Chapter 15
She devoted herself to enhancing her cultivation, diligently striving to rise above the constraints of rules, hoping to comfort the souls of her deceased parents in the heavens...
Yet now, she had been expelled from her sect, left with a tragic fate of a ruined dantian and spiritual roots.
A little mountain sparrow flitted past the hole in the roof.
A glimmer of light appeared in Li Qingran's eyes.
In just two short days, the memories of her encounters with her seniors surfaced in her mind.
Even though her seniors had never shown themselves, they had offered her care and warmth without asking for anything in return.
“In this life... Qingran has no strength to repay the kindness of her seniors... cough, cough, cough.”
She hunched over, blood and tears mingling as they dripped down from the corners of her mouth.
“If there is a next life…”
Just then, a ferocious beast, sensing Li Qingran's precarious state and realizing she posed no threat, lunged forward, ready to tear her apart.
At that moment—
Dozens, even hundreds, of bolts of lightning descended from the sky.
Boom, boom, boom—!
The brilliant lightning, infused with a fierce and commanding aura, struck down, illuminating the small house and its surroundings in a blinding white.
Song Jiaojiao, who had been preparing to retreat, hid in a concealed formation, her eyes wide in disbelief at the scene unfolding before her.
What had she just witnessed?
A whole bunch of thunderfire talismans had fallen from the sky, targeting those beasts!
Whose thunderfire talismans were these?
Li Qingran's?
But even the cheapest thunderfire talisman costs 500 low-grade spirit stones each. This display must have consumed at least tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones. Li Qingran couldn't possibly afford that. The only explanation was that someone behind her had intervened.
Who could it be?
Song Jiaojiao stared at the sky filled with thunder, her face pale.
The lightning continued to pour down.
The thunderfire talismans rained down as if they were worthless, dropping in handfuls.
At least over two hundred talismans were unleashed, obliterating all the beasts inside and outside the small house, turning their remains to ash before finally ceasing.
As the lightning gradually faded, the small house remained intact.
However, the area around it was now riddled with countless craters.
Inside the house, Li Qingran lay unconscious in a pool of blood, surrounded by raging thunderfire, yet shielded by a golden barrier.
“Hiss—! This place is no longer safe.”
Song Jiaojiao felt a sense of foreboding rising within her.
In the next moment, a thunderfire talisman suddenly appeared above her head.
The talisman radiated golden light, and the characters inscribed on it shimmered with the authority of thunder.
“This is... a celestial-grade talisman?!”
Song Jiaojiao's eyes widened.
A celestial-grade thunderfire talisman was coming straight for her.
Targeting a mere, unestablished cultivator like her?
There was no need to wonder how they had discovered her.
For someone who could toss such talismans around like trash, her concealment formation was nothing more than a child's plaything in their eyes.
“Ha... haha...”
A bitter smile crept across Song Jiaojiao's face.
In the next second—
Boom—!
A bolt of golden lightning, as thick as a barrel, descended from the sky.
The concealment formation shattered in an instant.
And with it, Song Jiaojiao was left with nothing but ashes...
...
Seeing the red dots on the map extinguished, Chen Huai'an finally let out a sigh of relief.
He hadn’t felt this tense even when he had broken his bones and faced falling rocks on Mount Li.
“Damn it, can’t this game have an enemy alert system? One moment of absence, and suddenly there are monsters raiding my home?”
He had already drawn from the lucky koi pool five hundred times.
What he got wasn’t spirit stones, but thunderfire talismans and communication talismans.
How to put it? Drawing low-grade spirit stones was definitely a loss, but both the thunderfire and communication talismans were a gain.
Moreover, not all the thunderfire talismans were of common quality; there were even a dozen or so of superior and exceptional quality mixed in.
Celestial-grade talismans were the hardest to come by, and he had drawn two after five hundred tries.
He had just used one to obliterate that little BOSS hiding in the shadows.
However, he had also drawn an exceptional-grade magic weapon, the Su Xian Sword.
He had no idea how much an exceptional-grade magic weapon would sell for, but since it wasn’t available in the Qi Refining shop, it must be a weapon commonly used by Foundation Establishment cultivators.
He should have made quite a profit, right?
But now was not the time to think about that.
Chen Huai'an's expression turned serious as he focused on Li Qingran's body.
