Chapter 11 Blood Moon Secret Realm (Part 6) Dying day after day, what a blessing...
Shi Xianxue fell into a sea of flowers.
The sunlight, like scattered gold, spills across the boundless sea of flowers. Each flower is unique, its slender branches swaying, and colorful lights float in the air, making one feel as if they are in a fairyland.
Shi Xianxue propped herself up and sat up. Her sense of smell was always more acute than that of ordinary people. In addition to the fragrance of flowers, she also smelled a strange smell that was hard to describe.
"Waaaaah."
A weak, infantile cry faintly reached Shi Xianxue's ears. She crossed her arms defensively in front of her chest. "Who, who is playing tricks on me!"
"Waaaaah!"
Shi Xianxue bristled and jumped around a few times before realizing that the crying was even more pitiful. Soon after, the cries of crying filled the small patch of flowers in front of her.
"Please, can you get off my brother's head? He's about to be crushed."
Brother's head?
Shi Xianxue looked down in horror.
Sure enough, she saw a small yellow flower that she had trampled under her feet, its stem about to break, sobbing pitifully.
She jumped up instantly. Good heavens! How could these little flowers talk? Had they all cultivated their own consciousness and become little flower fairies? What difference was there between her breaking the flower stems and breaking a child's neck? It was an absolute sin.
It felt like her heart had been thrown into a pot of oil and fried repeatedly. She clasped her hands together and shook them, saying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."
She tried to help the little yellow flower up, but was met with a shrill shout: "Stop! Let go of my brother! If you've got the guts, come and torture me!"
"The most poisonous heart is that of a woman! The old man was right, the more beautiful a woman is, the more wicked she is."
"Yes, that's right! Sure enough, all the women who come in from the Well of Desire are bad people! Where is the Immortal? Did you eat him?" Little Pink Flower shouted with great energy.
Shi Xianxue hurriedly let go, and the little yellow flower trembled in the wind. Under the tense gaze of all the flowers, it fell to the ground with a thud. The yellow flower spirit flew into the sky like a scattered dandelion seed. The little yellow flower was so weak that it seemed that it would die at any moment. All the flowers immediately started to wail and howl. Shi Xianxue was confused by the wailing.
It felt like her scalp was being scraped with putty repeatedly. Shi Xianxue endured it for a while, but finally couldn't take it anymore: "What are you crying for! Crying won't help. Instead of wailing here, you might as well tell me how to save her!"
"Waaaaah, you're so mean, waaaaah!"
"How scary, how scary! Grandpa, save us!"
Shi Xianxue, who couldn't piece together any useful information at all: ...
She recalled the bright yellow light emanating from Linglong's palm, the restorative power of the Wushan people, which could surely save this little yellow flower.
She followed Linglong's example and was about to raise her palm to cover it when an extremely strong threat of death suddenly struck her heart as she dodged a sword aimed at her left cheek, which was full of murderous intent.
The powerful squeezing force simultaneously tore through the void and gripped her neck.
Amidst the exclamations of the flower fairies, Shi Xianxue was lifted into the air by the neck. Her face turned red, and physiological tears welled up in the corners of her eyes. As the force gradually increased, the air in her nostrils became increasingly thin.
Petals danced behind him, sunlight flickering through the boy's hair. He slightly raised his hand, a chilling killing intent surging in his beautiful eyes. "Didn't I say that if I ever see you again, I'll snap your head off?"
Shi Xianxue's eyes rolled back as she was gripped by that force. Indeed, working with emotionally unstable colleagues was life-threatening. The male and female leads were right behind him, weren't they? Was he revealing his identity now because he didn't want to seize the demon bone?
Looking at her face contorted with suffocation, Wu Xiutang felt a secret pleasure rising within him. That's how it should be; she should have died by his hand long ago.
He slowly closed his fingers.
As soon as Immortal Cloud Grass entered the second secret realm, he saw Chang Wei beating Lai Fu. He didn't understand what was going on for a moment. The girl's face was bruised and purple from being pinched, and dark lines appeared on Wu Xiutang's exposed skin. He stepped forward in shock, "Stop! She can't die. If she dies, you will become a monster too!"
Almost as soon as he finished speaking, a mysterious power from the First Secret Realm swiftly covered Wu Xiutang's entire arm, with black lines piling up like fangs, baring their teeth and claws as if trying to devour him.
