Chapter 336: Urgent.
Hao Ren picked up the call and Han Ming spoke nervously, "Master Hao, just now, Bai Yulong called, and he said that at the next full moon night, he will take away Lingshi."
Hao Ren clenched his fist and asked, "When is the next full moon?"
Han Ming gulped and replied, "Tomorrow."
Hao Ren took a deep breath and replied, "I understand, I will handle it, don't worry."
Han Ming wanted to say something when Hao Ren said, "Make sure that everyone is home in the morning tomorrow, I will bring the antidote of the poison."
That said he disconnected the call, and looked at Yue Shiba before he said, "Do you need me to take you back home?"
Yue Shiba nodded and said, "I would be grateful."
Hao Ren took her hand from her wrist and vanished from the spot. He appeared on the Destroyer from earlier, and found the captain. Then after informing him about the situation, Hao Ren vanished once more. After a few minutes, they landed outside the dormitory. Hao Ren said, "Call Yan, and go back."
Yue Shiba nodded, and called Yan, the other person seemed to be very confused and quickly came down. He found Hao Ren standing on the side staring at the void. Yue Shiba greeted Hao Ren and they left.
Everything was moving at a much faster pace. Hao Ren looked at his impression bar, their were only a few points left to fill it completely. He sighed and went back to his room, before taking out the material for the pill. He waved his hands and the herbs began to float in the void around him.
Hao Ren made a few seals and his spiritual energy began to squeeze the herbs at a high pressure, extracting all the essence. Then he made another set of seals to condense the spiritual energy into four balls of fire. The flames refined and evaporated all the impurities.
The process lasted for two hours before Hao Ren took out the vial of blood from the system inventory. He then dropped the five drops of blood and waved his hand to mix them with the essence floating in the void. The mixture was bubbling, and Hao Ren was getting anxious, but as soon as the elements balanced with each other, the mixture calmed down, and Hao Ren made a seal to collect the mix into a pill shape.
Hao Ren sighed, he collected the azure green pill in his system inventory as he did not have a jade bottle on him. He thought for a second and vanished from his position. He was heading to the forest nearby, if Bai Yulong was forcing Han Lingshi so abruptly then something must be up.
Hao Ren did not know want to risk anything and tonight he was going to push his realm even further. The young man reached the forest and began to cultivate. He was using the Sutra to the fullest and the spiritual energy vortex above his head had become so big that it called forth a storm that shocked the entire capital city.
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Bai Yulong was leaning against the wall, with a cold light flickering in his eyes. Just a few minutes ago, he was hurt and his meridians were injured. To recover from the injury he had to absorb the essence of his cauldrons, the girls that he has been using as cows to extract Yin energy from them.
Tonight, seventeen cauldrons were destroyed to heal him, this left him with a very chaotic state of mind and also his body was filled with energy that wasn't pure enough as well. His foundation was harmed and Bai Yulong pinned all this on Hao Ren.
In a fit of rage he demanded that Han Ming hand over his daughter in the noon tomorrow. Bai Yulong clenched his fist and said, "Hao Ren, you could have found anyone in the world, but you tried to lay hands on my things. I will destroy her before your eyes, and it will be on you."
He punched void and caused the wall to erupt, leaving a big hole there.
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Hao Ren spent the entire night cultivating and his realm was elevated a little, the young man cared more about protecting Han Lingshi than fighting Bai Yulong. It was not a doubt that Bai Yulong will die, because he dared to plant poison in her heart, but it was important to heal the girl before anything.
The sun rose in the sky, and Hao Ren was lost in his cultivation, it was ten in the morning when he opened his eyes and moved towards Han Mansion. With his speed it did not take long for him to reach the location and when he sensed something and his eyes turned cold.
He walked in and found the guards on the ground, not killed but they were unconscious. Hao Ren came to the living room and found Han Ming kneeling before Bai Yulong kowtowing, and the rest of the family was frozen stiff on the side. Han Lingshi watched all this while Bai Yulong forcefully hugged her.
Bai Yulong chuckled and said, "I did not think you would be coming over so soon."
Hao Ren flickered from his position and said, "Hmmm, well, let her go."
Bai Yulong smiled and looked at Hao Ren who appeared before him, and asked, "Why should I? Because you said so?"
Hao Ren nodded and used his hypnotic skill as he said, "Yes, because I said so."
