Questioning Heaven, Desiring the Way - Chapter 211: A Second Saintess

“This place has been isolated from the rest of the empire, and there is no difference between day and night anymore. Three years…five people. Besides cultivating like crazy, what else could I do?” Li Yu stared in frustration at the tiny bit of light he could see in the gaps between the rubble. He suppressed his hunger and dared not move at all.

More than ten days had passed since that majestic voice as powerful as the sky and sea had made that announcement, and the entire city had been sealed off. Only that thick and heavy layer of clouds was left in the sky. It seemed to weigh down on every person’s heart, and that demonic-sounding voice was still echoing in some people’s ears.

The ones who were affected first were those ordinary people who had been just going about their lives as usual and could not hold up against what had come their way. Without the boundaries of the law, every living creature would go mad. And to Li Yu, everyone had certainly gone mad. The usually gentle and peaceful creatures turned aggressive, killing ordinary humans without any reservation and gobbling children up.

The tough barbarians who had been oppressed and subject to slavery and insult by humans all this time raised rocks and iron clubs that weighed half a ton and used it to cruelly take revenge against mankind.

Thousands of ordinary living creatures were killing each other, robbing each other, and quarreling amongst themselves. In just three days, everyone was either dead or injured.

The next group that was affected was the cultivators at Foundation Establishment, like Li Yu. All those incredible cultivators who had made it to the Clan Ranking were now no better than any random pig or dog on the street. He watched with his own eyes as top-ranking geniuses like Fengyun Yu and Wang Chunyang turned into nothing more than minced meat from the explosion.

They were supposed to be the cream of the crop. The best of the younger generation. And what of them now?

Li Yu smiled sadly. In such dire circumstances, who cared if you were from some famous faction or if you hailed from an influential family?

The only person you could rely on was yourself. Your own strength.

He had been hiding in this rubble for several days now after getting injured from the shockwaves caused by a fight between a few Origin Core cultivators. He had just weaseled himself into this tiny cave and didn’t dare to move at all because he was afraid. Afraid that he might be killed by something that appeared out of nowhere.

He had seen how those Origin Core cultivators had been wiped out by a Nascent Change cultivator so easily. Those Origin Core cultivators weren’t able to defend themselves at all. Spells and techniques were completely useless in the face of absolute strength.

“When…are you going to wake up?”

He put his thoughts aside and slowly looked down at the unconscious young woman in front of him quietly. She was covered in wounds, and her clothes and things were in a mess. Her pale face and furrowed brows showed how weak she was.

This was the person who had caused this place to turn into a mere pile of rubble.

He had seen how this young lady had been severely injured after an Origin Core cultivator had caused his own body to explode. The explosion caused her weakened body to crash into the house he was in and turn it into ruins.

There was still no sign of her waking up, even though some days had already gone by. Li Yu dared not move. He wasn’t sure if the qi that she subconsciously emanated would crush him. Also, he had noticed the creepy tattoo on her wrist. It seemed to be alive and was staring at him, which stirred up fear in his heart.

“Uhh…” The young woman groaned quietly, and her face crumpled up as she did her best to open her eyes a little. She could see a blurry figure in front of her through her thick eyelashes.

“Belt…pills…”

She had no idea what was happening right now, so she could only pray hard that this person wasn’t going to seize this chance to kill her in her weakened state.

“You’re awake.” Li Yu suddenly jolted up, then knelt next to her head and bent down to put his ear to her mouth so he could hear the few words she could barely utter. He then turned to her tiny waist that he could probably hold with one hand. He instinctively gulped and closed his eyes to force himself not to look at the part of her body that was indecently exposed because her clothes were torn. He held his breath as he tried to ignore the softness he could feel in his hands while searching her belt. After searching for a while, he finally found three pills.

This was something that all cultivators did. Nobody could predict if you would be so badly injured that your spiritual sense would run dry, so it was definitely a good idea to carry pills at all times.

He had found two red pills and one blue pill. Which one should he give to her?

This was a really difficult problem. Firstly, he didn’t know if she would kill him after regaining strength; secondly, he wasn’t sure if one of these pills was actually poison.