Wu Xiutang loosened his grip, and Shi Xianxue fell from mid-air. Fortunately, the flower branches gathered and caught her body. She fell to the ground, clutching her neck and coughing violently.
Because of his undisguised murderous intent towards Shi Xianxue, the dark marks grew much faster than expected, rapidly spreading from his chest to his chin, and then to his porcelain-white face, like fine porcelain covered with uneven ice cracks, which looked breathtakingly beautiful from afar.
"You must learn to control your desires. The urge to kill is a deadly weapon of the Shadow Transformation." The Cloud Grass Immortal looked at Shi Xianxue meaningfully. "This young lady is pure and innocent, and her special constitution is why she has not been affected by the Blood Moon until now. She is the hope for all of you to escape. How can you kill her?"
He stared at the dark patterns on Wu Xiutang's skin and sighed inwardly. He had thought that this young man was somewhat related to Xiaoxue, which was why he hadn't turned into a shadow. But now it seemed that he had been thinking too much. In the Blood Moon Secret Realm, whether human or demon, the desires in one's soul are more deeply affected by the Blood Moon, without exception.
The reason this young man delayed his transformation into a shadow could be...
The difference between the two was obvious. Wu Xiutang was just a hair's breadth away from being completely transformed, while Shi Xianxue, apart from a clear pinch mark on her neck, showed no signs of change whatsoever.
Wu Xiutang clenched his fingers, his gaze as gloomy as water.
Pure and innocent? Her?
That's ridiculous.
If he were to entrust his life to her, he might as well be more decisive and commit suicide by slitting his throat.
Unaware of Wu Xiutang's thoughts, the Cloud Grass Immortal continued to chatter on: "But this girl has no spiritual energy at all. It will be difficult for her to go to the third level of the secret realm to obtain the Immortal Fruit of Unwavering Confusion."
The guardians of the third secret realm are no more benevolent than these flower and plant spirits. As an ordinary person without any spiritual power, she would likely be burned to death before even getting close to the Emberfire Tree.
Just as Shi Xianxue was about to inquire about the situation of the third level of the secret realm, Yu Guangzhong noticed that the person next to him seemed to be glowing.
She was startled.
Wu Xiutang mobilized all his qi and blood, and his blood, along with the intricate golden divine runes, rushed into his forehead. He closed his eyes, and his whole body was enveloped in golden light.
The old man Yuncao stopped talking. He clicked his tongue in amazement. He hadn't expected that there would actually be someone who wasn't afraid of death. Using poison to fight poison might be useful in other situations, but in the Blood Moon Secret Realm, such a reversal would surely backfire.
As expected, the dark patterns first retreated a few inches slowly, and then surged up like a tidal wave, quickly covering half of his face.
The divine script was dispelled, and his qi and blood were running wildly in his body. Not only did he fail to stop the transformation into a shadow, but he also caused his qi and blood to become extremely disordered.
Wu Xiutang collapsed, half-kneeling on the ground in a disheveled state, but his back remained straight. His face was as pale as paper, and he turned his head to spit out a mouthful of blood.
Shi Xianxue was shocked: "Waqu, why did you suddenly vomit blood?"
She was only human and didn't know what Wu Xiutang was doing. Things happened too fast. She only saw him glowing one second and vomiting blood the next. It was like a super-fast version of vomiting blood.
The Cloud Grass Immortal explained calmly, "He tried to use the power of his own blood to suppress the Shadow Transformation, but ended up being attacked by it."
Shi Xianxue exclaimed "Ah!" and ran over to ask him if he was alright.
If something happens to him, who will save the male and female leads? She has no foundation right now, and this kind of challenge to defeat the big boss and get gold coins sounds like it requires a lot of strength.
Wu Xiutang shoved her away, his tone harsh: "Get out of here!"
Shi Xianxue was almost pushed over by him, but fortunately, Yuncao Xianweng appeared behind her and helped her up. He looked at Wu Xiutang disapprovingly: "You are hopeless. This will only make the power of shadow transformation in your body more rampant."
Wu Xiutang wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes dark and gloomy, but he revealed a light smile: "Fine, then let's die together." Before he completely transforms into a monster, he will surely destroy this place, and Shi Xianxue will not be able to survive alone.
