Chapter 39 Brother, Don’t Misunderstand

Xie Yanyu jumped down the hillside,

She has the foundation-building level, although it is not too high, but she can also control the Qi, so she is not hurt at all after jumping from this height.

If a mortal with no cultivation jumped from this height, his body would probably be broken into several pieces.

After landing on the ground, Xie Yanyu turned around and looked at Xie Chengjin.

Her eyes swept over him, then moved towards his hand, locking onto the resentful ghost's inner core not far from his hand.

She wanted to get the inner elixir,

But the thing was right next to Xie Chengjin. If he was still conscious, he would definitely notice if she went over to take it.

Xie Yanyu didn't want him to notice. She stood there and watched him for a long while. She saw that he had closed his eyes, but she didn't know whether he was resting his eyes or had fainted.

I was afraid she would think he had fainted.

As a result, when he went to get the inner elixir, he suddenly opened his eyes and asked: What are you going to do with this?

Every time he asked her a question, he would look at her with his cold, dark eyes. His gaze was like a knife made of ice and snow. Although it was emotionless, it was very aggressive. Xie Yanyu always had the illusion that he was cutting open her skin and seeing her bones and blood.

And sometimes, he really seemed to be able to see through her thoughts and predict her actions.

Xie Yanyu was at a loss as to what to do.

She instinctively felt repulsed by him.

The more she talked, the more mistakes she made; the more she did, the more mistakes she made. She didn't want him to know what she was going to do, nor did she want to be questioned by him.

She looked at him and thought for a while. To be cautious, she did not go directly to take the inner elixir. Instead, she pushed aside the thorns in front of her and took two steps closer to him.

Then she squatted in front of him and whispered tentatively: "Brother?"

Xie Chengjin did not respond to her.

Xie Yanyu asked again: "Brother, are you still awake?"

Xie Chengjin still didn't respond.

He closed his eyes, leaning against the tree trunk, breathing gently, without any movement, not even his eyelashes fluttering. He looked like a statue, quiet and indifferent, as if even the bones in his body were made of ice. Even though he was so weak, he still exuded an icy aura that kept strangers away.

Xie Yanyu squatted there and watched him for a while, thinking that he must have fainted.

She had evil thoughts in her heart.

For a moment, she wanted to raise her foot and break his neck in a humiliating manner.

If only he were dead,

She was afraid of his authority and power, so when he was present, she had to be cautious even in small matters like picking up the inner elixir. She felt annoyed. It would be great if she had a higher level of cultivation or more power than him, but she was an orphan with no spiritual roots. It was not easy for her to get to where she is today, and she didn't want to be too hard on herself.

But she really couldn't kill him right now.

Even if it was just a matter of raising her foot and crushing his neck twice, if he died here now, she would not be able to complete his plot line and would not be able to become an immortal.

She felt a little regretful, sighed softly, and stopped looking at him.

After all, he had his eyes closed and was motionless, so he must have really fainted. She couldn't attack him, but she could always take the opportunity to get the inner elixir of the resentful ghost.

So she moved gently, moved to a place not far from his hand, and picked up the inner elixir of the resentful ghost.

I was planning to pick it up and leave.

However, at this moment, she noticed that there was a ring on the ground next to the inner elixir.

This ring looks ordinary, even inconspicuous. It would take a long time to find it if it fell on the ground. However, when Xie Yanyu saw it, he stopped.

She squatted there and looked at it for a long time, then asked the system: Is this the vengeful ghost's natal magic weapon?

Xie Yanyu remembered that the original plot mentioned the vengeful ghost's natal magical instrument, saying that it looked like an ordinary ring, but was actually an extremely rare spiritual weapon. In the original plot, Xie Chengjin went to the vengeful house, dealt with the vengeful ghost, and obtained the vengeful ghost's natal magical instrument. At first, he didn't know what it was, but later, due to a chance coincidence, he understood its use and relied on it to rapidly increase his cultivation.

This was one of his opportunities.

Xie Yanyu recalled the original plot.

The system then said, "This is indeed the vengeful ghost's natal magical weapon."

Upon hearing this, Xie Yanyu reached out and picked it up.

The system said: [This is an opportunity that belongs to Xie Chengjin. Even if you pick it up, you won't be able to figure out how to use it.]

Xie Yanyu asked: Isn’t the usage written in the original plot?

System answer: [One sentence omitted.]

The system advised her again: [Forget it, don't want everything, just let go of it. The plot says so, this is fate, what's not yours is not yours.]

Xie Yanyu lowered his eyelashes and looked at the magic weapon in the shape of a ring in his palm. He was silent for a moment, then suddenly closed his palms, sensing the spiritual power in the ring.

The next moment,

She sensed the spiritual power surging inside.

She said to the system: It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand how to use it.

system:【? 】

Xie Yanyu: I will just absorb the spiritual power inside and transform it into cultivation.

system:【? ? ? 】

What is this? Is my fate in my own hands?

The system felt a little regretful about giving her this ability. It didn't dare to think about how the plot would collapse next if she snatched an opportunity from Xie Chengjin.

