Feng Shuran glanced at Gu Chen through the corner of her eye. She felt he was staring at her since he was facing her direction, but she realised that wasn’t the case after stealing a peek.
This strange Senior wasn’t looking at her but was looking at something beside or behind her instead.
Confused, Feng Shuran glanced at her surroundings but couldn’t see what Gu Chen was looking at. Not wanting to disturb whatever he was doing, she said nothing and just stood there.
Meanwhile, Gu Chen was checking out the new icons that had appeared after he used Admin Eyes.
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HEALTH: Internal bleeding. Three coloured poison. Sword wounds.
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’She is injured,’ Gu Chen exclaimed inwardly after seeing the information from the system. It appears that Feng Shuran had not escaped from her pursuers unharmed despite being a master assassin.
Not only did she receive internal and flesh wounds during clashes, but she even got poisoned.
Gu Chen was a top alchemist during his time with the righteous sect and naturally knew what the Three coloured poison was.
It was one of the weakest poisons amongst the Twelve coloured poisons, but even then, it was deadly to those with Feng Shuran’s strength.
Luckily, he knew the ingredients and method of making the antidotes. He could have someone make it, or they could purchase it later.
Pushing that to the back of his mind, Gu Chen shifted his attention to the next icon, and new words appeared.
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CULTIVATION: Core Formation Realm. Ten Shadow Assassins Cultivation Technique(Heavenly grade). Darkness Spirit root(Affinity:100%). Wind Spirit root(Affinity:50%).
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Gu Chen blinked a few times after reading the details about Feng Shuran’s cultivation. A heavenly-grade cultivation technique wasn’t special and could only let one reach the Spirit Transformation Realm before becoming useless; what surprised him was her spirit roots and their affinities.
Shuran had a perfect affinity with darkness! This meant she could easily master any technique with the darkness attribute! If Gu Chen could get her an Immortal-grade or Celestial-grade cultivation technique with the darkness attribute, Feng Shuran could easily reach the Earth Immortal Realm in less than a hundred years!
Her wind affinity was also very impressive, being at fifty percent. Many cultivators only had an affinity of 30% for their dominant spirit root; Feng Shuran was a monster!
’No wonder the system picked her as a villainess,’ Gu Chen thought to himself as he moved to the next icon. He was feeling pleased that the system had gotten him such a fine talent as the first member of his organisation.
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TECHNIQUES: Earth grade Silver Threads(Growth magical treasure). Shadow Mark. Hundred Miles step. Five True Shadows...
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Gu Chen quickly stopped reading. Feng Shuran had practised so many martial techniques and magical abilities, but the majority of them were of lower stages and would become useless once she reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
She would have limited means to fight until she learned new techniques.
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GENERAL CONDITIONS: Nervous.
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Gu Chen "..."
’Eh, she’s nervous?’ Gu Chen thought as he closed the system page and returned his focus to Feng Shuran, who was just standing next to him in silence.
Her perfect face didn’t show any emotions, and her crimson eyes stared into the forest with coldness. Gu Chen wouldn’t have been able to tell that the top assassin was feeling nervous if not for the system.
Without saying a word, Gu Chen turned around and started walking away. Feng Shuran saw this and immediately followed behind him.
Soon, they reached the front of the mountain and were greeted by the familiar expanse of a rock field.
’First, find a place to set up the organisation base, then treat Shuran’s injuries. I’ll have to buy the antidote since I can’t make pills myself anymore, but I don’t even have any money.
Does the system give money as rewards?’
While they walked, Gu Chen was thinking of several things at the same time when a thought suddenly came to his mind.
’Yes, of course, the medkits!’ He exclaimed inwardly and immediately stopped walking.
Feng Shuran, who was behind him, also stopped and stared at Gu Chen’s back, which looked flawless in his white robe.
A questioning glint could be seen in her eyes as she watched Gu Chen turn around and face her. She saw as Gu Chen stretched out his left palm and a small blue pill that was overflowing with QI appeared on it.
"Eat this," Gu Chen said unhurriedly.
His face was calm, and he was also looking at the blue pill with an unreadable expression.
