Chapter 115
Chapter 115: Another Little Thief
Pei Luo Xiu walked over and, upon seeing the injury, his heart immediately twisted with sorrow.
Yan Zhou Bai’s face remained calm as he took out detoxification pills and hemostasis pills, grinding them into powder and sprinkling them over the wound.
“Ugh!” Shi Zi Chu gasped in pain, her eyes instantly turning red.
Yan Zhou Bai glanced up, and his gaze softened when he saw the redness in Shi Zi Chu’s eyes, which made her look so pitiful.
“Does it hurt a lot?”
Shi Zi Chu nodded slightly.
Yan Zhou Bai’s words of caution almost escaped his lips, but he stopped himself, finally saying only, “Applying ice will help.”
As he spoke, shards of ice formed in his palm and floated down onto the back of Shi Zi Chu’s hand.
The ice wasn’t cold enough to freeze, but it provided a soothing relief to the pain.
Shi Zi Chu looked up in surprise. “Zhou Bai, you’re an ice spiritual root?”
During their previous training, Yan Zhou Bai had only used a sword. If it hadn’t been for this moment, she might have never known that he possessed the rare ice spiritual root.
Yan Zhou Bai gave a small nod.
“Young Sect Master Yan is a pure ice spiritual root,” Pei Luo Xiu chimed in, his voice full of concern. “I have a flesh-regenerating pill here.”
As Pei Luo Xiu took out a porcelain vial, Yan Zhou Bai spoke in a calm tone, “The snake poison inside Zi Chu hasn’t been cleared yet. The flesh-regenerating pill won’t be effective.”
The flesh-regenerating pill was precious, and it would be a waste if used improperly.
Pei Luo Xiu looked at the exposed white bone on Shi Zi Chu’s hand, his heart aching with urgency. “Wouldn’t a fifth rank detoxification pill work?”
Pei Qing You’s voice, tinged with a hint of disdain, reached them. “The poison from the cangming serpent is no joke. To neutralize it, you’d need to extract the cangming serpent’s gallbladder and refine a special detoxification pill.”
Pei Luo Xiu pretended not to hear.
Shi Zi Chu raised her left hand to pat Pei Luo Xiu on the head. “It’s fine.”
There were alchemists gathered at Sacred Dawn Peak, and once she retrieved the serpent’s gallbladder, she could ask one of them to make the antidote.
Pei Luo Xiu spoke again, “Sister, you rest. I’ll go get the serpent’s gallbladder and the green rock li flower. Leave it to me.”
Shi Zi Chu gave a small nod.
Watching Pei Luo Xiu rush off, Pei Qing You seemed like he wanted to say something but ultimately stayed silent.
Shi Zi Chu turned her head to look at a few people who were attempting to snatch the green rock li flower.
Yan Zhou Bai glanced at them and, lowering his voice slightly, said to Shi Zi Chu, “Yun Chi, an inner disciple of Long Song Sect.”
Seeing the identical disciple robes on the group, Shi Zi Chu raised an eyebrow.
Yun Chi stepped forward, his handsome face displaying a touch of arrogant genius. His amber eyes flashed with disdain as he spoke with a sharp tone, “Shi Zi Chu! I suggest you hand over the green rock li flower now!”
Shi Zi Chu tilted her head and glanced at Yan Zhou Bai. “I’m at the nascent soul stage, and he’s at the golden core stage, right?”
Although Shi Zi Chu’s question seemed out of place, Yan Zhou Bai nodded.
Shi Zi Chu retracted her gaze and struck suddenly.
Pei Luo Xiu, hearing the noise, turned to see Yun Chi and several other disciples sent flying, pained cries echoing in the air.
Shi Zi Chu raised an eyebrow, her voice soft yet carrying a hint of helpless frustration. “Just because I look like a flower vase, doesn’t mean you should treat me like one~”
Did they not realize that a higher cultivation stage could crush someone? She was a nascent soul cultivator, after all—how could they mistake her for a mere ornament?
Yun Chi struggled to stand, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
He wanted to curse, but the suppressive aura around Shi Zi Chu made him hesitate, afraid of provoking her further.
