The righteous path punishes Heaven

Chapter 116 Rekindling the Fighting Spirit

"Hmm...uh...hmm?......"

Dong Wan opened her eyes groggily, only then realizing that she had actually fallen asleep.

To care for Zhang Yunling, who was critically injured and on the verge of death, she poured most of her spiritual power into his body, fed him various high-level pills, and stayed by his bedside for four or five days, finally pulling Zhang Yunling back from the brink of death.

But when he looked down at the wooden bed, he found it empty, with only a blanket draped over his body.

"Huh?! Where did he go? Zhang Yunling! Where did you go?" Upon discovering that Zhang Yunling had disappeared, Dong Wan jumped up from the stool and frantically shouted his name while rushing outside to search for him, but received no response.

"This guy... he wouldn't be going to find An Lushan, would he?!" Thinking of this, Dong Wan recalled the terrifying strength of Gu Changpeng, the Grand Elder of Wudang Mountain. She had finally managed to rescue Zhang Yunling, but she didn't expect this fool to still want to go and die. Dong Wan suddenly took a step and flew into the air, hurriedly flying towards the direction of the palace.

As she sped through the air, Dong Wan suddenly felt a surge of spiritual energy coming from behind her. The feeling was somewhat familiar, yet also quite strange.

Although she was in a hurry to go to the palace to find Zhang Yunling, she still curiously glanced behind her.

You wouldn't know unless you looked, but once you looked, you'd find that someone was casting spells in mid-air not far away, with waves of spiritual energy spreading out from that person.

Dong Wan stared intently, and the more she looked, the more familiar it seemed. She decided to turn around and fly towards the person to find out what was going on.

Just then, a flash of cyan light appeared, followed by a wave of energy that rushed towards Dong Wan in an instant!

boom! !

In a moment of crisis, Dong Wan summoned her natal magic weapon, the Nine-Bend Treasure Blade, and quickly held the blade horizontally in front of her, barely managing to block the attack.

The whole process happened in an instant. If she hadn't been skilled in cultivation, she probably wouldn't have had time to react before being seriously injured by this attack.

"Who is it?!" Dong Wan shouted angrily, warily scanning her surroundings. At that moment, the man who was continuously casting spells not far away also looked over and exclaimed in surprise:

"Woman! What are you doing here?"

The man was none other than Zhang Yunling.

The cyan light from before also revealed itself; it turned out to be the old man who had pulled Zhang Yunling's Dao heart back on track.

Dong Wan was initially furious because she had been attacked for no reason and couldn't find the enemy, but all her negative emotions vanished the moment she saw Zhang Yunling.

"Yun Ling? You... how come you've gotten younger again? Looks like my fifth-grade pills are really potent, hahahahaha!" Dong Wan slung her broadsword over her shoulder and began to boast to herself.

The old man nudged Zhang Yunling with his elbow and asked with a helpless expression, "Is this the Nascent Soul cultivator you mentioned who fought alongside you against An Lushan?"

"Uh...yes." Zhang Yunling was also speechless. He flew forward, grabbed Dong Wan's wrist, and pulled her to the ground.

"Hey, what are you doing here all of a sudden? And who is this old man? Did he attack me just now?" Dong Wan kept asking curiously.

Only after the three of them landed on the ground did Zhang Yunling speak and reply, "I'm sorry, wife, it was wrong of me to leave you alone in that wooden house earlier. But I just acted on impulse and ran out without thinking."

Dong Wan raised an eyebrow, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously turned up. She said with a hint of teasing, "Oh my, you can apologize to me? That's like the moon rising in broad daylight! This is unprecedented! Hahaha~"

Zhang Yunling was speechless. He transformed the Immortal Sword in his hand into primordial spiritual power and directly absorbed it into his dantian. He then said, "Now that I have received guidance from this senior, I am no longer the same as before. I suffered oppression from An Lushan and the Wudang Sect back then, and now I will make them pay with their blood."

The old man beside him nodded: "Very good, young man. I didn't expect you to be able to use this Immortal Sword proficiently in just two days, and even comprehend the sword technique that I spent a hundred years learning. You are a sword prodigy. Although it is only the most basic, it is enough for you to use for decades."

"Go forth and make your way back! Make up for all your past regrets, and I will be here waiting for your triumphant return!" The old man waved his sleeve and pointed in the direction of the Tang Dynasty palace, as if he himself was going to go and fight the enemy.

Zhang Yunling knelt down before the old man, kowtowed deeply, and said firmly, "This junior thanks the senior for saving my life and for guiding me!"

The old man helped Zhang Yunling up and said earnestly, "If fate allows, we will meet again someday. Don't be concerned about the present. You have a long road ahead of you. Go."

Although Dong Wan remained silent, she also admired the strange old man before her. He gave her the feeling of an unfathomable, mysterious, and powerful figure.

Zhang Yunling nodded vigorously, said no more, grabbed Dong Wan's wrist and took a step into the air. Before Dong Wan could react, the two of them transformed into a long rainbow and flew towards the Tang Dynasty Palace.

The old man standing on the ground watched their departing figures, recalling his unruly youth, his pursuit of freedom, and later his passionate pursuit of an official career.

He tried to take a shortcut by marrying into a prestigious family, but still ended up with nothing.

It wasn't until he went astray, becoming a traitor instead of a loyal subject, and after a life of wandering and hardship with nowhere to go, that he finally chose to seek immortality and enlightenment. Only then did he understand what true helplessness was.

"Harmful......"

The old man sighed, shook his head, and turned to leave.