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Cultivation Nerd: Chapter 113
🕑 Added 2024-06-08 16:49:04 +0000 UTCChapter 113 - A Wild Ride
I had to be honest; seeing Ye An's eyes widen as she saw Song Song elbow-deep in her cousin's rib cage was satisfying. All the bravado Ye An had built up until now slipped away as she struggled to control her expression.
I was not usually the kind of guy who gets hung up on petty things like this, but today, these people dragged me to my lowest.
"How the hell did she break through so fast?" Ye An cursed under her breath.
With a sickening crunch, Song Song pulled her arms out of her cousin's chest and did the same to her other friend. Song Song's arms were covered in blood up to the elbows, with it dripping onto the thawing floor.
She stared at Ye An, but her gaze soon settled on me, specifically my stump. "Your arm..."
"What?" I smiled. "Giving up an arm for a life is a pretty good deal, all things considered."
Perhaps my sense of humor was lost on Song Song, as she didn't even give a polite smile out of courtesy. Instead, her gaze wandered toward my severed arm, which lay on the ground with a bit of frost around it from the Qi Ye An had been releasing.
Losing an arm was terrible, but a part of me was also excited at the possibilities. I was curious about the kinds of prosthetic arms available in this world. However, the most exciting part was creating a whole new translucent arm from my Dancing Jade Armour Technique.
Some artifacts or miraculous medicines could probably regenerate an arm or two in case I regretted this. Sure, I might not get them now or anytime soon. But it was my left arm that was cut off, so it was no big deal. It wasn't like I lost an arm on Earth where there was no chance of growing it back.
There was a sound like a hushing wind, and Song Song disappeared from my vision, even though I had been looking directly at her. I sensed her presence next to me, but her gaze was on Ye An and she asked the ice girl. "What are you doing here?"
Ye An smiled, hiding her previous cautious look as she asked, "Do you want a lie or the truth?"
In a twisted way, she mirrored my usual quote, and her smile widened slightly when she saw Song Song's eyes narrow dangerously. At first, Song Song didn't respond and kept a cold mask, but her eyes... there was a coldness in them that made even Ye An's ice feel warm.
"You have grown stronger, but we both know you won't be able to kill me in one hit like you did them. That's why you didn't even try," Ye An said and turned toward me. "Do you think his life is more important than your revenge or not? He seems pretty injured. Sure, he is stopping himself from bleeding out for now, but how long will that last? We both know there is no healer nearby that can take care of wounds like that-"
Whatever she was about to say next, she stopped as Song Song's Qi exploded out of her. It felt like a tidal wave crashing against the mansion. The walls cracked, and the roof looked like it would cave in. Even Ye An was forced to step back, immediately surrounding herself in a cocoon of ice.
It was a wise decision because the next instant, Song Song disappeared from her previous position and was within arm's length of the cocoon.
An astronomical amount of Qi gathered into the palm of Song Song's hand, the kind of Qi that could easily destroy a whole building in one attack. She shot her palm forward, and a wave of pure dark-colored Qi slammed into the ice cocoon, smashing it through the mansion walls and blasting it far into the destroyed parts of the town.
Thankfully, no servant in the mansion was hurt, and I sensed that Ye An was still alive despite the devastating blast.
At the same time, I felt Song Song come and grab me like a sack of potatoes under her arm, careful not to nudge or move the sword in my chest. Then she used her other hand to hold my severed arm. It all happened so fast that I could barely see anything, but I could still sense what she was doing.
It was surprising that she wasn't going after Ye An. After all, if I could sense that Ye An was alive, then Song Song definitely could too.
She jumped out of the large hole in the wall where there used to be a window before Ye An had blasted an opening. Before we touched the ground, a sword came out of her storage ring. It was a jian sword with the yin and yang symbol on its hilt. It was so sharp that just hovering in the air created a strange cutting sound.
As soon as her feet touched the sword, Song Song formed a spherical barrier around us and blasted off like a rocket. She moved so fast that it felt like we were on a plane, with everything blurring past us.
Though it was hard to tell where we were going, she was moving northwest, where the Sect was.
I glanced at Song Song, and she had an uncharacteristically determined look in her eyes.
When she noticed me looking at her, she said, "Whether they can reattach your arm or not, I promise that I will repay your loyalty."
After that, she no longer said anything and stared into the distance, not even meeting my gaze. This was very much unlike her usual self. That unbreakable confidence, the smirk that showed no matter how dangerous the situation, she had everything handled, and that bravado that seemed almost suicidal at times.
