I Am This Murim’s Crazy Bitch
Chapter 226: Hidden Dragon Martial Arts Competition (8)

“Ah. Nanah. I picked this up on the way, can you take a look at what it is? They said it’s called Temporary Indulgence Pill.”

“Huh? Temporary Indulgence Pill? You shouldn’t just pick up things like that. The side effects and effectiveness vary greatly.”

She said cheap Temporary Indulgence Pills have almost no effect but consume innate qi rapidly, so they’re almost like suicide poison.

On the other hand, famous top-grade Temporary Indulgence Pills either have tremendous explosive power in an instant or very little damage to innate qi, or both, etc.

Tang Nanah, who becomes strict about harmful substances, was giving a long lecture when she opened the wooden box and frowned deeply.

“What’s this, it’s bright red.”

“Is red bad?”

“You can make it red if you want to. There’s peony, safflower, goji berries, mountain ash. But usually they don’t make it red. Usually if a pill turns out red, they try to erase it by making it completely black. It’s suspicious…”

Hearing this, it did seem that way.

The pill Dao Laiman gave was blood-red, giving an unpleasant feeling of chilliness just by looking at it.

“Hmm. Then. Can you find out if it’s a good item or not, and how severe the side effects are?”

“Hmm. Is this something we need to look into secretly? Can’t we ask the clan elders?”

“Hmm.”

Qing pondered for a moment.

Since the Divine Thief’s name was involved, she thought it would be a problem if it turned out to be a low-quality item.

If rumors spread that the Divine Thief distributed vicious poison, how wronged would Master feel?

“Yes. Please look into it secretly.”

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The next day.

Qing, whose whole body had swollen after absorbing all the medicinal properties, was tightly bound to the torture bed.

Fear slowly crept up again.

Once fixed tightly with iron shackles before and after each joint, she really couldn’t move even a finger.

It felt like standing at the top of a free fall ride from her homeland’s amusement parks.

What confidence did I have to say I’d do this?

I shouldn’t have.

Can’t I get untied and go down now?

Meanwhile, Cheon Yuhak brought a rope from somewhere and was tightly binding Qing and the training device.

“Master? You didn’t do this last time.”

“After checking the training device after last time, the shackle joints were loose. Since I’m not skilled in ironwork, I have no way to fix it if it breaks completely, so I have to prevent damage like this at least.”

He can do some maintenance, but doesn’t have the ability to fix it if it breaks.

If he needs to fix it, he’d have to take it to an ironworks, and who knows how long that would take, pushing back the Flowing Willow Soft Refinement training.

So he said he’d reinforce it another way.

“To begin with, what kind of girl has such strength?”

“Ugh, can’t you go a little easier? It’s too tight. And this is really painful, what is this?”

“It’s a special weapon called Dragon-Binding Rope. It’ll fit perfectly when the swelling goes down, so just endure for about two and a half shichen.”

“The torture is three shichen, but you’re telling me to endure for two and a half…”

“Anyway, once we start, you won’t even notice how tight it is. Hoo.”

And then it wasn’t just one coil of rope.

Tightly bound on both arms. Tightly bound on both legs. Thickly wrapped around the waist and also tightly wound around the neck.

They weren’t just ordinary ropes but named weapons, Qing learned knowledge she didn’t really want to know.

They were rope-type weapons called sheng or suo.

“Master, I can’t, I can’t breathe. Isn’t the neck, too tight?”

“It’s not your neck but your stomach that’s tight. There’s not enough space in your chest for air to enter, but it should be fine for about three shichen. Probably.”

“What do you mean probably, that’s-mmph.”

No matter how superhuman the body, once gagged, you can’t continue speaking.

Qing tried to protest by squirming, but she was bound so tightly there wasn’t even room for her lungs to expand in her chest, so she really couldn’t move even a hair’s breadth.

Rather, when she exerted force, the remaining air in her lungs just rushed out.

And then with her tightly bound stomach having no room to expand, her lungs couldn’t exert any strength at all.

I can’t, I can’t breathe…!

Just as Qing was desperately trying to inhale, the training device bent in the opposite direction of her joints, and all the joints from her fingers to her shoulders were simultaneously bent outwards, the pain that rushed in-

Qing saw a familiar ceiling.

It was the single room she hadn’t seen in a long time, the shelter where she lived as a production worker before her departure.

Right, it looked like this.

I had forgotten since I haven’t had a reason to remember lately.

Then Qing tilted her head.

But why am I here?

Qing traced her memories, and at the same time, the terrible pains that rushed in-

“Ah. That’s right. I fainted.”

Qing realized her state.

It seems she momentarily lost consciousness because it hurt so much she really wanted to die.

That’s when it happened.

Suddenly, an alien voice was heard.

-Heeeeek! Huuuh, uuh, uwaah!

When Qing turned her head, a muscular long-haired man was screaming in surprise after intruding into the single room.

-Uuuuh! Uuuh…!

It was the Heavenly Demon’s soul.

Oh? But the state of the mental parasite?

He was flailing and trembling at the sight of Qing, but his eyes were unfocused and his throat no longer made human sounds.

“What’s this, why did he become like this? Hey?”

-Kyaaah!

The previous Heavenly Demon screamed like a little girl and buried his head in the floor, covering his ears.

Don’t ostriches bury their heads in the ground when they meet predators? Thinking if they can’t see, the predator can’t see them either.

Whether it was a fable or an accurate fact, she wasn’t particularly curious, but the previous Heavenly Demon’s soul was doing exactly that.

What’s this? Why has he become completely stupid?

Surprisingly, the culprit was Qing!

