Shen Ren walked over to Smokey’s bed and sat down, when she saw Smokey’s sparse and dry yellow hair, her skin and bones wrists, and her little face that had been slashed by a knife, her heart was overcome with compassion. How much had this young girl suffered? Tortured like this?
It was also unknown what kind of relationship she had with Mo Wuji that made him so nervous.
Shen Ren placed her hand on Smokey’s wrist and her eyes closed. In just a dozen seconds or so, she suddenly opened her eyes, her eyes were filled with anger, and even her hands were slightly trembling.
“Well?” Mo Wuji’s tone was as tense as it was, Shen Ren and Smokey were strangers, and this scenario made him a little alarmed.
Shen Ren loosened her hand and took a breath to calm herself before she asked, “Wasn’t her spiritual root very good before?”
Mo Wuji immediately nodded, “Yes, Smokey was an extremely good wood spirit root before.”
The greenish glow was undoubtedly a wood spirit root, after watching the Leaping Immortal Sect Assembly scene for so long, Mo Wuji had long since gained a certain understanding of the spirit root test.
Shen Ren looked at Mo Wuji sympathetically and said, “In the cultivation world, there is an extremely vicious tactic of transferring spirit roots. They want to transfer someone else’s better spirit root to themselves to enhance their cultivation potential and qualifications ……”
Without waiting for Shen Ren to finish, Mo Wuji’s face just changed drastically as he suddenly stood up and stared at Shen Ren in shock, “You mean Smoke Er her ……”
Shen Ren knew what Mo Wuji was thinking, as she nodded, “You’re right in thinking that Yan’er has had her spiritual roots transferred.”
“bast*rd ……,” Mo Wuji slapped on the table, smashing that table directly into pieces, still not feeling any pain in his hand.
Shen Ren sighed and said, “This kind of tactic is extremely vicious, and the people who perform it usually pick mortals who have no origins or roots. Those who truly have followers, they don’t dare to move. Because once it is told, then the name of the person who performs this kind of gong method will be equal to stinking. Not only that, this kind of person is a rat that everyone calls for wherever they go.”
Mo Wuji calmed down and his face changed several times before he asked, “If that’s the case, why is Smokey still alive? Still able to come to the Leaping Immortal Sect Assembly Square alone?”
He didn’t believe that Smoke-er could still survive after being subjected to the nefarious transfer of her spiritual roots.
Shen Ren also frowned and said, “I’m also very strange, reasonably speaking, even if Smokey’s origin was mortal, they wouldn’t have left her alive. This is because a person who has transferred a spiritual root will not allow anyone to know that he has transferred a spiritual root before. Now, it seems that not only did they leave a living soul behind, but they also allowed it to escape, which is unreasonable.”
“Then, was Smokey’s spirit root transferred away?” Mo Wuji completely suppressed his monstrous anger, he had to be calm.
Anger and impulsiveness would not help him succeed in his revenge.
Shen Ren shook his head, “Smokey’s Spirit Lore was destroyed in every way possible, so obviously the transference failed. This means of transferring a spirit root is vicious, and the success rate is also very low, the general success rate is less than one per cent.”
Mo Wuji clenched his fists once again and said sternly, “A vicious tactic with a success rate of less than one percent, to think that there are still people who want to go ahead and perform it, disregarding the deaths of others.”
Shen Ren said indifferently, “You are too naive, disregarding the deaths of others? Let me tell you, in the eyes of a cultivator with a spirit complex, mortals are simply random ants that can be killed at will. No matter how good the spirit root is, as long as there is no cultivation, they are still mortals. Facing a mere mortal, not to mention a success rate of less than one percent, even if it’s one in a thousand, it’s expected that someone will go for it.”
Speaking here Shen Ren seemed to have remembered something and added, “No matter how Smokey escaped, you must leave here earlier. The last level of the Leaping Immortal Sect Assembly, you’d better not participate. In fact, there is a big difference between a journeyman disciple and an outer disciple, after you become a journeyman disciple you will find that there is actually almost no difference between you and not joining the sect.”
Mo Wuji also knew that Shen Ren was right, but with Smokey in such a state, where could he go? Changluo was still a metropolis at least, and there would be more hope of staying here to cure Smokey.
