Double Cultivation
worse than expected
"Indeed, I have no reason to help her, nor do I intend to be her guardian angel. However, I did not plan to ignore him, because no one knew what he would do once he reached the point where he was completely consumed by madness, "Su Yang said.
Those who walked on the path of cultivation using broken techniques were usually ruthless in nature, and as residents of the Profound Flower Sect, Su Yang did not want his peaceful residence to be disturbed by anyone.
"So, what's on your mind? Are you going to kill him?" qiuyue asked, who supported such an idea, as this was a quick and efficient method to get rid of this kind of problem.
"He had recently started cultivating the depraved Technique so that he was not completely helpless. However, if words cannot convince him, I will have no choice but to secretly take care of him, as this place forbids disciples from killing each other unless it is officially a deathmatch. "
"Why don't you just hand him over to the Sect?"
"That would lead to an investigation and would cause a fuss louder than if I handled it myself. It was very common for disciples to disappear or die without anyone knowing it, and the Sect would usually ignore the situation if the individual was not someone important – people like Outer Court disciples, "said Su Yang. "And I'm sure the Sect will also prefer to deal with it discreetly, since having a broken cultivator as a disciple would severely damage their reputation if word came out."
"… Then I will be here if you need me to remove it without leaving a trace," Qiuyue said in an indifferent voice.
Su Yang smiled and left the room.
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After leaving the room, Su Yang immediately went to the Medicine Hall to look for Lan Liqing, who was giving a lecture to her students at that time.
"Su Yang? What are you doing here?" Lan Liqing stopped her lecture to ask her.
The disciples there all turned their heads when they heard the name 'Su Yang'.
"I'm sorry for interrupting your talk, but I need your help with something" he said.
"Do you need my help?" Lan Liqing suddenly recalled the previous time she had come to him for help and the result of him helping her, and her face naturally flushed red for some reason.
"Don't worry, I didn't eat anything strange this time," Su Yang said with a smile.
Her words gave Lan Liqing the impression that she somehow knew what she was thinking, and it caused her face to turn red even more.
"Will this be long?" she asked.
"No, it'll only take you a few minutes."
"Alright ..," he nodded.
Lan Liqing then turned to look at her students and spoke: "Go take a short break and come back in twenty minutes."
"Yes sir!"
The disciples dispersed and Lan Liqing approached Su Yang.
"yeah? What do you need help with?" he got straight to the point.
"I'm looking for the residence of a certain Outer Court student" he said.
"You're looking for another Outer Court student? Why don't you just ask among your fellow disciples? I may not even know the student you're looking for."
"Even if you don't know that person, don't you, as a Sect Elder, have something that records the existence of the disciples? I'm sure it'll be a lot faster than going around and asking people at random."
"Of course, we as Sect Elders have something to keep us informed about our own disciples. However, it is not something we usually use unless there is an emergency. Anyway, who are you looking for?"
"i'm looking for a disciple named Meng Jia. She is Tang Hu's partner, my roommate."
"You're looking for a female student?" Lan Liqing frowned after knowing the facts. "Why are you looking for him?" he then asked, his heart feeling uneasy for some reason.
Su Yang laughed at her reaction and said, "It's not what you think. I just wanted to talk to him about a little bit of trouble I've recently met."
"Who said I feel jealous because you're looking for another woman ?!" Lan Liqing said in a voice slightly louder than a whisper.
Su Yang's mouth opened slightly in surprise. When did he say anything about her being jealous?
Lan Liqing flushed red as she realized her mistake, and she quickly cleared her throat and continued: "Give me some time to look for her …"
He then quickly climbed into his room while taking big steps.
After a few minutes, Lan Liqing returned with the information Su Yang wanted.
"Murid of the Outer Court Meng Jia, right? He is currently on Court 1 in Building 136."
"Thank you, Liqing," Su Yang said in a low voice so that the others would not hear him speak so intimately.
"If I come to know that you've been using me to play around with other women, then this will be the last time you'll receive help from me!" Lan Liqing said to him with a serious expression.