Bai Yulong was in a daze for a second and took his hand off from Han Lingshi's shoulder, who dashed away and stood behind Hao Ren. In this entire room, she could have gone anywhere but she moved towards Hao Ren, it was because of the innate sense of protection that he gave her.
Bai Yulong woke up and clenched his fist, but he did not lose his temper and said, "Do you think that just because she chose you over me, she is yours?"
Hao Ren did not reply, he just wanted to see what this guy would do. Bai Yulong chuckled and said, "If she is not mine, she won't belong to anyone else either."
That said, he snapped his fingers, and all of the Han Family members, Old Master Han, Old Lady Gao, Yue Shi, and Han Ming fell down on the ground shivering and convulsing as they were assaulted by bouts of soul tearing pain.
Han Lingshi was panicked and quickly asked, "What did you do?"
She dashed over to her mother's side and knelt beside her checking on her, and then to her grandmother and grandfather. She was crying, and Bai Yulong chuckled manically. He asked, "Do you want it to stop? Surrender yourself to me."
Han Lingshi raised her head, her mental fortitude was in tatters, and she was about to say yes, because even if she could hide behind Hao Ren, he was still a kid, how could he save her. However, in that exact moment, Hao Ren walked over to Han Ming, and took out a pill before forcing it down his throat, and then he went to the rest of the people.
He did not speak and just gave them the pills. Bai Yulong was surprised and then he narrowed his gaze as he asked, "What did you give them?"
Hao Ren replied, "The antidote."
Bai Yulong yelled, "Impossible! You are just fooling with us here, aren't you? How can you find out the antidote? Ridiculous."
Hao Ren looked at Bai Yulong and said, "You told me on the birthday party."
Bai Yulong was shocked, he could not understand when this happened. Hao Ren shook his head and said, "Don't think too much or your brain will turn to mush."
Bai Yulong clenched his fist and dashed towards Hao Ren. The young man caught the fist and sighed as he said, "Well, your spiritual energy and realm both are in chaos, yet you want to fight with me? Did you think that this much would be enough to save you?"
Bai Yulong was shocked, and then he calmed down and chuckled as he said, "I knew you were stronger than me, after all you have accomplished the things that I did after two hundred years with just fourteen. I knew I was no match for you, but you have a chink in your armor, genius."
Hao Ren raised his brow, and then he heard Yue Shi exclaim, "Lingling!"
Hao Ren sensed with his divine sense, and found Han Lingshi fallen on the ground and her face turning pale. Hao Ren delivered a punch directly to Bai Yulong's abdomen, disabling his cultivation and crippling him.
Bai Yulong coughed up blood as he was thrown to the side. However, after wincing a bit he still smiled and said, "You think she is in the same condition as the others, hahahaha, fool. The poison in her heart is the thousand mirage poison. It cannot be cured in the same way as the others."
Hao Ren said, "You planted this poison in her brain, and I know how to push it out. As long as I am alive, she cannot die, she cannot cry, and she will never be defeated."
His dominating tone and calm behavior shocked everyone. Hao Ren walked over to Han Lingshi, scooped her in his arms. His spiritual energy condensed into needles and were injected on the acupoints on her scalp, before he began to channel his energy in her brain and push out the poison. The black sticky fluid like poison seemed to be alive, it tried to fight back with Hao Ren but the pure yang energy in his body was potent enough to push the poison out of the nasal cavity.
After ten minutes, Hao Ren had exhausted almost all of his energy. Han Lingshi opened her eyes, and when she saw Hao Ren exhausted, she was surprised. Bai Yulong looked at Hao Ren in horror and said, "DO YOU KNOW THE PRICE OF EXERTING YOUR SOUL? YOU WILL DIE!"
Hao Ren turned around and said, "If saving her needs me to die, then it is worth it. She is the person I love, if I can destroy the world for her, I can also destroy myself."
He waved his hand and Bai Yulong's head rolled on the side, and Hao Ren collapsed. Han Lingshi quickly got up and held him in her arms. She looked at him with teary eyes and asked, "Why?"
Hao Ren cupped her cheek in his hand and replied, "For love."
Han Lingshi cried and buried her head in his chest as she said, "I love you, Hao Ren."
*DING: TASK COMPLETE*
Hao Ren had won her heart with his action.