Chapter 93 Confess, I know, I know! I'll tell you!
The system, which had seemed to be stuck, immediately sprang up from the ground upon hearing Suanni's words.
Its golden body surface was streaked with blue light like shooting stars, and its eyes, which were already like copper bells, seemed to be shining even brighter.
The system twitched and then let out a scream.
"Host, ahhhhhh—"
At this moment, Xiao Jiu's condition looked truly terrifying.
A hole about the size of his head was ripped open in his chest, and blood was gushing out, as if he was about to die at any moment.
The system started spewing out synthetic medicine, and the Suanni immediately transformed into human form.
The two worked in perfect harmony, frantically pouring all sorts of colored medicines onto Xiao Jiu's body.
The synthetic medicine was incredibly effective; in just two or three seconds, the bleeding from Xiao Jiu's wounds stopped.
Just as the large hole in his chest was about to close, Fu Yu suddenly ran over and grabbed Suanni's hand: "Wait!"
As Fu Yu shouted, he suddenly reached out and pressed directly against the edge of Xiao Jiu's wound.
Instantly, the bleeding that had just stopped gushed out again.
Xiao Jiu was in so much pain that her whole body was trembling, but she still managed to endure it without making a sound.
The Suanni's eyes turned cold instantly.
— Fu Yu's action was clearly intended to prevent Xiao Jiu's injuries from fully healing.
The Suanni said coldly, "What are you doing?"
If it weren't for the fact that Fuyu had spent decades with him day and night, he wouldn't have even asked that question; he would have already attacked with a claw.
Fu Yu didn't care about being scolded, and quickly said, "Xiao Jiu's heart hasn't been put back in yet."
Suanni, System: ?
What kind of heart?
Qian Chuan wiped the blood from his face and briefly recounted what had happened.
Upon hearing that Taotie had pierced Xiao Jiu through, Suanni was so enraged that white smoke rose from its body.
He ran straight over and roughly grabbed Taotie's head, slamming it against the ground: "I told you you couldn't control it! You just wouldn't listen!"
He didn't hold back at all, and in just a few blows, he smashed another huge crater into the already ravaged ground.
Everyone quickly said, "Meow, meow, calm down."
The Suanni's movements are so ferocious, what if it kills the Taotie in one go?
However, Taotie slowly awoke during this "head-banging" incident.
Even the Taotie cried out in pain, only whimpering, "Don't grab my head anymore..."
The Suanni sneered and, with sheer force, managed to snap the Taotie's enormous head back.
He said fiercely to the Taotie, "Come, come, take a look, take a look!"
Taotie was still a little dizzy, but the moment he saw Xiao Jiu, his eyes, which had been tightly closed, immediately opened.
"Little Nine..."
His eyes immediately filled with tears, and then he opened his mouth wide: "Wow—Little Jiu—"
Taotie cried his heart out, as if he himself had a hole ripped out of his body.
Xiao Jiu immediately wanted to comfort him, but he forgot that his wound was still being pressed by Fu Yu. So, with this movement, he forced Fu Yu's hand into the wound that was not yet fully closed.
Even though Xiao Jiu is a zombie, she still feels pain.
He had been enduring the pain, but the wound was treated with the synthetic medicine, and the healing process was so intense that it was only by Fu Yu pressing down on it that the healing was stopped.
This caused new tender flesh to grow at the edges of the wound, and when it was suddenly pulled like that, that still pink tender flesh was torn apart.
It hurts so much.
Xiao Jiu's eyes instantly reddened, and she couldn't help but let out a painful cry: "Ugh..."
Suanni became anxious upon hearing this and roared at Taotie, "Where is Xiao Jiu's heart! Bring it here right now!"
Taotie didn't dare to speak, only crying as he stretched his claws into his mouth. His movements were anything but gentle, and the way he stirred things up looked painful.
Little Jiu stared longingly at Taotie: "Doggy, Little Jiu, Little Jiu is alright..."
Taotie silently shook its head, then used its tongue to roll up a bloody, mangled mess and placed it next to Xiao Jiu's wound.
Before backing away, he gently touched Xiao Jiu's face with the tip of his tongue: "Xiao Jiu, I'm sorry..."
Taotie's voice was filled with heavy sobs, and large tears streamed down his face.
His entire face was soaked with sweat, and tears mixed with blood streamed down his face. He looked utterly pathetic.
He didn't care whether he looked good or not, he just sobbed, "Xiao Jiu, no, no... you hate me..."
The Suanni standing beside him had a flicker in its eyes, as if it had thought of something, and its brows were tightly furrowed.
He glanced at the blood-soaked Taotie, then at Xiao Jiu, who was in the same terrible state, and stamped his foot in frustration: "Ugh! Really!"
