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Chapter 13 – Beastmaster
"What is the senior doing at this moment?"
Li Qingran propped her cheeks with her hands, staring at the ceiling.
She could vaguely sense that Chen Huaian was very busy right now and didn't have time to pay attention to her.
"A person as important as the senior must be fighting for the cultivators of the entire Azure Cloud Realm, like eliminating great monsters or something..."
As she thought about it, her mind painted a picture of an old man with white hair, exuding an immortal aura, riding a flying sword to slay a great monster. The thought brought a silly smile to her face.
If only...
If only the senior could be her master.
"No, Li Qingran, don't get ahead of yourself!"
Li Qingran patted her head lightly, giving herself a warning.
Today, the senior had given her a full 12 Spirit Crystals, maintaining an Advanced Level Gathering Spirit Array for six hours.
He had also forcefully elevated her cultivation level to the fifth layer of Qi Refining.
Thanks to the recovery of her meridians and internal injuries, the leakage of spiritual energy from her dantian had slowed significantly.
However, her dantian was still broken, like a pot with a hole, and spiritual energy would always leak out little by little.
"I need to find a way to solve the issues with my dantian and spiritual root."
Li Qingran pondered to herself. Although the senior was powerful, she couldn't trouble him with everything.
If the senior was willing to help her, that was his choice, but she couldn't actively ask him for help.
She already had a plan. The Azure Cloud Sect was unreliable.
She had to go to another sect, even if it was just a small one.
Those small sects might also have some ancient texts, and maybe she'd get lucky and find a way to repair her dantian and spiritual root. If she couldn't find anything, she'd leave the Cultivation World, find a scenic place to hide and slowly gather clues about her enemies, or perhaps return to the Southern Dynasty to become a female general?
As for seeking revenge on those senior brothers who wronged her...
Li Qingran hadn't considered it.
She wasn't a match for those senior brothers before, and now her chances were even slimmer.
It was indeed cowardly and weak, but the survival rules of the Cultivation World had always been like this.
She had previously lost the will to live, so nothing mattered.
But now she wanted to live a little longer, to live until the day the senior wasn't busy anymore and was willing to meet her, even if it was just to say a word.
She really wanted to thank the senior in person.
...
...
"Something's not right! Wasn't it said that Li Qingran was thrown into a thatched hut?"
Yet, despite his staggering steps, each one was firm and no longer wobbly.
His back was straight, his calm gaze looking ahead, the light in his eyes making him appear as if on a pilgrimage.
"Buddy, let me carry you up? Stop climbing!" Zhang Rui was almost in tears. Tonight's experience would stay with him for a lifetime. He watched with wide eyes as a patient with osteosarcoma on his leg endured the excruciating pain, climbing step by step without stopping.
Even the two middle-aged men were having trouble keeping up, and the punk girl was panting heavily.
Zhang Rui, who exercised regularly and had decent stamina, felt the pressure mainly from a psychological perspective.
Every step Chen Huaian took, every drop of sweat from his hem, was like a blow to Zhang Rui's heart.
Throughout, Chen Huaian never complained.
He embraced their malice with a tolerant and peaceful attitude.
Behind Chen Huaian were not only those four fans but also many other tourists. Many of these tourists had given up halfway, but after hearing Chen Huaian's story, they voluntarily followed him, and the number grew.
Now, nearing the mountaintop, the size of the group had formed a long dragon on the stone steps.
"Almost there." Chen Huaian looked up at the mountaintop and smiled.
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He had to make it to the top.
Because an hour ago, a level 57 big brother had said.
If he could reach the top before sunrise, he would gift him 66 'Drum and Dragon City', each worth 2888¥, which, after platform deductions, would amount to 95,000¥. Combined with other tourists' small donations, he could earn about 120,000¥ tonight.
Of course, there was also the possibility that the big brother was just bluffing.
Chen Huaian took it all in stride; he was going to reach the top anyway.
Whether or not he received the big brother's gift, he would accomplish this.
Climbing Mount Tai was not just about making money for him.
He simply wanted to see his limits in the remaining time he had.
To see how much warmth he could still generate.
However, just 98 steps away from the top of Mount Tai.
A sudden sharp pain shot through Chen Huaian's right leg.
His body lost balance, and he fell to his knees on the stone steps.
Su Xiaoqian, who was following behind, instinctively looked at Chen Huaian's leg, her face changed, and she covered her mouth, screaming.
"Ah! His leg... his leg..."
Chen Huaian gritted his teeth and looked down at his leg.
He saw that his right leg, from the ankle to the knee, was twisted beyond recognition.
He had fractured it.