The Villain Fox's Sickly Beauty Master - Chapter 24

Chapter 24: There Was No Hostility.

Jiang Jinheng, who had just been moved to the tree hollow by Fu Yi, had already forced her eyes open. She seemed to struggle to raise her hand, and an inconspicuous black alchemical cauldron appeared in her hand, which she then presented to Fu Yi.

Separated by the protective barrier, Fu Yi initially didn’t clearly see what Jiang Jinheng was holding. She thought it was at most some elixirs or spiritual treasures, of which she had already received many from the storage ring this person had left her not long ago, so she accepted it calmly.

But as the object reached her hand, the heavy sensation made Fu Yi frown. Looking closely, she realized that what Jiang Jinheng had given her was the very alchemical cauldron she had been longing for.

Fu Yi was too shocked to speak, but she suddenly remembered that she had never heard about Jiang Jinheng encountering danger in the Secret Realm in her previous life.

Staring at the cauldron, unable to recover from her shock, a bold hypothesis suddenly formed in Fu Yi’s mind. Could it be that Mo Tong saved her in the previous life, which is why she handed over this immense fortune to him?

Were her injuries also because of this cauldron?

She already had a friendship with Mo Tong’s father’s generation, so did their bond deepen because of this incident?

Fu Yi pursed her lips, unsure of the emotion welling up inside her. If Jiang Jinheng could hear her thoughts, she would surely comment on the wild imagination of young people.

However, 007 in her mind also couldn’t understand Jiang Jinheng’s actions.

“Host, you almost lost your life for this cauldron, and you just gave it to her?”

007 stated that it couldn’t figure Jiang Jinheng out at all. First, she showed off for Fu Yi before the disciple recruitment, then she used her bl00d to suppress her inner demons, and now she was giving this rare Heaven-rank alchemical cauldron to her. This was simply being too good to her.

“It’s fine. I intended to give it to her all along. This cauldron is basically useless to me, but for her, everything is just beginning, and I believe it will be of great help.”

Jiang Jinheng’s reasoning was simple: If Mo Tong was the Son of Destiny in this world, and she needed to compete with the Son of Destiny for Aura of Destiny, then Fu Yi was an obvious ally. By providing a little help to her ally before she grew up, it would help solidify their relationship in the future.

And Jiang Jinheng had another thought in mind. The story 007 gave her mentioned that a century later, the Demon God would descend, and the human realm would face a catastrophe that would lead to total annihilation. It was only after the sacrifice of over ten Mahayana-stage great experts from several Immortal Sects, using a secret technique to forcibly raise Mo Tong, the Son of Destiny, to the Tribulation Stage, that the crisis was averted.

Although Jiang Jinheng didn’t know why this person, who colluded with the Demon Realm, ended up becoming the savior of the Human-Demon War, since she had a mission to pull him down from the position of a prodigy, she needed to install someone else in that role.

She felt that she was inherently lazy and lacked the capability to be a savior, but she was willing to properly cultivate a junior with good spiritual roots and diligence.

Jiang Jinheng also told 007 all this, but the system, which only analyzed data, still couldn’t understand why she had to worry about things so far in the future.

However, this was an item she had risked her life for, so how she chose to dispose of it was ultimately up to her.

Compared to this, 007 was more concerned that she had finally woken up again. Who would have thought that she seemed to be activated by a mission, and after saying those things to Fu Yi and it, she fell back into a deep sleep?

007 scanned her physical condition and finally breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed she was genuinely exhausted and had fallen asleep this time.

Fu Yi, who had received the cauldron, was still in a slightly stunned state. 007 noticed that she turned around again, seemingly about to leave, and couldn’t help but think of calling her an ungrateful wretch, but then saw that she simply sat down, leaning against the tree.

At this point, 007 completely retreated into the system space. It no longer wanted to deal with the messy, complex, and baffling affairs between these two-legged beasts.

Fu Yi also rested against the tree for a while. Although her injuries weren’t severe, and she had taken several elixirs, now that she was idle, the broken bone still ached painfully.

Fu Yi was also contemplating whether to leave or stay. In her original plan, she intended to go alone after entering the Secret Realm. But having just encountered Cang Yu and Mo Tong, and witnessing Jiang Jinheng, who was considered outstanding in the sect, beaten to such a state, she felt that this Secret Realm was much more dangerous than the one she experienced in the previous life.

Moreover… this person doesn’t seem to harbor any hostility towards me.

She looked back at Jiang Jinheng, who had closed her eyes again. Fu Yi took a deep breath, sat down firmly, and began to regulate her breathing.

Her heart meridian was protected by Jiang Jinheng’s spiritual energy, and ice-blue spiritual energy surged through her wounds, accelerating the healing process. If guided with her own spiritual energy, the recovery should be even faster.

The Secret Realm was a sealed domain. Apart from the sentient fierce beasts, it was rare for anything to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. The spiritual energy contained within was several times denser than the outside world.

Fu Yi sat quietly in meditation. Although her internal spiritual energy was scant, she was able to absorb and convert the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, gradually clearing the blockages in her body and correcting misaligned areas.

A simple task for high-level cultivators took her a full two days to complete. In between, she went to the nearby lake twice to fetch water. Each time she returned, she found Jiang Jinheng still asleep.

Nevertheless, these two days were productive. This kind of healing was akin to cultivation. She became more proficient in absorbing spiritual energy, and her application of it in minute ways also became much more refined. If she continued to cultivate at this spiritual energy density, she would reach the second stage of Qi Condensation in less than five days.

However, the Secret Realm had a time limit. Spending all these days solely in meditation would be too wasteful. She had decided that regardless of what happened, she would prepare to leave after waking up this time.

Fu Yi finally managed to straighten out her meridians. She then found some cloth strips from the storage ring and wrapped several layers around the broken bone to secure it. As soon as she finished all this, she turned around and saw Jiang Jinheng smiling at her. She was so startled that she jumped up, failed to maintain her balance, and stumbled, falling to the ground, which instantly intensified the pain of her injuries.

“You… Master, you’re awake.”

Perhaps because she had used this address too many times in her previous life, even after such a long time without saying it, Fu Yi didn’t feel unfamiliar with it.

Seeing Fu Yi’s large reaction, the smile on Jiang Jinheng’s face faded, replaced by a gentle concern. She stepped forward to help her.

“Are you alright?”

Fu Yi shook her head. She deliberately tried to maintain distance between them, pushed herself up, and purposefully changed the subject.

“After I woke up, why didn’t I see those two?”

Jiang Jinheng paused slightly, then realized that it was normal for her not to know since she had been unconscious at the time. She raised her hand and pointed to the severed arm that was almost covered by the sand.

“They left the Secret Realm, but to vent your anger, I cut off an arm from that imbecile apprentice of Cang Yu. Look, it’s right there.”