NOVEL NEXT chapter 5
Chapter 5: Now You Can Get a 50% Discount on Apprenticeship
The sword was broken—Lin Qingxue’s sword, which she had exchanged for with a large amount of contribution points in her sect, was easily broken.
“You… you… how dare you…” Lin Qingxue’s eyes were red, squeezing out a few tears of grievance, unable to speak clearly.
She had been chivalrous for so long, but had never experienced such a thing today.
Having her sword broken by someone’s fingers, it was too humiliating.
“Heroine Lin, don’t be afraid! We will help you!” The surrounding martial artists saw Lin Qingxue suffer a big loss and spoke out one after another.
But just as they were about to move, they were suppressed by a wave of coldness.
In the face of terrifying pressure, instinct made them stop all actions.
The mist suddenly appeared in the grand hall, and a figure loomed faintly within it.
As the mist dissipated, everyone finally saw what it was.
A giant white snake with crimson wings coiled in mid-air, flicking its tongue.
Its body seemed weightless, lifted by the mist, gliding gracefully.
“Demon beast! This witch can command demon beasts!!!” a martial artist shouted, his voice filled with disbelief.
“It’s not a demon beast.” Lin Qingxue stared at the giant snake, her face pale, forgetting to cry for a moment, “This is a shikigami.”
The twelve shikigami, also known as the twelve divine generals, are the twelve month gods on the shikigami board, fundamentally different from demon beasts.
But Lin Qingxue knew only this much, as those who could use shikigami were extremely rare.
“Leave.” Zhishi coldly looked at Lin Qingxue, “Or die here.”
The word “die” jolted everyone’s nerves, making them instinctively step back.
“Better to live to fight another day! Let’s leave this demonic cult for now!”
“Right, the blood-sucking witch might not be here, we need to find her whereabouts quickly!”
“Yes, yes, we don’t have time to waste here!”
The martial artists, sweating coldly, spoke their lines like extras.
Lin Qingxue bit her lip, unwilling to give up. Her intuition told her that Youlan must be here.
If they searched a bit more carefully, they should be able to find her.
But when her gaze met Zhishi’s again, she closed her eyes in fear and squeezed out a word through her teeth, “Go!”
Seeing the martial artists flee in panic, Zhishi silently retracted her shikigami.
She withdrew her killing intent and stood back beside He Youzhou, “Master, they’ve all been driven away.”
“Too bad, you also drove her away, couldn’t successfully bring her over.” He Youzhou sighed.
Zhishi said expressionlessly, “There will be others in the future.”
Reviving the sect was her master’s wish, and she would support it infinitely.
If those people hadn’t looked down on her master, she wouldn’t have released her killing intent.
“Master, I want to hug you.” Zhishi suddenly said childishly.
“Tonight.” He Youzhou said irritably, “Why is your mind always on these things.”
“… ” Although Zhishi still had no expression, her eyes revealed how aggrieved she felt.
“Now it’s better to deal with her matter first.” He Youzhou walked to a small cabinet by the grand hall’s entrance and opened it.
Youlan was hiding inside the square cabinet in a very awkward position.
Those martial artists probably didn’t expect Youlan to hide in such an unsuitable cabinet.
Moreover, the cabinet was right by the grand hall’s entrance, so they didn’t search it carefully.
If they were given another half an hour, they would probably notice that this place had been missed in the search, and Youlan would be discovered.
Already on the brink of death, being forcibly hidden in such a cabinet only worsened her condition.
“Pull her out and heal her first,” He Youzhou said, shaking his head as he took Youlan out.
Her injuries were not light at all; those martial artists must have shown no mercy when they struck.
Youlan, who wasn’t even considered a practitioner, being hunted by a group of martial artists, was lucky to be alive.
Known as the demon girl, Youlan’s vision was blurry, and she could only vaguely see the outlines of He Youzhou and Zhishi.
And soon, it wasn’t just her vision that was blurry; her consciousness was also fading.
“Am I still alive?” When she was hidden in the cabinet, she could only hear the sounds outside and didn’t know what had happened.
She was just very scared, afraid of being discovered and killed by those martial artists.
That strike didn’t kill her on the spot but sent her flying into this unknown sect, which was her luck.
If she had been sent flying elsewhere, she probably wouldn’t have survived.
The best outcome would have been being handed over to the authorities and then beheaded in public.
“You are indeed still alive,” He Youzhou nodded and replied.
The girl in his arms was incredibly light, as if she hadn’t eaten for many days.
Despite this soft and boneless feeling stimulating a certain desire, He Youzhou felt that if he acted recklessly, she would die in Tianyan Sect.
“So… I’m still alive…” Youlan squeezed out a smile, “It seems my luck is really good.”
“So, are you interested in joining my sect?” He Youzhou asked, “If you join Tianyan Sect now, you can directly become my disciple.”
“Opportunities to become the sect master’s disciple are rare.” He thought for a moment and added, “I can also give you a set of cultivation clothes, and if that’s not enough, I’ll give you powerful techniques.”
Unfortunately, Youlan’s mind was now in a daze, and she couldn’t possibly take in He Youzhou’s words.
“Master, she’s not going to make it,” Zhishi said, frowning. “Our sect doesn’t have any medicine for healing. To heal her, we need to bring a doctor up the mountain.”
“Save… save me…” Youlan, in her daze, heard that she might not be saved and hoarsely cried out for help.
She had just barely escaped from a nightmare and didn’t want to die like this.
As long as she could survive, she would do anything.
“If you agree to join Tianyan Sect, I’ll find someone to save you,” He Youzhou said after thinking for a moment.
“Master, aren’t you afraid of being betrayed in the future?” Zhishi frowned and said.
Isn’t this the same as holding a knife to someone’s throat and forcing them to become your disciple?
She was very worried that Youlan’s loyalty to her master would be very low in the future.
“I agree… I agree…” Youlan, like a drowning person grasping at a straw, struggled to say these words.
Now, she probably had no other thoughts except wanting to survive.
“Betrayal? Betrayal is fine,” He Youzhou nodded and said, “Zhishi, go down the mountain and bring a doctor up!”
No matter how much of a traitor one can be, can they be more of a traitor than their own senior brother?
“At your command,” Chisato said respectfully.
“Thank you… for saving me…” she said with difficulty before completely losing consciousness.