novelraw Chapter 179 : Why Don't You Go Find Your Sweetheart
Chapter 179 : Why Don't You Go Find Your Sweetheart
Chu Sang let out a cold laugh. To be able to steal the final blow so precisely, who knows how long she had been watching from the sidelines—too weak to fight, hiding far away, only daring to come up and steal the kill when it was nearly dead? And now she had the audacity to brazenly claim credit. How beautifully she thought!
Qin Xixue leaped to the fire snake's corpse, and Chu Sang arrived almost simultaneously.
"You dare—"
Qin Xixue's expression changed instantly, about to angrily rebuke.
Chu Sang's eyes were cold and fierce. She didn't give her any chance to quibble, kicking her several meters away with one foot, then raising her hand to collect the poison fire into her dantian. In an instant, it was devoured and merged with another Dragon Breath Strange Fire in her dantian.
The strange fire that had consumed the poison fire was noticeably more powerful, and as she had wished, it gained the characteristic of [Poison], allowing for greater offensive power against demon beasts and human cultivators.
After successfully consuming the poison fire, Chu Sang finally had time to look at Qin Xixue, who was struggling to get up from the ground, her eyes nearly popping out of her head.
She clicked her tongue.
She really hadn't expected to encounter the female protagonist here. Even after being expelled from the sect, she was still lingering like a restless ghost.
Qin Xixue's expulsion from Tianyan Sect was an event that had never occurred in the original story, and it was a major change affecting her fate, identity, and future plot developments.
In other words, from the moment Qin Xixue was expelled from the immortal sect, the subsequent plot lines essentially collapsed, hurtling towards an unpredictable direction.
It was precisely from that moment that the original story completely lost its predictive power. The plot trajectories of all characters underwent earth-shattering changes, and everything became unknown.
Looking more closely, Qin Xixue was at the Nascent Soul stage? And even mid-stage Nascent Soul.
The last time she saw her, she was at the peak of late Golden Core stage. How had she reached mid-stage Nascent Soul so quickly? The problem was, she hadn't heard of any new Nascent Soul tribulations in the cultivation world recently, had she?
When did Qin Xixue pass through the tribulation and quietly reach Nascent Soul?
Come to think of it, there hadn't been much news when she passed through the Golden Core tribulation either.
Chu Sang narrowed her eyes, deep in thought, unable to help but marvel at how quickly the female protagonist progressed with her cheat abilities. Even being expelled from the sect didn't hinder her bouncing back.
"Sect disciples relying on their status, fearlessly snatching the spoils of war from us rogue cultivators. Taking advantage of others' difficulties, how shameless!" Immediately, several male cultivators rushed out from behind the trees, shielding the beauty behind them, their anger flaring up for the fair lady.
These male cultivators wore no sect attire, and their cultivation levels varied. They appeared to be rogue cultivators, with two of them having decent strength, already at the Nascent Soul stage.
Another male cultivator wearing bright red robes walked to the side of the bullied Qin Xixue, helping her up and comforting her for quite a while.
This male cultivator was exceptionally alluring, his entire being exuding an extraordinary and mysterious aura. His strength was unfathomable, with no discernible cultivation level.
Generally, those whose cultivation levels couldn't be discerned had strength far surpassing theirs, higher than the sect disciples. They were at least at the Divine Transformation stage.
For such a young Divine Transformation stage cultivator to appear among these rogue cultivators was truly suspicious.
"This person's background is unclear, and the aura around him is very strange. Be careful," Gu Chang'an said in a deep voice.
While Chu Sang was still pondering the identity of this person, Mu Changqing leaned close to her ear and said in a low voice, "It's... a demon~"
"......"
"You sect disciples claim to be righteous cultivators, yet you brazenly snatch our few rogue cultivators' spoils of war in broad daylight. You're utterly shameless, worse than beasts! Today, we shall seek justice for this female Daoist friend!!"
Hmm, their insults were quite harsh.
But who cared?
Chu Sang picked her ear and grinned mischievously, "You're right. What can we do? We're sect disciples. What? Not satisfied? Want to fight?"
The power levels of both sides were evident. If a fight broke out, it was clear which side would suffer a humiliating defeat.
The group of rogue cultivators wasn't stupid. Their bravado was immediately dampened by half.
They had intended to intimidate with harsh words, possibly even gaining some benefits. After all, these sect disciples highly valued their reputation and wouldn't really bother with rogue cultivators like them. Unexpectedly, this female cultivator didn't follow the usual script and actually challenged them!
"You..." The first male cultivator who had rushed out to confront them immediately looked uncomfortable.
He planted his large blade in the ground and said with a gloomy face, "Even if we can't beat you, so what? You stole our prey first, so we're not in the wrong! Just wait until we report this to the immortal sects and have the sect elders severely punish you!"
