Chapter 285: I'm Useless
Somewhere, the sky is golden, and the ground is made of gold.
Everywhere you look, there's gold.
Fiona spoke with a relaxed expression. Fiona lay down on the ground.
Red blood flowed down the ground.
Seraph bent down to sit near Fiona's right foot.
"Just stop the bleeding, right, senior? I'm not very good at healing," he said, staring. Fiona's right and left sides had been reduced to dust due to excessive energy use.
Fiona's reply came in a soft voice. "Just stop the bleeding. I can't fight right now. I'll have to rely on you to fight alone."
Hearing this, Seraph turned to Fiona. "What did you say?"
Fiona took a deep breath and exhaled. "Fuuuu..."
"I can't fight anymore." So, I'll leave it to you. "
Seraph frowned. [You want me to fight you yourself? I understand you're seriously injured.
You're still surviving. That's amazing.
With a body like this, you can still move.
This is the Tenshin Academy's number one? That's terrifying.]
"Senior, I'm so weak. So, I can't fight you.
I've only used my spirit skill twice, and I'm almost out of energy.
If we were to fight for real, I'd definitely die, right?"
Seraph looked at Fiona, waiting for an answer.
Fiona sat up and stretched her legs.
Fiona's face showed pain from the movement.
Fiona smiled. "What? You're better than me?
You want an ordinary girl like me
to fight for you? How cruel, junior. Why are you so cruel?"
Seraph tilted his head slightly at Fiona's words. "An ordinary person? "
"Yes, a normal person?"
Seraph looked at Fiona, wondering what kind of joke he was making. [Why is this kid so lazy about fighting? Or is he just tired of fighting?
So he let me fight instead? To watch the show...?]
"But you...?" Seraph was about to say something.
Fiona stopped smiling, her face turning serious.
A deep voice spoke. "I'm serious. I'm no longer a cultivator.
I used something to exchange temporary power.
To create a single attack with all my training. I'm no longer a cultivator."
Fiona's gaze was that of someone who meant it. No lies or jokes.
Seraph nodded. "I understand."
[Hey, isn't this bad? The expert who was supposed to save me is here instead.
And you even said that. A real crisis. So that means...
I have to go solo, taking Fiona with me!? ]
Fiona, hearing Seraph's words of understanding, began to lie down on the golden floor.
Seraph asked, while tending to Fiona's wounds.
"Senior, what happened before we arrived here?"
Seraph didn't know what happened because he had turned his back on the frog that had swallowed the city.
Fiona explained the situation.
"If I remember correctly, before this happened,
I used all my power to attack, hoping to kill that demon frog.
But somehow,
the frog sucked something into its mouth.
A transparent, golden-yellow cup, the size of a glass,
flew into my attack range.
My proudest attack, used only once.
By sacrificing everything I had to increase my survival rate,
I could call it a coincidence. The sword wave, imbued with spiritual energy,
cut the golden cup in half.
When the Grail was split in two, a golden light appeared.
It engulfed everything in the light.
I could only see a tiny bit of it, as if the golden light had frozen everything around it.
It was frozen, but not ice, but gold.
So I think we're in a place connected to the Golden Grail.
Our bodies are made into statues of gold.
This is what I call a clue.
Seraph tore off his own shirt and wrapped it around Fiona's right leg to stop the bleeding.
"So, we're either in the Grail's place, or in that frog's belly.
Is that possible?"
Fiona replied with relief. "Yes, two possibilities.
Keep trying, little brother. The chances of both of us dying are very high.
I have a broken leg, and I'm someone who can't use spiritual power.
It's called a bag that can carry you.
Seraph continued to treat the wound with determination. "You will have a chance.
Can you restore my power?'
Fiona replied softly. "No. If there's a way forward, maybe I can train again.
But if we make it in time while we're here,
I can say no."
Seraph nodded slightly. "Is that so?"
Seraph grabbed Fiona's leg, which was covered in blood.
Seraph continued to treat the wound, thinking about what to do next.
While Seraph was thinking about how to save himself,
Fiona asked Seraph. "How's it going, junior? This senior is so useless now.
If you escape without the burden I'm carrying, you might have a chance.
You can even improve your life.
I'm so useless right now. Even moving my body hurts this much.
I'm definitely not going anywhere."
Seraph turned to look at Fiona. "Are you telling me to leave you behind?"
"Your choice." How is this possible?
Seraph said in a calm tone. "I'll find a way. If there's no other choice, I'll just abandon you on the way."
Seraph finished speaking and continued treating the wound.
Fiona fell silent. "It's the right choice. If it were me, I'd do it that way."
Seraph stood up and looked at the wound on Fiona's right foot. It was neatly bandaged.
Seraph walked over to Fiona's head and sat on the golden floor.
Seraph took a handkerchief from his pocket and used it to wipe Fiona's bloody face.
Seraph wiped the blood off Fiona's face.
Fiona hurriedly said, "Wipe gently. Don't you think my beautiful face...
isn't it going to get ruined? Be gentle with my face.
Fiona ordered the two Seraphs to be more gentle.
After a while, Seraph wiped away all the blood that had leaked from Fiona's clothes.
Seraph stood up. "So, seniors, which way do you think we should start?"
Fiona was lying on the ground. "I don't know. You're thinking?"
Seraph pretended to think. [What should I do now? I don't even know which way to go.
The surroundings were completely empty. You could say there was no clue.]
"Then I'll guess. What do you think?"
Fiona laughed. "Hahahahaha. Guess? Hahaha. You're going to copy my way of thinking?
How interesting. Interesting. You have a good sense of humor, juniors."
Seraph didn't laugh. [He's a real slapper. Don't you understand that I have more power than you now?]
"If you're not going to give advice, you'll have to do it that way."
Fiona stopped smiling. And still smiling slightly, he looked at his junior.
"Can't help it. This senior will be your tutor.
You can call me Master Fiona."
Seraph nodded. "Yes, Master Fiona. Could you show me how?"
"Can't help it. Master Fiona will tell you how. How do you sense spiritual energy?
Normally, treasure vaults have portals connecting to objects.
If we use our spiritual energy to trace along the energy lines, we'll instantly know where things are.
It's like using our power to locate enemies.
Easy, right? No, it's very easy. Most second-level cultivators
probably know how to use it from the very beginning.
Seraph nodded. [Like a radar that detects all living things around? I barely learned it because of all this hassle.]
"Can you teach me how? I don't know how."
Fiona asked curiously. "What? You don't know the basics of spiritual energy?"
You're an interesting junior, I guess. You're probably not paying attention in class.
For example, think of the spiritual energy within us as our entire limbs.
When you think of these as your entire limbs, you start controlling them to move based on your feelings.
Blow the spirit into one of your limbs.
When you blow the spirit into it, you squeeze it until it explodes.
That's the principle of using spiritual energy. Try to break the spirit and expand it, then thrust a stick into it to make it explode. Do you understand? "Fiona asked, confirming her understanding.
Seraph shook his head. "I don't understand at all."