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"Hey, get away from me, don't touch me!" Nangong Tuo looked at the shadow guard with a face full of disdain. He had asked for help with applying medicine, but the way they handled it was just too rough. It felt more like they were trying to deliver a finishing blow rather than help him.
The shadow guard profession had its own way of dealing with injuries, and they were quite skilled at handling superficial bruises. However, they usually helped each other out, and their grip was always the same. They never considered that Nangong Tuo was a prince with delicate skin.
Watching Nangong Tuo gently touch the bruises and swollen areas on his face with his fingertips, the shadow guard's mind inexplicably flashed with the image of a woman. Among princes, Master never acted so delicate; he wouldn’t even flinch at knife or sword wounds. But looking at this one...
Indeed, comparing goods leads to discarding the inferior, and comparing people leads to despair.
"What's wrong? Third Prince doesn't need any medicine? Is the injury not serious?" Yun Tianying arrived just a step behind the shadow guard and saw Nangong Tuo waving away the shadow guard holding the medicine. He deliberately said, "Since Third Prince doesn't need it, you shouldn't waste your energy."
"Yes," the shadow guard replied. He didn't want to serve Nangong Tuo either; if it weren't for judging from Master’s behavior that this time he wasn't truly angry, he wouldn't have bothered coming over.
When Nangong Tuo saw Yun Tianying approach, he felt this was someone of equal status and hurriedly exclaimed, "Seventh Prince, you came at just the right time! Look at what Yun Tianmo did; oh no, he's ruining the friendship between our two nations."
Yun Tianying suppressed a laugh and quickly made a shushing gesture. "Shh, keep your voice down. It seems like Mo's anger hasn't completely subsided yet."
"Ah!" Upon hearing this, Nangong Tuo really fell silent. He had only wanted to complain casually and hadn’t expected Yun Tianying to actually stand by him. After all, they were brothers; he could only swallow this grievance himself.
"By the way, is Ouyang Zixin okay?" He had seen what happened when she got hit earlier. Yun Tianying had been there for quite a while and must know about Ouyang Zixin's condition.
Yun Tianying was taken aback; he hadn't expected Nangong Tuo to think of Ouyang Zixin at this moment. Surprised, he asked, "Why is Third Prince so concerned about Miss Ouyang?"
"Why? Do I need a reason?" Nangong Tuo seemed to have never thought about this question; he just felt the desire to get closer to Ouyang Zixin. Perhaps it was because she had patted him on the shoulder for the first time on the street? "What reason is needed? Caring is just caring."
"The Third Prince is right. Being good to someone indeed doesn't require any reason," Yun Tianying seemed to agree, nodding as he sat down beside him, completely treating himself as one of them. "Doesn't the Third Prince have a Defensive Artifact? How could you..." How could you end up looking like a pig's head?
Speaking of this, Nangong Tuo became furious. It was one thing for Yun Tianmo to fight him, but to smash his Mystical Artifact without saying a word was unacceptable; what kind of defense was that?
"I see," Yun Tianying pretended to ponder. Then, with curiosity on his face, he asked, "I wonder what the Third Prince's Defensive Artifact is? My younger brother is young and reckless; as his older brother, I can see if I can compensate you for it. What do you think?"
"Well..." Nangong Tuo was about to say something but thought again that the Defensive Artifact wasn't a high-level Mystical Artifact. He didn't face much danger in daily life, so he had always treated it as a toy. If he were to say it needed compensation, it would seem unnecessary. If he said it out loud, it would make him seem petty, so he changed his mind and said, "That's not necessary; I'm not that stingy. It's just a Mystical Artifact."
"Oh, since that's the case, then thank you, Third Prince; you're magnanimous. However, as an older brother, I didn't clearly see what Mystical Artifact Mo used earlier. I wonder if the Third Prince, having observed it up close for so long, could enlighten me?"
Upon hearing this, Nangong Tuo's face flushed red. During the time he had been beaten into a pig's head, he had indeed been the closest person to Yun Tianmo. However, he really hadn't figured out what Defensive Artifact Yun Tianmo used; all he saw was a faint dark red glow. He muttered, "I haven't seen it either."
Yun Tianying feigned surprise and exclaimed, "Even the Third Prince can't recognize it? No wonder even I was kept in the dark."
The shadow guard beside them could hardly listen anymore; Seventh Prince was truly an actor. Just moments ago, he had already revealed the name of that Mystical Artifact—called the Source Serpent Scale Shield. But now looking at his expression, it was as if he and Nangong Tuo were brothers; his clueless look was spot on.
"Hey, do you know?"
The shadow guard bowed slightly and replied, "Source Serpent Scale Shield."
"What? Source Serpent Scale Shield?! It’s actually that?" Yun Tianying's performance was flawless; this was genuine surprise at hearing the name of that Mystical Artifact for the first time. Then he murmured, "I can't believe it; truly unexpected that it's the Source Serpent Scale Shield..."
Nangong Tuo was completely confused by the two of them, wondering what they were talking about.
Yun Tianying, seeing Nangong Tuo's bewildered expression, kindly explained, "What you don't know is that the Source Serpent Scale Shield is a legendary Divine-Level Mystic Artifact!"
"Divine-Level Mystic Artifact?" Nangong Tuo was not unfamiliar with those four words; he had heard of them before. However, he knew nothing about the Source Serpent Scale Shield. Looking at Yun Tianying's envious expression, he couldn't help but ask, "Why has the Source Serpent Scale Shield become a Divine-Level Mystic Artifact?"
"Oh, it's like this. The Source Serpent Scale Shield is said to be a top-tier Mystic Artifact passed down from a source serpent that was once considered a deity in the Yuhai Continent. The source serpent existed for millions of years and could rightfully be called divine due to its cultivation level. At that time, humans on the Yuhai Continent were the most humble and lowly beings, often treated as food and devoured. This source serpent could be considered a ruler of the Yuhai Continent. To further break through itself and reach a higher level, it is said that every hundred years, it would extract an essence from its scales and preserve it. After ten thousand years, it finally gathered ten thousand essence scales, which it then melted together to forge its own top-tier Mystic Artifact—the Source Serpent Scale Shield." Yun Tianying transformed into a lecturer, patiently explaining the origins of the Source Serpent Scale Shield to Nangong Tuo.
"That's so impressive... No wonder..." With such a powerful Defensive Artifact, even if Yun Tianmo's cultivation was already higher than his own, anyone with this Mystic Artifact would likely be very difficult to injure.
Seeing Nangong Tuo lost in thought, Yun Tianying sighed slightly: "It's no wonder you feel this way. Mo has high cultivation and possesses a top-tier Mystic Artifact, so... sigh, one cannot compare people."
With that, he shook his head and got up to leave, leaving Nangong Tuo alone in a daze.
"I won't accept this!" He slammed his fist into the ground but felt no pain at all; his eyes were filled with unwillingness! (To be continued.)
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