Chapter 20: Swearing to the Heavens
“P-Predecessor, w-what is this?”
Li Qingran was initially startled when Chen Huai’an ntioned helping her restore her dantian. Then sothing landed on the table, and the entire room was engulfed in a radiant green light accompanied by a dense dicinal fragrance. Just one breath made her feel as though her spiritual qi was circulating faster!
“This is the dicine that can restore your dantian,” Chen Huai’an replied.
He didn’t reveal the na of the pill—after all, just one look at it scread “priceless.”
To Chen Huai’an, Li Qingran was essentially a high-intelligence AI character. Given the current level of AI technology, it wasn’t impossible to achieve this degree of sophistication, provided there was enough data to train the model. Since the ga developers were skilled hackers, creating such an advanced AI model would be a walk in the park.
Although high-intelligence AI differed from humans, it could simulate emotions under the influence of its data streams. If he outright told Li Qingran that it was a Primordial Heaven-nding Pill, she’d surely refuse to accept it.
“dicine to restore a dantian?” Li Qingran murmured, stunned. She had never heard of such a thing. To her knowledge, once a dantian was shattered, it was virtually impossible to repair. Even if restoration was conceivable, it would involve thods far beyond the reach of a Foundation Establishnt cultivator like her.
Moreover, the sheer commotion caused by the appearance of this pill indicated its imnse value.
“Predecessor, this dicine is too precious. I cannot accept it.” Li Qingran’s tone was resolute. She indeed longed to restore her dantian, but she had already received far too many favors from the predecessor. She had no ans to repay him in equal asure, and this imbalance filled her with guilt.
“Take it if I say so!” Chen Huai’an muttered as he tapped the communication talisman, amused at how lifelike the AI was. In most other gas—even ones with nurturing elents—the NPC would simply accept the item without question. He continued, “This pill was prepared specifically for you. It’s useless to . Take it now, or others will co and snatch it!”
What Li Qingran heard was: “This pill is useless to . The commotion just now has already drawn attention from other cultivators, and I can’t conceal the heavenly phenonon for long. If you don’t consu it now, you’ll only be making trouble for !”
“I...”
Li Qingran glanced at the ceiling, her eyes returning to the pill on the table. She bit her lower lip, visibly conflicted.
Consuming the pill would leave her with a crushing debt of gratitude. But refusing the pill would an causing trouble for her predecessor...
“Hurry up!”
The sharp reprimand from above startled her, causing her to tremble.
Faced with a choice between breaking her principles and defying her predecessor, she ultimately chose to break her principles. She couldn’t bear to make him angry.
Carefully, she picked up the pill, her expression filled with apprehension.
Chen Huai’an smirked as he watched her hesitantly cradle the pill in her hands. “Hah, so in the end, you still obediently listened to !”
He realized that being called “Predecessor” by Li Qingran was starting to get to his head. Perhaps from now on, he should refer to himself as “this lord”—it felt more fitting for the occasion.
“If you don’t take the pill, my 90,000 yuan will have been wasted!”
Amid the urgency earlier, he hadn’t even had the chance to check what he’d won during the last 500 draws.
Li Qingran, holding the pill, decided that if she was to break her principles, she must find a way to make ands.
Looking up at the ceiling, she raised one hand, holding three fingers upright to represent Heaven, Earth, and Man, and declared in a loud voice:
“Today, this junior Li Qingran received the aid of the predecessor, gaining the divine dicine to restore my dantian. I am deeply ashad of my inability to repay this kindness. From now on, should the predecessor require anything of , I vow to face mountains of blades and seas of fire, even the infernal depths, without hesitation or regret!” ℝΆＮo͍ʙƐS̩
She swore this to the Dao of Heaven and to her Dao Heart, her words resonating with the heavens. Spiritual qi surged around her, lifting her long black hair and revealing her determined gaze.
Having made her vow, she was free of burden. With no hesitation, she raised the pill to her mouth and consud it.
She had now entrusted everything she had to the predecessor. It was the only thing she could offer.
The celestial-grade Primordial Heaven-nding Pill dissolved the mont it touched her tongue, transforming into a clear stream that flowed directly toward her shattered dantian. From Chen Huai’an’s perspective, a golden thread snaked its way into her abdon. At the sa ti, the entire room began to spin, as if drawn into a vortex centered around Li Qingran. The vortex expanded outward, forming a tornado that reached the sky.
“So this is a spiritual qi vortex?” Chen Huai’an mused. Since the ga was set in a cultivation world, Li Qingran was likely absorbing a vast amount of spiritual qi to fuel the pill’s effects.
“Speaking of which, isn’t this causing a bit too much commotion? Shouldn’t I conceal it again?”
The spiritual qi vortex tore through the clouds above, leaving a gaping hole in the sky.
On the map, the chaotic red dots sward toward his location like moths to a fla.
【Li Qingran has consud the celestial-grade Primordial Heaven-nding Pill, triggering continuous heavenly phenona. Would you like to pay ¥28 to conceal the heavenly phenonon?】
“What the...!”
Chen Huai’an was both furious and amused.
Drip-feeding now, huh? Can’t you just be straightforward?
Despite his grumbling, he begrudgingly paid the ¥28.
In Wanqing Mountain—
“It’s over there! It’s over there!”
“Such an overwhelming surge of spiritual qi—this must be where the divine pill erged!”
“Hahaha! I’m going to ascend to immortality!”
Suddenly, the vortex of spiritual qi dissipated, snuffed out as if by an invisible hand.
The treasure hunters were left dumbfounded once again.
“Damn it! Where did it go?”
“Are you kidding ?!”
“Forget it! Search everywhere! Don’t let anything slip past, even if it’s a pile of dung—sniff it just in case!”
anwhile, Chen Huai’an was contentedly admiring Li Qingran as she ditated in a cross-legged position.
She sat quietly, strands of black hair cascading over her shoulders, swaying gently amidst the flow of spiritual qi. Her simple attire complented her serene and elegant deanor. Usually, her eyebrows carried a hint of heroism, but now, with her eyes closed and her lips pressed tightly together, her pale face bore a delicate, sickly beauty that evoked pity.
Chen Huai’an, a practical-minded science student, didn’t have much in the way of flowery language. Still, he couldn’t help but marvel at her beauty in his own way.
“Damn, she’s stunning!”
He forced himself to look away. Any longer, and he might find it impossible to concentrate later.
He still hadn’t checked what treasures he’d drawn from his 1,000 attempts at the Fortune Carp Pool. Opening his inventory, he saw all 12 slots packed to the brim: low-grade spirit stones, mid-grade spirit stones, communication talismans, Thunderfire Talismans in four grades from Mortal to Celestial, a Black Armor Formation, an Interdiate Spirit Gathering Formation, the Su Xian Sword, and a golden jade slip.
“Seriously? Why can’t all the Thunderfire Talismans go into one slot?”
Chen Huai’an cursed his luck but decided against giving them all to Li Qingran—after all, if she got controlled, he’d need them for backup support.
The most intriguing item was the golden jade slip. A golden-tier treasure—definitely sothing extraordinary!
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