novelraw Chapter 112 : A Sword with Cleanliness Obsession
Chapter 112 : A Sword with Cleanliness Obsession
Meeting the suspicious and scrutinizing gazes of everyone, a flash of panic crossed Qin Xixue's small face. But befitting an Oscar-winning actress, she suppressed that panic almost instantly.
She forced a smile, "What does Second Senior Sister mean? With evil cultivators harming the common people here, we naturally investigated when we arrived."
She looked at Chu Sang with shock and grievance, indignantly saying, "Those evil cultivators are truly despicable, actually digging out these children's spirit roots... If we catch them, the Immortal Sects certainly won't let them off!"
Tsk, her words sounded quite proper.
Chu Sang didn't even want to expose her.
But anyone with eyes could see that although Qin Xixue had come down the mountain with Lou Qing and the others, Lou Qing's group clearly didn't know much about this matter, all looking bewildered.
"Then let's find the demon cultivators first. Once we find them, everything will naturally come to light," a male cultivator said.
Chu Sang glanced at the Nightmare Mirror in Qin Xixue's hand, pondering carefully in her heart.
The female protagonist had many spiritual treasures in her spatial ring. This mirror should also have been taken out from her spatial ring.
Chu Sang wasn't sure about the uses of the Nightmare Mirror, but her sixth sense told her that the female protagonist definitely didn't have such good intentions to actively offer treasures to help. It was most likely aimed at her, so she remained cautious.
The moment the Nightmare Mirror activated, everyone felt a dazzling white light flash before their eyes, forcing them to shield their faces with their hands. When they could see clearly again, the surrounding scene had changed.
They were still in the village, but the atmosphere of the village had become somewhat bizarre.
Misty blue moonlight fell on the ground, rows of farmhouses and forests stood silently in the village. The surroundings seemed to be shrouded in a faint white mist, slightly distorted and shimmering, dreamlike and illusory, making it difficult to focus clearly.
The chirping of insects in the middle of the night also sounded ethereal and hazy, as if some special effect had been added.
As expected of the Nightmare Mirror, it truly made one feel as if in a dream.
Tantai Ming turned his head to look around and exclaimed in surprise, "Strange, where's Little Junior Sister?"
Although everyone had been separated when they first entered the mirror dreamworld, the space of the Nightmare world was only this big. They met the others after walking just a few steps. Tantai Ming and his group even encountered those few disciples from Tianyan Sect, but the only one who was nowhere to be seen was Little Junior Sister.
"Hey, what's wrong with this broken mirror? Where did you take our Little Junior Sister?" He immediately drew his sword and walked towards Qin Xixue.
Tantai Ming usually appeared to be a jovial puppy, but when facing outsiders, he was always stern. When angry, he was truly intimidating.
Qin Xixue's small face turned slightly pale, and she took two steps back. Trying to maintain her composure, she said, "I obtained this spiritual tool by chance and don't have full control over it with my current strength... Besides, the Nightmare world randomly teleports people just like secret realms. How could I possibly know where Second Senior Sister was teleported to?"
Tantai Ming said coldly, "If anything happens to our Little Junior Sister, we absolutely won't let you off!"
Big Senior Sister fixed her gaze on Qin Xixue, her long sword half-drawn from its sheath. "Die."
That single word contained an enormous warning.
Qin Xixue's back suddenly went cold, and she had a terrifying intuition that if anything happened to Chu Sang, these people would definitely send her to accompany Chu Sang in death first.
She forced a stiff smile, "The village is only this big. Second Senior Sister definitely won't have gone far. We just need to search a bit more..."
If Chu Sang were here to hear this, she would definitely accuse her of fraud.
While the others were teleported to the village dreamworld, she was teleported to a completely different unknown ghostly cave. It was gloomy and eerie, filled with large patches of strange, craggy stalactites, a colorful atmosphere that looked bizarre from every angle.
She had walked for nearly half an hour without seeing any trace of her other Senior Brothers and Sisters, or even a single human figure.
So this was where Qin Xixue had set her trap.
Xiao Bai also jumped down from her arms and shook its head. "I can't smell the aura of Master's other Senior Brothers and Sisters either. We can be certain that they are not in the same place as us."
"Whoosh—"
A killing intent filled with demonic energy suddenly pierced towards her from behind.
Chu Sang's hand moved faster than her brain, throwing out a Golden Armor Talisman to resist the attack. She drew her sword and turned around, asking, "Who's there?"
Several burly figures emerged from the shadows, the evil aura on their bodies clearly demonic energy. Their strength was quite formidable, basically all above the Nascent Soul stage. The leader, a demon cultivator wielding dual sabers, was even at the mid Nascent Soul stage.
