Chapter 41 An Auspicious Day If you want me to unlock your chains, it won't be difficult...
"Perhaps this year, perhaps next year, but in any case, I won't make it to the year after next. If you don't believe me, you can take my pulse. If you have really studied some medicine, you should be able to detect it."
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand toward Shen Zhengyuan, gesturing for him to take her pulse.
As she wished, Shen Zhengyuan raised his hand and pressed it against her pulse point.
A moment later, Li Chen was raising an eyebrow, waiting for his conclusion, when he suddenly heard him say, "I remember, today is a rare auspicious day. It's not difficult for you to unlock your chains, as long as we get married today, how about it?"
Li Chenjin: "..."
no?
Was Shen Zhengyuan's brain truly damaged by the Snow Demon's Heart?
We were discussing serious matters, how did we suddenly turn to this?
This attempt to change the subject is so clumsy; it's obvious that Shen Zhengyuan hasn't interacted with outsiders much in the past few centuries.
Li Chen was so angry at Shen Zhengyuan's sudden words that she laughed. She pulled her hand back and tugged at the chains on her hands and feet, but just like she had tried at the beginning, she couldn't break them.
She glanced at the person sitting to the side, silently watching her, sneered, and wrapped the two chains around her hands.
After confirming that the chains were tightly wrapped around her hands, she pursed her lips, exerted force, and heard a sound of jade shattering. The two unbreakable chains were pulled directly out of the jade, tearing two large holes in the previously flawless jade.
Shen Zhengyuan: "..."
Li Chen threw the chain, still bearing some fragments of the jade disc, in front of Shen Zhengyuan.
Seeing that he was stunned and seemed afraid to speak, she raised an eyebrow and smiled. Then she stood up leisurely and swaggered out in front of Shen Zhengyuan, dragging the chains on her hands and feet, making a clanging sound as she dragged them on the ground.
She reached out and lifted the beaded curtain, stepping into the outer room. Suddenly, a lamp made of spirit stone above her head lit up, illuminating everything before her.
After glancing around, she leisurely walked to the table and sat down.
On the white jade table, there was no teapot, but there was a wine pot. Although she couldn't smell it now, it must be a rare and fine wine to be found here.
With that thought, she straightened the upside-down wine glass on the table, poured herself a full glass of wine, and looked leisurely, not at all like the one who was imprisoned.
By the time Shen Zhengyuan approached, Li Chenjin had already downed a cup of wine.
It's a pity that she can't taste it now. Even the best wine tastes like water, which is a real shame.
Thinking this, she drank another glass before lifting her eyelids and glancing at the person sitting opposite her.
Although things had gotten a little unpleasant just now, she was still on Shen Zhengyuan's turf, so she had to give him some face.
Thinking this, she placed another wine glass in front of Shen Zhengyuan and poured him a glass of wine as well. "I didn't want to do this originally, after all, I think your place is quite nice. These two big holes that suddenly appeared in the wall are really unsightly."
Shen Zhengyuan said, "It's alright. This realm is protected by underground spiritual energy, and it will recover tomorrow."
Li Chenjin drank another glass of wine and glanced at the person opposite him with a calm expression.
If people in other cultivation worlds had such pure spiritual energy, they would definitely be busy cultivating. But this cultivation world is different. Not only are they not busy cultivating, but they also use this spiritual energy of heaven and earth in all sorts of ways.
However, this also means that this place must be surrounded by layers of magic arrays. If she wants to get out, it would be difficult to force her way out without the permission of the owner of this place. Even the Sword God might not be able to force his way out unscathed, let alone her.
Li Chen smiled and said, "Then I'm relieved. Otherwise, if the cultivation world were to seek compensation from me, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to afford it even if I sold myself."
Shen Zhengyuan said calmly, "Are you sure you don't have to pay any money, or are you sure you've already gotten information from me and can slowly figure out a way to escape from this place?"
Li Chenjin's smile froze, and he almost couldn't maintain it.
This guy is quick-witted, fine, but he doesn't give us any face either. He's so blunt. What can he do but make things more awkward?
She used to know how to give him some face, but he doesn't give her any face at all. He's really despicable and hateful.
However, she couldn't say these things at the moment, so she pretended not to understand the meaning behind his words and said evasively, "Of course you don't need to pay any money. You've brought me here, so you know very well what I have on me. I only have fifty-five taels of silver in my entire possessions, and more than half of that was given to me by others. Even if I paid you back all of it, it wouldn't be enough to cover the losses."
"Besides, as you know, the monks and nuns in the meditation community don't value money. Even in that old monk Mingcun's room, you probably couldn't scrape together fifty taels of silver. I have quite a lot of silver on me."
"So, naturally, I didn't get paid for working under him. Not only did I not get paid, but I also had to contribute money to the Zen community from time to time. I'm doing pretty well as a believer, but the old monk didn't appreciate it at all. Sigh..."
Shen Zhengyuan listened to her banter without being affected or led astray. Instead, he continued the previous topic, saying, "Even if you do manage to escape, it doesn't matter. I don't like your disciple very much. After you leave, I'll kill him and skin him to make a cloak for you."
"Besides that, his physical constitution seems quite good. If his bones were used to forge a magical artifact, it would surely be quite effective."
With a loud "thud," Li Chen slammed the cup in his hand heavily onto the table.
