Chapter 40: Be Good Part 1

Linlang recalled that on the way here, a cultivator from the Embroidery Institute had said Wenren Sumian had lost control again.

In her previous life, Wenren Sumian’s temper hadn’t been very good either; she would activate the Water Realm at the slightest provocation.

There were also several times when she clearly could have killed Mo Zhenfeng but didn’t, which seemed very contradictory.

After absorbing Devil Qi, the Origin Soul would be affected, becoming extremely violent, extreme, and temperamental.

The relationship between Human Race cultivators and Devil Cultivators was extremely tense. Linlang didn’t know how Wenren Sumian had managed to absorb this Devil Qi and still become the Head Seat of the Immortal Talisman Sect.

Seeing her coughing constantly earlier, it was most likely related to the Devil Qi.

If she couldn’t control it for a moment, she would lose control.

Now, Huo Zhi had most likely been teleported to the Extreme North Region. That place was said to be extremely dangerous; it was a trial secret realm of the Immortal Talisman Sect. The Elders and Institute Heads of each institute had Teleportation Talismans to the Extreme North Region and could travel there.

For those with low cultivation, going there was tantamount to courting death.

In her previous life, Linlang had never gone there. Mo Zhenfeng had been teleported there alone and met Shentu Xingyue in the Extreme North Region, taking her into his harem at that time.

Shentu Xingyue had absorbed the White Tiger Geng Metal Talisman, becoming a powerful asset for Mo Zhenfeng.

The Qi of Heaven and Earth was divided into various types, and each type of Qi also had grades.

For example, the Black Tortoise Ren Water Talisman absorbed by Wenren Sumian and the White Tiger Geng Metal Talisman absorbed by Shentu Xingyue could directly sublimate the Spiritual Qi within their bodies to the most powerful grade of the corresponding attribute.

For instance, the Water-type Spiritual Qi cultivated by an ordinary person could only be considered a common grade. No matter how high their cultivation, if their Spiritual Qi quality was low, they would be suppressed across realms by cultivators possessing high-quality Spiritual Qi. Just like the Black Tortoise Ren Water Spiritual Qi possessed by Wenren Sumian—despite only being at the Nascent Soul Stage, she had no fear of a Soul Formation Stage cultivator.

The Devil Qi within Wenren Sumian was also of a relatively high grade, otherwise it wouldn’t have affected her. Linlang couldn’t determine it for now.

At this moment, Linlang couldn’t be bothered with what Wenren Sumian might do to her. She reached out and grabbed Wenren Sumian’s wrist, wanting to absorb the Devil Qi from her body to help her sober up, then ask her about Huo Zhi’s specific whereabouts and negotiate terms to have her send her to the Extreme North Region as well.

Linlang could absorb Yin Baleful Qi, but this Devil Qi was still somewhat difficult for her. Moreover, Wenren Sumian’s cultivation was higher than hers. Without Wenren Sumian’s permission, she couldn’t absorb it at all.

Wenren Sumian had always disliked being touched. Currently, she was in the middle of using the Supreme Clarity Meridian Sculpting Talisman on Moyi Guihua and couldn’t easily strike out, so she just looked coldly at Linlang.

“You’re courting death!” Wenren Sumian said coldly.

“You have Devil Qi invading your body. Don’t you know that? Wake up quickly!” Linlang said.

“What Devil Qi? For such insolence, I will kill you right now!” Wenren Sumian frowned and said. The Supreme Clarity Meridian Sculpting Talisman had been successfully activated and applied to Moyi Guihua. She freed her hand to deal with Linlang, but a hand caught hers—it was Moyi Guihua.

After the Supreme Clarity Meridian Sculpting Talisman was used on her, Moyi Guihua felt a coolness flow through her body. The oppressive, dull pain she had felt earlier gradually faded. She woke up just in time to see Wenren Sumian looking murderous again.

“Mianmian, since when have you been so fierce? Who are you trying to kill?” Moyi Guihua said weakly, unconsciously using the address she had used back when she was an Attendant by Wenren Sumian’s side.

