184: Chapter 184 Home is Where the Heart Is

Some flowed forward, some backward, and some even surged wildly between different meridians.

They were even constantly clashing with each other.

When she had used her cultivation just now, her meridians were snapping inch by inch at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Beneath her fair skin, countless tiny blood vessels burst, blooming like tragic and beautiful blood-red flowers.

They quickly stained her purple skirt a dark red.

"Why is this happening?!"

Su Chen's heart constricted.

Soon, he discovered the problem.

Now that Su Daji was no longer using her cultivation and was lying in his arms,

Although the wounds all over her delicate body were still oozing blood, the spiritual power within her meridians was no longer surging so violently.

Though her injuries hadn't healed and there was a tendency for them to worsen,

At least they weren't deteriorating as rapidly as before.

"Is it a problem with the cultivation technique?"

The cultivation Su Daji had just obtained all came from the Supreme Forgetting Joy and Union Canon.

Su Chen had vaguely heard of such things.

In this world, there existed some extremely special cultivation techniques.

Only by truly fulfilling all the conditions to reach the Great Success stage of the technique could the cultivator's power and body be fundamentally transformed.

This would make the cultivator perfectly compatible with the technique, allowing them to exert three hundred percent of their strength.

Most of these techniques were incredibly overbearing and powerful.

Once mastered to Great Success, one would be unparalleled in the world.

But their flaws were also significant.

Not only would the cultivator be no different from an ordinary person before fulfilling the conditions,

But if they fulfilled only some conditions and used the power granted by the partial mastery recklessly,

Because the cultivator's body had not been transformed,

The technique would cause a rejection reaction due to incompatibility with the body.

As for the consequences, they were exactly what Su Daji was experiencing.

"This is bad!"

"Judging by her performance just now, falling in love should only be part of the conditions for this technique's Great Success."

"There must be other conditions that the old hag didn't tell her!"

"Your Majesty..."

Su Daji's charming voice was now as thin as a thread.

"I am in so much pain..."

"Not just my meridians, but my bones hurt so much too."

"Ah... I feel like my bone marrow is about to shatter."

Su Chen was startled.

Su Daji's body actually had other problems?

To alleviate her pain, Su Chen ignored everything else, lifted her skirt, and tightly circled her slender legs with his large hands, gently massaging them.

"Your Majesty, it's useless."

"Even though your hands are so warm and gentle, I've already lost sensation from the pain, haha..."

"It's just a pity..."

"I only just cleared up the misunderstanding with Your Majesty, and now..."

Su Daji seemed to want to reach out and touch his face; her fingers twitched, but she lacked the strength to lift them.

Only more blood surged from the corners of her mouth, staining her pale lips a jarring red.

"But, I... finally... was able to protect Your Majesty once..."

"Say no more! I command you to stop talking!"

Su Chen growled.

He quickly sealed several of her major acupoints and checked the condition inside Su Daji's body again.

It was alright.

Although her physical sensations were terrible, it wasn't immediately fatal.

Once they returned to Zhaoge City, the center of the Yin Shang Dynasty's national providence,

Su Chen's power of national providence would be even more majestic.

He would stabilize her injuries first, then find a way to save her.

Even if the hope was slim, he had to try.

Su Chen abruptly pulled off his blood-stained cloak, wrapped Su Daji carefully in it, leaving only her pale, blood-stained face exposed.

He bent down and picked her up in a horizontal carry.

The delicate body in his arms felt as light as if it had no weight.

"Hold on, Demon Concubine Su Daji."

He lowered his head and kissed her cool, sweat-drenched forehead gently.

"I'm taking you home."

"We're going back to Zhaoge."

"Zhaoge... That I can return to my home with Your Majesty one more time, it can be considered..."

Hearing this, Su Chen glared at her fiercely.

"If you talk nonsense again, I... I will give your little bottom a good spanking, you Demon Consort!"

