Became Uncontrolled? People Could Die!
Inside the Jadewater Pavilion.
A glowing jellyfish drifted toward the location of Fairy Chu's 'Cloud Pavilion'. Along the way, all the flowers, trees, people, animals, and water in the entire Jadewater Pavilion remained in a state of 'Time Freeze'.
The glowing jellyfish ignored the paused disciples of the Jadewater Pavilion and floated over their heads.
It was very familiar with the Jadewater Pavilion. Soon, it floated into the Cloud Pavilion.
As a resting place for Fairy Chu, the Cloud Pavilion is equipped with many defensive barriers, so that even the slightest breeze can quickly wake Fairy Chu up.
However, the glowing jellyfish did not touch these barriers or defenses at all when they floated past them.
This is because Fairy Chu's restrictions and barriers were not on it! This is an absolute trust.
The glowing jellyfish quietly flew to Fairy Chu's side.
"Honestly, she's fast asleep again," the glowing jellyfish sighed, her voice as melodious as a young girl's.
Fairy Chu was still fast asleep, showing no signs of waking up.
"Even if you're already asleep, I won't stay here waiting for you to wake up. So... I'll stay here and talk to you. When you wake up, you can watch the recording from the surveillance barrier yourself."
After a pause, the Glowing Jellyfish continued, "According to the contract, I have been cultivating in the 'Underground City' since the establishment of Time City, right up to this day. Incidentally, I have been guarding the magical legacy left by Song Blockhead in the Underground City for you. During this time, a total of seventeen waves of cultivators have been fortunate enough to enter the tree hole space I guard. Unfortunately, none of the first Sixteen waves of cultivators were able to match the inherited magic left by Song Blockhead."
"Up until today, the male cultivator from the seventeenth wave of cultivators broke into my tree hole space and successfully obtained the magical inheritance left by Song Blockhead. Therefore, according to the original agreement between us, I will leave 'Time City' starting today."
"Furthermore, I'll take the 'Darknight Time Ring of Spell Inheritance' left by Song Blockhead. As agreed, it belongs to me." At this point, the glowing jellyfish flicked its tentacles, revealing a black fluorescent sphere. This was the very same 88,888-Voice Inheritance Black Sphere that had tormented Song Shuhang to the point of near death.
After finishing speaking, the Glowing Jellyfish extended several tentacles, which coalesced into the shape of a human hand and gently stroked Fairy Chu's cheek.
"Well then... goodbye, Chu Girl," the glowing jellyfish said softly.
[May you wake up soon from this never-ending dream, my dearest friend.]
After speaking, the Glowing Jellyfish left a piece of its tentacle beside Fairy Chu. This small piece of tentacle would keep Fairy Chu alive and would relay a message to the Glowing Jellyfish when she woke up.
After finishing everything, she rolled up the 'Darknight Time Ring of Spell Inheritance' and floated away from the Cloud Pavilion.
After a few flashes, she left the Jadewater Pavilion.
"So, where should we go next? Or should we go see if any of our old friends are still alive?"
As it said this, the Glowing Jellyfish flickered and quickly disappeared into the vast universe...
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What does it feel like to be torn to pieces?
Song Shuhang is now truly experiencing it!
At that moment, he was writhing on the ground in pain, shedding very unmanly tears. These tears are a natural bodily reaction—just like when you get punched in the nose, tears will instinctively start flowing.
Thirty seconds ago, after gradually mastering the tricks of the 'appraisal spell', Song Shuhang searched for Chu Chu's trail along her scent while taking out the puppet doll from the 'Inch-Shrinking Bag'.
He silently recalled the contents of 88,888 voices in his mind, then gripped the puppet's waist with both hands, staring intently at it. He was eager to know the origin of this puppet.
The next moment... nearly ten thousand wounds appeared out of thin air on Song Shuhang's body. He lost his footing and fell to the ground.
This was truly a brutal torture; at this moment, almost no part of Song Shuhang's body was intact. He was completely covered in blood, writhing on the ground in agony.
He can't sit or stand comfortably now. He has wounds on his buttocks and the soles of his feet, and they sting with pain.
Fortunately, just like the previous wound on my right hand, although the pain was excruciating, the wound itself was not deep, and it healed automatically after a few minutes of rest.
These strangely appearing injuries are one of the costs of 'appraising' items...
The higher the grade of the item, the heavier the cost of authentication.
Furthermore, Song Shuhang has not yet mastered the secret method of this 'appraisal'—only when he recalls all the content spoken by the 88,888 voices in his mind will he be considered to have entered the realm of this 'secret method'.
After enduring excruciating pain, Song Shuhang also obtained some information about the 'puppet doll'.
[This is Premium Puppet custom-made for VIP clients by the Ancient Ink Sect, possessing many extraordinary abilities. It requires 50,000 Grade 8 Spirit Stone to activate.]
50,000 Grade 8 Spirit Stone?
What a joke!
Even if you sold Song Shuhang ten million times, you still wouldn't be able to raise 50,000 Rank 8 Spirit Stone! That's an astronomical price for Song Shuhang.
