Chapter 43 Dilemma: If we fail to fulfill the Ancestor's request, we will die...
Although she found it strange, she carefully thought about what had just happened but couldn't figure it out.
However, this is common. After all, she is a normal person and cannot understand a madman. In addition, she does not have a deep understanding of the magic of the cultivation world, so it is normal that she cannot perceive anything.
However, this place is not suitable for a long stay, and her previous agreement to stay for ten days was only a temporary measure.
The fact that he could give such a precise time means that he must be doing something during these ten days. If she really stayed in this place for ten days, she would be a fool.
Even if she wanted to leave now, she probably didn't have the ability. In addition, she was not familiar with the terrain here. She would have to stay here obediently for three or four days until Shen Zhengyuan lowered his guard before she could think of a way to leave.
After she leaves, I must find an opportunity to visit the Zen community and have a good talk with that old monk who betrayed her!
After thinking it over, Li Chen relaxed for the time being, lay down on the bed, and prepared to rest.
She's not in good health right now; she just woke up and went through such a troublesome ordeal, so it's impossible for her not to be exhausted.
Although she couldn't put her mind at ease about this place and Shen Zhengyuan, and probably couldn't sleep well, as the saying goes, "Since you're here, make the best of it." Shen Zhengyuan had done all this, so he certainly wouldn't take her life. As for the rest, she'd deal with it as it came.
Li Chen had only intended to take a short nap, but unexpectedly, he slept exceptionally soundly.
She had prepared herself for a bad night's sleep, but to her surprise, she slept very well instead of having a bad night's sleep. When she woke up, it was already the next day at dawn.
I don’t know if it’s because my spirit was damaged yesterday, but now when I open my eyes, I still feel headache and weakness, and I also feel chest pain and tightness.
She opened her eyes and, after a while, regained some strength to sit up in bed.
She sat up, head down, enduring the discomfort spreading throughout her body.
In fact, she experiences some discomfort every day, sometimes pain, sometimes soreness. As this feeling accompanies her for a long time, she gradually gets used to it. Even though she is almost always surrounded by this discomfort, she can still move freely and looks no different from an ordinary person.
However, the discomfort was much stronger than usual today. As soon as she sat up, it was as if her internal injuries were aggravated, and a sharp pain suddenly struck her from all over her body. There was not a single place in her body that was not in pain.
The sudden, intense pain caused her face to turn deathly pale, her lips to lose all color, and she looked extremely haggard.
To avoid dying in pain, she frowned and tried to sit cross-legged slowly. She had only intended to use some spiritual energy to relieve her pain, but she did not expect that when she used her spiritual energy today, she did not feel any stagnation or swelling in her spiritual meridians. It was as if her previously broken spiritual meridians had been repaired.
As spiritual energy flowed through her meridians, the sudden, intense pain gradually subsided. However, the injuries within her body remained. In addition to the damage to her spiritual meridians, her internal organs also suffered varying degrees of damage, which was the true reason for the shortened lifespan.
While spiritual veins are extremely important to those in the cultivation world, damage to them will not result in death; one will simply become a cripple afterward.
She mobilized her spiritual energy and circulated it throughout her body before discovering that she had gained some spiritual energy from the thousand-year-old snow lotus. She assumed it was transferred from Shen Zhengyuan's body during their dual cultivation yesterday.
Although the thousand-year-old snow lotus is considered a holy medicine for healing, its medicinal power and spiritual energy are also extremely domineering. When healing, it can cause unbearable pain. If one cannot calm their mind and neutralize the medicinal power and spiritual energy, the final result will be death from body explosion.
However, the medicinal power and spiritual energy in her body were naturally not enough to make her explode and die. On the contrary, they were slowly repairing her injuries. However, this amount of medicinal power and spiritual energy was just a drop in the ocean for her injuries. It was likely that by the time all the medicinal power and spiritual energy were used up, her injuries would not be able to be repaired even by 10%.
Moreover, these medicinal properties and spiritual energy naturally did not come from the plant that Shen Zhengyuan ate hundreds of years ago.
Over such a long period of time, the medicinal power and spiritual energy had long been neutralized and absorbed by him. Therefore, these things must have only appeared recently, meaning that Shen Zhengyuan had consumed the thousand-year-old snow lotus before cultivating with her.
If that were the case, Shen Zhengyuan would have told her directly instead of waiting for her to discover it herself, and he wouldn't have needed to play such a trick on her in the first place. So he must have some other purpose that she hasn't discovered yet.
The fact that Shen Zhengyuan would go to such lengths to conceal his intentions suggests that his purpose might not be good for her. This place is definitely not a place she can stay for long.
Li Chen mobilized all his spiritual power, dissolving and absorbing all the medicinal power and spiritual energy from the thousand-year-old snow lotus within his body, and then sat quietly for a while.
After the pain had completely subsided, she slowly opened her eyes and prepared to get out of bed to wash up.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she lifted the bed curtains, she met the gaze of eight or nine female disciples dressed in the robes of the Dharma Cultivation Realm standing outside.
However, this place is, after all, the territory of the cultivation world, so it is not surprising that some disciples of the cultivation world appear here.