The scene was chaotic, and Shi Xianxue suddenly felt a little irritated. She guessed that the male and female protagonists were probably unable to pass through the Well of Desire because they were being transformed by shadows, which was why the Immortal Elder had sent her and Wu Xiutang in to find the antidote. But who knew that the two of them were irreconcilable, and Wu Xiutang was a ticking time bomb, unpredictable and moody.
Not only is there no progress on work tasks, but my mental state is also constantly being messed with by my treacherous colleagues.
After Wu Xiutang finished speaking, Shi Xianxue exploded: "Shut up! You keep talking about dying and dying, you've ruined all our good fortune."
After cursing, he didn't dare to look at Wu Xiutang's face. He grabbed Yuncao Immortal and pleaded, "Immortal, I beg you to think of another way. I'm willing to do anything to save my friend."
The Cloud Grass Immortal squinted, feigning profundity: "Willing to do anything?"
A moment later, dark patterns, like a spider web, covered the left half of Wu Xiutang's face. His left eye was filled with boiling black energy, and his expression was gloomy. He didn't look like he had been transformed into a monster by shadow, but rather like he had been possessed by a demon.
Upon hearing the method, Shi Xianxue was the first to jump up, "A love potion?"
Does that mean she has to eat bugs again? No way!
“That’s right, this young man has the scent of Gu worms on him, so I guess he must be from Nan Yue and is a Gu master. Nan Yue’s love Gu, root-sharing Gu, or anything that can temporarily link your two destinies, with you as the mother and him as the son, can suppress the shadow transformation power in his body.” Immortal Cloud Grass quickly added at the end, “But you are also very likely to be dragged into his mess.”
Shi Xianxue: "?"
The Immortal Elder said, "Some people are not steadfast in their will and can be influenced by the person who casts the Gu curse. In turn, the person who cast the Gu curse may also be transformed into a monster."
Undeterred, Shi Xianxue asked, "Is there any other way?"
The old man of the Cloud Grass shook his head.
Shi Xianxue straightened her clothes and made a decision: "It seems that I have no choice but to venture into the den of wolves alone."
Even if Shi Xianxue were eaten by a monster, killed by Wu Xiutang, and turned into a skeleton in the secret realm, she would never eat a single insect.
The system interjected, "Alright, if you're confident you can get the antidote and rescue the female lead, of course I'll support you."
Shi Xianxue: "Stop being sarcastic. Those are bugs, not cakes or desserts. Why don't you eat them? It's true that there's no such thing as true empathy in this world."
System: "Then what about the Spring Silkworm Gu in your body? Who will remove the Gu from you if he dies?"
Shi Xianxue: "He's not the only Gu Master in the world."
The system had no choice but to say indirectly, "Shishi, you've broadened your perspective. Now that you've offended the little villain, he's bound to kill you. What if he kills you before you complete the mission? Wouldn't all our efforts have been in vain? If we had the Love Gu cheat, then he would be under your control, and we could finally turn the tables and sing our own songs!"
Shi Xianxue, clear-headed and unmoved by his words, said: "I beg you to wake up. This is a fantasy novel, not a realistic one. Besides, Wu Xiutang comes from the Nine Yi of Nan Yue and is a Gu Master. A mere love Gu, wouldn't it be easy to cure him?"
She wouldn't do something so unprofitable as to make her suffer by eating insects.
The system persisted: "...Xiaoxue, don't underestimate yourself. I chose you because of your extraordinary talent, a genius beyond compare. If you can truly make the villain fall in love with you, redeem him, give him love and warmth, and turn him into a love-struck fool, so he no longer wants to seize the demon bone and destroy the world, then the female lead naturally won't need to sacrifice her own soul, and the double death ending can be changed. Xiaoxue, Xiaoxue? Say something! Isn't my idea good? What do you think?"
It looks like a pile of dog poop.
If he were so easy to win over, why would the beautiful and kind-hearted heroine have ended up dying? Besides, it's precisely because there are too many irrational love-struck fools that the Three Realms are constantly being sacrificed!
After she finished speaking, the boy gave her a disdainful glance.
Cloud Grass Immortal: "There is rolling lava everywhere, and extremely ferocious fire ibises. I salute you, brave young lady."
Shi Xianxue sat down silently.
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