LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 99
Chapter 119: Professionally Relevant
“Don’t look at me that way. After thinking it over, I realized why I, as the Sect Master, had to put up with my younger martial sisters and why I tried so hard to prove my innocence.”
“Now, sitting here, I feel like I’ve suddenly awakened, but it’s too late.”
“I honestly can’t figure it out. I got along well with my sisters; I’m not that stupid. Why did I act like I lost my mind back then? And they, they were completely like mad dogs!”
Liu Shunyi became impatient.
“I don’t want to hear your dog-shit story. I just want to enter Giant God City.”
The old man waved a hand dismissively.
“Not so fast. Entering Giant God City now is a trap. The timing isn’t right; going in now would be a death sentence. When the time comes, I’ll let you in.”
“And besides, it seems someone tampered with the opening of Giant God City.”
“Perfect timing for you to chat with me.”
Liu Shunyi felt helpless.
“You don’t seem to be lying, so I’ll entertain you.”
With that, Liu Shunyi kicked the old man aside and sat in his lounge chair.
The old man stared at Liu Shunyi in disbelief.
“I’m just this old and frail, and you young fella, how can you be so…”
Before he could finish, Liu Shunyi narrowed his eyes, and the old man immediately fell silent.
Liu Shunyi didn’t bother asking about the old man’s past anymore.
Instead, he questioned the old man.
“How long have you been trapped here?”
The old man fell into thought.
Then he shook his head.
“I’ve forgotten!”
Liu Shunyi asked again, “Since you’re still alive, is that little milk dog still around?”
The old man’s eyes suddenly filled with bloodshot anger.
“Still alive, probably somewhere in Giant God City. But his situation isn’t much better than mine.”
Liu Shunyi nodded.
“Tell me about Giant God City.”
The old man opened his mouth.
He was just about to talk about how tragic the little milk dog’s situation was when Liu Shunyi abruptly changed the topic.
Cutting the old man off left him feeling a bit frustrated.
“Giant God City, as the name suggests, is the city of the gods. In ancient times, it was where the deities resided, filled with countless rare treasures and items.”
“It’s no exaggeration to say that any single item pulled from there would be invaluable for us cultivators.”
“However, Giant God City is also the place where gods perished. The deities naturally don’t want to see their possessions torn apart, so the city is filled with divine grievances. To move freely in Giant God City, one must have treasures to defend against these grievances.”
At this point, the old man looked at Liu Shunyi.
“Coincidentally, I have one here, but if you want it…”
Liu Shunyi immediately waved his hand.
“Don’t bother. I’m not interested at all.”
The old man was left speechless.
What’s up with this young fellow?
Can’t you just let me finish talking?
But the old man didn’t know that Liu Shunyi was pondering.
Divine grievance?
Is it alive?
Can it be ranked?
If it can, wouldn’t I hit the jackpot?
However, if it can’t be ranked, that won’t do either.
To play it safe, Liu Shunyi stood up, stretched a bit, and looked at the old man.
The old man looked at Liu Shunyi with some fear.
“What… what are you going to do!”
Liu Shunyi smiled.
“I want a little insurance.”
Then he started punching this old man.
“Ah, wait! Stop hitting! Just tell me what you want, and I’ll give it!”
The old man surrendered.
No choice; this young fella is a total demon.
———
Just as Zhao Gou entered the light circle, he also saw an old man.
But this one was missing a leg and was bleeding black blood continuously.
Next to him lay a dog’s corpse.
The old man’s eyes were filled with sadness.
Rough hands stroked the dog’s lifeless body repeatedly.
He even whimpered, “Old buddy, you’ve finally left me!”
Zhao Gou approached.
After thinking for a bit, he decided to greet the old man.
“I’m Zhao Gou, nice to meet you, senior!”
Hearing Zhao Gou’s voice, the old man raised his murky eyes.
“Oh… it’s been a long time since anyone’s come. You must want to enter Giant God City, right?”
Zhao Gou nodded.
“Yes, senior.”
The old man sighed.
“To enter Giant God City, you must pass my trial!”
Zhao Gou’s expression tightened.
“This, senior, please be clear!”
The old man looked at his leg and then at the dog’s body.
His eyes slightly narrowed.
“You just need to heal me and bring my old buddy back to life. That’ll count as passing the trial!”
Zhao Gou: “???”
