259: The Void Returning Stage Demon Emperor made his move.

"All right, little brother, then you may come up into the carriage and ride with us sisters," Lin Qiao said gently.

The old coachman, Uncle Fu, frowned, but seeing that the two Young Misses had already made their decision, he did not object further.

However, his vigilance toward Chen Yuan did not diminish in the slightest, and he whispered a few instructions to the two female guards.

After thanking them, Chen Yuan boarded the carriage and sat opposite Lin Jing and Lin Wei.

The interior of the carriage was spacious, covered with soft animal skins, and filled with the scent of refreshing sandalwood.

The carriage convoy started up again, heading toward the Black Wind Mountain Range.

Chen Yuan closed his eyes and leaned back against the soft animal skin cushion, appearing to be resting, but in reality, his mind was focused inward, with a wisp of his Divine Sense monitoring the activity both inside and outside the carriage.

Inside the carriage, the two women held their breath in concentration, their expressions worried.

Outside the carriage, there was nothing unusual in the surroundings.

He recalled the 'crimson blood dragon-patterned ginseng' the two women had mentioned.

He did know of this item.

It was a primary ingredient for refining certain high-grade healing Medicinal Pills and had miraculous effects on Qi Deviation and damaged Meridians.

It seemed their father's injuries were not light.

The convoy slowly drove into the Black Wind Mountain Range.

The ancient trees all around grew in rather strange shapes, likely due to the influence of the poisonous miasma.

However, the higher they went, the thicker the poisonous miasma in the air seemed to be compared to the plains.

The convoy followed the rugged mountain road deeper, and its speed slowed down significantly.

Sisters Lin Qiao and Lin Wei got out of the carriage with one female guard, holding a map, and began to search carefully.

Uncle Fu and the other female guard remained near the convoy to keep watch.

Time passed bit by bit, the mountain wind howling with an inexplicable chill.

About half an hour later, suddenly, a light cry full of surprise came from Lin Wei in the distance:

"Big sister! Look! Is that it?"

Chen Yuan's Divine Sense immediately focused over there.

He saw that under a tree, a plant about half a foot tall, entirely crimson, with pale golden Dragon-patterned veins on its leaves, was emitting a spiritual glow.

The surrounding poisonous miasma seemed afraid to approach it.

"The crimson blood dragon-patterned ginseng! It really is! Judging by its age, it must be at least five hundred years old!"

Lin Qiao's voice also held excitement, but it was filled with more caution, "Be careful; it is said that such Spirit Medicines are often guarded by Yao Beasts."

They signaled the female guard to be on alert, while they cautiously stepped forward, preparing to harvest it.

However, speaking of the devil!

Just as Lin Qiao had plucked the crimson blood dragon-patterned ginseng,

"Roar!"

A deafening roar suddenly erupted from the dense forest behind the tree!

Immediately after, a behemoth smashed through the trees and appeared with a crash!

It was a Yao Beast that resembled a giant lizard, with a single horn on its head and its entire body covered in pitch-black scales.

It was over three zhang long, its scarlet eyes fixed firmly on the Spirit Medicine in Lin Qiao's hand.

And the aura radiating from its body was unmistakably that of the Void Returning Early Stage.

"Oh no! It's a Black Scaled Poison Lizard! A Void Return Stage Yao Beast!"

The experienced Uncle Fu's face turned instantly pale as paper, and he exclaimed in shock.

Nascent Soul versus Void Return—that was an insurmountable chasm!

The two Golden Core female guards were even more affected, their blood roiling from the impact of the pressure, and they could barely hold onto their swords.

Sisters Lin Qiao and Lin Wei bore the brunt of it, the Yao Beast's pressure from the Void Return Stage pressing down on them like a tangible mountain.

Lin Wei, having slightly weaker cultivation, was directly forced back several steps, falling to the ground, her face pale with fright.

Lin Jing's delicate body also trembled violently, the crimson blood dragon-patterned ginseng she had just harvested nearly slipping from her hand, and a look of despair surfaced in her eyes.

"Young Misses!" Uncle Fu's eyes were splitting with rage. Knowing he was no match, he still erupted with all his Nascent Soul Stage spiritual power, blocking in front of the two sisters and shouting at the Black Scaled Poison Lizard:

"Prodigy! Take the Spirit Medicine! Do not harm my Young Misses!"