A person’s unconscious mind cannot tolerate an intruder that can steal the body.

Qing’s unconscious had continuously shattered the Heavenly Demon’s soul like popping bubbles every moment she slept.

The pain of the soul being shattered over a hundred thousand times completely collapsed his mind.

But Qing doesn’t know.

If she could know that, it wouldn’t be called unconscious but conscious, so even the founding fathers of psychoanalysis, Hero Freud and his disciple and rival Hero Jung, wouldn’t have known, let alone Qing.

Then suddenly, Qing’s senses rang an alarm. It was a signal that she was about to wake up.

“Ah, this isn’t good…!”

Qing’s expression changed to the same as the Heavenly Demon with his head buried.

Please, let me stay unconscious a little longer. I don’t want to hurt, I was wrong. Please, please…!

Then suddenly a thought occurred. Hm? Oh?

Splash!

Ice-cold water hit Qing’s face. If you ask why there’s cold water in late May, ice pieces bought from Bingsang also struck Qing’s face together.

“Mmph! Mmmmph!”

Qing, who regained consciousness at this, let out muffled sounds beyond the gag.

Cheon Yuhak guessed it was probably thick curses. Because when Cheon Yuhak underwent Flowing Willow Soft Refinement training, he also spewed countless curses blocked by the gag.

But?

Cheon Yuhak’s narrow eyes narrowed further.

Is it my imagination…

But there was no time for idle thoughts.

Flowing Willow Soft Refinement was intense physical and mental labor not only for the trainee but also for the person administering the training.

Cheon Yuhak focused on the subtle sensations as he adjusted the device again.

Ah. I should have done this earlier. Oh, how comfortable.

Qing lay on the bed looking at the screen.

Her eyeballs were shaking so much that even though the place reflected beyond the screen was clearly the ceiling of the familiar bath, it was spinning so much she couldn’t recognize it.

Of course, Qing wasn’t just playing around.

“Where do you think you’re going.”

As Qing instantly focused on her dantian and cut off the Heavenly Demon’s soul’s will, the Heavenly Demon Qi that was about to surge up obediently returned to her dantian.

That demonic qi only moves a tiny bit when I try to handle it, but when the mental parasite takes over the body, it goes crazy.

However, even when the Heavenly Demon’s soul was intact, it was no match for Qing mentally.

Now that it’s become completely stupid.

Now even if Qing dies, there’s no need to worry about the Heavenly Demon’s resurrection.

The Heavenly Demon’s soul may be immortal, but with his mind already collapsed, he’s in a state where he can’t even steal the body of a weak child.

So Qing watched the painful sight of her body being tortured through the screen from her bed, as if watching someone else’s business.

Rather, it was a difficult time because it was too boring.

But she couldn’t just let her mind wander completely, as she had to suppress the demonic qi in her dantian that was trying to run wild through concentration.

How much time passed like that?

As Cheon Yuhak’s sparse hair appeared on the screen removing the gag, Qing shoved the mental parasite deep inside.

Even though she had only left her body for about two and a half shichen, her body felt as heavy as a thousand jin, and every joint ached and throbbed.

Still, because the medicinal properties had left her body and the swelling had gone down with it, there was space in her chest and she could breathe comfortably.

It was because everything Cheon Yuhak said about being fine for three shichen was correct, which somehow made her feel wronged.

“Oh my, I’m dying…”

Cheon Yuhak, who had used all his strength in intense concentration for three shichen, lay down immediately like last time.

Qing shouted urgently.

“Master!? Can’t you! Untie me first! Before resting!?”

“Later, let’s untie you later… Anyway, you’re too exhausted to move too, right?”

People exert force in pain, so Qing’s state is also one where her whole body’s muscles are exhausted, so she’d be sprawled out even if not tied up.

“Still, in a more comfortable state…”

“Were you the only one who had it hard? It’s even harder to untie because I tied you with ropes. Just like that, yeah, let’s just take a nap, me on my side and you on yours…”

“Master? I need the toilet! Number one! Quickly!”

“It’s a bath, what does it matter. Just go…”

Cheon Yuhak said this on the verge of fainting and then collapsed.

Snore. His snoring was loud.

“Damn, how can that make sense. Master? Master? Hey! Aren’t you going to untie this!?”

And then, only Qing’s desperate voice echoed in the bath.

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In the end, Qing, who couldn’t close her eyes at all while Cheon Yuhak was passed out, barely managed to move her body to the Wucheon Pavilion.

And then Tang Nanah, who had been pacing in the corridor, rushed over as soon as she saw Qing.

“Qing’er, where did you pick this up!? You’re not involved with this in any way, are you!? You’re not! Say you’re not!”

“Why? What’s wrong with it?”

Qing answered in a hoarse voice.

But the fatigue in it was also tinged with calmness.

At this, Tang Nanah was relieved for now.

And then she said:

“What’s wrong with it? It’s an evil device made with blood essence. It’s medicine made by dissolving people. Where did you pick up such a horrible thing?”

The easiest way to make Temporary Indulgence Pills is to use poison to counteract poison.

That is, it’s a method of awakening innate qi with innate qi, so Temporary Indulgence Pills made with blood essence not only have excellent effects but also put almost no burden on the body.

Blood essence refers to the terrible method of dissolving a person’s innate true qi into medicine, a creation of the Immortality Alchemists of the Zhou Dynasty.

After the fall of the Zhou Dynasty, the records were burned and the alchemists were executed to cut off the lineage, but as evil things tend to be persistent, it somehow maintained its legacy.

And there was a force in the martial arts world that used this blood essence as if it was very natural, namely those dogs called the Blood Cult.

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