Chapter 82: Hyenas Feast, Shadows Flee
Senior Sister hadn’t told Luo Xue what level of pill the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill was.
In fact, it was a top-grade pill that could even save a dying Core Formation cultivator.
Moreover, the ones Senior Sister gave Luo Xue were all high-grade Mystic rank.
Not to mention that they were priceless and extremely rare, the value of each high-grade Mystic rank Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill was equivalent to at least a thousand Mystic-rank Qi Condensation Pills.
…Even if the masked beauty gave Luo Xue everything she had robbed today, it wouldn’t be enough to equal the value of this single pill.
Being so expensive and rare, its effects were naturally extraordinary.
Shortly after swallowing the pill, the masked beauty regained consciousness, and the external wounds on her body healed at a visible speed, her blood energy replenished.
She glanced at Luo Xue, her expression returning to its usual indifference.
Meanwhile, Elder Wu, thinking that the masked beauty was at her limit after taking his sword strike, relaxed slightly.
Taking a direct hit from a Core Formation cultivator, let alone a Foundation Establishment cultivator, even a fellow Core Formation cultivator would suffer serious injuries.
Unless they were a Core Formation body cultivator.
It was precisely because she was a body cultivator that the masked beauty could last until now.
Just as Elder Wu was about to capture the masked beauty and Luo Xue, to show everyone the consequences of offending the Tianhai Gang, the masked beauty suddenly burst with strength, picked up Luo Xue, and vanished in a flash.
Her figure flickered, appearing dozens of feet away in an instant.
Using the surrounding terrain, the masked beauty quickly disappeared from everyone’s sight.
“What!” Elder Wu was slightly surprised. “How could her injuries…”
But he quickly calmed down, snorted coldly, locked onto the masked beauty’s aura, and gave chase.
If he let her escape like this, what would become of the Tianhai Gang’s reputation?
The reason the Ghost Demon Gang was split up decades ago was because of several failed operations. Unable to even protect their own interests, they were attacked by all sides, their territory divided, leading to the current situation.
Survival of the fittest, this was the eternal law of the borderlands.
Once they showed weakness, it would be followed by endless probing and testing, eventually leading to their collapse.
After Elder Wu left, Liu Qingfeng couldn’t stay here any longer.
He glared at the alchemist resentfully and hurried back to the Tianhai Gang’s headquarters.
Whether Elder Wu succeeded or not, Liu Qingfeng had to take responsibility for today’s failure, which made him resent the alchemist even more.
“If not for this idiot being robbed, I… I wouldn’t have encountered such bad luck!”
His earlier arrogance was completely gone.
The pathetic alchemist was the most miserable one today. He sat slumped in the ruins, his shop destroyed, his storage pouch stolen.
And he had been targeted by the young master of the Tianhai Gang, which was the most dangerous thing.
After the Tianhai Gang disciples left, the surrounding crowd immediately swarmed in.
They searched the ruins of the alchemy shop for anything valuable, the scene turning chaotic.
Like hyenas feasting on the carcass of a jackal.
…
“Ugh…”
Luo Xue was buried in something soft, every breath filled with the pungent scent of incense and the heavy smell of blood.
The masked beauty was agile. After the effects of the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill gradually took effect, her injuries improved considerably.
More importantly, she was very familiar with Ghost Demon Pass.
Even… more familiar than Elder Wu.
Although Elder Wu was a Core Formation cultivator, he didn’t dare to use his Divine Sense for a large-scale search in Ghost Demon Pass. He could only track the masked beauty by following her aura.
Ghost Demon Pass was full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Even the factions that controlled a region couldn’t completely dominate the city.
After all, on the surface, only the three major factions had Nascent Soul old monsters, but who knew if there were other Nascent Soul experts hiding their identities within Ghost Demon Pass?
If he recklessly used his Divine Sense and disturbed some eccentric Nascent Soul old monster…
Even the Tianhai Gang might not be able to handle the consequences, and Elder Wu would only have himself to blame.
This situation gave the masked beauty a chance to escape. Otherwise, it would be difficult for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to escape a Core Formation cultivator with the power of a small world.
The Divine Sense of a Core Formation cultivator was far superior to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator. It contained a trace of the power of a small world, and once locked on, it was impossible to escape.