“I… I wasn’t…” Wenren Sumian visibly panicked upon hearing Moyi Guihua’s words.

“You’re not as cute as you were when you were little. Where is Huo Zhi? Is she alright?” Moyi Guihua asked, looking around for Huo Zhi as she spoke, then seeing Linlang.

“Don’t mention her!” Upon hearing Moyi Guihua mention Huo Zhi, Wenren Sumian became angry again, the black aura in her eyes intensifying.

“Wenren Sumian, don’t make wild assumptions here. Huo Zhi and Moyi Guihua have no relationship whatsoever. Where exactly did you teleport Huo Zhi? Was it the Extreme North Region?!” Linlang said. Seeing Wenren Sumian’s reaction, she also grew angry. However, she could somewhat empathize. She recalled her own previous displeasure regarding anyone close to Huo Zhi. If not for the words Moyi Guihua had spoken when she was “dying,” Linlang’s hostility towards Moyi Guihua would still have been immense.

“I am the only one allowed to call her Elder Sister. Don’t see Huo Zhi again! Don’t!” Wenren Sumian said in a low voice, completely oblivious to Linlang’s words.

“She’s been affected by Devil Qi and is currently unreasonable. She seems to listen to you somewhat. Say a few more nice words to her, get her to open up her meridians, and I will help extract some of the Devil Qi. Then we can talk properly.” Linlang said helplessly, looking at Wenren Sumian and then at Moyi Guihua.

Moyi Guihua was also shocked by Wenren Sumian’s reaction. As someone with “rich experience,” how could she not understand what kind of feelings Wenren Sumian had for her?

Two words appeared in her mind: utterly absurd!

When she and Wenren Sumian had parted ways, Wenren Sumian was only nine years old!

“Mianmian, I won’t want anyone else, only you. Be good now. Release your meridians.” Without dwelling on it further, Moyi Guihua softened her voice and said, reaching out to stroke Wenren Sumian’s hair.

Wenren Sumian visibly calmed down. Linlang, whose hand was still on Wenren Sumian’s wrist, finally managed to draw out a wisp of black Devil Qi.

That Devil Qi was like a fierce horse. Subduing it was somewhat difficult for Linlang. If she was slightly careless, she could also lose control like Wenren Sumian.

“Get her to control it herself too, the black Impure Qi within her meridians. I can’t control too much of it.” Linlang spoke to Moyi Guihua with difficulty.

“Mianmian, quickly control that black Devil Qi inside your body. It’s not a good thing.” Moyi Guihua said to Wenren Sumian.

Wenren Sumian originally had her own method for controlling the Devil Qi. Now, with some absorbed by Linlang and Moyi Guihua’s persuasion, she finally suppressed the out-of-control Devil Qi scattered throughout her meridians.

The color of Wenren Sumian’s eyes returned to normal, her expression cold and clear, yet tinged with a sense of fragility.

Because a portion had been drawn away by Linlang, suppressing the Devil Qi was now slightly easier for Wenren Sumian.

She still remembered what had happened during her loss of control. She knew she had lost control, and she also knew Moyi Guihua had just said “only you” to her.

Looking at Moyi Guihua now, she had a timid expression, as if afraid of being scolded but also wanting to draw closer and depend on her.

“Wenren Sumian, are you somewhat clear-headed now? I’ll say it again: Huo Zhi is mine! Moyi Guihua is just her friend. Did you teleport her to the Extreme North Region?” Linlang released Wenren Sumian’s wrist, suppressing the Devil Qi that was like a fierce horse with all her might, and asked Wenren Sumian.

“Is this true?” Moyi Guihua also asked.

“Yes.” Wenren Sumian answered in a low voice, like a child who had done something wrong.

“The Extreme North Region is the Immortal Talisman Sect’s trial ground. Once you go there, you must stay a full month before you can go to the Teleportation Array to be sent back. Huo Zhi is only at the Early Core Formation Stage. How can she survive there? How could you be so reckless!” Moyi Guihua said angrily, her expression turning pained.