Li Chen acted as if he hadn't seen them at all, slowly stood up, and prepared to leave the palace to check out the terrain outside and figure out an escape route.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she stood up, a disciple from the cultivation world approached her, holding her dress in both hands.
The disciple walked up to her, bowed his head, and said very respectfully, "Miss Li, please change your clothes."
Li Chen glanced at the dresses on the tray in front of him, then at the bloodstains on his own clothes from yesterday.
The bloodstains had turned somewhat black overnight and looked filthy; they definitely needed to be replaced.
Thank you.
She had just raised her hand, and before she could even touch the clothes on the tray, the person in front of her suddenly took a step back and continued, "Miss Li, please allow us to help you change."
Li Chen looked completely bewildered. "Isn't that unnecessary? Thank you for your kindness, young lady, but I'm really not used to being served. I'll do it myself..."
Before Li Chenjin could finish speaking, the person in front of him suddenly knelt down, followed by the people behind her. A flurry of kneeling figures appeared, causing Li Chenjin to involuntarily take a step back. "What are you doing?" he asked.
The disciple who had been kneeling on the ground said, "Our ancestor instructed us to serve you, young lady. Please, young lady, do not make things difficult for us. If we fail to fulfill our ancestor's request, we will die..."
Li Chen stared at the terrified crowd before him and muttered, "This guy is really insane..."
Since they had all said so, Li Chenjin naturally wouldn't refuse anymore, and had no choice but to let them help him change his clothes.
She was not by nature a person of extravagance and debauchery, and she always preferred to do things herself. Now, on Shen Zhengyuan's turf, she was forced to experience the feeling of extravagance and debauchery, which made her feel uncomfortable all over.
After she finished dressing, it was time to style her hair. But even this simple task was beyond her control. She could only sit in front of the dressing table, like a puppet, letting the two people behind her style her hair and add hair ornaments.
During this time, she also touched the fabric of her body.
This material was different from the coarse linen she usually wore; it was as thin as a cicada's wing, soft and smooth, and felt almost weightless when worn, yet it didn't make her feel cold. It was more like the legendary silk that was worth a thousand gold pieces per inch.
It is said that the silk repellent is both water-repellent and fire-resistant, and that wearing it will keep you feeling warm all year round. I wonder if that's true.
She had once been fortunate enough to see mermaids come ashore to sell mermaid silk, but unfortunately she only dared to look at them from afar and did not dare to get close.
After all, anyone who has heard of this item knows it is expensive. She knew she couldn't afford it, so she naturally didn't bother to look at it closely. But unexpectedly, she not only had the opportunity to look at it closely today, but she was also able to wear it.
This cultivation world, relying on the existence of spirit stone mines, doesn't know how to save money; it's truly a sin, a sin indeed.
After her hair was styled, Li Chenjin was about to get up when someone brought her a bowl of medicinal soup.
Li Chen stared at the bowl of dark, black medicinal soup, hesitating before taking it.
She couldn't smell or taste anything now, and after what Shen Zhengyuan had done to her drink, she was too afraid to eat anything. She could only ask, "What's in here?"
“Reporting to Miss Li, this contains half a thousand-year-old snow lotus,” the disciple carrying the medicine said. “It was the patriarch’s instruction that you drink it after you have washed up.”
Li Chen cleared his throat lightly, "You can put it here for now, I'll put it here later..."
Before Li Chen could finish speaking, a "thump" was heard and the person holding the medicine knelt on the ground. "The patriarch ordered that I must see Miss Li take the medicine with my own eyes, otherwise... otherwise my life will be in danger..."
Li Chenjin: "..."
Given Li Chenjin's personality, she would naturally not be willing to give in easily if forced to drink it. But if this were to happen, even if it contained poison, in order not to harm innocent people, she would have no choice but to force herself to taste its saltiness.
She sighed softly, took the medicine bowl from the disciple, and drank the black medicine in one gulp. "I've drunk it. Get up."
The disciple then stood up and took the bowl.
At this moment, Li Chenjin felt a familiar, sharp pain surge through her body, making her wonder whether Shen Zhengyuan was looking for her to repay a debt of gratitude or to seek revenge, for tormenting her like this.
She silently closed her eyes and circulated her spiritual energy to neutralize the medicinal power of the thousand-year-old snow lotus.
These disciples seemed to have been instructed beforehand; after she closed her eyes, they all stood still, not daring to make a sound.
Only when Li Chen slowly opened his eyes did the disciples begin to move again, like puppets turning back into living people.
Li Chen lowered his eyes, his gaze falling on the cup handed to him.
He felt that this kind of life of being waited on hand and foot was really uncomfortable. Shen Zhengyuan had really fallen into depravity, actually liking this kind of life of being served.
She sighed, took the water, and casually asked, "Where's Shen Zhengyuan?"
Upon hearing her words, the faces of those around her went blank for a moment before a look of panic appeared. They hadn't realized who "Shen Zhengyuan" was at first, and only after remembering who he was did a sense of fear belatedly creep in.
Author's Note: Little Li is honing his skills, while Big Chen is preparing his ultimate move [doge emoji]
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