Suanni muttered to himself, telling the system to change the water, and then had Qianchuan control the water while he himself lit a fire to heat it.
After testing the water temperature and finding it suitable, the Suanni carefully used the white clothes that had been transformed from its fur to wipe the blood off the two of them.
He wiped the mess around Taotie's eyes clean, then gave Taotie's big head a hard pat.
"Alright, alright, I can only wipe it casually. I'll have Xie Chuanfeng cast a couple of cleaning spells on you when I'm done."
His tone was fierce, but his wiping motions were very gentle.
The system had already cleaned the wound, and Xie Chuanfeng and Fu Yu quickly reattached Xiao Jiu's heart and then applied medicine to the wound.
The medicine produced by the system is much more effective than the elixirs found in the cultivation world.
Without external interference, the large wound on Xiao Jiu's body healed in just a few minutes.
only......
Although it healed, the pain did not immediately disappear.
But Xiao Jiu only touched her chest and blinked to hold back her tears.
He sniffed and looked at the system: "System, everyone is injured."
The system instantly understood its host's meaning and immediately activated the pet function.
System: "Host, you see, everything is fine."
After all, they were both cultivators and had used synthetic medicine, so at least for now, Fu Yu and Xie Chuanfeng were no longer showing any signs of injury.
Taotie was covered in blood, but his contract was incomplete, and the data didn't reveal anything. Suanni, on the other hand, assured him that Taotie would be perfectly fine.
Right now, it seems the only one that might have a problem is Qianchuan.
He had been corroded by those eerie blood mists, and several pieces of his scales had been torn off. In addition, he had suffered several injuries during that time, so he looked as if he had been pulled out of the blood.
At Xiao Jiu's insistence, the system translated Qian Chuan's data.
It indicated a string of characters: "Qianchuan's health bar was originally 9999, but it has indeed dropped."
Everyone asked anxiously, "How much fell?"
System: "1".
Everyone: "......"
Everyone: "...Huh?"
System: "It dropped to 9998 points, oh no, it's back to 9999 now."
Everyone: "......"
It truly lives up to its name as a spinning tortoise.
Now that everyone knew that there were no problems with their health, everyone relaxed a bit.
Chenghuang and Xiaoxue, who were originally unconscious, woke up. They shook off their wet fur and then snuggled up to Xiao Jiu, gently touching his face with their noses.
Xiao Jiu stroked the twitching Taotie with one hand, and with the other hand stroked Cheng Huang's head and then scratched Xiao Xue's chin.
For a moment, no one knew what to say, so they could only remain silent.
The system felt heartbroken seeing its host's eyes brimming with tears and his lips tightly pressed together, trying not to cry.
When the system heard Xiao Jiu comfort everyone and say with a smile, "Xiao Jiu is fine," it finally couldn't hold back anymore.
It shouted, "I don't care anymore, everything has to be explained today!"
The system slapped the ground with its front paws: "Let me tell you first! I and the Taotie altered all your memories!"
Qian Chuan, Xie Chuanfeng, Fu Yu, and Suanni: ?
Xiao Jiu blinked blankly.
The system ignored everything else and recounted in detail what happened when the nightingale and water lily first bloomed. Of course, it did not omit the sacrifices made by the Taotie.
System: "The Taotie bled for three months, which is why my host was able to evolve."
After coldly finishing its statement, it glared at the Suanni and said, "Your turn."
Suanni was still in shock at being "brainwashed," but when he came to his senses, he saw that everyone was staring at him.
He subconsciously turned his head and ran his hand through his small, curly white hair, as if he was trying to get away with it.
Normally, people wouldn't keep asking, but this time it's different.
The system voice sounded sinister: "Meow..."
The Suanni shuddered: "I know, I know, I'll talk!"
He lowered his hands, sat down on the ground, and sighed.
Suanni: "Actually... I asked Granny Tai Li for help and changed all your memories as well."
Everyone: ? ? ?
The Suanni rested its elbows on its knees, supporting its chin.
He frowned and said, "The mutated flowers needed to be fed flesh and blood to grow, right? Where are we going to get so many corpses? We can't just kill those monsters, can we?"
When everyone heard the words "slaying monsters," they only glanced at him in fear.
Fu Yu quickly covered Xiao Jiu's ears.
System: "Don't say such scary things!"
Suanni shrugged and continued speaking.
Actually, the matter is not complicated. To sum it up in one sentence, Suanni persuaded Granny Tai Li to change the rules of this world.
Every dimension has its own so-called "world law".
For example, the Heavenly Dao is a kind of law of the world, and it is precisely because of the Heavenly Dao that the cultivation world can have the concept of cultivating and ascending to immortality.
