Chapter 378: Chapter 245: Cultivation World 35
The sky over Three Realms City is always shrouded in a layer of gray fog, like a curtain formed by countless departed souls.
Jin You tightened the black cloak around her, her silver eyes alertly scanning her surroundings from beneath the hood. This city located at the intersection of the Human, Demon, and Demon Clans always had an air laden with the mix of bloodlust and desire.
"Xuanyin Ice Soul Pill, three hundred mid-grade spirit stones." The stall owner, an old demon cultivator with a face full of wrinkles, tapped on the counter with his withered fingers, his nails as black as ink.
Jin You took out an embroidered pouch from her chest, pouring out three top-grade spirit stones that emitted a ghostly blue glow. These were her savings earned from hunting down three Fourth-rank demon beasts.
The old demon cultivator squinted his cloudy eyes, briefly lingering on the silver strands of hair glimpsing from under her cloak. "Half-demon, half-sorcerer?" His hoarse voice held a hint of interest, "No wonder you need this kind of elixir."
Jin You’s fingers tightened, her knuckles turning white. She hated the feeling of being seen through, and those prying eyes probing into her bloodline were even more despised. But at this moment, she needed this elixir to suppress the conflict within her bloodline, so she had to forcibly suppress her discomfort.
"Where’s the goods?" she asked coldly, her voice sounding like it was retrieved from an ice cellar.
The old demon cultivator chuckled, taking out a black jade bottle from under the counter. Jin You reached out to catch it, when suddenly a sharp shout came from behind:
"Demon spawn, how dare you use our Human Clan’s spirit stones for trade?"
A sharp Sword Qi sliced through the air towards her, and Jin You swiftly dodged aside, barely avoiding it. The Sword Qi split the counter in two, and the precious elixir was about to fall to the ground.
Jin You’s pupils contracted, and almost instinctively, she reached out, catching the jade bottle before it hit the ground.
But her hood slipped off in the process, revealing a cascade of moonlit silver hair and her distinctive heterochromatic eyes—left eye in amber gold, like the Demon Clan, right eye deep purple, like the Demon Clan.
The surrounding people gasped collectively.
"A mongrel, just as I thought!" The Human Clan cultivator who attacked stepped forward, clad in a green robe, with a jade token representing his status as an Inner Sect Disciple of Lingbo Palace hanging at his waist.
His features were handsome, but his eyes were full of disdain, "When did Three Realms City start allowing such filthy bloodlines in?"
Jin You quickly stowed the jade bottle back into her chest, her right hand already on the short blade at her waist. She recognized this person—Lu Yucheng, a standout among the younger generation of Lingbo Palace, notorious for his hostility towards different clans.
"Senior Brother Lu, why stoop to her level?" One of Lu Yucheng’s fellow disciples laughed, "Judging by her appearance, she probably doesn’t even know who her parents are."
Jin You felt a heat rush from her chest to her head, a sign of her Demonic Blood boiling within.
She took a deep breath, forcing herself to stay calm. Fighting in Three Realms City was forbidden, especially against someone from Lingbo Palace.
"Move aside." Her voice was low, her heterochromatic eyes flickering with dangerous light.
Lu Yucheng sneered, his sword pointing directly at her throat: "Hand over what’s in your chest, demon spawn isn’t worthy of buying things with our Human Clan’s spirit stones."
Jin You felt the jade bottle in her chest as heavy as a thousand pounds. This elixir was crucial for suppressing next month’s bloodline outburst; she couldn’t possibly hand it over. But given the current situation...
"I paid for it, it’s mine." She said, word by word, all the while discreetly observing possible escape routes around her.
A fierce glint flashed in Lu Yucheng’s eyes: "Seeking death!"
Sword light shot like a rainbow, straight for Jin You’s heart. This strike showed no mercy, clearly aiming to take her life!
Jin You moved like a ghost to dodge, but still had her sleeve torn by the Sword Qi, exposing a part of her forearm covered in strange high-level demon patterns. The surrounding crowd exclaimed and backed away, someone shouted: "It’s a high-level demon pattern! She’s pureblood Demon Clan offspring!"
The words were like a match to a powder keg. Killing intent surged in Lu Yucheng’s eyes: "So not a mongrel, but an infiltrator from the Demon Clan! Today, I will be the agent of justice!"
Jin You knew things could no longer be resolved peacefully. She swiftly unsheathed her short blade, its edge wrapped in tendrils of black energy. The two forces clashed fiercely in the narrow alleyway, with Sword Qi and Demonic Qi intertwining, toppling the stalls around them.
"Stop! Private fighting is forbidden in Three Realms City!" A guard’s shout came from afar, but it was already too late.
Lu Yucheng’s sword moves became increasingly vicious, each strike aiming for the kill. Jin You was gradually struggling, as the demon and sorcerer blood within her clashed in her emotional agitation, disrupting her flow of spiritual power.
In a moment of carelessness, Lu Yucheng’s sword pierced her shoulder, blood instantly soaking half of her robe.
