NOVEL WEB Chapter 271: Chapter 271 - Did she want to accompany them?
Yao Lian gestured towards a building, saying, "This is the pill synthesizing furnace palace, young master." The structure was so vast that it seemed capable of accommodating over 1,000 people. As she pointed to the open gate, it unveiled a scene where numerous individuals were laboring away at furnaces, with a massive pot simmering as they synthesized pills.
Due to the presence of internal energy, the pills at some of the furnaces were levitating in the air as they came out of it, while some were burning. Small explosions from accidents were also common.
DING!
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Resonance of Demonic Seed Detected.
Target Identity: Maria
Location: Unknown.
---⟩ (Divine Core at 80% efficiency ----» Falling to 26.4%.
Divine Energy:
- Current Level: 25% (↓)
- Effect: Rapid depletion from demonic influence; reduced resistance to divine spells and regeneration.
Mental Health:
- Current Status: [Critical]
- Sanity: 9% (↓)
- Effect: Heightened vulnerability to dark thoughts and hallucinations, with impaired cognitive functions.
Physical Health:
- Current Status: [Severely Compromised]
- Vitality: 12% (↓)
- Effect: Reduced strength and endurance; slower healing and increased vulnerability to demonic corruption.
Additional Effects:
- Pain Threshold: Exceeded; the body and mind are in constant agony, further accelerating the decline in overall stats.
- Demonic Corruption Level: 89% (↑)
- Risk: Complete takeover by demonic energy if status persists.
Health is Stabilizing --⟩ Healing energy detected repairing damaged body.
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'....' With a sudden sound, a system window popped up in front of Ryuk as he looked towards the provided details about the triggering of the demonic seed on a very familiar figure, causing his eyes to narrow until he reached the last line of information, inquiring, 'Healing energy? Is she in some monastery?'
As Ryuk monitored the orange status window, he noticed that following the disruption from the demonic seed, Maria's health was starting to improve.
This made it apparent that the divine energy being used on her was stronger than her inherent vitality, facilitating her recovery.
It was evident that such potent tensor healing energy—potentially surpassing Maria's capabilities—could only be sourced from a monastery inhabited by several high priests.
[ Host, detecting the location is difficult right now, but the effect of the demonic seed triggering has been detected a second time. ]
'...Why didn't you inform me before?' Hearing the system mention how it was the second time the demonic seed triggered, Ryuk inquired why the system did not inform him the first time it happened.
[ Host, it was triggered at the time when Drishti Devereaux was threatening you, and I was trying to collect a more detailed analysis, which is why I intentionally didn't tell you ]
'So, you forgot, huh?' Hearing the system's excuse, he calmly stated, seeing how it was just making excuses for its own shortcomings.
[ hehe, it happens sometimes (๑•﹏•) ]
'Yes, sometimes.' Sliding the window away, Ryuk turned his attention towards Yao Lian, she was talking about pills and elixirs, while his mind really thought about his past world, where several novels mentioned how a system is very helpful and somewhat a ladder to make someone strong, but it appeared reality was different; he got a system that was suffering from amnesia.
"Esme, what are you doing?" Noticing that Esme was going towards a tree, he inquired. He followed behind, ignoring Yao Lian, who herself had noticed how he wasn't interested in hearing her words, but still, she continued due to orders from the Patriarch.
'She is mocking me,' Yao Lian looked towards the white-dressed woman who, with rhythmic steps, moved towards a nearby tree.
Yao Lian recalled an event from a few hours ago, where she was guiding and introducing them to several places while that woman showed no interest in hearing her words.
When Yao Lian tried to make them go to their guest rooms, that woman again made her introduce them to more new places.
It was as if that woman was clearly mocking her by making her keep talking while not paying any attention to her words.
"Come here and sit," Esme gestured, elegantly carrying her dress. She sat nearby in the shade of the tree, with the cold breeze fluttering her hair as she placed it behind her ears. She looked towards Yao Lian before adding, "Tell me about the history of the Wei Family."
[ She is evil (ー_ー゛) ]
'!'
'She is testing my patience!' Yao Lian inwardly cried out, looking towards that mocking smile on the woman, who sat near the tree with her back propped up against it, relaxing and making her tell about the history of the Wei family.
"Hm, I am also interested in knowing the history of the Wei Family, Miss Yao Lian, please continue," Ryuk nodded at Esme's words, supporting her statement before glancing towards Yao Lian, gesturing for her to continue telling about the rich history of the Wei family, which had existed for centuries.
'You both imbeciles!!' Yao Lian gritted her teeth, her lips trembling as her fist tightened. Despite the quivering of her lips, she managed a smile before nodding and beginning to recount the history of the Wei Family, "The Wei family was founded in—"
"By the way, Esme, you are not giving me space here," Ryuk, not paying attention to Yao Lian, glanced towards Esme, who was propped against the tree while not giving him any support to do the same, prompting him to point this out.
" The Wei family was one of the few—" While Yao Lian elaborated on the deep-rooted history of the Wei family, the vines visible on her forehead revealed her irritation and annoyance. It was clear that her audience was more interested in their own conversations than in the message she was trying to share.
"My back hurts; can't we just do it like this?" Esme, noticing how Ryuk wasn't having any support, suggested as she slightly turned, showing her back to him while telling him, "We can just sit by supporting each other's backs."
Her suggestion was simply for them to prop their backs against each other while seated. But it appeared Ryuk wasn't getting her logic here, considering that his weight was more than hers, prompting him to just take her seat and lift her up before pulling her into his embrace, making her back prop against his chest, adding, "It's way better."
"...Yes, it is," Esme nodded as she felt her heartbeat skip as he wrapped his hand around her waist while hugging her from behind.
Though she could clearly hear her own heartbeat and the warmth spreading throughout her face, the illusion on the outer layer of her skin had already made her appear completely normal and unhinged, with an impassive look as she looked towards Yao Lian's gritted teeth due to their shamelessness, Esme added, "Now tell us about the family tree of the Wei Family, don't skip any single branch family."
'Damn you both!!' Yao Lian burst inwardly and looked down with her fist tightened. The vines near her slender neck were evident of her frustration and annoyance.
She deeply hated both of these people, among whom the man had threatened her the previous night while the woman did the same, and now this woman was clearly mocking her while trying to provoke her, causing her to mumble under her breath due to overwhelming frustration, "....I will not leave both of you alone."
[ Huh? Threesome (￣ヘ￣;) ]