The laws of the world are closely related to the types of energy and operating modes of the world.
The same applies here.
However, this place is a bit strange, so the corresponding laws governing this world are not as meticulous and perfect as those in other worlds.
This is also why Granny Tai Li was able to open a spatial portal here, allowing beings who conform to her "rules" to come here and receive her protection.
However, in order to avoid causing trouble for the world and everyone, Grandma Tai Li set very strict rules.
Simply put, only creatures that meet those criteria can enter.
Back then, after Fuyu went to the world where he was born, he saved many monsters on his last trip.
This immediately disrupted the original balance, and Grandma Tai Li also suffered the corresponding backlash.
Qian Chuan suddenly realized: "So... Granny Tai Li hardly spoke or showed up during that time because she was recuperating from her injuries?"
Suanni sighed: "Yes."
He had barely finished speaking when he immediately said to Fuyu, "This has nothing to do with you. It's a problem with the imperfections in the world's rules. You're just a small fish; how could you let Grandma, who is a deity, get hurt?"
He waved his hand dismissively, "That's impossible, don't overestimate yourself."
Fu Yu, who had been keeping a tense expression, smiled slightly upon hearing this and said, "Mm."
Suanni glanced at him and, seeing that Fuyu was no longer acting like "the sky is about to fall," hummed with satisfaction.
He scratched his shoulder-length curly hair and continued, "I thought to myself, since those wicked people deserved to die anyway, I might as well use them as fertilizer here."
Suanni wanted Grandma Taili to change the old rules about protection.
He wanted to provide greater protection for good-natured beings, so that they wouldn't have to wait until they were completely desperate and their entire clan had perished before they could be saved.
That's certainly possible.
But correspondingly, someone must bear the corresponding sins.
To save one, you must kill one.
Suanni was indifferent to this. He told Granny Taili, "I'll kill them. I hate those humans anyway."
"Having committed countless evil deeds, you still expect to be judged on your actions after death, with retribution slowly added to your future lives? Tch..."
Suanni looked disgusted: "What about this life? Does this mean I have to feed him well and let him live happily for the rest of his life?"
"On what grounds?"
The Suanni coldly looked at the farmland planted with the mutated flowers: "Humans will always be like this."
Almost all living beings hunt and kill in order to survive.
Only humans are different.
Besides the need to eat, humans also abuse, torture, and slaughter other living beings, all in order to satisfy their filthy desires.
Perhaps it was for amusement, perhaps to vent anger, or perhaps for something even more disgusting.
But the Suanni didn't care.
Whatever those humans do, he will return it to them double.
The current energy of Granny Tai and the system is insufficient to support the Suanni in freely "hunting" in various worlds, so it can only bring those wicked people here.
This world is special.
If an outsider dies here, they will not even be able to reincarnate.
At first, Tai Li's mother-in-law did not approve of this approach.
This is probably a common flaw among deities. In their eyes, all living beings should be treated equally, and one should not commit the sin of killing in the name of salvation.
Suanni did not back down at all, but kept pestering Grandma Tai Li to tell her about the things he had seen and heard.
Each and every one of these incidents made one wish they could rush to those humans and send them straight to meet the King of Hell.
Perhaps because of this, or perhaps because of something else, one day, Tai Li's mother-in-law finally agreed.
She revised the rules she had previously established.
However, because she is a deity, her exertion of divine power to this extent naturally affected the situation of this world.
Compared to natural phenomena like sunrise and sunset, wind and rain, this is a change that directly impacts the rules of the world.
This is completely undetectable to the creatures living in it.
Suanni: "Actually, it's a good thing that no one can notice."
He looked at a point in the void and said calmly, "Once you notice it, you'll be drawn into these causes and effects."
Suanni had said he would take responsibility for everything, and Granny Tai Li kept her promise, directly altering Xiao Jiu and the others' consciousness so that they wouldn't even notice.
Since then, more and more monsters have entered this world, and Suanni, not wanting to involve everyone, has been quietly doing the work of a butcher.
The world returned to its former state in an instant.
Blood energy is automatically generated from the bodies of the killed humans, and even if the mutated flowers are no longer fed, they can still grow and mature normally.
At the same time, those living beings under the new rules were also saved.
At first glance, it does seem like a win-win situation.
However, the negative resentment and evil spirits grew more and more, constantly clinging to the Suanni and making him feel overwhelmed.
The Suanni is a divine and spiritual beast, and should not be associated with these evil spirits.
He couldn't get rid of these energies, nor could he digest them, so he simply sealed them inside his body.
However, the Suanni's power is not limitless. In order to prevent these resentments from overwhelming him, he used almost all of his power on the suppression seal.
