An Encounter with the Tsundere Immortal Lady Chapter 30

Lin Wuxi watched as Chen Yuan fell deeper step by step. The sect leader was losing his sanity bit by bit. Her reminders only brought even more brutal treatment. Knowing it was irreversible, she stopped saying anything more, only secretly praying that her Senior Sister would definitely get through this.
But her prayers ultimately weren’t answered. Just as Chen Yuan completely lost control and was about to strike her, Senior Sister still came. She kicked open the treehouse door, and Yu Huang rushed in, hair disheveled and looking worse for wear.
But she was facing a Soul Division stage expert. Senior Sister, you shouldn’t have come!
Lin Wuxi circulated all her spiritual energy and launched a final assault on the already precarious restraints. Blood spurted out, and the restraints were finally broken.
If Chen Yuan had been clear-minded, he naturally would have noticed the loosening of the restraints much earlier. But disturbed by his inner demons, he wasn’t paying any attention to Lin Wuxi at all.
Grabbing Yu Huang, who was rushing forward, Lin Wuxi summoned her Qingyu Brush and shouted, “Go!” She pulled Yu Huang and desperately fled towards the teleportation array.
“Senior Sister, stop him!” Lin Wuxi knew Yu Huang had a way.
Yu Huang finally snapped out of her surprise at seeing Lin Wuxi unharmed. She took out dozens of pale soul-beads from her storage bag and threw them all at Chen Yuan. What couldn’t stop a Qilin would be completely ineffective against a Soul Division cultivator as well. Yet, Chen Yuan’s speed as he reached for them did slow down a little, and the two seized this chance to escape the treehouse.
Immediately after, Chen Yuan also rushed out of the treehouse, shouting, “Where do you think you’re going?” and lunged towards them. Just then, the forest ahead shook violently, and a Winged Lion-tiger rushed out, blocking Lin Wuxi’s path.
It turned out it had been secretly following them.
“Damn it!” Lin Wuxi cursed inwardly, but she continued flying forward without pausing. No matter what, she couldn’t let Chen Yuan catch up. A Soul Division cultivator was not someone the two of them could handle.
The Winged Lion-tiger had already bared its sharp claws and was staring fiercely at Yu Huang. The Winged Lion-tiger was a king among aerial beasts; ordinary cultivators could never easily bypass it. If they were delayed even slightly, Chen Yuan from behind would catch up. Trapped, they would have absolutely no chance of escape.
“Wuxi, this Winged Lion-tiger is after me. I’ll lure it away. You go to the Wan Hen Sect and find Master for help.” In this situation, both of us will surely die here. It’s better if I lure away the Winged Lion-tiger and let Wuxi live.
“No.” Lin Wuxi forced the word out through gritted teeth, staring intently ahead. Life or death, success or failure, it all comes down to this gamble.
Sharp, jagged teeth were right in front of her. Lin Wuxi flew forward without slowing down. Just as she was about to collide with the Winged Lion-tiger, she abruptly changed direction and flew left. As the Winged Lion-tiger pounced to intercept, she suddenly dived, controlling the Qingyu Brush to go low. Her flying artifact flipped and zipped right under the Winged Lion-tiger’s belly.
Although the Winged Lion-tiger was tricked by Lin Wuxi’s feint, as an overlord of the sky, it relied on its burning hatred to forcibly halt its charge. It turned in mid-air, flapped its wings powerfully, and lunged towards Yu Huang with open jaws. It intended to drag Yu Huang down with it!
At such close range, Yu Huang couldn’t possibly dodge. If Yu Huang was caught, Lin Wuxi had two choices: either try to rescue her, then be caught by Chen Yuan from behind, leading to both their deaths; or fly to the teleportation array herself and ask Sect Master Song Qingde to rescue Yu Huang. In that case, Yu Huang might still have a slim chance of survival.
In the current situation, the latter was undoubtedly the best option. But would Lin Wuxi do that?
“How could she?” Just the thought of leaving Senior Sister here alone made her feel like she couldn’t breathe. She couldn’t do such a thing, even if it were an ordinary fellow disciple, let alone her Senior Sister! The Senior Sister who had always accompanied and cared for her!
