Long Chen was relieved that the Law Enforcement Department chose to stand aside. If they had interfered, it would have made the situation a bit more chaotic than his expectations.
'This means that nearly all the battles occurring in Dongchun City are between the merchants and the Noble Shadow. I need to capture some core members of the Noble Shadow. I don't believe that none of them will break.'
Thus, Long Chen's Benevolent Corps joined this battle under the guise of assisting the merchants.
They chose some locations where the battles were most chaotic. This indicated that more than one member of the Noble Shadow had come to fight against the merchant's mercenaries.
It was the perfect opportunity to capture two of them in one go.
Long Chen assigned another point to Ren Yue. It was less chaotic compared to this location, but it was much more appropriate for her. He wanted her to join a battle and improve her battle power.
After sending Ren Yue away, Long Chen instructed his subordinates to join the battle. He didn't join this battle and merely gazed from afar.
He was ready to run in case one of these two members decided to escape. Even though these two members were at the 4 Star Rank, Long Chen was confident that his attack could make them stumble.
This would be more than enough time for the other warriors to catch up to them and capture them.
Moreover, these guards had already begun to trust Long Chen quite a bit as he had provided them with many rewards and resources.
Their salary had never been higher!
Ren Yue felt that paying these guards was a bit too costly, but she also saw the benefits.
This large group would remain with her only if she continued to pay these exaggerated sums as salary.
She had to control her greed and risk everything to acquire greater benefits.
By the end of the day, Long Chen managed to capture one member of the Noble Shadow. The second member on his side of the battlefield escaped.
Meanwhile, another Noble Shadow member joined the battle on Ren Yue's side and saved his ally from her clutches.
Fortunately, Grandpa Mo was by her side and protected Ren Yue from that assailant's attack. He was gravely injured, though.
Ren Yue brought Grandpa Mo to a rest house and beckoned multiple doctors to treat him. However, Grandpa Mo's injuries were a bit too serious.
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"…We could have healed his injuries if they merely tore his organs or broke his bones. However, the person who attacked him injected his Ardor into Sir Mo's body. I am afraid that if we utilize our Ardor to treat him, the opponent's Ardor will be stimulated and tear apart Sir Mo's body."
Around this moment, Long Chen arrived. He had to send all his guards and that captured member to a nearby warehouse. When he saw that Ren Yue hadn't returned, he grew a bit worried.
He decided to check out their rest house just in case. When he entered the house, he saw multiple people standing in the lounge.
"What is going on here?" He asked, a bit curious about the presence of these unknown people.
He noticed Ren Yue standing beside the bed with a distraught look, her eyes swollen as if she had just cried.
Long Chen's complexion paled significantly when he saw the man in bed.
Ren Yue explained while weeping, "Grandpa Mo was injured while saving me from the enemy's attack. We can't heal him at all!"
Long Chen was startled to hear this information and quickly headed toward the bed. He placed his hand on Grandpa Mo's forehead and tried to understand his situation.
"Wait. Don't use your Ardor. It might stimulate the foreign Ardor in Sir Mo's body! You will kill him!" A doctor suddenly hollered.
Long Chen's eyes widened as he heard those words. He understood the gravity of this situation.
With a trembling voice, he asked, "What is the rank of the warrior who attacked him?"
Everyone was startled as they heard his words.
Ren Yue's eyes showed signs of excitement as she recalled that Long Chen could perform miracles. She recalled that he had managed to heal her meridians!
She responded instantly, "A 4-Star Warrior attacked him."
After answering his question, Ren Yue asked him a bit excitedly, "…Can you treat him, Brother Chen? I will do anything. Please…Please help him."
"Young lady, please don't put hi-cough-m in a bad spo-cough," Grandpa Mo spoke while coughing out some blood.
He stared in Long Chen's direction and spoke, "…Take care of youn-cough-g lady for me. Please pro-cough-tect her."
Long Chen was originally a bit hesitant as he heard that this Ardor belonged to a 4 Star Warrior, but hearing Ren Yue and Grandpa Mo's words, he made up his mind.
Long Chen injected his Ardor into Grandpa Mo's body.
Just as the doctors had stated earlier, the Ardor within Grandpa Mo's body was stimulated as it came in contact with Long Chen's Ardor.
However, Long Chen had already enveloped Grandpa Mo's vital organs with a thin layer of his Ardor to protect them.
In fact, he surrounded that foreign Ardor and tried to pull it out.
Unfortunately, the 4 Star Warrior's Ardor was a bit too dense to be moved by Long Chen's Ardor.
"…Gyaahh!" Long Chen flared his entire Ardor, doing his utmost to pull that foreign Ardor from Grandpa Mo's body.
Grandpa Mo's Ardor assisted him, but it barely moved.
At this moment, Long Chen sensed the presence of another Ardor appearing within Grandpa Mo's body.
The presence of this Ardor was enough to gently pull the foreign Ardor out of Grandpa Mo's body.
When Long Chen finally opened his eyes, he saw Ren Yue standing beside him. It was her Ardor that appeared in Grandpa Mo's body at that final moment.
Long Chen spoke with a bitter expression, "You shouldn't have done that, Miss Re-. Ahhhh"
Ren Yue was startled as she experienced great pain; however, she managed to endure it. This pain was much less when compared to cultivating the Revolving Yin Merit Law for the first time.
The doctors nearby were startled as they wondered why Grandpa Mo was safe, and these two youths had started screaming.
Soon, Long Chen controlled his scream and shouted at these doctors, "Get out! Don't you dare mention this to anyone or else…AHhhhh!"
Long Chen couldn't even finish giving his threat, but the doctors understood what he wanted to say.
After the doctors left, Long Chen utilized his Moonlit Phantasm True Scripture. However, he soon realized that his Moonlit Phantasm True Scripture wasn't working properly.
'… What's going on?!'
However, he soon realized the reason. It was the absence of moonlit.
'Shit! How could I forget that today is new moon?! It's the only day I can't utilize my Moonlit Phantasm True Scripture! And the speed is too slow if I use the Blue Quartz to operate my cultivation technique.'
'Will I die for this impulsive action? For helping someone?' There was a bitter smile on Long Chen's face.
However, visions of future appeared in his mind.
'No. I can't give up yet. I have yet to meet Xinyi. I have yet to do anything that could change the tragic future.'
As he started thinking of ways, Long Chen found one, 'I need someone's assistance to completely resolve this foreign Ardor.'
Long Chen stared in Grandpa Mo's direction and noticed that he was unconscious. It was likely that he was tired after dealing with this foreign Ardor for so long and once it was expelled from his body, his mind automatically went to sleep.
Long Chen's next vision fell on Ren Yue. He noticed that she was actually operating the Revolving Yin Merit Law to resolve this foreign Ardor.
"Hah. Miss Ren. I need your help. Please use your cultivation technique to resolve this foreign Ardor inside my body," Long Chen requested with a feeble voice.
Ren Yue instantly opened her eyes and moved closer to Long Chen's body.
Her palm touched his forehead and began to operate the Revolving Yin Merit Law.
The foreign Ardor inside their bodies quickly broken down into many different laws. Long Chen and Ren Yue's bodies absorbed these laws and effectively turned much stronger.
This was especially true for Long Chen's body since the Moonlit Phantasm True Scripture focused on mental strength rather than physical strength while Ren Yue's cultivation technique was the opposite.
At this moment, Ren Yue's cultivation technique was nourishing Long Chen's physical body by using the foreign Ardor as its source of energy.
After three hours, the two managed the foreign Ardor was completely exhausted.