"Mm—"
While the group was traveling and chatting, Song Yun suddenly let out a soft groan.
Because Wish God Granny had been carrying the unconscious Song Yun on her back the entire time, everyone heard the faint sound clearly.
But the groan was not only very quiet — it was also full of pain. And after that single sound, there was nothing more.
Yet it was precisely after that groan that Song Yun's aura began plummeting at an alarming rate.
She looked as though she could die at any moment.
Upon seeing this, Wish God Granny immediately panicked.
She hurriedly took out another pill that the Wolong Martial Sect's Sect Master had given her and fed it to Song Yun. At the same time, she set up a formation and began treating Song Yun's injuries.
With the combined support of the pill and the formation, Song Yun's condition stabilized.
But both Chu Feng and Dao Sea Fairy furrowed their brows.
Wish God Granny was not only a Ninth Level Martial Venerable — she was also a Holy-robed Spirit World Master who had mastered Dragon Transformation at the Ninth Level.
Her barrier techniques far surpassed Chu Feng's, and even Dao Sea Fairy was no match for hers.
Yet now, although she had managed to stabilize Song Yun's condition, the situation was far from optimistic — clearly worse than before.
Judging by how frantic Wish God Granny was, tears already forming in her eyes, this was probably the most she could do.
And if even she was helpless, then there was nothing Chu Feng or Dao Sea Fairy could do either.
If this continued, Song Yun would likely die.
"Junior Brother Chu Feng."
Suddenly, Wish God Granny turned around and knelt before Chu Feng.
"Senior, what are you doing?"
Startled, Chu Feng rushed forward to help her up.
But he couldn't lift her at all.
Two streams of hot tears were already rolling down Wish God Granny's cheeks.
Even as she spoke, she began kowtowing to Chu Feng.
"Junior Brother Chu Feng, I know that what I and Yun'er tried to do — forcibly stripping the soul power from Junior Sister Ziling's body — made you resent us."
"But that soul power truly is of great use to Yun'er. Otherwise, I never would have invited those people from the Totem Heavens to help open that Demon King's Soul Tomb."
"You have to understand — those people from the Totem Heavens are far more dangerous than anyone from the Eastern Domain. If we offended them, Yun'er and I would have been forced to roam as exiles."
"And yet I still did it."
"You can see from that just how important that soul power is to Yun'er."
"I won't hide it from you — I know how important Junior Sister Ziling is to you. I know that after what we did, you would hold a grudge against us."
"I even feared that once you grew stronger in the future, you would become a great threat, and I once had the thought of killing you."
"But when Yun'er found out, she strongly opposed it. Even though she knew you would resent her, perhaps even seek revenge against her, she still refused to let me harm you."
"I know you may not believe what I'm saying, but Yun'er truly likes you. She cares about you more than anything."
"She is not a normal child. There is demonic nature dormant within her body. Sometimes even I, her own mother, can feel killing intent from her."
"This is the first time I have ever seen her treat someone so kindly."
"And that someone is you."
These words from Wish God Granny stirred a pang of sorrow in Chu Feng's heart. He could tell she wasn't lying — Song Yun had indeed always been quite good to him.
And what Wish God Granny said made sense.
In truth, it was Wish God Granny and her people who had discovered the Demon King's Soul Tomb in the first place, and they were the ones who had opened it.
Opening that tomb had indeed earned them the enmity of the Totem Heavens.
They had paid a tremendous price.
From their perspective, not wanting to share the soul power with Ziling was not unreasonable.
Wanting to forcibly strip Ziling's soul power — Song Yun was in the wrong, and so was Wish God Granny. There was no defending that.
But the fact remained that Song Yun had ended up in this state because of Ziling.
If there had been a choice, Chu Feng would have preferred to resolve the matter through more tactful means. He did not wish for Song Yun to die because of this.
"Senior, I can actually understand your difficulties."