The Female Cannon Fodder With Boundless Merits
Chapter 383 - 387: The Demon’s Gratitude (10)

Chapter 383: Chapter 387: The Demon’s Gratitude (10)

Seeing that Shi Jiaojiao had already been targeted, Su Li was also on the hit list that the Carp Spirit was searching for.

At this moment, he still had no idea what level of Taoist skill the Carp Spirit’s helper possessed, but one thing was clear: if one could transform but not completely shed the original characteristics, their ability definitely wasn’t strong. However, it would still be stronger than Su Li’s own.

Su Li’s current body, albeit continually practicing Taoist skills and absorbing the spiritual energy from heaven and earth, had become much stronger compared to before.

But time was desperately short. If the Carp Spirit were to bring an unknown demon to force a confrontation, Su Li wasn’t sure she could protect Shi Jiaojiao.

Just a little more time, and she would undoubtedly be able to ensure Shi Jiaojiao’s safety.

What was lacking now was time.

In the previous world, Su Li had faintly sensed the oppression from the Heavenly Dao, and in this higher-level world, the feeling was even more profound.

Unless she reused the original owner’s body to cultivate again, only a fraction of her soul power could be utilized.

It must be a protective mechanism initiated by the world itself.

Strong outsiders had too profound an impact on the world’s development. Without restraint, the consequences were not what the Heavenly Dao wished to see.

In Su Li’s past worlds, either because the world’s level was too low with no particular energy presence or because Su Li herself was still too weak, having not reached the world’s maximum allowable threshold, Su Li only gradually discovered this rule after having traveled through several worlds.

Fortunately, in every world, Su Li never stopped learning.

What she had learned before was picked up again very quickly.

It was as if even the heavens were helping her.

During the half-month that the Old Madam was unconscious, the Carp Spirit and its companion never reappeared in front of Su Li.

Half a month later, the Old Madam faintly awoke, looking as if she had survived a severe illness.

Her vitality and spirit had wilted to an extreme.

Once the Old Madam regained consciousness, her thoughts were chaotic, and she could not remember what had happened that day at first.

Seeing this, Shi Jiaojiao was relieved yet also at a loss.

Relieved that her grandmother apparently remembered nothing of what happened that day, hence preventing further fright.

But many of the household servants had seen her assert with conviction that day, leading to many unusual glances in the Su Residence.

They all said, "The young lady isn’t possessed, is she? She seems normal, but inside her head..."

Even a three-year-old from the gatekeeper’s family knows that demons don’t truly exist in our world, a concept right out of storybooks.

Shi Jiaojiao felt bitter, scared, and panicky inside.

She wanted to invite a Taoist or Master to the residence but lacked a good excuse.

The Old Madam remembered nothing, and even the physician’s diagnosis was that the Old Madam was merely suffering from palpitations due to her age and the hot weather.

If she continued to ramble on like this, not only would others disbelieve her, but her own reputation would be at stake.

Her cousin, who seemed so reliable before, had shut himself in his room, not showing what he was up to.

Shi Jiaojiao didn’t dare to disturb Su Li abruptly, fearing it might interrupt his studies.

But now, half a month later, with her grandmother awake and one worry off her mind, all of her attention shifted to concerns for herself.

As time passed, the heavier the stone in Shi Jiaojiao’s heart felt, with not a demon in sight.

It was like the calm before the storm, seemingly on the verge of a raging tide.

After Yu Jiaojiao had served the Old Madam her sleeping pills, she withdrew from the courtyard.

Halfway through, her heart was pounding more fiercely in her chest, and a bad premonition spread throughout her body.

"Xiao Hong, you go back first. I’ll go find my cousin."

Shi Jiaojiao let her maid return to the courtyard first, and she took a detour towards Su Li’s study.

The door to the study was tightly closed. A cushion lay on the floor with Su Li sitting cross-legged upon it, eyes shut, palms facing upward.

Spiritual energy swirled around her, her face emanating a sense of holiness.

At this moment, she seemed a world apart from the frail scholar she had been before, incomparable to her past self.

In front of her, a Purple Jade Bowl rested on the ground, from which a buzzing drone could occasionally be heard.

Looking inside, a translucent little bug was lying there.

Upon closer inspection, the little bug’s breathing somehow kept the same rhythm as Su Li, who was meditating in silence.

Suddenly, Su Li’s eyes snapped open, a sharp light flashing within them.

At the same time, the little bug in the bowl also opened its eyes, a fierce light gleaming from them.

A malevolent aura rose, filling the air.

Though it was but a bug of small stature, its presence was as imposing as an ancient ferocious beast arriving on the scene.

When Su Li reined in her aura, the little bug in the Purple Jade Bowl reverted to normal as well.

Apart from its inauspicious red skin, it appeared as harmless and weak as any bug one might carelessly squash with a foot when walking through the countryside.

Su Li, delighted, pinched the red little bug and twirled it in the palm of her hand.

With this creature, not even a Carp Spirit would intimidate her anymore.

She had actually succeeded in refining a top-grade cup king.

In the memories of the Merit Master from her past life, the Cup Refining Technique mentioned this item as something of legend, reputedly unachieved by anyone in hundreds of years.

Simply because the innate conditions required were too stringent.

It required a hundred-footed king worm, a deadly blood spider, a long-horned snake, a double-winged mist mantis, and a toxic gold cicada—each of these bugs had to be the monarch of its kind.

These names were unheard of in modern society, let alone found.

But this world was different, as Su Li had miraculously found each creature, even sharing the same names.

Su Li began to doubt the origin of the insect control technique.

A top-grade cup king could not only consume all forms of blood and flesh but also devour soul power completely.

This was rather formidable.

Throughout her many lifetimes, Su Li had never heard of an object capable of consuming even the elusive soul completely.

Not even in the Cultivation World.

She thought of the gains she had made unintentionally in each world.

There was the Nameless Dao Scripture she initially obtained, the Insect Control Technique, the application of Light Power, and various knowledge acquired from studying in major and minor worlds.

All of a sudden, Su Li felt a sensation.

As long as she became stronger, she would be able to unravel the mystery of her memory loss.

Su Li watched the red little bug in the palm of her hand slowly turn transparent and then vanished from sight.

With a thought, a blood-colored rose faintly appeared at the corner of her eye, adding an alluring charm to her distinguished appearance.

Soon after, it was concealed beneath her skin, as white as jade.

Consequently, the mysterious aura surrounding her was hidden away as well.

At this point, Su Li once again became an utterly ordinary and unremarkable frail scholar.