Moreover, this puppet is custom-made for the client.
The fact that something is custom-made signifies its uniqueness. Perhaps this 'puppet' will even have a special control method, requiring its owner to operate it.
If that's the case, even if you spend 50,000 eighth-grade Spirit Stone to activate it, you might not get anything useful.
"Sealed! Sealed forever!" Song Shuhang gritted his teeth and threw the puppet back into the Inch-Shrinking Bag. He absolutely could not let it come into contact with his Spirit Stone again.
Fifty thousand rank 8 Spirit Stone is definitely a huge trap.
Five minutes later, Song Shuhang's wounds scabbed over, and he barely regained his ability to move.
My head is still buzzing, which is probably a side effect of using the "Appraisal Technique" secret method several times in a short period of time.
"This self-torture technique should be avoided until it is fully mastered," Song Shuhang said with lingering fear.
The humanoid puppet had only managed to identify a tiny bit of information before it was subjected to a thousand cuts and was left covered in wounds.
If he were to encounter a divine weapon of the 'Nine-Rebirth Phoenix Saber' level someday, and impulsively try to appraise it, he might just lose half his life, right?
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After recovering somewhat from his injuries, Song Shuhang continued his search for Chu Chu.
Half an hour later, he successfully located Chu Chu's position. At this time, Chu Chu was sitting cross-legged in a Daoist temple, meditating.
Upon hearing footsteps approaching, Chu Chu immediately opened her eyes. Then, she saw Song Shuhang, covered in blood— Shuhang's appearance at that moment was indescribably pitiful.
Chu Chu was still a little resentful, after all, a few days ago (Underground City time), Song Shuhang his Myriad-Mile Escape Technique to fly away without warning, leaving her alone to fight the 108 Bronze Men Formation. That day, she was bullied terribly by the bronze men, and it was only after paying two Talisman Treasure that she managed to escape from the 108 formation.
Originally, Chu Chu planned to complain to Song Shuhang when she saw him.
But now, seeing Song Shuhang covered in blood, looking like he had just come from hell, Chu Chu's little bit of resentment vanished.
It seems... Song Shuhang has been having an even worse time than her these past few days. With that thought, she suddenly felt better!
Chu Chu stood up, approached Song Shuhang, and asked, "Fellow Shuhang, are you alright?"
"It's nothing serious, just some minor cuts and bruises." Song Shuhang grinned. "By the way, Miss Chu Chu, have you found any clues about the exit these past two days?"
Chu Chu shook her head.
Song Shuhang smiled wryly, "Sigh... It seems we'll have to keep searching for a way out until the Sect Master remembers us and comes to lead us out."
"Yes, let's keep trying." Chu Chu nodded with a smile—this was exactly what she wanted. She couldn't wait to stay in this Underground City and cultivate more.
So the two reached out, shook hands gently, and smiled knowingly.
Just as Song Shuhang and Chu Chu clasped hands, more than thirty wounds suddenly appeared on his right hand, spurting blood! The blood spurted out with particular force, staining Chu Chu's hand red.
[Holy crap, what's going on? I didn't use the 'Appraisal Technique' secret method, did I? Why are there wounds on my hands all of a sudden?] Song Shuhang was stunned for a moment.
Immediately afterwards, intense pain made Song Shuhang grimace – more than thirty wounds, far fewer than when he examined the glass mirror. But these wounds were deeper, more painful, and gushing out more blood.
"Fellow Shuhang, your wound has reopened!" Chu Chu quickly pulled out a roll of bandage from behind her and bandaged his wound.
As Chu Chu bandaged Shuhang's wounds, runes flowed from Song Shuhang's eyes, landing on Chu Chu's back and transforming into a clock.
The clock started spinning counterclockwise.
In just a few breaths, information about Chu Chu's 'past' was collected by the clock formed from runes.
The next moment, these runes shrank back into Song Shuhang's eyes like flowing water.
Throughout this process, Chu Chu herself showed no reaction whatsoever. She was completely unable to sense the flow of runes in Song Shuhang's eyes, nor could she sense the clock formed by the runes.
Then, information about Chu Chu entered Song Shuhang's mind.
[This is a young female cultivator, aged 28, at the Second-Grade, fifth-level Dantian, 'Dragon Palm Dantian' realm. She is 1.68 meters tall and weighs 48 kilograms. She has great potential and good talent.]
Song Shuhang felt he had been ripped off; he knew all of this!
And he knows even more.
He had once Dream Entry of Chu Chu's life. It could be said that Song Shuhang was one of the people in the world who understood Chu Chu better than even Chu Chu's mother.
Hmm... that's not the problem!
The problem is, he clearly didn't activate the 'Appraisal Technique' secret method just now, nor did he recall the chanting of 88,888 sounds in his mind!
Why did it bleed so badly?
Could the secret technique have gone awry?
This is bad. If the secret technique really goes out of control, people will die—even Second-Grade Cultivator will die from losing too much blood!