I’ve Reloaded the Save File! [Transmigration] 44

44: Proposal

In the end, Xuan Min left with a belly full of anger and frustration. He was no match for so many people, whether in terms of martial strength or words.

Especially Yun He’s last few sentences. The more normal her tone was, the more embarrassed Xuan Min became. And yet, her attitude was so sincere that Xuan Min couldn’t even refute her.

Seeing Xuan Min leave with a dark face, Zuo Wuyi couldn’t help but laugh out loud, and then she received a warning look from her master.

“Don’t be so mischievous next time. Xuan Min is a person who cares a lot about his reputation. He will definitely hold a grudge against you in his heart and might find you to settle the score at some point,” Xuan Shuang said, at the same time placing her hand on Zuo Wuyi’s shoulder and sending two streams of spiritual energy into her body, lest she die without even knowing it.

“Do you understand?” Xuan Shuang asked.

“Yes, Master. If Xuan Min doesn’t actively seek trouble with me, I will definitely pretend not to see him and not have any contact with him,” Zuo Wuyi promised.

“Pretend not to see him?” Xuan Shuang raised an eyebrow, immediately spotting the loophole in Zuo Wuyi’s words. “If he doesn’t actively seek you out, you can just treat him as a normal sect elder.”

“But Master, what should I do when I meet Martial Uncle Xuan Min then? Should I greet him?” Zuo Wuyi tilted her head and asked. “If I take the initiative to talk to him, he might think I’m attracted to him again. After all, Martial Uncle Xuan Min really doesn’t have…”

Zuo Wuyi didn’t finish the last half of her sentence, but she knew that her master understood her meaning.

Sure enough, Xuan Shuang was silent for a while after hearing Zuo Wuyi’s words. “Forget it, do as you please. Just remember to know your limits. When I’m not around, don’t deliberately provoke Xuan Min.”

Xuan Shuang was actually a little worried. After all, Xuan Min had really wanted to attack just now. If it weren’t for her second disciple being prepared and directly bringing Zuo Wuyi to her side, the two of them might have been injured.

“Yes, Master. I will follow Senior Sister closely in the future. If we can’t beat him, we can also run away,” Zuo Wuyi promised.

Xuan Shuang smiled and shook her head, not continuing to correct Zuo Wuyi’s wording, but shifting her attention to the injured cultivators and continuing to help them heal.

The beast tide could be resolved by killing the demonic beasts, but the controlled cultivators could not be resolved by killing them.

“Senior, I have already invited all the famous medical cultivators in the city, but they can’t do anything about these cultivators,” Chu Ting’s face was a little frustrated. “If we can’t find a solution for a long time, these cultivators’ sanity will be gradually eroded, and then…”

Chu Ting couldn’t bear to say the rest. There were more than six hundred cultivators whose seas of consciousness had been invaded. Some of them were due to the Gold Scale Ore, but more were directly invaded by a large amount of demonic energy from the spies.

“How long can they maintain their sanity at most?” Xuan Shuang asked. “I’ll send a message back right away and ask the elders of the Elixir Pavilion to come and take a look.”

The city lord pressed her lips together. “If it’s a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, at most a month. Golden Core and Nascent Soul stage can last a little longer, but only for about four months. And the later the treatment, the greater the damage to the cultivator.”

Xuan Shuang nodded, her expression becoming serious. “Junior Brother Xuan Min, I remember you seem to have some research on the sea of consciousness. Have you seen anything?”

Hearing his name being mentioned by Xuan Shuang, Xuan Min slowly put down his teacup. “I’ve heard a little.”

“Senior, do you know of any related symptoms? Is there any way to solve it?” Chu Ting asked anxiously.

A faint smile appeared at the corner of Xuan Min’s mouth. “To put it simply, the reason they are like this is because demonic energy has entered their seas of consciousness. We just need to drive the demonic energy out.”

“Theoretically, that’s the case, but those medical cultivators can’t expel the demonic energy without damaging the cultivators’ seas of consciousness,” Chu Ting explained. The medical cultivators had already thought of all the possible solutions.

“Then it depends on how you choose, City Lord,” There was no extra expression on Xuan Min’s face. It was unknown whether he was rational enough, or if he simply didn’t care about the lives of these hundreds of cultivators.

“Since these cultivators have already been invaded by demonic energy, you can just choose a group with the lowest desire to live and let them act as containers to attract the demonic energy from the others’ seas of consciousness.”

When Xuan Min said this, the expression on his face changed slightly. He did not show any pity or sympathy, but rather a hint of leisurely enjoyment of the show.

“I’m afraid this is not appropriate…” The city lord was so focused on thinking about Xuan Min’s words that she did not notice the subtle change in his expression.

Seeing the city lord hesitate, Xuan Min glanced at Xuan Shuang and then made a small suggestion. “City Lord, if you feel sorry for them, you can also use some criminals to replace them. There should be some death row inmates in the city who have committed serious crimes, right?”

Use death row inmates instead? Hearing this, although Chu Ting felt it was not very humane, compared to sacrificing cultivators, it seemed more appropriate to sacrifice some death row inmates who deserved to die?

“City Lord, how many death row inmates are there in the city? And how many of them have cultivation?” Xuan Shuang asked. She did not like Xuan Min’s suggestion very much.

