Chapter 6: What Can You Do to Me 2

Furthermore, alchemists using living people to test medicines was nothing new in the cultivation world.

People are pragmatic; without any benefit, who would want to be the first to stick their neck out?

What Helan Jiu did not mention to the youth was that after several rounds of testing medicines, she unexpectedly had not been poisoned to death, so Old Ghost Guo would frequently draw her blood for research. If she showed even the slightest disobedience, she would be beaten or imprisoned. The imprisonment involved being locked in a secret chamber. The room was filled with various venomous creatures—snakes, scorpions, and so on... Later, Helan Jiu learned to endure and stopped going against Old Ghost Guo.

It took several months before she finally became Old Ghost Guo's little medicine boy.

Two months ago, she finally awaited her chance; taking advantage of Old Ghost Guo's long-distance trip, she escaped!

Unfortunately, man proposes but God disposes, and she fell into the hands of the youth once again.

The youth narrowed his beautiful eyes. "Master Guo doesn't know your identity?"

"What identity could I possibly have?" Helan Jiu's heart skipped a beat.

"You have a bit of cleverness about you." A complex flicker flashed through the youth's dark eyes.

Helan Jiu was slightly confused, unable to quite grasp his words.

At that moment, the youth pursed his red lips slightly and asked again, "Little wildcat, it seems you are still hiding something."

"Hiding what?"

"If you were merely an insignificant little medicine boy, would Master Guo be making such a grand spectacle of searching for someone?"

"Oh..."

Helan Jiu only gave an "oh" and fell silent.

The youth was very dissatisfied with this answer. "Speak the truth, quickly."

"The truth is, hehe, I accidentally destroyed his spiritual herb garden." Helan Jiu gave a sarcastic laugh. An hour before her escape, she had used a large amount of salt water to drench the entire spiritual herb garden. Of course, Old Ghost Guo's grand search for her might also be for her blood. Regarding the secret of her blood, even if Helan Jiu's brain had gone completely numb, she wouldn't just blurt it out.

Hearing this, the youth fell silent.

Helan Jiu did not know what the youth was thinking. For now, she could only silently ponder how to escape. Setting aside the fact that the youth's cultivation level was higher than hers, even the servant driving the carriage had a higher cultivation level than her.

The cultivation levels of the Helan Continent were divided into: Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Severing.

Qi Refining was the initial stage of cultivation, divided into nine layers. Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Spirit Severing were divided into early, middle, and late stages. The late stage was the peak phase of a breakthrough, also known as Great Perfection.

Generally, a cultivator one rank higher possessed absolute suppressive strength over a cultivator one rank lower. Challenging someone of a higher level was basically a matter of legend; it was very difficult to find in reality.

With her being a mere small fry at only the first layer of Qi Refining, how could she escape?

And though the youth was young, he was a ruthless, violent, and troublesome person. If he grew up smoothly in the future, he would undoubtedly become a powerful figure dominating one side.

And having made an enemy of such a person so early, why did the future feel so dark?

When a person struggles even to protect themselves, how can they talk of revenge?

Helan Jiu did not expect that the opportunity would come so soon!

At sunset.

The carriage passed by White Ridge Slope.

Because they had missed the towns and villages, the youth ordered them to spend the night in the forest.

Helan Jiu sat down against the root of an old tree, slowly eating some dry rations, when she suddenly smelled a faint fragrance. Helan Jiu immediately sensed something was wrong and held her breath. Having followed Old Ghost Guo for so long, with her small brain that used to be that of a top student, she had still learned some low-down tricks and skills.

This fragrance was one hundred percent a numbing incense!

In fact, it was even that kind of top-grade numbing incense that could even daze a Golden Core cultivator!