Su Jingzhe’s heart pounded. He saw that the person under the peach tree had a face covered in blood.
Blood plastered his face, making it impossible to discern his features.
His black clothes were also soaked with blood, and the faint moonlight tonight reflected off them slightly.
“Your Excellency, your injuries are quite severe.”
Standing three zhang away, Su Jingzhe spoke again.
At this moment, he held a Huayang Sect distress talisman in his hand.
In the more than two years since his Transmigration, he had only been a broken scholar, living a reclusive life in Peach Blossom Lane, always being kind to others.
Although the Cultivation World was fraught with danger, Peach Blossom Lane was fortunately overseen by Zhang Xiu. As for seeing any grand scenes, he had not.
Though nervous, encountering something like this for the first time actually made him a little… eager!
When Su Jingzhe’s voice fell, the other party still showed no reaction.
“If he’s dead, that would be rather unlucky.”
He had just decided to go all out with Alchemy, and then someone died in his courtyard. It was not a good omen no matter how he looked at it.
Frowning again, Su Jingzhe couldn’t help but move closer.
If it was a corpse, it had to be cleaned thoroughly to remove the smell of death and turbid Qi. Cultivators were most sensitive, and if someone detected something abnormal, the school would not be able to open tomorrow.
Su Jingzhe still clutched the Huayang Sect distress talisman in his hand.
As long as he infused a little Spiritual Qi into it, the talisman would transform into fireworks and ascend into the sky, and an Inner Sect Disciple of the Huayang Sect would immediately rush over.
It was simple to use, but too expensive. With his financial situation, he would be evicted next month if he used it.
He walked closer to the dark figure. Aside from the increasingly strong smell of blood, there was still no other reaction.
He reached out and touched the other party’s arm. The touch was still warm, as if blood was still constantly seeping out from under the clothes.
But he was at least a Cultivator in the Early Stage of Qi Refining, so after directly touching, he naturally knew the other party was still alive.
“Fellow Daoist, pardon my intrusion.”
While softly calling out, he directly extended his finger and pointed at the other party’s lower abdomen, attempting to probe his injuries.
“Wah~”
Suddenly, the person spat out another large mouthful of fresh blood.
Fortunately, Su Jingzhe dodged in time, otherwise, that mouthful of blood would have sprayed directly on him.
While checking the other party’s injuries just now, he also tried to gauge their cultivation.
He couldn’t! He couldn’t see through it!
That meant the other party was at least at the Foundation Establishment Stage or above.
Su Jingzhe suddenly tightened his grip on the talisman in his hand.
Because he had already keenly sensed a rather strong Aura locking onto him.
It was as if he would be instantly disintegrated right here in the next second.
“Don’t make any other moves. Help me to a clean place!
Otherwise, I’ll kill you immediately.
At this distance, even if I am severely injured, you won’t be able to escape. If you don’t believe me, you can try!”
At this moment, the mysterious person actually spoke, their voice extremely cold, yet very pleasant.
Su Jingzhe then realized that the other party was actually a woman.
“Alright, I’ll help you.
Please don’t get agitated. We are strangers, and we have no animosity, do we?”
His expression changed, then quickly returned to normal, as he quietly tucked the talisman in his hand into his sleeve.
In the Cultivation World, it was the law of the jungle. The other party’s cultivation compared to his own was like heaven and earth.
If it were him in the other party’s situation, he might have used a soul-capturing technique to kill first and then talk.
He was still too careless. Su Jingzhe reflected. It also showed that this person was not one who killed indiscriminately.
However, she was also very lucky to have met a poor Loose Cultivator who was reluctant to call for help.
Seeing that the other party said nothing more.
“Pardon me.” Su Jingzhe carefully supported her arm. Fortunately, she was light, and Su Jingzhe easily helped her up.
The peach tree swayed twice, and petals fell like rain, showering both of them.
The peach blossoms and the blood-red color complemented each other, creating a strangely harmonious sight.
“It rained yesterday, so the ground is slippery. Go slowly.”
After failing his blind date during the day, he had lost the mood to lay floor tiles, so the muddy path was still muddy.
Soon, the two returned to the quiet room.
He helped the woman onto the stone bed inside.
As soon as the woman lay down, she became still.
Su Jingzhe sat beside her, wondering what to do next.
The other party wasn’t moving, and he didn’t dare to move either, sighing inwardly: These past two years, he had lived too comfortably.
Suddenly, he clearly felt that the Aura that had been shrouding him had dissipated.
