"The Le family experts would come to protect His Majesty..." Le Youran said with some difficulty.
That's right, it seemed more and more people were gathering around Ning Zhiyuan, but they had no intention of helping because they felt they shouldn't act at this time. One careless moment and they might be affected by the Qilin Smoke, making them useless.
Just then, a change occurred in Le Youran's battle situation!
Sister Hong's hands suddenly turned red as she struck toward Le Youran. Just as Le Youran was about to block...
"Le Youran, retreat quickly! You can't touch her hands!!" Xiaoyao roared.
If it were someone else, they might hesitate. Did they need to listen to Xiaoyao, someone who hadn't even broken through basic skills? Even if they would listen, they would still hesitate somewhat.
But Le Youran didn't hesitate. She trusted Xiaoyao. Through two years of contact, she was very certain of Xiaoyao's insight into martial techniques. It was precisely because of Le Youran's unhesitating response that she saved her hands.
"Hmph, Mr. Xiaoyao, it seems you are our biggest obstacle today!" Sister Hong looked at Xiaoyao coldly. She now felt that Xiaoyao's existence was their greatest obstacle. She could have successfully taken down Le Youran just now, but unexpectedly Xiaoyao's single sentence had resolved the situation.
"Don't say that! I'm not an obstacle. As long as you don't come through me, just take a detour." Xiaoyao immediately said.
Kid, you're trying to distance yourself again. Don't think you can escape like this. What you've done today has seriously hindered others - they won't forget you!
But unexpectedly, you little guy actually have so many uses and can resolve these crises one by one!
Looking at Xiaoyao, Ning Zhiyuan felt Xiaoyao was completely a treasure - too useful!!
"Le Youran, put on gauntlets. Her Crimson Refining Hands can't be touched - they're poisonous and somewhat corrosive. Try to avoid direct contact with her hands!" Xiaoyao didn't pay attention to anything else and directly told Le Youran.
"How do you know about Crimson Refining Hands?" At this moment, Sister Hong was very surprised. She had originally thought Xiaoyao just sensed something abnormal and warned Le Youran, but unexpectedly Xiaoyao actually knew the name of her technique. First it was Heavenly Demon Sound, now this again - this was definitely not a coincidence.
Could he have investigated us? No, impossible. There couldn't be a traitor among us!!
"Such an obvious thing - anyone can see it!! You have Heavenly Demon Sound and Crimson Refining Hands, plus your martial arts style - you're from the Demon Cult. I just can't tell which sect specifically." Xiaoyao looked at Sister Hong and said indifferently.
"Demon Cult?! So it's the Demon Cult! No wonder they have such strong power, no wonder they dare to attempt assassination!"
After hearing Xiaoyao's words, everyone immediately thought of a terrifying existence that could also explain everything before them!!
The Demon Cult was a sect that transcended nations. It had attempted to seize the entire continent more than once, plunging the whole continent into crisis, because the Demon Cult's power was inconceivably strong - even the Ten Great Sects couldn't compare to it.
According to legend, this was merely the work of the Demon Cult's thirty-six branches. The true Demon Cult headquarters had never moved - never at all. No one knew what the Demon Cult headquarters was like or who was inside, not even the thirty-six branches knew.
On the continent, Demon Cult activities hadn't occurred for hundreds of years - at least no major actions!
Today, the Demon Cult wanting to assassinate Ning Zhiyuan was information that the Demon Cult was moving again. The continent was going to be turbulent!!
"Correct, we are a Demon Cult branch - Immortal Sound Valley. I'm not afraid of you coming to cause trouble, as long as you dare!!" Sister Hong looked at Xiaoyao coldly. She increasingly discovered Xiaoyao's incredibleness.
Her words were also fact. Only the Demon Cult dared speak like this. Even having offended the Great Tang Empire, the world's greatest empire, they wouldn't be afraid and wouldn't fear the Great Tang Empire's retaliation.
Actually, it was simple. Originally, the Demon Cult and these continental nations were mortal enemies. Whether they said it or not, others would retaliate - the result was the same!!
"Don't worry, I won't trouble you. I'm a peace-loving person." Xiaoyao immediately expressed his position, the meaning in his words also saying you shouldn't trouble me either.
"You can also rest assured. We like peace-loving people and would invite such people to be our guests."
"Ah, don't be so polite. We're not familiar with each other - I'll pass on being a guest!"
"Once strangers, twice acquaintances!" Sister Hong said indifferently.
"I'm not that casual a person. Please have some self-respect!" Xiaoyao said very seriously.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then couldn't help laughing. This kid's way of speaking was too interesting. These words were very misleading, and Sister Hong's words originally contained things that could be misunderstood, so she couldn't refute anything.
"Hmph, you just be careful!"
