Miss, This Medicine Is Very Bitter

"Don't show off such pathetic skills. It's truly humiliating."

Gu Chen spoke calmly, as though he were merely stating the most ordinary fact.

Immediately afterward, the man in black felt an immensely majestic surge of energy erupt all around him!

But although the man in black sensed it, his body had no time to make any response at all.

Gu Chen merely exerted a little force, and a terrifying power shot forth from his fingertips.

This energy raced along the sword's edge toward its blade.

Like raging waves and stormy seas, it climbed the sword blade once more and surged up the black-clad man's arm.

It charged mercilessly toward the man in black!

Bang!

A tremendous sound like a sonic boom rang out.

The black-clad man's entire body arched high before turning into a trail of afterimages and crashing into the towering tree beside him!

Before the sonic boom had fully faded, the man in black had already rammed through the waist of the tree behind him, which was three or four meters in diameter!

Gu Chen had done no more than strike lightly.

Yet the black-clad man before him already had every rib shattered and all five viscera ruptured!

The tree, like a pillar holding up heaven and earth, came crashing down, startling flocks of birds into flight throughout the forest.

The black-clad man, who had been brimming with killing intent just moments ago,

now lay sprawled amid the wreckage like a dead dog...

East Desolation Commandery, the Wei family residence.

It was time for Wei Qingyu to drink her medicine again, but she would rather suffer herself to death than drink it!

After drinking it once yesterday, Wei Qingyu had felt as though she were about to vomit out her intestines.

By the end, even she did not know whether what she threw up was undigested food or food that had already been digested...

"Miss, this medicine is actually very bitter."

"Yesterday, we could tell from your voice that you were suffering greatly, so this time, when brewing the medicine, we specifically added some licorice and brown sugar."

"Licorice and brown sugar also have mild medicinal properties. Not only can they make the medicinal broth more palatable, but they can also aid your recovery."

At those words, Wei Qingyu's proud little temper immediately flared up. "Who gave you permission to make decisions on your own and add sugar to my medicine?"

"Have you ever heard the saying, 'Good medicine tastes bitter'?!"

After being scolded so harshly, the maid was so aggrieved that she was nearly brought to tears.

In the end, she could only say timidly, "I'm sorry, Miss Wei. I'll go brew you another bowl."

"Don't move!"

Wei Qingyu let out a sudden shout, terrifying the maid.

After all, sugar had been added to this bowl of medicine with great difficulty. Wei Qingyu did not want to drink that unsweetened stuff again!

"Well... these medicinal ingredients are very precious..."

"Forget it. This young lady will forgive you this time!"

"You may withdraw first!"

After the maid left, Wei Qingyu looked disdainfully at the medicinal broth beside her.

"Hmph, it's not because sugar was added that I can't bear to throw you away!"

"It's entirely because I don't want to waste anything!"

"Yes, that's right. I just don't want to waste it!"

Muttering to herself, Wei Qingyu picked up the medicine and drained it in one gulp.

It had to be said that Wei Qingyu immediately found the medicine much tastier!

Its flavor was simply beyond comparison with yesterday's!

After a full day of recovery, Wei Qingyu's injuries had mostly healed.

Though she had not fully recovered, at least she would no longer pull at her wounds.

Now that her injuries had improved, Wei Qingyu was unwilling to waste any more time.

She had only one thought now: cultivate quickly and strive to beat Gu Chen until he knelt and begged for mercy as soon as possible!

Yet no matter how Wei Qingyu cultivated, her Cultivation Level showed no improvement whatsoever.

Even with the memories of her past life, cultivating her Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture had no effect at all!

"Why is this happening?" Wei Qingyu's face was instantly filled with confusion.

In her previous life, when Wei Qingyu had first obtained the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture,

she had broken through from the Innate Realm to the Profound Gang Realm in just one night.

And the higher one's Cultivation Level, the harder it should have been to achieve a breakthrough.

But now, she was merely at the Body Tempering Realm, yet cultivating the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture produced no reaction at all!

"Something's wrong. There must be a problem somewhere."

Wei Qingyu sat by the bed, frowning as she began recalling every detail of her previous life.

She suddenly remembered that in her previous life, Gu Chen had basically been by her side every time she cultivated.

Gu Chen had helped her circulate her energy and set up formations, even helping her clear her inner-force meridians.

At that thought, Wei Qingyu's brows immediately knitted even tighter.

"Could it be that the reason I was able to break through in my previous life was all because of Gu Chen's help?"

"Without Gu Chen, can't I manage it by myself after all?"

Wei Qingyu, who had always refused to yield in all her life, naturally would not readily admit such a notion.

She tried twice more, and one time, because she exerted herself too fiercely, she nearly suffered backlash from the Sacred Origin Great Yin Scripture!

"Impossible!"

"This is absolutely impossible!"

"It's all Gu Chen's fault!"

Wei Qingyu was so furious that she could not sit still. She had already begun pacing back and forth through the room.

When she saw the bowl that had once held the medicinal broth on the table, Wei Qingyu gritted her teeth even harder in rage.

She rushed over, grabbed the medicine bowl, and hurled it straight onto the floor.

Crash!

The bowl shattered into four pieces the moment it struck the ground. The maids and servants outside heard the commotion, but none of them dared make any rash move.

Wei Qingyu continued cursing mindlessly in the room. "If that guy hadn't helped me with everything, I wouldn't have ended up unable to do anything myself!"

"Gu Chen, you're truly vicious! You predicted this day long ago—without you, I can't cultivate anything, is that it?"

"So you had already begun laying out your plans from the very beginning!"

In that state, Wei Qingyu was so enraged that she was practically about to lose her mind.

Gu Chen's face surfaced in her mind, making her grit her teeth even more fiercely.

"Gu Chen, do you think I can't cultivate without you?"

"I'm telling you, your sinister scheme will never succeed!"

"I will definitely rely on my own strength to surpass you step by step, and then defeat you!"

At that thought, Wei Qingyu decided to take a look at the family's Training Hall.

There might be some method there that could help her rapidly increase her strength...

The moment she pushed open the door, the maids and servants beside it hurriedly lowered their heads.

Wei Qingyu did not spare them a glance and headed straight toward the Training Hall.

The far northern reaches of East Desolation Commandery, the Cangshan Sword Sect.

He Changsong had already left, while Gu Youwei entered the guest room alone.

As soon as Gu Youwei pushed open the door, she saw a large wooden tub filled with hot water.

Steam continuously drifted up from above the tub, filling the entire room with a warm feeling.