Even among the demon race, Nascent Soul level strength was quite impressive, qualifying one as a famous demon general who only obeyed Demon Lords or the Demon Sovereign.
These demon cultivators were clearly coming for her.
It was evident how urgently the person behind this wanted to eliminate her.
"Hehe, that human woman really kept her promise and brought this female cultivator to us. If we bring this female cultivator's head back, the Lord will surely reward us greatly!" A tall, thin demon cultivator chuckled.
"Don't come any closer!"
Chu Sang took two steps back, her face showing panic. "...Demon cultivators? How can there be demon cultivators here?!"
Demon cultivators with vile characters loved to see their prey show panic and scream. Just like cats torturing mice before eating them, it gave them a great sense of satisfaction.
The lead demon cultivator laughed heartily for a moment, then stared at her viciously. His face, piled with folds of flesh, twisted into a fierce grin. "Since you're about to die anyway, this great one might as well kindly tell you that you've been betrayed by your own companion."
"Unexpected, isn't it? Among you self-proclaimed righteous cultivators, there's actually a traitor colluding with us dirty demons!"
"Hahaha, to kill you without bloodying her own hands, she specially tricked you into this mirror world! Letting us directly finish you off here!"
The demon cultivator laughed wickedly, trying to break down the fragile psychological defenses of the female cultivator before him. Hoping to hear her angry and pained cries to please himself, he continued tirelessly, "That person has long wanted to kill you. This Nightmare Mirror is a double-sided mirror, so naturally there are two worlds within it."
"The others entered one side of the mirror world, while you alone were teleported to the opposite mirror world. We've been waiting here for you for a long time, specially coming to take your little life!"
"Specially waiting for me?"
Chu Sang blinked, deeply moved. "Sorry I'm late, making everyone wait so hard."
Her inexplicable attitude momentarily stunned the group.
Shouldn't she be terrified? Shouldn't she scream? Shouldn't she kneel and beg them for mercy??
Why did this female cultivator suddenly become so calm? It made the demon cultivators feel uneasy instead.
"You know there's a saying, villains die from talking too much,"
Chu Sang smiled sweetly. "But still, thank you for telling me this. As a reward, I'll... leave you with intact corpses."
"Seeking death!"
The demon cultivator was angered and embarrassed. With a cold snort, he drew his saber and charged to kill her.
The pressure of a Nascent Soul stage cultivator bore down like a tidal wave. The large saber in the demon cultivator's hand was clearly forged from some special iron, weighing thousands of pounds. Ordinary spirit swords simply couldn't withstand this full-force strike. With a "crack!", it broke into two halves.
The sharp blade grazed past her body, and almost simultaneously, Chu Sang twisted like a venomous snake, climbing onto his back. She pulled out her hairpin sword and stabbed it through his throat with a backhand strike. A burst of blood mist sprayed out. The demon cultivator didn't even have time to react before he crashed to the ground in a pool of blood.
"Third Brother!"
The remaining four demon cultivators looked at the red-clad young woman before them with fear. How could a mere ordinary Golden Core stage cultivator directly break through a Nascent Soul stage demon cultivator's protective demonic energy??
No wonder it took five brothers to deal with a small Golden Core cultivator. This female cultivator was truly extraordinary!
The remaining four immediately shed their contempt and let out a roar. The demonic energy around their bodies surged as they all attacked to kill her at once.
Chu Sang gave a cold laugh. "Break—"
Break!
Break?
Hm??
She looked at the motionless silver-white long sword in her hand with shock. Why the hell aren't you moving?
Weren't you cooperating with her quite well at first? How come at the critical moment when it's time to fight, you're not moving again?
Seeing that the four ungentlemanly demon cultivators who launched sneak attacks were about to cut her in half, Chu Sang hurriedly swung out a somewhat sluggish sword intent and casually threw out dozens of enhanced Explosive Talismans, barely forcing back the four who were coming at her fiercely.
She gripped the silver-white long sword tightly in her hand. "What were you doing just now?"
The long sword flew out of her hand, hovering in the air. It shook a bit, then carefully nuzzled against her.
This sword still couldn't speak, but Chu Sang inexplicably understood its meaning. Her mouth twitched. "Don't tell me you're afraid of getting dirty?"
A light attribute spirit sword with cleanliness obsession??
—Afraid of getting dirty, afraid of getting scratched and damaging the sword body, and doesn't like fighting and killing.
Chu Sang: ......I'm going to kick you!
She had thought she happily got a life-bound spirit sword, but it turned out she had brought back an ancestor who needed to be well-fed and taken care of.
She might understand why this sword's previous owner had thrown it in that ghostly place.