“Hmm? Another little thief?”
Her voice was sweet and soft, almost playful, but her actions were ruthless.
Yan Zhou Bai glanced over and saw a white fox pouncing towards the green rock li flower. The area around the flower was surrounded by aqua-blue silk threads.
The fox’s mouth bled, dripping as its fur was sliced by the threads.
“It’s not a spirit beast,” Yan Zhou Bai said, his hand moving as Radiant Snowblade appeared in his grasp, its sharp tip pointed directly at the white fox. “A demon.”
The green rock li flower was highly attractive to beasts, capable of healing and enhancing cultivation.
But why was a demon here in the Celestial Grace Mountain Range of the cultivation world?
Shi Zi Chu’s lips curled into a smile. “I’ll handle it.”
Recognizing the fox, she knew exactly who it was: Su Qing Yan, one of the male leads. He was the clan chief of the fox clan and a demon king from the demon realm.
Su Qing Yan had been severely injured in a fight for the demon king’s throne and had ended up in the cultivation world, where he was saved by the kind-hearted female lead, who kept him at Vigilance Peak. Naturally, he was deeply grateful and vowed to repay her.
But in the past, he had poisoned the female lead with fox venom, and in order to cure it, she had been forced to seek male company in the red lantern quarter. This incident had tarnished her reputation, earning her the label of a loose woman.
Now, it seemed like this was the time when Su Qing Yan had been gravely wounded and had stumbled into the cultivation world.
As expected!
Shi Zi Chu’s thoughts hadn’t even fully formed when a familiar voice rang out.
“Second senior sister!”
The soft cry was abrupt, and Chu Zhi Rou and her group quickly approached.
Shi Zi Chu didn’t even look up as she flicked her fingers, sending a water needle to destroy the soul of the fox.
What could Chu Zhi Rou do now?
Su Qing Yan was already nothing but a corpse~
Hee-hee!
System 003, watching the seven-tailed white fox return to its enormous form, sounded out in a mechanical voice, crackling with static, [How did Su Qing Yan die?!]
Chu Zhi Rou flinched at the sharp voice of the system.
[That damned evil female lead!]
[Su Qing Yan was supposed to be the future demon king! Your male lead!]
[Now look! Su Qing Yan is dead, completely dead! Deservedly so!]
The heroine system was nearly malfunctioning with anger.
Chu Zhi Rou glanced at the fallen white fox, a flicker of rage flashing in her beautiful eyes.
Perhaps because she didn’t feel much attachment to him, Chu Zhi Rou turned to comfort the system, “System, don’t be angry. I’m the female lead, I have plenty of men.”
[But the demon king was the only one!] The system snapped back, [Do you know how much help he gave you in the later stages?!]
Yes, as the female lead, Chu Zhi Rou had no shortage of men, but there were only so many male leads!
Both Yu Wen Ying and Su Qing Yan had died at Shi Zi Chu’s hands!
These two were important male leads!
No one else knew how much the heroine system had been triggered.
“Junior Sister Zhi Rou?” Shi Zi Chu smiled softly, her tone gentle with concern. “What’s got you so anxious?”
After hearing System 003’s angry outburst, Chu Zhi Rou looked at the enormous seven-tailed white fox, an inexplicable sadness overtaking her.
“Second senior sister…” Whether it was from sadness or something else, Chu Zhi Rou’s eyes reddened, her voice laced with a sob, and beneath it, there was a hint of grievance and restraint. “The seven-tailed white fox holds great status in the fox clan. Killing the white fox will bring trouble to the peak master.”
Shi Zi Chu said nothing but simply placed her right hand over her left arm, smiling at Chu Zhi Rou with ease.
She looked calm, poised, and elegant, as though she had never caused any trouble.
Little did they know, Xing Lan had long been used to cleaning up her messes behind the scenes.
The disciples who followed Chu Zhi Rou were from Jade Void Sect, including a number from Rising Succession Peak.
They looked at Shi Zi Chu with distaste, but none of them dared speak out.