Her Qi output increased, and the flying sword she was standing on sped up. There was a loud boom around us as she broke the sound barrier.
We passed many towns and even a monstrous beast army in the distance. We went from forests covered in snow to long white fields and wet dirt before we finally saw a glimpse of the Sect's white walls.
Song Song took out a wooden medallion from her storage ring and, with a thought, used her Qi to float the medallion in front of her as we approached the Sect's outer barrier. Suddenly, the barrier rippled like a pond when a drop of water landed on it, and we flew through the barrier without a problem.
Some people immediately began chasing us on their own flying artifacts. Due to the sound of the wind crashing against the barrier, I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I roughly guessed it wasn't anything nice. There must be rules about flying in the Sect grounds; otherwise, those arrogant elders might have their views interrupted.
Darkness slowly crept at the corners of my eyes as a wave of tiredness settled over me. I was so exhausted that it was hard to think straight.
Would I open my eyes again with these kinds of injuries? It was hard to tell. Perhaps the sword in my chest had hit something critical, and I just hadn't experienced the aftereffects yet. There were a lot of vital parts in the chest besides the heart and lungs.
"Don't die on me now. We're almost there," Song Song said, waking me up as we neared a large building resembling a mansion in the inner Sect.
Soon, we landed in the mansion's front yard, where people were coming and going with bandages and various injuries. Some were using rudimentary treatments, like just bandaging a deep cut. I immediately didn't have much confidence in the healers.
As we entered the mansion, I noticed that besides the usual blue inner sect disciple uniforms, many people were wearing yellow and white robes, walking around and treating patients. They were likely this world's equivalent of doctors or nurses.
"Healers!" Song Song called out with authority. "Get the Song Clan healers here!"
She looked at me and gave me her first smile since breaking through, though it didn't quite reach her eyes. "Don't worry. With how many people I've cut the arms off, these guys have a lot of experience reattaching limbs, and the Song Clan healers are the best in the Sect."
One of the white and yellow-clothed people, bandaging a man's shoulder, turned toward Song Song and bowed his head. "Lady Song, the Song Clan healers are treating one of your cousins. Just like you, he also had his own team and suffered a grievous-"
Whatever the man was about to say next was cut off as Song Song kicked him in the ribs before he could react. He flew, smashing into the wall and leaving a crack in the stone. The poor guy slumped down with blood coming out of his mouth, and Song Song walked past him without a care in the world.
Damn, I hoped the guy was alright and didn't die there. It seemed like Song Song wasn't in the mood to hold back today.
The smell of medicine and iron grew more intense as we went deeper into the building. However, it wasn't the usual smell associated with hospitals; it had almost a smoky aftersmell.
Were they burning incense or something?
Song Song led me through a backroom into a traditional Chinese-themed room with green decorations. There was even a drawing of a green dragon on one of the scrolls on the wall.
There were many tables with pillows and what looked like rudimentary hospital beds. What stood out were the dozen or so people wearing white robes and working with scalpels and sewing needles. They were crowded over one wooden bed, and I couldn't see who they were treating.
Song Song immediately put me down on one of the wooden beds and placed my severed arm next to me. It wasn't the most comfortable place to lie down, and the pillow felt like it was made of solid wood. Also I couldn’t lay down on my back because I had a sword sticking through my chest.
She then turned toward the healers and called out, "Hey! I need you to treat someone here!"
When the healers heard her voice, they all turned around. That gave me enough of an opening to see who they were working on a young man who looked to be in his early twenties. He had feminine features, a thin build, and a fresh scar from the edge of his eye to his jawbone. Though the wound was stitched, it clearly was going to leave quite a nasty scar.
From how the guy seemed sweaty and pale, with dark circles under his eyes, and had difficulty breathing, it was clear a face injury was not his only problem.
The healers looked at me, and I could tell by their gazes that whatever urgency they felt due to Song Song's call was gone.
"Sorry, Lady Song. But we have clear procedures about this, and when it comes to circumstances where we have to choose who to treat between an outsider or a clan member, the latter is always a priority. We have to save your cousin first, Lady Song," one of the lead healers, an old man with a close shave and slicked-back hair, answered.
"Oh, is that so?" Song Song asked.
Before they could answer her rhetorical question, she blitzed past them and was next to the wooden bed where her cousin lay. She had a sword in hand, pointed it down at her relative, and swung it without hesitation.
Every one of the healers stared as their wide-eyed patient gurgled and clawed at his throat, where Song Song held her sword in place with an iron grip. Then she glanced at the healers while the guy in the wooden bed struggled. Without breaking eye contact with the healers, she pulled the sword from the patient's throat. Then she swung it down again, this time decapitating her cousin and sending his head rolling to the healers' feet.