Without the aid of Divine Sense, Elder Wu’s pursuit was difficult, but he still followed closely.
However, after the masked beauty crossed an invisible line, Elder Wu stopped.
He watched the agile figure disappear among the buildings, his expression darkening, but he didn’t continue the pursuit.
“The Medicine Gang…”
Indeed, the masked beauty had escaped into the territory of the Medicine Gang.
The Tianhai Gang and the Medicine Gang were always at odds. Elder Wu, as a high-ranking member and a core figure of the Tianhai Gang, if he rashly entered the Medicine Gang’s territory, it would be considered a provocation.
Even if the Tianhai Gang might initiate a direct conflict with the Medicine Gang soon.
But for now, Elder Wu couldn’t bear the responsibility of being the trigger for war.
“Such serious injuries, yet she could escape at that speed… She must have consumed some precious healing medicine.”
Elder Wu frowned. After calming down, he realized something was amiss.
“To be able to achieve this, it must be a treasure even Core Formation cultivators would find rare.”
“But the question is, if she has such a pill, why would she rob a small alchemy shop?”
“No, that’s not right… Was she really there to rob the alchemy shop?”
“Perhaps…” Elder Wu looked up and narrowed his eyes slightly. “It’s related to the Medicine Gang.”
Indeed, such a precious pill could only be casually given to a Foundation Establishment cultivator by the Medicine Gang.
And… she was also a body cultivator.
Body cultivators had many advantages against ordinary cultivators, but they also had many weaknesses.
The most significant weakness was… slow cultivation, high resource consumption, and a heavy reliance on talent.
In the entire Ghost Demon Pass, only the Medicine Gang could afford to support a body cultivator.
As these clues came together, Elder Wu felt that he was close to the truth, and his expression darkened even further.
As Elder Wu’s aura appeared unrestrainedly at the border between the Medicine Gang and the Tianhai Gang’s territories, many high-ranking members of the Medicine Gang looked over, seemingly on guard.
Each faction only had a few Core Formation elders, and their every move was closely watched.
“Just as I thought…”
Elder Wu chuckled and said loudly,
“Well played, Medicine Gang. Tomorrow, I will bring our Gang Leader to discuss this matter with you! To seek justice!”
With that, he turned and left, not bothering to say another word to the Medicine Gang.
The Medicine Gang members looked at Elder Wu’s receding figure, puzzled, and whispered amongst themselves.
“Did Elder Wu of the Tianhai Gang take the wrong medicine today? Why did he suddenly come over and say that?”
“Hmph, the Tianhai Gang has been eyeing our resources for a long time. This must be a plot they’ve concocted!”
“But I just saw Elder Wu seemed to be chasing someone… but I didn’t sense any aura…”
“I can confirm that he was indeed chasing someone, but it’s possible that the Tianhai Gang is deliberately doing this. Back when we attacked Ghost Demon Pass, we also used the excuse of a missing disciple…”
The higher-ups of the Medicine Gang discussed for a while, but couldn’t come to a conclusion.
They wanted to find the figure who had entered the Medicine Gang’s territory, but there was nowhere to search, no clues at all.
The masked beauty was a body cultivator, traveling with physical strength, without any spiritual power fluctuations, making her difficult to track.
If Elder Wu hadn’t locked onto her aura in advance, he would have lost her long ago.
In the end, the Medicine Gang could only assume that the Tianhai Gang was trying to find an excuse to attack and began preparing for tomorrow’s confrontation.
…
While the Tianhai Gang and the Medicine Gang were suspicious of each other, the culprits behind all this, the masked beauty and Luo Xue, had already escaped to an inconspicuous inn.
The masked beauty didn’t go through the main entrance—her current condition wouldn’t allow it—and instead broke through the window silently.
The moment she landed on the floor, she swayed and collapsed, Luo Xue still in her arms.
“Ugh…”
Luo Xue was almost suffocated. After struggling for a while, she managed to free her head and gasp for air.
“She’s really… big…”
Luo Xue sighed inwardly, recalling the experience of being buried in her embrace.
“Water…”
The masked beauty raised her head, her mask removed, revealing a beautiful face. Her hazy eyes, half-closed, unconsciously moved closer to Luo Xue.
Luo Xue quickly struggled free. Only then did she realize that she was covered in the masked beauty’s blood.
