Chapter 140

Chapter 140 The old doctor’s method, the innate field!

Not long ago, on the city wall some distance from the city gate,

two individuals were also observing the movements at the gate. They were Wei Shanhai and Wei Xinghe.

Their position was strategic.

Located at a corner, they not only avoided Wang Cangyi’s line of sight but also fell outside his innate senses.

Even the innate realm’s Qi sensing has its limits.

Beyond a certain distance, it ceases to be sensed.

By deliberately restraining their aura, this distance could be shortened to around a hundred meters.

Wei Shanhai, having grown up in Cang County, was familiar with the city’s layout.

Finding a position that would avoid Wang Cangyi’s line of sight and senses while still allowing him to observe the movements at the city gate was easy.

So, while everyone was wondering why the Wei family members hadn’t appeared yet,

they didn’t realize that Wei Shanhai and Wei Xinghe had already arrived at the city wall, lurking.

As a result, they also witnessed the battle between Lu Qing and the burly man.

While shocked, they also saw an opportunity.

The burly man was gravely wounded, temporarily depriving the Tiancang Sect of a Grandmaster-level warrior.

This presented the perfect opportunity to retrieve Ningyan and Zi’an.

After a brief discussion, the two men immediately engaged, dashing around the corner toward the ox cart.

However, their explosive momentum immediately caught Wang Cangyi’s attention.

Overjoyed, he leaped from the city gate, his sword pointed at Wei Shanhai.

“Xinghe, hurry! I can only hold him off for half a quarter of an hour!”

Wei Shanhai, sensing Wang Cangyi’s unleashed might, felt a change in expression. He exerted force on his palm, using soft energy to send Wei Xinghe toward the ox cart.

Then, a surge of might erupted from him.

“Hahaha, Wang Cangyi, our century-long feud should finally be settled. Let me see just how much progress you’ve made in these past hundred years!”

Wei Shanhai roared with laughter as he watched Wang Cangyi lunge. A long sword suddenly materialized in his hand, and he slashed down.

A fiery red blade of energy pierced the air, soaring towards Wang Cangyi.

At the same time, he roared, “Silver Moon Guards, form a formation, charge!”

The sound resonated ten miles away, audible throughout the entire county.

Chief Steward Wei, who was bracing himself at the Wei Mansion, suddenly grew solemn upon hearing this.

He pointed his spear forward, “Men, follow me!”

“Yes!”

The gates of the Wei Mansion opened, and, led by Chief Steward Wei, the Silver Moon Guards rode out in a stream, like a long, silver dragon, swiftly charging towards the city gate.

In just over ten breaths, they reached the gate.

“Anyone who stands in my way will die!”

Arriving at the gate, Chief Steward Wei saw a number of Tiancang Sect disciples still blocking the entrance. His gaze sternly shifted, his aura connecting with the Silver Moon Guards behind him.

With a jolt of his spear, he charged forward. Chief Steward Wei’s momentum had been steadily building from the previous charge.

Now, combined with his aura and the battle formation, the power of this spear reached a peak.

Even a martial arts master at the perfected Inner Viscera realm would be unable to withstand his onslaught.

The strongest of the Tiancang Sect disciples blocking the gate had barely reached the Inner Viscera Realm. How could they dare face this terrifying battle formation head-on? They practically scrambled to get out of the city gate.

Those who ran slower were whipped by Grand Steward Wei, sending them spitting blood and flying, their bones shattered and tendons torn, their lives uncertain.

In a flash, Grand Steward Wei, with his unstoppable momentum, and a host of Silver Moon Guards had burst through the city gate and reached the outer reaches.

“How did they get out so easily?”

Grand Steward Wei, having successfully escaped, was surprised.

Having been waiting in the mansion, he had no idea what was happening outside.

But the expected resistance hadn’t appeared.

The martial arts master he had clashed with had also failed to make a move.

This gave him a sense of aversion.

“Is this a trick?”

Just as Grand Steward Wei was on guard,

he suddenly felt a surge of air, accompanied by a powerful pressure, coming towards him.

The startled horse beneath him neighed.

He glanced forward, only to see two figures engaged in combat.

Red blades and white sword energy intertwined, their occasional collisions releasing a glimmer of power that sent shockwaves through everyone’s heart.

“Grandmaster!”

Chief Steward Wei exclaimed in surprise, recognizing the combatants.

“Don’t worry about me. Escort Ningyan and the others into the city first!”

Wei Shanhai shouted.

“Yes!”

In a split second, Chief Steward Wei had spotted Madam Wei and the others. With a flick of his spear, he turned his horse and galloped towards the ox cart with the Silver Moon Guards.

