She was injured so severely.
"Youyou, it was I who came too late!"
He pressed her acupoints to stop the blood that was flowing.
Jin Zijin’s expression was startled, he said, "You wait here obediently for me."
He laid her down, holding the blood-red dagger, ready to rise and stab at Yu Jizi.
Tian Jizi held him back, saying, "He’s just performed a ritual and expended a lot of energy; you stay here and look after this female doctor. Let your master handle this."
"Could it be that Tian has really come?" Yu Jizi stared at Tian Jizi in shock.
Tian Jizi smiled faintly and said, "I had calculated that today would be your weakest; if not today, then when?"
Yu Jizi cursed furiously, "Damn you, old immortal, you actually schemed against me; aren’t you supposed to be insane?"
"Whether I’m insane or not, you’ll know if you try."
With that, he brandished a golden, glittering long sword and attacked Yu Jizi.
Even a skeletal camel is bigger than a horse; although Yu Jizi was extremely weak at this moment, he could still staunchly withstand Tian Jizi’s assault.
Yu Jizi and Tian Jizi quickly engaged in battle; such a level of combat was hard for others to intervene.
Jin Ziyuan saw an opportunity and quickly ran to the stone door, to Gu Youyou’s side.
He squatted down and stretched out his hand to touch her but, seeing her lying in someone else’s embrace, he abruptly retracted his hand.
Jin Zijin lifted his head and said to him, "Thank you! You should leave quickly, your people are searching for you everywhere."
Jin Ziyuan nodded slightly, took another reluctant look at Gu Youyou, and finally left with gritted teeth.
Having him here meant that he would save her; she would be alright.
This tomb door had a peculiar feature: once opened from the outside, it had to be opened again from the inside to fully unlock, a process of entering and exiting.
For instance, when Yu Jizi took Gu Youyou and the others inside, the next time the tomb door was to be opened, it had to be done by someone inside; those outside could not open it. Therefore, Jin Ziyuan had exhausted all means to make Yu Jizi open the door.
Back then, Gu Youyou couldn’t open the tomb door for the same reason.
Fortunately, the tomb chamber was equipped with a secondary method of opening the door, and Gu Youyou happened to understand the Innate Eight Trigrams, she found the life gate, which gave her the opportunity to open that tomb door again.
Jin Ziyuan did not know that Jin Zijin and Tian Jizi were outside the door; he was just gambling, betting that Jin Zijin would come, and if he did, he would be able to rescue her.
Fortunately, his gambit paid off, and Jin Zijin did not disappoint him.
Watching Jin Ziyuan flee, Yu Jizi was unable to contain his fury and kicked the lid of the coffin, sending the several hundred-pound lid flying towards the tomb door, wedging it midair just as it was about to close.
Jin Ziyuan, hearing the loud noise, didn’t look back and plunged headfirst into the narrow tomb corridor, running wildly, unaware of how much blood he was vomiting.
Yu Jizi wanted to chase after him but was blocked by a sword from Tian Jizi.
A golden, glistening, ostentatious sword was erected in front of Yu Jizi, who was so infuriated that his eyes seemed to turn green.
"So the Money Sword is actually in your hands? You’ve hidden it well!"
Back then, having lost, Tian Jizi parted with the Money Sword, but unexpectedly, before Yu Jizi could even enjoy it, the sword had vanished.
Yu Jizi was furious at the time, and despite whipping many of his disciples, he could not locate the sword.
In his understanding, Tian Jizi had always been known as a righteous gentleman; since he had lost the sword to him, there was no reason for him to steal it back. Hence, over the years, he never suspected him.
But who could have thought that he would actually steal the sword back.