Demon Cultivator in Abyssal Era

Chapter 256: Chapter 159: Mirror Analysis_2

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu chuckled lightly, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes. He said no more, but leapt onto the back of the Four-winged Strange Bird and said to Su Jinyu, ”Get on, we’re leaving.”

Su Jinyu’s face lit up with surprise and joy. She thanked him repeatedly and clambered onto the back of the Strange Bird in a small run.

Then, under the watchful gaze of the crowd, the Strange Bird soared into the sky and soon disappeared in the distance.

Seeing Chu Xiu leave so easily, Liu Feng breathed a sigh of relief. He still had some apprehension towards Chu Xiu, after all, that Demon Legion was not easy to deal with.

Huang Guohua smiled smugly and turned to Xue Li, saying, ”Young master, didn’t I tell you not to worry? The Abyss is full of people who bluff like this. As long as you don’t get bluffed by him, he’ll naturally leave with his tail between his legs.”

At these words, Xue Li laughed, ”Uncle Huang, your experience is still the best.”

The expressions of the people in the Fang Team were not so pleasant. After all, according to the elder’s theory, they were the ones who had been ”bluffed”.

However, it would be disgraceful to blatantly go back on a promised reward, so after saying this, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention it again.

Subsequently, without delay, they headed toward their stronghold.

Because the insect they rode on earlier had been killed in the prior battle, they had no choice but to walk.

Fortunately, as High Tier Awakened, their speed was extremely fast, and despite the rugged mountain path, they could reach the destination in at most two hours.

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At the same time, high above the clouds, Chu Xiu was observing the girl opposite him.

Her clean and neat ponytail and simply rolled-up sleeves gave her a clean and crisp demeanor that was uncommon among ordinary girls. However, sitting on the back of the Strange Bird, her body was somewhat huddled, seemingly afraid of Chu Xiu.

But from the occasional covert glances directed at him, Chu Xiu could sense that she was far from simple.

To have reached Fierce Tier Level 9, she certainly wasn’t just a bookworm who only knew research—this demeanor was most likely just a disguise to protect herself.

The girl was very smart, completely concealing her sharpness, always presenting a gentle side to others, making people unconsciously lower their guard.

But Chu Xiu didn’t mind, because this was just a normal means of self-preservation for smart people when facing strong individuals.

”What’s your goal?” he asked directly.

”What?” Su Jinyu was slightly stunned.

”I said, your real goal,” Chu Xiu said calmly, ”Since we’re going to cooperate, we naturally have to know the ins and outs. Don’t use research to brush me off. I’ll only give you one chance. If your answer doesn’t satisfy me, I’ll throw you off immediately.”

Chu Xiu’s words left Su Jinyu with a look of astonishment, seemingly not expecting her disguise to be so easily seen through, followed by a long silence.

”Three.” Chu Xiu began counting down.

”Resurrection Wine,” Su Jinyu responded decisively, not even waiting for the count of two before speaking, ”My Talent is [Mirror Analysis (SS)]. I can replicate the item I need to analyze into my brain, so I can directly absorb the information contained within, even replicating part of its Ability.”

”For instance, I only need to [Mirror Copy] a book into my brain, and even if I’ve never read it, I can recite its content word-for-word.”

”Relying on this Talent, I became the youngest and most promising researcher at the Third Research Institute, and was even noticed by one of the four major families in Kyoto, who wanted to marry me to one of their direct descendants.”

”Even though his Talent isn’t as good as mine, nor is he wholeheartedly devoted to me, I don’t care. His family’s resources are enough to help me reach the pinnacle of the research institute, and that’s enough.”

”I was supposed to have a promising future.”

At this point, Su Jinyu’s eyes flashed with a hint of hatred: ”But some bitch was jealous of my talent, secretly hiding an [Ancient God Relic] in a reference book, which polluted my brain when I copied it.”

”You have no idea what I’m enduring now! Murmurs, hallucinations, dull pain are just the basic routine—the [Pollution] is consuming every nerve of mine, like thousands of insects gnawing at my brain at every moment!”

”And those sycophantic scumbags, they discarded me like garbage!”

”Is it really that heartless?” Chu Xiu was surprised.

”That’s nothing,” Su Jinyu sneered, ”They even want to strip me of my Talent. Big families are that mercenary and ruthless.”

As she spoke, Su Jinyu’s beautiful face suddenly contorted with rage, with a torrent of hatred in her eyes: ”In at most three months, I will be completely polluted, but I refuse to yield. I want revenge; I want to kill that bitch, that contemptible man, and everyone who kicked me while I was down, as long as I can merge... ah!!!”

She suddenly clutched her head and screamed, black lines appeared under her skin as if countless worms were crawling!

Chu Xiu was dumbfounded, watching Su Jinyu scream in agony, clutching at him. The scene made him feel uneasy, even making him quietly distance himself from her.

Although he saw that she was hiding something, he didn’t expect it to be this significant!

He initially thought at most she had some special opportunity, or some unavoidable family hardship.

But who would have thought it would be connected to the Ancient God!

After a long while, the black lines under Su Jinyu’s skin retracted completely, and her face regained its calmness.

”In any case, removing the [Pollution] is nearly impossible, but slowing its spread is still feasible. Resurrection Wine is the most hopeful item I’ve found after combing through all the data.”