Chapter 319 - 319 317 Strong Woman

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319: Chapter 317: Strong Woman 319: Chapter 317: Strong Woman He gently flipped open her collar with his fingertips, pulling it to a precise distance. On her delicate, pale collarbone, nestled a ferocious and mournful gash amidst the tender whiteness. The wound was deep, as though the flesh on the shoulder had been torn by some unknown creature, leaving the raw flesh splayed open, visibly painful. Baili An furrowed his eyebrows. It wasn’t the shocking extent of the injury that bothered him, but the fact that the wound looked days old. The pale skin was peppered with dried scabs, and the wound hadn’t been left untreated. However… the bandaging was indescribably poor. The gauze was a mess, barely holding together at the collar she had lightly tugged at, not properly tied at all, just carelessly stuffed over the wound. Part of the gash on her shoulder was even left exposed, the blood seeping into the thin, gauzy fabric, making Baili An feel like he could pull the flesh off with just a little tug of his fingers. It made his stomach turn. How strong must this woman’s heart be, to suffer such a terrible injury and not immediately seek treatment but instead wander around in such a forsaken place? Although there had been some unpleasantness between him and Su Jing, Baili An could, for the first time in a long while, sense death and fear from this woman. But in such a place, Baili An found it impossible to leave a seriously injured and frail woman behind. Okay… Su Jing wasn’t exactly frail. But Su Jing was still kin to Sister Wen. Plus, Sister Wen had mentioned that Su Jing was one of her few friends. Although Baili An didn’t understand how two people with those personalities could be friends, if he truly ignored her today, he didn’t know how he would explain it to Sister Wen tomorrow. Although it was very likely that when Su Jing awoke, it would result in a cold and merciless slaughter in the name of justice. However, injured and weak as she was now, Baili An was confident he could protect himself from her. He was no longer the naive little corpse demon who had just entered the world on Lihe Mountain. With no medicinal supplies at hand, Baili An could only use his Spiritual Power to conjure some clean water to crudely clean and bandage the wound. Shou sat obediently by his side, toes curled, looking up at him. Baili An seemed to understand the confusion and curiosity in his eyes and smiled, “Are you wondering why I came back?” Shou nodded self-consciously. After treating the wound on Su Jing’s shoulder, Baili An picked up Fang Geyu again, unable to be as casual with Su Jing. He squatted down, gesturing over her body—both she and Fang Geyu were quite thin, and if they were placed close together, they could just about manage. But recalling the shocking softness from earlier, Baili An fell silent for a moment, imagining a terrifying consequence before decisively killing that suicidal thought. He assertively flipped the Taixuan Sect’s Young Sect Master over, grabbed her belt, and, with a firm arm, hoisted her up as if lifting a sack. Shou was dumbfounded. With one on his back and another in his arms, Baili An stood up, surveyed the surroundings, and said, “Shou may not have noticed, but from the beginning, the number of yin spirits lurking in the shadows has been abnormally high.” Shou hesitated, bit his finger, and looked around, bewildered. This was Ghost Mountain. Wasn’t it normal for yin spirits to nest here? Baili An glanced at him, saying nothing, and continued walking into the depths of the darkness. This time, Shou finally noticed. Those yin spirits in the darkness, both the strong and the weak, seemed like mosquitoes that had smelled sweet blood. As they followed Baili An’s steps, the swarm of yin spirits followed suit. They dared not come too close, yet they couldn’t bear to leave, clamping down on that tempting aura, watching intently from the darkness. When Shou spotted the hand bound by the Demon Vine, that was when the group of yin spirits gathered and nested above it. Perhaps because Baili An was a corpse demon, he was particularly sensitive to the aura of yin spirits, knowing that there was someone hidden there. And moreover, it was someone whose constitution greatly lured yin spirits. Baili An cast a meaningful glance at Su Jing, feeling that this Young Sect Master of the Taixuan Sect was becoming ever more elusive. Born into a noble Immortal Sect, she was the undisputed candidate for the next leader of the Nine Classics, her father being one of the only three millennium Immortals in the Mortal World, and her mother also a great Cultivator who had long transcended tribulation. Moreover, based on her own superior conditions, she was the second person since Yin Baishuang to be ordained by the Emperor of the Immortal World. Logically, she ought to be from a lineage that made a hundred ghosts retreat. Why then did she attract yin spirits? Another point was, on that day at Lihe Mountain, Su Jing hadn’t seemed to possess this constitution that lured yin spirits. Baili An had no desire to delve deeper into others’ secrets, so he suppressed his doubts and moved on. However, as they delved deeper under Ghost Mountain, the yin spirits and demonic beings seemed to gather in increasing numbers, beginning to agitate and go wild, aiming to attack them. But just when these ghostly beings were about to erupt, Shou, walking ahead of Baili An, would often look back. His huge black eyes turned fierce and red, and with a cold glance, the gathering and agitated aura of the yin spirits was instantly suppressed. These beings clearly feared Shou. Despite Shou’s small size, after all, he was a yin ghost of several centuries. Moreover, being nurtured by someone from Cangwu Palace, compared to a lonely and merciless Fierce Ghost like the Ghost, his yin body was even more solid and pure. Baili An found that in this first realm of Ghost Mountain, although dangers lurked everywhere, there seemed to be a very subtle and eerie balance maintained. Amid the cold wind wandered yin ghosts; within the mountain streams, demons roamed free, yet they did not interfere with each other. Even for outsiders like Baili An, they did not attack immediately. Instead, they lay in wait silently, patiently biding their time. Baili An was well aware that these yin spirits and demons had developed a certain level of spiritual wisdom. While it seemed temporarily safe, the real crisis was undetectable. Additionally, he had a vague feeling that the true body of the Ghost lay hidden within Ghost Mountain. The darkness of Ghost Mountain did not hinder Baili An’s vision. Time slowly passed, but his steps did not slow. His body was still weak due to blood loss. But after breaking through to the Sea Expansion Realm, Baili An found that he could greatly suppress his bloodlust. During the confrontation with the Ghost, he had sealed the two spiritual power nodes within him, conserving every bit of Spiritual Power. Now that he had released the two spiritual power nodes, the abundant spiritual power stored within became the source of strength to sustain his body. The two spiritual power nodes had clearly grown much, and the richness of the spiritual power even startled Baili An. But he could also feel that his Sea Expansion Realm seemed quite different from that of his sister from Jinsheng Garden. He felt as though something extremely important was missing inside his body.

Chapter 319 - 319 317 Strong Woman

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