A Girl Dies Every Day in Her Dream Life 183

Chapter 183: Let Me Explain, I’m Doing a Good Deed

After realizing the truth of the Blood Sea Secret Realm, Luo Xue shuddered.

“In this secret realm with accelerated time, besides the second batch of cultivators, could there be any other living people… or rather, normal living people?”

The surrounding mist seemed even more sinister, and the resurrected “Li Sheng” stared at Luo Xue.

He raised his hand, another technique condensing. Controlled by the will of immortality, he seemed to only have the instinct to attack all living beings.

Luo Xue sighed, preparing to use her sword and end this poor soul’s suffering.

Knowing the root of the problem, the solution was simple.

Just extract the will of immortality from this body and destroy it completely.

The will of immortality was difficult for ordinary cultivators to deal with, even top experts found it troublesome.

But Luo Xue controlled the will of withering, making it easy for her to resolve this.

Withering and immortality were opposing laws. It could be said that in this secret realm, Luo Xue was the least likely to be controlled by the will of immortality.

But just as Luo Xue drew the Snow Blade, about to kill “Li Sheng,” a surprised cry came from not far away.

“Wow, I finally found someone!”

Before the voice faded, Luo Xue’s Snow Blade struck, the sword intent of withering severing the immortality within “Li Sheng.”

Then, the rampaging sword intent destroyed Li Sheng’s internal organs and flesh.

His withered body stiffened, then slowly collapsed.

As it hit the ground, it shattered like glass, scattering rotten flesh and blood everywhere.

And right behind Li Sheng’s corpse, a young woman, who had just barely dodged the splattering blood and gore, her joyful expression instantly froze.

“Uh… what?”

The young woman was still in mid-stride, seemingly having rushed over after seeing Li Sheng, thinking she had found someone.

But the moment she approached, Li Sheng was gone, turned into mush.

“Holy shit!”

The young woman finally reacted and stumbled back.

She looked up at Luo Xue and shuddered.

“A ghost!”

“You’re the ghost, Nangong Mian,” Luo Xue said, annoyed. “You scared me. I thought another one had come.”

Although these mindless, zombie-like cultivators weren’t difficult to deal with, if there were too many, Luo Xue would still struggle.

The newcomer was Nangong Mian, who had snuck in. Luo Xue, her tense nerves relaxing, casually called out her name.

“Hmm?” Nangong Mian was slightly stunned. “You know me?”

“Ah… I’ve heard of you.”

Luo Xue quickly realized that in her current appearance, she hadn’t met Nangong Mian before, and touched her nose awkwardly.

Nangong Mian didn’t suspect anything. Being known wasn’t unusual, after all, her reputation was already quite… infamous…

“You’re really not a ghost?” Nangong Mian cautiously approached. “But the last few times I saw you, you were just a phantom, I couldn’t even hit you…”

Luo Xue’s expression turned serious.

“You’ve seen me? When, and what did I look like?”

Li Sheng had also called her a ghost. Luo Xue suspected that there was something strange in this secret realm related to her. After all, she was one of the few in this world connected to withering…

Or rather, one of the few living beings connected to withering.

“How about we clean this up first?” Nangong Mian looked down at the mess on the ground and twitched her lips. “Your method is a bit… brutal.”

“It’s rare for you to call something brutal.”

Luo Xue muttered. She had heard of Nangong Mian’s reputation, leaving no blade of grass standing wherever she went in the secret realms, the terror of all Foundation Establishment cultivators.

“I don’t kill people like this…”

Nangong Mian rolled her eyes at Luo Xue, then suddenly realized something.

Why did she feel so familiar with this girl? Had she met her before?

But she had no memories of her… and such unique white hair, she couldn’t have forgotten.

The only white-haired girl Nangong Mian had met before was Princess Xue.

But Princess Xue couldn’t even lift a sword, how could she have peak Foundation Establishment cultivation and such brutal swordsmanship?

And their faces didn’t look alike either…

Nangong Mian, filled with doubts, helped Luo Xue clean up the scene, burying the unfortunate Li Sheng for the second time, then continued chatting.

