Chapter 187
The dignity of a Divine Transformation cultivator?
Since no one else saw it, wasn’t their dignity still intact?
They turned a deaf ear to Tianming’s roars, focusing on the group beating.
Qiu Chi watched, feeling quite pleased.
She didn’t need to worry about Tianming at all. Those who had been oppressed by him before were filled with resentment toward him.
But if they were so resentful, why didn’t they just kill the man?
Qiu Chi couldn’t figure it out, nor did she dwell on it. In any case, Tianming held no great grudge against her. How they dealt with him was their business. She would just wait ten days and then go hunt down Tao Zhiyuan.
After watching the show for a while, Qiu Chi quietly departed.
She went to the place where the passage between this small world and the Upper Realm was sealed.
The reason this passage was sealed was that this world’s Heavenly Dao consciousness had disappeared.
This kind of seal was also a form of protection for this small world. After all, with the Heavenly Dao consciousness gone, other small worlds, strange entities, or even the Heavenly Daos of other small worlds might try to seize it to strengthen themselves, turning it into one of their subordinate worlds.
Normally, the Heavenly Dao consciousness of a small world would remain in its own world no matter what, to prevent it from being taken over.
Somehow, the Heavenly Dao consciousness of this small world had vanished.
Qiu Chi didn’t think much of it.
She was just wondering, why was this world’s Heavenly Dao consciousness so pathetic? Once she returned, the cultivators of this small world would be able to ascend without much further development.
Was it because it was too weak?
Qiu Chi couldn’t think of any other reason.
As expected, being too powerful was also a kind of trouble.
After fretting for a moment, Qiu Chi recorded the sealed passage with a Recording Stone and left.
By showing them that she truly knew where the seal was and could break it, they would be more willing to do her bidding.
Forcing them with martial power was never as effective as having them act of their own free will.
However, only Divine Transformation and Nascent Soul cultivators could view the images in this Recording Stone. If a Golden Core cultivator tried to watch, their divine sense would be injured, and they might not even be able to see anything.
Even so, it was enough.
When Tianming saw it, his face turned extremely grim.
He had never imagined that of the two people from another world, the woman with the Five Spirit Root was the key to breaking the stalemate.
Both of them had been right in front of him. One, though not always in his sight, had stayed in the Tianyuan Sect for over a hundred years. In the end, he had still managed to offend her.
A Divine Transformation cultivator at his side gloated, “It’s your own fault for being old and blind, unable to recognize what’s good for you. But what’s done is done, there’s no use regretting it now.”
“Fellow Daoist Tianming, you really are old. You’ve lost your touch.”
Tianming: “…” No, I’m younger than you all. You’re the old ones.
Ten days. What could Tao Zhiyuan do?
He couldn’t do anything.
He had no physical injuries, but his Nascent Soul cultivation had not been fully consolidated. It had been stable, but Zhuang Ye’s words had infuriated him, and his aura had become unsteady again.
He was running low on medicinal pills and didn’t dare to consume them all at once, so he spent most of his time meditating and absorbing spirit stones.
But ten days was too short. It wasn’t nearly enough time for him to properly regulate his state.
When the ten days were up, he felt a little panicked.
But then he thought about how he was deep in a forest, hadn’t gone out in ten days, and hadn’t seen anyone else. Qiu Chi couldn’t possibly find him. Reassured, he continued to meditate.
Unfortunately, his thoughts were beautiful, but reality was cruel. That very day, Qiu Chi found him and sliced his treehouse to pieces.
Qiu Chi appeared before Tao Zhiyuan with a smile. Disbelief was written all over his face. “How did you get here so quickly?”
“I have to thank the pills from Zhuang Ye that you’re carrying. They have a special scent, and I followed it to find you.”
Of course, Qiu Chi was talking nonsense, but that didn’t stop Tao Zhiyuan from believing her completely.
His face darkened as he cursed Zhuang Ye in his heart, while simultaneously trying to play the sympathy card to get Qiu Chi to spare him.
“Yanling, I admit that for a time, I was bewitched by Tianming’s words and wanted to harm you. But you can’t blame me entirely. He’s a Divine Transformation cultivator. Even if I wanted to refuse his words, I couldn’t, could I?”
“We came to this other world as husband and wife, relying on each other. How could I possibly want to kill you? It was Tianming! This is all Tianming’s fault! If I wasn’t forced, how could I have ever raised a hand against you? We’re husband and wife!”
At this moment, Tao Zhiyuan’s mind was racing, shifting all the blame for wanting to kill Ge Yanling onto Tianming. He even gazed at Qiu Chi with a look of deep affection.
Qiu Chi was thoroughly disgusted.
She took out her whip. “I’m also being forced. After all, you were afraid of just one Tianming, but I have so many Divine Transformation cultivators behind me.”
“For the sake of ascending to the Upper Realm, they all want me to take care of you. I don’t want to, either, but I’m just a humble little Golden Core cultivator.”
“Since you’ve been through something like this, you can surely understand my position, right?”
Tao Zhiyuan, who had been trying to feign affection to gain sympathy, heard Qiu Chi’s words, and his expression twisted slightly.
“I know you might not believe me, but it’s all true. For the past hundred years, I’ve been trying to contact you, but Tianming wouldn’t allow it. When we met again, it was also Tianming who forced me to act against you. I wanted to let you go, but he absolutely refused.”
“Yanling, I know I’ve wronged you all these years. I don’t ask for your forgiveness, I only ask…”
Qiu Chi didn’t stop whipping Tao Zhiyuan. Hearing his words, she cut him off directly. “You know you’ve wronged me and you’re not asking for forgiveness, so what are you still blabbering about?”
“‘Only ask’? Only ask that I let you off the hook? You’re not much to look at, but you sure have beautiful dreams.”
Realizing he couldn’t dodge the whip, Tao Zhiyuan gave up.
He had initially wanted to protect his head, but after a moment’s thought, he stood up straight and spoke to Qiu Chi with a burning gaze.
Although he was cursing inwardly at being interrupted, his face still wore a deeply affectionate expression. Even when Qiu Chi’s whip lashed his face, it couldn’t hide his nauseating look.
“No, I don’t ask for your forgiveness. I only ask that you let me compensate you.”
After speaking, he let out a muffled grunt, as if to say, even if you whip me, no matter how much it hurts, I won’t cry out or resist, because I know I’ve wronged you.
Without another word, Qiu Chi let her actions speak for her, lashing her whip directly at his face.
Previously, Qiu Chi hadn’t aimed for his face. A bloody face was not only an eyesore, but if he were disfigured, others might not recognize him and couldn’t report his miserable state to her in a timely manner.
But this guy was just too disgusting. Qiu Chi couldn’t hold back any longer and whipped him right across the face.
Tao Zhiyuan, who had been trying to maintain his affectionate facade, grew flustered.
He tried desperately to dodge, but the whip still landed squarely on his face.
A bloody gash immediately appeared on his handsome face. The deep affection in his eyes could no longer be maintained, and it transformed into hatred.
“Ge Yanling, we were husband and wife, after all. Must you be so cruel?”
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