A Snake Transmigrated as a Scum A - Chapter 61

The night is dark.

Under the hazy, large-scale Impressionist sunrise painting, curled up under a blanket, uneven and hidden in the darkness like rolling mountains.

A slight breath causes the blanket to gently rise and fall.

“Li Yingxue…” Fu Man looked up at the ceiling, her tone unusually serious, “A lot of misfortunes have arisen because of me, so naturally, I will take responsibility for you.”

“Is that all there is?” Li Yingxue lifted her eyelids, lying on her back with her hands crossed over the blanket, staring blankly at the ceiling. After a moment, she elegantly closed her eyes, a hint of disappointment hidden in the corners.

“Go to sleep.”

“Okay.”

The next day, the foundation establishment began.

Li Yingxue sat on the grand and majestic throne directly in front of the hot spring, with a massive stone snake with a gaping bloody mouth coiling behind her.

Fu Man stood beside her and explained, “So-called foundation establishment is to establish the Dan foundation. The Dan foundation is a very complex concept, but once the Dan founder is established, you will have your own spiritual consciousness, and your spiritual energy will increase as your cultivation level rises.”

Fu Man took out a red foundation establishment pill and handed it to her: “This is a foundation establishment pill. Generally, on the first day of foundation establishment, people go through the process of marrow cleansing, which is extremely painful, as if their bones are being dismantled and then reassembled. This foundation establishment pill can protect your soul from being torn apart and alleviate your pain.”

Li Yingxue took the foundation establishment pill from her palm and swallowed it without changing her expression.

“And then?”

“Then you need to personally feel that clean and peaceful energy, understand and experience it, and that energy will flow through your body’s bones and meridians. Once the foundation is successfully established, it will manifest in the places you can see.”

“Okay.”

Li Yingxue closed her eyes, trying to feel that clean and peaceful energy. As time passed, she gradually felt pain in her body.

First, it was in the internal organs, as if they were being crushed by someone, then the limbs and bones began to feel a myriad of sharp pains.

Li Yingxue gritted her teeth, biting her lip until it bled. To numb and distract from the pain, scenes of her past life being abused kept appearing in her subconscious.

Those repeated humiliations, those repeated abuses…

The nails dug into the flesh without me even realizing it.

And this is the result after the foundation establishment pill has taken effect; she couldn’t even begin to imagine the unimaginable pain without it.

Suddenly, Li Yingxue felt a warm and familiar sensation coming from behind her.

It relieved her of this pain.

“Li Yingxue, hold on a bit longer, don’t give up.” Fu Man stood behind her, continuously infusing her with soothing and pain-relieving spiritual energy.

Li Yingxue didn’t have the strength to speak; she had been enduring. She was like a cripple standing before the gate of cultivation. To step through the gate of cultivation, one had to undergo a complete transformation, enduring pain that ordinary people could not bear and suffering hardships that ordinary people could not endure.

This situation has persisted for a week, getting more and more painful, and even the foundation establishment pills can’t help alleviate it.

The 8th day.

Li Yingxue had blood oozing from the corner of her mouth, her face pale, and her entire body felt as if it had been crushed.

She was in so much pain that she wanted to die.

“Fu Man…” Li Yingxue opened her eyes, her usually cold and distant gaze slightly reddened, revealing an unbearable pain. Her brows were tightly furrowed, her tone tinged with a hint of grievance, “It hurts so much…”

Seeing this, Fu Man put her hands down and stopped channeling spiritual energy into her. At this point, the spiritual energy was already a case of closing the barn door after the horse had bolted, and it was of no use.

Fu Man sat beside her, holding her close, pressing Li Yingxue’s head against her chest, wiping the blood from the corner of her mouth: “Just endure a bit longer, the foundation establishment must go through this stage. Once you get through it, you’ll be fine.”

Li Yingxue’s hands trembled, “Help me… bring a knife.”

She wants to use self-harm to distract herself from this pain.

This is the only solution she could think of, and she had tried it before.

“It’ll be useful…” she looked at her almost pleadingly.

Fu Man didn’t listen to her because she had witnessed her self-harm, so she felt even more heartbroken that she had such thoughts. “No.”

Li Yingxue collapsed in her arms, unable to lift her hands, feeling as if her soul and body had been forcibly torn apart, her head pounding with pain.

A metallic taste surged up from her throat, spreading to her lips, as if she had put on a layer of bright red lipstick.

Perhaps it was just too painful; tears welled up at the corners of her eyes and fell without reason, like a cold beauty on the verge of withering away.

“Li Yingxue…”

Seeing her like this, Fu Man’s heart inexplicably skipped a beat. She opened her mouth, hesitated, and couldn’t bear to see her continue to suffer. After a moment, she took a deep breath and leaned down.

And kissed her.

Silently channeling her energy, she placed a golden-glowing inner core into Li Yingxue’s mouth, sending it into her body.

Li Yingxue slightly widened her eyes, staring unblinkingly at the woman in front of her. Something slid down her throat, and the pain throughout her body gradually faded away at that moment.

Her senses shifted from the splitting headache to the two petals touching.

After they separated, Fu Man’s mouth was also stained with blood, but she casually raised her hand to wipe it away.

Looking down at Li Yingxue, she asked, “Does it still hurt?”

Li Yingxue couldn’t come to her senses for a long time, pursed her lips, and asked, “What did you just pass on to me?”

Fu Man: “It’s nothing, just my inner core.”

“Inner core… what is it?” Li Yingxue didn’t dare to think about how important this thing was. “What will happen to you without the inner core”

“Nothing much.” Fu Man had no intention of telling her, “You need to focus on establishing your foundation, preserving your spirit, and stabilizing your thoughts. This step is crucial, and you can’t give up halfway.”

Seeing Li Yingxue lost in thought, Fu Man frowned and reminded her, “Did you hear that, Li Yingxue?”

Li Yingxue, however, became persistent, staring into the woman’s averted eyes: “Tell me, will you die without the inner core?”

Will she forever become a snake and never be able to turn back?

Fu Man had no choice but to explain to her, fearing she might overthink and not focus on her foundation establishment: “Not for the time being.”

That means she will die…

Li Yingxue slightly regained some strength, gently grasping her sleeve, but she didn’t just want to hold onto her sleeve. She gazed longingly into those green eyes, with countless words stuck in her throat, a myriad of thoughts swirling around, and the overwhelming agitation made her only manage to utter a single “thank you.”

Leaving behind a deafening silence.