Chapter 1035: Chapter 1035: Blocking the Way with One’s Life

Miaoqiu leaned on Lin Tian’s shoulder, coquettishly complaining for a couple of sentences, then let go of her hands, rubbed her moist eyes, and said, "The most urgent thing now is to find Ruyan first. We can talk about everything else when we get back."

"Alright." Lin Tian nodded in agreement.

Inside the Xu Family’s ancestral hall, there were no electric lights installed because incense candles were always burning.

Now all the candles were out, and Lin Tian had to take out his phone and turn on the flashlight to find the way.

Miaoqiu held tightly to Lin Tian’s hand, unwilling to let go, the warmth from his hand giving her a sense of peace. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Xu Beishan was also following behind. At this point, it was impossible to stop Lin Tian, so he didn’t bother to say anything more.

As they walked into the ancestral hall, Lin Tian suddenly stopped in his tracks because Mei Ruyan was lying on the floor in front of them, her navel exposed, her face pale, her life or death uncertain.

"This..." Miaoqiu froze, let go of Lin Tian’s hand, and immediately rushed forward, embracing Mei Ruyan’s neck, and cried, "Ruyan, Ruyan!"

Lin Tian was also full of anxiety, but the more urgent the situation, the less they could afford to panic.

"Don’t call her yet; let me check her pulse first." Lin Tian said as he picked up Mei Ruyan’s hand, and his first reaction was how cold it was! It had none of the warmth of a living person.

Lin Tian felt his heart skip a beat and hurriedly went to check Mei Ruyan’s pulse. It was as faint as a thread, and if he pressed a little harder, it would disappear altogether, similar to Xu Shaohui’s condition.

"How is she?" Miaoqiu asked anxiously.

"Her vitality is very weak." Lin Tian frowned and said, "It’s a bit like excessive blood loss, but not quite. It’s very strange."

At this moment, the elder spoke up, "Master, it seems she has a wound on her right hand."

Lin Tian, hearing this, quickly took Mei Ruyan’s right hand as well.

Mei Ruyan’s right hand was covered in strange symbols. Lin Tian couldn’t help looking away, but he could see, as the elder said, a wound on her right hand.

The wound was in the center of her palm, cut deeply by a knife. Strangely enough, the wound neither bled nor scabbed over, as if the wound had been painted on.

Suddenly, Lin Tian noticed that the blood in Mei Ruyan’s palm wound was golden-red! Under the flashlight, it shimmered with a faint golden light!

"This is..." Miaoqiu exclaimed, taking a sharp breath, "Vital essence!"

Lin Tian’s face darkened, and he remained silent, continually channeling his own spiritual Qi into Miaoqiu’s body, hoping to fill the gap left by the missing vital essence.

Unfortunately, vital essence is fundamental to a person; as miraculous as spiritual Qi might be, it can’t replace it, but it’s better than nothing.

Only then did Miaoqiu remember that previously Xu Nanhai mentioned wanting to extract Ruyan’s vital essence for grafting charm bones.

Now that the vital essence had been taken, fortunately, her abdomen hadn’t been cut open, and the charm bone hadn’t been extracted. Otherwise, there would really be no hope of saving her!

"Search for it, the vital essence should still be in the ancestral hall," the elder said.

Now, if the vital essence could be returned, it might still be useful.

"I’ll light the candles!" Xu Beishan said, already moving. The entire ancestral hall was pitch black, making it impossible to find anything, and it was also disrespectful to the ancestors.

Lin Tian’s face was dark, his facial muscles twitching with anger.

Suddenly, Lin Tian said to Miaoqiu, "Take good care of her; I’ll be right back."

Miaoqiu, now holding Mei Ruyan as she cried into a tearful mess, didn’t know what Lin Tian was planning to do, nor did she ask, only responding softly with a hum.

The candle racks filled the entire Xu Family’s ancestral hall, which meant that Xu Beishan would need quite some time to light all the candles in the hall.

As Lin Tian was about to walk out, Xu Beishan suddenly thought of something, causing his hand holding the candle to tremble, "Where are you going?"

"To kill!" Lin Tian responded softly, murderously.

Swish...

Xu Beishan increased his speed to the fastest, flashing to Lin Tian’s front, but the candle in his hand hadn’t gone out yet.

"She’s already on the brink of death; why must you finish her off!" Xu Beishan opened his arms, blocking the door.

"Get lost!" Lin Tian’s eyes reddened slightly, "If you keep spouting nonsense, I’ll beat you too!"

Suddenly, Xu Beishan felt an overwhelmingly strong aura emanating from Lin Tian, pressing down on him so much he couldn’t breathe, and even his legs had begun to tremble slightly.

"Still not moving?" Lin Tian asked.

"Even if she’s committed the greatest crime, she’s still my sister. Last time, I couldn’t stop you, but this time, I’ll stand in her way!" Xu Beishan said, looking at Lin Tian with a determined gaze, unmoved even as the melted candle wax dripped onto his hand.

"She almost killed my woman and tried to rip out her bones, so what if I kill her?" Lin Tian took a step forward, only half a meter away from Xu Beishan, feeling the heat from the candle in his hand.

"Then step over my body first!" Xu Beishan said coldly, "She’s already on the brink of death because of her faults. If you strike again, she will indeed die!"

"Hmph, I’m a person who always avenges every grievance." Lin Tian said, with a faint smirk, "You want me to step over your body? Then I’ll grant you that wish!"

Lin Tian suddenly took another step forward, grabbing Xu Beishan by the neck and tossing him aside.

Though Xu Beishan was a master who had opened the Eight Extraordinary Meridians, in front of Lin Tian, he had no ability to counter at all.

After being thrown, his body felt as heavy as a thousand pounds, crashing hard onto the solid floor, making him feel his bones were about to break, while the candle emitted a wisp of smoke and went out.

With a darkened face, Lin Tian walked forward, raising his foot to step over Xu Beishan, but Xu Beishan held onto him tightly again.

Xu Beishan, now severely injured internally, hadn’t even spat blood, and Lin Tian already admired him for that, not expecting that he could still stop him.

Lin Tian put down the foot he raised, "You shouldn’t stop me."

"Hmph, it’s not about should or shouldn’t, it’s about whether it’s worth it or not." Xu Beishan’s hand held Lin Tian’s leg, his nails digging through Lin Tian’s pants, breathing heavily.

"Phew~" Lin Tian exhaled long and hard, shaking his foot to break free of Xu Beishan’s hands. But the old stubborn man seemed hell-bent on a life-and-death struggle, trying to stop him again by propping up his body.

"Don’t pursue further, I will spare his life." Lin Tian said without turning back, "I have malice in my heart now. If I don’t do anything, it would be unfair to Ruyan. Although I promised to spare her, if Ruyan doesn’t make it, she won’t live either!"