allonlinenovel Chapter 38 Illusion
Chapter 38 Illusion
Yun Qingrou had never felt that the healing techniques she had learned were so useful as she had at this moment. She carefully washed Xiaoxiao with water.
Xiaoxiao was awake at this moment. Because water has a healing effect, she felt warm and cozy while washing herself, and gradually stretched out her curled-up body.
However, due to multiple fractures, he can only move slightly for a short time.
After cleaning, Yun Qingrou began to reconnect his bones.
This is a massive and extremely spiritually demanding project. It involves not only reconnecting the bones but also repairing the tendons and bones and removing the broken bone fragments from the flesh.
Fortunately, Xiaoxiao is just a child and not very talented, so the spiritual power required is within her tolerance range.
After an unknown amount of time, Yun Qingrou finally stopped outputting spiritual energy, and the shimmering blue light on Xiaoxiao's body also disappeared.
Apart from looking a little weak, the little boy seemed much better.
After Ruan Qi changed his tattered clothes, he couldn't help but snuggle into Ruan Qi's arms and start crying in his childish voice.
"Sister Ruan Qi, I'm so scared. They've locked me up here and kept beating me. I miss you all so much."
"Sister's here, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, sister's here." Ruan Qi hugged the little boy in her arms tenderly and patted his back gently again and again.
Seeing that Yun Qingrou looked unwell, Yun Qingyi quickly went to check on her.
"Ah Rou, are you alright?"
Yun Qingrou didn't speak, but smiled at Yun Qingyi, indicating that Yun Qingyi didn't need to worry. Then she took out a medicine bottle from her storage ring, swallowed a few pills, and her expression finally improved.
“I’m fine, sister. Let’s go out first. Although Xiaoxiao is fine now, he’s still very weak. He hasn’t started cultivating yet, so our pills have too many side effects for him and shouldn’t be used. We should prepare some medicinal food to nourish him,” Yun Qingrou said.
Yun Qingyi nodded upon hearing this, and the group began to walk outside. However, the scene outside was different from when they came.
The original pavilions and towers have been transformed into lush, deep forests.
"This is..." The elders' expressions were solemn, and the navigation artifacts in their hands had also malfunctioned.
“An illusion,” an elder, seemingly experienced in such situations, replied without hesitation.
"Does the elder have a solution?" Yun Qingyi asked quickly when she saw that the elder seemed to have a solution.
The elder shook his head, somewhat helplessly: "Although I have a good understanding of illusions, the person who set up this illusion is far more advanced than me in terms of both their cultivation level and their knowledge of illusions. This illusion is indeed very difficult to break. I'm afraid the person who controls this illusion wants to trap us here to die."
"Hmph! Not only did she harm her fellow disciples, but she also tried to destroy the evidence and trap us here. Such demonic acts will not be tolerated by the Discipline Hall once we get out of here." Another elder, his beard trembling with anger, pointed at a large tree in front of him and cursed.
"I'm afraid she... doesn't just want to trap us here." Yun Qingyi narrowed her eyes. With Senior Sister Bai Li away traveling, Gao Zhizhi was actually in charge of the entire Guangyu Peak.
Moreover, besides Senior Sister Bai Li, only her only disciple could possibly manipulate an illusion of this level.
"Sister, are you trying to say something...?" Yun Qingrou made a throat-slitting gesture.
Yun Qingyi nodded, and everyone's hearts sank. The probability of killing someone to cover up the crime and destroying evidence was indeed very high.
After all, Gao Zhizhi has already harmed her fellow disciples. If they go out and make it public, the sect will not let her off the hook.
It would be better to end it all once and for all, kill them all in the illusion, and then have Guangyu Peak stick to the same story, insisting that they hadn't been here today. With Bai Li's protection, at least she still has a sliver of hope.
"They really want to kill us." Ruan Qi seemed to have realized the key point as well, and angrily punched the big tree next to them while holding Xiaoxiao.
Xiaoxiao was already exhausted and fell asleep when she came out. The little girl's features were all scrunched up, and she didn't seem to be sleeping very soundly. When Ruan Qi hammered the tree, she snuggled closer to him.
That's true, how could anyone sleep soundly after something like that?
“If we fail to return by the time of Hai (9-11 PM), the first wave of poisonous creatures will be released here at the time of Zi (11 PM-1 AM).” An elder fiddled with a magical artifact in his hand, seemingly having foreseen something, his expression somewhat solemn.
"Then it cycles every half hour, and the types of poisons are not all the same."
“We can hold on for a while longer, but the children…”
Everyone turned their attention to Xiaoxiao, but the elders, feeling a little reluctant, looked away again.
A sense of melancholy filled the air.
"There's no need to be so discouraged."
Yun Qingyi remained calm, deftly taking out two medicine bottles from her storage ring, and said mysteriously with a smile, "Guess what these are?"
"Did that young man give me some Ice Heart Pills?" Yun Qingrou thought of what happened outside the Lancheng Golden Radiance Auction House.
Yun Qingyi nodded, opened the medicine bottle, and instantly, everyone smelled a rich medicinal fragrance.
"It's actually a top-grade Ice Heart Pill!" The elder who was closest to Yun Qingyi was filled with excitement upon smelling the medicinal fragrance.
"Top-grade?!" The other two elders also stared in shock at the medicine in Yun Qingyi's hand.
"Uncle-Master, you should have told me you had this good thing!" The elder, who had previously taken out various magical artifacts, now pulled out an exquisite little cage.
Then, with a face full of excitement, he rambled on, "In illusions like this, the greater the strength, the more powerful the effect. But I reckon that little girl isn't very strong. Otherwise, we would have been attacked by all sorts of illusionary beasts when we entered this place. Right now, we can only use poison. I reckon she's not even at the Golden Core stage."
"I was feeling really frustrated at first, having been tricked by a little girl, but now it's all good! Not only do we have Ice Heart Pills, but they're top-grade! Just give me one, and with my Incense Burning Bewitching Cage, this illusion will be broken in no time!"
"Just one?" Yun Qingyi stared with interest at the exquisite little cage in the elder's hand. She had been worried that there wouldn't be enough Ice Heart Pills to go around with only six, but now that she only wanted one, there were still plenty left.
"Yes, that's right!" The elder proudly handed the small cage to Yun Qingyi so she could study it carefully.
"I designed this cage for a long time. It can perfectly release the medicinal properties of the pills and is durable. For a top-grade pill like the Ice Heart Pill in my uncle's hand, it is not only more than enough to break through the illusion, but it can also be used for at least another three months!"
As Yun Qingyi examined the incense-burning magic cage in her hand and listened to the elder's words, she couldn't help but admire, "There aren't many people who can maintain such a passion for the research of this kind of magical artifact as you."
"Come on, Uncle-Master, don't be fooled by Old Xu's appearance. This guy can make so many things only because he doesn't have enough spirit stones to buy them. For example, this cage is something he made because he didn't have enough spirit stones to buy more Awakening Pills."