Chapter 53 begins to ramble (pointing out typos) She didn't want to lose like this...
"Whether you were enemies or friends with Sect Leader Li in the past, I cannot say for sure. But given Sect Leader Li's personality, he would certainly not want to be made into a weapon spirit. Moreover, if a human soul is used to refine a weapon spirit, that person would have to endure forty-nine days of refining pain, feeling as if they were in a mountain of knives and a sea of fire every moment, suffering immense pain."
“Even enemies should not be tortured in this way. Moreover, when I met Sect Leader Shen, he did not regard Sect Leader Li as an enemy. Therefore, this method is absolutely unacceptable.”
Shen Zhengyuan asked, "Where will she go after she leaves?"
With his hands clasped together and his face gentle, the monk said, “When the flower blooms, one sees the Buddha and realizes the unborn (1).”
………………
When Li Chen finally woke up, it was already the next day.
Shen Zhengyuan had left the bedchamber at some point, leaving behind Jiu Niang Yuanzi who stayed by her bedside.
The lingering pain from yesterday still lingered throughout her body. Upon waking, even breathing caused dull pain in her chest. It took her a long time to regain her strength before she could slowly sit up.
As soon as she sat down, she felt an itch in her throat. She leaned over the bed and coughed twice, clearing out the blood she hadn't been able to vomit yesterday, which made her feel a little dizzy.
Before I could even process what was happening, I suddenly heard a voice shout, "Why are you vomiting blood?!"
The voice sounded somewhat familiar. She slowly raised her eyes and saw Wen Riwan standing by the bed, looking at her with great panic.
There were broken pieces of porcelain at her feet, which looked like teacups that she had accidentally dropped and broken.
Li Chen glanced at her without showing any emotion, pinched his brow, and coughed a few times while clutching his chest, looking as if he were in great discomfort. "Sorry, did I scare you?"
Wen Riwan sat down on the edge of the bed and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Should I send someone to fetch a doctor for you?"
Li Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, "There's no need to trouble yourself. Even if the world's best doctor were here, it would be useless to me. As long as I don't leave this place, I'll die here sooner or later."
Wen Riwan asked in a trembling voice, "Why...why?"
Li Chen didn't answer her question. He threw back the covers and was about to get out of bed when Wen Riwan pressed him, "I went to Linshui Palace to look for you yesterday, but the people there said you were taken to Pinglan Palace by Sect Leader Shen. I wanted to go to Pinglan Palace to find you, but the people outside said Sect Leader Shen ordered that no outsiders were allowed to enter the palace, you..."
"Are you acting like this because of him?"
Li Chen shook his head. "It's not entirely Sect Leader Shen's fault. To be honest, I was ungrateful and angered him..."
She paused, then looked at Wen Riwan and smiled slightly, saying, "These are all trivial matters, Cultivator Wen, there's no need to worry about them."
"No!" Wen Riwan said sternly, "How can I not be worried? You, you must be doing this because of Sect Leader Shen, he...did he hit you? But why? Could it be...could it be because of you...you..."
Li Chen sighed, "Of course he didn't hit me. He's actually been quite nice to me..."
"Perhaps the reason I am the way I am now is because... I am unwilling to agree to be his Daoist partner..."
Li Chenjin spoke in an increasingly low voice, yet maintained a volume that Wen Riwan could hear clearly.
After saying that, she lowered her head slightly and glanced at Wen Riwan, who had been frightened by her guess and stood up and backed away. She silently apologized to Shen Zhengyuan in her heart.
She didn't want to tarnish Shen Zhengyuan's reputation like this, but there was really no other way, besides...
Shen Zhengyuan's reputation outside seems to have deteriorated to the point that it doesn't need to be ruined anymore. In the cultivation world, who doesn't know that Shen Zhengyuan is a demon who carries the name of righteousness?
Thinking this way, Li Chen felt much more at ease. He walked slowly to the table, poured himself some water, and remembered to pour Wen Riwan a cup as well.
Wen Riwan only snapped out of her daze after Li Chenjin called her. She sat down opposite Li Chenjin, picked up the cup on the table, and absentmindedly took a few sips. Her face grew increasingly pale and anxious. She couldn't help but ask, "Do you really want to leave here?"
Li Chen nodded. "It's a pity that Sect Leader Shen won't allow it. I also know nothing about magic arrays in the cultivation world, so I'm afraid..."
She gave a helpless bitter smile as she spoke, then picked up the teapot and filled it with tea for Wen Riwan. "Master Wen, don't worry about it. Have some tea."
Wen Riwan said, "Stop drinking tea! What's the point of drinking tea now?!"
“I have a way to get you out of here. It just so happens that Sect Leader Shen isn’t here today. I… I’ll send you out of the Dharma Cultivation Realm and take you to the Pill Cultivation Realm to hide away. Sect Leader Shen will definitely not do anything to you again because of my father…”
Li Chen said solemnly, "This matter will inevitably implicate you and the alchemy world. How can I do such a thing? Cultivator Wen, you don't need to be like this. I have already prepared myself for the possibility of not surviving..."
"No, no, no!" Wen Riwan shook her head repeatedly. "You saved me before, and I already consider you a friend. How can I stand by and do nothing when a friend is in trouble?! Don't say anything more, I'll take you away right now!!"
As she spoke, she clutched her head as if in despair, saying, "How could I not have seen through Sect Leader Shen before? No... I should have seen through him sooner. His reputation wasn't good to begin with. He kills his own people and those who aren't his own. He... he... I..."