With nothing more than a headless corpse left in the wooden bed, Song Song turned toward the healers with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes.
She stated, "It seems like there is no longer a patient you need to save."
The healers ogled at the scene before them as if they could not believe their eyes.
I was shocked, also. But Song Song wasn't done. The fake smile slipped off her face and settled into a cold glare. "What are you waiting for? Get back to work."
The coldness in Song Song's eyes intensified to a degree that it sent a chill down my heart, even though I was not the target.
"Try your best to save him because if something happens to him, I will find all your families and slit their throats in front of you. Only then will I give you the sweet release of death," she threatened them.
What the actual fuck?
With those words of "encouragement," the healers no longer wasted time and immediately came to my aid.
Comments
TheLost
Song Song is exactly who i want in my corner
william oshea
I hope it the next chapter since it's the perfect opportunity for it with the MC passing out for surgery and Song Song having time to think about everything that happened.
Phobos
And Speedy ? 😢
Sam Person
Song Song Pov when?
LA
Theory: the Song clan leader is an Otherworldly Devil and has/is turning Song Song into one too.... thoughts?
LA
Well MC survives, with or without an arm, time will tell. But the most importent question is: "what about Speedy??" I am hoping MC can get back to the library and some quiet time with some new techniques to master, but he will propable be sent to the war front again :-(
BookwormLich
I agree, but the possibilities are amazing, just imagining Lui Feng being capable of creating new extra jade qi arms or even for fighting like Zoro or Makoto’s? Pretty awesome.
Gremlin Jack
Don't think he'll complain too much. At least he's alive to get annoyed by politics.
Gremlin Jack
You gotta remember Song Song just lost an enormous chunk of her forces and cities because of traitors led by one of her close cousins. Right now her sympathy for her own kin is at an all time low. Otherwise I feel she might have only handed out a beating to one of the doctors or only threatened murdering the patient, instead of actually going through with it. Also sect leader's son is a teenager, this guy was in his twenties, this is just one of her many cousins. Heck, for all we know, this particular cousin is one Song Song already knows to be an enemy of hers.
marlassett
I'm not surprised that she murked her own cousin for him, just that she did it so blatantly! If the rumors of him being her lover hasn't caught on with everyone yet, this action just cemented it as truth in people's minds. She made his ass a target. Also, please let rando not be sect leader's son. 🙏
maldita
Huh I never noticed that before but yeah Songs qi has repeatedly been called dark... Maybe the upgraded technique for dancing jade armour could be some form of white jade construct like in reverend insanity and they can get some actual dark light yin and yang symbolism going on.
Xiao
Seriously, something bad going to happen and it probably going to be related by the MC.
Vante
Oh shit speedy here’s hoping mao sends him back. Or song pick him up.
707 Error
Another thing I found interesting was that song song ability come from negative energy and Liu Feng main technique has something to do with jade something that is known to symbolize purity and love ( just thought that it was interesting how even they’re abilities seem to mirror each others)
707 Error
I was thinking about his jade armor technique and noticed that he can change the form of armor to any shape so it should be called jade armory technique (or something similar )i think it would fit better
Aleyte
Well they kinda forgot to take Speedy with em.
Sean
This is a Saturday chapter. Mouse just did.
william oshea
I think it was mentioned that the traitors fake their death. So it also likely that nothing happens for killing the traitors.
Aldhere
Oh wait, guys, I just realized something Song Song just brought him back to the Sect. You know. The place he explicitly left because he didn't feel safe there? Ahh, I'm sure nothing bad will happen
PatronTurtle
With 8 traitors in her group, there's a huge number of sect members to cut out. I do wonder if she'll be forced to allow down until this beast was is over
Sterban Friz
Moonspike
I figured it was some kind of cultivation technique from the clan head. Especially since he was there.
Aldhere
Thank you mouse man, good chapter as always. See you next week
Irakli Jishkariani
BS
Vante
They have their procedures to deal with like anyone else. It’s not excuses it’s just what they are supposed to do.
Douglas Lilley
Possible Edits: “At the same time, I felt Song Song come and grab me like a potato under her arm” I think you meant “sack of potatoes”. No one I know would carry a single potato like that :) Also, Feng’s still got a sword through his chest and out his back so he’d have to be lying on his right side, on the hospital bed. That would mean that the doctors are to his right, if he’s looking at them. If Song Song heads over to talk to the docs and is in a position to cut off her cousin’s head, Feng wouldn’t be able to see it (unless she went to the other side of the bed for some reason. The same holds true for her cold glare. If she’s between Feng and the docs/cousin, Feng shouldn’t be able to see her eyes. Most of the scene would work if he was sitting on the bed instead and the operation is happening on the other side of the room though, but then I’m not sure how he gets a good look at the cousin’s face.
