My heart calmed down. I held the Holy Mother Scepter

 tightly and made my way 

towards the Corpse Tree. 

U

nexpectedly, I didn’t have to 

bear the

 tree’s attack.

 I shortly

 reached Chuyi. 

Chuyi’s wounds 

had

opened again, and h

is blood had dyed his white shirt red. His face was now chalk

-

white. I felt a twinge in my heart. 

“Damn you!” I couldn’t hel

p but curse

. Ever since I had known him, I had never seen him in such a 

life-threatening 

situation. 

I 

calmed

 the flame of anger in my

 heart.

 I 

raised

 my hand to untie him.

However, even though

 I had worked on it for a long time, I

 still couldn’t untie the rope. I cursed under my breath, feeling helpless. 

“Jiulin…” 

While I didn’t know what to do, Chuyi suddenly called me. I turned to see him. He was awake! 

Tears 

fell

 from my eyes. 

I carefully 

asked, “Chuyi, how do you feel now?” 

At this

 moment, Chuyi was like a cotton doll. He weakly gasped for his breath. “I’m okay. This Corpse Tree has extremely thick Yin energy

, so g

ive the rope two drops of 

your 

blood. 

After that,

 wait for the dark smoke to vanish. You can untie me then.” 

I took a closer look. Indeed, wisps of dark smoke were crawling on the rope. It seemed that dark smoke had affected my mind. Otherwise, even a 

three-year-old

 kid could have untied such a knot. 

I bit my index finger to 

drop

 some blood on the rope. However, I captured a glimpse of Chuyi through the corner of my eye while doing so. Shockingly, he was looking at me with bright, high-spirited eyes! 

No! He

’s 

not Chuyi!

I panicked and 

smeared blood 

over

 my eyes 

before looking

 at him again. He was breathing weakly, 

but

it

 didn’t look like he was awake! 

“

Screw

 you!” I couldn’t help but curse. 

It made no sense for

 Chuyi

to have recovered that 

quickly

. I was tricked by 

an illusion

 again! 

Chuyi’s Yang energy was 

diminishing

. Two of the three Yang flames 

i

n his body had extinguished

. T

he last one was flickering. 

I dropped my blood into his mouth. After his Yang flame burned normally again, I freed him from the rope and carried him on my bac

k before leaving the tree

. 

After w

alking for around ten minutes, I felt that 

something was wrong

. Although the deadly Corpse Tree was massive, it would 

take

 five minutes 

at most

 to get out of its canopy range

.

I used the Invisible Needle to 

find

 my way. However, the needle flew 

disorderly

 around me and landed back on my palm. 

I

 could only put it away. 

I closed

 my eyes

 and

 didn’t think

. I j

ust kept walking forward. After a while, I felt something in front of me. I opened my eyes and saw a collapsed wall. 

A wave of 

cold air 

swarmed toward me. My heart sank. It wasn’t a wal

l, but

 materialized Yin energy! 

“Young 

Benefactor

, are you there?” Zen Master 

Baimei

’s voice arose 

from

 the other side of the ‘wall.’ 

I screamed happily, “Zen Master, it’s me. I

’ve

 got Chuyi. Help me out!” 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 didn’t answer. With Chuyi on my back, I paced back and forth. I could have just stormed through the wall, which would 

have cost

 some of my Yang energy. However, Chuyi’s Yang energy was insufficient

 at the moment

. If I did that, I could smash his soul. 

“Young 

Benefactor

, listen to me carefully. Don’t talk, just listen.” Zen Master 

Baimei

’s voice arose in my head. I shivered

 and paid attention to his words. 

“The Chuyi you have rescued is an imposter. Chuyi 

has

 just 

woken

 up. He called me. He’s in the hotel. We’ve stepped in their trap.” 

Perhaps it was some sort of mental effect

, but my back felt so cold

 after listening to Zen Master 

Baimei

. 

The people from the Longquan Villa were so cunning. They had used Li Mazi to trick me, and now they were using 

another

 old trick

, which

 had worked on me well! 

I gritted my teeth to calm down. I 

knew I couldn’t 

let him know that I 

had found out the truth

. As I was afraid that he would find 

out

, I 

pretended

 to be 

worried

 and nervous

. I paced 

back and forth to find the way out. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 was still speaking in my head. “The person you have rescued 

has to

 be 

Yin-Yang Tiger

. H

e’s

 got the Taiyi Traceless Sword. Don’t quarrel with him!” 

I knew that a

lready

. If I fought against him now, it would be 

the same as asking for

 death. I let him down

 and pretended 

to drop more blood into his mouth to enhance his Yang flame.

A few drops of blood couldn’t boost the Yang flame that much. 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 had 

weakened

 his Yang flames on purpose to deceive me

, which was

 a big mistake

 as 

it would go well with my new plan.

I gently 

said

, “Chuyi, I will take you out of here. You must be patient. Put up with it for a while more.” 