Meanwhile, on the ox cart, Madam Wei and Wei Zi’an were overwhelmed by the joy of their reunion.

“Dad!”

Wei Zi’an, upon seeing Wei Xinghe arrive, immediately rushed over.

Madam Wei, her eyes welling with tears, gazed at her husband.

“Good, very good, you’re all fine,”

Wei Xinghe’s expression was equally agitated, but he knew now was not the time to speak.

Hearing the clatter of approaching horses behind him, he bowed deeply to Lu Qing and the others.

“Thank you all for escorting my wife and children safely home. Please come with me back to the mansion so I can express my gratitude.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Chief Steward Wei and his Silver Moon Guards had already surrounded the ox cart, protecting it from the center.

Ma Gu immediately looked at Lu Qing.

Lu Qing, who had just finished regulating his breathing, smiled and said, “Then I shall obey your command. Master, let us enter the city.”

“Okay,”

the old doctor nodded.

Gently guiding the ox’s head, he drove the cart toward the city gate.

“Young Master Lu! Ma Gu, Miss Xiaoyan?”

Only then did Chief Steward Wei see that it was Lu Qing and Ma Gu beside the ox cart, and even Xiaoyan was aboard.

As for the old man driving the cart, though his face was obscured by his conical hat, Lu Qing could only call him Master.

These were the people who had escorted the Madam and the Young Master back?

What was going on?

For a moment, Chief Steward Wei’s thoughts were in a state of disarray.

If it weren’t for the need to maintain the Silver Moon Battle Formation, he would have been compelled to find out what was going on.

The old doctor drove the ox cart toward the city gate. To speed things up, he channeled a stream of innate true energy into the ox.

With this boost, the ox, as if taking a tonic, took off, running straight toward the city gate.

Its speed was surprisingly no slower than that of an ordinary galloping horse.

However, when they were halfway through the journey, just as they were about to reach the city gate,

suddenly, with a bang, a figure landed heavily in front of Lu Qing and the others. It was none other than Wei Shanhai.

“Grandfather!”

Wei Xinghe and the others exclaimed in surprise.

Didn’t the ancestor say that he could hold on for half a quarter of an hour? How long had it been?

Wei Shanhai was in a very miserable state at this moment.

His hair was disheveled, his clothes were torn, and there were several deep scars on his body

that could be seen to the bone. “Hahahaha, Wei Shanhai, your injuries really haven’t healed yet. You have to use your true energy to suppress the sword energy I left in your heart meridian. With your current strength, you can only exert 30% of your full strength. How can you be my opponent!”

Wang Cang walked towards this side step by step, holding a long sword in one hand.

The terrifying innate pressure suppressed everyone’s heart.

But he was completely unharmed, not even his clothes were messy.

“Humph! If you hadn’t used a sneak attack that day, how could you be my opponent, despicable villain, I used to be brothers with you, but now I feel like vomiting when I think about it!”

Although he was seriously injured, Wei Shanhai did not show any weakness and sneered and mocked.

“Don’t flatter yourself. You couldn’t defeat me once back then, and even in your prime, you’d still be no match for me. Besides, the victors take the spoils. If there’s a way to defeat you that’s easier, why wouldn’t I use it?”

Wang Cangyi remained calm, unperturbed by his former friend’s words.

“In the final analysis, you were afraid I’d already mastered that thing, so you only dared to attack from the back. And it’s my fault for being blind. I still harbored illusions, thinking you still remembered our friendship. I never expected you to change, and you’ve always been the same hypocritical person you were back then.”

Wei Shanhai sneered.

“Stop the nonsense. Are you going to hand over that thing or not?”

Wang Cangyi, unwilling to engage in further argument, barked coldly.

“Don’t dream on! You’ll never get that thing. I’d rather die than give it to you!”

“Since that’s the case, I’ll kill you first, then slaughter your entire Wei family. I don’t believe I can’t find it!”

Wang Cangyi’s eyes were fierce. He raised his hand and slashed at Wei Shanhai with an incredibly sharp sword energy.

“I wonder how you can dodge this sword!”

Behind Wei Shanhai was the entire Silver Moon Battle Formation, along with Madam Wei and the others.

If he dodged, the sword energy would rip the entire formation apart.

Who knows how many people would be killed or injured.

Wei Shanhai, understanding all this, smiled bitterly.

He knew he had no choice.

He forced himself to gather his energy, concentrating a red blade light.

But he knew that this blade light alone could not withstand Wang Cangyi’s full-strength sword energy.

