life and was destroyed by the Heavenly Dao. We don't know if the rumor is true, because even the Dong Clan themselves don't know what the sacred object is. But by chance, the boss got a pill refined from the Bu Ye Ding at an auction. The pill was contaminated with the aura of the sacred object and was actually able to eliminate the sins that were faintly showing on the boss at that time. So we had this idea. But now..."
Nan Jia couldn't continue. Now the sacred object was missing, and Su Yuan's condition was getting worse. They really didn't know what to do...
However, after hearing such a long speech, Zhaozhao felt her throat tighten and her eyes burn. The sacred object that Nan Jia was talking about was now in her body. Her master had also said that the sacred object of the Dong Clan was a wisp of essence from one's own body. Did that mean she could really save Su Yuan?
Zhaozhao seemed to suddenly find her direction. When she looked at Su Yuan on the ice bed again, her eyes were full of hope. Su Yuan, I will definitely save you!
"I can save Su Yuan. Believe me, I will find a way!" She urgently announced this fact to everyone, hoping they would stop blocking her.
The demons had different expressions on their faces. Some even shook their heads helplessly, but they stubbornly refused to leave.
Helpless, Zhaozhao made up her mind and said: "The sacred object of the Dong Clan is in my hands. I can save Su Yuan!" She simply couldn't care whether this confession would expose her identity or bring danger to herself. All she wanted now was for Su Yuan to get better quickly. She didn't care about anything else.
"You...!" Nan Jia gasped in surprise, her face full of disbelief. The other demons also had different expressions. Some even stepped forward immediately, making a move to arrest Zhaozhao.
"Sister Nan Jia, please! Believe me, I can really cure Su Yuan. We can't wait any longer... Let me try!"
"Forget it..." Nan Jia stroked Zhaozhao's head to comfort her. Then she turned around and made room for Zhaozhao. She also motioned for everyone to leave the cave with her. For those who didn't cooperate, she directly asked Gu Qing to "invite" them out by force.
When they reached the entrance of the cave, Nan Jia suddenly turned around and walked a few steps towards Zhaozhao. She handed a long whip to Zhaozhao. Under Zhaozhao's puzzled gaze, she said: "This is the natal magic weapon of the Nine - Tailed Fox. Hold it well. You don't have to worry about anything. Of course, we hope the boss will get better, but Sister Nan Jia hopes you can protect yourself. Don't not take your own life seriously. Do you remember?"
"Okay!" Zhaozhao nodded gratefully. Looking at the closed cave entrance in front of her, she turned around and walked step by step towards Su Yuan on the ice bed.