Chapter 10: The Simplest and Most Brutal Way

“Hey~ Shizun, aren’t you going to eat a little with us?” Ye Yanqing called out, looking confusedly at Li Tianhen’s departing figure, but he received no response.

“Eldest Senior Brother…” Si Nansheng spoke faintly.

“What is it? Little Junior Sister?” Ye Yanqing turned his head in confusion.

“Shizun took all the roasted spirit chickens.”

“Huh?”

“Both of them… all of them…” Si Nansheng added.

“…” Ye Yanqing hurriedly looked down at the spot where the roasted spirit chicken he had been waiting for so long had been placed. It was now empty, and he stood there completely stunned.

“Shizun, you can’t just scam your disciples like this! Leave me a bite, I’ve been waiting for ages!” Ye Yanqing chased after him immediately.

Watching his retreating figure, Si Nansheng sighed.

“Eldest Senior Brother, for the sake of a mouthful of meat, you’ve really thrown your image away!”

With the food gone, Si Nansheng didn’t dwell on it. She returned to her room and took out the spirit treasures that Li Tianhen had found for her.

Si Nansheng looked at the top-grade spirit treasures of eight different attributes before her. These items were of an even higher grade than she had anticipated.

It had only been half a month; she hadn’t expected Shizun to find these things so quickly.

This left a small sense of warmth in Si Nansheng’s heart.

What Si Nansheng didn’t know was that Li Tianhen already possessed many of these items; this trip out was merely to find the two spirit treasures he didn’t have on hand.

That was why he had been able to return so quickly.

“You must be strong; you absolutely cannot let Shizun’s hard work go to waste.” Si Nansheng touched her lower abdomen.

Normally, one would only need to absorb the spiritual energy within, but since her meridians were completely destroyed, she naturally couldn’t absorb them.

Therefore, she had no choice but to choose the simplest and most brutal method.

Gnaw!

Eat them raw!

Although this method would cause her immense pain throughout her body, it wasn’t a big deal. Anyway, she would get used to the pain eventually.

Si Nansheng took a deep breath, picked up the wood-attribute Wood Spirit Flower—which had the mildest medicinal effect—and shoved it into her mouth, rolling it into a ball.

Huh? It didn’t taste bad; it was actually a bit sweet.

Si Nansheng smacked her lips, nodded, and took a bite of the fire-attribute Fire Spirit Ginseng.

“Ugh~” Before she had even finished the ginseng, she felt a scorching heat throughout her body, as if she were being burned through.

“Damn it, these spirit flowers and herbs are definitely not meant to be eaten like this.” Si Nansheng spat out a mouthful of blood, her vision darkening.

She endured the pain in her body and consciousness, swallowing the water-attribute spirit treasure to suppress the violent nature of the Fire Spirit Ginseng.

Gaining a brief moment of respite, Si Nansheng quickly shoved the remaining spirit flowers and herbs into her mouth one by one.

Instantly, the spirit treasures took effect. Eight different attributes of spiritual energy began to rampage through Si Nansheng’s body. The violent energy caused her to bleed from her seven orifices.

She bit her lower lip hard, forcing herself not to scream. Cold sweat and blood mingled together, and her body trembled incessantly from the excruciating pain.

Her willpower grew weaker and weaker. Her body could no longer withstand so much spiritual energy; she felt as if she were being torn apart.

“Si Nansheng, I’ve had enough of you. From now on, I am no longer your Eldest Senior Brother.”

“Si Nansheng, you piece of trash, it is your honor to sacrifice yourself for Junior Sister Xuewei!”

“Si Nansheng, being your Third Senior Brother truly disgusts me. You’d better obediently pass your cultivation to Little Junior Sister, or don’t make us do it ourselves.”

“Junior Sister, don’t be afraid. Fourth Senior Brother is only digging out your spirit root; it won’t hurt much.”

“Trash doesn’t deserve to be my junior sister!”