“Don’t even think about it!” Lin Wuxi roared. She shoved Yu Huang aside and simultaneously thrust her own arm in the path of the beast’s jaws. A green light flashed. The dagger hidden within the Qingyu Brush was in her hand, and as the Winged Lion-tiger bit down on her arm, the dagger plunged straight into its mouth.
Its mouth pierced by Lin Wuxi, the Winged Lion-tiger let out a miserable cry, released her arm, and fell from the sky.
Lin Wuxi pulled back her arm. The bitten limb was mangled, and blood gushed continuously from the wound. Soon, a pool of fresh blood formed around the Qingyu Brush.
“Wuxi, are you alright?!” The gruesome wound made Yu Huang’s heart clench.
“It’s nothing, just a small injury. It’ll heal soon.” She didn’t want Senior Sister to worry.
Skillfully activating the teleportation array, Lin Wuxi wasn’t worried, even with Chen Yuan close at hand. She was confident they could leave before he broke through the array’s protective barrier. She looked at the disheveled sect leader and said, “Goodbye,” then disappeared with Yu Huang into the light of the array.
The teleportation array had a cooldown period, so they didn’t need to worry about Chen Yuan chasing them back to the cultivation world immediately. After briefly treating Lin Wuxi’s injuries, the two hurried towards Haoyue City.
Yes, Haoyue City.
Leaving the ink-black sea behind, Lin Wuxi flew on her sword towards Haoyue City—the very city that had once mobilized almost all its people to ambush and kill Yu Huang.
But this time, upon entering Haoyue City, they faced no ambush. Lin Wuxi and Yu Huang passed safely through the city gates and walked straight towards the City Lord’s manor. Even upon entering the manor, they met no resistance; the guards at the gate even bowed respectfully to them.
Walking into the main hall of the City Lord’s manor, the person seated inside was not Chen Yuan, whom they had seen last time, but an old man with white hair and a white beard. Seeing Yu Huang, he nodded slightly, then said sternly, “Yu Huang, you acted on your own initiative to venture out and even concocted such a dangerous plan. Although the outcome wasn’t bad, you still must be punished. You must understand, you are now a young leader of the Wan Hen Sect and bear heavy responsibilities. I hope you will not act so willfully in the future!”
Yu Huang knew she was in the wrong and didn’t dare to argue. After the Martial Uncle from the Wan Hen Sect finished his scolding, she reported what had happened in the secret realm and then excused herself, pulling Lin Wuxi to a nearby guest room to rest.
Meanwhile, after Yu Huang left, the old man in the hall finally let out a long sigh of relief. Thankfully, Yu Huang is alright. Otherwise, even if we had to dismantle the entire Haoyue Sect, it wouldn’t have been enough to make amends.
As for what Yu Huang said about Chen Yuan, it was indeed troublesome. But fortunately, Chen Yuan couldn’t leave the secret realm yet, so they could still set an ambush to capture him. It wasn’t an insurmountable problem.
Regardless, this matter had to be reported to the Sect Master. The old man picked up a brush and wrote a letter to the Sect Master. After a moment of thought, he added a sentence at the end: “Yu Huang is well. Her spiritual energy shows no signs of recovery. The plan can proceed as usual.”
The letter was attached to a heavily encrypted messenger sword and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
As soon as they entered the guest room, Yu Huang anxiously pulled Lin Wuxi over and unwrapped the simple bandages to examine her wound. A cultivator’s physique was indeed formidable. After all, it was only an external injury; in just this short while, Lin Wuxi’s once-gruesome wound had already healed considerably. At this rate, her arm would fully recover on its own in three days. But Yu Huang had no intention of letting it simply heal on its own.
Watching her Senior Sister take out a Black Jade Cauldron from her storage bag, Lin Wuxi already had a bad feeling. When Yu Huang then took out various wondrous healing medicines for regenerating flesh and bone and placed them into the Black Jade Cauldron, Lin Wuxi felt her heart ache.
