klisemfg Chapter 201 Pain
Chapter 201 Pain
"Master, why are you drinking so much again?"
"Little brat, what do you know?"
Fu Yue stood up unsteadily, and threw all three things she had picked up from Lü Yuanbai to Lu Xihan.
"Take it, take it, and don't bother me!"
After saying that, he turned around and went back to his dilapidated house.
Lu Xihan looked at her cheap master with a blank expression, picked up something from the ground and looked at it.
"That's rare..."
Since being taken in as an apprentice by Fu Yue, she has only taught him how to plant and dry herbs, and has not taught him anything else. She has not even given him a single magical artifact. Today, she gave him three at once, which is truly unprecedented.
Although these three items are of no use to her now.
I really don't know why Fu Yue took her as his apprentice in the first place. Was he just drunk and randomly picked someone to do his work?
Lu Xihan scratched his head, puzzled, but still chose to put the things away and continue drying the herbs.
After leaving the Demon Realm, she was abandoned in an unknown desert and fell into the lair of giant insects. Fortunately, she was rescued and her life was saved.
Speaking of that person, Lu Xihan didn't know much about him.
After he rescued her, she rested at his house... oh, I should say in that palace for a while. Not long after, she learned that the one who had saved her was actually the young master of the Sand Gu royal family.
He was a strange boy who was very curious about her origins and would often ask her about things within the Xuanshan Sect.
Lu Xihan easily found out that the boy had been saved by someone who also came from the Xuanshan Sect. Whenever he talked about that person, the boy's eyes would light up.
The boy didn't mention the person's name, only that his surname was Liu. There were many people with the surname Liu in the Xuanshan Sect, so Lu Xihan didn't press the matter further.
Later, her health gradually returned to normal, and she intended to leave. However, the boy repeatedly wanted to go out with her to gain experience. The Lord and Queen of the Sand Gu Clan also agreed, and Lu Xihan did not refuse any more. After all, the journey was long, and it would not be boring to have someone to accompany her.
The novel mentions an ancient ruin in the southern border region, where the female protagonist, Wei Qiushuang, obtained a great opportunity. Now, Lu Xihan has arrived in the southern border region before Wei Qiushuang, and she wants to try her luck there.
She has very few bargaining chips now. Wei Qiushuang is growing, and she must be one step ahead. Lu Xihan doesn't want to end up like the original character in the novel, suffering a tragic fate.
With the Sui Jade in hand, the search for the ruins shouldn't be too difficult, and Lu Xihan felt that taking the step of obtaining the Sui Jade was absolutely the right one.
Opening his eyes and ending his breathing posture, Lu Xihan looked at the rare plants growing in the spiritual field in front of him, as well as the small spirit beasts playing by the field. In the distance, a large bamboo forest swayed without wind.
Lu Xihan walked to the newly emerged spiritual spring, fetched a bucket of water, and carried it back to the pavilion behind him.
Now she can go to the second floor of the pavilion, which is mostly filled with living and working items, completely different from the first floor which is like a study.
The "Marrow Cleansing" herb she obtained several years ago allowed her body to freely absorb five kinds of spiritual energy and enable her to quickly improve her cultivation level, but its effects were ultimately limited.
She is now at the Nascent Soul stage, and she has been stuck at the threshold of breaking through to the Divine Transformation stage for a long time. This newly emerging spiritual spring can cleanse her useless body and gradually make it perfect.
Lu Xihan knew he couldn't be greedy, so he only used the spring water to bathe once every six months, which was the six months outside.
Moreover, this spiritual spring bath is not so easy to take. Every time she takes a bath, her body feels as if every bone and tendon has been broken and then reattached, causing her unbearable pain.
Today is the tenth time.
Fortunately, her suffering was not in vain.
Lu Xihan could clearly feel that his condition was improving, and his body was being tempered and strengthened. However, the tempering of his body by the spiritual spring was becoming more and more difficult, and each time was more painful than the last.
Lu Xihan stared at the spring water in the bathtub, which remained completely cold no matter how much it was heated, and without hesitation, she took off her clothes and sat down inside.
