Chapter 65

Chapter 65: Why Isn’t This Seven Emotions Gu Working?

Shen Sang Ruo’s body was near its limit, and her head felt frozen.

How could she get the dew from the Snow Soul Iceheart Lotus, the Mystic Ice Jade Dew, in a place like this?

She drove her nails into her palm. Bright blood ran between her fingers, and the sharp pain cleared her mind a little.

An idea sparked in her heart.

With the last of her Spiritual Power, she lit a tiny flame on her fingertip and held it close to the Snow Soul Iceheart Lotus.

Part of the crystal lotus melted at once. The beads that formed glimmered with faint silver light.

Dew was water, and melted ice was also water. The difference should not be that big, right?

She quickly held out a porcelain bottle and caught the drops, then chopped off a few lotus petals and tucked them into her storage pouch.

If that still did not work, she would try sprinkling “dew” by hand.

Once done, Shen Sang Ruo left the cave at once.

By the time she crawled out, ice had formed on many parts of her body. A moment longer and she would have become an ice statue in that cave.

Thankfully, it was a close call and nothing worse.

She swallowed a few pills and slowly warmed up.

She crouched and curled into herself to heat up faster.

Suddenly a stab of pain hit her back, like something had struck her.

Could it be a demonic beast living on the Slanting Mountain Icefield? Her nerves jumped. She snapped around, and two familiar figures came into view.

“Hey! Who are you, sneaking around here? What are you doing?!” The voice was so full of “wisdom” that it could only be Luo Chu.

What hit her was a snowball Luo Chu had thrown.

Bai Mu Mu stood with him, peeking out from behind his shoulder.

Shen Sang Ruo was silent.

She felt there must be some cursed fate tying them together if they could meet even in a place like this.

Only two words rose in her mind: [Bad luck.]

She also felt oddly less cold. Right now she could probably run down the whole Slanting Mountain Icefield in one breath.

Luo Chu and Bai Mu Mu recognized her at the same time.

“Shen Sang Ruo?! Why are you here?” Luo Chu cried, his alert gaze turning to surprise.

Bai Mu Mu frowned in puzzlement and said, “Fifth Senior Sister, what are you doing on the Slanting Mountain Icefield?”

They soon walked up to her.

Sensing her aura, Luo Chu showed a shocked look.

Shen Sang Ruo was already a Mid Golden Core cultivator, only a step behind him.

What kind of monster was she? After having her cultivation wiped out, she had chased this far in so little time. That was absurd.

Thinking she might soon surpass him, Luo Chu grew even more unhappy.

Bai Mu Mu’s face did not look good either. In her usual “strategy” paths, people like Shen Sang Ruo were always the low ones set up to make her shine.

But now Shen Sang Ruo was doing great, while Bai Mu Mu’s plan had slipped backward. How could she accept that?

Shen Sang Ruo glanced at Bai Mu Mu and recalled the day she Proved the Dao through Slaughter. She then looked at Luo Chu with a faint smile that hid its meaning.

Luo Chu’s brows twitched. Why did it feel like Shen Sang Ruo was pitying him? It made no sense.

“What I do here has nothing to do with you,” Shen Sang Ruo said as she drew back her gaze, her words sharp. “Move aside and don’t block my path.”

Luo Chu ignored her and stood firm to block the way. He said, “Well, well, our Shen Sang Ruo is getting bold. You don’t respect Master or Senior Brothers at all.”

“You, with a Fire Spiritual Root, came to this land of deep cold to make trouble? Did Master drive you down the mountain so you felt ashamed and came here to die?” He pulled a mocking smile.

He looked her up and down and said, “Oh, I get it. You knew we would come to the Slanting Mountain Icefield, so you came here on purpose to block us, right?”

“I’m telling you, we already stand against each other. No matter how you play tricks and show up before me, it won’t work.”

“It’s been months, and you’ve really improved, Fourth Senior Brother,” Shen Sang Ruo said, ignoring his questions with a line that seemed to come from nowhere.

“Oh?” Luo Chu brightened at once. Maybe she wanted to praise him like Junior Sister did. He had thought as much: if Shen Sang Ruo showed up here out of nowhere, she must want their attention.

He wanted to hear what good words could come from her sharp tongue and asked, “Then tell me, how have I improved?”

Shen Sang Ruo’s lips curved a little. She said, “Being self absorbed.”

“You—” Luo Chu’s eyes bulged with anger, but he swallowed it down as a thought occurred to him.

With a stiff smile he said, “Keep pretending. Let’s see how long you can keep it up.”

“I knew you’d act cold and distant again. I’ll make your true colors show right now.”

His voice was sure and full of confidence.

“When that happens, don’t beg me.”

Luo Chu’s behavior made Shen Sang Ruo feel baffled. She had no idea what trick he wanted to pull.

[If he tries anything, I’ll kick him down the slope.]

Their cultivations were almost the same now, and she was not afraid to fight him.

“Show your true colors!” Luo Chu shouted as he flicked a Seven Emotions Gu at her. The Gu insect slipped into her skin at once.

Unlike last time, Shen Sang Ruo stayed perfectly calm. She did not feel the slightest pain from the Seven Emotions Gu.

Her hand only itched a little. Nothing else happened.

She frowned at Luo Chu in confusion.

To her, his behavior looked like a sudden fit.

Luo Chu, who had been waiting for her to writhe in agony, also felt something was off.

Hadn’t he already planted the Seven Emotions Gu? Why was there no reaction at all?

And why was she looking at him like he was a fool?

Could it be that Lu Shi Qing had given him a faulty Seven Emotions Gu? Unbelievable. How could he mess up the very skill he ate from?

Luo Chu cursed Lu Shi Qing a few times in his heart.

Luckily, Lu Shi Qing had given him more than one. Luo Chu cleared his throat to ease the awkwardness and said, “That was just practice. This time it’s real.”

Then he called, “Go!”

Another Seven Emotions Gu slipped into Shen Sang Ruo’s skin.

This time she understood what he had done.

Her lips lifted in a mocking smile. He still wanted to use the Seven Emotions Gu on her.

Her feelings toward them had long since been pulled out and emptied. Even the Seven Emotions Gu could no longer hurt her.

“Wait, why isn’t this Seven Emotions Gu working?” Luo Chu blurted, eyes suddenly wide.