Back From the Brink (护心)

What heart mantra

did you teach me today?

It was so powerful.

It's the Spirit Dragon Heart Mantra.

Now that the Heart Protecting Scale

has returned to your body,

it's only natural for you to practice

dragon's cultivation techniques.

You should stop cultivating

that Ghostly Eulogy.

It hurts to cultivate the Ghostly Eulogy.

I feel more comfortable with your cultivation techniques.

Now, I'm cultivating the dragon's cultivation techniques.

Does that make me a successor to the dragons?

Then will the Flaming Dragon Fang

listen to me?

Do you want to try it out?

Try commanding it.

If it hits me,

you must hold on to it tightly.

Don't worry. It won't hit you.

It's swift and has light movements as well as strong and powerful strikes.

It's indeed a fine sword.

If it's comfortable to use,

you can keep it.

I just wanted to try something new.

You should keep using it.

As for me, I can pick up tree branches

and river stones

as weapons.

What's wrong with it?

Maybe

it feels upset

because you compared it

to stones and branches.

Why is it so petty?

By the way,

is the Life-Swapping Spell still inside me?

Bai Xiaosheng's timely arrow managed to stop

the Life-Swapping Spell from activating fully.

It should still be in your mind's eye.

I want to remove the Life-Swapping Spell.

Why?

I may be afraid of death.

But I don't want others

to bear the responsibility for my life and death.

Besides,

I like you.

Once the Life-Swapping Spell is cast,

there's no way to remove it.

If you're worried about me,

just protect yourself well.

But I'm a human

made of flesh and blood.

My lifespan is also limited.

If you put your life in my hands,

wouldn't it be a waste?

Don't underestimate yourself.

Go to your mind's eye and take a look.

Is this...

Is this my mind's eye?

I guess I can be considered

at the level of a Seven Star Disciple

of the Taoist clan now, right?

With the power of the Heart Protecting Scale, it should be so.

If you cultivate a little more,

even reaching the level of a grandmaster of the Taoist clan

won't be difficult.

The Heart Protecting Scale is just a protective armor.

How can it be so powerful?

The Heart Protecting Scale

is not only a piece of my protective armor.

It's

also my inner core.

Your inner core?

Why is your inner core outside?

When Suying tried

to take my Heart Protecting Scale,

there was another mysterious person.

The evil dragon is heavily injured.

Quick, cut open the scale and take the core!

But I knew

he was after my inner core.

To stop Suying and him

from achieving their goals,

This way,

neither side can get

what they want.

Instead, they'll turn on each other.

That was brilliant.

But wait.

So now I have your inner core

fused with the Heart Protecting Scale

and the Life-Swapping Spell in my body now.

Does that mean

you can never get back

your inner core?

It takes one thousand years of cultivation for the inner core to develop.

It can still be developed.

Did you say one thousand years?

I might not even have the chance

to meet you again in a thousand years.

Then I'll have

to work even harder.

So I can carry

the burden

of these two lives.

Then

I'll thank you in advance.

I have another question.

Since my mind's eye

can be this vast,

which

Taoist grandmaster planted a seal

on the Heart Protecting Scale in my body

in the first place?

Perhaps it was your master,

Master Lingxiao.

I thought of that possibility before.

But why would he do that?

Maybe he was worried that you were too young

and someone might covet it.

So he hid the power of your Heart Protecting Scale.

I didn't expect you to defend him.

When he couldn't find you at Dragon Valley,

Where's Yanhui?

You knew something happened to her?

Could the seal on the Heart Protecting Scale...

You took her scale?

If that's the case,

Where is he now?

I haven't heard from him

since that day.

Found you.

Your Majesty,

I received some news

from Flower Bulletin outside Obsidian Riverhead

when I left Silver Moon Cliff yesterday.

But...

Xiange, let's not panic.

All right.

Your Majesty. Xiange.

What brings you here?

Xiange, I have something to ask you.

Yanhui, just ask away.

Do you know the whereabouts of Master Lingxiao?

He was last known

to be nearby Misty Forest.

Misty Forest?

Yes.

That was quite some time ago.

Can you ask Feng Qianshuo

to use the Flower Medallion to help search for his news?

I was about to report this matter to Your Majesty.

Qianshuo hasn't replied to me

for some time now.

I'm afraid Changlan might have discovered him.

Then we should hurry back.

It's true that we shouldn't wait any longer.

Yes, we should leave right away.

All right.

Cross the Obsidian River and level the Taoist clans!

Cross the Obsidian River

Don't go! -and level the Taoist clans!

Cross the Obsidian River and level the Taoist clans!

What is this old man trying to tell us?

Mr. Yan must have lost his mind now.

He kept tugging at us every day without speaking.

And he

looks angry too.

He keeps holding

that blank banner with him.

Well, let him be.

We should head to the Obsidian Riverhead first.

Level the Taoist clans and cross the Obsidian River!

Level the Taoist clans and cross the Obsidian River!

Don't go!

No!

No, don't!

Mr. Yan,

you've been doing this for days now.

You knew it would be useless.

That's right.

They're under Changlan's Visual Spell.

None of them could hear what you said.

I should've known

that was what he meant.

Had I known he'd implicate me...

From now on,

I forbid you to speak!

This is the rule I just set.

I...

Now, only Zhuli

and I

are not under Changlan's Visual Spell.