“May I ask… what’s your name?”

Nangong Mian stared at Luo Xue, trying to find some clues in her appearance that matched her memories.

“My name… is Jiao.”

Luo Xue said softly. After all, this was the name she registered with outside, so it would do.

Hearing this name, Nangong Mian immediately remembered the incident at the Treasure Pavilion and blurted out,

“Nangong Jiao?”

“Ah, how did you know?”

Luo Xue was stunned. She had deliberately omitted her surname, how was she recognized?

Wait…

Luo Xue was confused.

Nangong Mian was also confused. She looked Luo Xue up and down, then saw the Snow Blade in her hand.

Wait, it looked familiar… It was the girl with the sword intent outside the secret realm! The one who looked like a ghost!

Nangong Mian’s breathing quickened, and she stared at Luo Xue, then suddenly asked,

“Are you really not a ghost?”

“…Why don’t you touch and see?”

Luo Xue extended her arm helplessly.

Nangong Mian actually reached out and touched it, even rubbing it.

“Hmm, soft, feels real…”

“Are you done?” Luo Xue pulled her arm back, annoyed. “I’m really not a ghost, nor the phantom you saw.”

“Wait, let me sort this out…”

Nangong Mian was still confused.

She conjured an image of the ghostly girl with a technique and asked,

“Is this you?”

“It’s me.” Luo Xue nodded.

“But this doesn’t look like you?” Nangong Mian moved closer to Luo Xue, examining her. “Much prettier.”

“Just a disguise technique.”

Luo Xue admitted it, knowing she couldn’t hide it.

She had used the Snow Blade outside, and its appearance was quite unique. If Nangong Mian had seen it, she would recognize it.

“Were you the one staying at the Treasure Pavilion?” Nangong Mian asked again.

“You even know that?”

Luo Xue was surprised. Didn’t the Treasure Pavilion respect privacy?

“Ah, just a coincidence.” Nangong Mian finally relaxed. “It seems you’re really not a ghost, because you weren’t even in the secret realm at that time.”

“…What’s going on?”

Luo Xue frowned slightly and asked.

“Didn’t you ask about the phantom?” Nangong Mian straightened up and said, “Yes, we did encounter a phantom, on the third day after entering the secret realm…”

“Wasn’t it just now that we entered the secret realm?”

Luo Xue interrupted.

“How is that possible? We’ve been wandering in the secret realm for almost half a month. Did you just enter?” Nangong Mian’s eyes widened. “Well, let’s not worry about that for now, let’s talk about what happened during this time.”

“The moment we entered, a few cultivators who came with me explored this island, but for some reason… they refused to follow me, they were all avoiding me, so I could only see them occasionally.”

For some reason… even if Nangong Mian didn’t say it, Luo Xue knew very well.

“Has the mist always been here?” Luo Xue asked.

“Yes,” Nangong Mian nodded, then paused slightly, “But when I entered, the mist wasn’t this thick. I could see clearly within a hundred meters.”

“So it’s increasing with time… In that case, before the accident in the secret realm, this mist shouldn’t have existed?” Luo Xue’s expression turned thoughtful. “Continue.”

“The cultivators who entered before didn’t mention it…”

Nangong Mian muttered, then continued,

“When I first saw them, they were all energetic and in groups, but later, I don’t know why, there were fewer and fewer people, and the mist became thicker and thicker. Before seeing you, I hadn’t seen anyone for four or five days.”

After hearing this, Luo Xue pondered for a moment, then asked,

“Did they attack you when you met them?”

“Of course they attacked, isn’t that normal?”

Nangong Mian said, her eyes wide.

Her looting occasionally extended beyond just the secret realms themselves, to the people who entered them as well. Being targeted was something she was used to.

“…”

Luo Xue was silent for a moment. It seemed Nangong Mian didn’t have any useful information.

She hadn’t even noticed the presence of immortality, probably because she was so used to being attacked for no reason.

“What about the phantom? Did it look like me?” Luo Xue asked.