StarBat
On one hand..wtf song^2 On the other hand... They were blatantly just making up excuses. He was dying and she was giving up orders. She already has the reputation. Why the fuck did they think telling her no, was going to work? (lol! Seriously dumb) If this is what she has to deal with, then no fucking wonder she's so god damned murderous. Okay. How many families have stood against her and how many heads need to roll now?
EsZeus
Well, this was a nice chapter
N . A Salim
I love this.
Epeen
I agree with all of that except i think song song IS in love, and denial.. lovenial.
Gio
I'm guessing that next will be the "Doctor Liu Feng" arc, fixing people up with insane qi control. It's a relatively safe job while still being useful. While Liu Feng won't get a prosthetic, he'll sure as hell be giving it to others. Maybe a boneheaded MC will lose an arm and Liu Feng will offer to give him a special experimental prosthetic 🦾
Gio
Yo guys, Song Song isn't in love with Liu Feng(yet) I think, but she does like him. I think what she feels is shame, shame for failing to detect EIGHT traitors, shame for being deceived. Shame that Liu Feng had to pay the price for her failure. Being proven wrong in that Liu Feng will never lose. A weak victory instead of total disaster indeed.
Cody Adam Carroll
I imagine the cannibalism is some sort of dog eat dog, people eat people mentality imparted by the clan head that traumatized her and now she sees her wants as superior to everyone else's like a typical xianxia protagonist
Vante
He’ll have a Finn the human and just lock the trauma in a vault in his head .
Treacherous_Usurper
Will blood loss and Stockholm syndrome protect Liu Feng from the trauma of seeing a man killed in cold blood? Find out next week on Dragongirl Z!
Relken
Yeah, clearly the doctors didn't have his best interests at heart. They should already know Song Song is crazy.
Almdmr Gamer3
will she be the yandere type?
Treacherous_Usurper
He's about to pass out, think a little.
Treacherous_Usurper
>Sorry, Lady Song. But we have clear procedures about this, and when it comes to circumstances where we have to choose who to treat between an outsider or a clan member, the latter is always a priority. "Then this is now Song Feng, my husband."
Dragondragon
Anyone else worried about his fiancée, who will now stand between a yandere and her love interest
DraconianGreed
That scene was so kickass. It reminded me of when Killua had to program his own brain to stop a dart from piercing his brain since his enemy had an ability like Voodoo doll magic.
Phil Christie
Is it “loves drives you crazy” or “crazy in love
Undead Writer
Screw waiting rooms! Just kill everyone else! Then you are the only one injured! Lol
Undead Writer
Lol
DraconianGreed
You’re expecting logical behavior from her?
Undead Writer
I think he can use his understanding of his skill now to make many arms out of his armor around him! Imagine 1000 punches!!
Undead Writer
No
Undead Writer
Thanks for the chapter! I LOVE THIS NOVEL!!! GAHHHHH!!
Jerkface
He’s walking back as fast as he can.
TheSniper
Idk what others are saying but prosthetic arm doesn't even fit Liu Feng at all.
aj0413
Welp, Song kinda inadvertently proved her cousin correct here and now her one friend (and unknowingly love interest) is probably rethinking his life decisions.
godkill 99
I do hope you leave Liu Feng without an arm cause as he said it would be interesting
Vante
Rip rando killed for the sin of being ahead In line.
BZD
I do like that he wanted to try out a prosthetic, I actually used to make and design prosthetic arms at my last job.
BZD
Poor Liu, no prosthetic arm for you. Although he now has the idea in mind. And he already figured out how to give his Qi orders. Perhaps he could learn to basically make the equivalent of Bigby’s hand from DnD. Perhaps he could fill a room with his qi, or spread out his qi, and then have any number of hands just appear and do tasks for him. He just needs to use the jade armor technique selectively. Or he could do what I mentioned several chapters ago, and give himself an extra pair of arms using the jade armor technique. I wonder if there is a white jade version that is stronger? Considering there is green and white jade, and white jade seems to be more treasured.
Raztou
With this action, Song song pretty much said to the whole sect that she favor Liu Feng. I can see a lot of trouble coming his way. Especially because they can't get at song song.
