310: Chapter 307 Oh, her old lady…

"Fellow Daoist Weiwei seems to have some misunderstandings about Rusi."

Yan Rusi spoke softly, her voice carrying a hint of hoarseness from her narrow escape, adding a touch of charm that evoked pity.

"Rusi's life was given by Senior Su. From now on, I am a sword in Senior's hand; wherever Senior points, I shall strike."

"A sword?"

Chu Weiwei looked as if she had heard an amusing joke. She uncrossed her arms and walked slowly to Yan Rusi, leaning down so that her long black hair brushed against Yan Rusi's cheek.

Two stunningly beautiful faces—one pure as snow, the other seductive as fire—formed a strange yet moving picture in the dim, dilapidated courtyard.

"The one thing this world doesn't lack is swords."

Chu Weiwei extended her index finger, lightly tracing Yan Rusi's fair chin, her fingertip carrying a faint shimmer of purple-gold light. "However, a restless sword can hurt its Revered Master."

"Weiwei thinks that for a beautiful sister like you, the safest use would be to turn you into a human specimen and put you in a clear glass jar for Revered Master to admire."

She leaned close to Yan Rusi's ear, her tone as gentle as a best friend sharing a secret.

"Revered Master is soft-hearted, but Weiwei is not."

"If you dare use those filthy tricks to test Revered Master's willpower, I will pull out every single one of your Meridians and replace them with poisonous vines, making you wish you were dead but unable to die♡."

What did I do to deserve this?!

Su Lin sat at the stone table, expressionlessly watching these two women play out their harem-style cold violence in front of him. In his mind, he was already flipping the table.

He thought saving an old acquaintance would provide extra combat power, but instead, it had flipped the darkness switch inside Chu Weiwei.

What exactly was in the heads of this disciple and these so-called Saintesses?

At a time like this, shouldn't they be discussing how to level up and survive in this hellhole?

Why were they discussing skinning, gutting, and making specimens in a broken courtyard!

"Alright, Weiwei."

Su Lin coughed lightly, interrupting the spine-chilling exchange.

"Business first. Yan Rusi, you said you've been observing this area for a long time since escaping the Ascension Platform. Do you know the situation in Liuyun Town?"

Hearing Su Lin's question, Chu Weiwei reluctantly stepped back behind him.

She casually picked up a strand of Su Lin's black hair, twirling it around her finger, her amethyst-like eyes still coldly glaring at Yan Rusi.

Yan Rusi felt relieved. She composed herself, her tone becoming solemn.

"Senior Su, the cruelty of this Taihuang Immortal Domain is far beyond anything imagined in the Lower Realm."

"Though the Immortal Qi here is dense, it is tightly locked by a shackle called the immortal registry."

"Any Cultivator who has ascended must go to the main city to receive a passage jade slip if they wish to travel here."

"And the price for that jade slip is not just a massive amount of Immortal Stones, but also a slave contract branded deep into one's Soul."

Yan Rusi pointed toward the small black stone town that felt oppressive in the night.

"The overseer of Liuyun Town, Earth Immortal Xuantian, is merely a lackey for higher-level Immortals."

"He is responsible for scouring all the Half-Immortals in the surrounding area. Under the guise of 'guidance,' he is actually providing the cheapest labor for the main city."

"I heard in the prison that there is an Ascension Temple in the center of the Taihuang Immortal Domain."

"Every hundred years, they hold a Heaven-Climbing Ladder competition. Only the winners can wash away the brand of a Half-Immortal, become true Earth Immortals, and gain the qualification to enter the Inner Realm."

"Earth Immortal Xuantian."

Su Lin muttered the name, his finger unconsciously tracing the stone table.

"What level is his cultivation?"

"Middle Stage Earth Immortal," Yan Rusi answered without hesitation. "But the suppression of the Laws in the Upper Realm is too strong. I can only sense this much; he might be even stronger."

"That's because you're too weak."

Chu Weiwei sneered from the side, adding a sharp comment. "Revered Master has already helped me forge a Half-Immortal foundation."

"If that Earth Immortal whatever dares to show his face before me, I'll ensure he doesn't even get a chance to beg for mercy before turning into a puddle of Immortal water."

"You're certainly confident." Su Lin glanced at Chu Weiwei before turning back to Yan Rusi. "How long do you need to regain basic mobility?"

Yan Rusi gave a bitter smile. "If I had enough Immortal Stones to provide pure Immortal Qi, three days would be enough."

"But the Immortal Stones in Liuyun Town are all monopolized by Xuantian. Ordinary Half-Immortals don't even have a single fragment."

"Immortal Stones?"

