The Attack of the Wastrel

Translator: Coca5156

Editor: Drea

Night fell. Almost everyone in the cave had fallen asleep. There were only a few awake to guard the night as they played with the fire pile in front of them.

All of a sudden, a purple vine shot out from deep inside the cave. Like a spiritual snake, it slithered behind the few that were guarding the night. Thereafter, even more vines seem to come to life as they slithered out from deep inside the cave.

Gu Lingzhi realised something was amiss as she awoke from her training. As soon as she opened her eyes, she saw a black figure moving about the ground.

“It is a Blood-sucking Vine.” Rong Yuan said softly as he leaned towards Gu Lingzhi.

When the first Blood-sucking Vine appeared, he had already realised it and let out a strong spiritual aura to prevent any vines from coming near him and Gu Lingzhi.

“Is there a lot?” Gu Lingzhi similarly lowered her voice and asked. Rong Yuan tilted his head down as he placed a kiss on Gu Lingzhi’s lips, “Not a lot, there’s about seven to eight.”

Gu Lingzhi nodded in understanding and her Fengwu Sword appeared in her hands. Her body shifted and she was about to advance but was held back by Rong Yuan.

“What are you doing?” Gu Lingzhi was confused.

Rong Yuan pulled her into his embrace, “Watching the show.”

Earlier on, he was discussing with Gu Lingzhi a reasonable excuse to leave this group. They had yet to think of an excuse when this opportunity came up.

Gu Lingzhi hesitated for a while before allowing Rong Yuan to hug her.

It was true, the other people were thinking of the best way to make use of them. It would be stupid of them to spend energy trying to help them.

As this thought popped up, a miserable shriek could be heard.

“It is the Blood-sucking Vine! There are Blood-sucking Vines!”

One of the disciples on night watch was being strangled by the Blood-sucking Vine and his blood was rapidly being sucked out. Very quickly, his face turned pale white.

“Linling!” His comrade shouted as he lifted his sword and wanted to cut the Blood-sucking Vine. However, another two vines shot towards him and he had no choice but to try to save himself first. He called out to wake everyone else up.

Wu Yang was sleeping soundly. In his dreams, he dreamt that he had made use of Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan as bait to lure more people from the Tianyuan Continent to his Clan. He had then traded them with the Deity King for treasures and he was currently lying and drooling on his mountain of treasures.

All of a sudden, his mountain shook and his treasures started to tumble down. As his treasures fell away from him, he shouted in a frenzy as he tried to grab all the treasures that were disappearing. The shock caused him to open his eyes.

Seeing Wu Yang wake up, Guo Xian wiped at the beads of sweat that had appeared on his face with his sleeves and quickly said, “Senior Wu, quick, get up! We are being attacked by Blood-sucking Vines!”

“Blood-sucking Vines?” Wu Yang was still groggy and had yet to focus, “Didn’t we kill them? Why are there still Blood-sucking Vines?”

His eyes then bulged out as he saw his fellow Tianxin Clan members getting chased around in a frenzy as he finally realised what was happening.

“Damn it, why would there be Blood-sucking Vines here?” It was clearly stated that this was a rest point on the map and it had been verified by people before them. Last month, Junior Qin had brought a group here and did not see any Blood-sucking Vines.

Junior Qin? That’s right, he must be the one who planned for this to happen!

In a split second, Wu Yang was alert as a murderous aura surrounded him. Junior Qin must have been afraid that Wu Yang would reap bigger rewards from his trip this time and affect Junior Qin’s position in the clan. That was why he would do something so despicable. When he gets out of here, he would take his revenge!

That’s right, the Blood-sucking Vines were such a big thing. What happened to the two people from the Tianyuan Continent?

Wu Yang’s gaze swept around the cave and saw the two of them nestled up against each other and chatting. He stomped up to them in fury.

The Blood-sucking Vines were attacking them, didn’t they know to help?

“You two...Lord Rong, Lady Gu, the Blood-sucking Vines are extremely deadly. Please help us.” At the critical juncture, Wu Yang thought of his plan and softened his voice. He was going to let them be arrogant for a few days. The happier they are now, the easier it would be to use them later.

Gu Lingzhi’s smile widened, “Are you sure you want our help?”

“Of course.” Wu Yang quickly replied, “Please quickly help us, we are not able to hold out any longer!”

The Blood-sucking Vines appeared so suddenly and there were two True Gods who could not defend themselves in time and had lost all their spiritual energy. They could now only fight with their physical strength. But training their physical body was not easy and very few people were able to become as physically strong as Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan. Even if the Blood-sucking Vines got them, it would not be able to satisfy its craving.

What was more unfortunate was in the stomachs of these Blood-sucking Vines, they had the strength of a deity. If Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan did not help, this entire group of people might be completely wiped out. This was also Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan’s plan.

Before the group actually did anything to hurt the two of them, they would also not hurt them physically. But similarly, they were also not going to help them.

“Lady Gu, Lord Rong, quick help us!” Having been forced to retreat by a few Blood-sucking Vines, Guo Xian could no longer hold off by himself. As he saw more and more of his group disciples getting trapped by the Blood-sucking Vines, he shouted urgently.

“Lady Gu, save us.” A trapped disciple cried out.