I put him 

back o

n my back and headed towards the Yin energy wall. When the Yin energy 

covered

 us entirely, I heard him 

scream

. Since he had 

weakened

 his Yang flame, he couldn’t endure this thick mass of Yin energy. 

I pretended not 

to hear

 anything

 and kept 

running around the mass of Yin energy. 

Soon, the Yin energy found 

its

 way to my body. I felt the blood in my body freezing

.

I guessed I had tortured 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 enough. I pulled myself together

 and barged 

directly into the wall. 

At the moment I reappeared, Zen Master 

Baimei

 screame

d, “Watch out!” 

I suddenly hurled 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 aside and ran toward Zen Master 

Baimei

. 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 now knew that he was busted. With a dark face, he wielded the Taiyi Traceless Sword

 and attacked

. His sword energy aimed at Zen Master 

Baimei; he stabbed 

furiously. Zen Master 

Baimei

 rose his mala beads to parry against him. 

Although I had played with 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 for a while to drain him, his reflexes 

were

 still 

good

. Zen Master 

Baimei

’s attacks were 

dealt with

 easily. After a few strikes, 

Yin-Yang Tiger 

grimaced while Zen Master 

Baimei

 had already vomited blood. 

I knew 

that if I didn’t do anything, it

 would be too late. I hurriedly controlled the Invisible Needle to stab 

Yin-Yang Tiger

. Even if his reflexes 

were

good

, 

they

 wouldn’t be faster than my thought

s.

 His moves slowed down after the Invisible Needle had pricked him a few times. 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 seized the chance to wield his mala beads

 and hit Yin-Yang Tiger’s 

forehead. The man was shaken, but then, he decided not to defend 

and re

cklessly 

attacked

 Zen Master 

Baimei

 with his sword energy. 

I 

felt

 happy

 as I controlled 

the Invisible Needle to stab 

the 

spine of his neck. He suddenly laughed crazil

y and shouted

, “A life for a life. 

It’s wo

rth it!” 

“No!” Zen Master 

Baimei

 screamed

. He 

tried his best to smash the sword energy from the other party. 

Then, he

 quickly turned around to run away. 

A bad premonition arose in my head. I cruelly stabbed 

Yin-Yang Tiger

’s neck with the Invisible Needle. However, 

I

 couldn’t concentrate well

 and

 missed the target by a little bit. 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 spurted blood.

Zen Master 

Baimei

 turned to me

 and screamed, “Don’t touch him. Chuyi’s in danger!”

I immediately retrieved the Invisible Needle and followed him

back to the village.

When we arrived at the inn, Zen Master 

Baimei

 directly kicked the door open. He returned shortly after. “Chuyi isn’t in the room.” 

I was scared

 and rushed 

into our room to check. The bedsheet was damp with blood. Chuyi’s Prince Ma’s 

W

hip and the eight-faceted Han sword 

were nowhere

 to be seen. 

It made sense now. Earlier, 

Zen Master 

Baimei

 and I had almost killed 

Yin-Yang Tiger,

 but One-

A

rmed Dragon 

hadn’t shown up

 to help. He had

 gone

to the inn

 to trouble Chuyi! 

With a murderous

 look on my face, I wanted to go out. However, Zen Master 

Baimei

 stopped me

. H

is voice was heavy. “I’

ll

 find Chuyi. You should 

look for

 some herbs that 

can strengthen

 hi

s foundation

. Hurry! We’ll meet up 

in a while

!” 

I was surprised

 and looked 

at Zen Master 

Baimei

. He 

looked

 worried

 as he 

hastily 

left

. He didn’t even have time to explain 

the situation

 to me. 

Foundation-strengthening

 herbs were

 what 

we used when we wanted to gather the pieces of 

a soul

. I felt a heart-wrenching pain. Did Zen Master 

Baimei

 know that Chuyi was dying? 

I went downstairs to find a pharmacy. However, after spending a great deal of time 

talking

 to the 

shopkeeper

, I 

realized

 that he couldn’t see me! As 

it was an

 emergency, I had to leave a note at his counter

. I 

picked up the herbs

 and ran 

toward the entrance of the village. 

When I got there, the chain of mala beads I was wearing slowly 

floated

 up and 

pointed

 in a direction. It seemed Zen Master 

Baimei

 was there. I ran faster. However, it took me quite a long time before I 

could hear the

 fight. 

I became anxious. When I got there, 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 and One-

A

rmed Dragon were forcing Zen Master 

Baimei

into

a corner

. 

Yin-Yang Tiger

 screamed 

as he wielded 

his sword

. He was attempting 

to slash Zen Master. 

I threw the Emei Piercer and read the 

Big

 Dipper Sirius Spell. At the same time, I controlled the Invisible Needle to stab 

Yin-Yang Tiger

. 

Although 

I wasn’t competent enough

, I 

needed to

 bet on 

my strength!