[Status: Excessive blood loss, near death]
[Cultivation Progress: 1456/4999 (Fifth Layer)]
[Remaining Lifespan: A moment]
[Affection Level: 35 (Respect)]
“Hmm... The game character is severely injured. According to the normal procedure, I should give her medicine first.”
Chen Huai'an opened Li Qingran's storage ring and brought a celestial-grade Dahuandan, a restorative pill, to her lips.
But he received the following prompt:
[Your electronic girlfriend ‘Li Qingran’ is critically injured and near death, unable to consume Dahuandan autonomously. Administration failed!]
This was very much in line with the logic of reality and subjective initiative.
Chen Huai'an thought,
Is this game trying to be hardcore?
Are they preparing for civil service exams?!
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Chapter 16: Just Want to Stab Something (This chapter is exclusively sponsored by Tania)
When the purchased items can’t be used, the only option is to contact customer service.
Chen Huai'an directly performed a divination, the first free one of the day.
“How can I help Li Qingran recover from her injuries?”
[Calculating the heavenly secrets for you...]
Boom—! The Cangyun Realm was thrown into chaos.
Countless old monsters from various sects were jolted awake from their meditative states.
“Alas! In less than two days, which great power is once again calculating the heavenly secrets?”
“Could it be a great cultivator skilled in divination? Is it the ancestor of the Anci Nian Zhai?!”
“Sigh, the spiritual energy in the Cangyun Realm is becoming increasingly scarce. These great powers are anxious; we should focus on our own cultivation and strive to break through our bottlenecks…”
“Evacuate! Evacuate! If they detect the secrets of our demonic sect, it could jeopardize our plans!”
...
[Calculation of heavenly secrets complete. You can use ‘Transmission and Rest’ and ‘Golden Needle Acupuncture’ to heal Li Qingran. The former has average effects, restoring thirty percent of her injuries, while the latter is highly effective, fully restoring her current injuries except for the dantian and spiritual roots.]
[The ‘Electronic Girlfriend’ shop has captured a thread of heavenly secrets for you. Would you like to spend 9998¥ to purchase the lost secret technique ‘Golden Needle Acupuncture’? After purchase, this skill will become a permanent skill, and you can upgrade it, with only the cost of the golden needles for each use.]
Chen Huai'an: “…”
He couldn’t take it anymore.
The shop was now capturing heavenly secrets.
Shouldn’t the toilet and bathtub try capturing heavenly secrets too?
And let’s not even mention spending 9998¥ on a skill.
It was a given that upgrading would require spending money.
But needing to pay for the golden needle materials too?
Does this game even see players as human?!
Yet, looking at Li Qingran in the pool of blood, Chen Huai'an couldn’t help but think of his deceased parents. His family wasn’t wealthy, but they had always tried to provide him with the best resources. Now, he could finally empathize with some of his parents' feelings.
“Charge it!!”
[Congratulations! You have acquired the lost secret technique—Golden Needle Acupuncture.]
[Technique: Flowing Cloud Hand (Activated)]
[Technique: Spring Needle Method lv1 (Activated)]
[Spring Needle Materials—64 special silver needles, totaling 640¥. Please recharge first.]
Chen Huai'an clenched his fists, gritting his teeth: “Seriously, can’t you just take one less cent?”
[Please recharge first.]
“You’ve got to be kidding me... Recharge, recharge, recharge!”
This game was indeed shameless, but he couldn’t just leave Li Qingran to her fate.
Another 640¥ vanished from his wallet.
He had the skill now, and the materials were ready.
“What should I do next?”
[Please help Li Qingran remove her clothing!]
Chen Huai'an froze, slowly typing out a question mark.
Finally, is it time for that?!
No, now is not the time to think about that!
Saving her is the priority!
“Who called 120? Who needs treatment?!” The ambulance arrived, and doctors and nurses got out of the vehicle.
Zhang Rui pointed at Chen Huai'an, who was engrossed in his phone, his eyes shining: “Him.”
“What’s wrong with him?” The doctor couldn’t immediately tell what was wrong with Chen Huai'an.
“He’s in the late stages of cancer, bone cancer, and he has osteosarcoma. He broke his leg while climbing Mount Tai.”
Late-stage bone cancer and a broken leg while climbing Mount Tai?
The doctor’s eyelid twitched. Was that Mandarin?
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