Chapter 1291: A Ma.s.sive Opportunity
Xu Xiaolan and the others were petrified upon seeing this.
“An Lin! An Lin!” Xu Xiaolan threw the lid off the coffin in a frenzy before cradling An Lin up in her arms.
She pressed her slender hands over An Lin’s chest and pressed down his chest rhythmically as if she was trying to resuscitate him. At the same time, vital energy surged as a pure flame power quickly nurtured An Lin’s entire body.
“It’s alright, it was just respiratory arrest. He’s fine now.” Xu Xiaolan heaved a long sigh of relief, and a relieved smile appeared on her face as she unleashed a spell technique to clean up An Lin’s body.
“Respiratory arrest?” Hong Dou was confused.
“It means that he stopped breathing temporarily,” Xu Xiaolan explained.
Hong Dou was astonished. “Holy sh*t, you almost f*cking killed him!”
Xu Xiaolan blushed with embarra.s.sment upon hearing this.
She really had almost killed An Lin…
Her relentless, spontaneous movement techniques had thrown An Lin around like a rag doll inside a tumble dryer, and his heart had finally given out on him…
A lingering fear welled up in Xu Xiaolan’s heart at the thought of this.
If An Lin really did die like this, she would probably also die from remorse.
Soon, An Lin began to wake up, and tears welled up in his eyes.
He knew that he had almost become the first man in history to perish from being thrown around on his dao partner’s back. In that case, they wouldn’t even need to get a coffin for him as he had died in a coffin anyway…
“It’s alright now, An Lin, everything is fine…”
Xu Xiaolan immediately knelt down beside An Lin and stroked his chest as she offered gentle, comforting words.
At this moment, other powerful beings had already begun to charge toward them.
The battle erupted again!
“I’m just excess baggage here! Just leave me and keep going,” An Lin urged.
Xu Xiaolan: “No way!”
Xuanyuan Cheng: “How could we abandon you?”
Liu Qianhuan: “Don’t even think about it! I don’t have a habit of selling out my comrades!”
Everyone immediately rejected An Lin’s proposal.
“Don’t forget that our objective is to fight for the heavenly peaches! This is not a battle of life and death, I’ll just be eliminated, and you guys can go on.
“If you feel bad about it, you can just give me a few more heavenly peaches when we get back!” An Lin persisted.
Xu Xiaolan shook her head with an extremely firm expression. “This is not a matter of heavenly peaches. I don’t want to see you being pushed around by others in such a vulnerable state. I have to protect you even if it means giving up on all of the heavenly peaches.”
An Lin’s expression faltered upon hearing this, and he stared blankly at the woman before him.
He could see the extremely staunch determination on her face, and he was very touched by her words.
The heavenly peaches didn’t matter; she simply wanted to protect him in his vulnerable state…
Even though An Lin was a dead weight to everyone, he was still extremely happy that everyone would stand by him and protect him with everything they got.
Xu Xiaolan placed An Lin back into the coffin before turning to Hong Dou. “You carry An Lin and stay behind me.”
Her movement speed and movement techniques were unbearable to An Lin, so she had to find someone to take care of him. Hong Dou was clearly the best choice.
Hong Dou had been moved by everyone’s touching display of loyalty to An Lin, and he immediately accepted this duty. “Don’t worry, I’ll take good care of Mr. An Lin!”
He placed the coffin on his back before standing up straight and puffing out his chest, as if he was undertaking the most important mission.
They charged toward the cherry blossom forest in the distance again.
It had to be said that their team was an extremely powerful one. They were sweeping through all obstacles, and it was not an exaggeration to say that they were invincible here.
Hong Dou followed behind Xu Xiaolan and was no longer the meat s.h.i.+eld. Instead, he was the manual laborer, or for the want of a better term, the sect leader’s guardian!
He felt like this occupation suited him quite well. It was quite a prestigious role, and it filled him with a sense of achievement.
He was just running along when a voice was suddenly transmitted into his ear.
“Hong Dou, Hong Dou!”