Lányi Csaba
Best chapter in a while, mainly because of Song Song's progression as a character. Yandere waifu best waifu.
TheSniper
"There's other bits where she looks unnatural. Canines slightly too long, for example." could you tell me which chapter for each of these mentions?
Green0Photon
Sorry everyone, Song Song is actually a cannibal. Has been this whole time. Mentioned in chapter 41. "You're crazy," she declared. "But I appreciate that kind of madness. I, too, want to live life on my own terms. To kill anyone I want, eat anyone I want, and savor all that this world has to offer." Only one person in the comments here mentioned it. Liu Feng decided to ignore it. There's other bits where she looks unnatural. Canines slightly too long, for example. I predict that she actually has some beast heritage or something. The non Song side of her that probably eats humans. And she's probably been taught to hide it, for now. And Song Sia overheard it somehow. In Xianxia, though, beings are mutable. It's quite possible Liu Feng ends up changing her enough that she stops wanting to eat people. I don't remember her saying it anytime recently, after all.
CptJimmy42
A sword and severed limb got it the way.
Bonobo
Thanks for the chapter, loved it!
Confused
damn they left Speedy behind! And also yeah Song Song going all out to save Liu after what he did for her, even killing her own cousin so he would get treated. And all the while Ye An uses the fact he's injured to escape from Song Song from her failed murder attempt. So basically another day for the MC really.
tribekingRMwhen
Lui Feng becomes the heavenly demon by accident. Actually due to blood lost.
Dwayne Parker
She really needs him to moderate her actions it seems.
Valderan
Wow. Song song caring about someone else? Is this character growth?
Silver W. King
Seriously, Ye An can not stop herself from talking shit. Also, okay, that ending was terrifying. Who here, also had the first thought that upon seeing the healers busy, Liu Feng would have just taken a medical book and used the Jade Armor to stitch his arm back in place?
Matt
Absolute Metal. What a kindhearted monster hahaha.
Ivan Elyshev
Awesome chapter
Bismarck04
Ye An should have told Song Song that she was trying to save MC, would have been the truth and maybe would have gone over better than to provoke her
Debiruman
Great week of chapters! I'm glad to see this one didn't end in a big cliffhanger over the weekend ^^
C
Even though she is crazy song song is still the best character.
Raztou
Alright that's a way to get treatment 😆
maldita
that does give him some good street cred
Green0Photon
I am very amused by the chapter title. You really can't blame it on the healers, but they did walk right into that one
maldita
cute, you missed a prime reverse princess carry opportunity though
Brayan Reyes-Barrera
Have to ask what happen to speedy
MaliMi
Good that the MC will survive, but I hope this will not come back to bite him in the ass.
Green0Photon
Thank you for speaking the truth 🙏
Baconwargod
You know with her reputation I feel like the staff should have expected this outcome.
Perf
Liu Feng can fix her.
Pararably
I wonder if mc will realize just how important he has become to song song. If anything he will have to become her right hand man publicly. Her killing a relative for an outsider will be seen as insanity but then they will realize he wrote the famous beast index and the affect it had on the war.
Thransk
Song Song really took cutting to the front of the line literally
BookwormLich
Awwwh, ain’t Song Song cute? She’s full yandere mode… why I’m receiving dense mc vibes from old Lui Feng? Well in his defense, blood lost and shock state made difficult to think clearly 😅
tribekingRMwhen
Honestly the leaps-into-violence-at-the slightest-inconvenience-demonic waifu X mad-scientist-who-thinks-he's-normal husbando is a great pairing and you really fed that ship wonderfully this chapter. Thank you.
Hamed Al-Ghamdi
Nu uh, Naaaah, Nope.
Joan Casado
Okay, I take it back. She may or may not actually be a cannibal. Still best Waifu
Crow3r
Thats one way to say: Just do it!
DraconianGreed
Huh… Mc’s public status is going to increase… that’s for damn sure. The expedition is going to only be the beginning of his time with politics.
Israel Washington
Song song is NOT messing around
Nightslxy
Song song is slightly angry
DraponsArmy
You sure song song has ever cared about anyone else? Let alone infront of these healers?
Ibuks5
Oh shiiiiii
Jerkface
Yandere love interest is best love interest
Konstantin Lisitskiy
God DAMN
Arrogant Savant
You know, you'd think these healers would know how Song Song operates. Should've just kept their mouths shut and comply.
Call_Me_Prophet_
Brrooooo I love this
softmaza
thats hot
Unsheathed
Holy shit
Cirex123
Best motivational speaker