What a professional match, huh?
Zhao Gou burst into laughter.
“Is it really that simple? Don’t worry, I’ll definitely heal you.”
The old man: “???”
“Wait a second! I didn’t explain clearly! I want not only to be healed but for my leg to grow back too.”
Zhao Gou nodded.
“No problem.”
The old man, somewhat incredulous.
“Well then, you should start!”
Zhao Gou nodded.
“Bang~”
He knocked the old man out cold.
Then he muttered to himself.
“Just right! I recently comprehended a medical technique when I entered the Nascent Soul Stage, and nobody was around to test it.”
As he said that…
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Zhao Gou glanced at the little dog’s leg and pulled out a saw.
———
An hour later.
The old man groggily awakened.
To be precise, he was licked awake by his dog.
Seeing his old buddy bouncing around in front of him again filled the old man with excitement.
But suddenly…
The old man sensed something was off.
“Wait? Why do I feel like I have some strange connection with this dog?”
The old man furrowed his brows.
But suddenly…
His eyes went wide.
Because he felt sensation in his leg.
He quickly lifted his lower garments to check.
But what he saw was a dog’s leg.
Even the dog’s paw moved a little.
“Boom~”
The old man’s face turned ashen, and his Nascent Soul aura surged.
Seeing the old man was only at the Nascent Soul level, Zhao Gou frowned.
“Just a Nascent Soul? I won’t go easy on you.”
Seeing the old man wanting to take a swing at him, Zhao Gou tightened his arms.
“Rip~”
His shirt burst open.
Muscles rippled like steel beneath, glaring at the old man.
Simultaneously, a more powerful Nascent Soul aura crushed down on the old man.
The old man swallowed hard and quickly smiled apologetically.
“Cough cough, Doctor Zhao, please don’t be rough. I… sniffle, I don’t know how to thank you…”
The old man began to cry.
Looking at his leg made him sob even harder.
Zhao Gou sighed.
“I’ve already healed your leg and even regrown it, plus revived your old buddy. So, isn’t the trial complete?”
The old man felt a world of suffering inside.
“But you gave me a dog’s leg!”
Zhao Gou rolled his eyes.
“Just say if it’s healed or not! If you try to weasel out, I know a thing or two about fighting too!”
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The old man naturally didn’t dare to say anything more.
After all, he was like a candle in the wind, his body in such a state.
Faced with Zhao Gou’s powerful muscles and that Nascent Soul aura, he had no spirit left for fighting.
“Fine, of course it counts! I never said it didn’t.”
The old man said with a pained face.
But then he switched his tone.
“However, I still can’t open the path to Giant God City for you since it’s not the right time. If I force it now, it will just be a death wish.”
Hearing this, Zhao Gou’s expression softened a bit.
He then pulled a new set of clothes from his storage bag and put them on.
With clothes on, Zhao Gou suddenly became elegant once more, wearing a kind smile.
“Oh, is that so?”
Zhao Gou finished speaking and looked back at the old man’s dog leg.
“Try walking a couple of steps; let me see!”
The old man: “???”
“This healing technique I just comprehended has many things I need to experiment with and check for shortcomings.”
The old man took a deep breath.
Wait.
You aren’t fully familiar, yet you dare to heal me?
Of course, while the old man felt a twinge of dissatisfaction, he knew better than to argue when he saw Zhao Gou holding a savage wolf-toothed club.
He obediently tried walking a couple of steps.
Surprisingly, he felt no rejection at all.
And bizarrely, this leg seemed even stronger than the one he had before.
The old man fell silent.
While Zhao Gou took out a brush, observing the old man’s movements and jotting down notes.
“Well, except for a bit of awkward walking, there’s no sign of rejection.”
“The strength seems greater than the old leg. Perfectly successful!”
The old man was somewhat puzzled.
He found that his old buddy was eating something.
He licked his lips.
“Why is it that when he eats something, I can taste it too?”
Zhao Gou’s eyes widened.
“Really?”
The old man nodded.
Zhao Gou looked at the dog, who was now being fed a lump of something dark and smelly.
The dog seemed to be having a great time.
Meanwhile, the old man was suffering.
“What did you feed him? It smells so awful!”
Zhao Gou was momentarily taken aback.
“You think it smells bad?”
The old man’s face turned green.
Zhao Gou began to mutter to himself.
