Unconscious! Sister-in-Law Meng Wanshu!

"*Phoo...*" Li Guanqi's chest rose and fell slightly as he exhaled a breath of turbid air. Xiao Chen grinned cheekily and said, "There, there, Boss, don't be angry." Even Meng Wanshu cast a worried look his way. Li Guanqi shook his head to signal that he was fine, and the lecture resumed. Over the hours that followed, Li Guanqi, Ye Feng, and the others continued answering every disciple's questions, occasionally picking individuals to provide in-depth explanations. This single lecture spurred no fewer than a hundred disciples of the Great Xia Sword Sect to break through their bottlenecks! Over at the rear mountain, Ye Feng and Lu Kangnian were run ragged. Lightning gathered across the vault of heaven, stacking layer upon layer and stretching for dozens of li! The hidden cultivators lurking outside ground their molars in frustration at the sight. The ceaseless cascade of heavenly tribulation lightning almost formed an unbroken curtain of thunderous rain! Standing aside, Ye Feng and Lu Kangnian spread their divine sense through the surrounding void, closely watching every single person undergoing the tribulation. Yet just as Li Guanqi and the others were patiently guiding the disciples, disaster struck. Suddenly! Li Guanqi's face went deathly pale. His figure atop the high stage swayed slightly, and he was on the verge of collapsing headfirst! The instant Meng Wanshu noticed, she caught Li Guanqi in her arms. Reaching out to seize his wrist, her formidable divine sense enveloped him entirely! Cao Yan saw Li Guanqi's body begin to blur, and his expression changed drastically! This was a clear sign of an unstable soul—it had already begun to fracture! Such violent fluctuations... How could it happen so quickly?! With a sweep of his hand, Cao Yan laid down several barriers around the Great Xia Sword Sect! He transmitted his voice to the rear mountain: "Second Brother, return at once! Boss's origin spirit is convulsing—come quickly so we can join forces to suppress it!" Far away in the rear mountain, Ye Feng's expression shifted. Right after, a pillar of dark purple lightning shot skyward, piercing straight through the formation screen of the dome into the clouds! Ye Feng turned to Lu Kangnian, explaining the situation in rapid-fire words. Stepping forward, he flashed and vanished. Upon hearing this, Lu Kangnian's face drained of color as well. He notified Qin Xian and Ling Daoyan to come over and protect the disciples undergoing tribulations, while he himself flew at top speed toward the deep mountains in the back. He transmitted his voice to Meng Wanshu: "Head to the rear mountain!" In an instant, chaos erupted on the grounds. No one had expected Li Guanqi, who had been perfectly fine just moments before, to suddenly collapse! At this moment, all the disciples were gripped by deep concern for Li Guanqi, completely in the dark about what had happened. The peak masters and elders could only soothe the disciples, instructing them to return to the main peaks first to cultivate in seclusion. Li Nanting anxiously tore through the void, hurtling toward the rear mountain. Meng Wanshu carried Li Guanqi horizontally in her arms as she darted toward the rear mountain, her eyes brimming with anxiety. Frost power gathered steadily inside Li Guanqi's body. As Meng Wanshu's strength flowed in, the fluctuating aura around him gradually stabilized. However, the primal energy inside Li Guanqi remained extraordinarily violent, and terrifying arcs of lightning continuously leaked from his body! In the blink of an eye, the fearsome lightning tore the flesh of Meng Wanshu's hands apart. Her originally fair, slender hands turned into a bloody mess in an instant. Standing nearby, Cao Yan found the sight difficult to bear. Yet Cao Yan still held his tongue, whereas Xiao Chen, standing beside him, spoke in a heavy voice. "Let me do it." To his surprise, Meng Wanshu knitted her brows and flatly refused. "No!" "Right now, only my frost power can help him suppress it!" "Contact my father immediately and ask where the materials have reached!" A flicker of pain crossed Meng Wanshu's fair face as lightning bored into her flesh through the open wounds. Her shoulders trembled, and though her hands shook, she dared not hold him too tightly. Ye Feng's eyes flickered, and an unnamed flame instantly flared inside Li Guanqi's body! "Don't!" *Boom!