My junior sister sees everyone as a heretical cultivator.

Chapter 56 Did I really kill this person?! (Seeking monthly votes! Seeking to continue reading! Seeking book recommendations!)
Could it be... that they're trying to improve my alchemy skills this way?

That can't be right!

With my alchemy skills, is it really possible to improve them?

Or is it that you're just doing this for...?

Correct!
That must be it!

They want to use this bloody, absurd, and illogical method to attack my Daoist heart and destroy my common sense!

It made me feel that the world was inherently insane, which made me accept their inhumane acts!

Otherwise, there's no way to explain why they keep hurting themselves in front of me over and over again!

What should she do?

The senior brother's urging gaze fell upon them again:

"Junior Sister, hurry and save them!"

What are you standing there for?
If you hesitate a little longer, he'll die again!

Su Ling'er's face was deathly pale, and her eyes were somewhat unfocused.

I don't understand... I don't understand...

I'm tired... whatever...

So she grabbed a bunch of random herbs and threw them into the alchemy furnace, and started refining and refining them.

She really wanted to train hard this time and see if she could produce something decent.

The result was a completely black pill.

She looked at the black pill in her hand, and then at the one that her senior brother had refined earlier.

The eldest disciple fed the black pill to the disciple who had stabbed him in the chest, and the disciple instantly recovered and became lively and energetic again.

Is that the legendary ability to bring the dead back to life and restore flesh to bones?
Then look at this black pill of mine...

They should look almost the same, right?

"This senior brother...you..."

Before she could finish speaking, the bloodied and mangled Ji looked at her junior sister with his remaining eyeballs.

"Thank you... Junior Sister... for saving my life!"

He then snatched the black pill that looked like it hadn't been properly refined from her hand and swallowed it whole!
Then... he coughed up even more blood!

"Someone...someone quickly pull me to Senior Brother's...side...or to...Lu Wu's...that will do too..."

He said this while spitting out blood.

So, the other two disciples stepped forward, each grabbing one of his trouser legs, and dragged him to the bedside of the alchemy madman Lu Wu.

Immediately afterwards, another disciple arrived at the place where Su Ling'er was.

"Junior Sister! Your senior brother is counting on you!"

Su Ling'er glanced at the disciple being dragged away like a dead dog, then at the newcomer, and she already had a premonition of what was going to happen next.

With a "smack," the disciple's hands pierced his ears, and blood gushed from his seven orifices.

Then, he slapped himself all over several times.

Then he snapped his wrists and ankles in the opposite direction with a "crack! crack!", twisting them into a bizarre posture.

"Junior Sister...I'm counting on you..."

Looking at his strangely shaped body, Su Ling'er wanted to ask them if it hurt!

How could someone bend their body like that?

How did he do that?
This is definitely some kind of celebration for heretical cultivators!

It looks just like those vengeful ghosts from storybooks who crawl out of wells and move with their joints reversed!
She stared blankly at the new "patient".

"Oh...I understand, I'll refine the pills for you."

……

And so she continued the cycle of refining pills, feeding medicine, and watching each "patient" get even worse before being dragged away.

The disciple who had previously blown himself to pieces returned after being healed.

Before he could even finish speaking, he exploded in front of her with a "bang," splitting himself in two!
She glanced at her senior brother and Lu Wu; they didn't seem to intend to make a move, but instead kept gesturing for her to do it.

Oh my God!
So you won't help me unless I fail once? What do you mean by that?!
What on earth are you guys...

Su Ling'er was so angry that she didn't know what to say, and she was even somewhat numb.

She imitated her fellow disciples again, practicing, practicing, practicing...

As she continued refining the pills, she discovered that the pills she produced this time actually looked quite decent.

No longer wasting waste that smelled burnt, but a perfectly round pill that even had a few faint wisps of red glow around it!
Could it be... that I've finally learned how to refine pills?
I can finally refine... a real elixir?!

A feeling of disbelief instantly welled up in her heart.

She held the pill carefully.

Although she didn't know what its ultimate use would be—after all, she had just randomly grabbed a handful of herbs to concoct it—judging by its appearance, it should at least... probably not kill anyone, right?

She took a deep breath, and with a tremor and anticipation, fed the disciple who had blown her to pieces the first real "elixir" of her life.

She saw the pill slowly slide down her throat...

It worked!
However, the thought had barely crossed his mind when it was shattered by the horrific scene before him!
Before the pill could be fully swallowed, it burst open in the disciple's throat with a "sizzle" sound!

A wisp of smoke rose up, and the section of the throat was corroded and pierced at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The disciple didn't even have time to scream before his body stiffened abruptly, and the life in his eyes vanished instantly.

The head, upper body, and lower body—this already mutilated body was now completely transformed into a "three-part" corpse pierced by venom.

Su Ling'er stared blankly as the corroded throat chipped off and fell to the ground through the hole.

The pill, which finally hissed and turned into invisible powder, left him with a blank mind, unsure of what to say.

This...what's going on?

Why didn't the elixir have any corrosive effect when it was in my possession, but instead corroded me after I ate it?
Moreover, the first pill I refined wasn't a miraculous elixir, but... a poisonous pill?!

I really don't have the potential for alchemy cultivation...

And... I killed someone?!
She looked at the pool of blood on the ground and the body broken into three pieces.

This isn't like the previous one that choked; this one is definitely dead!

The little voice inside her kept screaming.

It wasn't me who hurt you!

It was you who forced me!
You forced me to do this!

You forced me to save you like this!
I already told you I couldn't save them!

You bunch of lunatics, please don't haunt me when you become ghosts!

I didn't kill anyone... I didn't kill anyone... I didn't kill anyone...

Correct!
I...I'm exorcising demons and upholding justice!
Exterminate demons and uphold justice... Exterminate demons and uphold justice!!!
That's right!

I'm fighting demons and upholding justice!

This is all for the sake of all living beings and for upholding justice in the world!

I didn't kill anyone!
……

After that, she tried her best not to think.

She numbly dealt with those who constantly harmed themselves in front of her.

They can eat it or not, it's up to them to force me to!
I can't stand it anymore!
I really want to get away from this outrageous and evil cult as soon as possible!

What kind of place is this?!

I can't stay in this sect for even a moment longer!
Just then, she saw a special "injured person".

It was Elder Qian, who was the "patient".

He was carried to her hospital bed, where he lay quietly, his breath faint.

Looking at that all-too-familiar face, at this righteous senior who had been enslaved by the demon for countless years, Su Ling'er was filled with mixed emotions.

Not only am I going to be toyed with by these demons, but even you, senior... are you going to be toyed with like this too?
Those who follow the demonic path are truly beyond the comprehension of ordinary reason.

……

Meanwhile, in the wilderness.

A cricket lurking in the soil suddenly takes flight.

(End of this chapter)