Xiang Mantang's heart was filled with a mad, murderous intent, the desire to destroy everything before his eyes, but upon hearing Mu Jinyu's words, he forcefully suppressed much of it.
"Huff huff... Heh heh..."
Stopping his stride in front of San Liu and Nameless, Xiang Mantang glared with his demonically red eyes, panting heavily as he tried to control the killing intent surging within him!
The side effects of the Blood Phoenix Slaughter Art were too great, and even with Xiang Mantang's resilient willpower, honed through many years of martial practice, he found it difficult to suppress, and achieve a state of calmness.
At this moment, Mu Jinyu took a slight breath, and seeing that Xiang Mantang was showing signs of losing control, he hurriedly stumbled forward, then quickly raised his hands and pressed them toward the temples on both sides of Xiang Mantang's head!
"Heh..."
Upon hearing the noise behind him and feeling the sensation of wind at his temples, Xiang Mantang swiftly turned around, his blood-red eyes with a hint of heterochromia fixed on Mu Jinyu, and he prepared to strike back in defense.
But as soon as he saw it was Mu Jinyu, the urge to attack came to a sudden halt.
The reason for this was twofold.
First, Xiang Mantang did not wish to harm his senior brother, and he knew his brother wouldn't harm him. Second, it was because the True Yuan Mu Jinyu had infused in him was neutral and balanced, which had the effect of suppressing the endless murderous intent.
If it weren't for this, Xiang Mantang would have lost himself to the murderous intent by now, becoming unrecognizable even to his kin, and wouldn't have had that last bit of clarity to restrain himself against Mu Jinyu in a crucial moment!
Mu Jinyu noticed Xiang Mantang's instinctive movement to counterattack, but he didn't mind it, nor did he jump back in fright or retreat. Instead, he kept moving his hands to press on the temples of Xiang Mantang.
It seemed that he wasn't worried at all that Xiang Mantang would harm him.
And indeed, the facts showed that Xiang Mantang indeed wouldn't harm him!
With his hands pressed on Xiang Mantang's temples, Mu Jinyu started circulating the scant True Yuan within him, then infused it into Xiang Mantang's Spirit Platform to dispel the sovereign killing intent that disrupted his will!
With the assistance of Mu Jinyu's True Dragon Art, Xiang Mantang's Spirit Platform immediately cleared, and the demonic glimmer in his blood-red eyes visibly faded away at a speed the naked eye could follow.
Soon, his eyes returned to normal, but they showed endless fatigue and weakness!
Mu Jinyu, having exhausted the last of his True Yuan, let his hands fall powerlessly from Xiang Mantang's temples, and his shaking body uncontrollably fell backward.
"Senior brother!"
Seeing this, Xiang Mantang promptly reached out to catch Mu Jinyu, preventing him from falling.
"I'm fine," said Mu Jinyu, his face pale and his lips cracked and dry, in a faint voice.
"Don't talk now, take this Elixir first."
As he helped Mu Jinyu to sit down on the ground, Xiang Mantang took a small porcelain bottle out of his pocket, then uncapped it and shook out a round, plump black pill, which he quickly placed into Mu Jinyu's mouth.
This pill was not the 'Ancient Primordial Pills' previously given to him by Jian Ruyan; the condition of Mu Jinyu at the moment didn't require the 'Fixed Element'.
However, the name of this pill was not far from 'Ancient Primordial Pills' - it was called 'Rejuvenation Elixir'.
Its purpose was to quickly restore Elemental Qi for Martial Artists and Cultivators whose internal Elemental Qi had been greatly depleted.
As for how Xiang Mantang obtained it... Well...
Hehe, of course, it was also given to him by Jian Ruyan.
"There's no need to waste... Mm..."
Mu Jinyu recognized the function of the pill and wanted to refuse, but Xiang Mantang, worried about his condition and potential after-effects, dismissed Mu Jinyu's protests and forcefully placed the pill in his mouth.
The Elixir melted the moment it reached the mouth, turning into a fragrant ambrosia that flowed down Mu Jinyu's throat into his belly.
