Chapter 938 - The Tortoise City (1/2)

Xiahou Hongxiang said, “Before we set off, my wife returned to Tortoise City to ask for the help of Imperial Preceptor, Zhangsun Chengdu.

“You take our men back to Golden Horse City now. I will go and meet the Queen.

“His Majesty trusts Shangguan Qiong the most. Just now I saw with my own eyes that she had been shot with so many arrows, she looks like a hedgehog. She will definitely die.

“Now there is only Princess Xingyue left. If the Queen is willing to help me, she won’t make any trouble if she is alone.”

Jiang Bin said, “General, you are indeed a man with outstanding abilities. I greatly admire you.”

Xiahou Hongxiang said, “You take our men back to Golden Horse City now. I’ll find a place to rest and rush to Tortoise City after daybreak to meet the Queen.”

Jiang Bin agreed and disappeared into the night with 3,000 soldiers.

Xiahou Hongxiang originally wanted to check the location where Qin Haodong and others had disappeared. However, he was scared away by the swarm of Illusory Spirit Flying Ants before he could get close.

Qin Haodong took everyone back to the Seven Storeys Pagoda. He first examined the injuries of the Three-legged Golden Toad.

It was worthy of being the demonic beast with the dragon bloodline. At this moment, the wounds shot by the God-killing Arrows on its body had already healed. However, it was a little dispirited because it had lost too much blood.

Seeing that it was fine, Qin Haodong put it directly into the Spirit Beast Pouch to recuperate. Then he turned his head and saw Shangguan Qiong.

At this moment, the Vice Commander of the Royal Guard, who had been shot by nine God-killing Arrows, remained unconscious on the ground. Her breath became weaker and weaker. She was about to die.

Qin Haodong checked her injuries. Among the nine God-killing Arrows, only the one that penetrated her right chest caused the most damage. The rest were all superficial wounds.

Fortunately, Qin Haodong was here today. Otherwise, Shangguan Qiong would have died.

He first locked the acupoints on her chest with silver needles. Then he slowly took out the God-killing Arrow. Next, he used the Revival Acupuncture Method to repair her injured meridians.

After a series of treatments, Shangguan Qiong’s face slowly became ruddy. It seemed that her life was saved.

Qin Haodong applied healing medicine on her and fed her a healing pill. Then, he locked her sleeping acupoint.

The Seven Storeys Pagoda was his last trump card, so he did not want Shangguan Qiong to know about it. That was why he could not wake her up for now.

Seeing that Qin Haodong had finished his work, the Little Witch came over and said, “Little Brother, it’s a good thing you have this treasure. Otherwise, all of us would have died today.”

Zhao Xingyue said angrily, “This Xiahou Hongxiang is really crazy. How dare he use the God-killing Arrows on us? When we return to Tortoise City, I will definitely report this matter to my father.”

Qin Haodong said, “You’d better not say anything when you go back. Leave it to Shangguan Qiong. Let her tell your father about this matter. Only in this way will it appear more convincing.”

Zhao Xingyue, who was used to the intrigue in the court since she was a child, immediately understood the meaning of Qin Haodong’s words.

She nodded and said, “Big Brother Qin, you’re right. I’ll listen to you.”

The Little Witch said, “Little Brother, can we go back directly to Tortoise City from the Seven Storeys Pagoda? It’s too troublesome to cross the Doomsday Forest.”

When they heard what she said, the others also looked over. They did not know if the Seven Storeys Pagoda could do it.

Qin Haodong shook his head and said, “You think too much. It’s good enough that the Seven Storeys Pagoda can teleport us here. If we want to get out, the exit can only be the place where we just disappeared from.

“That is why we need to wait until Xiahou Hongxiang’s men are gone before we can go out.

“You take a good rest and take the time to recover your cultivation. We will go out and go straight through the Doomsday Forest after dawn.”

After that, he picked up a God-killing Arrow and began to study it slowly.

The arrow contained a thick evil spirit. When he held it in his hand, he felt as if it could tear apart his body-protecting Genuine Qi.

How powerful the evil spirit was! No wonder it was able to hurt a master at the stage of the Combination Realm.

Qin Haodong sighed in his heart. He became even more curious about the Evil Spirit Gathering Furnace.

If he could condense such a strong evil spirit on his bullets, they would be ten times more powerful than that of the God-killing Arrows.

A few hours later, when he felt that it was almost time, Qin Haodong took them out of the Seven Storeys Pagoda and returned to the valley on the edge of the Doomsday Forest.

At this moment, the sun was gradually rising. The traces of the battle from last night were still there. However, Xiahou Hongxiang’s army had already completely retreated.

Qin Haodong put all the Illusory Spirit Flying Ants into the Seven Storeys Pagoda. Then he unlocked Shangguan Qiong’s acupoint.

“Where am I? Am I dead?”

At the moment when she was hit by the God-killing Arrows, Shangguan Qiong thought that she would definitely die. She did not expect to see the sunrise again. Could it be that there was also a sun in hell?

The Little Witch said, “You are not dead. It was my Little Brother who saved you. Otherwise, you would have died!”

“Thank you for saving my life, Brother Qin!”

After a night’s rest, she had recovered about 80% from her injuries. She stood up from the ground and turned to look at Zhao Xingyue.

“Your Highness, are you alright?”

Zhao Xingyue said, “I’m fine!”

“It’s good that you are fine!” Shangguan Qiong heaved a sigh of relief and cursed angrily, “That old bastard Xiahou Hongxiang, I will never let him go!”

After calming down, she asked again, “Brother Qin, how did you get us out of that situation last night?”

Qin Haodong had already thought of an excuse. “Yesterday, we were already on the verge of death. Later, a large number of Illusory Spirit Flying Ants suddenly appeared. Xiahou Hongxiang’s men were forced to retreat by these demonic beasts.”

With that said, he pointed at the skeletons beside him. “Look! Those are all Xiahou Hongxiang’s subordinates that died.”

Shangguan Qiong was not a scheming person. After seeing the skeletons and the God-killing Bows on the ground, she immediately believed what Qin Haodong said.