Su Lin flipped his wrist, and a Low Grade Immortal Stone emitting a faint glow appeared in his palm.

This was something he had casually 'taken' from the guard captain earlier.

"Take this. In these three days, I want you to go into the streets of Liuyun Town and find out all the rules of the Heaven-Climbing Ladder and how the recent participants were selected."

Yan Rusi took the Immortal Stone, a flash of surprise in her eyes. Although it was only a Low Grade Immortal Stone, in her current state, it was no different from a life-saving Immortal Pill.

"Rusi accepts the command. I will not fail Senior's trust."

"Go. Act with caution."

Yan Rusi nodded, her form turning into a faint red shadow as she silently vanished into a corner of the courtyard.

The courtyard returned to a deathly silence.

The wind blew, swirling a few thorny withered leaves that slapped against the stone wall with a faint pitter-patter.

Chu Weiwei watched the direction Yan Rusi had left and snorted with dissatisfaction.

"Revered Master, you trust her just like that? Women from the Hehuan Sect don't speak a single word of truth."

"Right now, we need an informant familiar with the environment." Su Lin stood up and stretched his shoulders, the strange sensation from the life-sharing gu still lingering.

"Besides, in this place, I don't seem to have anyone else I can use except for you."

Hearing this, Chu Weiwei's eyes instantly lit up. She hugged Su Lin's waist from behind, pressing herself against him.

"Did Revered Master just say... only Weiwei?"

Su Lin felt the warmth from his back and the increasingly dense medicinal fragrance, feeling the heat in his body showing signs of rising again.

"Weiwei, let go. I need to examine the aura left by that guard captain."

"I won't."

Chu Weiwei buried her face in Su Lin's back, her voice muffled but carrying a heart-trembling persistence.

"Revered Master, it's too cold here. Weiwei is scared. Only by holding you does Weiwei feel alive."

"Weiwei, let go first. We need to talk business," Su Lin's voice rang out in the quiet courtyard.

"I don't want to, Revered Master."

Chu Weiwei's voice was delicate and weak, yet it carried an unquestionable obsession. "There are only the two of us here; Weiwei wants to hold you a bit longer. You acted so convincingly back at Juxian Pavilion that Weiwei's heart is still racing."

As she spoke, she intentionally tightened her arms, pressing her body even more snugly against Su Lin's back.

Su Lin looked up speechlessly at the dark purple sky.

In the Lower Realm, although he was surrounded by these disciples, he at least maintained the dignity of a Revered Master. But ever since this girl planted the life-sharing gu in him, that thin veil had been completely shredded.

"Listen, Weiwei." Su Lin's expression turned solemn, his tone steady. "Liuyun Town is just the tip of the iceberg in the Taihuang Immortal Domain."

"Even though that Earth Immortal Xuantian is just a gatekeeping lackey, he isn't someone we can easily take head-on right now."

"Moreover, those so-called Farmers have likely noticed the changes in the Lower Realm Orchard. Pursuers will find this place sooner or later."

Chu Weiwei's movements paused slightly. Her amethyst eyes flickered in the shadows, heart-shaped pupils faintly appearing.

"Then Revered Master means..." She looked up, her cheek against Su Lin's ear, her tone carrying a hint of morbid excitement. "There is currently another way for us to quickly increase our strength."

"What way? Dual Cultivation?" Chu Weiwei's words were shocking as her small hands restlessly moved across Su Lin's chest. "If that's the case, Weiwei is ready anytime. My Half-Immortal Body isn't fully developed yet, and I have many secret medicinal primers I'd like Revered Master to try."

Su Lin's eye twitched violently.

Was there nothing else in this girl's head besides alchemy and that?

He grabbed Chu Weiwei's misbehaving hands and pulled her from behind to face him, his expression more serious than ever.

"Put away those wild thoughts. The method I'm talking about is..."

Su Lin paused, his gaze deep as he looked into the distance.

"Finding my Revered Master—your Grandmaster."

Hearing the word Grandmaster, the smile on Chu Weiwei's face froze.

Su Lin gave a bitter smile as a long-buried memory slowly unfolded in his mind. "A hundred years ago when I led your cultivation, I never mentioned it because you weren't qualified to touch that level yet."

"Even I thought back then that her ladyship had grown tired of this Universe and left for a more distant space-time."

He remembered that woman who always wore white, whose movements were mysterious, yet who could crush a star with a laugh.

He remembered her terrifying strength, treating battle like play and the Heavenly Dao like a rag.

"But..." Chu Weiwei pouted jealously, her fingers twisting Su Lin's belt. "If you find that Grandmaster, will she... also try to take you away like we do?"