What Feng Shuran didn’t know was that Gu Chen was also shocked by the appearance of the pill.
’Why was the medkit in pill form?!’ But his shock only lasted for a moment; this was a cultivation world and not a video game from Earth, so it was only reasonable that it would be in pill form.
The pill that Gu Chen was giving to Feng Shuran was an ordinary medkit. Although he had more super medkits at the moment, he wanted to save them for more serious situations, as they would obviously have better effects.
And it was unknown if they would become rare in the future; he couldn’t risk wasting them just to test the effect of the system’s medkits.
Meanwhile, Feng Shuran collected the pill and looked at it for a second. The QI in the pill was so pure that her fingers felt chills just from holding it; she couldn’t tell what type of pill it was or its grade.
’This wouldn’t be dangerous, right?’ Feng Shuran thought, hesitant to swallow this unknown pill that would definitely have a very strong effect.
Although she had agreed to follow this Senior, she didn’t fully trust him yet. So naturally, she wouldn’t eat just anything he gave to her.
She wasn’t a fool; there were ways to force loyalty and make sure betrayal wasn’t an option. This pill could be Senior’s way to make sure she wouldn’t betray him.
"What are you waiting for?"
Feng Shuran heard Gu Chen’s voice; she noticed that his gaze became slightly sharper as she was taking too long to swallow the pill.
Her stomach turned in discomfort.
Did she even have a choice not to swallow? If she showed signs of rebellion now, wouldn’t she get killed?
’No, I have to listen to Senior. Even if it’s dangerous, it shouldn’t kill me now.’ Feng Shuran thought to herself as she put the pill in her mouth under Gu Chen’s watch.
Swallow!
Moments after putting the pill inside her mouth, Feng Shuran’s eyes widened, and she looked at Gu Chen in shock.
Her current appearance looked very out of character even though Gu Chen didn’t know her well yet.
"S-senior, what type of pill was that?" She asked in disbelief as she felt the effect of the pill within her.
Immediately after putting the pill in her mouth, it had dissolved instantly like cool mist and a strong wave of healing QI had rushed into her body and started healing her hidden injuries.
Even the deadly Three coloured poison was erased!
This made Feng Shuran shocked again as she realised something.
How did this Senior know that she was injured?!
Gu Chen didn’t reply immediately and used Admin Eyes to check Shuran’s health. He nodded in satisfaction after seeing that she currently had no health issues; all her injuries were healed, including the poison.
The effect of the pill was up to expectations.
He dismissed the system page and returned his attention to his villainess.
"What, you thought I was going to harm you?" He replied to her earlier question.
"I..." Feng Shuran’s mouth hung open after Gu Chen’s question hit the spot. She tried to find her words, but just before she could do that.
Boom!
It appeared that the pill wasn’t done yet, as a strong wave of QI exploded within Shuran’s dantian, causing a gust of wind to blow around her.
Feng Shuran’s eyes, which were already wide, widened even more as she felt the remaining QI from the pill rush into her dantian and fuse into the gold core within her.
"T-this...I’m going to break through!" She exclaimed in excitement and shock. The QI from the pill had directly pushed her from the 7th stage of the Core Formation Realm to the 9th stage of the Core Formation Realm.
Now her core was transforming into a Nascent Soul, and she was on the verge of breaking through to the Nascent Soul Realm!
Feng Shuran turned and looked at Gu Chen, who looked back with a calm face. A hint of guilt formed in her heart as she recalled how she had doubted him and even thought he was trying to enslave her.
Who would hand out such a miraculous pill to someone who wasn’t important to them? Not only did the pill heal all her injuries, but it helped her cross two stages and forced a breakthrough!
At that moment, all of Feng Shuran’s doubt about Gu Chen instantly vanished and was replaced by a great sense of gratitude.
Standing next to Feng Shuran, Gu Chen had a calm face as the violent gust of wind that the woman was producing made his hair and clothes flutter wildly; he was secretly on the verge of being blown away.
Although something else had already blown his mind away.
’The medkit is that effective? holy crap!’