Dead?
Or unconscious?
Startled, Su Jingzhe’s gaze involuntarily turned towards the woman on the stone bed.
Her face was still covered in blood, unclear and quite ghastly.
“Miss, if you need anything, I might be able to help you.”
Su Jingzhe tentatively asked again, but the other party remained motionless.
He carefully checked the woman’s breath.
“Truly unconscious?”
Su Jingzhe let out a long breath.
He glanced at the distress talisman that had reappeared in his hand. After a moment of thought, he put it away.
If there was some hidden secret behind this woman, would the Huayang Sect casually eliminate him?
To the Huayang Sect, Su was just an insignificant Qi Refining Early Stage tenant. Killing him would be nothing.
Currently, in the entire Linjiang City, perhaps only Zhang Xiu could earn his trust to some extent.
It was just a pity that Zhang Xiu wasn’t around.
It was still the same saying: since he had stumbled upon it, he could only accept his fate.
After understanding this, Su Jingzhe sat directly on a nearby meditation cushion, silently keeping watch.
He did nothing beyond what was necessary.
If the woman died like this, he would simply drag her out and bury her, and this matter would be as if it never happened.
If she woke up, he would adapt to the situation.
As long as I do nothing, I won’t make a mistake!
The Cultivation World spoke of Karma. Evil deeds bore evil fruit, and good deeds fostered good connections.
Furthermore, the difference in Rank between Cultivators was no different from that between humans and ants.
With this person’s cultivation, even if she was severely injured, killing him would be instantaneous, and there was no need to wait until now.
Once his thoughts were straightened out, his mind became clear, and he quickly entered a state of Cultivation.
With his Dantian damaged, he had to work harder than others.
Although this kind of Cultivation could no longer raise his Realm, it could at least slow down the rate at which his Spiritual Qi was lost.
However, it was precisely this choice that saved his life.
At this moment, the tense string in the woman’s heart on the stone bed also relaxed.
Her previous “unconsciousness” was merely a test.
Now, Su Jingzhe had gained her initial trust.
It was clear that if Su Jingzhe had made any rash moves earlier, he would likely be a corpse by now.
“Cough cough…”
The next moment, the woman on the stone bed suddenly coughed violently a few times.
Another large mouthful of clotted blood came out of her mouth.
Su Jingzhe, who was Cultivating, was abruptly startled awake.
He saw that the woman had already sat up.
It seemed that after spitting out that mouthful of clotted blood, her condition had improved significantly.
Before he could speak, he heard the woman say, “I need a bucket of water.”
Su Jingzhe could see that she was still bleeding from her body and face, but her Aura was even sharper now.
He nodded.
“Wait a moment.”
After taking a deep breath, Su Jingzhe quickly left the quiet room.
He went to the kitchen, moved out the long-unused bathing tub, and filled it with a large bucket of water.
It was still early spring, and the water was icy cold.
After thinking for a moment, he exerted some effort to heat it up.
By the time he returned to the quiet room, half an hour had passed.
By then, the woman had already sat cross-legged, closing her eyes to regulate her breath.
Her Aura was not apparent, but her condition seemed to be better than before.
Upon seeing Su Jingzhe carrying the large bucket in.
“I thought you would run away.”
The woman’s voice was somewhat cold, with a hint of mockery.
“I did want to run, but where could I run to?”
“Aren’t you afraid of me?”
“Terrified.” Su Jingzhe answered frankly, testing the water temperature. “Miss, you want to bathe, right? I heated the water for you. Please make yourself comfortable.”
Saying that, he placed a prepared bundle he held in his hand on the bed.
“If Miss doesn’t have suitable clothes to change into, please make do with these for now.
If you need anything else, just call me.”
After saying this, he closed the door and exited the quiet room again.
Inside the quiet room.
Seeing the clean clothes on the stone bed and the steaming bucket of water.
The woman paused for a moment, and a flicker of emotion appeared on her still blood-stained face.
In the cold and cruel Cultivation World, to pay attention to such details for a stranger was truly commendable.
“This guy isn’t bad-hearted.”
After a soft murmur to herself, the woman didn’t hesitate, quickly taking off her clothes.
She was covered in countless large and small wounds, some still seeping blood.
The moment she entered the water, the stinging pain made her tremble uncontrollably.
At the same time, outside the quiet room, the familiar golden characters reappeared before Su Jingzhe’s eyes.
This time, the content within the characters changed for the first time!
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