Hong Dou shuddered as he traced the voice transmission. “You’re… the Holy Lord Noodle?!”
There was no mistaking that voice; it belonged to the Holy Lord Noodle, the Hall of Creation mighty figure at the Return to Void Pinnacle Stage!
“That’s right, it’s me! Hehe… I didn’t think you would be with the Four Nine Immortal Sect. Well done…” The Holy Lord Noodle’s elated voice sounded alongside the slos.h.i.+ng of its noodle soup.
Hong Dou thought the Holy Lord Noodle was insulting him, and an awkward expression appeared on his face as he transmitted his voice in reply, “This is just a temporary alliance, so please don’t think too much of it.”
“Hehe, there’s no need to hide things from me. I know that you’re just infiltrating the enemy team!”
“Infiltrating?”
Hong Dou was dumbstruck.
“Of course! Don’t forget what event this is. This is a battle for the heavenly peaches, so whatever you do is for the sake of securing more heavenly peaches, is it not?” the Holy Lord Noodle’s voice sounded again.
“That may be true, but what does that have to do with infiltration…” Hong Dou was still perplexed.
“Don’t forget what you have on your back! That’s Sect Leader An Lin of the Four Nine Immortal Sect! I’ve heard your conversation, and I know that he has a heavenly peach tree in his storage ring. He’s just a feeble mortal right now, so you can take the heavenly peach tree from his storage ring!
“After that, you can take him as a hostage and force the Four Nine Immortal Sect to hand over their other heavenly peach tree as well. That way, we’ll end up with two heavenly peach trees!
“Hong Dou, I was wrong about you… You’re a wise rock with an eye for the future!”
The Holy Lord Noodle seemed to be reinforcing something as it spoke.
A thought suddenly exploded in Hong Dou’s mind, as if the sun had finally broken through the clouds.
That’s right! This was a battle for the heavenly peaches, so what the h.e.l.l was he doing acting as a manual laborer for the Four Nine Immortal Sect?
This was a ma.s.sive opportunity to secure two heavenly peach trees! The Holy Lord Noodle had shown him the way, and it was a perfectly feasible plan!
“Hong Dou, what are you still hesitating about? If you’re scared of the Four Nine Immortal Sect members taking revenge on you, black dog and I can help you. Once we secure the heavenly peach trees, we’ll split the heavenly peaches 50:50, what do you say?”
The Holy Lord Noodle offered an extremely alluring set of conditions to Hong Dou.
Hong Dou’s heart wavered.
He was a member of the Hall of Creation, and the whole point of this alliance was so that he could secure more heavenly peaches. If there was a way to secure heavenly peaches now, why wouldn’t he do it?
An Lin and Xu Xiaolan were always looking down on him, now was the perfect chance for him to make a difference and show them that he could amount to something after all!
Hong Dou immediately made the decision to set the coffin down and grab An Lin from within.
However, his actions suddenly faltered, and the scorching light in his eyes faded.
“Hong Dou! What are you still hesitating about? We don’t have any time left!” the Holy Lord Noodle urged.
The bowl of noodles and the black dog had already entered the fray.
“Haha, look, there’s a bowl of noodles over there!” A Stone Tribe living chortled with mirth as it slashed its saber toward the noodles.
The Holy Lord Noodle rose from its bowl, and a soft noodle extended forward.
Boom!
A violent collision erupted.
The Stone Tribe living being’s eyes widened with incredulity.
Its sharp blade had crashed down upon the noodle, but it was completely unable to slice through it. It was as if this noodle were made from the most resolute substance in this world!
Before it even had a chance to react, a hard-boiled egg hurtled through the air before cras.h.i.+ng into its chest with a resounding boom.
The egg exploded, and the Stone Tribe living being threw up a mouthful of blood. Its eyes rolled over, and it crashed to the ground as a golden protective light enshrouded its body!
What a powerful egg!
“Hong Dou!” The Holy Lord Noodle was steadily getting closer to Hong Dou.
Hong Dou shuddered. He knew that he didn’t have any time left, so he placed his hands on the coffin.