Chapter 130: Eh? What’s going on?

Below a pitch-black tree, the tightly surrounding screen had been removed, and both girls beneath the tree were drenched in sweat.

“The injuries are completely stabilized.” Zhu Ling put the medicinal ingredients and items back into her small Storage Pouch. “As long as she doesn’t sustain any more injuries or major shocks, her life won’t be in danger. For the rest, she just needs rest.”

Zhu Ling pinched her sleeve, wiped the hot sweat from her forehead, and let out a heavy sigh. It seemed the previous Acupuncture Treatment had taken a considerable toll on her.

“Mhm, thank you.”

Lin Xun nodded, offering a somewhat aloof word of thanks.

Looking at Sikong Wangxing, whose dress was slightly damp with cold sweat, her hair lightly clung to her forehead. Her thin, cherry lips looked as if they would break like white cherry blossoms if bitten lightly. Her still sickly pale face made people feel guilty if they stared too long.

Lin Xun stretched out his hand, intending to use Spiritual Power to dry her slightly damp dress, but Zhu Ling immediately pounced and tightly hugged Sikong Wangxing, her small body trembling.

“B-Big Bad Guy. I… I’m telling you, if you want to extort us, fine! We promise we won’t pursue your responsibility, but if… if you…”

‘Extortion?’ Lin Xun was stunned for a moment, then he smiled.

So this girl thought he saved Miss Sikong just to extort Tianji City?

However, this was good. At least it saved him the trouble of explaining his relationship with Sikong Wangxing, and prevented Zhu Ling from wildly speculating about their relationship.

“If what?” Lin Xun deliberately made his tone a little fiercer, approaching step by step. He wanted to tease her again.

Seeing Lin Xun approach step by step, Zhu Ling hugged Wang Xing even tighter, her eyes tightly shut: “If you dare ruin our innocence, Tianji City and Medicine King Valley will not spare you! We… we would rather die than surrender!”

“…”

Lin Xun’s eyebrow twitched slightly.

Ruin their innocence?

He hadn’t even considered that direction, yet Zhu Ling was acting very strangely.

But then again, it was understandable to be misunderstood in the desolate wilderness, with one man and two women, nowhere to turn for help. Especially since both of them were women on the se jia ranking; it would be difficult for a man not to be tempted.

But Lin Xun was different. What if they were beautiful?

Were they as beautiful as his Qinger?

Besides, I, Lin Xun, am at most called a Devil Head, but I have never had the reputation of being a Flower Thief.

I didn’t have it before, and I don’t want it in the future!

“Don’t worry, I only want money,” Lin Xun sighed, deciding to play along with her. “But I have a few questions. If your answers don’t satisfy me, hehehe… Little White Rabbit, I’ll start with you first.”

“Wha-what do you want to ask?” Zhu Ling pouted, thinking, *I’m clearly not a Little White Rabbit.*

Lin Xun was already used to her occasional Shudi Accent.

“First, you said Sikong Wangxing has a Strange Illness. What does that mean? Why didn’t I sense it before?” Lin Xun asked directly. He didn’t believe this timid Little White Rabbit would dare to deceive him.

Lin Xun even doubted whether Zhu Ling, this Homebody Girl, knew how to lie.

“Oh, Miss Sikong’s Strange Illness? Well, Big Bad Guy, it’s normal that you don’t know; you’re not a Medical Cultivator.”

When it came to her Professional Field, Zhu Ling waved her hand proudly.

But when Lin Xun glanced at her, Zhu Ling immediately curled up again, hugging her knees.

Her timid appearance made her seem both amusing and adorable; Lin Xun even felt the urge to tease her again.

“Actually… regarding Miss Sikong’s illness, I… I just discovered it too. Miss Sikong’s Spiritual Power is chaotic, her Qi and blood are reversed, and it’s located in the Tianxue Acupoint.”

“Say something I can understand.” Lin Xun waved his hand.

Zhu Ling pouted: “In short, Miss Sikong’s condition is very strange, and it probably first flared up when she was twelve. According to my deduction, Miss Sikong will have an episode every six years, at eighteen and twenty-four, and each episode will be more severe than the last.”

“A curse?” Lin Xun asked, murderous intent unconsciously leaking out.

“I-I don’t know either.” Feeling Lin Xun’s unrestrained killing intent, Zhu Ling was about to be scared to tears for the umpteenth time.

“What are you afraid of? I’m not hitting you.” Lin Xun retracted the killing intent he had inadvertently released.

Although his involvement with Sikong Wangxing started as a mistake, she was still his Fiancée. And someone dared to curse his Fiancée?

“It’s not a curse.” Hearing Lin Xun say he wouldn’t bully her, Zhu Ling let go of her head. “I suspect this is Heavenly Dao Balance.”

Lin Xun: “Be more specific; I don’t understand.”