Compared to the pain she's experiencing now, she'd rather be tormented to death by the female lead's harem in the end.
She had witnessed Su Jiangling's indifference and Qing Liye's cruelty, as well as those she had yet to encounter.
Lu Xihan truly didn't want to be left without even the slightest ability to protect herself or resist.
She had to become stronger, stronger than all of them, just to survive.
……
Leisure days are always enjoyable.
Nowadays, aside from occasional meditation, Liu Jun spends most of her time teasing the spirit beasts in the back mountain, tending to the spirit plants in the mountain, and dealing with those who often come to see her.
Geng Wuji didn't know what he was busy with most of the time, but he spent most of his time playing chess with her or quietly looking at the scenery, as if he had always done so.
Such peaceful and ordinary days were rare in the past. They often had to go out to fight and pacify the surrounding areas. Once they took on such a position, they were destined to have no peaceful days. The leisure time they finally got was mostly spent dealing with official business.
So they decided to enjoy these peaceful and comfortable days as they could, neither of them tacitly expressing their premonition that these days wouldn't last long.
Since Liu Jun emerged from the illusion of the Fallen God Abyss, and with Geng Wuji's return, even though nothing has happened, there's an atmosphere of impending doom everywhere, as if something is about to erupt.
That great battle is coming soon.
Lu Xihan returns, Wei Qiushuang is expelled from her sect and falls into demonic possession. Demon Lord Qing Liye travels thousands of miles to pursue her. Lu Xihan goes to the demon realm but is ambushed and almost loses her life. Several male supporting characters go to the Eighty-Six Islands of Ling Mountain to beg for help from Faxiang Temple in order to save her.
The group spent a short but relatively "peaceful" period at Faxiang Temple, when, unexpectedly, the incident occurred on the mainland.
Having lost two leading demon realms, oh, and now also having the southern border region as a leader, the demon realm, under the instigation of the fallen demon Wei Qiushuang, has launched a great war against the immortal sects outside.
Amidst the chaotic battle, they were forced to return to try and take charge, but all sides were so engrossed in the fighting that they couldn't stop them. Then, Lu Xihan's sudden ascension made everything meaningless.
"My lord, it's your turn to disembark."
Geng Wuji's voice brought Liu Jun back from his reverie. They had been playing this game of Go for several months.
Liu Jun picked up a white piece, pondered for a moment, and then put it back in the basket.
"Wuji, do you think this world is good?"
Geng Wuji was stunned for a moment before raising his eyes to look at her face: "What does Your Excellency think?"
Liu Jun turned his head to look at the scenery beyond the cliff, watching the birds fly by and the sunlight shine brightly.
"...It's not very good, but there are still hundreds of millions of living beings living here."
Geng Wuji kept staring at her face, watching her familiar gaze and expression, and finally turned to look at the same scenery she was seeing.
"This place is indeed very bad, but at least it's a place where people live."
Geng Wuji remained silent for a moment, then looked at Liu Jun again, his eyes filled with something indescribable:
"Sir, do you like it here...?"
Liu Jun looked back at him and gave him a faint smile.
"I wouldn't say I like it, but it's still a place to go, isn't it?"
She was asking a question, but she didn't want an answer. Instead, she straightened her robes, stood up, and turned to look at the still lush floating tree on the cliff edge.
"This was planted by my master, and I only hope that it can always remain so vibrant."
After saying that, Liu Jun leisurely walked back to the old courtyard, leaving Geng Wuji alone, staring blankly at the chess game that was in a state of near-death and near-life.
A mountain breeze rustles through the leaves, showcasing the tree's vigorous vitality.
He didn't know how much time had passed, but he saw the horizon of the setting sun gradually rise above him until there was no light left. Only then did Geng Wuji dare to look up at the green shadow in front of him.
"...The Floating Tree has no flowers or fruits, but remains evergreen for ten thousand years. It was created by the Azure Life Division of the Divine Realm and can only be planted within the realm."
"The Azure Fate Division, the Azure Fate Division... Master, no wonder..."
Geng Wuji suddenly sneered.
He had originally thought that the Floating Tree was planted by an adult, but it turned out that she actually had a master, which explained everything.