"Qingxue, wake up."

Chen Nan supported her body, helping her sit upright, and pressed his palms against her back, transferring his Inner Strength.

The continuous flow of Inner Strength surged in. Chen Nan detected a faint sign of life within her, but it was very weak, barely there. If not for Chen Nan's considerable power, he might not have noticed it.

A moment later, Yu Wenqingxue's finger moved slightly.

Under the influence of Chen Nan's Inner Strength, her nearly vanished pulse slowly began to recover, though it was still very weak.

"Chen... Chen... Brother Chen, you... you're here."

Yu Wenqingxue slowly opened her eyes. Despite her voice being extremely weak, as if she could stop breathing at any moment, her eyes were filled with endless joy.

Chen Nan let out a sigh of relief: "You scared me to death, you finally woke up!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Yu Wenqingxue's face. She trembled as she clasped Chen Nan's hand, intertwining fingers: "You... you were worried about me, not... not despising me anymore?"

Chen Nan shook his head and said: "You ended up like this to save me, how could I despise you? Don't say anything more. I'll take you away from here."

"As long as you have me in your heart... I can die... without regret."

Yu Wenqingxue tightly held Chen Nan's hand, her breathing gradually becoming difficult. She took two heavy breaths, slowly released Chen Nan's hand, and her blood-stained jade-like hand fell weakly onto her body as she closed her eyes.

"Qingxue!"

Chen Nan held her hand and shouted.

He frantically circulated his Inner Strength, trying to infuse it into Yu Wenqingxue's body. However, at this moment, a loud shout came.

More than ten disciples of the Purple Cloud Palace rushed into the Heavenly Prison and surrounded Chen Nan.

"Kuang Yun, we at Purple Cloud Palace treated you as an honored guest, yet you harmed our disciple and forcibly entered the Heavenly Prison. This is too much!" A middle-aged man pointed at Chen Nan, full of hostility.

This was Ling Haiyang, the second disciple of the Purple Cloud Palace. Chen Nan had been at the Purple Cloud Palace for several days now, and naturally recognized him.

Ling Haiyang was over seventy years old, and his Cultivation had reached the Ten Layers of Heaven, one of the few strong disciples of the Purple Cloud Palace.

At this moment, he led people in and pointed at Chen Nan, shouting: "Chen Nan, if you put down Yu Wenqingxue and leave now, our Purple Cloud Palace will not hold it against you. But if you remain obstinate, I will have no choice but to capture you and then return you to the Kuang Clan."

Inner Strength surged in Chen Nan's hand, forming a mass of Gang Qi, supporting Yu Wenqingxue's body as he stood up.

He glanced at Ling Haiyang, smirked coldly, and strode towards the exit: "We of the Kuang Clan are never threatened. If you wish to provoke a war between the Kuang Clan and the Purple Cloud Palace, feel free to make your move."

"Kuang Yun! You!"

Ling Haiyang pointed at Chen Nan, too angry to speak.

Faced with the people of the Kuang Clan, he truly had no solution and could only talk; he didn't have the courage to act.

It's not that Ling Haiyang was afraid of Chen Nan's strength, but he feared the power of the Kuang Clan!

After all, the Kuang Clan was infamous in the Tao Realm for protecting their own.

If a Kuang Clan disciple was killed in a duel by a peer, the clan wouldn't interfere. However, if they were surrounded and attacked or killed by older generations, the Kuang Clan's experts would collectively take action, unleashing a storm of revenge.

Once, a first-level Sect surrounded a Kuang Clan disciple, causing his meridians to break and his martial arts to be completely crippled.

The result was the Kuang Clan's wrath.

It is said that at the time, hundreds of Kuang Clan experts appeared out of nowhere at the mountain gate of a first-level Sect and within just two hours, they completely annihilated that Sect.

Mind you, a first-level Sect is not something a second-level Sect like the Purple Cloud Palace can compare with.

Even the weakest first-level Sect has tens of thousands of disciples, and some strong ones have hundreds of thousands or even millions, with immense overall power.

Yet, this first-level Sect couldn't withstand hundreds of Kuang Clan experts.

This shows how powerful the Kuang Clan experts are!

Additionally, some speculate that those experts were not even the entire strength of the Kuang Clan, but merely the tip of the iceberg.

Throughout recorded history, the Kuang Clan has never displayed their full strength.

No one knows just how strong the Kuang Clan truly is. It is a mysterious and extremely powerful race. Despite their low profile and reluctance to stir trouble, no one in the Tao Realm dares to underestimate them.

Because everyone knows the consequences of provoking the Kuang Clan.

This incredibly powerful race, if not angered, remains silent, but once angered, brings about a bloody storm.

For this reason, even though the Purple Cloud Palace people were displeased, they could only treat Chen Nan, this so-called "Kuang Clan disciple," with respect on the surface.

Chen Nan coldly surveyed everyone present, holding Yu Wenqingxue, and walked step by step towards the exit of the Heavenly Prison.

Led by Ling Haiyang, the disciples of the Purple Cloud Palace surrounded Chen Nan, retreating without daring to make a move.

Soon after, Chen Nan exited the Heavenly Prison.

The people of the Purple Cloud Palace surrounded him in the center, still not making a move.

Ling Haiyang pointed at Chen Nan and shouted: "Kuang Yun, if you don't let go, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

Chen Nan held Yu Wenqingxue in his left hand, gripping the Wind-controlling Sword with his right. If he had enough strength, he would certainly massacre these murderers to avenge Yu Wenqingxue.

But he knew very well that with his current Cultivation, he simply didn't have the strength. If he acted rashly, he wouldn't gain any advantage. After all, his purpose here was to obtain the Wind-controlling Sword and retrieve the Ancient Cold Spring Water to save his junior sister in the Mortal World.

Though Yu Wenqingxue had deep feelings for him, Chen Nan, despite his conscience, wouldn't do anything to affect his mission to save his junior sister.

"Yu Wen, because of me, you've suffered. But I can only apologize to you. No matter what, I must take you away from here! If I can save you, I will do my best to save your life; if not, I should at least find a peaceful place to bury you."

Chen Nan thought to himself, feeling a pang of sorrow.

He glanced at everyone and said: "Yu Wenqingxue has saved my life. Regardless of whether she was wrong, she is now dead. What more do you want with her body?"

Although Yu Wenqingxue still had a faint breath of life, others couldn't detect it.

Because this breath was so weak that Chen Nan could only sense it by holding her and being in contact with her body.

Ling Haiyang snorted coldly and said: "How am I to know if she's pretending to be dead to escape punishment."

"Suicide? I'll kill your damned bull!"

Chen Nan couldn't hold back his anger and cursed: "Who stabbed this knife in her chest, you know better than anyone! I will take her away no matter what today. If anyone disagrees and wants to start a war between the Purple Cloud Palace and the Kuang Clan, then step forward and fight me to the death."

At the mention of the Kuang Clan, everyone's faces turned pale, and they instinctively took a step back.

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