Chapter 34: The Destined-to-be-Abandoned Good-for-Nothing (14)p2
“Master?”
The little disciple, now a Golden Core cultivator, sat in the formation, looking up at Su Mingxiu, her eyes filled with anticipation, as if reminding her about the candy.
Su Mingxiu walked towards her step by step. As she bent down, she covered Gui Mian’s eyes with her hand, looking at the half of her face that was still visible, and called out softly: “Gui Mian.”
“Hmm?”
“Do you trust me?”
The little disciple nodded, dazed and confused.
Su Mingxiu looked down at her, her gaze softer than ever, even carrying a hint of nostalgia. For some reason, she suddenly asked: “Have you never wondered… if I’m lying to you?”
Before Gui Mian could answer—
A sharp pain pierced her abdomen.
It was a pain she had never felt before, making her want to curl up into a ball. A strong metallic scent filled the air, and she couldn’t help but cry out: “Master…”
“It hurts… so much…”
There was so much blood.
Gui Mian thought, was she going to die?
But the hand covering her eyes never let go, so she couldn’t see. It wasn’t just her blood. A river of red spread out from beneath them, filling every corner of the formation. She didn’t know that Su Mingxiu’s usually spotless robes were now stained crimson.
[You’re crazy.]
The system said coldly.
Su Mingxiu dug out her own Nascent Soul. The hand covering the little girl’s eyes was trembling, but she never let go. She thought calmly, the original owner’s body had reached the Great Ascension stage, so even if she extracted her Nascent Soul now, she wouldn’t die.
She continuously circulated and absorbed the abundant spiritual energy from the spiritual vein, healing the wound in her abdomen. Then, she split her Nascent Soul in half. The miniature version of herself screamed in pain, and then half of it merged with Gui Mian’s Golden Core.
The Golden Core, stained with the bloodline of her Nascent Soul, was returned to Gui Mian’s body.
Su Mingxiu wanted to repeat the process, extracting Gui Mian’s spiritual root and replacing it with her own—
Who said there could only be one person with an innate sword bone in the world?
The Jade Elder of the Sword Sect also had an innate sword bone.
“Taking her Golden Core, stealing her sword bone, you’re even willing to cripple yourself to circumvent the mission…” The system narrated her actions indifferently, then said: “Unfortunately, your cleverness will be your downfall this time.”
Dark clouds had gathered in the sky at some point.
The rumble of thunder echoed through the clouds.
The Floating Duckweed sword trembled in mid-air. Su Mingxiu had healed Gui Mian’s injuries, but she didn’t know if she could extract her disciple’s sword bone and replace it with her own before the next bolt of lightning struck.
Because the face beneath her trembling palm was already surrounded by a grey mist.
“It hurts… so much… Master…”
Su Mingxiu leaned in and saw that Gui Mian’s lips were as pale as paper. Thinking of her little disciple’s usual innocent and cheerful demeanor, she closed her eyes, her throat tightening. She leaned closer and gently kissed those lips.
“I know.”
It really hurt.
“Can you bear with it a little longer?” Her lips were also trembling. A salty liquid landed on their intertwined lips. Gui Mian instinctively licked it and replied: “It’s bitter.”
The first thunderbolt struck—
It landed directly on Su Mingxiu. The ink strokes on her robe, like a dragon soaring through the sky, formed a talisman, blocking the lightning.
Then came the second, the third.
Each bolt was a reminder.
Su Mingxiu closed her eyes and recited the lines the system had given her at eight times the speed, even switching to the foreign language she had learned in the previous world. In an instant, the thunder stopped.
Gui Mian, in a daze, bit Su Mingxiu’s lip and asked: “Master?”
The thunder ceased abruptly.
System: “…” Fuck.
It tried to resist the urge to smash its code and comforted itself, it’s okay, it still had its ultimate move.
As expected.
The commotion from the thunder alerted many demons in the abyss of the Demon Realm. A demon from the abyss had awakened and was observing the cultivator who dared to undergo tribulation at the edge of the Demon Realm.
The Floating Duckweed sword pierced Gui Mian’s back—
The person who had been comforted by Su Mingxiu’s kiss suddenly shuddered, a denser grey mist erupting from her body. “No… Master… Not this… I can’t give this…”
A voice in her heart screamed.
Su Mingxiu was about to pierce her own spine with the Floating Duckweed sword’s replica when she suddenly heard a cold snort from nearby.
“Mortals, as disgusting as ever.” After the deep voice appeared, it said to Gui Mian: “Little Chaos, don’t be fooled by her.”
On any other day, Su Mingxiu would have taught this nosy creature a lesson. But now, she had too many things to do, she had to focus, she couldn’t afford any distractions.
So she only remained silent, letting the sword pierce her spine inch by inch.
The noisy voice became even louder. “Tsk, little Chaos, she wants to take your spiritual root. Will you resist? I say, it’s better not to resist. A human’s weak body will only drag you down.”
Gui Mian’s eyelashes fluttered rapidly against Su Mingxiu’s palm.
She was in so much pain that she could barely speak. She could only move her lips, asking softly: “Master wants my spiritual root?”
Su Mingxiu didn’t know how to answer.
She simply remained silent.
But the grey mist that had been gathering around her suddenly dispersed. The little girl, who had been enduring the pain as the Floating Duckweed sword separated her flesh and bone, could no longer hold back. The mist engulfed the sword, absorbing its spiritual energy.
And the face beneath Su Mingxiu’s palm disappeared.
“If Master wants it, I’ll give it to you.”
The lips in the grey mist moved, saying these words.
No matter how much it hurt, she would give it to her.
But—
Gui Mian, remembering the words she had just heard, couldn’t help but ask Su Mingxiu: “But why did Master say I’m no longer of any use?”
“Why did you call me a good-for-nothing?”
“Did I not do well enough?”
Large teardrops fell from the mist hovering in mid-air. But the grey beast was oblivious. The human voice disappeared, replaced by a beastly roar.
“Gui Mian…”
Su Mingxiu didn’t have time to think about how Gui Mian could understand the words she had said to appease the system. She only saw the grey mist fluctuating between human and chaotic energy, wanting to say something, but then she suddenly heard a painful roar—
A golden spine fell before her eyes.
And the Golden Core that had been returned to Gui Mian’s body.
The grey mist churned violently. It seemed that without these two things, it could no longer maintain its form. Her foolish disciple came closer, asking her something with a beastly roar.
But Su Mingxiu couldn’t understand. Until the other party struggled to speak in human language.
“I… give… everything… to… Master…”
“Can… eat… candy… now?”
The sound of thunder echoed in the sky again.
Su Mingxiu had to pull out the Floating Duckweed sword from Gui Mian’s back and try to block the lightning. But this time, the thunder wasn’t summoned by the system. It was striking the grey mist directly.
Just as Su Mingxiu was about to shield Gui Mian from the lightning, a black shadow emerged from the Demon Realm. It blocked the lightning and stepped into the formation, gathering all the grey mist.
A pair of bewitching eyes looked at Su Mingxiu with disdain and said to the small creature writhing in pain in its sleeve:
“I’ll get you all the candy you want.”
“Don’t trust this human, she’s just lying to you.”
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