Suddenly, Mu Jinyu felt a warm current begin to radiate from his abdomen, and swiftly, it dispersed to his limbs and bones!
Mu Jinyu, who was originally weak and powerless, and needed at least three to four hours of rest, possibly an entire night, immediately felt better.
He became lively and energetic.
Mu Jinyu's complexion turned rosy, no longer pale as paper. He got up, looked at Xiang Mantang with a reproachful eye, and said, "Ah-Xiang, you're being too wasteful. It was just a depletion of Elemental Qi. With my methods, it would hardly amount to anything. I could have recovered in half a day. Why waste such precious Elixir?"
Xiang Mantang also knew that giving the "Rejuvenation Elixir" to Mu Jinyu like this was indeed a bit wasteful, but he had his reasons.
"Half a day? But do you think we can afford half a day to rest properly in this foreign land? Those Assassins above us, each one a desperate outlaw, unruly and defiant. If they find that we're still not coming up and decide to come down and check, discovering this situation, do you think I alone, even at half strength, could withstand their assault?"
Upon hearing Xiang Mantang's words, Mu Jinyu thought it over and found no fault in his reasoning.
Xiang Mantang had just performed the "Blood Phoenix Slaughter Art," and the side effect made him fall into a frenzied state of killing intent. Although it wouldn't leave him weak and powerless, it would still diminish his cultivation considerably.
Both he, San Liu, and Nameless needed healing. If "Zeus," "Snake," and those other dangerous individuals were to come down, Xiang Mantang, even at half strength, could hardly hold them off.
"Forget it," Mu Jinyu sighed in resignation, not wanting to argue anymore. In any case, what was done was done. What more could be said? The Rejuvenation Elixir had already been consumed.
Xiang Mantang didn't say anything more. Although the Rejuvenation Elixir was indeed precious, it couldn't always be saved for extremely urgent situations. Under the current circumstances, using it was not a problem!
"I wonder how they're doing? Can we still save them?"
At this time, Mu Jinyu looked over at San Liu and Nameless, who were slumped to the side, and murmured.
"Don't bother with them anymore!" Xiang Mantang's eyes flashed with killing intent as he said coldly, "One has been trying to kill you, the other deliberately trapped us. Just let them fend for themselves here."
When San Liu heard Xiang Mantang's words, a look of despair flickered in his eyes.
Actually, he hadn't been planning to betray Mu Jinyu and the others. He really hadn't expected the Lord of the Killing Realm to be so outrageously powerful!
If Mu Jinyu and Xiang Mantang were not going to save them, there was nothing he could do. After all, he had a guilty conscience.
Nameless, on the other hand, looked pale, with no change in his expression, as if he didn't care about his own life or death.
Mu Jinyu's eyes flashed, and then he shook his head, "Forget it. If it weren't for them shielding Nameless just now and giving us some time, we probably wouldn't have been able to use the Forbidden Secret Technique. Let's save them."
"Suit yourself!" Seeing Mu Jinyu being too kind-hearted again, Xiang Mantang pursed his lips and didn't try to persuade him any further.
Just a silent sigh in his heart. When would Mu Jinyu change his overly kind nature?
Meanwhile, Mu Jinyu walked over to San Liu and Nameless, squatted down beside them, and said, "I can save you, but one of you has been trying to kill me, and the other has betrayed me. So I won't save you for free. Give me one hundred million, and I will help you."
Although he wasn't lacking money, saving people for free was never Mu Jinyu's practice. Especially since he didn't have a good relationship with these two individuals, Mu Jinyu felt completely justified in charging them.
Both San Liu and Nameless were too severely injured to speak.
When San Liu heard Mu Jinyu's words, all he could do was to look at him with pleading eyes.
It appeared he was saying, I'll give it, I'll give it... please save me!
Mu Jinyu, seeing their condition and guessing they couldn't speak, then said, "If you agree, then blink three times in succession."
As soon as the words fell, San Liu quickly blinked three times.