The Purgatory Calamity-Chapter 46 - 36 Gapless_1
Chapter 46: Chapter 36 Gapless_1
Chapter 46 -36 Gapless_1
The forest at dawn.
Wisps of faint white fog billowed like smoke, and the moist air was filled with the fresh scent of plants.
A group of people from the Su and He families stood around, each with a different expression, looking at an ancient tree with a hollow inside.
“That tree isn’t very thick; the space inside the hole is limited. Won’t it be cramped for two people to be in there together?”
With an innocent and naive face, Su Meng quietly asked her father, “What do you think?”
With a light cough, Su Yuntian glared at her and chided, “Mind your own business!”
Not far away.
Leaning against a tree, He Rong’s gaze was deep as he looked toward the tree hole.
Clearly a secret hiding spot, the tree hole was obviously not spacious. Thinking of the two people squeezed together inside, He Rong’s face naturally soured, after all, He Ziren was his nephew.
The marriage arrangement between He Ziren and Ning Yao was a result of deliberation between the two families. In his view, although Ning Yao and his nephew weren’t wed yet, they still had a layer of intimate relationship.
If the two wanted to talk, they could have chosen a more open and secluded place further away. There was no need to squeeze into a tiny tree hole.
“Ziren is dead, and he didn’t marry Ning. Don’t overthink it,”
Seeing his dissatisfaction, Su Yuntian couldn’t help but advise, “Also, Yuanshan perished at the hands of the Dark Ghost.”
“With the Dark Ghost appearing in the Solitude Mountain Range, it’s bound to target the members of the seven great families. I can only say that Ziren was unlucky.”
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“What we need to think about now is how we are going to survive from here on out.”
After learning of the existence of the Dark Ghost, Su Yuntian became worried about the peril of this journey, as his daughter, Su Meng, was also with them.
His talent for cultivation was quite ordinary.
Even if he worked hard for his entire life, he would at most be able to advance a step further into the Marrow Cleansing Realm. Like his father who stayed in the Fourth Realm, he would never be able to live in the Upper Realm.
But Su Meng was different.
A visitor from the Raging Sun Sect in the Third Realm, after carefully testing Su Meng’s talents, confirmed her extraordinary potential for cultivation.
Indeed, this was proven true. At a young age, Su Meng had reached the Meridians Channeling Realm, on par with him.
The Raging Sun Sect had clearly stated that when Su Meng was about to step into the Marrow Cleansing Realm, they would send someone to guide her up and help her with the Bone Severing Marrow Washing.
After that, Su Meng would be an official disciple of the Raging Sun Sect.
This time, Su Yuntian brought her along to explore the Solitude Mountain Range only because he couldn’t refuse Su Meng’s pleas.
Little did he know that the Dark Ghost would also come upon hearing the news, attacking members of the seven families at various dangerous places in the mountain range.
“That’s not right! It seems that Ning knew he was in that tree hole; it was her who asked us to stop here. On the way, when we passed the corpse of that grey hawk, she also took a few extra glances.”
He Rong, always cautious and observant, said in a low tone with a stern face, “I suspect that grey hawk was raised by her!”
Su Yuntian’s expression shifted, and after a careful recollection, he also found it unusual.
Their final resting place happened to be where Pang Jian appeared; it was too much of a coincidence.
“You and I both know that the Ning family is not skilled at taming spirit beasts, and I’ve never heard of her owning a hawk,”
Said Su Yuntian in a soft voice.
He Rong furrowed his brows: “Anyway, something is off about her.”
…
Inside the tree hole.
Taking a deep breath, Pang Jian, in the cramped space, felt the outline of the girl’s chest opposite him.
Having never been in such close contact with a girl his age, he was momentarily dazed as he watched the girl sincerely apologize.
He thought… after surviving the ordeal and escaping Hong Tai’s assassination, why has this woman suddenly changed her disposition?
Looking at the girl’s valiant features and her honest expression, he furrowed his brows in silence.
He was unclear why she had such a drastic change in attitude, but he thought of the dangers of Black Water Pool, the places he was to visit next, which would not be easier than Black Water Pool.
The future was unpredictable, with the Dark Ghost sweeping through everywhere; traveling alone was fraught with difficulties.
The woman before him, along with the people from the Su and He families—if they traveled together, it would significantly reduce his risk of death.
Pang Jian, who originally found a large group to be inconvenient for cultivation, hesitated internally when he thought of what he was about to face.
Luo Hongyan, with a slight smile, said teasingly, “Every time you take a deep breath, you seem to bump into me… Are you doing it on purpose?”
Pang Jian exhaled and leaned his back against the tree wall, saying, “It’s too cramped in here; you should go out.”
Luo Hongyan chuckled as she lowered her head, her bright eyes fixing on a protruding object on Pang Jian’s chest.
It was the copper plaque fashioned after a bronze door, which had absorbed a drop of Phoenix Marrow and swallowed the blood-red phoenix formed from the lifeblood of the Heavenly Phoenix Guard.
The copper plaque was beneath his clothes, which she had clearly felt just before; yet she noticed nothing out of the ordinary.
There was no fluctuation of spiritual power from the copper plaque during their physical touch, and no divine sense surrounding it.
“Odd relic.”
She, with a clear goal in mind, entered the tree hole with Pang Jian and stayed so close on purpose, pretending to accidentally touch that mysterious copper plaque to understand its mystery and origin.
The first contact yielded no results, leaving her somewhat dejected.
