I Outworked the Entire Cultivation World-Chapter 178 - 152: Nothing Happened (Bonus - for 10,000 Accumulated Tips)
Inside the medical camp.
Shen Huaxi was preparing medicine alone inside when suddenly he felt an indescribable agony in his heart and intestines. He immediately took out the Life Talisman and, seeing the cracks on it, knew that his mother had died.
This time, it was complete, her soul had been utterly destroyed!
Shen Huaxi was stunned for a moment, feeling neither sadness nor joy, but more a sense of relief.
"Young Master, the situation has changed, please leave with us immediately!"
A male cultivator in black, wearing a ghostly mask, jumped in through the window. His Early-Stage Golden Core cultivation made Shen Huaxi feel immense pressure.
Outside, there were two Extraordinary People guards from the Feather Clan in the Foundation Establishment Stage, ’protecting’ him, the Young Master of the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer, as he left.
"Huaxi Huaxi, I’ve brought you roasted deer leg, do you want it...!!"
Xie Jingshan suddenly burst in, and Shen Huaxi was horrified. The ghost-faced male cultivator leapt forward and raised his hand to kill.
"Stop!"
Shen Huaxi exerted all his strength to pinch the hand technique, causing green light to bloom behind Xie Jingshan.
The ghost-faced male cultivator pressed a palm to Xie Jingshan’s chest, yet it was Shen Huaxi’s back where his clothes were torn by the powerful energy, causing him to spew blood and collapse.
"Young Master!"
The ghost-faced male cultivator shouted in terror; fortunately, he saw the spell that transferred damage and withdrew most of his power, otherwise Shen Huaxi would’ve died for sure.
Xie Jingshan staggered back with only mild injuries, the deer leg in his hand falling to the ground, his eyes wide in disbelief.
Shen Huaxi’s back clothes were tattered, revealing terrifying scars.
His shoulder blades pierced through the flesh, as if brutally broken, uneven and jagged.
Xie Jingshan’s heart shook violently, he looked up in shock at the two Extraordinary People with wings outside the window.
"So you are... Extraordinary People!" Xie Jingshan’s voice trembled, realizing why Shen Huaxi never joined them in bathing in the hot spring without a shirt since childhood.
Shen Huaxi’s expression cooled, "Also Ghost Clan."
Xie Jingshan was dumbfounded, never expecting Shen Huaxi’s true identity to be so complex, confirming Jiang Yuebai’s suspicions were not unfounded.
Xie Jingshan’s heart ached painfully.
The ghost-faced male cultivator, filled with murderous intent, said, "Young Master, this person cannot be left alive, please allow me to kill him."
Shen Huaxi coldly chuckled, "With just you and I, do we dare lay hands on the sole heir of the Mountain and Sea Building?"
The ghost-faced male cultivator’s eyes widened in horror, looking again at Xie Jingshan.
Xie Jingshan frowned, "So you knew all along that I am the young master of the Mountain and Sea Building."
This matter, Xie Jingshan only shared with Lu Nanzhi and Jiang Yuebai.
Ignoring Xie Jingshan, Shen Huaxi said, "Xie Tianbao of the Mountain and Sea Building, known as Madman Tianbao, is the most unreasonable and overprotective. With the resources of the Mountain and Sea Building, if it wanted both our lives, there’d be no place for us in the Cultivation Realm."
The ghost-faced male cultivator stepped back half a step, "But..."
Shen Huaxi took a bottle of Elixir from his storage pouch, poured out a green pill, and walked to Xie Jingshan.
"Brother Jingshan, this is the Forgetfulness Elixir, take it, and you’ll forget everything that happened today, which is good for both of us."
Xie Jingshan didn’t move, just glared at Shen Huaxi with red eyes.
"So, you truly intend to harm Jiang Yuebai? Deliberately probing her affairs from me? What does that put me? You know I’ve genuinely treated you as a brother?"
Shen Huaxi’s gaze darkened, "In this world, even relatives can kill each other, what brotherly affection is there? Time is short, you’d best... cooperate."
The ghost-faced male cultivator, full of imposing aura, stared at Xie Jingshan.
Xie Jingshan chuckled self-deprecatingly with red eyes, "I, for one, have always only trusted my own eyes, remain skeptical of what others say to me. Next time we meet, if I don’t remember today and refuse to heed others, still calling you Huaxi, I hope you won’t feel ashamed!"
Xie Jingshan took the Forgetfulness Elixir from Shen Huaxi’s hand and swallowed it without hesitation. As soon as the elixir entered his mouth, he felt dizzy and collapsed.
Shen Huaxi hurriedly went forward to support Xie Jingshan, enduring the acute pain as he slowly laid him on the ground.
His gaze fell on the Life-Taking Jade Talisman clutched in Xie Jingshan’s hand, causing Shen Huaxi’s pupils to tremble, heart filled with bitterness.
