Chapter 93

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Chapter 93- Cultivation (4)

“Miss Gu, this is your last chance. Who exactly is your master?”

This time it was not only Bing Xin who had appeared. There were two women with her and like BIng Xin, they were both expressionless, looking at Gu Anran as if they were looking at a corpse.

“My answer remains the same.” Gu Anran chuckled lightly.

“Then forgive me for my impropriety.” Bing Xin gestured at the two women behind her.

Gu Anran quietly watched as the two women cut off the long chains and connected them to the ground. The chains were shortened until the length was only long enough for people to move slightly, but not enough to stand up.

Then they used her as center as they passed four talismans in four directions around her. The talismans had different colored symbols. Red, green, yellow, and blue.

Gu Anran didn’t know what they were doing, but she didn’t even try to resist. After all, her current body was even more useless than an ordinary mortal and she wouldn’t be able to escape even if she tried.

After finishing their tasks, the two women returned to Bing Xin’s side. As soon as Bing Xin raised her hand, the four talismans all lit up. A small semicircular barrier covered Gu Anran, then immediately afterwards lighting, fire, wind blades, and water whips struck hard at her body.

“Gah…ahhhh….” The pain made Gu Anran groan, but she quickly gritted her teeth and snuffed out the sound. She had to admit that this type of torture method really is painful.

The small wind blade left cuts all over body while the flames and lighting multiplied the pain by several times. Then add on the water whips, and she was simply in so much pain that she wished she were dead.

System, give me some painkillers. The lowest-grade ones.

「Understood, applying painkillers. Length of time: 15 minutes.」

The pain in her body slowly disappeared and she let out a sigh of relief.

However, this made Bing Xin, who was quietly observing Gu Anran from the side, frown and furrow her brows. Then with a lift wave of her hand, the talismans brightened up a bit more and the attacks doubled.

Gu Anran lowered her head, her hair covering her face. Although she couldn’t feel the pain, her body still reacted. The amount of sweat dripping from her body showed just how much pain her body was suffering and blood flowed all over the floor, slowly spreading out to the edges.

“Miss Bing Xin, she will die if this continues.” One of the women gave Gu Anran a onceover and reported to Bing Xin.

Recalling her master’s orders to keep this person alive, Bing Xin waved her hand and the talismans immediately went dark as the attacks stopped. She gave Gu Anran a glance before disappearing into the teleportation array with the other two women.

“Cough, cough….cough….cough….” Gu Anran fell down, the effects of the medicine disappearing as the agonizing pain returned. She curled up her body in pain.

Hong Qingyi had bought one of those mirrors from the system’s shop earlier and then watched with her own two eyes as her best friend was almost tortured to death. The current bloody appearance made her heart beat rapidly. All she could do was bang against the walls and although she knew it was useless, she still yelled out in her heart.

Anran! Anran! How are you feeling? You must endure it! Hurry up and buy some painkillers!

Gu Anran heard Hong Qingyi’s anxious yelling and turned her body with difficulty to look in Hong Qingyiu’s direction. She smiled at her.

I’m…fine….buying painkillers…only temporary fix….impossible to buy them all the time….or else the points will be used up quickly….

What Gu Anran said was correct. The lowest-grade painkiller cost 2000 points each and only worked for 15 minutes. The next grade one costs 4000 points for 30 minutes. Then the next one costs 8000 points for 45 minutes. The number of points is doubled as the quality of medicine goes up. They didn’t have enough points to buy one day, no, not even enough for half a day’s worth of medicine.

She struggled to get up, but it was impossible. She had too much blood loss and her weak body could only let her lie on the ground softly.

Hong Qingyi watched as more blood flowed from Gu Anran’s back due to her movements and hurriedly shouted.

Anran, don’t move! It will only make more blood flow!

“Cough, cough….cough….cough….” Gu Anran coughed up another mouthful of blood.

Anrna, hurry up and take some medicine.

Hong Qingyi said anxiously.

No need…if they see that I got better, they’ll just torture me again. As long as I’m still alive, it’ll be okay. As long as I’m still breathing.

Hong Qingyi gritted her teeth as she looked at the tragic state her friend was in. Although the two of them quarrel and fight often, they were still two people who grew up tougher, and best friends who lived together. Hong Qingyi hardened her heart and made up her mind as she firmly said,

Anran…..let’s go tonight…..

En? Gu Anran looked up at Hong Qingyi in amazement and found that there wasn’t a trace of a joke in Hong Qingyi’s expression.

Are you sure?

Yes…since they don’t believe us, instead of staying here and suffering, might as well leave and go see the outside world!

Hong Qingyi sat down and propped her chin in her hand, a conflicted look in her eyes.

But if we do this, our main missions will not be completed.

Gu Anran reminded Hong Qingyi. They still had to fulfil their main missions of chasing their targets or else they will be destroyed by the system.

Hmph, if you stay here you’ll die anyway. Better go outside and enjoy the view and live for a few hundred years.

Hong Qingyi pouted and said.

You’re right, why didn’t I think about that. Gu Anran sighed.

Alright, let’s leave tonight. I’ll leave the preparations up to you….I need to rest a bit.

Gu Anran’s voice became weaker and weaker as she spoke before she fell asleep. Although it’s more accurate to say that she lost consciousness……

Hong Qingy looked at the no longer moving Gu Anran and sighed before she began planning their escape.

