NABC Chapter 31 - The System Has Gone Too Far! A Peculiar Patient!
Chapter 31 - The System Has Gone Too Far! A Peculiar Patient!
Chapter 31:
With the sound of the system’s chime echoing in the air, corpse after corpse was looted by Yang Yi and heaped together into a grotesque mound. It had become a small hill in its own right.
Blood, still wet and seeping, stained the surrounding ground a vivid crimson. Yang Yi’s harvest remained substantial. Yet, ever since he had received the Snake Spirit’s gift of gratitude, he had found nothing particularly special from the corpses he touched. That had left him slightly disappointed. After all, the haul he had gathered from his previous passage had been nothing short of extraordinary.
Yang Yi mused.
Still, when he glanced at the newly acquired decades of bitter cultivation time, he felt thoroughly content. After all, cultivation time and longevity were the things he desired most, especially cultivation time.
Yang Yi even felt that, with enough of it, he would not need the life essence he had harvested from others. Instead, he could bestow it upon Meng Jiangnü and the others, so that they could attain eternal life alongside him. “Nine dragons guard the tomb. Each passageway held close to a hundred craftsmen. Had I not intervened, those nine paths would have been filled to the brim with vengeful corpses.”
“So then… did Zhao Gao and Hu Hai drive these artisans to their deaths merely to keep the First Emperor’s tomb a secret?”
“If that were truly the case, why not execute everyone involved?”
“That would be hundreds of thousands, at least.”
Gazing at the mountain of corpses before him, Yang Yi fell into deep thought. Previously, he had not given it much thought. But ever since learning that this world housed martial artists—and even demons—he found the whole affair deeply suspicious.
Perhaps that ancient body concealed some earth-shattering secret. All at once, Yang Yi felt an intense yearning to touch the First Emperor’s remains. Suppressing his impulses, he strode further into the tomb, seeking the corpses he had yet to loot.
As Yang Yi continued his grim task, the system chimed once again. He could have muted it, of course. But he rather enjoyed the thrill of those little notifications. Rather than feel disturbed, he found them quite uplifting.
As Yang Yi laid his hands upon the body of an elderly man, the system’s notification caused his fingers to jolt slightly.
Yang Yi concluded.
With every chime, Yang Yi’s excitement grew. In a flash, a torrent of information surged into his mind. First came the Medical Breathing Technique, followed by foundational knowledge in medicine, and lastly, the Ghost Gate Eighteen Needles. With his formidable spiritual strength, Yang Yi absorbed the knowledge effortlessly.
He was deeply satisfied with the day’s gains. Medical expertise, naturally, was of immense importance. Beyond tending to Qinglian and the others, it served as an essential survival skill for a tombraider like himself. Not to mention, the thousand-year-old ginseng—a miraculous treasure capable of saving a life in a pinch… or serving as a powerful aid in cultivation.
The patient has been transferred to the system’s space.
Just as Yang Yi thought the day was done, the system’s voice chimed once more.
Yang Yi grumbled inwardly. He then projected his consciousness into the system’s spatial storage. Sure enough, a woman now lay there, flat on her back.
The moment his gaze landed on her, Yang Yi was not captivated by her beauty or figure. It was her aura—an intangible charm that quietly ensnared his mind. Though she lay motionless like the others, something about her made him feel she was impossibly lithe and supple. Yang Yi had the distinct impression she could bend herself in any direction, like a ribbon dancing in the wind. She was stunning—graceful and alluring.
One look, and one could easily be lost in the web of her beauty. She wore a silk gown, her hair adorned with an ornate jade hairpin. Clearly, she had come from wealth and nobility.
It puzzled him.
The name rang no bells. He was certain he had never heard of her.
Yang Yi’s curiosity got the better of him.
The system’s explanation caused Yang Yi to gasp softly.