“Si Nansheng, are you sad? Are you heartbroken? Your spirit root, your cultivation, the divine bone you nourished, and everything else—it all belongs to me, Liu Xuewei.”

“Now, I’m just taking back what is mine. Don’t hate me; if you want to hate someone, hate yourself for being useless!”

“Si Nansheng, you were nothing but a cauldron I found to nourish the divine bone. If your spirit root and cultivation weren’t beneficial to Wei’er, why would I have kept you until now?”

“Now that your final value is gone, go to hell!”

Scenes from her past life flashed before her eyes like a revolving lantern. Those words that had left her heart cold echoed in her ears incessantly.

Si Nansheng, who had been on the verge of giving up, suddenly opened her eyes!

No, she still had a great vengeance to exact. She couldn’t give up; she absolutely could not give up like this!

She had to survive and trample those who had looked down on her and hurt her under her feet.

“Ah~~” Si Nansheng let out a roar, and the spiritual energy within her body exploded outward.

“Boom!” Li Tianhen and Ye Yanqing, who were still fighting over the roasted spirit chicken, sensed the intense spiritual energy fluctuations coming from Si Nansheng’s residence.

The two looked at each other, dropped the spirit chicken, and rushed over.

When they arrived, they saw that the already simple courtyard was in ruins. The house had collapsed, dust was billowing, and Si Nansheng was lying on the ground, covered in blood.

She looked much worse than when she had severed her own meridians.

“Shizun, is Little Junior Sister hurt?” Ye Yanqing looked anxiously at the trembling Si Nansheng.

“Don’t move, she is reshaping her meridians.” Li Tianhen stopped Ye Yanqing from stepping forward.

“Reshaping her meridians? Shizun, you mean…” Ye Yanqing stared blankly at Li Tianhen.

“Yes, feel the spiritual energy fluctuations carefully.” Li Tianhen said softly, looking at Si Nansheng.

Ye Yanqing closed his eyes and felt carefully. Sure enough, there was a faint flow of spiritual energy within Si Nansheng’s body.

So, did Little Junior Sister succeed?

“Shizun, is Little Junior Sister okay like this? She looks like she’s in so much pain! Can we do anything?” Ye Yanqing was incredibly anxious as he watched Si Nansheng’s small, pained body curling into a ball.

“She has to endure it herself. All we can do is wait.” Li Tianhen’s brows were tightly knitted together. He found a spot to sit down and waited quietly for Si Nansheng.

Si Nansheng gradually calmed down, but before Ye Yanqing and the others could breathe a sigh of relief, her body began to tremble again.

Si Nansheng’s body turned red, as if she were about to catch fire, and even her breathing became faint.

Ye Yanqing and the others didn’t know what was happening to her. They had no idea how to help, so they could only watch.

Only Si Nansheng knew what she was enduring.

The spiritual energy rampaged through her body; the meridians she had just repaired were constantly being stretched to the breaking point, then repaired, then broken again.

For the next few days, Si Nansheng lived in a cycle of pain—repair—pain.

Seeing that Si Nansheng’s aura had stabilized, Li Tianhen finally let Ye Yanqing leave.

Li Tianhen set up a defensive barrier around Si Nansheng to prevent the surrounding debris from falling and disturbing her.

“Did I succeed?” She didn’t know how long she had persisted, but Si Nansheng finally woke up.

She closed her eyes and tried to sense it; she could clearly feel the sensation of spiritual energy flowing into her body.

“Great, I succeeded.” Si Nansheng happily checked her dantian.

As a result…

What the hell is this?

“Shizun, Shizun, help me!” Si Nansheng rushed into Li Tianhen’s small courtyard like a gust of wind.

“You’re finally awake? Why are you in such a rush?” Li Tianhen put down his book and looked at Si Nansheng.

“Shizun, Shizun, something happened, something big! Please, take a look at my dantian. Is this even normal? Can it still be saved?”

Si Nansheng looked at Li Tianhen in absolute terror.