"I think I might have been crazy before..."
Li Chen sipped his tea, looked at the person opposite him who had collapsed to the point of muttering to himself, and raised his hand to touch the tip of his nose.
She's so young, it's different. She dares to befriend someone she's only met a few times, without doubting what she says or even bothering to verify it.
Not only that, but he so easily prepared to "get into trouble" for this friend whose background he didn't know and whom he had only met a few times, and was even prepared to bring this unknown person to his home without thinking about the consequences. He seemed to have a bit of loyalty to his friend.
After she finished her cup of tea, Wen Riwan had finished talking to herself. Without waiting for her to speak again, she called Xiao Qiu, who was waiting outside, and asked her to take out a strangely shaped magical artifact from her storage bag.
However, after the magical artifact was taken out, the two people stared at each other, frozen in place.
Li Chen asked, "Is there something wrong with this magical artifact?"
Wen Riwan and Xiao Qiu exchanged glances. Finally, Xiao Qiu scratched her head and said, "This is a magical artifact made by Miss that can shrink distances to an inch. Originally, because Miss didn't have much talent in magic cultivation, she created this artifact based on the teleportation array of the magic cultivation world. Even if it's thousands of miles away, it can arrive instantly, but..."
Xiao Qiu glanced at Wen Riwan with a troubled expression and continued, "However, to activate this magic artifact, one needs at least a Nascent Soul cultivator, but Miss hasn't even formed her Golden Core yet, and I'm only at the Qi Refining stage... this..."
Li Chen suddenly realized, "Oh... I see. That's alright, my cultivation level should be sufficient. Cultivator Wen only needs to tell me how to use it."
Wen Riwan looked at her in surprise, "You're a Nascent Soul cultivator?!"
"Ah... well..." Li Chen touched his nose and said, "Almost, about the same."
Learning teleportation arrays in the cultivation world is quite simple; one only needs to reach the Golden Core realm to learn them.
However, it is very difficult to use it freely. When a disciple of the cultivation world first learns it, he may be teleported to somewhere. If he is lucky, he may only be teleported to a place a meter away. If he is unlucky, he may be sent to a desert or the seabed.
Li Chen had once heard of a rather talented disciple in the cultivation world. This disciple, who was only at the Golden Core stage, could send him tens of thousands of miles away. If he cultivated diligently afterward, he would surely become a grandmaster in no time.
It's a pity that the very talented disciple of the Dharma Cultivation World was unlucky. He sent himself to a volcano thousands of miles away and died on the spot. When his master went to find him, he couldn't even bring back a piece of charred remains. It's truly a pity.
This magical artifact is much more useful. Even if you are not a disciple of the magic cultivation world and have not learned teleportation arrays, as long as you can use this magical artifact properly, although there may be some errors, they will not be too great. At least you will not be sent to the seabed or lava.
Even after Li Chen left the world of Dharma cultivators, she never imagined it would be so easy. She had thought she would have to hide in the world of Dharma cultivators for a while, but she never expected that she could just come out like this.
This genius in the world of artifact crafting is indeed not just boasting; his skill in crafting magical artifacts is truly unparalleled.
And most coincidentally, as soon as she landed, she saw a figure covering his face and squatting on the ground pulling weeds. Just from the person's back, she felt that he was very familiar.
The man noticed someone watching him, turned around, and met Li Chenjin's scrutinizing gaze. His face lit up with joy, and he stood up, jogging over to Li Chenjin. "You escaped on your own?! I was just thinking about how to sneak in and rescue you!!"
Li Chenjin's gaze fell on his swollen and bluish face, and he asked, "What happened to your face?"
Han Shannan curled his lip and said coldly, "I finally managed to infiltrate the world of magic cultivators, but before I could even gather any information about you, I was discovered. Those people in the world of magic cultivators are really cunning. At first, they pretended to be my brothers and sisters, but then they turned around and used a magic array to suppress my spiritual power!"
"You have no idea, there were dozens of men, women, and children at the time. When they saw that I couldn't raise my cultivation level, they all rushed up and beat me half to death! They were all incredibly ruthless. It was so hateful! Now, not only does my face hurt, but my whole body aches!"
"Ah... then how did you get out?" Li Chen asked.
"How else could they get out? They beat them up and threw them out!" Han Shannan said. "Hmph! I'll remember those people. They better pray they never run into me again, or I'll definitely take my revenge!!"
Li Chen frowned. "You mean you infiltrated the world of cultivators, and after being discovered, you were only beaten up and thrown out?"
Han Shannan said, "What do you mean I was just beaten up and thrown out? Did you expect me to be killed on the spot?!"
Li Chen shook his head. "I was just thinking, the Dharma Cultivation Realm is surrounded by a special barrier. Logically speaking, you shouldn't even be able to sneak in, but you did. You know, even the Sword God had to exert a lot of effort to force his way into the Dharma Cultivation Realm before, and you..."
The author's note: (1) It comes from the "Buddha Speaks of the Mahayana Sutra of Immeasurable Life, Adornment, Purity, Equality, and Enlightenment".
………………
Don't worry, although Xiao Li seems to have run away, it's practically the same as if he didn't. He's still under Xiao Shen's control for now. That's right, he did it on purpose. [doge emoji]
Xiao Li is actually quite smart, he's just temporarily suffering from an information asymmetry [shy]
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com
