Chapter 29 Why Cultivate Immortality in a Sadomasochistic Novel?
I feel like I can't lift my arm at all...
Mu Jianjian's hair stood on end; with just one move, her hand was almost crippled.
“This time it’s just my hand,” Qu You said, pressing close to the girl’s cheek and twirling her hair with his hand, “Next time it’ll be your waist…”
The bell on the red thread wrapped around Mu Jianjian's entire body as soon as he finished speaking, and Qu You's dark eyes were filled with determination.
The pain throughout her body was like a suffocating pupa, wrapped layer by layer, shrinking tighter and tighter, tearing through her clothes like sharp knife lines, embedding itself deeply into her flesh.
Her right hand had long been injured and she had lost all feeling in it. The red thread was pulling so hard that her meridians were aching all over. The longer the situation dragged on, the more unfavorable it became for her.
She knew perfectly well that the other party would use this trick, but she still didn't have time to react!
The system is currently in a dormant upgrade phase and can't help her. Mu Jianjian lowered her eyes and smiled softly, which startled the man in front of her.
Shouldn't she beg him to let her go, crying?
Thinking this, he saw the person in front of him burst into laughter, look up and stare into his eyes. The laughter was heart-wrenching and echoed throughout the room. Although he was trembling and his eyes were full of despair, he still exuded a deep sense of arrogance.
"I'm giving this hand to you."
After laughing, the girl calmly said that she raised the red ribbon that appeared in her right hand and spread it out as if ignoring the red thread and golden bell. The red thread made a "clanging" sound when it faced the sudden red ribbon. Mu Jianjian actually managed to cut a hole in it!
Countless wounds suddenly ripped open, splattering blood onto her face. Mu Jianjian leaped out and fled towards the door behind her. The Nine Heavens Silk slipped from her grasp and was pulverized the next second after colliding with the red thread.
The speed was so fast that Qu You didn't even have time to react!
She's amazing.
Qu You raised an eyebrow. This girl had surprised him three times today. If his beautiful master were here, he would nag her again about how she was a promising talent.
Despite not having learned any martial arts techniques and being so naive and inexperienced, his reaction speed and adaptability were remarkably fast.
He could see through his secret technique in a short time and exploit his weaknesses to escape. He was clearly just an ant at the first level of Foundation Establishment, but under the pressure, his courage overcame his fear.
He made the choice to lose his arm in a life-or-death moment.
This is not a will that ordinary people would have.
Mu Jianjian was still trying to escape from room to room.
If a cultivator were to pass by at this time, he would see a disheveled girl with blood on her face running wildly, stuffing leaves into her mouth as she ran, her right hand hanging limply by her side as if it were numb, her clothes tattered and even smelling foul.
Mu Jianjian grabbed the pine tree in the space with her left hand and ate the leaves. The bitter taste stimulated her brain, but it could only barely heal some of the surface wounds and stop the bleeding, and the effect was minimal.
There is no chance of winning; even escaping would come at the cost of losing a magical artifact and a hand.
Will someone come to rescue her?
Mu Jianjian's vision blurred, and a tear welled up in her eye, sliding down her back in a flash.
She didn't know.
The thought flashed through her mind but was quickly rejected. She couldn't afford to think about such things at such a critical moment; relying on herself to seize opportunities was the most reliable thing to do!
No matter what, she had to persevere, at least try one last method—
The central palace of the Fanjin Palace, a place mentioned only briefly in the original book.
——
Looking at the messy bloodstains and the red silk shredded into powder in the room, Chi Wenqing felt an even deeper and stronger sense of impending doom.
His dark eyes were completely still, yet a hint of bloodshed seemed to swirl in the shadows.
"Your Highness, please calm down. Those people up there are just waiting for you to reveal your identity," an old man's voice echoed in your mind, earnestly advising, "I know you're worried about this vegetable-picking girl, but this...this..."
The old man's voice suddenly changed when Chi Wenqing took out a jade-colored chessboard: Luo Guaqi!
He hesitated for a long time, wanting to speak but ultimately sighed and remained silent.
Chi Wenqing unfolded the jade chess set, on which black and white pieces were interspersed. After a moment, two pieces moved inexplicably. He picked up a black piece with his fair fingers and placed it in the next move.
The young prince is long dead; only Mu Jianjian's senior brother is here.
Since they enjoy possessing bodies in the lower realms so much, he'll play along with them.
——
Mu Jianjian recklessly squandered the treasures she had previously seized from Cui Wenxiao and his group in an attempt to fight for her own survival.
She strained to open her eyes and finally saw the enormous palace gate. The true energy in the air was indeed getting thinner and thinner, and it even felt like it was sucking her true energy away.
That person uses the true energy flowing in the air to determine the location of others and to perform spatial severing. If she escapes here, it will most likely affect that person's secret technique.
But while injuring the enemy by a thousand, one also suffers eight hundred losses. As a result, the body becomes increasingly heavy, and the eyelids droop lower and lower. Having escaped to this side hall, it's likely that the main characters will not be encountered again.
Mu Jianjian had long since run out of strength. She practically slumped against the massive palace gate in front of her, using her left hand and her entire body to push herself into the central hall, smearing blood on the dusty door.
"Squeak—" A heavy sound came, and she finally pushed open a small corner, but at the same time, the sound of bells rang in her ears.
It was like a death warrant.
Mu Jianjian struggled to squeeze through the palace gate, but unexpectedly found herself in a huge pool of water. She was caught off guard and fell backward. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw the red thread in the man's hand rapidly approaching and heading straight for her chest. She gave a bitter smile.
There's no escaping it now.
Mu Jianjian slowly closed her eyes, and with a "splash," she fell into the pool, splashing up ripples. Her black hair fluttered, and the crimson color spread with the ripples.
So why on earth did she choose to cultivate immortality in a angst-filled romance novel...?
She should be at home collecting her year-end bonus and enjoying the New Year with her best friend right now.
Qu You, seeing the girl's figure fall, raised the red thread.
She's too naive. Does she really think this place is suppressing him?
Just as the red thread was about to pierce through the girl's falling body, a tremendous pressure struck Qu You, and the red thread snapped in the next second, causing him to cough up a mouthful of blood.
"Hahaha... Finally appeared..." Qu You's whole body seemed to be flattened. Although his skin and flesh were intact, his bones were broken inside. However, he felt no pain at all and laughed loudly.
How could someone kill him with such power when there was no one within a hundred miles? Was it Luo Guaqi?
So he's not quite dead yet... Your Highness.
Qu You's body fell to the ground in a torn manner, and finally closed her eyes and stopped breathing.
——
A cold sensation swept over her entire body, and Mu Jianjian finally lost consciousness and slowly sank to the bottom of the water.
After a long while, the icy touch turned into a warm, moist sensation, and her eyes trembled slightly as she felt someone calling her from around her.
"Yao Ling, Yao Ling—"
"Yaoling, wake up! His Highness is here and watching over us!"
"Yaoling, wake up!"
Mu Jianjian was awakened by a violent shaking, and she opened her eyes.
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