99: Yu Xuanji is alive!

"Young Master!!"

The two maids cried out in alarm and were about to step forward when Lin Chen stopped them.

"Don't panic, wait a bit longer."

Yu Xuanji's pained appearance made Qingniao and Sweet Potato's hearts ache.

But they also knew that Lin Chen was saving their Young Master, so they could only hold back their tears and turn away, unable to bear watching any longer.

"Ahhh..."

Yu Xuanji's cries of pain continuously reached everyone's ears.

As time passed, the violent power of the Heavenly Dao was gradually smoothed, stripped away, and purified. The black patterns receded bit by bit, transforming into wisps of pure Origin Spiritual Qi that fed back into Yu Xuanji's withered Physical Body.

It was as if a perilous war was gradually subsiding.

Yu Xuanji's body slowly stopped trembling, his furrowed brows relaxed, and his originally deathly pale face gradually regained its color.

Another stick of incense's time passed.

The last trace of the black pattern dissipated at Yu Xuanji's heart, turning into nothingness. However, that ball of pure light remained within his body, constantly nourishing his heart and allowing him to regain vitality at a visible rate.

"Phew—"

Yu Xuanji slowly opened his eyes and let out a long breath.

Those eyes, once deep but filled with deathly stillness, were still weary now, but the grayness and despair in their depths had vanished. In its place was a clarity born of surviving a disaster, and... a hint of undisguisable shock.

Although he was still weak, the fundamental pain that had been tearing at his life every moment had completely disappeared.

When he tried to circulate his Cultivation Technique, his Meridians, which were previously sluggish and filled with cracks, were now completely unobstructed.

His cultivation... was actually slowly recovering!

"Ah, this..."

Yu Xuanji opened his hands and looked at himself in disbelief.

He looked at Lin Chen again and found the other man looking at him with a smile: "The power of the Heavenly Dao has been completely cleared from your body. From now on, you will no longer suffer from the painful torment of the Heavenly Dao's backlash, and your cultivation can recover."

"But..." Yu Xuanji suddenly thought of something.

Lin Chen laughed: "I know what you're worried about, but This Sect Master is not like those quacks who only treat the symptoms. The power of the Law I left in your body can completely neutralize the backlash of the Heavenly Dao."

"In the future, no matter how you pry into the secrets of heaven, you will never suffer the Heavenly Dao's backlash again."

In this way, his future worries were completely resolved.

"Is what you say true?"

Yu Xuanji's mouth hung wide open.

He looked at Lin Chen with an extremely complex gaze—astonishment, gratitude, but more than anything, a deep sense of awe.

He knew the terror of the Heavenly Dao's backlash better than anyone; it was a power that even a Great Emperor could do nothing about.

And Lin Chen's methods had exceeded his scope of understanding.

"You'll know once you try it in the future."

It was the first time Lin Chen had seen such an expression on Yu Xuanji's face. He was about to tease him a bit more when he saw Qingniao and Sweet Potato throw themselves into Yu Xuanji's arms, wailing loudly.

"Young Master... waah..."

"Qingniao... thought... I'd never be able to serve the Young Master again..."

"God bless, Young Master, you've finally come back to life..."

"..."

Yu Xuanji looked helpless. He was about to tell them not to lose their composure in front of everyone, but before he could speak, his heart softened. He reached out to pat their heads and sighed, "All these years, you've suffered."

"Young Master, Sweet Potato doesn't feel it was a hardship!"

"As long as the Young Master can live, Sweet Potato is willing to do anything!"

"Even if I have to die, Sweet Potato would do so willingly!"

"Me too!"

After the two cried for a while, Sweet Potato suddenly remembered something. Biting her cherry lips as if having made a difficult decision, she knelt before Lin Chen, bowing her head deeply, and said solemnly, "Sect Master Lin's great kindness, Sweet Potato will never forget!"

"From now on, Sweet Potato is willing to serve the Sect Master, never to leave and never to betray!"

Qingniao was stunned.

Then, she also seemed to steel her resolve and knelt before Lin Chen: "Qingniao is the same. Please, Sect Master Lin, take us in!"

Previously, Yu Xuanji had said he would give Qingniao and Sweet Potato to Lin Chen.

At that time, the two were absolutely unwilling.

But when Lin Chen saved Yu Xuanji, the two finally remembered this. Since they had nothing else to repay him with, they could only offer themselves to Lin Chen. Only in this way could they repay Lin Chen's immense kindness.

"Uh..."

Now it was Lin Chen's turn to be dumbfounded: "You with the surname Yu, aren't you going to do something about this?"

"This is their own wish, and I have no way to stop them."

Yu Xuanji smiled, showing no signs of reluctance. It seemed he couldn't wait for the two women to go serve Lin Chen.

Giving away the two loyal personal maids who had followed him for many years?

Interesting.

Lin Chen suddenly chuckled and said, "It's not that you can't follow This Sect Master, but it was agreed that you would follow This Sect Master if Tower Master Yu died. But isn't he still alive now? How about... This Sect Master kills the fellow first, and then it won't be too late for you to follow me!"

Saying this, Lin Chen rolled up his sleeves and prepared to go kill Yu Xuanji.

"...No!"

"Sect Master Lin, stop!"

"Hey, hey, hey!!"

"Don't pull my ear!!"

"Don't choke me!"

"You really want to kill me!!"

"..."

A few days later, Lin Chen took Li Tiangang, Chu Nansheng, and Liu Ruoxi, boarded a Warship, and quietly departed.

Now that Yu Xuanji was alive, the Misty Rain Tower naturally still belonged to him.

However, the Misty Rain Tower would no longer be an affiliated force of the Wending Sect, but would instead become a part of the Wending Sect. Lin Chen had specially reserved a large enough area in the Wending Sect for them to relocate their headquarters.

As for all the branches of the Misty Rain Tower, they wouldn't need to move; they would remain exactly as they were.

This way, in terms of intelligence and assassination, no power in the entire Cangxuan Realm would be able to match the Wending Sect.

As for Qingniao and Sweet Potato... although Lin Chen felt a bit of an itch watching them, he didn't have a habit of taking what others loved. After some teasing, he ultimately left them with Yu Xuanji.

"Sect Master Lin is truly benevolent!"

Yu Xuanji muttered to himself as he watched the departing Warship.

His complexion was now rosy, and he was no different from a normal person.

The reason he didn't return to the Wending Sect with Lin Chen was, first, his body still needed some time to recuperate to fully recover, and second, there were still many matters in the Misty Rain Tower that needed handling. Once everything was settled, he would bring the core upper management and relocate the headquarters to the Wending Sect.

"Now that the Misty Rain Tower has joined the Wending Sect, the Young Master should call him 'Sect Master' instead."

Sweet Potato reminded him at the appropriate time.

"Ah, right, how could I forget!"

He slapped his forehead, and the three of them laughed... A month later, the Warship slowly appeared in Qingzhou, Eastern Domain.

In front of the Wending Sect's mountain gate, the sun was shining brightly, and a Little Yellow Dog was lying down, enjoying the leisurely afternoon, feeling drowsy.

Suddenly, its fur stood on end as if it had been spooked.

Staring fiercely at a small black dot appearing in the distant sky, it bared its sharp canine teeth and barked, "Who dares to trespass into my Wending Sect?"