bioinnovel Chapter 49 Chi Lian surrenders!
Chapter 49 Chi Lian surrenders!
I don't know how much time passed.
A bucket of cold water was poured on Chi Lian. The first thing she saw was Su Mu staring coldly at her. A chill flashed across her face. She wanted to make a move, but found that she was tied to a chair and could not move.
"Who exactly is Shi Lei? And where is Tie Niu's mother being held?"
Now that Shi Lei has fled, Su Mu is worried that he might act desperately and harm Tie Niu's mother. As for the family, Ye Qingyan has the Heavenly Crossbow, so as long as they are not cultivators, there is no need to worry.
Chi Lian gritted her teeth and stared intently at Su Mu. Clearly, she was unwilling to betray Shi Lei and would rather die than submit.
Upon seeing this.
Su Mu smiled faintly, picked up a branding iron from the scorching hot stove, and held it up to Chi Lian's face. "If you don't want to talk, fine. I have a hundred ways to make you say it!"
Even if you kill me, I will never betray my master!
"Heh, Master? Young lady, no offense, but since I entered this place, has Shi Lei ever cared whether you live or die?"
Upon hearing Su Mu's words, Chi Lian's beautiful eyes clearly showed a slight change, but her facial expression remained unchanged, and she had not yet broken through her psychological defenses.
However, for Su Mu, who has watched many movies and TV dramas, getting someone to talk is still very easy!
What's more, it's a woman!
Chi Lian was not bad-looking; in fact, one could call her a great beauty. Her skin was fair, and her jade-like cheeks were exquisitely sculpted, without a single flaw. She was in no way inferior to Ye Qingyan or Shen Yanran...
Unfortunately, if she doesn't want to speak, all I can say is goodbye.
"Hiss! What a beautiful face. If I burned it, tsk tsk tsk..." Su Mu's eyes were sinister, and a ferocious sneer curled at the corner of his mouth. "Don't even think about struggling. Your cultivation and meridians have been sealed by me. You don't even have a chance to commit suicide!"
"..."
Chi Lian's body tensed, glaring fiercely at Su Mu. "You monster! Let me go if you dare, or I'll kill you!"
"Kill me? You think you can?"
Su Mu smiled mockingly, stopped wasting words, and brought the branding iron closer and closer to Chi Lian's cheek. Just as it was about to land on her face, Chi Lian finally spoke!
"Blood Blade Inn! He is the master of Blood Blade Inn!"
As for the old lady, she was placed in a courtyard outside the city and is being looked after...
Chi Lian's delicate body trembled. As soon as she finished speaking, her chest heaved violently, and she suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, her face turning deathly pale.
"Um?"
Seeing this, Su Mu raised an eyebrow slightly. "Backlash? You've been poisoned?"
He finished speaking.
He activated his spiritual eye, and sure enough, there was a wisp of gray-black energy wriggling in her dantian, gradually consuming her blood and qi. Every time the energy devoured a bit of blood and qi, it grew stronger, as if it were using Chi Lian's body as a petri dish!
At that moment, a word suddenly popped into Su Mu's mind: raising Gu!
Chi Lian's body is the Gu Tomb!
"You're talking nonsense! Master said this is the power that makes me stronger. I've told you everything I know. What more do you want? If you're going to kill me, then kill me quickly!"
She spoke in a low voice, staring intently at Su Mu with a look of resignation to her fate. This made Su Mu a little curious. What kind of bewitching potion had Shi Lei given these people that made them work so hard?
The fact that a Grandmaster of the Fifth Realm was willing to risk his life was enough to alarm many people!
"The power to become stronger? Heh, what if I told you that what's inside you is a Gu worm devouring your life force!"
Gu worms?
At first, Chi Lian was unwilling to believe Su Mu's words, but when Su Mu pointed at her abdomen, as spiritual energy entered her dantian, the Gu worm immediately became active and began to frantically devour Chi Lian's blood and qi!
"what!"
The spoiler came from her abdomen, and Chi Lian's face began to contort in rage. She struggled uncontrollably, her neck veins bulging and her face turning red.
She could no longer bear it: "Kill me! Please, just kill me!"
"..."
Su Mu remained silent, simply watching her until Chi Lian was numb with pain and on the verge of unconsciousness. Only then did he speak: "Submit to me, and I can temporarily suppress the Gu worms within you. Otherwise, I do not recommend letting you suffer a agonizing death!"
"ah--"
Another wave of excruciating pain struck, and under the dual torment of mind and body, Chi Lian finally chose to submit!