Gu Lingzhi sighed. Although she had made up her mind, when the time came it was still difficult to stick through with it.

“If you want to save them, go ahead. As long as we...get rid of the root problem.”

Gu Lingzhi immediately understood what Rong Yuan meant. Looking at Rong Yuan apologetically, she stood up.

Standing back against each other, they joined the fight. Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan’s physical strength was as good as their cultivation level and they were not scared of getting trapped by the Blood-sucking Vine. As they were not severely disadvantaged by having their spiritual energy trapped, these Demon Plants were just like common beasts to them and were nothing to worry about.

Saving the Tianxin Clan’s disciples one by one, they were extremely grateful to Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan. Slowly, they realised something was wrong.

What about Wu Yang and Guo Xian?

They were here a moment ago, where were they now?

Until the point where all the Blood-sucking Vines were killed by Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan, Wu Yang and Guo Xian were nowhere to be seen. Addressing their concerns, Rong Yuan simply said, “Could they have gone to get reinforcements?”

Getting reinforcements in a place like this where there wasn’t a single soul to be seen?

Everyone just hesitated for a while before reacting. Rong Yuan was mocking Wu Yang and Guo Xian possibly for running away when the situation turned critical.

Whether or not they believed him was none of his business.

The next day, after an entire night, the two had yet to return and everyone believed that they were not going to come back. They had no choice but to believe that Wu Yang and Guo Xian had left them behind. Even if they suspected that the absence of the two of them had something to do with Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan, they did not dare to voice out. After all, the two of them were significantly stronger and no one was going to question them.

After having their breakfast, although everyone else was unwilling, Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan urged them to go their separate ways.

When everyone was gone, Gu Lingzhi then brought Rong Yuan into the Inheritance Space.

In her Inheritance Space, Wu Yang and Guo Xian had completely no idea when Gu Lingzhi threw them in. They had believed that they accidentally triggered something and entered a Secret Territory. They were looking around carefully, afraid of activating any secret traps and losing their lives due to their muddle-headedness.

Just as they had decided in a direction and were about to move, two people suddenly appeared in the space.

“Lady Gu, Lord Rong?” Wu Ang’s face was a picture of anxiousness as he saw them.

He and Guo Xian had yet to collect any treasures in this “Secret Territory”. If Gu Lingzhi and Rong Yuan were to be greedy and not share any treasures with them, what would he do?

Rong Yuan snorted, easily reading his mind. Without giving him time to think, he shot towards them with his Dragon Sword.

“Lord Rong, what are you doing?” Guo Xian was confused.

“What else can he be doing? He is obviously greedy.” Wu Yang bellowed. He did not waste a moment as he lifted his weapon. 𝘧𝑟𝘦𝒆w𝚎𝙗nov𝘦𝗹.𝐜o𝓶

Composing himself, Guo Xian turned to Gu Lingzhi and explained, “Lady Gu, quick, get Lord Rong to stop. We have no intentions of keeping all the treasures in this Secret Territory for ourselves. If there is anything you want, we can give it to you.”

Gu Lingzhi shook her head slowly, “Every grass and tree here is all mine, why do I need you to give them to me?”

What did Gu Lingzhi mean?

Soon, a large group of people appeared, resolving his confusion. Seeing the hundreds of people appear from nowhere, they rushed towards Gu Lingzhi as they asked, “Little Chancellor, where did these two people come from? How dumb can they be to think this place is a Secret Territory?”

“Did he bully you? Let us handle him, we will help our Little Chancellor get her revenge.”

The large group of people that had been living in the Inheritance Space started to chatter as they looked at Wu Yang and Guo Xian with righteous indignance.

When they saw the two of them suddenly appear in the Inheritance Space, they did not know why Gu Lingzhi had sent them in and decided to hide themselves first. Now that it was obvious they were Gu Lingzhi’s enemies, they were not going to let them go.

Gu Lingzhi pondered for a moment before asking Rong Yuan to stop.

In the short span of a few strokes, he had depleted Wu Yang’s energy to fight back. Wu Yang quickly hid behind Guo Xian, trying to catch his breath.

Guo Xian thought that Gu Lingzhi was no longer going to do anything to them and put his hands together respectfully, “So this place belongs to Lady Gu, we have misunderstood. I wonder how we can get out of here? Would Lady Gu be able to help us?”

Gu Lingzhi laughed as he looked at him, “Do you think I would let you go the minute you entered this place?”

She then pointed at the two of them and said, “You all can use these two people to train. Both of them are True Gods. Do you want me to seal off half of their cultivation?”

“No, it’s alright!” A Demigod from the Spirit Tribe was delighted, “We were lacking someone to practice with, the two of them would do fine.”

Gu Lingzhi nodded in satisfaction as she threw them some Demon Crystals to split among themselves. She then left the Inheritance Space with Rong Yuan.

As soon as they left the Inheritance Space, the two of them were attacked by Demon Plants and they quickly switched to battle mode. Using the map obtained by Wu Yang, they then headed towards the exit of the Thousand Mountains Range.

After five days, they finally exited the Thousand Mountains Range where they had been trapped for nearly a month.

As they reached a small town near the mountain range, Gu Lingzhi caught sight of two familiar figures.

“Xiao Jin (A/N: referring to Tianfeng Jin), Xin Yi, it is you guys!”