Feng Shuran returned to her initial position in front of Gu Chen after removing all the traps hidden around the cave and storing them away in her storage treasure.
"Senior, I have removed all the traps."
She said respectfully, feeling the need to say this even though Gu Chen could see for himself.
Or so she thought.
Gu Chen only grunted in response, still thinking about how lucky he had been not to have triggered any of the traps at the entrance.
Lifting her gaze slightly, Shuran saw Gu Chen’s expressionless face. She took a moment to contemplate before asking.
"Forgive my rudeness, but why did Senior come looking for me?"
Gu Chen returned his focus to Feng Shuran upon hearing her question, his gaze shifting to her face for a moment. On the other hand, Feng Shuran silently looked away, afraid that this Senior might be offended if they exchanged glances.
Meanwhile, Gu Chen pondered over the best way to ask Feng Shuran to join his organisation. After a brief moment of silence, Gu Chen came up with an idea.
"As I said earlier, I came to help you." He said, his tone natural but dignified.
Feng Shuran looked at him when she heard this; she was slightly suspicious instead of being relieved.
"Why does Senior want to help me?" She asked.
She didn’t know this person and definitely hadn’t done any favors throughout her life that would make a random expert come to help her when she was being hunted down by one of the biggest sects in the region.
Naturally, Gu Chen couldn’t guess what Feng Shuran was thinking and continued with his plan.
"Let’s say I have a deep grudge against the hypocrites from the righteous sects; an enemy of theirs is my ally." He said, his voice turned extremely hostile as he mentioned the righteous sects.
Not waiting for Feng Shuran to speak, Gu Chen continued.
"Of course, that’s not the only reason I’m saving you. I’m building a faction to go against the Seven Realms Alliance. In the future, I need you to fight beside me and wipe out the righteous sects."
The Seven Realms Alliance was the biggest group of righteous sects in this world, and Gu Chen used to be a part of it; that was until he was betrayed after finding out that the righteous sects weren’t what he had seen them for.
The reason he had mentioned this to Feng Shuran was that in the cultivation world, kindness was never free. He had learned this the hard way.
He had to make her understand that he was saving her just to have her do something even more dangerous, just that this danger was far in the future and she had time to prepare.
Meanwhile, Feng Shuran was startled when she heard that this Senior was planning to fight against the Seven Realms Alliance in the future.
While many people in this region might not know about the Seven Realms Alliance, she was well informed as one of the top figures around.
The Seven Realms Alliance consisted of thousands of righteous sects across the planet, and they had millions of cultivators who were far more powerful than her; going against them was more dangerous than being hunted by the Dae Qu sect!
For a moment, Feng Shuran felt like refusing the offer since it was too dangerous. But then again, would this Senior allow her to simply leave if she refused him? That was very unlikely. Since he knew about the Seven Realms Alliance and was bold enough to plot against them, he must be insanely powerful; killing her would be just like breathing to him.
By then, she wouldn’t even need to worry about the people chasing her anymore because she would have died here without anyone ever finding her corpse.
But if she accepted...
Feng Shuran thought about it for some time. This Senior had said that he would only attack in the future; this meant that she would have enough time to either prepare for battle or escape!
Gu Chen stared at the silent top assassin in front of him; he knew she was contemplating and didn’t interrupt her.
After some seconds, Feng Shuran went on her knees as she kowtowed.
"Feng Shuran greets Master," she said sincerely.
A gleam flashed past Gu Chen’s eyes when he saw this. At the same time, a notification from the system appeared in front of him.
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(Ding! Villainess Feng Shuran has joined the Bloody Rose. Rewards have been sent to the inventory!)
(Ding! Congratulations on receiving your first Villainess; a bonus reward has been issued.
Reward: A Heavenly-grade Glock 19 with five rounds. Reward has been placed inside the inventory.)
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Gu Chen "..."
He stared at the notification, his gaze hovering above the bonus reward from the system. A Heavenly-grade Glock gun. Was the system being serious? Couldn’t it think of something else?
How strange would a gun be in a cultivation world?
Gu Chen let out a sigh while pinching the bridge of his nose.
’Five rounds, at least I’ll be able to take out five Spirit Transformation cultivators if I catch them off guard.’ Gu Chen thought to himself as he closed the system interface and shifted his gaze back to Feng Shuran, who was still on the ground.
"Mm, that’s enough; you can get up." He said softly while summoning the system again.
Feng Shuran rose from the ground and looked at Gu Chen, who had a thoughtful expression on his face. She stood silently in place, not wanting to interrupt whatever he was thinking about.
Meanwhile, Gu Chen studied the changes in his system.
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The Villainess Management system!
Host: Gu Chen!
Org: Bloody Rose!
Org rank: Iron
MP: 200/100
Members: 1
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Inventory/ Store(locked)/ Skills.
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Now that he had 200 management points, Gu Chen tried levelling up, but he received a notification that he needed to establish a base first before he could level up.
Saving that for later, he opened his inventory and looked at the new items that had been added.
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(Two medkits/ Three Nascent soul defence spells/ Two teleportation scrolls/ Five super medkits/ Gold tier spawn effect(equip)/ Three teleportation scrolls/ Heavenly-grade Glock 19<5>)
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Gu Chen stared at the items in his inventory. He was still very curious about the difference between the medkits and the super medkits; was it the same as in the video games back on Earth?
In video games, ordinary medkits only added a few health percentages to the characters. On the other hand, super medkits could fill the whole health bar of the character!
Gu Chen decided to save this matter for when he had an opportunity to test it out; he couldn’t harm himself just to satisfy his curiosity.
Closing the system page, Gu Chen returned his gaze to Feng Shuran, who was standing in the corner quietly and looking back at him.
’Right, I guess it’s time we left this cave.’ Gu Chen thought to himself as he started considering where to place the base of the Bloody Rose. He didn’t have a home yet, so where should he take Feng Shuran?
He couldn’t possibly ask her to bring him to her old assassin temple to stay, right?
At the same time, he didn’t even know the region they were currently in, so he didn’t know where to place his base.
’Sigh, I’ll think of that later. We’ve spent enough time here.’ Gu Chen shook his head and said to Feng Shuran.
"Come with me," he turned and headed out of the cave.
Without making a sound, Feng Shuran followed behind him.
Both of them appeared outside the cave a moment later and were greeted by the familiar view of the forest that sat at the back of the mountain.
Feng Shuran looked around vigilantly; it seemed like she was still watching out for her pursuers.
Noticing her movements, Gu Chen glanced at her. Now that they were outside the cave, he could see Feng Shuran’s appearance more clearly.
Aside from being a top-tier beauty with long legs and crimson eyes, her lips were a bit dry, and she looked like she was trying to hide her laboured breathing.
’Hmm, is she poisoned?’ Gu Chen thought, instantly recognising those symptoms.
He felt it was hilarious, a top assassin getting poisoned.
Gu Chen didn’t say anything out loud, though, and silently activated one of the system skills.
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(Admin Eyes)
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According to the system, this skill should allow him to see through all things about people. Well, it only worked on members of his org.
And since it was a passive skill and could be used for free, Gu Chen didn’t hesitate to use it on Feng Shuran.
The moment the skill was activated, Gu Chen saw words appear around Feng Shuran. These words could only be seen by him since Feng Shuran didn’t react to them.
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(Health)/ (Cultivation)/ (Techniques)/ (General condition)
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’Interesting,’