Back From the Brink (护心)

In that case,

both of you were behind

the incident in Yongzhou.

Yes.

In the beginning,

I indeed wanted

to help Tianyao retrieve his dragon horns.

But after that,

I did it to rescue the lives

of the trapped monsters in Yongzhou.

The truth is, the dragon

is not as fierce and brutal

as rumored.

And not everyone

in the Taoist clan is righteous.

I had no idea the Guanghan Sect

would do such a thing in Yongzhou.

Yanhui,

is the dark aura

still inside of you?

When Tianyao used his sword

to dispel the black aura in the Misty Forest,

the black aura in my mind's eye

had been destroyed as well.

I'm glad to hear that.

I didn't expect him

to have the capability to destroy the black aura.

Senior,

what exactly is this black aura?

This dark aura

is the evilest energy in the world.

It can make people lose their minds.

The phantom spirit in the Misty Forest

was corrupted

by the dark aura.

Phantom spirit?

Have you also encountered a phantom spirit?

Yes.

After I was dragged away

by the thorny tree that day...

Are you from the Taoist clan?

Yes.

I'm looking for someone who has a dark aura in their body.

It's not you.

You don't have it.

Let's play hide and seek!

Time to play hide and seek!

Let's play hide and seek!

Master sent me

to investigate the whereabouts of Taoist clan cultivators

who have gone off the deep end.

But among the cultivators I found,

most of them didn't go off the deep end

because of cultivation,

but because of the dark aura in their bodies.

So I suspect

someone wants to use the dark aura

to control cultivators of the Taoist clan.

Speaking of which,

where did the other person go?

I saw him controlling the dark aura.

Is he a dark practitioner?

Wait for my return.

You guessed it correctly.

But he never harmed me.

Instead, he has always helped us.

I don't know

where he went.

He probably fled

after his identity was exposed.

This matter is of great importance.

I need to return to Chenxing Mountain

and report this to Master immediately.

I'm still worried

about leaving you alone out here.

Why don't you come back with me?

I'm not alone.

I promised Tianyao that I would help him.

I can't break my promise.

All right, then.

I'll report your situation

to Master as well.

Senior,

thank you for coming to see me.

You'll always

be my junior.

You got lost.

How could I not come to find you?

I've already grown up.

How could I still get lost?

Take good care of yourself.

See you around!

How's your injury? -How are you feeling?

I feel great.

I've never felt better.

How about your injury?

Does it still hurt?

It's nothing.

Have some congee first,

and then take the medicine.

Feng Qianshuo warned us

that the forest in the west is very dangerous.

Why did you go there?

Bai Xiaosheng dislikes my senior.

So he wanted to leave him

in the forest.

Then my senior was dragged

into the forest.

Then Bai Xiaosheng

was dragged into it too.

So I went in to save them.

In the end, you saw what happened.

Where's Bai Xiaosheng?

He fled.

What about your senior?

He went back to Chenxing Mountain.

What about my sword?

Would you believe me

if I said it flew away on its own?

Do you know

who was behind the illusions in the forest?

We'll have to ask her.

Where is she?

Come out.

Who do you mean?

A phantom spirit

is living inside this ring.

Why is she quiet now?

Huan Xiaoyan,

you chatterbox.

She's probably scared out of her wits.

We'll have to wait for her to wake up to ask her.

We've wasted too much time here.

It's time to leave.

Where are we going?

Dragon Valley.

Dragon Valley?

Isn't that your hometown?

Are you taking me back to your hometown?

My sword that flew away

probably went back there.

Your sword can fly back home by itself?

This time,

I forced it to come with me.

Since we have retrieved the dragon horns,

the Taoist clan will undoubtedly increase more guards

for the two remaining barriers.

I need to go back

and tame the Flaming Dragon Fang

to increase my strength.

You still need to tame your fang?

Let's eat.

Let me see it.

Which fang is it?

Has it grown back?

Just eat your food.

Stop looking. It has already grown back.

Greetings, Senior. -Welcome back, Senior.

Eldest Senior, you're back.

Where's Yanhui?

She must know she'll be severely punished

for doing evil with the evil dragon.

That's why she dares not come back, right?

Don't spout nonsense.

Where's Master?

I have important things

to report to him.

Master hasn't returned yet,

but something strange happened.

Senior,

the Starhaven

was suddenly covered in mist last night,

making it difficult to see the surroundings.

An elder sent a snow owl up

to inquire about the situation.

But we received no response.

We don't know

what's going on up there now.

So we can only wait and see.

What was that just now?

The spirit energy of Dragon Valley.

Spirit energy can fly and even laugh?

It's my first time seeing it.

The spirit energy of Dragon Valley is abundant.

It can even condense into elves back then.

Elves?

The elves lived here with me

for thousands of years.

His Majesty looks so handsome today.

Of course, when is His Majesty not handsome?

What I meant

was he looks even more handsome

and majestic than yesterday.

Forget it,

let's not dwell on the past.

Is the entrance to Dragon Valley up ahead?

We're here.