“The phantom… I encountered it a few times, always floating in mid-air, with its eyes closed.” Nangong Mian stared at Luo Xue and touched her chin. “What it looked like… I’ve actually forgotten, but when I first saw you, I thought it was you.”

“Why?”

Luo Xue was curious.

“Maybe because we both have white hair? Hmm… actually, I don’t know, it just… felt very similar at first glance.”

Nangong Mian said seriously,

“Anyway, I encountered the phantom on the third day after entering. The other cultivators were terrified, shouting about ghosts coming to claim their lives. I panicked and rushed over to fight it…”

Luo Xue couldn’t help but twitch her lips. This girl was truly reckless…

“But I couldn’t hit it, and strangely, the phantom didn’t chase after me either.” Nangong Mian scratched her head. “It went after the others. You know about the mist, I couldn’t keep up… and lost it.”

“I saw the phantom a few more times after that, always the same. So when I saw you just now, my first reaction was to attack, but then I saw the bloody mess on the ground and calmed down…”

Without Divine Sense, Nangong Mian couldn’t determine Luo Xue’s strength.

She was reckless, but not stupid…

With Luo Xue’s strength unknown, and seeing how she had just splattered someone, charging forward would be asking to be splattered herself.

“Let me explain, there’s a reason for all of this,” Luo Xue, seeing that Nangong Mian had misunderstood, coughed lightly and said, “I killed him to… release his soul. It was a form of… salvation…”

“Sure, sure, you’re right.”

Nangong Mian nodded repeatedly, agreeing wholeheartedly, while discreetly moving away from Luo Xue.

Killing was killing, even if the method was a bit brutal, Nangong Mian had seen it before.

But killing someone and then saying it was for their own good… this was a first.

Facing such a lunatic, Nangong Mian felt inferior and decided to find a chance to escape…

Luo Xue, seeing that Nangong Mian was clearly overthinking things, sighed and explained about the will of immortality.

Nangong Mian’s face was filled with disbelief after hearing this. She looked at the bloody mess she had just buried, then at the Blood Sea.

“I believe you.”

“Uh… you believe me just like that?”

Luo Xue blinked. She had been prepared to explain further.

“Actually, there’s a rule in the clan regarding the Blood Sea Secret Realm. The first rule is to never touch the Blood Sea.” Nangong Mian said honestly. “But they didn’t tell the outside cultivators, perhaps they wanted to use them to explore the Blood Sea.”

In other words, these outside cultivators were treated as cannon fodder…

“Hmm…”

Luo Xue’s expression turned serious.

“Oh right, there’s one more thing about the phantom.” Nangong Mian slapped her forehead. “Actually, the first batch of cultivators encountered it, because I met some of them on the way, and they were all babbling about ghosts.”

“You were still outside at that time, so I was sure you weren’t that so-called ghost.”

“I see…”

Luo Xue nodded slightly.

“It’s a pity that the Heaven-grade pill energy is also gone.” Nangong Mian sighed. “There’s supposed to be one strand of Heaven-grade pill energy on each island, hidden in the courtyard at the center…”

“Oh?” Luo Xue raised an eyebrow. “There are buildings here?”

The surroundings looked like naturally formed islands. Luo Xue had thought the Blood Sea Secret Realm was just a collection of deserted islands.

“Yes, there are. The style is quite unique, like something from the ancient era.” Nangong Mian scratched the back of her head. “After all, the master of the Blood Sea Secret Realm is probably also a powerful figure from the ancient era, so it’s not surprising.”

“Should we go and take a look?”

Luo Xue instinctively felt that the courtyard might hold the secret of this secret realm.

“I don’t mind…”

Nangong Mian was a bit dejected. It seemed this secret realm wasn’t what she had imagined.

No Heaven-grade pill energy, no treasures, just a sinister environment and strange occurrences.

“Let’s go.”

Luo Xue didn’t waste any more time and pulled Nangong Mian, about to head towards the courtyard.

Then, she remembered something and asked,

“By the way, have you encountered any of the Nangong disciples who entered earlier?”

“Hmm?” Nangong Mian looked puzzled. “The Nangong disciples who entered… aren’t it just you and me?”