"I...I am willing to appoint you as my master!"
"puff--"
The moment she uttered those words, she suffered a backlash from her Dao Heart, spitting out another mouthful of blood. This even damaged her foundation, causing her cultivation to plummet to the early stage of the Third Realm.
Before joining the Blood Blade Inn, everyone must swear an oath with their Dao heart. If they betray Shi Lei, they will suffer a backlash, which will result in serious injury and loss of cultivation, or even death and annihilation!
As soon as Chi Lian finished speaking, she collapsed into the chair, her breath as weak as a candle flickering in the wind.
Seeing this, Su Mu put away the branding iron and threw it back into the furnace. The branding iron made a "sizzling" sound when it hit the fire, breaking the deathly silence in the room.
He stepped forward slowly, a faint golden aura gathering at his fingertips, and said in a deep voice:
"In that case, I will keep my promise and suppress the Gu worms for you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Mu placed his palm on Chi Lian's dantian, and spiritual energy slowly seeped into it.
He focused his mind and activated the Five Animal Frolics: Deer Frolics - Rejuvenation and Longevity Technique. His spiritual energy, like a herd of docile deer, flowed through his Crimson Refining Meridian, precisely targeting that wisp of gray-black Gu Qi.
As if sensing the threat, the Gu worm twisted and struggled frantically. The gray-black gas cloud suddenly expanded, and Chi Lian cried out in pain, cold sweat seeping from her forehead.
"Hold on!"
Su Mu gave a low shout, and his spiritual power suddenly tightened, wrapping around the Gu worm like a deer carrying spiritual herbs, forcing it back into the depths of his dantian little by little, and then setting up three layers of spiritual energy barriers to seal it off.
Chi Lian's severe abdominal pain gradually subsided, and her rapid breathing slowly calmed down, but her face remained as pale as paper.
"This is only a temporary suppression; it will inevitably recur within seven days."
Su Mu withdrew his hand, the sinister aura of the Gu worm lingering on his fingertips. "This Gu is connected to Shi Lei's mind and spirit. He is the one who cast the Gu. Only by killing him will the Gu worm completely dissipate, and only then can you escape."
And this Gu worm will also affect your mind, making you absolutely obedient to its every command!
Chi Lian trembled, her eyes filled with disbelief: "Impossible... How could Master have cast a spell on me?"
She suddenly remembered the past. Before each mission, Shi Lei would give her a "Strengthening Essence Pill". After taking it, she felt her strength increase greatly, but she also gradually became obedient to Shi Lei, even knowing it was a dead end, she was unwilling to disobey.
"That's not a Qi-stabilizing pill, it's a medicinal ingredient for raising Gu worms," Su Mu said coldly. "He used the pill as a medium to implant Gu worms into your body, both to use your power to do his work and to control your mind with the Gu worms. Your so-called absolute submission is nothing but the Gu worms causing trouble."
The truth struck like a thunderbolt, leaving Chi Lian stunned and disoriented, her past loyalty and obsession collapsing in an instant.
She clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms, her eyes churning with hatred and lingering fear. "I... I was actually manipulated by him to this extent."
Su Mu untied her restraints and said in a deep voice, "Tell me the location of the courtyard outside the city in detail."
Furthermore, how many people does Blood Blade Inn still have, and what might Shi Lei's next move be?
Chi Lian rubbed her numb wrist, her tone icy: "The courtyard is next to a dilapidated temple in the western suburbs of Pingyang City, and the guards are the secret guards of the Blood Blade Inn."
Shi Lei once said that he was going to retrieve something…
Before she could finish speaking, a slight tremor suddenly came from her dantian, and the spiritual energy barrier showed signs of loosening.
Su Mu's eyes narrowed, realizing that Shi Lei must be testing the waters by activating the Gu worms from afar.
"It seems he has already realized it."
"Without further ado, let's head to the western suburbs immediately, and while we're at it, find out what's going on with the Blood Blade Inn!"
He secretly thought to himself, "Being able to refine such a mind-controlling Gu means Shi Lei probably has an even greater power behind him..."
The reason for not killing Chi Lian is twofold: first, to use her to understand Shi Lei's background, and second, to have her lead the way to rescue Tie Niu's mother!
Otherwise, Su Mu would certainly not leave a hidden danger by his side. Of course, Chi Lian swore an oath again with her Dao heart. If she dares to disobey again, she will suffer a backlash and die as a result!
I doubt she'd dare!