However, the Black Scaled Poison Lizard had eyes only for the person who had picked its Spirit Medicine.

"It's over!" Lin Jing closed her eyes, shielding her sister behind her, her heart turning cold.

Just at the critical moment,

A small figure appeared abruptly in front of Uncle Fu.

It was none other than Chen Yuan!

"Little brother! Get out of the way!" Lin Wei screamed in terror.

"Young friend Chen Yuan! You mustn't!" Uncle Fu also exclaimed in horror.

"Hero saving the beauty? Little one, are you in such a hurry to die?" The Poison Lizard spoke in human language, mocking him.

Immediately, it swung its thick tail violently, carrying violent Yao power, and smashed it directly toward Chen Yuan.

There was not a shred of fear on Chen Yuan's tender, young face as an Earth Rank Flying Sword suddenly appeared in his hand.

The Sword God realm was released from his body, and a powerful pressure permeated the area,

A sword light of the Five Elements Law was slashed out from the Flying Sword in his hand.

The sword light was brilliant, instantly slashing onto the Poison Lizard's tail.

The mockery on the Poison Lizard's face suddenly froze; it felt a pain in its tail, then a pain in its neck, then its vision went black, and its beast head was severed.

"Boom!"

The sword light did not diminish in power, razing the dense forest behind the Poison Lizard to the ground.

Below the sword light was poisonous miasma, and above the sword light was also poisonous miasma; only where the sword light had passed was there a vacuum zone.

From the moment Chen Yuan appeared to the moment he killed the Void Return Stage Great Yao with one strike, the entire process took no more than two or three breaths.

The mountain wind continued to blow, carrying a faint scent of blood.

The scene was deathly silent.

Uncle Fu's mouth hung wide open, and the two female guards were like clay statues, the swords in their hands clattering to the ground without them even realizing it.

Lin Wei, who had fallen to the ground, forgot to get up, her little mouth agape in a circle.

Even the usually composed Lin Qiao stared blankly at the Yao Beast's corpse, then looked at the small back in front of her, her mind blank, completely unable to process the utterly absurd scene before her.

An eight-year-old boy, with one sword strike, had nonchalantly slaughtered a Void Return Stage Great Yao?

This could no longer be described as a Genius!

This was simply a myth!

It was a dream!

Chen Yuan slowly withdrew his finger and gently exhaled a breath of turbid air.

However, before he had finished exhaling, his small body swayed violently, and his complexion turned pale as paper at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Shit!" His heart sank; he had just been thinking about attacking and had forgotten that he was only at the Golden Core Stage.

The spiritual power in his Dantian was completely bottomed out.

This body was still too weak.

A sense of weakness washed over him, Chen Yuan's vision went black, and his body slumped backward limply.

Lin Jing finally snapped out of her shock, ran forward, and reached out to catch the fainting Chen Yuan.

Upon touching him, she felt that the little boy's body was light as a feather, his body temperature low, and his breathing weak.

"He... he has fainted!" Lin Jing's voice held lingering fear.

"Quick! Uncle Fu, pack up, we must leave here immediately! Such a commotion and the scent of blood might attract other things!"

Lin Wei also jumped up; although her legs were still a bit weak, she quickly regained her composure and commanded.

Uncle Fu snapped to attention, hurriedly gathering the Yao Beast's corpse, and carefully stored the crimson blood dragon-patterned ginseng.

The two female guards also rushed to help, carefully carrying Chen Yuan back to the carriage.

The convoy drove away from this mountain range at top speed.

Inside the carriage, Lin Jing and Lin Wei kept watch over the unconscious Chen Yuan, their faces filled with complex and indescribable emotions.

Shock, gratitude, confusion, curiosity... all sorts of emotions intertwined.

"Big sister... who... who exactly is he?"

Lin Wei lowered her voice, looking at Chen Yuan's handsome profile, which could not be concealed even in his unconscious state.

"An eight-year-old at the Golden Core Stage is already incredible! And he can instantly kill a Void Return Stage Great Yao? This... this is simply unheard of!"

Lin Qiao gently wiped away the non-existent cold sweat from Chen Yuan's forehead with a wet towel, her movements gentle:

"I don't know. But he saved us, that is a fact. If he hadn't struck, we would surely have died today."