Chapter 229:
Sensing no living person’s breath nearby, Lin Xin breathed a sigh of relief and slumped to the ground. The commotion she had just caused had exhausted her supernatural ability. If those people still wouldn’t die, she might be the one to die instead.
She sat cross-legged on the ground, and the surging energy in the vines crazily poured into her body.
Feeling the supernatural ability in her body gradually filling up, Lin Xin showed a slight smile on her face.
After Mo Ziyuan settled the large camp, he hurried over and saw this scene:
A smiling girl sat upright in the middle of a messy pile of vines, completely enveloped by a ball of green glowing light. Paired with the corpses outside that had hideous death expressions, it looked eerie no matter how one saw it.
At this moment, he was immensely glad he came alone. If anyone besides him saw this scene, he and Xin’er would probably have to live incognito and flee to the ends of the earth afterward.
At this moment, Lin Xin only felt the energy in her body surging powerfully through her meridians. Although painful, she could feel a sense of rebirth.
She hadn’t felt this way for a long time. The last time was during the apocalypse when her supernatural ability reached the top level.
Could it be that her supernatural ability was going to upgrade again?
During the apocalypse, someone had once proposed whether there was a higher level beyond the top supernatural ability, but since no one could break through, it remained unsolved.
Forcibly suppressing her doubts, Lin Xin began to absorb the surrounding energy wholeheartedly and let it circulate wildly in her body.
She didn’t know how much time passed, but she only felt a “boom” in her mind. Something in her body seemed to break, followed by heart-wrenching, bone-gnawing pain.
Her body felt like it was being pounded and torn into powder fragments before being reassembled. That sensation was utterly refreshing; she had almost forgotten it.
Mo Ziyuan stood not far away, unable to advance even half a step. He could only watch helplessly as her face alternated between red and pale, her expression painfully contorted, with no way to help.
Finally, Lin Xin’s torment ended. The pain in her body receded like the tide, every cell filled with power. She opened her eyes, and a flash of green light passed by.
“Xin’er!” Mo Ziyuan finally waited for the invisible barrier in front of him to disappear, then rushed to Lin Xin’s side in two strides, urgently calling her name.
“I’m fine. In fact, I benefited from this misfortune!” Lin Xin said to him with a beaming smile.
“Good that you’re fine, good that you’re fine.” Mo Ziyuan murmured as he pulled her into his arms, burying his face in her shoulder. Only his trembling arms and body silently expressed his unease.
Lin Xin could feel the anxiety in his heart. She comforting patted his shoulder with her hand. “I’ll explain to you later. Now we need to clean this place up first.”
“Mm.” Mo Ziyuan rubbed his cheek on her shoulder, straightened his body, but stubbornly kept his hand on her waist, unwilling to remove it.
Lin Xin looked down at her waist and smiled helplessly without saying anything else. She pointed at the pile of dry corpses and asked, “How should we deal with these people?”
“Their manner of death is too bizarre. If possible, it’s best not to let anyone else see them.” Mo Ziyuan looked down at those once valiant Western Rong soldiers who had given him and his soldiers much trouble, now lying there in horrific states, and said in a low voice.
“Good!” Lin Xin’s thoughts aligned with his. She smiled at Mo Ziyuan and said, “Watch closely. I’ll show you a magic trick.”
With that, she gently waved her hands. The vines on the ground, now turning green again, suddenly seemed injected with life and began to churn dramatically, like a layer of green waves.
The ground was turned over, the Western Rong people’s corpses bound by vines and pulled underground, deeply buried in the soil. Then the vines waved their branches to level the ground again, swaying gracefully toward Lin Xin like they were vying to please her.
Lin Xin beamed as she output her wood element ability. All the vines instantly grew rapidly, then slowly withered, producing small seeds that Lin Xin collected into her space.
“Done!” Lin Xin clapped her hands and turned to look at Mo Ziyuan. “How’s that? Can you tell?”
Mo Ziyuan gazed deeply at the land that had been turned over and then tamped flat, and silently shook his head.
“Then let’s hurry back! After I discovered they had reinforcements, I was afraid of accidentally injuring the soldiers in the camp, so I lured them all here and took them out one by one. How about that? I’m smart, right!” Lin Xin chattered on as she walked back with Mo Ziyuan.
The feeling of her supernatural ability upgrading was truly great. She felt that even against several times more people than those Western Rong soldiers just now, she could handle them easily.
Compared to Lin Xin, Mo Ziyuan seemed much more silent. Although he responded to every word she said, as they neared the camp, Lin Xin, immersed in excitement, noticed his low emotion.
“What’s wrong with you?” Lin Xin stopped and looked at him seriously.
“I…” Mo Ziyuan had the words on the tip of his tongue but didn’t know how to say them. After hesitating for a while, he asked, “Just now… that, did it hurt you?”
This was his biggest concern. Although he was thrilled about Lin Xin’s terrifying ability, if it came at the cost of her health, he would rather she never used it again.
“Of course not. On the contrary, it was very helpful to me! Let me tell you, my supernatural ability upgraded again. Now I feel full of power. I can make all the plants on this entire hillside work for me anytime, anywhere.”
Facing Lin Xin’s bright, shining big eyes, Mo Ziyuan breathed a sigh of relief but also felt somewhat useless!
But this emotion only flashed for a moment before disappearing. This was his daughter-in-law. The more powerful she was, the more it proved his good judgment, right?
As for inferiority, what the hell was that?
And the issue of whether he was worthy. Although my abilities couldn’t match my daughter-in-law’s, as long as I always treat her well and spoil her so no one else can tolerate her, that would be fine!
Unaware that the person by her side had resolved to spoil her rotten, Lin Xin looked at the brightly lit camp and asked, “How’s the large camp now?”
“The soldiers who were drugged have mostly sobered up, but there’s still residual medicinal properties. To recover their combat strength, it’ll probably take some time.” Speaking of this, Mo Ziyuan’s eyes suddenly lit up. “Xin’er, do you have a way?”
Lin Xin touched her chin and pondered for a moment. Actually, she did have a way. With her current supernatural ability level, making the soldiers recover to their previous state was very simple, but the problem was how to do it without exposing herself.
“I’ll try using my supernatural ability to induce some herbal medicine, then boil it for everyone to drink!”
“Good. Although the Western Rong people suffered heavy losses this time, we can’t let our guard down. After all, we can’t have you taking them all out every time!”
After discussing, the two immediately split up to act. Lin Xin took responsibility for the birth of herbal medicine, Mo Ziyuan took responsibility for lighting the fire and boiling water. Soon, a pot of black medicinal liquid emitting a clear sweet aroma and steaming hot was distributed to the drugged soldiers.