If Xie Jingshan activated the talisman, they’d both die.
"Brother Jingshan, thank you... for sparing me."
The outside resounded with the aftershocks of a battle method, the ghost-faced male cultivator went to check, urgently urging.
"Seems something happened at Qing Nangzi’s side, Young Master, we must leave!"
Shen Huaxi took one last look at Xie Jingshan and left the camp.
Outside were Extraordinary People driven to rest and heal. Upon seeing Shen Huaxi, they propped themselves up, eyes filled with respect.
"Young... Brother Shen, where are you going?"
The young girl with sparrow wings, Xiaoque, looked at Shen Huaxi brightly.
At that moment, in the sprawling medical camp, only she was left tending to these injured Extraordinary People.
Shen Huaxi felt a dull ache in his heart, knowing that once he left, the affairs of the secret realm would be exposed, and these Extraordinary People surely face judgment, none would survive.
"Not good, a Nascent Soul True Monarch is coming this way!"
The ghost-faced male cultivator shouted anxiously, and the two Foundation Establishment Stage Feather Clan Extraordinary People stood firm.
"You take the Young Master and leave, we’ll stay to hold them off."
Shen Huaxi was shocked and just about to refuse when one of the middle-aged Extraordinary People clasped his arm.
"You promised, once the Ghost Clan revitalizes, to free all Extraordinary People from suffering enslavement; I believe you, we Feather Clan Extraordinary People believe you, you must keep your word!"
Shen Huaxi shook his head trying to speak, but his throat felt choked, unable to say anything, only able to bear the overwhelming weight on his arm.
He was deceiving them, merely following Qing Nangzi’s and his mother’s instructions to lie to them!
Just because he’s both Extraordinary People and Ghost Clan, was he made to deceive them?
He didn’t want to be any Young Master; he only wanted to be an ordinary disciple of the Heavenly Interence Sect, jokingly bickering with his senior brothers and sisters, his junior brothers and sisters, simply accompanying each other in cultivation.
"She’s still young, please, Young Master, take her with you!"
Xiaoque was pushed to Shen Huaxi’s side, and in a few words, True Monarch Cang Huo was already within reach.
"Everyone, with me, help the Young Master escape!"
The unique cawing of sparrows echoed far away, Feather Clan Extraordinary People flying up from various points around the camp.
"Go quickly!"
The ghost-faced male cultivator forcefully pulled Shen Huaxi along, lifting the tunneling light and fleeing.
In the end, Shen Huaxi said nothing, only holding Xiaoque’s hand tightly, watching those Extraordinary People go towards True Monarch Cang Huo one by one.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
"Uncle!!"
The firelight blossomed in the night, piercingly bright and endlessly emotive.
In the raging fire, feathers burn out piece by piece.
Shen Huaxi suppressed the tears, covering Xiaoque’s eyes, watching the continuously erupting firelight grow distant, until it disappeared.
After fleeing through tunneling light for several hours, Xiaoque had cried herself unconscious. Shen Huaxi carried her, standing at a crossroads.
On one side, the Central Plains Land, stable and wealthy, but deeply hid among the sea of people.
On the other side, the Ten Thousand Mountains, perilous and barren, certainly fraught with crises.
"Young Master, we can’t reach Master or Qing Nangzi, where should we go?" the ghost-faced male cultivator asked.
Shen Huaxi’s arm still ached faintly, carrying a scorching, heart-burning power. He glanced at Xiaoque on his shoulder, took a deep breath, set his gaze firmly, and headed toward the Ten Thousand Mountains.
"To, Extraordinary People Country!"
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Land of Azure Flame.
Lii Jiuchuan wasn’t aware of external events, and once the secret realm entrance stabilized, he rushed in, following the trace of Divine Thought he’d left on Jiang Yuebai, heading directly for Divine Silence Ridge.
The trace of Divine Thought was intermittent, causing Lii Jiuchuan to feel anxious.
Reaching the foot of the volcano, Lii Jiuchuan immediately saw Zhao Fuyi, kneeling on a protruding rock, she was disheveled and battered.
"Where is Jiang Yuebai?"
Lii Jiuchuan followed Zhao Fuyi’s gaze to the raging Earth Evil Fire Sea below, his divine soul in upheaval, a sharp ringing echoing in his mind.
"Why didn’t you save her?!"
Faced with Lii Jiuchuan’s sudden accusation, Zhao Fuyi calmly raised her head, not the least bit angry.
"She... should be fine."
Lii Jiuchuan’s concern led to haste as he was about to rush towards the Fire Sea when the ground suddenly trembled.
In the center of the fire sea appeared a vortex, seemingly an endless black hole, rapidly swallowing the turbulent Earth Evil Fire.