“Senior Sister, these medicines… surely they aren’t for me?” If this were any other time, such a question wouldn’t even need to be asked, because the answer would undoubtedly be, ‘Impossible! How could such expensive medicinal ingredients be used to treat a mere external injury, not even on a vital part!’ But because it was her incredibly wealthy Senior Sister, Lin Wuxi still had to ask, just in case…
“Nonsense. Who else here is injured besides you? Am I supposed to refine them for fun?” Yu Huang rolled her eyes at Lin Wuxi.
Heavens, these are really going to be used on me.
“Senior Sister, my injury will heal on its own in three days. There’s no need to waste such precious ingredients on me,” Lin Wuxi said sincerely.
“Aren’t medicines meant to be used? Aiya, don’t fret so much about it. Just lie down obediently and leave the rest to me.”
How could Lin Wuxi dare to disobey her Senior Sister’s command? Without another word of protest, she was ushered to the couch to lie face down, while her Senior Sister busied herself preparing the medicinal ingredients.
Lying on the couch, Lin Wuxi reflected on everything that had happened recently. It was supposed to be a simple trip to prepare a gift for the Sect Master, but who would have thought it would turn out like this? She and Senior Sister would definitely have to visit the Qilin Forest again. All the necessary materials were now gathered, and the Qilin clan had said they could try to treat Senior Sister’s condition.
Chen Yuan would be out of the secret realm soon, and a Soul Division stage demon lord would definitely not be an easy opponent. Fortunately, because Senior Sister had thoroughly investigated the previous ambush at sea, she had finally received intelligence in Haoyue City, learning of Chen Yuan’s true intentions. She then beat him at his own game, pretending to fall into his ambush and following him to the sea, while secretly notifying their sect to use the opportunity to attack Haoyue City. Without its Sect Master and most of its core members, Haoyue Sect was easily overthrown and absorbed into the Wan Hen Sect.
She wondered about those cultivators who had ambushed them: they had seen their targets and their own Sect Master disappear together, only to return to their sect and find that in such a short time, earth-shattering changes had occurred—their sect had been taken over by another. She mused whether their cultivation hearts would become unstable after such an ordeal.
While Lin Wuxi was lost in these thoughts, Yu Huang had already finished preparing the healing medicine. She walked over and said to Lin Wuxi, “What are you spacing out for? The medicine is ready.”
Senior Sister’s Nine Nether Heavenly Fire was truly special; medicine that would normally take several hours to refine was ready in the blink of an eye. Medicinal herbs and artifacts that ordinary cultivators struggled to obtain, Senior Sister could produce them so casually. Senior Sister, you really are different from others, aren’t you?
As she was thinking this, she received a sharp knock on the head. It was Senior Sister’s voice: “What are you thinking about? Take it off, so I can apply the medicine.”
Take it off again?! Lin Wuxi’s heart ached. It hadn’t been long since she had painstakingly endured those three medicine applications, and now, after such a short time, she was being asked to undress again.
No way! Not even if she beat me! Lin Wuxi made up her mind. This time, she definitely wouldn’t undress. The wound was on her arm; couldn’t she just roll up her sleeve? Why did she have to take everything off?
To prevent Senior Sister from having another chance to make her undress, Lin Wuxi quickly rolled up her own sleeve. She looked at her Senior Sister with a pleasing expression, hoping she would just make do and apply the medicine like that.
“Junior Sister Wuxi, this won’t do. Your wound is quite high up. If you don’t take it off, some parts won’t get any medicine. Stop being so stubborn, alright? Take it off!”
So scary! Senior Sister is terrifying when she’s angry! Yu Huang naturally possessed an intimidating aura in her every movement, and now that she was angry, how could Lin Wuxi dare to throw a tantrum? Obediently complying was her only option.
As the cool, refreshing ointment was applied to her arm, Lin Wuxi’s long-tense nerves finally relaxed. Her exhausted body and weary nerves caused Lin Wuxi, who could usually recover her energy through cultivation without needing sleep, to fall into a deep sleep once more.