It wanted to say something, but after thinking for a long time, it found that there was nothing to say, and finally fell into numb silence.

On this side,

Xie Yanyu thought for a while, then carefully put the ring into his sleeve pocket and placed it together with the resentful ghost's inner elixir.

She needs both of these things, but she's not going to use them right now.

After all, Xie Chengjin was still beside her, and she felt uneasy. Even if he was unconscious, she didn't want to do these things around him. She planned to go back to the hillside first, at least until he was no longer in front of her, and then use these two things.

As for Xie Chengjin——

She looked back at him and felt that although he was weak, if she went up first and left him here, he would not die for a while.

Since he couldn't die, she didn't plan to bother with him. After all, there was a group of servants and attendants who followed them to the Yuan mansion. Now that the mansion was gone, those servants and attendants should be scattered around the mountains and forests. They would move around and would eventually find Xie Chengjin. Once they found him, they would find a way to rescue him.

Thinking of this, Xie Yanyu directly raised his Qi upwards.

However, she tried once, twice, and three times, but she couldn't get back to the hillside.

Because although the slope wasn't too high, there were no roads around. To get down, she had to jump up, and to go up, she had to control her Qi. Although she had some cultivation, enough for her to jump down unscathed, the difficulty of going up and down was inherently different. She could control her Qi and ride the wind to get down, but her cultivation was not enough to support her to go up.

Xie Yanyu: "..."

Xie Yanyu felt a little helpless.

She looked at the cliff face, trying to find a foothold. Perhaps she would have to climb up with her bare hands.

But the mountain wall was so smooth that there was not even a single point of support. It was straight up and down. She couldn't climb up even if she wanted to with her bare hands.

Xie Yanyu thought for a moment, and had to look back at Xie Chengjin again.

Seeing that he still had his eyes closed, he must still be unconscious.

So he took out the ring again.

Since my cultivation is not enough and I cannot climb up,

Then it should be enough for her to absorb the spiritual power in the ring and transform it into cultivation.

She pinched the ring, thought about it, and finally made up her mind to start absorbing spiritual power.

The moment the spiritual power is absorbed into the body,

It was as if an invisible energy was flowing into the tendons and veins, dispersing all the blockages and then flowing into the dantian.

at the same time,

Her cultivation level skyrocketed, climbing madly from the sixth level of foundation building, and directly broke through to the great perfection of foundation building. The energy in her dantian seemed to be slowly condensing into an inner elixir, carrying her cultivation level to the golden elixir stage.

But just when he was about to break through the Jindan stage,

The spiritual power in her body suddenly began to flow backwards. When Xie Yanyu sensed it, it was too late to suppress it. The spiritual power in her body caught her off guard and attacked her back. Her legs went weak and she fell to the ground uncontrollably. A fishy and sweet taste surged from her throat, and she almost vomited blood.

She gritted her teeth and endured it without making any sound, subconsciously looking in the direction of Xie Chengjin.

However, I felt a stinging pain in my eyes.

Suddenly, everything went black.

She seemed to have lost sight of the road.

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Xie Chengjin closed his eyes and meditated on the spot.

I heard her calling him just now, but he didn't respond.

Now, when he heard the faint movement coming from Xie Yanyu, he did not open his eyes.

He was seriously injured, his vision was blurry, and he had no energy left, so he didn't want to waste his energy responding to her.

Instead of doing this, it is better to calm your mind, regulate your breathing and relax your spirit.

besides,

He did want to know, if she wanted to kill him, why did she jump down?

Are you afraid that if you leave him here he won't die, so you want to come down and kill him with your own hands?

But except for calling him twice when she just jumped down, she was very quiet and didn't make any noise.

He was injured and a little drowsy, and his five senses were duller than usual, so he didn't know what she was doing.

Until just now, I seemed to hear a slight movement again, like the sound of someone falling to the ground.

...fell?

Xie Chengjin thought without emotion.

However, at this moment, he felt her coming closer.

Her hand fell to his side, touching his leg as if by accident.

Xie Chengjin's thoughts were interrupted. He was stunned for a moment and did not move.

He was leaning against a tree with his legs on the ground. He didn't know what position she had to be in to touch his legs with her hands. Maybe she was squatting, but he didn't care.

Seriously injured and tired,

And he didn't like to meddle in other people's affairs, so he didn't plan to open his eyes to look at her.

But perhaps he suddenly remembered that she had murderous intentions towards him, and he didn't know why she hadn't taken action for so long, and what she was doing now that she came over to touch him, he paused, and after a moment, he finally opened his eyelids.

But when he opened his eyes, he saw that she was closing her eyes——

She closed her eyes and was groping carefully, looking a bit like a blind person.

Only blind people would do this.

She seemed to have suddenly lost sight.

Xie Chengjin was stunned.

He looked down at her, his expression still indifferent, but a rare hint of inquiry appeared in his eyes.

However, even so,

He still didn't say anything, didn't move, just looked at her quietly, as if waiting to see what she would do next.

Then,

I saw her raise her hand, then she touched his waist and abdomen, then moved up and brushed across his chest.