But when he noticed that her breathing was becoming weaker, he clenched his teeth and pried her mouth open before stuffing all three pills down her throat.

Whether she lived or died was up to the will of heaven¹.

Li Yu was a rather noble martial artist, or rather, he still had some conscience. If it were Gu Suihan or any cultivator who was advancing well in this world, the first thing they would have done to her would be to take anything she had of value for themselves, then make full use of her. For example, they could turn her into a puppet, or they could consume her soul and blood in order to fortify themselves. These were common practices among cultivators.

“Uhh…” Just a few moments after she swallowed the pills, her breathing began to regulate and slowly calm down. The blackened wounds on her body where the skin had folded outward started to push the tainted dark blood out of itself, then grew new skin and healed up.

“You…” She let out a sigh of relief when she felt her dantian absorb the energy from the pills. But before she could give Li Yu a grateful look, restlessness started growing inside her heart. A warmth, an emptiness, and other complex and unexplainable emotions filled her heart.

In that moment, a terrifying thought hit her. She struggled to get up but she wasn’t strong enough to stand and her knees gave way weakly.

“Huh?” She expected to feel pain, but instead, a shadow that exuded a strong, manly air suddenly held onto her and prevented her from falling to the ground.

“Are you alright?” Li Yu shook her limp body gently as he asked her anxiously. He could see her face slowly turning red and her body rapidly rising in temperature, so he really didn’t know what to do now.

“I…you…unghh…” She felt her body become hotter and hotter. An emptiness and a thirst inside her couldn’t stop scratching away at her frustrated yet shy heart like a kitten was clawing at it.

She finally let out a long sigh and forced herself to look at the slightly good-looking face in front of her and muttered, “I’m going to make a really big loss huh…”

After she muttered those words, her eyes glazed over, and the slightly flirtatious look in them threw Li Yu into a daze. Before he realized what was going on, he felt a gentle yet passionate pair of lips on his…

“Hmm…This sort of melodramatic scene seems rather familiar.”

Gu Suihan read the information from the wisp of spiritual sense he left inside Li Yu’s ring and had a slightly odd look on his face. But he quickly threw all that to the back of his mind. Li Yu was only a random pawn he made use of back then. He didn’t expect this pawn to actually turn out somewhat useful now. Things…were going to get fun.

“Xia Yun, how many saintesses does the Equal Spirit Order have?” Gu Suihan suddenly turned around and asked.

The young woman in red smiled prettily as she stared dreamily at Gu Suihan. Her voice sounded as sweet as a girl in love as she replied, “There are three of us and I’m only one of them. I’m the only one sent here for the plan this time.”

“Is that so? I think I spot a second saintess.” Gu Suihan glanced at the strange tattoo on her wrist with a mysterious smile on his face.

“How interesting.” Tang Xiaoyun rubbed his palms and laughed mirthlessly at Xia Yun, who looked stunned as she held a little bowl in her hands. “Looks like your Equal Spirit Order isn’t that inflexible after all.”

Of course, he hated the Equal Spirit Order. If not for them, they wouldn’t have landed in this state.

“What…what does she look like?” asked Xia Yun quietly with a tense look after she had paused to think for a while.

“She’s dressed entirely in white, but it’s a pity she’s very badly injured. And now…it seems like she’s…tending to her wounds.”

Gu Suihan’s expression became more and more unnatural as he spoke. After hesitating for a moment, he finally settled on considering it “tending to her wounds”.

After all, according to some novels, the female lead would consume some aphrodisiac, sleep with the male lead and then advance in level of cultivation greatly after that. So…that act could be considered tending to her wounds, couldn’t it?

“How are you so sure?” asked Xia Yun anxiously as her expression fell.

Gu Suihan looked at her fair wrist and said flippantly, “She’s got a tattoo too…”

“Rou Lingyun…” Xia Yun’s expression finally turned into a tense scowl. She gritted her teeth and seethed, “How dare you ruin my plans…”

1. TL/N: That is one way to decide between the blue and red pill ️