“It’s about half and half ordinary people and low-level cultivators. In total, there are only about a hundred people,” Chu Ting said.

Suddenly, she remembered that the cultivators who had committed heinous crimes were basically executed by her on the spot. In this case, although the people in the prison were nominally on death row, they were strictly speaking only on death row with a reprieve. As long as they were willing to atone for their crimes, they could also be released.

“I suddenly remembered that demonic energy seems to prefer to parasitize the seas of consciousness of high-level cultivators,” Xuan Min said, a look of sudden realization on his face. “If you act, Senior Sister, you might be able to save one or two people with all your might.”

“With Senior Sister’s cultivation, even if your sea of consciousness is invaded by demonic energy, you should be able to expel it with some time, right?” Xuan Min asked, the curve of his lips widening a little.

“No, this is not appropriate,” Chu Ting retorted Xuan Min’s words without thinking. “If those cultivators can’t hold on, I will comfort their families.”

How can I let a senior absorb demonic energy? Although it was very inhumane to say, in Chu Ting’s view, Xuan Shuang’s existence was more valuable than these six hundred cultivators.

“Don’t you want to save them, City Lord?” Xuan Min asked, then added after a thought, “If Senior Sister and I both act, it might not be a problem to save five or six Golden Core stage cultivators each.”

“And with our cultivation, it will only take a dozen or so days to expel the demonic energy. If we are fast, we might be able to save nearly half of them,” Xuan Min said, looking at Xuan Shuang.

This time, he had included himself. With Xuan Shuang’s personality, she would most likely take on this matter.

“City Lord, the sea of consciousness of a Spirit Transformation stage cultivator is not so easily invaded. Perhaps we can give it a try,” Sure enough, Xuan Shuang hesitated for a moment and then spoke. Since she was willing to take out elixirs to save those cultivators, she was naturally also willing to spend some spiritual energy to save people as much as she could.

“I appreciate your kind intentions, seniors, but this matter of demonic energy is too dangerous. I cannot let you two take the risk,” Although Chu Ting did not want those cultivators to perish, she knew that she could not set this precedent.

Regardless of whether absorbing demonic energy had an effect on them or not, once she did this, it would be like sending a signal that high-level cultivators should sacrifice themselves to save those low-level cultivators who had fallen to the demonic path.

The elders of the Inquiring Dao Sect were benevolent and might be willing to do so, but most high-level cultivators were not. For example, herself. Unless it was a close friend or relative, she would not be willing to sacrifice herself to save an unrelated person.

Whether Chu Ting was considering the bigger picture or acting out of selfishness, she would absolutely not agree to this matter. Otherwise, once this news spread, it would be like putting Xuan Shuang and Xuan Min on the fire to be roasted.

“Don’t you agree, City Lord? Then it seems we have to give up on this,” Xuan Min said with a hint of regret in his tone. It seemed this city lord was very clear-headed.

“Senior Sister, I can’t think of any other way besides your suggestion. I’ll have to trouble you to send a message back to the sect and hope that the elders of the Elixir Pavilion in the sect have a solution,” Xuan Min said.

After achieving his goal, Xuan Min did not stay in the City Lord’s Mansion for long and left directly.

Xuan Shuang’s movements were a little slower than Xuan Min’s. She asked the city lord for some details about the cultivators’ situation before leaving with a solemn expression.

“Master hasn’t been very happy since she came back from the City Lord’s Mansion,” Yun He lay on the table and couldn’t help but look at Yun Yu as she spoke. “Eldest Senior Sister, do you know why?”

Yun Yu pressed her lips together. “If I’m not mistaken, it should be related to those cultivators who have lost their minds.”

When knocking out those cultivators, Yun Yu had acted together with Xuan Shuang. In the process, Yun Yu had also vaguely sensed some things.

“Xuan Min went to the City Lord’s Mansion with Master, but when he left, he was a step earlier and seemed to be in a good mood,” Mo Xiao added. When there was nothing important, she would occasionally pay attention to Xuan Min’s movements.

“Could it be that Master’s unhappiness is related to Martial Uncle Xuan Min?” Yun He thought in this direction. “Could it be that Martial Uncle Xuan Min secretly retaliated against Master?”

Hearing this, Yun Yu’s heart moved. In terms of cultivation alone, Xuan Min was definitely no match for her master. In this case, if Xuan Min wanted to disgust her master, it should only be from…

“I’ll go to Master’s side to ask about the situation. You guys help me keep an eye on Xuan Min’s movements,” Yun Yu had a guess in her heart and couldn’t sit still anymore.

Yun Yu’s speed was very fast. After rushing to the room where Xuan Shuang was, she didn’t think too much and started to knock on the door. “Master, it’s me.”

After a while, Xuan Shuang’s voice came from the room. “Come in.”

Looking at her eldest disciple whose breathing was a little rushed, Xuan Shuang suppressed her negative emotions and looked at her with a faint smile. “What’s wrong? Is there a problem somewhere?”

Yun Yu shook her head. She had prepared a draft before coming, but after seeing the faint smile on Xuan Shuang’s face, she didn’t know what to say.

Master is always like this. No matter what, she always carries it alone and never shows any clues in front of her.