The Sect Leader’s Daughter Awakened - Chapter 6

There were an absurd number of living corpses in Qili Town.

As everyone attacked together, especially with several Golden Core cultivators mowing down living corpses like cutting grass, the dark, surging mass of living corpses around them still seemed endless. It made people not only exhausted, but even gave them a faint sense of despair.

Yun Sheng did not despair, but she secretly estimated that at least nearly a hundred living corpses had fallen by her hand alone. Even if everyone in the entire town had turned into living corpses, the number absolutely should not have reached this extent.

Because the pressure from the living corpses’ assault was too great, the Zhengyang Sect group, who had originally wanted to hold back their attacks, could no longer care about anything else and began going all out. At the same time, someone finally could not hold back and voiced their confusion. “How can there be so many living corpses? Even everyone in the whole town added together shouldn’t be this many, right?!”

Indeed, there were too many, but no one could give him an answer. Everyone could only continue attacking.

Before they knew it, the people from the two sects had completely gathered together. With a common enemy now, these disciples were no longer as hostile toward one another as before. After some slight coordination, they even gradually developed a bit of tacit understanding.

Yun Sheng was, in the end, an alchemist. Although her cultivation was higher than many people present, her fellow disciples still protected her in the middle, whether intentionally or unconsciously.

She herself did not feel anything was wrong with this. After all, she had always been protected over the years, and the meaning of her presence truly did not lie in killing enemies. But as living corpses continued surging over without end, and someone beside her finally could not hold on and fell, the calm on her face gradually shattered as well.

Seeing a living corpse pounce toward her, Yun Sheng did not panic. She was just about to summon Ling Yun to deal with it when a figure suddenly appeared before her, filling the previous gap. Not only did that person protect her, they also shielded the Zhengyang Sect disciple who had just fallen behind them.

That person wore blue-and-white robes. Their figure was slender yet tall and upright. If it was not Xi Wei, then who else could it be?

Yun Sheng supported her injured fellow disciple, feeling somewhat grateful. Although a mere living corpse definitely could not hurt her, if it dragged her injured fellow disciple into the swarm of corpses, the consequences were simply obvious.

Fortunately, Xi Wei had acted in time and helped them.

“Thank you,” Yun Sheng said. She did not know whether Xi Wei heard it, because Xi Wei did not look back.

Of course, Yun Sheng did not have time to dwell on so much either. After thanking her, she hurriedly searched through her storage ring and took out medicine to suppress corpse poison, feeding it to her fellow disciple. After that, she also realized that they could not continue like this.

Many people had realized the same thing. At once, someone shouted, “No, there are too many living corpses here. It’s like we stabbed their nest. We should leave first. It won’t be too late to discuss this at length afterward.”

Leaving would not be difficult. Most people here had already reached Foundation Establishment and had the ability to fly on swords. If they flew away, these low-level living corpses would have a very hard time stopping them.

But not many people agreed with this suggestion, especially the people from the Zhengyang Sect, who did not speak at all.

They had not forgotten that two of their fellow disciples had previously been injured and fallen unconscious, then were placed in the mayor’s house. Although they now could not be sure whether there was anything wrong with the mayor’s family, abandoning fellow disciples was impossible.

After waking from that dream, Yun Sheng valued these fellow disciples even more. She was even less willing to leave. “Wait first. Give me some time.”

Everyone heard this, but before they could understand what she wanted to do, a rope flashing with spiritual light suddenly appeared in Yun Sheng’s hand.

Everyone found the rope familiar. It was called the Dragon-Binding Rope. Its name sounded impressive, but in truth, it was used to bind spiritual beasts. Its grade was not high either. Generally, it could only deal with spiritual beasts below the Golden Core stage. Those with slightly higher cultivation could easily break free from it.

However, for the current situation, this Dragon-Binding Rope was already enough.

Yun Sheng held the Dragon-Binding Rope in one hand and gave it a slight shake with a bit of force. The Dragon-Binding Rope seemed to come alive, shooting straight forward. In the blink of an eye, it wound itself around a living corpse and bound it tightly.

The living corpse was entangled and let out an angry roar, but this could not resist the force of Yun Sheng dragging it back.

In that instant, inside the defensive circle formed by the cultivators of the two sects, there was now one more struggling living corpse. However, no one objected, because they had already seen Yun Sheng carry out a series of movements, checking its pulse and drawing its blood.

If they had not guessed wrong, Yun Sheng was checking whether these living corpses could still be saved. If they could be saved, then they could use pills to dissolve the other side’s forces. If they could not be saved, she could also refine medicine specifically against them.

The Zhengyang Sect disciples did not doubt Yun Sheng’s ability to refine medicine in the slightest. In fact, to show their support, they took on even more pressure from the enemy. As for the Tianxing Sect people, although they were not familiar with Yun Sheng, every one of them was proud. How could they be willing to be outdone by Zhengyang Sect disciples?

And so, the disciples of both sects exerted their strength together. Not only did they block the living corpses’ attacks, there was even a faint sign of pushing back.

