Chapter 6: Nestling Close
After Daoist Ziyang left, the other girls glared resentfully at Luo Xue, their greedy gazes lingering on the pill in her hand.
“What is Master thinking… actually giving the pill to…”
But they didn’t have the courage to snatch the pill. Stamping their feet, they turned and left, returning to their own rooms.
Their assigned maids followed them one by one, leaving only Luo Xue and Su Yiyao’s maids standing in place.
The Cloud Wanderer wasn’t small, and each girl had been assigned a room. The reason Luo Xue and Su Yiyao were lying together was simply for ease of care.
They had been unconscious the longest; the other girls had been awake for at least two or three days.
However, it wouldn’t be a problem if they had to share a room.
The two maids stared intently at Luo Xue, their indifferent eyes seemingly devoid of color, looking more like… puppets.
Luo Xue naturally didn’t dare to question or examine them. After hesitating for a moment, she said,
“Why don’t you… go out first? We don’t need anything from you right now…”
The two maids nodded and immediately turned to leave the room without hesitation.
“So obedient?” Luo Xue blinked, looking at their shadows at the doorway, frowning slightly. “They don’t seem to be here to monitor us…”
That made sense. Daoist Ziyang was a legendary immortal; how could he need to “monitor” a few little girls?
As long as he was on the boat, everything was under his control.
As for escaping… they were surrounded by a boundless expanse of water. Escaping was no different from choosing death.
“In this situation… I can only take it one step at a time and figure out what this Immortal Master is planning.”
Luo Xue sighed and turned to look at Su Yiyao beside her.
Whether due to exhaustion or some other reason, Su Yiyao had fallen into a deep sleep again, her little head resting on Luo Xue’s arm, nestling close.
Just like in the dim carriage.
“Only, the current situation… is much more dangerous than back then.”
Luo Xue smoothed Su Yiyao’s slightly messy bangs, gently laid her down, and then breathed a sigh of relief.
Now… it was time to sort everything out.
Luo Xue took the pill and walked over to the table, sitting down.
With a thought, the red text that had appeared in her vision several times slowly emerged, incredibly clear.
[Survival Points: 30]
“…It was 10 before, now it’s increased by 30?”
Luo Xue wondered where the thirty points came from. The red text shifted again, and when it reappeared, it displayed a record of all survival points.
[Initial Survival Points: 10]
[Survival Points Allocated to Attributes: -10]
[Experienced Dangerous Event – Witnessed Foundation Establishment Cultivator Silencing Witnesses: +30]
So the thirty points were a reward for witnessing Daoist Ziyang brutally murdering the two traffickers…
Luo Xue had seen the conditions for obtaining survival points before; it was based on experiencing dangerous events and the level of danger.
And her stumbling upon Daoist Ziyang’s secret also counted as a dangerous event.
After all, if she had been discovered, Luo Xue would have undoubtedly met the same fate.
“Only 30 points for a near-death experience?”
Luo Xue was startled, but then she thought again, 10 survival points were enough to keep her alive amidst the Yin Breath Poison, and this was three times that amount!
If she wanted to continue surviving, and even escape from Daoist Ziyang’s unknown plot, survival points were essential.
There was one more thing.
Luo Xue looked at the pale purple pill on the table, emitting a faint, sweet fragrance, as if tempting her to swallow it.
No way. This thing smelled exactly like the poisonous mist, a deadly poison.
Luo Xue wasn’t confident that her 10 + 30 Yin Poison Resistance could withstand this pill. Besides, Daoist Ziyang had only told her to sense its aura.
But how could she see the attributes she could allocate survival points to?
With a thought, the red text slowly transformed into a game-like panel, displayed before her.
The dense array of attributes startled her, and she could only barely find the single 10 for Yin Poison Resistance among a sea of zeros.
“If only it could be simpler…”
Luo Xue muttered her complaint, and the panel changed.
[Dream Traveler: Luo Xue]
[Current Realm: Mortal (Next Realm: Post-heaven)]
[Physique: None]
[Cultivation Aptitude: Almost None]
…If there’s none, then there’s none. Wasn’t the wording “almost none” a bit too insulting!
And, compared to the dense attribute table from before, this was too simple, wasn’t it?
“Forget it, as long as it works.”
Luo Xue sighed and shook her head. She wasn’t a peerless genius; in the apocalyptic world, she was just an ordinary person who couldn’t do anything.
“Mmm…”
Just then, Su Yiyao’s soft groan came from the bed again. She struggled to sit up, looking around in a daze.
The reason Luo Xue had been unconscious for so long was because she had directly resisted the Yin Breath Poison.
Su Yiyao’s prolonged unconsciousness was purely due to her severely traumatized state of mind in the carriage.
The reason Daoist Ziyang was colder towards Su Yiyao was because, besides filtering out those with the Xuanyin Body, releasing the Yin Breath Poison also tested the strength of their Xuanyin Body.
The longer they remained unconscious, the lower the efficiency of transforming the Yin Breath Poison, and the weaker their constitution.
Of course, in their current situation, not being noticed might be a better outcome.
“Where is this…”
Su Yiyao instinctively curled up, her eyes meeting Luo Xue’s. She mumbled softly,
“You… are you…”
“Shh!”
Luo Xue quickly put a finger to her lips, then tiptoed over and wrote on Su Yiyao’s arm,
“I’m Ah Chou.”
“It really is…”
Before Su Yiyao could cry out in surprise, Luo Xue quickly blinked and gestured towards the door with her eyes.
Su Yiyao wasn’t stupid. After the initial daze of waking up, she realized that the current situation might not be as beautiful as it seemed.
The inexplicably appearing Immortal Master, the calm yet eerie atmosphere…
Luo Xue thought for a moment and decided not to tell Su Yiyao everything. She simply warned,
“Xiao Yao, don’t tell anyone about what happened in the carriage. And, Daoist Ziyang is not a good person.”
Su Yiyao was, after all, just a little girl under ten years old, unlike herself, who had experienced several lifetimes and had matured considerably.
Luo Xue worried that if she knew the truth, it might lead to uncontrollable consequences.
Su Yiyao’s large eyes stared at Luo Xue, not answering immediately, her teary eyes evoking pity.
“Do you… trust me?”
Luo Xue hesitated slightly and wrote again.
Su Yiyao suddenly smiled, a breathtakingly beautiful smile that made Luo Xue hold her breath for a moment.
“I trust… Ah Chou.”
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