Zhu Ling really wanted to roll her eyes at Lin Xun, but she was afraid he would scold her: “It means Miss Sikong possesses Star Eyes, which is an excellent Physique for Cultivating the Heavenly Mystery Secret Technique. She can see the past and peer into the future, but the ‘price’ is a weak body, and she will suffer three major illnesses every six years, each time becoming harder to endure, unless…”

“Unless what?”

“Unless Miss Sikong can reach the Yupu Realm and reshape her Spiritual Roots. Based on that, I might be able to treat her.”

“…”

Zhu Ling lowered her small head, and both fell silent.

The Yupu Realm, is it easy?

For Lin Xun, it was quite easy; Lin Xun reached Jade Purity Realm before he was eleven.

Jiang Qingshang also reached the Yupu Realm at sixteen.

But this was true for Freaks.

Aside from Lin Xun and Jiang Qingshang, the youngest Yupu Realm in the Myriad Laws World was the Sword Fanatic of Wanjian Continent, who reached Yupu at fifty years old.

Furthermore, among those Lin Xun and Zhu Ling knew, the youngest Yupu Realm Cultivator started at six hundred years old, and most reached it after two thousand years.

After all, one could Found a Sect at the Nascent Soul Realm, let alone the Yupu Realm. Moreover, how many Cultivators, not to mention Yupu, even reached the Cave Mansion Realm?

After the Cave Mansion Realm, there were still the Guanhai, Dragon Gate Realm, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul.

In the eyes of many Cultivators, Nascent Soul was even the Cultivation Limit. As for Yupu, they hadn’t even heard of it.

Even if Sikong Wangxing could reach Yupu by the age of one hundred, she was only Sixteen Years Old now, leaving eighty-four years in between. How was she supposed to survive that?

“Is there no other way?” Lin Xun asked indifferently, looking at the sleeping girl leaning against the tree.

That gentle tone made Zhu Ling think she had misheard.

“Hey! I’m asking you!” Seeing Zhu Ling staring blankly at him, Lin Xun snapped fiercely.

“Ah, I… I still need to research. There’s no method right now. It mainly relies on Miss Sikong’s willpower and her desire to live.”

As she spoke, the girl raised a tiny fist, as if making an oath.

“But! I will definitely work hard to Cultivate and diligently study Medical Arts! Since I encountered this illness, I will definitely cure Miss Sikong!”

“Mhm, very good.” Lin Xun pulled the small, thin blanket covering Sikong Wangxing up, covering the girl’s shoulders and Swan Neck. “Remember what you said. I will occasionally go to Medicine King Valley to supervise you in the future.”

“Eh?” Zhu Ling blinked. She began to suspect she had said the wrong thing.

This Big Bad Guy would often come looking for her? No way, this Big Bad Guy was too terrifying.

The thought of this Big Bad Guy occasionally appearing while she was Cultivating, eating, or even bathing quickly made Zhu Ling’s eyes well up again.

“Alright, I was just kidding. Who has nothing better to do than go to Medicine King Valley to find you? I’d need to get past your Medicine King Valley’s Magic Formation, wouldn’t I? How can you be so dense?”

Seeing that she was about to be scared to tears again, Lin Xun quickly explained.

“Eh? That’s right!” Thinking that Medicine King Valley had Senior Brothers, Senior Sisters, and a Magic Formation, making it impossible for this Big Bad Guy to enter, Zhu Ling immediately cheered up significantly.

Looking at her suddenly sparkling eyes, Lin Xun instinctively wanted to tease her again, but he resisted.

No, no. Teasing this girl was addictive; it was better not to provoke her too much.

Regardless, since Lin Xun knew about Sikong Wangxing’s illness, he didn’t plan to ignore it.

Helping her cure her illness could be considered a form of compensation for Breaking off the engagement.

But when Lin Xun recalled the thread of “desire to live” that seemed about to snap in her eyes when he mentioned breaking off the engagement…

Thinking of this, Lin Xun looked at the sickly girl beneath the tree again, sighing inwardly.

Why was she so persistent about him?

Meanwhile, Zhu Ling looked at the Delicate and Jade-like sickly girl, then at the Big Bad Guy who kept staring at her. For some reason, Zhu Ling actually felt a hint of warmth in this scene?!

“Big Bad Guy, you couldn’t possibly be falling for Miss Sikong…”

“What did you say? I didn’t hear clearly. Say it again.” Lin Xun turned his head to look at her.

“N-nothing. I didn’t say anything.” The Little White Rabbit shrank back again.

What warmth? This Big Bad Guy is just lusting after Miss Sikong’s body, but is too afraid to act for fear of retaliation from Tianji City. Hmph! All he does is scold me! Big Bad Guy!

As she thought, Zhu Ling started drawing circles on the ground.

Draw a circle and curse you.

Watching Zhu Ling squat with her small body, sniffling while constantly drawing circles with a twig, Lin Xun asked curiously:

“You’re so timid, why did you still come to the Heiwu Secret Realm? Do you think you can save your Grandfather?”