“Preliminary observation suggests that splitting the soul creates some strange connections, but such connections shouldn’t allow sharing taste and bodily functions, yet I feel it can be improved.”
The old man was left dumbfounded.
“What does that even mean?”
Zhao Gou could only explain.
“It’s like this: when I was treating your old buddy, I found his soul was already withered. To fully heal it, I needed to inject soul power, so I took a piece of your soul and reignited the fire of his spirit.”
The old man looked at Zhao Gou in horror.
“What path are you cultivating?”
Zhao Gou frowned.
“Isn’t it obvious? I’m cultivating medical arts!”
The old man took a deep breath.
“They say a healer has a kind heart, but look at what you’ve done! And how do you know so much about the soul? You make me feel like you’re cultivating the path of the King of Hell!”
Zhao Gou: “???”
He stared at the old man, his expression shifting.
“You figured that out already?”
The old man: “!!!”
———
Waiting is always dull.
But Liu Shunyi was still quite curious about the divine grievance thing.
“Old man, can you catch a divine grievance for me to have a look?”
The old man: “…”
Seeing the old man silenced, Liu Shunyi sighed.
“After all these years trapped here, as a genius, can’t you have figured something out?”
The old man furrowed his brows.
“Sure, I’ve researched it, but the conclusion is that Giant God City is terrifying, and I’m just a small fry in its world.”
Liu Shunyi waited for the old man to continue.
But the old man fell silent.
Liu Shunyi felt disappointed.
“That’s it?”
The old man shrugged helplessly.
“I’m stuck here, almost like a slave to this place; I can’t do much else!”
Liu Shunyi suddenly thought of a question.
“Whose slave are you?”
The old man fell silent for a moment.
He himself didn’t really know who he was a slave to.
Seeing the old man struggling to articulate, Liu Shunyi shook his head.
“No wonder a Sect Master was wronged to death by a bunch of sticky-fingered things. You really don’t have any brains. After all these years, you still can’t figure out your situation.”
The old man’s face turned red from embarrassment.
But he couldn’t find any words to refute Liu Shunyi.
After all, considering his own experiences, Liu Shunyi achieved what he had in just a few minutes.
At that moment, Liu Shunyi continued to inquire.
“Is the reason you say it’s not time to enter Giant God City related to divine grievances?”
The old man nodded.
“Yes, now is the time of divine grievances flooding in. Even with a Heavenly Fire Lantern, it probably wouldn’t hold up.”
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Liu Shunyi’s eyes lit up.
“Then can you open the passage to the secret realm a bit, so I can see a divine grievance?”
The old man widened his eyes.
“No way, that’s a dead end. But of course, whether you live or die won’t matter to me; I just don’t want to die right now.”
Liu Shunyi smiled reassuringly.
“Don’t worry! I just want to take a look; I won’t go inside. Trust me, I’m in control of everything.”
Liu Shunyi confidently said. To assure the old man, he drew his Qingping Sword and placed it against the old man’s neck.
The old man: “…”
In the end, the old man relented.
He gestured a spell, activating his powers.
The cave began to quake.
Before long, the rocks shifted, and a passage finally formed.
Just as the passage completed…
“Boom~”
A bloody ghost face, dripping with blood, charged directly at Liu Shunyi.
Liu Shunyi frowned slightly at the ghost face.
The old man, on seeing the ghost face, cowered in a corner, trembling.
His lips trembled as he muttered, “It’s over; this is really the end!”
But the next second, the old man was stunned.
Because he saw Liu Shunyi casually reach out.
He grabbed the ghost face.
Then, in the old man’s terrified gaze, Liu Shunyi opened his mouth.
“Swoosh…”
Like slurping noodles, the ghost face was swallowed by Liu Shunyi.
The old man: “!!!”
At that moment, Liu Shunyi licked his lips.
He reached out again.
“Swoosh~”
Another ghost face was caught in his hand, and a flame wooshed up.
Soon, the ghost face was refined into a pill.
Liu Shunyi immediately handed the pill to the old man.
“Here, a gift for you.”
The old man took the pill, swallowing hard.
He then looked at Liu Shunyi and asked, “Are you the King of Hell? How do you know so much about refining souls?”
Liu Shunyi blinked his clear, innocent eyes.
“Is it that obvious?”
The old man: “!!!”