She looked down and was instantly startled.
“What a terrifying amount of blood…”
A pool of blood had formed beneath the masked beauty, slowly spreading, looking like a murder scene.
And she was still muttering,
“Water…”
“Water, water, water, I’ll get you some water!”
Luo Xue frantically searched through her storage ring for water.
Or any liquid similar to water.
“This won’t do, this won’t do either… Wait, Big Sister, you can’t drink this! This is poison!”
Luo Xue snatched the wine gourd from the masked beauty’s hand and breathed a sigh of relief.
The ninth most potent poison wasn’t a beverage…
“Eh, there’s actually water here. Who put this in?”
Luo Xue took out a waterskin from her storage ring and shook it gently, hearing the water sloshing inside.
She immediately opened it, and a strange fragrance wafted out.
“A bit… familiar?” Luo Xue sniffed the air, then her eyes widened as she realized something. “Damn, my convenient mother’s wine! When did she put this in?”
Could it be that Senior Sister secretly put it in while packing?
Forget it, it didn’t matter. Saving someone was more important now.
Wine was also water!
Luo Xue pried open the masked beauty’s lips and poured the wine from the waterskin into her mouth.
“Hey, Big Sister, don’t move! I’m giving you water… wine! Don’t bite my finger! And don’t lick it!”
Luo Xue, with great difficulty, finally managed to “feed” the masked beauty… wine. Only after the masked beauty’s expression relaxed did Luo Xue stop and put away the waterskin.
“This waterskin is also a magical treasure, just like the wine gourd, it can hold so much.”
Luo Xue shook it. The amount of water inside didn’t seem to have decreased at all.
However, her convenient mother was a Nascent Soul expert; it was normal for her to have some treasures.
Speaking of which, could it be stolen goods…
Luo Xue shook her head, discarding these random thoughts.
After drinking the wine, the masked beauty’s face flushed red, and she fell into a deep sleep.
But… Luo Xue couldn’t rest like her.
After all, this scene… was too bloody.
If someone accidentally saw this, tomorrow there would be news of an underage girl murdering a young woman.
Of course, whether this counted as news in Ghost Demon Pass was another matter.
On the other hand, she couldn’t just leave the masked beauty like this.
Luo Xue sighed. She had been inexplicably dragged into this incident, inexplicably becoming an accomplice, and now she had to clean up the mess.
First, she had to treat the masked beauty’s injuries.
Her blood was still gushing out. This sword strike from a Core Formation cultivator wasn’t something an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator could withstand.
“Since we’re both girls, I can just take off her clothes.”
Luo Xue took out a dagger and carefully cut open the masked beauty’s nightwalker suit, treating the flesh that was stuck to the fabric.
Luo Xue had treated injuries many times in the post-apocalyptic world and was quite experienced.
Not just for her companions, but also for herself countless times.
After finally removing the fabric from her back and revealing the wound, Luo Xue gasped.
“This sword strike… almost cut through all her flesh…”
This scene wasn’t just bloody. A sword wound as thick as an arm was clearly visible on her back, the surrounding injuries spreading out on both sides.
Her entire back was covered in sword wounds.
The medicinal power of the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill was indeed healing this astonishing injury, but at the same time, another force was constantly disrupting the healing, causing the blood to gush out uncontrollably.
Just looking at it made Luo Xue wince in sympathetic pain.
She couldn’t imagine how the masked beauty had managed to carry her and escape from a Core Formation cultivator…
And this injury… was because of Luo Xue.
“It was to save me…”
Luo Xue vaguely recalled the masked beauty rushing towards her.
It was only because she thought she was her accomplice…
“Accomplice… fine, let’s be accomplices.”
Luo Xue composed herself and exhaled.
Now that she knew the masked beauty’s injury, there was no need to waste another Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill.
The healing effect of the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Pill wasn’t actually that outstanding. It was its versatility that made it precious. It could be used for any type of injury and could even save a life on the brink of death. That was its true value.
This wasn’t a game, where everything could be represented by numbers.
“Fortunately, Senior Sister also gave me some external injury medicine. Senior Sister really gave me too much medicine…”
Luo Xue took out a bottle of “Healing Golden Sore Ointment” and looked at the other medicines in her storage ring.
There really was medicine for every kind of injury…
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