Chapter 412: Avenge Him!

"Lu Chong!"

Immersed in the heart-tempering of the teacher's seal, he heard an urgent shout, and then saw Lu Chong pierced through by a sword. Zhang Xuan's mind exploded, and the rims of his eyes reddened.

This student, though the last he had come to know, held the highest trust and the most sincere feelings for him.

"Die!"

With a roar, his mind shook, and a golden book abruptly appeared.

A power that seemed to collapse the world suddenly emerged. The heavens and earth gathered wind and clouds, and the book, heavy as a great mountain, directly landed on Commander Liang's head.

Crack!

Without any pause, his head became a watermelon under a hammer, exploding into pieces. Under the violent impact, a pit hundreds of meters deep and wide appeared in the entire mountain hollow.

"What?"

Ding Mu, Lin Long, and the others, who were hiding to one side and preparing to strike again, never expected that Commander Liang, a late-stage Supreme, would be smashed to dust by something emerging from the opponent's body. They turned pale with fright and nearly fainted.

They had guessed that this Zhang Xuan must have a protective artifact bestowed by Teacher Yang, but they never imagined it would be so terrifying!

To create such a large pit with one smash—even a Mortal Transformation Realm expert could not do it.

"Flee..."

Knowing they could not withstand it, Ding Mu abandoned everyone and turned to flee without a moment's pause.

The beast tamer Zhou Jin also followed closely behind.

Both had reached the Supreme level and were extremely fast. In the span of two breaths, they became a white line, escaping over a hundred meters.

"Your Highness, wait for me..."

Lin Long, not expecting her husband and greatest backer to turn and run without even a word, turned pale and hurriedly chased after him.

"Die..."

With bloodshot eyes, Zhang Xuan saw someone running out from behind the rocks and knew it was their scheme. He let out a long roar, and the golden book hovering in the air smashed down again.

Boom!

The earth cracked and mountains crumbled. Several hundred meters around were flattened again. Lin Long was crushed beneath, turned into meat paste. Ding Mu and Zhou Jin, having fled faster, barely escaped disaster.

"Ah..."

"Quick, mount the savage beast! Quick!"

Seeing the scene behind them, the two trembled all over with fear. Forgetting the Crown Princess, forgetting their loved ones, they leaped onto the back of the Lightning Golden Scale Beast and flew straight ahead.

Zhang Xuan's magical artifact was too fierce. It could easily crush even a Mortal Transformation Realm expert, let alone them.

If they did not flee now, death was the only outcome.

"Die!"

Amid his roar, Zhang Xuan was about to control the golden book to kill these two men and the beast on the spot when he heard a "hum!" The book vanished, and then a great wave of fatigue surged over him, making his mind drowsy and on the verge of fainting.

"Lu Chong..."

Knowing that the mid-stage Supreme beast was flying and could no longer be caught up, Zhang Xuan suppressed the dizziness in his head and looked at this student before him.

This student, whose face was resolute, who had endured two years of silence for revenge, who had taken poison to improve his strength, surviving against all odds without regret, now had his eyes tightly shut and had lost consciousness.

Yet, as if seeing that his teacher was safe, even though he could no longer open his eyes, a smile lingered at the corners of his mouth.

His hands still tightly gripped the longsword thrust into his chest, refusing to let go in life or death.

It seemed to say, even if I die...

As long as my teacher is safe... that's enough!

"Heavenly Dao True Qi can heal all injuries; you'll be fine..."

Tears streaming down, Zhang Xuan grasped the other's hand, and the Heavenly Dao True Qi within him surged wildly into it.

"T-Teacher, how did you know I wanted revenge?"

"Please teach me, Teacher Liu..."

"You cannot harm him, because... he is my master!"

...

Recalling every bit of his time with the youth, Zhang Xuan trembled from the depths of his heart.

During the two years of 'muteness,' Lu Chong rarely spoke; in the time they spent together, there were only a few words, nothing but a determined gaze and a steady back...

To take revenge, he knelt at the academy for seven days and seven nights without uttering a single word; he tempered his poison body, never crying out in pain no matter how agonizing, never retreating an inch; knowing full well the Lin family's power, he still charged forward...

This youth, unwilling to speak yet persistent, gave off a cold impression, but in truth, his heart was the softest.

Otherwise, he could not have stood in front, preferring to die himself rather than let his teacher suffer any harm!

Lu Chong, my student, it was the teacher who failed to protect you!

Wake up quickly, give your teacher a chance to make amends...

Heavenly Dao true qi poured in wildly as if free, yet Lu Chong's thin but resolute figure remained motionless, without any response.

...

Seeing the young man before her acting as if mad, Mo Yu's face turned pale.

The scene just now had been too swift; though she saw it with her own eyes, there was nothing she could do. She had thought this time would surely end in disaster.

She never imagined that a student would willingly give his life for him.

Clenching her delicate fists, she hurried forward.

"Zhang Xuan!"

She called out, but there was no response.

"Zhang Xuan..."

She called again, and only then did the most dazzling genius of Tianwu Royal City look up with vacant eyes, as if his soul had been lost.

"Don't worry, your medical skills are unmatched. Perhaps... Lu Chong will be fine!"

A pang of pain in his heart, Mo Yu couldn't help saying.