As she pondered, she heard Pang Jian’s slightly heavy breathing, so she shifted her gaze from his chest and looked up slightly.
She saw Pang Jian awkwardly suppressing the urge to breathe deeply, his body tense and strange.
She couldn’t help but be speechless.
Beneath the Black Water Pool, the young man who rode a snake and slaughtered all of her spies attacked fiercely and mercilessly, without giving them any chance of survival.
In Jin Yang, as well as two Meridians Channeling Realm Dark Ghost experts, all were killed one by one by the young man before her, leaving no survivors.
How is it now?
Her shrewd mind whirling, she pretended to be full of regret and lamented, “Beneath the pool, I was trapped by that silver net, and when I saw you suddenly appear and rush toward me, you don’t know how much I was looking forward to it and how thrilled I was.”
“I thought you were coming to save me. At that moment, I thought if you saved my life, I would be willing to…”
She did not finish the phrase “offer my body in return,” stopping just at the right moment.
With her head bowed, the blush spreading across her pale neck behind her ears, she appeared overwhelmingly shy.
In a soft voice, she said, “Pang Jian, please allow me to re-invite you to be my guide in the Solitude Mountain Range. This time, I will treat you well.”
After she finished speaking, she took out the cloth bag that Pang Jian had discarded and left it in the hollow of the tree before quietly slipping away.
Her blushing face left ample time and space for Pang Jian to savor and consider.
In the distance, Su Yuntian, Su Meng, He Rong, and a host of servants loyal to both families watched as the always aloof Miss Ning from the Ning Family, having spoken to the young Hunter, unexpectedly stepped out of the hollow of the tree with a coy expression.
“Ziren’s body is not yet cold! She, she!”
He Rong stomped his foot and rebuked in a low voice.
Su Yuntian and his daughter were also taken aback.
“I heard that Ning always opposed her marriage to Ziren. Could it be that her true love is that young man named Pang Jian?”
Su Meng’s mind was filled with stories of young ladies from influential families falling for commoners, her eyes shining with longing and admiration.
“This is what true love should look like! In the future, I too will follow in Ning’s footsteps, not bound by the marriages arranged by my family!”
She clenched her fist, raised her hand high, and then forcefully slashed it downward, as if swearing an oath with fiery passion.
“Thump thump!”
Su Yuntian rapped her on the forehead, and as she yelped in pain, he angrily said, “Read less of those silly books!”
…
“Just because it’s not your body, you feel the need to deliberately abuse it?”
Ning Yao, held captive within her own Sea of Consciousness, looked into the dark void at the stunning red figure and indignantly exclaimed, “If you’re after his copper badge, couldn’t you just twist it off and take it with you?”
In the desolate Sea of Consciousness, Luo Hongyan’s figure swayed uncertainly, her luxurious red dress stirring up ripples in the spatial folds.
In this void where the Spiritual Body could reveal its mysteries, she was so exquisitely beautiful that a smile or frown seemed capable of captivating the male gods.
Alas, Ning Yao was the only witness.
With a sneer, Luo Hongyan spoke flirtatiously, “Silly girl, you know nothing.”
Ning Yao remained silent.
“You think I’m abusing your body?”
Luo Hongyan pressed her lips together, her red lips fiery as she laughed softly, “You have no idea what true abuse is.”
“If I find it necessary, I’ll strip naked and press my bare body against him, as long as it helps me unravel the secrets of that copper badge.”
“After all, this body is not mine. Why should I care?”
She laughed unreservedly in this empty space.
“You might as well take full possession of me!”
Ning Yao cried out in despair.
She could sense that the Demon Girl who had seized her body could indeed do such a thing.
The thought of the scene the Demon Girl described made her feel worse than if she had been killed.
“Possess you?”
Luo Hongyan shook her head, saying disdainfully, “Do you think you’re worthy of me taking possession of you?”
“Do you know the difference between possession and full takeover? With possession, I just need to maintain your soul so I can act using your body. But for a full takeover, I would need to assimilate your soul, to bear all of your memories and experiences.”
“To take over means that I would truly own your body, to act in the world in your stead.”
“Little girl, you overestimate your abilities. With such a level of cultivation talent, you are not even in my sight.”
“You’re unworthy of being the subject of my takeover. I won’t pay such a high price for you.”
With a barrage of cold and harsh words, Luo Hongyan taunted Ning Yao until her hope turned to ashes; only then did she say contentedly, “I will allow you to watch. You will see how, as Luo Hongyan, I obtain everything I want using the body of Ning Yao.”
At that moment.
Pang Jian suddenly stepped out of the tree hollow, lifting the bag of broken silver and holding it up toward her, “I’ll take your bag of broken silver.”
Luo Hongyan showed an uncontrollable smile, appearing both flattered and astounded as she cheered, “Really? That’s wonderful!”
In the void of the Sea of Consciousness.
The seductive Luo Hongyan, looking at the dark expanse where the ethereal shadow of Ning Yao’s soul lingered, said:
“Next, I’ll show you how I gradually gain his trust, how I open his heart to me, and even make him willing to go through fire and water for me.”
Ning Yao asked with endless sorrow, “Are you going to use my body to win his trust?”
“If it’s truly necessary, I won’t hesitate to do so.” Luo Hongyan nodded gently, continuing her assault with a smile, “To me, your body is nothing more than a tool. If I can exchange it for his trust, of course, I will.”
Ning Yao’s soul quivered violently.
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