Naturally, his energy and physical strength were always almost completely depleted.
The reason he got sick and developed a fever immediately after falling asleep in the rain was because of this.
Hearing this, Xiao Jiu tenderly stroked Suanni's hair.
Suanni didn't dodge, but just moved closer to Xiao Jiu.
He was somewhat annoyed: "But I didn't expect that the day I fell ill, Taotie would discover this."
At that time, Suanni was unaware that he had given himself away.
Just a few hours ago today, the system underwent another upgrade, which allowed it to detect that tiny anomaly in the data.
This is equivalent to the system directly breaking free from the "brainwashing" state.
It discovered that this matter was related to the Suanni, and disregarded the previous examination of the Kui Niu, immediately ran to confront the Suanni.
However, that was also unfortunate.
The Kui Niu happened to be out for a stroll when a downpour started. The Suanni was in poor health and couldn't even condense a spiritual energy shield, so it got soaked in the rain.
The conflict between water and fire instantly worsened his already poor condition.
A massive surge of evil energy and resentment erupted from his body, which he couldn't control at all.
In the last moment before losing control, Suanni only managed to say one sentence to the system—
"Kill me."
Suanni is essentially the same as Henggongyu; once they go mad, the damage they cause to the surrounding area is devastating.
Killing him would solve the problem at its root.
How could the system possibly bring itself to do that?
It frantically calculated, trying to use all its functions to save the Suanni, but to no avail.
Seeing that the Suanni was about to be corrupted into a demonic beast, the system had no choice but to harden its heart.
Just as it activated the pet system, intending to eliminate the Suanni with a single click, the Taotie appeared.
The Taotie swallowed the Suanni whole in one gulp.
The Taotie was originally a demonic beast that could cultivate using evil resentment, and swallowing the Suanni was supposed to purify the Suanni.
However, no one expected that the total amount of this evil resentment would far exceed the previously measured figures.
Taotie is made of flesh and blood; no matter how much it can eat, it still needs a process of swallowing and digesting.
This immense evil resentment instantly overwhelmed Taotie, causing him to fall into a state of corruption and begin indiscriminately attacking his surroundings.
When Fu Yu, Qian Chuan, and Xie Chuanfeng arrived, Taotie had already devoured the system and Cheng Huang Xiaoxue.
In fact, if Chenghuang and Xiaoxue hadn't tried their best to stop it and led Taotie into the barrier of the planting area, Taotie would have definitely rushed into the residential area where the little monsters lived and started a massacre.
The rest is history.
Suanni waved his hand: "Now you know that if you leave this place in the future, you will definitely be struck by heavenly lightning. Don't cry your eyes out then."
Everyone could tell he was trying to sound lighthearted and make the situation less serious, but...
The issues of salvation and killing still exist.
For a moment, no one spoke.
The Suanni didn't reply, and the silence spread, making the surrounding air seem to freeze.
Suddenly, a voice came from afar: "Xiao Jiu!"
Xiao Jiu immediately stood up, and everyone followed his gaze toward the foot of the mountain.
Soon, a fluffy little tiger appeared in front of him.
The little tiger ran up to Xiao Jiu excitedly: "Xiao Jiu, look! I can breathe fire now!"
After he finished speaking, he realized that the atmosphere here was a bit strange.
The little tiger immediately drooped its ears like airplane ears, and the little flame in its mouth went out with a whoosh.
He exhaled black smoke and said, "Did I...did I disturb you...?"
Just then, a wolf cub suddenly appeared behind the tiger cub and gave it a smack on the bottom.
Little tiger: "Roar!"
The little wolf apologized, then transformed into a more agile wolf demon and dragged the little tiger away.
Why did you spank me! My butt is all swollen!
"Shut up, or I'll hit you again."
"Waaah..."
Fu Yu and the others watched the two little demon beasts leave, listening to their playful banter.
I don't know who laughed first, but when everyone came to their senses, they could see relaxed smiles on each other's faces.
Qian Chuan, Fu Yu, and Xie Chuanfeng said in unison, "I'll take care of the fertilizer from now on."
Upon hearing the sound, they were both stunned and simply stared at each other.
"Shall I do it?"
"No, no, no, it's better if I do it."
"I'll do it."
Just as they began arguing about who should do the job, Xiao Jiu, whose ears had been covered, suddenly looked down at the Taotie in his arms.
Xiao Jiu tilted her head: "Doggy?"
Taotie had been crying so hard that even after it stopped crying, it was still sobbing intermittently.
But at this moment, he suddenly stopped making any noise.
He lay quietly on Xiao Jiu's lap, as if he had no life.
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