She stared coldly at Shen Zhengyuan, her face devoid of any smile. Instead, she said with a very serious expression, "Shen Zhengyuan, whatever grudges we have to settle, there's no need to involve others. I just don't want to kill you now, not wanting to add to the bloodshed. It's not that I can't kill you, but I hope you won't forget that."
"Furthermore, I may stay here for a few days without any problem. But I have matters to discuss with the old monk Mingcun in the Zen community. If you insist on keeping me here for half a month or a year, delaying my important business, don't blame me for turning my back on you."
Shen Zhengyuan listened to Li Chenjin's words without making a sound, and said in a calm tone, "Alright. Stay here for ten days, and I will take care of your injuries."
"If you really want to leave sooner, that's fine too. After you die, I will first seal your primordial spirit into my body, and then refine your remains into a magical artifact. After the artifact is completed, I will make your soul into an artifact spirit, and then you can still fulfill your promise."
Li Chenjin: "..."
Li Chen lowered his head and muttered a few curses in secret where Shen Zhengyuan couldn't see him.
That's really strange!
She had never seen Shen Zhengyuan have this kind of fetish before!
Why does he look more and more creepy now?
He's even less like a human being than the Shen Zhengyuan she remembers!
Could it be that she said something wrong in the past, inadvertently leading people astray?
But that doesn't make sense. When has she ever said anything as perverted as him?
As Li Chenjin pondered this, he poured himself another glass of wine.
As she looked at the person opposite her, pondering a solution, she suddenly felt as if something was amiss.
The thought crossed her mind just as the wine glass she had been holding touched her lips.
She had barely felt the slight moisture from the wine on her lips, and before she could even drink it, she suddenly felt a numbness all over her body, and the hand holding the wine glass suddenly went limp.
There was a "thud".
The silver wine cup fell onto the table, spilling the wine and wetting her sleeve.
Li Chen couldn't help but frown.
Although this was the first time she had experienced this feeling, she wasn't stupid. She immediately realized that she had been given something like a muscle relaxant.
This muscle-strengthening powder, intended for cultivators, is more potent and takes effect faster than the one for ordinary people.
The fact that it's working now means that she hasn't been taking the muscle-relaxing powder for very long.
Since she woke up, the only thing she has eaten has been the wine on the table.
Normally, this level of drug effect wouldn't have been a problem for her; if she had noticed it in time, she could have found a way to counteract its effects. However, since her sense of smell and taste were both impaired, she didn't realize it immediately.
Even if the medicine took effect, it wouldn't be a problem. As long as her spiritual energy could still circulate, forcing out the medicine's effects wouldn't be difficult. But unfortunately, her spiritual energy was currently sealed...
She closed her eyes and tried to get up, but found that she couldn't muster the strength. The only thing she could do was try her best to hold on and not let herself fall.
To be honest, this was the first time she had ever encountered such an embarrassing situation.
Even when she couldn't use her spiritual power, she still had medical skills. Even when she couldn't use her medical skills, she could still mobilize her spiritual power. But now both of her skills were in trouble, and she was in a very sorry state.
She forced a smile and said in a low voice, "Ancestor Shen, I'm not dead yet. You wouldn't be thinking of skinning me alive and turning me into some kind of magical artifact, would you?"
Shen Zhengyuan didn't respond to her words, but silently stood up and walked to her side.
This situation, which was out of control for the time being, made Li Chenjin's heart tremble for a moment.
Just as she was trying to mobilize her spiritual power to break through the seal on her golden core, Shen Zhengyuan put his arm around her shoulder, and then put his other hand under her knees and picked her up.
Anger, embarrassment, humiliation...
All sorts of emotions went through Li Chenjin's mind as he walked from the table to the bed.
If she weren't currently unable to act, she would definitely have twisted Shen Zhengyuan's head off.
No wonder he made such thorough preparations; he must have been worried that she might suddenly make a move.
The moment Li Chenjin's body touched the bed, she seemed to suddenly feel a surge of strength, tightly gripping the sleeve of the person in front of her, and asked, "What are you going to do?"
She practically spat out those words through gritted teeth, as if threatening, questioning, or perhaps hoping to hear something different from what she expected from the person in front of her.
Shen Zhengyuan smiled, as if he had guessed what Li Chenjin was thinking at that moment.
He stroked the person's profile, gently lifted a strand of hair, and whispered, "I took your pulse before you woke up."
Author's Note: Don't worry, in the next chapter, Xiao Shen—oh wait, I mean Da Chen—is going to get a beating (Xiao Li: A good beating comes from under the stick (not really)) [dog head with a rose in its mouth]
Random thoughts unrelated to the plot:
Browsing around Biyue made my resolve waver. How many collections will I have in the future? Will I have a following? How much will I write? How many books will I write? When will I stop writing...?
But no matter what, I will still finish writing this book. I love Xiao Li very much, and many of the things Xiao Li says are things I want to say to myself.
I hope that by the time this book is finished, I can save myself, get rid of depression, and stop doing anything irrational!
(Ugh, I always ramble on and on, it doesn't feel right to me, but I'm too embarrassed to say it out loud in real life. Actually, it's embarrassing to say it through a screen too, so I can only wish the darling in front of the screen happiness and joy [shy])
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