funbook-pk Chapter 76 My life is in your hands
Chapter 76 My life is in your hands
Cheng Xiao's body was almost entirely covered in dirt.
His white clothes were covered in blood, and because so much time had passed, the bloodstains had even turned a terrifying black.
There was a deep, bone-revealing sword wound on his face, still oozing blood, with broken ribs protruding beneath his skin, making him look extremely gruesome.
Although Cheng Xiao looked terrible, Gu Yunshu still recognized him.
His name is Cheng Xiao. He is a menial disciple of the Supreme Dao Sect and also an undercover agent for the Demonic Sect.
During the day, he said he would help her kill the people from the Heavenly Sword Pavilion.
"You..." Gu Yunshu's voice trembled slightly, a tremor she herself didn't even notice.
In her view, she cultivated the path of ruthlessness and should always remain calm.
From the moment she saw the horrific sword wound on Cheng Xiao's body, she realized what had happened.
This guy actually went to find people from the Ten Thousand Swords Pavilion!
Cheng Xiao lay on the ground, struggling to lift his head slightly, and said through gritted teeth, "I've resolved the marriage arrangement for you. Everyone from the Heavenly Sword Pavilion is dead, not a single one is left. No one will want to marry into your family anymore, so you don't need to worry about it."
Gu Yunshu stood up, walked over to him, and squatted down.
She didn't ask about the specifics, how many people died, how he did it, or why he was so badly injured.
In the current situation, these issues are no longer important.
Gu Yunshu simply placed her hand on Cheng Xiao's chest, and her spiritual energy flowed into her palm to examine his injuries.
As soon as the spiritual energy entered, Gu Yunshu realized that Cheng Xiao was seriously injured.
Three ribs were broken, one of which damaged internal organs and pierced through them.
The wound on his left shoulder was even more horrific; the white bones inside were clearly visible.
Cheng Xiao's internal organs were all injured to varying degrees.
All the wounds were bleeding, as if they were trying to drain all the blood from his body.
I don't know how he managed to walk back from outside, back to the Supreme Dao Sect, and stand before her, despite being so badly injured.
After assessing the injury, Gu Yunshu withdrew her hand.
Cheng Xiao's life force was very weak, and he looked like he was about to die at any moment.
She got up and walked to the other side of the icy pool, pressing her hand on a stone wall.
The stone wall slid open, revealing a hidden compartment inside.
She took out a jade box from the hidden compartment, opened it, and inside lay a pill.
This elixir was pure white, with a faint glow emanating from its surface; it was clearly no ordinary object.
This is the Snow Soul Mystic Marrow Pill.
One of the treasures of the Zuowang Xuege Pavilion of the Taishang Daozong, there are only three in the entire sect.
Legend has it that it was made by the founder of Zuowang Xuege using the ten-thousand-year-old snow essence of the far north ice plains. One piece can reshape the meridians and bring the dead back to life.
Gu Yunshu had kept this pill all along, intending to use it when she attempted to break through to the Mahayana stage in the future.
Without any hesitation, she directly stuffed the pill into Cheng Xiao's mouth.
The pill melted instantly upon entering his mouth, and a cool sensation slid down his throat. All of Cheng Xiao's horrific wounds began to heal, and the last glimmer of life was kept alive by this pill.
After feeding him the pills, Gu Yunshu placed her hands on him again, activating her spiritual power to guide the medicinal effects to circulate continuously within his body, repairing the damaged meridians.
Cheng Xiao didn't move; he simply lay quietly on the ground, feeling the medicinal power circulating continuously within his body.
He didn't expect Gu Yunshu to directly use a treasure of this level.
He only wanted to gain some sympathy and see if he could increase his personal value.
Even someone like him, who stands at the top of Shenhe Prefecture, would consider this level of elixir precious.
Although the pill was of little use to him, it did not diminish its value.
Any pill of this caliber that appears in the market will inevitably cause a frenzy of buying.
As a result, Gu Yunshu actually gave him the pill directly, just to keep him alive and pull him back from the brink of death.
I don't know if his acting was too convincing, or if this saintess was just too foolish.
During the day, Gu Yunshu removed the Gu worm from his body without asking for anything in return.
They even tried to persuade him to do good, saying he was a person with a tragic fate and that he should leave the evil sect and become a good person.
That night, she even took out precious elixirs to heal his wounds.
Cheng Xiao discovered that for the first time, he couldn't see through a person.
He once told Hakimi, "A heartless person has no complicated emotions or distractions in his heart. Because he is not troubled by emotions, he sees all things in the world and the desires of people as if he were looking at a clear ice surface, without any secrets."
But this time, he couldn't understand this person named Gu Yunshu at all.
After the medicine had circulated for three cycles, Cheng Xiao's breathing became slightly more stable.
He finally got up, looked at Gu Yunshu, and said weakly, "You can hand me over now. That way, you can give an explanation to the Heavenly Sword Pavilion. Just say that I am a spy from the Demonic Sect, that I was the one who tried to sabotage the marriage and killed people."
Gu Yunshu didn't speak, and didn't even look at Cheng Xiao.
She silently channeled her spiritual energy to heal him, helping him repair his damaged internal organs and meridians.
Seeing that the woman ignored him, Cheng Xiao continued, "Or... there's another option: you hide me here and let me hide for one night. I'm too weak to resist."
After he finished speaking, he took a few breaths and looked very weak.
"I did all this only to repay your kindness in helping me get rid of the Gu worms. The rest is up to you to decide."
After saying this, he lay down on the ground again, closed his eyes, and looked as if he had completely given up resisting.
He's gambling.
I bet that this saintess who cultivates the ruthless path will waver even slightly after hearing what he said.
Gu Yunshu looked down at him.
My once calm heart was stirred up by these few words.
Under the light of the luminous pearl, she could clearly see the horrific injuries on the man's body.
Although he survived, the wounds were still horrific.
Gu Yunshu recalled the events of the day.
The man appeared before her for the first time and said he wanted to make a deal with her.
He claimed to be an undercover agent of the Demonic Sect, capable of resolving her arranged marriage, solely in order to secure her help in removing the Gu worm.
Faced with such temptation, Gu Yunshu did not agree. She simply helped him remove the Gu worm and then said nothing more.
In her view, it was just helping another pitiful person.
After the man removed the Gu worm, she thought the matter was over.
After all, there was no longer any need for the two to make a deal, and he had already achieved his goal.
But when they met again, he had slaughtered everyone from the Heavenly Sword Pavilion and, bearing fatal wounds, ran back to her.
He said it was only to repay a debt of gratitude.
Gu Yunshu is just aloof; she's not stupid.
She knew that the Heavenly Sword Pavilion had sent an old sword cultivator in the Integration Stage this time. The old sword cultivator was incredibly powerful and had left behind many legends of challenging opponents of higher levels with his sword.
This man's ability to achieve this level cannot be as simple as the "Foundation Building stage" he mentioned earlier.
She couldn't tell how many of his secrets were true and how many were false.
Gu Yunshu discovered that there were many things she didn't know and many things she couldn't see through.
But she knew one thing: he didn't have to come back.
The Gu worm has been removed; he could easily have simply left.
Whether the Heavenly Sword Pavilion is dead or alive, or whether it is related to Gu Yunshu through marriage, what does it have to do with a former Demonic Sect spy like him?
But he came back.
He returned to see her after running for an unknown amount of time, bearing fatal wounds.
In the end, he only said one sentence.
"You decide."