Su Yang simply smiled at his threat, and he turned to leave.
As soon as Su Yang left, Lan Liqing slowly calmed down, wondering why she felt uneasy.
"Is this .. jealousy?" he looked up with a frown on his face.
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Su Yang arrived at Court 1 shortly after leaving the Medicine Hall.
When he finally arrived in front of Building 136, Su Yang frowned at the serious atmosphere surrounding the place.
Although nothing seemed out of the ordinary in appearance, it was clear to Su Yang's sharp senses that there was something wrong about this place.
Ignoring the atmosphere, Su Yang knocked on the door until a beautiful young woman opened the door.
This young lady, however, was not the person she was looking for — it was Meng Jia's roommate who opened the door.
"Who are you?" The young lady asked him with a frown on her face, and her narrowed gaze towards him was filled with alarm, looking as if she was vigilant.
"I am Su Yang, Meng Jia's acquaintance. Is he here now? I wanted to talk to him," he said, ignoring his unfriendly gaze.
"She's not here right now, please leave," she immediately replied.
It was now clear to Su Yang that something ominous had happened to Meng Jia, which explained her roommate's unnatural reaction to her visit.
"I know something happened between Tang Hu and him, and I'm here to give him some help. If you don't let me talk to him, a lot of things will only get worse this time and so on."
Su Yang's words caused many complicated emotions and thoughts to appear within the young lady.
After a moment of silence, the young lady finally nodded and let him in.
"Where is he? And how's it going?" he asked when he came in.
The young lady solemnly replied: "He is currently inside her room. As for his condition ... I've never seen anything so terrible in my life."
Su Yang quietly followed the young lady to Meng Jia's room which was left slightly open.
"Please wait a minute here while I tell him about your arrival."
The young lady opened the door and entered the room while Su Yang remained outside, and even though she did not enter the room, she could still look inside the room.
Inside the room, Meng Jia was on her bed, seemingly asleep.
However, what Su Yang first noticed when he saw Meng Jia was not her sleeping face, but rather the brutal wounds covering her arms and legs.
He had obviously been physically abused by someone, and that was mostly.
Su Yang's eyes immediately narrowed in disdain at the sight of his dire condition.
"Tang Hu .. You bastard ... what have you done?" he murmured, his voice filled with cold.
"Sister Meng .. You have a guest …"
When Meng Jia heard the voice of her roommate, her eyes slowly opened to see a handsome figure outside her room, but even that small gesture seemed like it was causing pain.
"Su ... Which …?" he quickly recognized her and muttered.
"Did he ... send you here …?" he asked with fear in his eyes.
"No, Tang Hu doesn't know," he said as he shook his head.
The fear in Meng Jia's eyes disappeared after hearing her soothing words.
"How do you know?" he then asked.
"I knew something was wrong when I first saw her horrible appearance, so I came here to ask you that. However, I didn't know it was this serious," he sighed.
"Can I come in?" he then asked.
"Yes …"
After getting his approval, Su Yang entered the room.
As soon as he was by the bedside, he took a closer look at his bruises.
"Tang Hu .. she- ..." Meng Jia tried to speak but was quickly interrupted by Su Yang.
"You can tell me your story after I release you from your pain."
Su Yang then looked at his roommate and asked: "Do you have any medicine here?"
"Eh? Yeah, we got some—"
"Bring me all the medicine you have here and I'll start my treatment soon" he said.
"U-un!"
The roommate then quickly ran out of the room in search of drugs.
"We can deal with Tang Hu later, but for now, let me see your wounds," he told Meng Jia in a soft voice, giving her a sense of security and comfort.
"I have to take off your clothes for treatment, okay?"
Meng Jia's eyes widened in surprise, but she still nodded a moment later.
"OK ..," he murmured, feeling all kinds of emotions at this moment.
Su Yang nodded and began to cut his robe open until he was completely naked so that he would not feel any pain from the robe touching his wound during the removal.