"If you don't work properly, your newly acquired sword master is about to die right here,"
Chu Sang said slowly, her small face cold.
The Mystic Spirit Sword swayed left and right a few times, seeming to finally make up its mind. When a demon cultivator charged to kill, it turned and pierced into the demon cultivator's chest—
The sharpness of the seemingly light and thin sword body far surpassed any spirit sword Chu Sang had ever seen.
Fast as the first ray of dawn breaking through, it pierced straight through the demon cultivator's chest. He lost his breath and his corpse fell to the ground.
The remaining three demon cultivators were shocked and pale. What was the background of this sword in the female cultivator's hand? It had consecutively killed two Nascent Soul cultivators, both with a single fatal strike. It was terrifyingly chilling.
Although demon cultivators didn't cultivate as steadily as righteous path cultivators, mostly relying on plundering cultivation from others or taking pills to stack up their cultivation, demon cultivators at the same realm were generally a bit weaker than human cultivators.
But no matter how weak they were, they were at least Nascent Soul stage. Yet they couldn't gain any advantage over this small Golden Core cultivator one after another.
The lead demon cultivator's face was extremely gloomy. Gritting his teeth, he said, "...Let's end this quickly. The Lord has ordered that we must kill this female cultivator today. Otherwise, we'll all have to present our heads to him!"
"Take out these nobodies, and I'll give you the most expensive medicinal bath when we get back,"
Chu Sang activated her skill of drawing pie in the sky. The originally listless Mystic Spirit Sword suddenly became spirited. Without her even needing to move, another two demon cultivators fell into pools of blood, dying with their eyes wide open.
Only the lead demon cultivator was left, his eyes full of disbelief.
Chu Sang pointed her sword at his throat, her voice light, "Who sent you here? Yan Wangxing?"
The "Lord" these demon cultivators mentioned must be a Demon Lord.
Although she generally didn't have good relationships with people, she didn't have any major grudges with the other six Demon Lords. So the only possibility left was that bastard Yan Wangxing.
It seems she hadn't drawn enough turtles last time.
"Even if you defeat us, so what? You can't get out. Only the mirror holder can open this mirror world. You're destined to die here today! Hahahahaha!"
Before the demon cultivator's wild laughter could fade, the young woman's sword sent his head and body flying in separate directions.
The last thing the demon cultivator saw before death was the red-clad young woman drawing a bow, a fiery red light like a falling meteor.
One arrow breaks through ten thousand realms—
The moment the dreamworld's sky was pierced, accompanied by a loud "crack!", everything around shattered into countless pieces like a mirror.
The mirror broke on both sides simultaneously.
Both Nightmare worlds collapsed at the same time.
Before everyone could react, they were ejected from the dream world.
Qin Xixue looked at the mirror shattered into pieces on the ground, her face suddenly turning as white as paper, her body trembling slightly.
A corner of a blood-red skirt floated over.
"Little Junior Sister, where did you go just now? We couldn't find you anywhere."
"Don't worry, I'm fine,"
Chu Sang walked over holding a demon cultivator's head. The head was covered in messy hair and dripping with blood. She casually tossed it on the ground, where it rolled to Qin Xixue's feet. "Does it look familiar?"
After rolling a couple of times, the demon cultivator's head with its wide-open eyes full of ferocity stared directly at her. Qin Xixue let out a scream of terror, nearly fainting on the spot.
"A demon cultivator?!"
Everyone's faces turned slightly pale. "This demon cultivator's head... did you bring it out from the mirror world just now?"
Lou Qing drew in a sharp breath. "That is to say, just now, that demon cultivator entered the mirror world with us??"
Chu Sang slowly wiped the blood from her hand, smiling as she looked at the terrified Qin Xixue. "It's useless to ask me. After all, only the mirror holder has the right to open the mirror world. How would I know why this demon cultivator entered?"
Qin Xixue had grown up pampered and protected all her life, never seeing such a cruel scene before. She stared blankly at the bloody head by her feet, smelling that unpleasant bloody odor, almost vomiting. Her face was deathly pale, nearly ashen.
Her mind was in a daze, momentarily incoherent. "I... I don't know either. I don't know why demon cultivators appeared in the mirror world. They must have followed us in when we entered just now..."
"With so many of us, not one person noticed demon cultivators secretly following? If the elders of Tianyan Sect knew their disciples were trained to be so lacking in vigilance, they would probably be disheartened."
Chu Sang took out a memory stone and handed it to Lou Qing. "This records what the demon cultivators said. Please deliver this memory stone to the Sect Leader of Tianyan Sect. I believe the venerable Sect Leader and elders will handle this matter prudently."