Yun Sheng’s movements were indeed very fast. After a dazzling round of examination, she confirmed that the living corpse in front of her could still be saved. However, an individual case did not represent all of them. Moreover, after going through this, even if the person was saved, they would be ruined. One could only say she was saving them a chance at reincarnation.

As an alchemist, although Yun Sheng had been very well protected, she was not actually ignorant of life and death.

She made her decision very quickly. In the blink of an eye, she took out a palm-sized alchemy furnace and began refining pills on the spot.

Alchemy was a very rigorous matter. Generally speaking, one had to choose a quiet chamber, and the alchemist also had to adjust their state to an excellent condition in order to ensure the success rate of refining. But Yun Sheng was different. In the field of alchemy, she could be called extraordinarily gifted. She could casually choose a place to refine pills and casually throw medicinal materials into the furnace. It seemed that no matter how she fussed around, refining pills was easy for her.

This time was no exception.

Very soon, the spiritual herbs and spiritual medicines melted into spiritual liquid, and a faint medicinal fragrance began spreading through the air. No one knew exactly what kind of pill she was refining, but when the already somewhat exhausted crowd smelled that medicinal fragrance, their spirits all lifted at once.

In contrast, the movements of those living corpses seemed to slow somewhat. Unfortunately, the slowing was limited, and no one noticed it.

Yun Sheng ignored the reactions of the people around her. Her eyes were fixed tightly on the alchemy furnace before her, while her hands formed seals that seemed slow but were actually fast. Yun Sheng, fully focused, did not know how much time passed, nor how many times the seals in her hands changed, before movement suddenly came from the alchemy furnace.

The medicinal fragrance turned into a pill fragrance. At the same time, a buzzing sound came from inside the alchemy furnace. This was the sign that the pills were forming.

Suddenly, a hand wrapped around Yun Sheng’s slender waist. Before she could react, it carried her backward and flew away. Amid the rich pill fragrance, there seemed to be an unfamiliar trace of faint fragrance as well, quietly slipping into her nose.

Yun Sheng’s heart shook, and she could not help becoming slightly distracted. The alchemy furnace on the verge of forming pills immediately became restless.

As an alchemist, Yun Sheng knew that if she grew distracted again, this entire batch of pills would be ruined. She hurriedly gathered her mind, then formed several more seals. Only then did she barely suppress the alchemy furnace’s restlessness, and the pill fragrance in the air grew even richer.

Yun Sheng became even more careful. Her excessive concentration and the large amount of spiritual energy she was outputting made fine beads of sweat seep out on her forehead.

Fortunately, the pills were successfully refined very quickly. The alchemy furnace buzzed once more, then fell completely silent. The normal process next should have been to form seals and take out the pills, but Yun Sheng did not do that this time. Instead, she pushed her palm forward, striking the alchemy furnace floating in front of her directly.

Then, with a loud bang, the furnace lid flew up. The pills inside the furnace were shattered into powder by the force of this palm, scattering in all directions.

At just that moment, a gust of wind came. It was unknown whether someone had helped or whether the night wind had coincidentally arrived, but it blew the scattered pill powder until it spread completely. Added to the fact that they were already high above the ground, the drifting medicinal powder almost shrouded all the living corpses below.

Yun Sheng beckoned the alchemy furnace back, then lowered her head and carefully observed the condition of the living corpses.

One breath, two breaths, three breaths…

Thud after thud began to sound one after another. It was the sound of living corpses falling to the ground in succession. After only a few dozen breaths, the effect of the pill spread like a plague, infecting all the living corpses and making them all lose their ability to fight and collapse.

Seeing this, Yun Sheng let out a long breath of relief. Just as two parts of joy appeared between her brows, she heard a cool voice ring out beside her. “Very impressive.”

This voice was somewhat unfamiliar, but extremely pleasant to hear. Yun Sheng instinctively turned her head to look and met an exquisitely beautiful side profile. Noticing her gaze, that person also turned back. They were facing each other directly and were extremely close. Yun Sheng could even see the tiny mole beneath her eye.

For some unknown reason, Yun Sheng’s heartbeat quickened by two beats. She stammered in reply, “Y-you’re welcome.”

After saying it, her face turned red.

What was she even saying?

Then, very quickly, she discovered another matter that made her blush even more.

Why could she see the tiny mole beneath Xi Wei’s eye? Because the two of them were extremely close.

Why were the two of them so close? Because at this moment, she was standing on the other woman’s spiritual sword. To put it even more precisely, she was half-held in Xi Wei’s arms, in a protective posture.

Only now did Yun Sheng belatedly remember that someone seemed to have carried her away from the ground earlier. She did not suspect Xi Wei of trying to do anything to her. There was no need to guess. The situation at the time must have been urgent, and the ground must have become impossible to stay on, which was why Xi Wei had taken her up on the sword.

But staying in the arms of a stranger, and for so long at that, made Yun Sheng’s face heat uncontrollably.