Chapter 9 Part 1
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Chapter 9: Do It, Bai Lian! (1)
Quietly, Bai Lian walked away.
At first, she wanted to say goodbye to her master and Martial Sisters.
Considering that she still had several avatars left at the Qiongming Peak, she decided it was unnecessary to make a fuss.
By noon, Bai Lian piloted the flying boat into the clouds.
This ship was broken.
Slow, small, and narrow.
Even at full power, it couldn’t satisfy her needs.
Bai Lian had considered getting a bigger, faster one.
But…
She just couldn’t bear it!
That would cost a lot of money, wouldn’t it?
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She had been in the cultivation world for six years, and the resources spent on her were barely enough to develop a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.
There was no way out.
She shrugged.
Her “bastard” master had failed both in her career and family life. As the Eldest Martial Sister, Bai Lian had to raise five children—four Martial Sisters and a jade rabbit.
She also thought about whether she should be more “cruel-hearted.”
But she couldn’t do it.
Whenever the “children” cried, she couldn’t help but come to them.
“Here you are! Once you’re full, go cultivate! When you become Immortal, don’t forget to come back and support your poor old ‘mother’!”
Bai Lian shook her head secretly.
Poverty… it made her careful!
She didn’t need to be too tight-fisted these days.
She “extracted” a bag of Immortal Spirit Stones and a bag of Spiritual Herbs from Yue Wuyang.
In the Immortal World, these weren’t anything extraordinary, but to the people of the East Divine Land, they felt like a sudden windfall.
A pale white halo emitted from the low-grade Immortal Spirit Stone Bai Lian had taken out.
She couldn’t change to a bigger and faster mount, but she could change the power source for her mount.
Don’t underestimate it.
When Bai Lian inserted the Immortal Spirit Stone into the Cloud Chasing Boat, she experienced a sudden burst of joy.
Da da da…
The originally slow-moving Cloud Chasing Boat surged forward, as if it had been given some sort of medicine.
This speed was nearly five times faster than before.
Red clouds billowed.
As Bai Lian passed through the clouds, she felt so comfortable that she closed her eyes.
At this pace, she could reach the Tianji Sect without a day’s delay.
But there were drawbacks to this method.
The ship was still poor.
Its original speed wasn’t fast, and while it flew faster with the Immortal Spirit Stone, it would eventually break down due to overload if used too many times.
This method couldn’t be used repeatedly. The key was enhancing the Cloud Chasing Boat’s core strength.
In the afternoon, Bai Lian lay on the deck, watching the boat race through the sky. She sent a message to Xia Qingqing.
Xia Qingqing didn’t reply.
After a while, Bai Lian sent another message to Zhao Haiya. Again, no response.
This was unusual.
Bai Lian furrowed her brows slightly.
She thought it over and realized the most well-informed person she knew would probably be Yan Yue, the eldest princess, or Xuezhan.
But Xuezhan lived in the Snow Sea year-round, so she probably wouldn’t know much about the East Divine Land.
“Ask them all.”
Bai Lian didn’t think much of it.
It was a waste of brain cells.
The best way to overcome difficult decisions was to simply “want them all!”
After sending inquiries to the three, Bai Lian had a sudden thought and sent a message to Si Yunshang.
The result was that although Si Yunshang received the news last, she was the first to respond.
[I thought you had forgotten about me.]
[If I don’t contact you, will you not contact me?]
[You can consider it as me complaining.]
“emmm…”
This was complaining.
Bai Lian scratched her head.
Normally, she should comfort Si Yunshang.
But the words that Si Yunshang sent made her dismiss such thoughts.
[I really liked the medicine you gave me. Whenever I close my eyes and use it, I feel like my soul is connected to you.]
[It’s warm and cool.]
[I can still hear the pleasant sound of the spring water gurgling.]
Medicine?
What medicine?
Bai Lian quickly pieced things together.
Damn it!
Isn’t that the bottle of Secret Medicine that Si Yunshang had snatched from her?
If Bai Lian wasn’t mistaken, that was a Secret Medicine that could greatly increase a user’s softness, perception, and hunger.
“It also has the potential to slightly increase happiness.”
In the game, this kind of Secret Medicine was usually an auxiliary tool used by “Elder Martial Sister Bai Lian” to enhance the fun during “problem-solving.”
Bai Lian didn’t know how to respond to Si Yunshang.
She regretted even sending the message.
But Si Yunshang didn’t give her a chance.
[See you next time, if you don’t mind me, I’d like to use it with you.]
“Ah, this…”
Miss Si, slow down! I feel dizzy!
[However, my cultivation base has recently recovered to the Transcendency Stage, so the efficacy of this medicine has decreased a lot. You should have an effective one with you, right? Let’s use that next time.]
Well…
Come on.
Bai Lian wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead.
Si Yunshang wasn’t wrong; Bai Lian did indeed have a bottle of higher-grade Secret Medicine on her.
【Jade Oven Ice Mat】
This was the system reward from when Hong Yi did something “naughty” while holding her hand.
Its value was comparable to a lower-quality Spirit Tool, and it was also effective for Transcendency Stage cultivators.
But Bai Lian dared not tell Si Yunshang.
Si Yunshang was bolder than her!
After all, she had been alive for hundreds of years, living two lives combined, and was raised in the Lingxu Sect—a demon sect with no moral standards.
[Let’s get down to business.]
Si Yunshang passed the news she had heard on to Bai Lian.
Xia Guiyuan had disappeared three days ago.
He was having a “video call” with the Elders of the Tianji Sect through a jade slip at the time. While they were talking, a black mist surged from behind and swallowed him whole.
It was terrifying.
The Elders, frightened, immediately sent people to investigate the sea area where Xia Guiyuan had vanished.
The result? Nothing was found.
The sea was calm and peaceful, nothing dangerous at all.
The disappearance of the sect leader was a huge blow to the foundation of the sect.
After some discussion, the Elders decided to temporarily seal the news.
It was supposed to be impossible for outsiders to know about Xia Guiyuan’s disappearance.
[But someone had a change of heart and secretly spread the news.]
Si Yunshang explained.
Bai Lian understood immediately.
It was time to fight for power and profit.
Not everyone puts collective interests before personal ones.
And the urgency of this news made her suspect that Xia Guiyuan’s disappearance might have been premeditated.
[The current situation of the Tianji Sect is very unstable. I’m not sure how other sects are deciding, but the Lingxu Sect is planning to take advantage of the situation.]
Bai Lian nodded.
The Tianji Sect was a righteous sect, while the Lingxu Sect was a Demon Sect.
For a thousand years, the two had clashed.
In the past, the Tianji Sect had been too powerful for the Lingxu Sect to harm them, but now things were different.
With the Tianji Sect in turmoil, it was inevitable that the Lingxu Sect would stab them in the back.
[I won’t make things harder for you. I can’t stop the Lingxu Sect, but I won’t participate in this action.]
[Hmm.]
Bai Lian felt a warmth in her heart.
She had not known Si Yunshang for long, but the Demon Woman—cold and hot at times—had left a lasting impression on her.
Especially the unparalleled beauty Si Yunshang displayed when she recovered her strength in the bamboo forest.
Bai Lian would never forget that moment.
Even after ten years, a hundred years… she would still remember it.
If she hadn’t come to regard her master and Martial Sisters as family…
The moment Si Yunshang reached out to her, Bai Lian would have left with her.