* The mighty surge instantly provoked a counterattack from the Purple Dragon Thunder Flame within Li Guanqi to protect its host! In a flash, the power of two heavenly flames erupted inside Li Guanqi. Had Meng Wanshu's frost power not shielded Li Guanqi's heart meridians, that violent force would have shattered every meridian in his body. *Spurt!* A mouthful of scarlet blood sprayed out, and Meng Wanshu's face turned pale. Panic flickered in Ye Feng's eyes; he realized his good intentions had caused a disaster. "I... I'm sorry... I didn't think it would—" Meng Wanshu cut off Ye Feng's apology, speaking with rapid clarity. "Xiao Chen, contact my father! Cao Yan, go prepare to receive the people sent by my father!" "Ye Feng, drive off everyone lurking in the shadows within a hundred li of our perimeter!" "Warn them that I give them only thirty breaths—once the time is up, show no mercy!" "Go tell Sect Master Lu that from this moment forth, the Great Xia Sword Sect will seal its gates and raise the sect-protecting grand formation!" Meng Wanshu organized everything with absolute composure. The men nodded one after another and sprang into action. Xiao Chen pulled out a jade slip and immediately began attempting to contact Meng Jiangchu in the distant Shenbao Domain. Yet for some reason, every transmission he sent vanished like a clay ox plunging into the sea, yielding no reply. Anxious to the point of desperation, Xiao Chen gritted his teeth and took out a jade slip carved with the character for "Xiao." "Father... help me contact Uncle Meng immediately! It's an emergency!" Soon, the jade slip began to glow faintly, but from within came a man's torrential, furious scolding. "You still have the nerve to send me a transmission?! You've dragged the Xiao clan's name through the mud!" "Hmph! You returned to the Shenbao Domain and didn't even come home to see me? Are you that afraid of facing me?!" "Since you hate seeing me so much, don't you ever come back—" *Crack!* His face dark with fury, Xiao Chen crushed the jade slip in his grip, cutting the man's voice short. Xiao Chen stood in place with his eyes shut tight, taking several deep breaths until Cao Yan gently patted him on the back. "Are you all right?" "I'm fine... Let me hurry and contact someone else." Shortly after, he learned from Li Guilan that Meng Jiangchu was not in the Shenbao Domain at all right now! Moreover, no one aside from Li Guilan knew about this; even she had only discovered his absence when she went to look for him just moments earlier! Fortunately, before departing, Meng Jiangchu had already dispatched someone to deliver the items. Putting away the jade slip, Xiao Chen said gravely, "Let's go. We need to pick someone up!" With that, Xiao Chen and Cao Yan vanished from the Great Xia Sword Sect in an instant. Following Lu Kangnian's order, a magnificent sect-protecting grand formation rose over the Great Xia Sword Sect! Beams of seven-colored light suddenly shot into the heavens from the seven peaks, pouring terrifying power continuously into the formation's barrier. Meanwhile, Ye Feng stepped out into the void a thousand zhang up. Sweeping his chilly gaze across the surroundings, he said in a frigid voice, "Within thirty breaths, withdraw beyond the hundred-li boundary of the Great Xia Sword Sect! Those who defy this... shall be executed without mercy!" "One! Two!" An overwhelming pressure erupted from within Ye Feng. His fearsome sword intent carved fissures across the void for a hundred zhang around him. One after another, hidden presences lurking in the dark vanished. The icy killing intent radiating from Ye Feng was certainly no joke... Yet right at that moment, an indistinct presence began steadily approaching Ye Feng! Ye Feng drew his sword an inch from its sheath in an instant, pointing the blade toward the empty air as he barked coldly, "Who goes there?!" A white-robed old man slowly walked out from the void. The elder was merely a cultivator at the early Soul Formation Realm. His appearance was utterly ordinary, the sort that would blend into a crowd without drawing a second glance. Hunched slightly, the elder stood ten zhang away from Ye Feng, cupping his hands and speaking in a deep voice. "I am from the Tianji Pavilion. May I ask if Young Master Li requires assistance?" Ye Feng's eyes flickered. He cast a sideways glance toward the west, a sneer curling at the corner of his lips. "Wait here for me!" *Boom!* The space beneath his feet collapsed. In an instant, Ye Feng appeared ten thousand zhang away, and a golden sword beam flashed across the heavens. Moments later, Ye Feng returned carrying a severed head. Looking at the old man, he said in a deep voice, "Follow me inside first."