Eternal Life: I Have the Favor System

The knife at Chu Lingguang's waist flew out.

Controlled by his Telekinesis, the knife flew behind Yun Hong and slapped hard against his back. Together, they soared out of the vast abyss and back onto the mountaintop.

Practitioners in the Qi Refining realm could fly through the air, but only if they had mastered the appropriate Flying Skill.

It was unclear if Yun Hong had trained in such a skill, but Chu Lingguang certainly hadn't.

To avoid falling to their deaths, they needed a Flying Knife or Flying Sword for support. Since Yun Hong's sword was still on the mountaintop, Chu Lingguang had to use his Flying Knife to propel Yun Hong upward. In turn, Yun Hong used his own Spiritual Power to push Chu Lingguang back to the summit.

They were even.

SWOOSH!

The moment they were back on the mountaintop, however, Yun Hong attacked Chu Lingguang again.

He unleashed the Qi Manipulation Technique, and the sharp edge of his longsword came chopping down at Chu Lingguang's head. Chu Lingguang was horrified; Yun Hong was clearly using a skill from Yuanchu Mountain.

'Even though my Spiritual Power is stronger than his, I don't have any Magical Techniques or Divine Abilities that can withstand this attack!'

'Is he really determined to kill me?'

WHOOSH!

At that thought, Chu Lingguang unleashed his Telekinesis, holding nothing back.

The divine light within his Sea of Consciousness shone through the Star System, carrying Spiritual Power as it surged from his body. To Chu Lingguang's senses, it transformed into invisible streams of Telekinesis.

His personal knife, shrouded in Telekinesis, seemed to turn completely invisible.

Faster than the eye could follow, it appeared behind Yun Hong.

SCHLICK!

The long knife pierced through Yun Hong's chest.

Yun Hong's Qi Manipulation Sword Technique stopped abruptly.

The Spiritual Power coursing through his body rapidly collapsed.

In utter disbelief, he slowly sank to his knees before Chu Lingguang.

"Teacher Yun Hong!"

Chu Lingguang's expression changed drastically as he rushed to support Yun Hong. He hadn't meant to kill him; the Qi Manipulation Sword Technique was just too powerful. He had only wanted to use his telekinetically-controlled knife to stop Yun Hong from executing the Technique. But Yun Hong hadn't even tried to block it. Instead, he had let the knife plunge into his back and run straight through his chest.

"Chu Lingguang, I developed Skillful Force at age five. I Opened my Dantian and Qi Sea at ten. Before I was even sixteen, my cultivation had reached the peak of the True Martial Realm."

"Oh, vast heavens, why have you been so cruel to me!"

"If I'd had access to Qi Refining skills sooner, forget you—even two of Zhang Xuan would be no match for me!"

"My talent is extraordinary, one in ten thousand! Why wasn't it me? Why couldn't I have obtained practitioner's skills like you?"

"Why did I have to wait so long to enter Yuanchu Mountain?"

"Yun Shu's ideas aren't wrong, but you all underestimate Yuanchu Mountain. I could bring myself to kill you, but I could never harm the Yun Family."

"It's a three-hundred-year cycle. Yuanchu Mountain won't give you a chance. You all must go. Leave the compound, stay far away from the lands of Yuanchu Mountain and the Demon Sect. It would be best to go overseas and never come back!"

Yun Hong said, the words tumbling out of him.

"The Seventh Prince said that where there's a will, there's a way. Teacher Yun Hong, why are you doing this to yourself?"

Chu Lingguang checked Yun Hong's life signs. For a Qi Refining Practitioner, a long knife through the chest wasn't necessarily fatal, but he would have to be taken back to Yuanchu Mountain immediately to be treated by its experts.

"Because I've been to Yuanchu Mountain. Only I know how powerful it truly is."

Yun Hong laughed.

"Teacher Yun Hong, where's Zhang now? I'll take you to him."

Chu Lingguang didn't have the power to save Yun Hong himself.

"Zhang will kill you," Yun Hong warned.

"Saving you comes first."

Chu Lingguang realized that Yun Hong could still live as long as the knife remained in his chest. As a second-level Qi Refining Practitioner, Yun Hong's Spiritual Power was quite strong, and right now, it was acting as life force. As long as he wasn't decapitated or his internal organs pulverized, Yuanchu Mountain should have a way to heal such an injury.

"Don't bother. I have to admit one thing: I haven't been happy since joining Yuanchu Mountain."

Yun Hong laughed.

As he spoke, he mustered his Spiritual Power and, catching Chu Lingguang off guard, forced the knife out of his chest.

SPURT!

A jet of blood sprayed across Chu Lingguang's face.

"Teacher Yun Hong!"

Chu Lingguang's face fell. He used all his Spiritual Power to seal Yun Hong's wound, ensuring the Spiritual Power inside his body could still circulate. He lifted Yun Hong into his arms, trying to determine the direction of Yuanchu Mountain.

"It's no use. It's too late."

"If I had just turned sixteen, I would be just like you all, fighting against Yuanchu Mountain. Chu Lingguang, tell my brother to stop!"

Yun Hong said.

"Teacher Yun Hong, forgive me for this!"

Chu Lingguang thought of a place. Cradling Yun Hong's body, he plunged down the far side of the snow-capped mountain, heading for a canyon dozens of miles away.

"What are you doing?"

Yun Hong sensed something was wrong.

"You're not even afraid to die, you just want us to give up and stay away from Yuanchu Mountain. Since that's the case, Teacher Yun Hong, why don't you try seeing what it feels like to merge with something strange?"

Chu Lingguang said with a laugh.

He had seen Qin Yu's transformation.

To save Yun Hong, his only hope might be the vine in the canyon behind the snow-capped mountain. Coincidentally, the Seventh Prince was the one who had told him its location. Using it now to save Yun Hong... perhaps it was all destined by fate.

"You're insane!"

Yun Hong roared in fury.

But his Spiritual Power was suppressed by Chu Lingguang, and with his injuries, trying to resist would only aggravate his wounds. He could only let Chu Lingguang do as he pleased.

For a Qi Refining Practitioner with immense Spiritual Power, covering dozens of miles at full speed took only a matter of minutes.

Qin Yu had been able to find that vine in the Blood Wolf Cave, the one that had almost merged with the Mother Wolf Empress.

After arriving at the canyon, Chu Lingguang used his powerful Spiritual Sense to scan the area and soon found a white vine buried more than ten meters deep in the snow. It looked as if it were made from a chain of snowflakes.

The white vine seemed to be in a deep sleep.

When the blood from Yun Hong's body dripped onto it, the entire white vine seemed to spring back to life as red filaments spread through its core.

WHOOSH!

Then, hundreds of white vines burst from the snow, all of them reaching for Yun Hong. Chu Lingguang let go, watching as Yun Hong was pulled down into the snow.

He extended his Spiritual Sense to follow, piercing deep into the snow. He watched as the white vines enveloped Yun Hong, with some tendrils even entering through his wound. Gradually, the mass of white vines transformed into a bright red heart, beating softly beneath the snow.