“Senior Sister Shen, I would like to ask if Smokey can still be cured. It just can’t restore her destroyed spirit complex, can it rehabilitate her?” Mo Wuji asked, this was what he was most concerned about.
Shen Ren shook her head sympathetically, “It’s very difficult to cure her of this condition, her spirit complex is destroyed, and her body’s foundation is equally defeated. Even my father can’t cure it. I think …… being able to live for another ten years is already considered very remarkable.”
In fact, Shen Ren judged that Smokey could only live for three years at most, it was just that she saw that Mo Wuji cared about Smokey a lot, so she said ten years to comfort Mo Wuji.
“I will definitely cure Smokey.” Mo Wuji seemed to be speaking to Shen Ren, but also seemed to be mumbling.
Shen Ren’s father was an Earthly Dan Master, there was no way to cure Smokey, what about a Heavenly Dan Master? There were no Heavenly Dan Masters in the Star River Empire, were there none elsewhere?
If none existed, he would learn alchemy himself.
“Senior Sister Shen, I know my request will make things difficult for you, I want to follow you and beg your father to teach me alchemy ……” Mo Wuji immediately stood up and bowed to Shen Ren after making up his mind.
If it wasn’t for Smokey’s sake, he definitely wouldn’t beg Shen Ren like this. He knew that if Shen Ren was able to take him away, he would have definitely proposed earlier. What’s more, Shen Ren’s senior brother named Wu Jingwu was not a good match.
Sure enough, Shen Ren said with a difficult look on his face, ”I’m afraid this is difficult, my father won’t accept you as a disciple, much less teach you alchemy just because you know me. Therefore, I can’t bring you along.”
Shen Ren’s heart was bitter, if her father was that easy to talk to, she wouldn’t have sneaked out. Mo Wuji had said this to her, if he had said it to someone else, he would probably have laughed their big teeth off. If this was said by Mo Wuji to her dad in person, then she was 100% sure that Mo Wuji would not live to see the next moment. Her dad would immediately step in and kill Mo Wuji.
Because of this, she would never bring Mo Wuji to beg her dad to learn alchemy, that would truly harm Mo Wuji.
Mo Wuji’s face was lost, and he also knew that what he was asking for was a bit of a pushover.
An awkward silence fell between the two, and after a while, Shen Ren seemed to have remembered something, and pulled out a thin book from her bosom and handed it over to Mo Wuji, “This should be a Dan book, which I occasionally purchased from a workshop stall. However, when I opened it, there were no words. Perhaps after soaking it in some kind of medicinal liquid the words will show up, I tried many ways but none of them worked. You take it and try your luck, in case it works. Dan books can’t be purchased, if it’s really a Dan book, you have to remember that you can’t let others know that you have a Dan book.”
This book wasn’t something she had found from a stall, but something she had secretly stolen from inside her old man’s study when she had left home. She had used every means possible, but she was unable to make any words appear on the Dan book. Now that she thought that Mo Wuji wanted to learn alchemy, she simply gave Mo Wuji this wordless Dan book that she couldn’t crack.
“Thank you Senior Sister Shen, whether it’s a Dan book or not, Mo Wuji will be rewarded if he achieves something in the future.” Even though Mo Wuji didn’t know that Dan books were impossible to purchase, he could hear from Shen Ren’s tone of voice that the Dan book was very precious.
The thin volume that Shen Ren brought to him was indeed most likely a Dan Book as there was a shadow of an ancient Dan Furnace on the cover.
“That’s all I can help you with, after the Leaping Immortal Sect Assembly, I’m going to leave Changluo and go home, let’s meet again.” After Shen Ren finished speaking, he once again gave a sympathetic glance at the sleeping Smokey before walking out of the room.
Mo Wuji didn’t say anything, he just stood up and bowed once again. Shen Ren and he had met in passing, although he had made a move to help Shen Ren, compared to what Shen Ren had helped him with, his little help was completely negligible.
Grace is not to rely on words, but with their own actions to pay back. In the future, if he can pay back, then go to pay back, if can not pay back, I believe Shen Ren will not care about him such a mortal to repay her what.
“Wuji ……” Shen Ren’s front foot just left, Ding Bu Er followed and rushed in.
