Shangguan You gave a light cough and nodded, finally managing to tear her gaze away from Ye Sanshao. She slowly shifted the topic, her gaze dimming as it fell upon the person on the ice bed.
"If she continues to lie on this ice bed, how much longer does she have? Just half a year, as Li Wanying said? After being moved here, will the presence of spiritual power extend her ti to two years?"
"One year. The spiritual energy here is richer than outside, but it’s still quite thin," Ye Sanshao replied with certainty. "The spiritual energy from the ice bed and within Hidden World Village can, at most, grant Lin ngjie one more year."
"Yes, if we move her to a place with even richer spiritual energy, could we extend her ti? Could she wait until we find the reason for her feigned death?" Shangguan You murmured, twirling lightly as she slipped from Ye Sanshao’s embrace. She crouched gently, quietly observing Lin ngjie’s face, which bore so resemblance to her own.
She gently stroked Lin ngjie’s cold face. Looking at Lin ngjie’s body, stiff from prolonged unconsciousness, she gently massaged her limbs; her eyes stung, and her heart felt empty. When her hand touched Lin ngjie’s rigid legs, Shangguan You resolved to move her into the space. One could remain in the Crystal Coffin, while she would place the other on the Cold Jade Bed. As long as they absorbed the rich spiritual energy within the space, perhaps they would soon awaken. Even if they didn’t, they wouldn’t die. As long as a breath of life remained, Shangguan You would find a way to revive them.
Now, all the answers lay in finding the mysterious person behind Li Wanying. Once that person was found, everything would be resolved. Moreover, her intuition told her that this mysterious person had instructed Li Wanying not to lay a hand on her, aning the mysterious person would surely co looking for her. If that was the case, it ant she still had so exploitable value. As long as she had exploitable value, she would have the grounds to negotiate with that mysterious person. Furthermore, within Hidden World Village and among the major families, she needed to establish good relations, using the elixirs in her possession to beco allies with them. She now needed a more powerful force.
"Theoretically, yes, even though the spiritual energy here is considered the strongest in this world," Ye Sanshao nodded, agreeing with her statent.
"Ye Sanshao, wait for a mont," Shangguan You spoke softly, her form vanishing into the secret chamber in a flash. Lin ngjie’s body, lying on the ice bed, also began to fade, pulled bit by bit into the space by Shangguan You.
"AH!" Li Wanying let out a sharp cry. She had just woken up to see Shangguan You disappear, as well as Lin ngjie’s body gradually vanishing, shocking her into screaming aloud.
Ye Sanshao’s eyes turned cold. With a flash, he was standing before Li Wanying. A wave of his hands sent an invisible pressure toward her. Li Wanying didn’t even have a chance to utter a word before Ye Sanshao seized her. As he applied pressure, he muttered under his breath.
A mont later, Li Wanying’s body slumped limply to the ground, unconscious. When she awoke, she would have completely forgotten everything she had just witnessed.
A flicker of admiration crossed Ye Sanshao’s eyes for Zhuge Feng. He had evidently built such a secret chamber here, and its soundproofing was exceptionally good. Otherwise, Li Wanying’s scream would surely have attracted the attention of people outside.
Ye Sanshao vanished swiftly, leaving the place where Li Wanying lay, and reappeared next to the ice bed. Regarding Lin ngjie’s disappearance, he knew without a second thought that Shangguan You must have taken her.
Shangguan You could disappear silently before his very eyes and now make Lin ngjie vanish too. It was clear she had her own secrets, just as he harbored his.
Within the space, Shangguan You used the Water Chains, intending to move Lin ngjie bit by bit into the dicine King Tower, specifically to the Cold Jade Bed on level 5. This might be helpful for Lin ngjie. However, just as Shangguan You flashed onto level 5, Lin ngjie’s body was blocked at the entrance.
A thin barrier repelled Lin ngjie, and the Water Chains entwined around her were also blocked. Shangguan You continued to command the Water Chains, trying to pull her inside.
"Master, outsiders cannot enter here," the voice of the dicine King Cauldron chid in at the right mont, as it flew into level 5. The small cauldron materialized before Shangguan You.
"Why can’t she co in? If she can enter the space, why can’t she enter the dicine King Tower?" Shangguan You asked, puzzled.
"Within this space, aside from the Master, no living creatures are allowed to enter. The reason they could enter is because they are akin to the dead; that’s why they were able to enter this space. But in the dicine King Tower, no one but the Master can enter," the dicine King Cauldron replied with its childlike voice. It had also studied the person inside the Crystal Coffin and determined they were almost like a dead person.
The person the Master had just brought in was just like the one in the coffin. It had initially assud the Master was bringing that sa person out, not expecting it to be an entirely different individual—and a relative of the Master, no less.
"But I can bring in those dicinal herbs, and even refine them into dicine?"
"Those dicinal ingredients inherently belong to this space and, therefore, to you, Master. This space and everything within it ca into existence along with the dicine King Tower. The stronger your abilities, Master, the more powerful the dicine King Tower’s functions beco, and the larger the external space will grow. But these outsiders are different. Although the spiritual energy in this space is beneficial for their bodies, it cannot awaken them. And they certainly cannot enter here."
"Master, you can place them together. One can be in the Crystal Coffin, and the other on a Purple Lotus Leaf. Let their bodies slowly absorb the spiritual energy within the space. If you insist they enter the dicine King Tower, it will negatively affect not only you, Master, but the dicine King Tower as well," the dicine King Cauldron advised.
As the dicine King Cauldron spoke, it transford into a mirror, reflecting the Crystal Coffin within the space, as well as Lin ngjie, who was also there.
"Alright, I understand," Shangguan You nodded, feeling sowhat disappointed. However, the outco would be similar. As long as she could prolong Lin ngjie’s and the other person’s life, their location didn’t matter. She directed the Water Chains to place Lin ngjie on a Purple Lotus Leaf, laying her body flat upon it.
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