Romantic Medical Immortal

Chapter 416: Members of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect

Cheng Ruonan thought it over and decided that things had come to this point, it would be better to be upfront with Yang Cheng.

Although she had betrayed the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, as long as she could gain Yang Cheng’s trust and have a relationship with him to obtain the essence, once she improved her cultivation, she wouldn’t have to fear the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect anymore.

However, she wouldn’t be able to get the promised clues from the Sect Leader, and she would have to think of another way.

"I am an assassin from the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, ordered by the Sect Leader to assassinate Ye Ling’Er."

Cheng Ruonan spoke powerlessly.

"Ten Thousand Poisons Sect?"

Yang Cheng raised an eyebrow, unfamiliar with this organization.

"It’s normal that you don’t know the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect; it’s an organization that cultivates evil techniques. I joined the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect when I was in my teens and have served it ever since."

Just hearing the name of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect suggested it wasn’t a righteous organization, so Yang Cheng continued to ask, "Why did you join such an organization? Shouldn’t a young girl be at home studying?"

"I had my difficulties. I joined the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect because I had nowhere else to go. The Sect Leader said I had excellent innate qualities, took me as a disciple, and taught me the Dual Cultivation Technique. That’s how I have my current cultivation."

Cheng Ruonan seemed hesitant to speak further.

Yang Cheng could see she didn’t want to talk much about why she joined the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, so he didn’t press her further.

At this moment, he was suddenly stunned and asked in amazement, "Dual Cultivation Technique? But you’re still a virgin; you’ve never engaged in dual cultivation, have you?"

Was this woman trying to fool him?

"I indeed have never engaged in dual cultivation because I have taken in several disciples and taught them the Gathering Spirit Technique. By having relationships with men, they absorb essence qi. Once the essence qi accumulates to a certain point, I will absorb their essence qi."

"Using this method, my cultivation has now reached the Qi Refining Fifth Stage."

Cheng Ruonan answered truthfully, fearing that Yang Cheng wouldn’t believe her and would continue to torment her.

The more Yang Cheng listened to her, the more wrong it sounded. Suddenly, a flash of insight came to him, reminding him why her voice sounded familiar.

That day at Murong Wan’s villa, she answered a call from her master, and the voice from the other end was exactly that of this female assassin!

"Are you Murong Wan’s master?"

Yang Cheng asked.

"Yes."

Cheng Ruonan felt there was no need to hide it, so she nodded.

"I never expected that the reason you’re absorbing your disciples’ spiritual energy is that you don’t want to engage in dual cultivation. Why did you choose to cultivate such a technique in the first place?"

Yang Cheng was greatly shocked.

"I was only in my teens back then and didn’t understand anything. Later, the Sect Leader forced me to have a relationship with a man, but I resisted with all my might and was severely beaten, almost losing my life."

"After that, he didn’t force me anymore but asked me to take in a few beautiful female disciples and use the Gathering Spirit Technique to help me improve my cultivation."

Cheng Ruonan’s eyes flashed with a cold light. Back when she first joined the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, she was immensely grateful to the Sect Leader.

The Sect Leader had saved her and taught her techniques. As a naive teenage girl, she believed her master treated her sincerely, but everything changed on the day she became an adult.

She was beaten by her master until she vomited blood, lying half-dead on the ground, almost defiled by men, and it was then she realized she was just a tool for her master.

The Ten Thousand Poisons Sect had many assassins, and she was no different from the others, except that she was prettier, and her master showed her a bit more patience.

"You are truly ruthless and vicious. Murong Wan trusted you so much, and you actually wanted to harm her!"

Yang Cheng gritted his teeth, looking at her with anger.

"But I only absorbed her spiritual energy; I never thought of harming her!"

Cheng Ruonan’s beautiful eyes widened, quickly retorting.

"The Gathering Spirit Technique uses the body as a furnace, refining spiritual energy through the nurturing of flesh and blood, making it purer. But this secret technique is extremely harmful to the furnace’s body."

"Each time you extract spiritual energy, it weakens Murong Wan’s body, severely depleting her life span with every harvest, damaging her foundation, causing premature aging. Once she has no more value, the spiritual energy will be fully absorbed, and naturally, her life will end."

"You taught her the Gathering Spirit Technique; I don’t believe you didn’t know the consequences."

Yang Cheng’s mouth curled into a mocking smile.

This woman was as beautiful as a fairy, her voice gentle and charming, yet she was so vicious.

"It’s not like that. The Sect Leader told me when he taught me the Gathering Spirit Technique that there would be some harm to the body, but as long as certain nourishing herbs are taken, the harm could be offset."

"I know Wan’Er gets weak for a few days every time I harvest her spiritual energy, but taking medicine makes her better. I admit I used her, but I had no choice. I plan to compensate Wan’Er well in the future."

Cheng Ruonan knitted her brows, eagerly explaining.

"Taking medicine only treats the symptoms, not the root cause. If you continue harvesting her spiritual energy, soon she will be depleted and won’t survive to see your compensation."

"If you truly didn’t know the backlash of the Gathering Spirit Technique, it means you might have been deceived too, and maybe you have become someone else’s furnace."

Yang Cheng merely said it casually, but it struck Cheng Ruonan like a lightning bolt.

Her mind buzzed, and memories flashed back to the day she became an adult. The master said he would hold an adulthood ceremony for her, but little did she know that the so-called ceremony involved several men taking turns forcing themselves on her.

Watching those men approaching, she struggled fiercely, eventually getting brutally beaten by the master and scolded for not being ambitious.

For a moment, she indeed felt she was wrong, but now it seemed it wasn’t like that at all.

If the master truly cared for her, why out of so many techniques, did he insist she cultivate the Dual Cultivation Technique?

Every time the master saw her, he asked about her cultivation level. Could it be that one day the master would also harvest her spiritual energy?

Seeing Cheng Ruonan silent, Yang Cheng suddenly felt she was quite pitiful. He walked over, removed the toys from her body, untied the ropes on her hands and feet, and carried her to the bed to lie down.

"Could it be that I guessed right?"

Yang Cheng tentatively asked.

Cheng Ruonan’s eyes turned slightly red, quickly blinking to hold back the tears in her beautiful eyes.

Seeing her emotions stabilize, Yang Cheng continued to ask, "First, tell me if the reason the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect wants to kill Ye Ling’Er is because of Murong Hai?"

"The Sect Leader didn’t tell me this, but I know Murong Hai is with the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. He was sent by the Sect Leader to infiltrate Jiulong Mountain Villa and, when the time was right, eliminate the Ye mother and daughter and seize Jiulong Mountain Villa."

When Cheng Ruonan received the order, she knew it was related to Murong Hai, but she couldn’t refuse because, after completing the task, she would obtain the information she wanted from the Sect Leader.

Moreover, the Sect Leader promised to teach her another technique that would greatly enhance her strength once cultivated.

Now that she had met Yang Cheng, not cultivating the new technique didn’t matter as long as she engaged in dual cultivation with him.