It was as if she couldn't see, so she had to use this method to identify what she was touching. It separated as soon as she touched it, as light as ripples on the water, and she couldn't even feel her hand being placed on it.

at last,

Her hand fell on his neck.

This time she was a little more forceful, her fingers resting on his neck, as if realizing it was his.

Her hand rested on his neck for a moment.

Xie Chengjin sensed her thoughts in his daze just now and knew that she wanted to kill him, but he still didn't say a word, even his breathing was not disordered. He just lowered his eyes and looked at her, as if waiting for her to strangle him.

But the next second,

Her hand continued to move upwards, and her slightly cool fingers brushed across her Adam's apple. There were some small scars on her fingertips that had just scabbed over, but her force was so light that her hand rubbed across the skin, as if being rubbed by a cold leaf. The touch was subtle, and Xie Chengjin subconsciously frowned, and his breathing became a little disordered.

Seeing her hand still moving upwards,

He suddenly raised his hand and grabbed her wrist.

She was using her right hand now. Her wrist was unbandaged and had no scars. The skin felt delicate, completely different from her fingertips. He could even feel her pulse beating beneath it. He gripped her a little harder, his tone restrained and cold, "Xie Yanyu."

Xie Yanyu was caught off guard and was grabbed by his hand, and was startled.

She paused before saying, "Brother is awake?"

Xie Chengjin's tone was calm, and no emotion could be heard: "What are you doing?"

Xie Yanyu really wanted to open her eyes and see his expression.

But she couldn't open her eyes.

She had just absorbed the spiritual power in the ring, and her cultivation had broken through the Jindan stage. Now it had stabilized at the first Jindan stage. This was certainly a good thing, but probably because of the sudden breakthrough, the spiritual power in her body flowed backwards, and she was injured by the backlash. She was temporarily unable to use her spiritual power, and her eyes could not see.

To say it is invisible is not quite right.

She could see things, but not the light, not even the faintest light.

She tried to open her eyes just now, but as soon as she opened them, she felt a terrible pain in her eyes. She had a premonition that if she tried to open her eyes again, she would go blind.

She was a little confused at first, why is this happening?

But then I remembered,

A long time ago, her "fiancé" Li Xun's family fell into poverty and was hunted by demons. She took him in, but after the demons came after her, she sold his whereabouts to them and left. Before leaving, she thought Li Xun could not survive, so she took his treasures.

Later she absorbed the treasure into her body,

Originally, she had no spiritual roots. It was only after the treasure merged into her body that she developed spiritual roots.

But that treasure seemed to be related to her eyes. After she grew spiritual roots, the spiritual power in her body often reversed. Whenever this happened, her eyes would feel a little painful. However, she had never broken through so many realms in one breath. Due to her physical condition, the spiritual power reversed particularly seriously this time, and it was probably because of this that she had problems with her eyes.

She had never thought it would be this serious before, but after realizing this, she had some idea in her mind.

Her eyes won't stay like this forever, maybe they will get better in a few days, but now she can't open her eyes, which is almost like being half blind.

The current situation,

Even though she has reached the first level of the Golden Core Realm, she cannot use her spiritual power and cannot see.

If she wanted to get out of here, she had to rely on Xie Chengjin.

After all, her spiritual roots are special, and her blood can easily attract demons.

If she waits in this desolate wilderness until she recovers, a big monster might come and eat her.

But Xie Chengjin was injured like this,

Xie Yanyu thought for a long time, and finally he could only restrain the urge to kill him. He groped towards him with a gloomy face and fed him blood.

She has a special spiritual root, and her blood can calm the remaining poison in his body, and can also help him heal his wounds and recover quickly.

At this time,

Hearing Xie Chengjin asking questions,

She took a deep breath, suppressed the irritation in her heart, and whispered, "Brother, don't misunderstand."

Fortunately, she was cautious. Even though she wanted to kill Xie Chengjin before, she did not do it, so he did not realize her murderous intention.

Now she still has to rely on him to go out, so it's better for her to behave obediently. Although she wants to kill him in her heart, he doesn't know about it, and he probably has no intention of killing her. After all, her blood is still useful to him.

At most, he was angry that she had followed him in disguise.

After a while, she fed him blood and helped him heal his wounds, which was considered helping him. Even if he was angry, he would not leave her here and watch her die.

Once his cultivation recovers, he will probably take her out.

She put on a humble and submissive look and continued to explain: "I didn't mean to do anything."

Don’t want to do anything?

Xie Chengjin looked at her without saying a word.

She just wanted to kill him.

He let go of her wrists and thought without emotion.

But at this moment, he saw her raise her hand and put it directly to his lips.

Then,

Then I heard her say, "I just saw that my brother was seriously injured. My blood can be used to heal the wound, so I want to help him heal."

There is a faint fishy sweetness in the nose.

Xie Chengjin paused, then noticed that her fingers were bleeding.

At the same time, she exerted force on her hand, and her fingertips pressed into his lips.

The moist and sticky touch invades the mouth,

The temperature was obviously cold, but he felt like he was scalded.