“…” Zhu Ling lowered her head, pouting. Her eyes showed deep worry and loss, along with a hint of self-reproach, but she did not answer Lin Xun’s question.

Lin Xun ignored her, closing his eyes to feign sleep, waiting for the next Circle Contraction to run.

After all, he was only in the Dragon Gate Realm, and the limitations of the Dragon Gate Realm were still a bit too great.

“Because Grandfather disappeared here…”

Half an incense stick later, the girl slowly spoke.

“I know I’m very weak too. My Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters also advised me not to come, but I’m just worried about Grandfather…”

The girl looked at Lin Xun, who seemed to be asleep, and continued speaking, more like talking to herself.

“My Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters were right. Everyone outside is a bad person; all they know is how to scold people.”

Pouting, the girl picked up a small stone nearby and gently tossed it toward Lin Xun. The stone rolled lightly beside Lin Xun and finally landed near his hand.

Suddenly, the girl seemed to think of something. She secretly took out a Small Handkerchief from her Small Sachet, then poured some clear liquid onto the handkerchief.

This liquid was formulated by the girl herself and could make a Dragon Gate Realm Cultivator sleep for more than half an hour.

The girl tiptoed, slowly approaching Lin Xun.

‘I just need to cover his nose! I just need to cover his nose.’

The girl, doing this for the first time, had a rapidly beating heart, feeling as if her little heart would jump out if she opened her mouth.

Just as Zhu Ling was half a meter away from Lin Xun, the Big Bad Guy suddenly spoke:

“At most, I would ask Medicine King Valley for a Ransom, but if someone else encountered you, it wouldn’t be as simple as asking for Ransom.”

The Big Bad Guy opened his eyes and scrutinized the girl, who was less than half a meter away. The girl had a Graceful and Shapely figure.

“I… I…”

Zhu Ling panicked and quickly hid the handkerchief behind her back, standing rigidly straight. But she didn’t realize that this posture accentuated her figure, making the situation even more dangerous.

“Are you holding that handkerchief to suffocate me?”

“No, no, no.” Zhu Ling quickly waved her hands. “I wanted to wipe your sweat.”

“Hand the handkerchief over.”

“Why?”

“I see you’re sweating a lot right now. I’ll wipe it for you.”

“Ugh…” The girl stood frozen in place, pouting and looking at Lin Xun with resentment.

“Sigh. Can you determine the location of your Senior Brothers and Junior Brothers? So I can ask for the Ransom.”

Lin Xun sighed. In truth, he didn’t want any damn Ransom. He just felt uncomfortable owing this Little White Rabbit a favor, so he might as well send her to her Fellow Disciples from Medicine King Valley.

Otherwise, given her Ostrich Personality—burying her head in the sand and sticking out her butt while shouting, “You can’t see me, you can’t see me”—

Frankly, being asked for Ransom would be getting off lightly.

She might be devoured completely and then try to Commit Suicide.

“Actually, I don’t know either,” the girl said, poking her index fingers together. “I’ve been here for four or five days.”

“…You haven’t moved in four or five days?”

“Yes, yes.” The Little White Rabbit with the Ostrich Personality nodded. “I’ve been here for five days and left markers. As long as the Elders and Senior Brothers see the Secret Signal from Medicine King Valley that I left, they will find me.”

“…”

Staying here for four or five days meant the poison circle had contracted at least thirty times or more, yet this Little White Rabbit remained completely still.

Good heavens, are you Voldemort?

“Stop waiting, come with me.” Lin Xun stood up.

When Lin Xun arrived, the poison circle had already shrunk to beyond three hundred meters. The next contraction would likely cover this area.

If their Senior Brothers were running from the poison in this direction, they would have already Entered the circle by now.

So, clearly, if the Elders and Disciples of Medicine King Valley were still alive, they must have Entered the circle from another direction and wouldn’t pass through here again.

“Oh.”

Zhu Ling also stood up. As a Voldemort, Zhu Ling knew nothing about the poison circle; she only knew she was in the hands of this Big Devil Head and had to obey him.

Just as Zhu Ling stood up, she saw Lin Xun lunging toward her!

Before Zhu Ling could react, she was tackled onto the grass by Lin Xun.

Feeling the man pressing down on her, Zhu Ling, who was experiencing such close contact with a man for the first time, saw circles spinning in her eyes.

Eh? What’s going on?

Who am I?

Where am I?

I was tackled by a man?

Is this Devil Head finally unable to restrain himself from making a move on me?

What should I do?

Grandfather, Zhu Ling’s innocence is about to be lost.

Zhu Ling won’t be able to get married.

Just as the girl was about to Burst into tears again, Lin Xun hugged the girl’s Slender Waist and rolled on the grass. At their original spot, a Great Cauldron slammed down with a crash!

Mandarin ducks were carved onto the Cauldron.

mandarin duck cauldron!

Great Joy Temple!