“Hisss…..” Gu Anran felt someone push her awake. At first she thought it was Bing Xin and the others again, but it wasn’t. She looked down at her body and found that all four of her limbs were extremely pale and felt cold. If they weren’t her own four limbs, she would have thought she was looking at the body of a ghost!

Anran, you’re awake!

Hong Qingyi’s voice called out and Gu Anran slowly propped herself out. The wounds on her body were no longer bleeding and as long as she moved slowly, it was ok.

En, have you figured everything out?

Wait a second, I’ll come to you first.

Following Hong Qingyi’s words, a white light flashed and suddenly Hong Qingyi was standing in front of her.

“Tsk, their torture methods are too ruthless!” Hong Qingyi said as she threw a set of clothes at Gu Anran.

“Cough…cough….where are we going?” Gu Anran asked.

“After having the system investigate for us, I found that there is a very big secret realm near here. Let’s go there and have ourselves an adventure. With our current status we can’t go anywhere else anyways. We’ll be captured by the demonic sect again if we leave or killed by the immortal sects if they find us. So it’s better to go and hide in a secret realm. Don’t they always say that all of the rare treasures lie in the secret realms? Only those below the Spirit-Severing rank can enter this secret realm, but there’s still eight more years before the realm opens up so no one will be able to enter during this period of time! That’s just enough time for you to heal your wounds!” Hong Qingyi explained.

“But there should still be many powerful creatures in the secret realm?” Gu Anran asked worriedly.

One must know that they were only at the Foundation Establishment level right now. There are several ranks below the Spirit-Severing rank: Nascent Soul, Core Formation, Lingji, Xindong, Ronghe, Xuanzhao, etc*, and as cultivators at the Foundation Establishment rank, they were simply little shrimps in a big pond. (*T/N: So these ranks are based on a novel called《飘渺之旅》which is considered the og cultivation novel. The ranks the author used here are a little weird imo and from my reading of the entire arc, the ranks the author actually use are these, from weakest to strongest: Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Core Formation, Nascent Soul, Spirit-Severing, Form Separation, Synthesis, Transcendence, Celestial)

“Don’t worry, I’ve already checked out the entire area and the system said we can go to the outermost edges. The monsters there are weak enough for us to deal with and we can wait for our strength to improve before we explore inwards.” Hong Qingyi said confidently.

“How are we going to get there? There are a lot of people guarding outside.”

“By teleportation, of course!” Hong Qingyi smiled and took out a small white stone with a strange symbol on it.

“This will transfer us into the teleportation array of the secret realm.”

“How many points did it cost?” Gu Anran asked, tilting her head. The amount must not be low if it can take them to the secret realm that everyone so desperately wants to enter.

“Er…..points are merely world possessions, one shouldn’t care about it too much.” Hong Qingyi’s gaze wavered and she didn’t dare to look Gu Anran in the eye.

“How many?” Gu Anran narrowed her eyes.

“This…this…this…25,000 points….” Hong Qingyi said timidly.

“25–cough, cough, cough….25,000?!” Gu Anran’s eyes widened. She never expected that this idiot would spend 25,000 points in a blink of an eye!

“Anran, the system said that since we are going to be a secret realm for eight years or so, he will give us a lot of side missions. Otherwise it would just be a waste of time, at least that’s what the system said.” Hong Qingyi scratched her head.

Waste! It’s whole family is a waste! Gu Anran roared in her heart.

“Hurry up, let’s go, let’s go.! If you don’t get any treatment soon, you will die. It’s only been a few days yet you’re already skinny enough that you’ll fall down if even the wind blows at you!” Hong Qingyi grabbed Gu Anran’s arm and then threw the small stone onto the round. Then the two disappeared.

When the two disappeared, Bing Xin who was standing outside Mu Qingli’s room, trembled.

“What’s the matter?” As a Nascent Soul expert, even the movement of a blade of grass couldn’t escape her notice. Of course, this is something she trained from experience and constantly consumes her spiritual energy.

“Young Lady, Miss Gu and Miss Hong have disappeared.” Bing Xin paused for a moment before speaking truthfully.

Mu Qingli’s hand that was holding the report shook and a burst of flames promptly burned the report into ashes. Her entire face darkened.

“What is going on, are the guards good for nothing?’ Mu Qingli rushed out and flew on her sword towards Xingfa mountain.

“Greetings to the young head.” Upon seeing Mu Qingli, all the disciples on shift clasped their fists together and saluted her.

“Where were they imprisoned?” Mu Qingli ignored them and motioned to Bing Xin to lead the way.

When they arrived at Gu Anran’s cell, she noticed the dry blood on the ground but that the person herself had disappeared.

As Mu Qingli’s one and only dual cultivation partner, there is a sort of connection between them. However, this connection can only be felt by those practicing her specific set of techniques therefore Gu Anran wouldn’t know about it.

Mu Qingli could feel that the other party had not died, just that the connection itself seemed to have disappeared without a trace. As if the person herself had disappeared from the world without a trace.

This made Mu Qingli feel flustered and panicked. Her face turned blue as she screamed at the disciples without any regard to her image,

“Bring all the disciples who were guarding here to me for questioning! And send some people out to find them! If they are not found, then don’t even think about coming back!”

“Understood!”

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