458: Accident at the Temple of Heaven

"Yang Jian was sent by me to monitor the movements of the Tian Shen Temple. I didn't expect him to return so coincidentally right after this ended," Tongtian Jiaozhu explained.

Song Zhong frowned. Although Yang Jian's figure was still far away, he sensed an unusual aura emanating from him.

"Yang Jian's condition seems a bit off."

No sooner had Song Zhong finished speaking than Yang Jian, who was gradually approaching, suddenly seemed to lose his footing and fell.

Tongtian Jiaozhu's heart tightened. The Qingping Sword in his hand transformed into a streak of light and flew over, catching Yang Jian steadily.

Song Zhong, Tongtian Jiaozhu, and the two Heavenly Venerates arrived by Yang Jian's side and found him with a pale face and his three eyes tightly shut.

He was enveloped by a layer of faint black mist, and his body trembled continuously, as if resisting some force. He appeared to be severely injured.

"Yang Jian, wake up!"

Tongtian Jiaozhu called out into his ear, but Yang Jian showed no reaction.

Looking at the annoying black mist on Yang Jian's body, Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning frowned, "This strange aura, it seems to be Cthulhu!"

After the group arrived by Yang Jian's side, they discovered his problem.

But Yang Jian had clearly gone to the Tian Shen Temple, so how could he have been contaminated with Cthulhu's aura?

Song Zhong knelt down and placed his hands on Yang Jian's third eye.

He pressed hard with his fingers, forcibly prying open Yang Jian's third eye.

"#~@~"

As Yang Jian's eye was pried open, a series of obscure, ethereal notes suddenly appeared all around.

One after another, crimson maggots crawled out of Yang Jian's eye, scrambling over each other.

"This..."

Seeing this disgusting scene, Tongtian Jiaozhu and the two Heavenly Venerates couldn't help but feel a chill.

Clearly, Yang Jian must have been injured after an encounter with Cthulhu.

However, the Tian Shen Temple had always protected itself very well, so how could there be Cthulhu's aura there?

Although there were questions in their minds, the most crucial thing at the moment was to rescue Yang Jian first.

A trace of gentle National Power appeared on Song Zhong's palm. As the National Power slowly entered Yang Jian's body, the crimson maggots twisted and turned into ashes, like ice and snow meeting warm sunshine.

After melting those Cthulhu maggots, the pain on Yang Jian's face lessened somewhat, but he remained pale and had not regained consciousness.

"Fellow Daoist Song, how is Yang Jian now?" Tongtian Jiaozhu asked with concern.

"National Power can counteract the influence of Cthulhu's power. He is out of danger now, but it will take time for him to fully recover through rest," Song Zhong said.

Upon hearing Song Zhong's words, Tongtian Jiaozhu and the two Heavenly Venerates finally relaxed.

"But how exactly was Yang Jian injured? And when did a Cthulhu God appear in the India Tian Shen Temple?" Celestial Worthy of the Way and Virtue voiced the doubts in his heart.

The group remained silent, unsure of what had truly happened to Yang Jian.

Song Zhong manipulated Yang Jian's body, while National Power rapidly flowed within him.

Suddenly, Song Zhong frowned. He pulled up Yang Jian's pant leg and saw two crimson spots clearly visible on Yang Jian's right calf.

"This is..." Celestial Worthy of the Primordial Beginning saw the wound on Yang Jian's leg and immediately leaned closer.

The others also carefully examined the wound.

After a long while, Celestial Worthy of the Way and Virtue spoke, "This wound, why does it look like something bit him?"

The crimson spots were actually two tiny blood holes. Between the blood holes, wisps of black Qi slowly flowed out. This black Qi was the Cthulhu Divine Power forced out by the National Power.

"Don't you think these blood holes look like a snake bite?" Tongtian Jiaozhu suddenly spoke.

"Bitten by a snake?" The two Heavenly Venerates simultaneously looked at Tongtian Jiaozhu. Indeed, the wound looked very much like a snake bite.

Song Zhong stared at the wound, and a name suddenly surfaced in his mind.

Loki!

His signature ability was the Serpents of Deceit.

Ever since the fishing village incident, Loki had been missing, but one thing was certain: this guy was definitely not that easy to kill.

However, Song Zhong had no direct evidence to prove that Loki was responsible for Yang Jian's injuries. It seemed the truth of the matter would only become clear after Yang Jian woke up.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist Song, for your assistance. Yang Jian won't wake up for a while. Fellow Daoist Song, what are your plans next?" Tongtian Jiaozhu asked.

Song Zhong looked towards the vast sea in the west and slowly said, "Since Yang Jian was injured at the Tian Shen Temple, I will go to the Tian Shen Temple myself. When Yang Jian wakes up, you can tell me what happened."

Tongtian Jiaozhu nodded, "In that case, I trouble Fellow Daoist Song. With Fellow Daoist's current strength, we can no longer be of much help. I wish Fellow Daoist great success in your endeavors!"

With that, all the Great Xia Gods bowed down to Song Zhong.

"We wish Lord Song Zhong great success in your endeavors!"

Song Zhong cupped his hands in return, then transformed into a streak of light, taking the new gods of the Ghost Country, and disappeared from the battlefield... In Yaochi Wonderland, Galan looked at Lin Qi Ye lying on the bed, her eyes filled with anxiety.

Several days had passed since Lin Qi Ye took the Elixir of Immortality.

During this time, Lin Qi Ye had not awakened. If not for his heart still maintaining a faint heartbeat, Galan would have almost thought he was dead.

With a creak, the door of the Pill Hall was pushed open. Galan looked back and saw that the person who had come was Queen Mother of the West.

"Your Majesty!"

Galan called out, her eyes red and her voice choked with sobs.

Queen Mother of the West's eyes held a hint of doubt as she asked, "Galan, Lin Qi Ye, he, still hasn't changed?"

Galan nodded, "Your Majesty, do you think Lin Qi Ye might be in danger?"

Queen Mother of the West shook her head and said, "The Elixir of Immortality and the Immortal Pill were sacred objects used by Ling Bao Celestial Sovereign to help Great Xia Undergo Tribulation back then. They are a great Opportunity in this world, so how could there be any danger?"

"But... but Lin Qi Ye has been in a coma, with no signs of waking up!" Galan was anxious. "Could it be that, like me, he needs to sleep for a thousand years before he awakens?"

Queen Mother of the West shook her head, "No, Lin Qi Ye... he's different."

After a moment of hesitation, Queen Mother of the West chose not to tell Galan the truth.

However, the current situation also caused doubt to arise in Queen Mother of the West's heart.

Lin Qi Ye was the Incarnation of the Fifth Universe's will. This time, under the guidance of "Destiny" Monk, he came to Kunlun Ruins to take the pill, all for the purpose of executing a millennium-spanning plan to Awaken him.

But as it currently stood, this plan had clearly gone awry. But where exactly did it go wrong?

Now, "Destiny" Monk was also nowhere to be found, and even Queen Mother of the West didn't know what to do.