Questioning Heaven, Desiring the Way

Chapter 162: A Win? A Defeat?

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The whole place shook, and the laws of nature turned into a dense net that covered the entire sky.

The laws of the five elements? Youre no match for me, said Gu Suihan with a snort. He threw the spear out, and it whooshed loudly and angrily like a gigantic arrow, carrying the stench of blood along with it as it flew toward the net.

Water? Scatter! He flicked his finger gently, and his nail gently touched the large net. The eyes in the sky suddenly widened as the laws changed, and the huge net crumbled as though it had been hit by lightning.

Sea of blood! No limits! He laughed loudly as the armor on his body slowly fell off and was replaced by a long, dark red bloody robe.

All the water sources within the capital city were like swallows returning to their nests as they soared toward Gu Suihan. The vapor reflected the colors of the rainbow under the sunlight.

The cloudswere gone. They were absorbed into the growing sea of blood.

The treesdied. They were drained of any water they had.

The grounddried up and cracked. All of its water was swirling around Gu Suihan in the air.

Everything within sight was dyed a bloody red. The only smell in the air was the stench of blood. Whooshing noises filled his ears, and everything moved in waves around him.

At that moment, Gu Suihanwas the god of this region.

Bam! The spear pierced through the layers of obstruction and stabbed right into those eyes.

An angry roar seemed to resound in the distance.

Everything in the world stopped for that moment. Every living creature could not help but look up at the sky in horror.

I will eventually leave. But you do not get to decide when. Gu Suihan stared indifferently at the slowly disappearing eyes in the sky. He was like a god who ruled the skies from above, but he was also like a demon who crawled out of a deep abyss and emerged from a bloodbath.

The will of this world had retreated. It realized that it couldnt kill Gu Suihan, so it quickly decided to back off instead. This was a compromise, or perhapsa sort of defeat?

Whos that? You Hantian suddenly got up from his chair in the First Peak of the Seven Kill Sect. His eyes gleamed brightly like two sharp swords as he shot a gaze toward Fenglin.

Is that you? All cultivators at high levels of cultivation from the Ethereal Court and its allies flew up immediately and had a conflicted look in their eyes as they looked down at the area where the laws of nature had just changed.

Its you! In an unknown location, on a gigantic warship, an old man got up with a start. He stood on the deck, his eyes ablaze with fury andpure hatred.

ROAAR! The terrifying roar deep inside the well within the Devil Abyss rang brightly as it felt the shift in the Earth earlier.

Gu Suihan dismissed the sea of blood that covered the hundreds of miles around him, then landed on the ground again. He was rather tired now. He proceeded to wear that spiritual armor he got from the secret realm again.

His long hair cascaded past his shoulders, and a few stray strands covered his forehead, hiding the mark of the strange-looking red spider lily slightly.

He pursed his lips slightly into a perfect smile. His eyebrows were slightly curved, which helped to soften the iciness in his emotionless gaze.

Change their memories! He pointed a finger at the two unconscious ladies lying on the ground whom he had protected from the fight earlier. He was now at Origin Core and had no problem altering their memories.

There isnt much time left, murmured Gu Suihan as he casually looked up at the sky that had gone back to normal.

The message from the will of this world earlier had been very clear. It wanted Gu Suihan to leave as quickly as possible. Otherwise, it would do everything in its power to chase him out or even kill him.

He didnt think someone who had just hit Origin Core could force the spirit of this space to retreat just like that. While it was true that his tactics and techniques were superior to most others, the huge difference in power between the levels was the good part about being at a higher level of cultivation. Those at higher levels had enough qi to execute a few dozen moves, while Gu Suihan only had enough to execute a little more than ten moves. He could use secret techniques and the elements and other skills to increase the power of his attacks, but the sheer difference in the number of techniques they could execute was too big for him to overcome.

It would have made better sense if he were some old fellow at a higher stage of Origin Core or at Nascent Change.

But the fact remained that Gu Suihan had actually won. But that made him even more puzzled.

Thisprobably has something to do with that Devil Abyss place. Otherwise, why would it give up so easily on a threat at my level? thought Gu Suihan as he reached out to awaken the two ladies. But he quickly stopped himself again.