As his mind method activated, the true energy in his heart meridian that had been suppressing the sword energy also surged, wanting to be fully channeled into the blade light.

However, this also caused the sword energy within him to surge, threatening to completely destroy his heart meridians.

“Absolutely not!”

At that moment, a hand appeared at Wei Shanhai’s back.

A gentle breath entered his body, calming the agitated sword energy within his heart meridians.

Simultaneously, a stream of water, misty, and a transparent, swirling stream appeared before Wei Shanhai, heading towards the white sword energy.

The incredibly sharp white sword energy, encountering this current, was like a fish entering a river, completely trapped, unable to escape.

Finally, strangled by the swirling current, it collapsed and dissipated.

This sudden scene shocked everyone.

Even Wang Cangyi couldn’t help but feel his pupils shrink.

“Old doctor?!”

Madam Wei and the others cried out in shock when they saw who had attacked.

The old doctor, who had been sitting at the front of the ox cart, had vanished and appeared behind Wei Shanhai.

One hand pressed against Wei Shanhai’s back, the other finger formed into a sword, pointing forward.

The earlier stream of water was caused by him.

“Old man, your heart meridian is injured. Do not use your Qi recklessly, or the injury will flare up and your heart

meridian will be unable to withstand it.” After stabilizing Wei Shanhai’s wound, which was on the verge of exploding, the old doctor released his hand from his back and spoke gently.

“Thank you for your help, sir.”

Wei Shanhai stared at the old doctor in a daze, and it took him several breaths to react. He hurriedly thanked him.

But the shock he felt was beyond words.

Not only was Wang Cangyi’s full-strength sword energy so easily neutralized

by the old doctor, but also the restlessness within him, the sword wound that threatened to erupt, was calmed down with such ease by the old doctor. Saving

lives with one hand, fighting the enemy with the other.

The realm and demeanor displayed by the old man in that moment

made Wei Shanhai feel awe-inspiring.

Yet, from his perception, the old man’s cultivation and Qi were clearly far inferior to his own.

For a moment, the old doctor was suddenly shrouded in mystery in Wei Shanhai’s eyes, becoming unfathomable.

Wang Cangyi shared the same feeling.

At this moment, Wang Cangyi was equally surprised.

He had not expected that the sword energy he exerted with almost all his strength would be dissolved by someone whose cultivation was obviously weaker than his.

Moreover, the other party did not seem to be struggling at all.

In an instant, Wang Cangyi’s fear of the old doctor increased sharply.

“Have you made up your mind to become an enemy of me?”

Wang Cangyi looked at the old doctor with a gloomy face and said in a deep voice.

“I, old man, have no intention of making enemies with anyone. I just hope that you can show mercy and not commit murder in vain.”

The old doctor said sincerely.

“My hatred for the Wei family is unbreakable. If you don’t step aside, old man, you’ll become my enemy, Wang Cangyi, and I’ll kill you too!”

At this point, Wang Cangyi couldn’t possibly listen. Seeing the old doctor’s insistence on intervening, his anger surged.

His eyes darkened, and his innate Qi rapidly circulated within him. His aura surged again, suffocating everyone in front of him.

Under this terrifying pressure, Wang Cangyi swung his longsword, and a mighty burst of sword energy erupted, sweeping towards the old doctor and Wei Shanhai.

This time, Wang Cangyi held nothing back, unleashing his full might.

He sought only to crush the old doctor’s mysterious innate realm in one blow.

Facing this surging innate sword energy, the old doctor’s expression was solemn. He formed his fingers into a sword and slowly thrust it out.

With this sword gesture, the surrounding heaven and earth’s vital energy surged and gathered, filling the air with water vapor and countless water droplets appearing out of thin air.

“Freeze.”

Following the old doctor’s soft shout, the entire space seemed to freeze.

Countless water droplets, along with the sword energy that filled the sky, were condensed in the air, unable to move.

“Break!”

After freezing all the sword energy, the old doctor shouted again, and the countless water droplets suddenly turned into sword shapes, flying towards the sword energy that filled the sky

. Each droplet of water corresponded to a sword energy, neither too many nor too few, and neither too strong nor too weak, just enough to offset and dissolve the sword energy. When all the sword energy disappeared, the water vapor dissipated, the sky became clear, and everything returned to calm.

It was as if everything that had just happened was just an illusion and had never happened.

But everyone knew that the scene just now was definitely not an illusion.

The terrifying innate power still shocked everyone’s minds.

Everyone was extremely shocked by the old doctor’s miraculous means.

Wang Cangyi showed an expression of disbelief.

He murmured: “Innate realm, turning the virtual into reality, how is this possible?”

(End of this chapter)