Hearing this, Su Lin's head throbbed. This girl's focus was always so bizarre.

"What are you thinking! She is an elder!"

Su Lin flicked her forehead with a crisp sound. "If we can find her, even just a bit of the foundation she left behind would be enough for us to walk tall in the Taihuang Immortal Domain."

He released Chu Weiwei and walked to the withered tree in the center of the courtyard, pulling out the largest void spirit crystal from his robes.

Even under the heavy suppression of the Laws, the crystal still emitted a very faint but high-frequency vibration.

"Before Revered Master left back then, she left a backdoor for me in this crystal." Su Lin stroked the rough texture of the crystal's surface. "As long as I can activate it with Half-Immortal Essence, I can follow that mark and sense her location."

Chu Weiwei leaned in, staring at the dusty crystal.

"But Revered Master, as you said, the Laws here are very heavy."

Once Chu Weiwei calmed down, her professionalism as the Medicine Immortal took over again. "Forcing a cross-dimensional contact like this will put a huge burden on your Divine Soul."

"What if it attracts the administrators here?"

"That's why we need Liuyun Town to fall into chaos."

Su Lin sneered, looking toward the center of town at the only magnificent tower with lights on all night. "Doesn't that Earth Immortal Xuantian want offerings? Doesn't he want to go into seclusion for a breakthrough? Then we'll give him a grand gift."

He turned his head to look at Chu Weiwei.

"Weiwei, with the boost from the plants in the Upper Realm, what kind of effect can you produce by modifying your Beast-Luring Incense used for large Spirit Beasts?"

Chu Weiwei was startled for a moment, then a brilliant, even somewhat wicked smile appeared on her face.

"Revered Master wants to... drive the tiger to swallow the wolf?"

She licked her lips excitedly, her fingertips already rapidly flipping through several medicine bottles filled with Immortal Plant essences.

"If it were just herbs from the Lower Realm, they would be useless here."

"But now with the sap from these metal trees and the remains of the extreme cold mushrooms... Weiwei can refine an Immortal Marrow Incense that will drive those void Vicious Beasts completely mad."

"With just a little bit, every monster within ten thousand miles will think a piece of peerless fat has grown in the center of Liuyun Town."

"Very good." Su Lin nodded. "We'll start once Yan Rusi returns with the information."

Chu Weiwei suddenly stopped smiling, her body going soft as she leaned back into Su Lin's arms.

"Then before we start, shouldn't Revered Master first replenish some of Weiwei's spiritual energy?" She looked up, her eyes misty as she pointed to her lips, which were pale from refining the medicinal power earlier. "That deep, Soul-blending replenishment... Weiwei is feeling very weak right now."

Su Lin looked at this disciple who never missed an opportunity to sneak a bite. He sighed helplessly but didn't push her away.

In this cold and oppressive Taihuang Immortal Domain, perhaps only this slightly twisted warmth could make him feel that he had truly returned.

Time passed slowly in the shadows of the abandoned courtyard.

In the distance, on the black streets of Liuyun Town, the occasional shouts of patrolling guards and the heavy footsteps of numb Half-Immortals could be heard. In this town shrouded in despair, no one noticed that a conspiracy capable of overturning the entire region was quietly taking shape.

Su Lin sat on the stone bench, the void spirit crystal in his palm feeling slightly warm.

In his Sea of Consciousness, he simulated the frequency for activating the backdoor over and over again.

It was an extremely complex logic Formation.

Unlike any Dao of Formations he had mastered, it was more like a resonance of frequencies.

It was like searching for that unique syllable capable of piercing through all interference in a noisy sea of frequencies.

"Revered Master..."

Chu Weiwei, who had been busy preparing the medicine, suddenly stopped. She turned her head, her expression carrying a rare hint of awkwardness.

"Um... if we really meet Grandmaster, should I... act a bit more elegant?"

She looked down uneasily at her torn skirt, then touched her eyebrows, which carried a hint of wickedness from years of playing with poison.

"After all, she is Revered Master's teacher. If she sees Weiwei's current appearance, will she think Weiwei is too crazy and not worthy of being by your side?"

Looking at this disciple who was rarely showing a girl's modesty and worry, Su Lin actually felt a trace of playful revenge.

"Her ladyship..." Su Lin intentionally prolonged his voice, striking a thoughtful pose. "The thing she used to love doing most was kicking people she didn't like into another dimension to eat dirt. As for elegance..."

Su Lin remembered the scenes where Ling Xin used to grind him into the mud, and his mouth couldn't help but twitch.

"She probably feels that as long as you're not dead, it's not a big deal."