Would it seem too unreal if we were to return looking like this? He looked at their only mildly dirtied clothing and rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

A moment later, he chuckled and retrieved a sword from his storage ring. He used it to cut their clothes open, then proceeded to make several cuts all over their bodies. The fact that their bodies were indecently exposed did not bother him at all, and he continued to make more cuts and holes in their bodies. He didnt even avoid any areas that could prove fatal to them.

In no time, their previously smooth and unscarred arms, legs, abdomen, and chest were covered in blood.

But in order to fool others, he had to fool himself first. As an experienced, wily old fox, he knew that he couldnt take any chances. He had to go all out.

After making several cuts in his body, his heart was injured, his dantian was damaged, and his entire body was covered in blood. The severe loss of blood made his face pale, and his lips turned blue. He used the last bit of strength he had to make the surroundings messier, then turned away from the two ladies and collapsed to the ground with a shattered sword that no longer had any sentience left in it next to him.

In that instant, Gu Suihan had turned himself into a young hero who had nearly sacrificed his own life in order to save his fellow disciples from harm and was now on the brink of death.

Jingjing slowly regained consciousness and groaned when she felt pain all over her body.

She raised her head weakly, and her face instantly paled when she saw that Gu Suihan and Shuanger looked like they might be dead. She disregarded the bleeding wounds on her body, ran to pull the fallen Gu Suihan into her arms, and called out in a trembling voice, Junior brother! Junior brother!

When her fingers happened to touch his strange blood, her eyes widened in shock. His blood was like nectar!

Senior sister! Shuangers face was also pale as she regained consciousness as well.

Junior brotheris on the verge of death, murmured Jingjing in a cracked voice as she stared in horror at the transparent hole in Gu Suihans chest.

Big brother Shuanger crawled over, and there were tears in her eyes as she anxiously shook Gu Suihans seemingly lifeless body.

This! He can use this! A thought suddenly struck her as she frantically retrieved a small bottle from her storage ring. She poured out a pill filled with qi, gave off a tri-colored glow, and then stuffed it into Gu Suihans mouth.

A tri-colored soul-reviving pill! exclaimed Jingjing before quickly using her energy to help circulate the medicinal properties of the pill inside Gu Suihans body.

Thats all we can do to keep him alive. Weve got to get back to the sect as quickly as possible. Once Gu Suihans wounds stopped bleeding, she used the little strength she had left to carry him. Her face paled even more when she saw the destruction around her and hurried back toward the sect.

She didnt dare to use her sects special spiritual talisman to send a message back because she was in the Seven Kill Sects territory. No matter how bad their situation was, she couldnt do something like that in another sects territory. Those were the rules.

II have an item that can help us fly. Shuanger quickly pulled out a boat-like item from her storage ring.

Hurry! Their eyes were red, and their anxious voices trembled.

Runes that resembled birds in flight suddenly appeared on the flying boat and swirled around the boat rapidly. A faint green glow covered the boat, and it flew into the distance at lightning speed, like an arrow that had just been released from its bowstring.

While they were hurrying back to the Youthful Clarity Sect, there was a threatening-looking warship overflowing with fiendish qi flying toward Fenglin from a great distance away, moving through the endless void.

Inside the ship stood a middle-aged man in white robes and graying sideburns. His eyebrows were bold swords, while his rugged face was framed by his chiseled jaw. His lips were tightly pursed, and an invisible sword qi filled the air around him. His gaze was like a pair of blades as they stared into the endless void outside.

Shes used the pill as well! He murmured to himself in a low voice, Shuanger, what sort of crisis have you run into? The split soul I sealed inside your consciousness has been killed too. If anything bad happens to you, as your father, I will definitely destroy this tiny world!

The Clackers Salty Salt Lab

Its been a really long time since I last left a note Todays snack recommendation: Pretzels

This thing has literal salt crystals embedded into it. I love just eating the salt first, then the pretzels. cackles

TL Side Note: Ive realized that I should not have translated the place as Demon Abyss, because it gets mixed up with the demonic race and script that Gu Suihan is obsessed with. The Chinese characters for the two entities are different but can both be translated to demon, which is how this mess started. I will retrospectively change all instances of Demon Abyss to Devil Abyss, and it shall be Devil Abyss from hereafter.

1. TL/N: I should really just voice these effects