"I advise you not to fight anymore. The smoke will dissipate soon, and then you'll have difficulty escaping!" Xiaoyao suddenly reminded them.
"Don't worry about that. We have escape routes, and we still have attack capabilities!!" Hei Xue said at this moment.
"Then hurry up. I still need to check on Imperial Aunt later. You must have done something to her, right?" Xiaoyao looked at Hei Xue and asked.
"Nothing much, just used Heavenly Demon Sound to make her sleep." Hei Xue said.
"Oh, so she's not going crazy! Heavenly Demon Sound can also hypnotize, but for absolute experts, even if successful, it won't last too long. I just need to have this little glutton wake her up, and she can wake up immediately - won't take more than a few minutes!" While speaking, Xiaoyao threw Chi Chi out. At this moment, compared to devouring smoke, waking up the Eldest Princess was more important.
"Go ahead. Do you think we have no defenses against others waking her? With just your little monster beast - don't even think about it!" Hei Xue said indifferently.
Really? That's because you don't know Chi Chi's abilities. When it wants to break through somewhere, no one can stop it.
"Let you experience Heavenly Demon Sound again!!" Hei Xue didn't mind Xiaoyao and began using her Heavenly Demon Sound. This time, she wasn't singing but making sounds that made people's emotions unstable and produced irritation.
This had no effect on the Young Miss and others, but it prevented those resisting the Qilin Smoke from maintaining their mental state. They were invaded by the Qilin Smoke and immediately a large group collapsed.
Hei Xue's timing for starting Heavenly Demon Sound was very particular, because those people had already been resisting for quite some time and were somewhat weakened. At the same time, some Qilin Smoke had penetrated through their skin, naturally making it easier for Hei Xue's Heavenly Demon Sound to succeed.
Next, Hei Xue's Heavenly Demon Sound began attacking the Young Miss and others, helping those assassins and Sister Hong. This type of Heavenly Demon Sound changed again - it was gradual infiltration that made people's reactions slightly slower. In combat, being slightly slower in reaction, even just a little bit, could be fatal.
"Xiaoyao, think of something quickly!" the Young Miss shouted at Xiaoyao.
"Alright, let me see if my cultivation is sufficient!" Xiaoyao frowned, then began chanting the Diamond Sutra. That serene and peaceful Buddhist music immediately changed the color of the entire world. Everyone even felt the smoke before them had disappeared, and their bodies and minds began to become pure and clean.
Some people affected by the Qilin Smoke even discovered they could move!
What exactly was this? Could Buddhist music really detoxify and cure illness? This was too incredible. Why hadn't we felt this before? Why did the Diamond Sutra chanted from his mouth have such wonderful effects?
Actually, this was all psychological effect, and Xiaoyao was using exactly this point. Sometimes psychological effects were more effective than direct medication and could also achieve healing effects. This was why some believers could recover without medicine - because they believed in themselves. But those who could achieve this were never ordinary people, and not all could successfully recover without medicine.
Therefore, ordinary people should still see doctors when sick and take medicine when they should, otherwise they would only regret it for life!!
"Impossible! My Heavenly Demon Sound was actually broken like this!!"
Seeing everyone's condition and the Young Miss and others' recovery, Hei Xue couldn't quite believe it. How could she believe that Xiaoyao had broken her Heavenly Demon Sound, which she had painstakingly cultivated for so many years, merely by chanting the Diamond Sutra?
"You really are the biggest stumbling block!" Sister Hong looked at Xiaoyao with murderous intent. If she could kill Xiaoyao now, she would do so without hesitation. However, she didn't have this option currently - she was entangled by Le Youran.
What made Sister Hong feel depressed was that although Le Youran was considerably weaker than her, she couldn't shake her off. Every time her attacks were dodged by Le Youran, and Le Youran's attacks always hit her weak points, forcing her to defend.
All of this wasn't Le Youran's own strength, but because Xiaoyao was talking on the side. He actually had time to gesture out techniques, directing Le Youran's offense and defense.
What Sister Hong couldn't understand was that she couldn't comprehend Xiaoyao's gestures at all, and they didn't seem related to Le Youran's subsequent moves either. How exactly did Le Youran understand them?
"Ah..."
Ning Xin'er's cry of alarm - her hand seemed to have been cut with a wound. It appeared she was somewhat overwhelmed trying to block those people. Princess Ning Ying was the same. They were outnumbered and had done well to resist this long.
At this moment, Ning Zhiyuan immediately went up, and the Empress followed closely behind him. After the two joined the battle, the situation eased somewhat. With Ning Zhiyuan's participation, others also began joining. Even the emperor was fighting - what reason did they have to stay on the sidelines? Even if their cultivation couldn't be fully displayed now, they had to participate.
(End of Chapter)