The sect disciples present were all so speechless they didn't want to respond. It was too stupid; engaging with this person would probably lower their IQ.
Chu Sang couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth. It seemed that being expelled from the immortal sect had indeed affected the female protagonist, as the quality of her lackeys had noticeably declined.
She let out a light chuckle, her eyes curved in amusement, speaking with extreme arrogance and shamelessness, "I admit you're right, but we are sect disciples, you know. Even if you report to the sects, it's still us sect disciples who are in the right."
"Throughout the entire cultivation world, who doesn't know that we sect disciples are the precious darlings in the palms of the Sect Leaders and Elders? Would the elders not protect us sect disciples and instead side with you unknown rogue cultivators?"
She emphasized the words "sect disciples" in almost every other sentence.
Drawing a clear line between the two sides.
Qin Xixue's face became even uglier, clutching her sleeves tightly, her body trembling with anger.
These words were clearly meant for her to hear!
Lin Qi chimed in with a particular skill, immediately exclaiming and looking towards Qin Xixue with widened eyes, as if surprised, "You, you, you... Aren't you that person? I remember you, what was your name again... Xue, something Xue, right? Sorry, I can't recall clearly, but I remember you were expelled from the sect, weren't you? How did you end up here?"
This place was too dangerous for ordinary cultivators to venture into, which was why the sects specifically sent sect disciples.
Since Qin Xixue had been expelled from the sect, how did she get this information? What a coincidence to run into them here?
Hearing this, the rogue cultivators' faces also showed surprise.
They had only recently encountered Qin Xixue and were immediately captivated by her beauty and strength. When she said she was a rogue cultivator, they invited her to join their group.
They had been persuaded to come here with her, hoping to hunt a few more demon beasts to sell for spirit stones... They hadn't expected that she wasn't actually a rogue cultivator, but had been expelled from a sect?
Generally, only cultivators who had committed serious offenses would be expelled from a sect.
For a moment, these male cultivators also began to have doubts, looking at Qin Xixue with some hesitation.
A bunch of fickle, despicable people!
The humiliating old story of her expulsion from the sect being brought up again, Qin Xixue glared viciously at these arrogant sect disciples. She was nearly driven mad with anger, vowing that the humiliation she suffered today would be repaid a hundredfold, a thousandfold to these ungrateful wretches in the future!
"Even if Xiao Xue is no longer a sect disciple, she is still a cultivator of the cultivation world. Knowing of the calamity here, she specially came to lend a hand. What's strange about that?" The alluring man in bright red robes next to Qin Xixue covered half his face with a folding fan, smiling mischievously.
Only then did Qin Xixue's expression improve slightly. She seemed to sense something and looked towards Liu Yuanqing, her eyes immediately showing a glimmer of expectation, "Yuanqing!"
She knew that this top disciple of the Pill Condensation Sect had feelings for her, and this place was truly too dangerous. If it weren't for relying on Que Yao along the way, she would have nearly lost her life to demon beasts several times!
The few rogue cultivators around her were useless. She needed to leverage the power of sect disciples, and the Pill Condensation Sect could provide pills, which was a good choice.
Qin Xixue wanted to use their past connection to draw Liu Yuanqing into her camp.
"Yuanqing, you won't be like them, thinking I'm a criminal expelled from the sect, will you?" Her face was sorrowful, on the verge of tears.
"Xiao Xue, I believe you're not that kind of person. You must have your reasons!" His words were very touching, but Liu Yuanqing imperceptibly took a few steps back, only to be gripped by the shoulder. Chu Sang pinched the back of his neck and pushed him forward a few steps, "Why are you running? Can't you see your sweetheart is begging for your help? This is a great opportunity to gain favor, why are you deserting now?"
Liu Yuanqing cursed Chu Sang a thousand times in his heart. He couldn't be bothered to look at Qin Xixue's suddenly ugly expression and growled in a low voice,
"Am I an idiot!?"
"......"
Chu Sang was surprised, "I didn't realize you had such a clear self-awareness. My apologies, I truly underestimated you before."
Liu Yuanqing's mouth twitched violently, becoming even more frantic, "I'd have to be a real idiot to go over there!"
The news of Qin Xixue's secret communication with the demon race had already spread among the Eight Great Immortal Sects.
Liu Yuanqing hadn't known about this before and had thought Qin Xixue was a pure and kind girl. Plus, they had common interests, which was why they had gotten close.
Now that he knew about this, Liu Yuanqing, being extremely cautious, how could he possibly approach her voluntarily?
If he accidentally displeased her, Qin Xixue might secretly connect with those ruthless, murderous demons and have him eliminated... The thought alone made his back break out in cold sweat!!