After saying that, he didn't forget to reach out and give Su Daji's elastic, perky buttocks a firm pinch.

"Heh..."

Su Daji's fox-like eyes curved into narrow slits.

Having suffered such heavy injuries, her naturally seductive nature made her look even more like a pitiful vixen.

"Is Your Majesty punishing me, or rewarding me?"

"Stop being cheeky..."

Before he could finish his sentence, Su Chen realized

That Su Daji had already passed out in his arms from the torture of the pain.

"Damn it."

Su Chen tended to his own injuries briefly, and then, carrying Su Daji and leading the three wounded Secret Guards,

He rushed toward Zhaoge without stopping.

Darkness.

At this moment, Su Daji could only feel

That her consciousness seemed to have fallen into a boundless darkness.

There was no end in sight.

She tried to focus her mind to see her surroundings clearly.

But,

One look caused Su Daji's heart to sink halfway.

The condition of her meridians was actually much better than before she fainted.

She didn't know if it was due to some external force, but the Innate Spiritual Power that had surged from the forced breakthrough seemed much calmer.

For now, it seemed to have stabilized to a point where as long as she didn't use her cultivation, the uncontrolled spiritual power wouldn't continue to harm her.

But the real problem wasn't the meridians.

It was the bones.

Su Daji discovered with horror

That on her bones, which were originally as translucent as jade, countless dense and eerie symbols had appeared.

These symbols were deep purple and were deeply branded into her bones like living vines.

Some were even wriggling slightly.

She could feel these symbols extracting the essence of her bone marrow while releasing a cold, sinister, and evil power.

If left untreated,

Under the double blow to her meridians and bone marrow, she likely only had a few months of life left.

"Is... is this a Gu?"

Su Daji was, after all, the Saintess of the Hehuan Sect and had grown up there.

She was all too familiar with similar methods of controlling people.

The Hehuan Sect had endless ways to control its disciples, but she had never heard of, nor had she ever discovered, such a poisonous restriction on herself.

Unless it had been planted since she first entered the sect.

And...

The fact that this Gu had never acted up meant she must have recently met some conditions that triggered it.

What conditions...

Su Daji's head throbbed as she tried to remember.

Suddenly,

She noticed a purple-red orb of light floating in front of her consciousness.

"Master?"

The darkness condensed, turning into a blurred, curvaceous female figure.

Although the face couldn't be seen clearly, Su Daji would never forget that familiar, kind-looking fake smile.

It was her Master.

The Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect.

"You old liar, and to think I always trusted you so much, treating you like my own mother..."

Without even thinking, Su Daji began to curse her out.

However, before she could get many words out, Su Daji's voice was interrupted by a sigh from the Sect Master of the Hehuan Sect, Xu Xinlei.

(Thanks to the boss 'Baibian Laomiao' for the big gift! During the three days of the Qingming Festival, there will be an extra chapter added every day. The boss is generous! Wishing you good health and prosperity all the way!)"}],"new_glossary_terms":[{"zh":" Chaoge","en":"Zhaoge","entity_type":"location","gender":"neutral"},{"zh":" Your Majesty","en":"Your Majesty","entity_type":"other","gender":"male"},{"zh":" I","en":"I","entity_type":"other","gender":"male"},{"zh":" Demon Queen","en":"Demon Consort","entity_type":"person","gender":"female"},{"zh":" Innate spiritual power","en":"Innate Spiritual Power","entity_type":"skill","gender":"neutral"},{"zh":" insanity","en":"Gu","entity_type":"item","gender":"neutral"},{"zh":" metropolitan","en":"Sect Master","entity_type":"person","gender":"female"},{"zh":" Xu Xinlei","en":"Xu Xinlei","entity_type":"person","gender":"female"},{"zh":" Bai Bian Lao Miao","en":"Baibian Laomiao","entity_type":"person","gender":"neutral"},{"zh":" Qingming Festival","en":"Qingming Festival","entity_type":"event","gender":"neutral"}]}