Wenren Sumian’s expression had initially shown some anger, but seeing Moyi Guihua’s state, she reverted to her apologetic demeanor.

“I was angry just now. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it.” Wenren Sumian said.

“What use is an apology now? Can you teleport me there as well?” Linlang said.

“My Teleportation Talisman Artifact can only be used once a month.” Wenren Sumian said.

“Mianmian, can you go borrow one? Any later and Huo Zhi will be in danger. She is my life-saving Benefactor.” Moyi Guihua said softly, noticing that Wenren Sumian seemed to respond well to this approach.

“I’ll go borrow one right away!” Wenren Sumian immediately replied.

Wenren Sumian flashed out of her courtyard to borrow a Teleportation Talisman Artifact.

Moyi Guihua let out a sigh of relief and looked at Linlang.

“Your cultivation is even lower than Huo Zhi’s. What can you achieve by going there? Let Wenren Sumian go.” Moyi Guihua said.

“Her Devil Qi is unstable. What if she goes berserk in the Extreme North Region? And your current situation isn’t good either, plus you have enemies around. It’s better to let her look after you. Say a few more nice words to her later and have her prepare some life-saving Talismans.” Linlang said.

“…You see things quite clearly! Do you think my nice words come so cheap?” Moyi Guihua shook her head.

Moyi Guihua had only been Wenren Sumian’s Attendant for one year before leaving the Immortal Talisman Sect. Back then, Wenren Sumian was just a child.

During that time, she had taken her to play games she hadn’t played before, looked after her for a while when she was injured during cultivation, and entered her dreams to wake her up when devilish entities invaded them. It didn’t seem like anything special, did it?!

A little stickler focused solely on cultivation, her ordinary emotions rarely showed on her face.

Moyi Guihua had always felt that Wenren Sumian didn’t like her, finding her too noisy.

Especially after Moyi Guihua was wrongly accused of destroying the Inherited Spirit Talisman prepared for Wenren Sumian, and her meridians were crippled, she thought Wenren Sumian must hate her to the core. She never expected the situation to be like this.

Had this person matured far too early?!

“I need to prepare as well. I’ll come back later.” Linlang said to Moyi Guihua. Wenren Sumian hadn’t returned yet from borrowing the Teleportation Talisman Artifact. She needed to bring that Talisman Brush from the Xiao Residence, let the pen lead the way to find Huo Zhi faster, and prepare some other things.

Moyi Guihua nodded for her to go quickly.

While Linlang and the others were preparing to rescue her, Huo Zhi had already been teleported to the Extreme North Region. The teleportation distance had been too far. Huo Zhi was dizzy and disoriented, the world spinning around her. When she landed, she only felt an extreme, bone-piercing cold. Her entire body instantly froze stiff into ice, unable to move.

“Host, quickly accelerate the operation of your technique! Don’t get frozen solid.” 006 urgently reminded Huo Zhi.

With this upheaval, Huo Zhi’s tail had already emerged.

“What the hell kind of place is this?!” Huo Zhi struggled to circulate her technique. As the technique started working, her tail and ears retracted, and her body felt somewhat better. She wasn’t frozen solid anymore, but it was still deathly cold.

The things she had previously bought for a hundred thousand Spirit Stones were mainly Freezing Talismans and attack-type Talismans. She had only bought one Teleportation Talisman. How could she have known she’d be sent to a place like this? She had no Talismans to keep warm, not even a Talisman Robe.

Furthermore, because she had some of Wenren Sumian’s Black Tortoise Ren Water inside her body, she felt very uncomfortable. Her Spiritual Qi circulation couldn’t speed up, making her even less resistant to the cold.

“This is probably the Extreme North Region. You cultivate the Ice Attribute. If you were always cultivating in an environment like this, your cultivation would increase very quickly.” 006 said.

“I’d rather never improve my whole life. Wenren Sumian is truly a madwoman!” Huo Zhi said, shivering as she slowly recovered from her dizziness. She felt something was wrong in her surroundings: heavy breathing, the smell of blood. It seemed like some kind of Demon Beast.