"Right, I have medical skills..."

Reminded by the other, Zhang Xuan finally snapped out of it, his dazed eyes refocusing.

Exactly!

He not only had medical skills, but also the Library of Heaven's Path!

Under Heaven's Path, nothing could hide. As long as he wasn't reduced to powder, there should be a way!

His eyes lit up, regaining their luster.

"Flaws!"

He murmured inwardly, and a book appeared in his mind. He hurriedly opened it.

"There's still hope..."

Glancing at the contents, his whole body trembled, and Zhang Xuan's face flushed bright red.

He had thought that being pierced through the chest by a supreme expert's sword meant certain death, but unexpectedly, there was still a trace of breath.

The book was densely packed with various flaws. The meridians inside Lu Chong's body had been almost completely shattered by the supreme expert's true energy, and his internal organs were severely damaged. For anyone else, such a situation would surely have meant death.

However, having cultivated the Heavenly Dao Golden Body and Poison Body, his physical body was several times stronger than an ordinary person's. Coupled with the timely infusion of Heavenly Dao true energy, a sliver of life was preserved.

"First, repair the meridians and internal organs!"

Having absorbed all the books from the Physician Guild into his mind, comprehending and understanding them, even without the library, Zhang Xuan's medical skills were no less than those of a three-star physician. He knew that the current priority was to repair the other's physical injuries.

Without further ado, he let the Heavenly Dao true energy flow slowly through the other's body, mending the damaged meridians and tissues.

At the same time, he took out a healing pill and fed it to him.

After looting the Lin family, there were plenty of such healing medicines in his storage ring. Even if he used all of them, it would be nothing as long as it could wake the other up.

"Zhang Xuan..."

Seeing the young man regain his composure and begin treatment, Mo Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief. He looked down and his pupils contracted.

Lu Chong's wound, under the infusion of the other's true energy, was visibly healing. His previously pale face from blood loss also became ruddy. Although still unconscious, outwardly, he looked no different from before he was injured.

"Repairing the body entirely with just true energy?"

His body trembling, Mo Yu found it hard to believe.

Although he had seen the young man perform medical skills before, it was almost always with silver needles and then prescribing pill formulas or herbal recipes.

To be able to repair injuries and mend meridians like this... how pure must his true energy be?

"Could it be... true energy of the top three grades?"

His pupils contracted.

True energy of the top three grades, extremely pure, could heal wounds and unblock obstructions in meridians... He had thought it was only in legends, but unexpectedly, he was witnessing it with his own eyes.

How powerful must Teacher Yang be to be able to teach a technique that cultivates such true qi?

No wonder he could make Teacher Su and Teacher Ling willingly fight for him!

Huh!

After repairing the last meridian on Lu Chong's body, Zhang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

A new book formed in his mind again. He glanced at it, his face turning ashen.

"Teacher, how is Lu Chong?" Zhao Ya couldn't help but look over.

"There's no major problem with his body, but his consciousness has fallen into a deep sleep. I don't know when he will wake up!"

The damage Lu Chong had sustained was too severe. Even though the Heaven's Path true qi was unmatched in power and could fully restore his physical injuries, it was powerless against his consciousness.

In other words, he was now like a vegetable. He might wake up tomorrow, or he might never wake up at all.

"Then what should we do?" Zhao Ya asked again.

"I don't know either!"

Shaking his head, Zhang Xuan once again showed a look of desolation.

Although he had turned all the books in the Physician Guild into his own knowledge, he still couldn't think of a good solution for this situation.

Blocked meridians, physical disabilities, inability to break through... the Heaven's Path true qi could heal all of that, but consciousness belonged to the soul, mysterious and profound. No matter how heaven-defying the Heaven's Path true qi was, what help could it be?

"If we can't do anything, maybe Teacher Yang can treat him!" Mo Yu couldn't help but interject.

"Teacher Yang?"

Zhang Xuan's face turned ugly.

Teacher Yang... was fake, non-existent.

He was that 'expert.' If he himself had no way, then the other party had no way either.

"I've heard that master teachers above the seventh rank can not only change people's behavior with words but also influence consciousness and search souls. Lu Chong is just in a deep sleep. If there were a master teacher of that level who could enter his sea of consciousness, perhaps they could wake him up!"

Mo Yu continued.

"Influence consciousness, search souls?" Zhang Xuan clenched his fists.

As she said, Lu Chong's consciousness was merely asleep. If someone could truly enter his sea of consciousness, they might indeed wake him.

"Yes, though I heard this from others. The higher the master teacher's rank, the more methods they have. We can't think of a solution, but that doesn't mean higher-level ones don't..."

Mo Yu said.

"That's right!" Zhang Xuan nodded.

For instance, with his innate fetal poison, the Tianxuan Royal City and the Poison Hall had no solution, but the Master Teacher Academy did. Though it was still difficult, at least it gave them a direction.

Lu Chong's current situation was beyond his ability, but as his level increased and he read more books, perhaps a better method would emerge.

"I will seek out a powerful master teacher. But before that..."

Thinking this, he felt somewhat reassured. Zhang Xuan's eyes narrowed, and a murderous intent surged from within him like a raging tide, drowning heaven and earth.

"I must first... avenge him!"