My Junior Still Hasn't Killed Me

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Chapter 15: Blood Oath

Translated by Rikko of Exiled Rebels Scanlations

Editor: Addis, WagahaiFujoshi

Apart from getting drunk after three drinks, ZhongYan had the problem of losing any memories of what happened while he was drunk. The present ZhongYan, who woke up in his bed with a splitting headache from the hangover, was an excellent example of that.

Memories of him clinging tightly onto Gu XuanYan's sleeves and audaciously laying on his lap were wholly wiped off from his mind, let alone any remembrance of how he managed to return to his room. As he spent quite a bit of time attempting to recollect his memories while lying on his bed to no avail, he gave up struggling.

After regulating his breath for a while, he went out to look for Qing You.

Qing You seemingly had converted his quarters into an apothecary shop. ZhongYan circled the entire courtyard, arriving at QingYou's place by following the scent of medicine. In the backyard was QingYou, who was keeping watch on his medicine pots while fanning the fire.

ZhongYan approached him, "Is Junior QingYou boiling medicine again?"

QingYou shot a glance at him, "This is prepared for you and Junior Gu."

After letting out a dry cough and giving QingYou a simple compliment for the good work done, ZhongYan was mindful of his wordings as he asked, "Being a practitioner of medicine for years, has Junior Brother heard of blood oath?"

QingYou stopped his hands from fanning as he wrinkled his brows, "Why does Senior Brother mention this all of a sudden?"

The past ZhongYan would probably spill the beans instantly. However, since Green Summit's current attitude towards him was ambiguous, he didn't wish to implicate QingYou in the matter.

Furthermore, no way would he dare to divulge the complicated relationship he had with Cang Luan and Gu XuanYan, so he could only mumble, "I was just curious."

"Blood oath is a method specifically used by demonic cultivators to form a blood contract. Blood from the heart of the demonic cultivator will be given to the contracted for it to take effect. The contracted, also known as their blood servant, will need to drink their blood every month in order to survive."

QingYou tightly knitted his brows, seemingly adverse to continue. "Demonic cultivators utilise blood oaths to confine their blood servants and force them to do their bidding, so it is the most ruthless form of pacts. What makes Senior Brother ask this out of nowhere?"

"I came across it when I'm reading, so I got curious." ZhongYan continued with his question, "If one gets contracted, how should they break the oath?"

QingYou appeared to have bought into his lies as he heaved a sigh of relief, "Ways to break a blood oath... There's two. One, get the demonic cultivator to break the oath on their own."

Unless Cang Luan got senile, no way would he break the blood oath on his own. Holding no hope from the first answer, ZhongYan asked, "What about the second?"

QingYou hesitated for a while before continuing, "Actually, it can't be considered as another way of breaking a blood oath. If a demonic cultivator with a higher cultivation base than the previous demonic cultivator forms another blood oath with the blood servant, the former blood oath will naturally be nullified. But is this even another way to break a blood oath? It's merely finding a substitute."

Not only had Cang Luan lived for thousands of years, but he was also the ruler of the entire northern wilderness. The number of demonic cultivators stronger than him was a definite zero.