The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 299: He Has Divine Wood Protection

Chapter 299: He Has Divine Wood Protection

Yue Qing, gifted with exceptional talent and stunning looks, has charmed many men who fell at her feet, and her internal strength has increased accordingly. It can be said that she is the darling of heaven. She usually dominates the training room, listening to others’ pleas for mercy and draining their internal strength. But she never expected that today she would become a prisoner, unable to even utter a single cry for help.

Enduring the pain, she looked at Ye Siheng with painful eyes. Ye Siheng looked down at her coldly, without a hint of pity or compassion. "Want to die? Unfortunately, I’m not a good person." He picked up the spear to protect the country. But he never showed mercy to those who plotted against him. Death would be too easy for them.

Yue Qing whimpered a few times, banging her forehead on the ground, once again begging Ye Siheng to end her misery. Her dantian was shattered, her limbs crippled, what meaning was there in surviving?

Ye Siheng turned around, speaking slowly, "It’s too late now. I gave you and your brother a chance from the beginning." The palm strike he had just made had exhausted the last of his remaining internal strength. Then, he went to search the shelves in the training room. There was a variety of elixirs on one of them. Ye Siheng identified it and found the secret medicine of the Red Leaf Villa, the Snow Lotus Breathing Elixir.

Snow lotus was picked from the Kunlun Mountains. However, for thousands of years, the Kunlun Mountains had been constantly snowing. No matter how high your martial arts skills were, it was difficult to find snow lotus on the mountain and safely descend. So this Snow Lotus Breathing Elixir was used sparingly.

He knew about this healing secret medicine because a disciple of the Red Leaf Villa had stolen one and sold it in the ghost market, which he bought at a high price. The previous Snow Lotus Breathing Elixir had indeed been very effective and had saved his life on the battlefield.

"There’s only one left." Ye Siheng couldn’t help but feel sorry. "But one is enough to help me recover from my internal injuries within a day."

Yue Qing suddenly widened her eyes.

She suddenly realized that Ye Siheng had come for this secret medicine from the beginning! They thought they were the hunters, but they were actually the prey!

She finally understood why Ye Siheng was so feared.

He was ruthless, decisive, and scheming!

Helplessly watching Ye Siheng swallow the Breathing Elixir and enter into meditation, Yue Qing was powerless to stop him. The pain was almost perfectly timed, and she couldn’t just pass out directly.

Time passed agonizingly slowly.

Thankfully, she fell into a light sleep halfway through, as she was too tired. But there was a commotion outside, waking Yue Qing up again. What happened?

Yue Qing urgently wanted to know, and even more so, she wanted her brother to realize that something was wrong in the training room and come in to save her.

It was already dusk.

The summer sky was always filled with sunset clouds, colorful and beautiful.

Yue Su was guarding outside the training room as usual to protect his dear sister. But suddenly, a disciple came to report that someone had kicked in the door of the manor and rushed in aggressively.

Yue Su’s heart trembled and he asked, "Is it the Black Armor Guard?"

The disciple shook his head, "It’s a woman, just her alone."

Yue Su was taken aback, then chuckled a few times, "A woman dares to intrude into our Red Leaf Villa? She really doesn’t know the immensity of heaven and earth."

He picked up his weapon and as soon as he reached the courtyard, a disciple was kicked and sent flying, rolling to his feet.

Yue Su frowned, gripping his sword tightly, and looked up.

Under the courtyard gate, a woman in a blue dress, with her hair tied up with a wooden hairpin, slung a cloth bag over her shoulder. Such a simple dress made her face even more cold and beautiful.

Yue Su had traveled the rivers and lakes for many years, encountering many beautiful women and heroic female warriors, but he had never seen one like her. He was about to ask for her name when several disciples rushed at her.

"Just a..." he only managed to say one word before seeing the woman kick down two men with one blow and then effortlessly defeat three more with her bare hands. There was no doubt that although these disciples weren’t fatally injured, the areas they were hit in were definitely broken bones.

Yue Su swallowed hard. He couldn’t possibly withstand such a fierce woman. But as the disciples from the manor gathered around, Yue Su steadied himself and shouted loudly, "Miss, this is the Red Leaf Villa. Your audacity is beyond belief. Do you think you have nine lives?"

"I am Chu Nanli," Nanli lifted her eyes and introduced herself first, "I am here to find my husband, but everyone here seems to have lost their eyesight and claimed not to have seen him. So I had to come in and find him myself."

She had ridden her horse and used teleportation charms without resting for a whole day and night, so she was very irritable.

Yue Su’s expression changed slightly. Chu Nanli? Wasn’t she Ye Siheng’s wife? What was the Duke of Jin doing? Wasn’t he supposed to be able to delay Chu Nanli? How did she find her way here?

He quickly forced a smile, "So you are the Duke’s wife. But the Red Leaf Villa is just a small sect in the martial world. We don’t have the stature to invite the Duke as a guest. Please leave, Madam."

Nanli was not in a hurry. She took out five copper coins and tossed them on the ground. Glancing at them, she said, "He is here, along with a calamity. You better recognize the situation and hand him over quickly, or else don’t blame me for being ruthless."

Yue Su had heard of Nanli’s reputation. After all, she had once saved young women from a tree demon in Luoyang City. But no matter how powerful she was, she was just someone who practiced Daoist arts. With over a hundred disciples in the Red Leaf Villa, more than twenty of whom were highly skilled in martial arts, did she think she could act so recklessly?

"Duke’s wife, you’ve come alone, so please be polite when speaking. This is not the capital city. You can’t just send a signal and have the Black Armor Guard or the Marquis’s guards come to your aid." Yue Su’s expression turned unpleasant.

"I told you to hand him over, not to talk." Nanli was anxious about Ye Siheng’s safety and became even more impatient.

Yue Su was also angry and ordered the disciples of the manor to attack and capture her.

Nanli didn’t want to waste her energy fighting these people. She reached into her cloth bag and took out a paralysis charm. In the past, this charm could only immobilize one person, but by combining it with a hand seal, wherever the light touched, the disciples were all immobilized, unable to move a finger.

"What... what’s going on?!" Yue Su was visibly shocked. This was beyond his understanding.

Nanli looked at him, still able to move, and raised an eyebrow. After a careful look, she realized that he was wearing a brightly polished piece of wood around his neck.

This piece of wood was quite interesting. Not only could it ward off evil spirits, but it also immunized against some common charms and spells. It was probably not a thousand-year-old peach wood but the Kunlun Divine Wood recorded in ancient books.

"How did you get that piece of divine wood around your neck?" Nanli asked.

With her question, Yue Su also realized that he hadn’t been paralyzed because of the symbol he wore, the emblem of the Manor Lord.

Excited and relieved, Yue Su realized that Nanli was just being arrogant with her Daoist arts, and he had the protection of the divine wood, so he had no fear of her methods.