Chapter 224: Aid
The small courtyard at the summit of the cliff was quiet for a moment before Zheng Yunfeng spoke slowly, "This one understands Martial Sister's meaning. The Great Li Tianjin Guards is throwing eggs against a stone and will bring ruin upon themselves. We of the same sect watch over one another, and in this battle we ought to see to it that the Great Li court's Tianjin Guards is erased from existence entirely."
Hearing this, the woman's voice in the courtyard sounded in response, saying, "Martial Brother is generous. Knowing that Martial Brother's great birthday is nearly at hand, as a token of goodwill, tomorrow this one will have a disciple bring a Primordial Origin Pill as a gift, and hopes Martial Brother will not find it unworthy."
At those words, a faint ripple passed through the golden True Qi surrounding Zheng Yunfeng, and he said in a low voice, "Martial Sister is too generous. A Primordial Origin Pill is no easy thing to refine. It deepens the resonance between the Heaven-Human practitioner and the flow of nature and distills the true intent of the martial path. It is a rare and precious thing. This one will accept it with gratitude."
"Martial Sister may rest easy. This one will personally act to assist Martial Sister in removing that former Tianjin Guards Commander."
In the empty air within the courtyard, the gathered True Qi swayed gently, and the voice said, "My thanks, Martial Brother."
The moment those words fell, the formless True Qi condensed into a faint shadow that shot upward from the ground and disappeared into the cloud layer pressing nearly down to the summit above.
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Hundred Refinements Peak and Hundred Refinements City were roughly twenty miles apart, and the First Wife, driving hard on horseback with her group of martial artists, had covered less than half the distance before a sound of rapid hoofbeats came from the road ahead in the darkness.
A lone rider blazing forward through the dim night, torchlight in hand, was galloping toward the First Wife and her group at full speed.