"Qin Si, why didn't you let me chase after him?" Bai Shengyi asked in a deep voice, her clear eyes filled with dissatisfaction.
Just moments ago, Daoist Shancheng had used Sun Mingyu as a human shield, pushing her forward to block Qin Si's attack.
Although Qin Si had quickly dealt with Sun Mingyu, Daoist Shancheng had suddenly dispersed into a cloud of black smoke and escaped.
Bai Shengyi instinctively wanted to give chase, but Qin Si grabbed her wrist.
"You know very well that people like Daoist Shancheng, if allowed to escape, will become a great hidden danger. If you don't kill him now, it will be difficult next time..."
Bai Shengyi had been talking for a while before she realized that the man beside her had a tightly drawn face and hadn't uttered a single word.
"Qin Si?" Bai Shengyi waved her other hand in front of him. "What's wrong?"
Qin Si glanced at her with cold, phoenix-like eyes.
Bai Shengyi instantly understood. Someone was coming to settle accounts.
But seeing his angry demeanor, Bai Shengyi wasn't afraid. In fact, she couldn't help but smile.
"No way, Qin Si? Darling? A'si? Are you still angry?" She shook Qin Si's hand. "Look, I'm fine now! Besides, in that situation, you wanted to protect me, and I wouldn't want you to get hurt."
She had always been this straightforward and seemed carefree. Qin Si felt that his anger was wasted.
This woman didn't think she had done anything wrong at all!
Even though her words were so pleasant.
Qin Si told himself not to waver, not to believe her sweet talk, but his ears still turned red, little by little.
"A'si..." Bai Shengyi drew out her voice.
Her smile was faint, her eyes lively. Although Qin Si should have been vigilant about their surroundings, his gaze involuntarily fell on her face.
He tugged at the corner of his mouth and snorted, "Acting cute won't work."
Was he that easy to appease!
He had to teach this woman a lesson...
"A'si, look at Sun Mingyu quickly, she's alive again and wants to kill me!" Bai Shengyi said anxiously.
Qin Si instinctively shielded her behind him, forgetting his previous thoughts, and said in a deep voice, "Don't be afraid, she can't move."
As expected, the revived Sun Mingyu, baring her teeth, struggled in the direction of Bai Shengyi, but she was still pinned in place.
"I don't know what Daoist Shancheng did to Sun Mingyu, but how is she like an unkillable cockroach?" Bai Shengyi frowned.
Qin Si had just fought with Sun Mingyu again and had a better understanding of her condition, as well as her weakness.
"She was refined into a puppet, with a puppet heart made of resentment. Therefore, she retained some consciousness, but like a puppet, she can be resurrected after death."
"How do you know so much?" Bai Shengyi couldn't help but ask.
Qin Si replied helplessly, "Just read more books."
Bai Shengyi felt like she was being tricked, but she had no proof.
"Then what about her? After all, she was Princess Mingyu. We can't just ignore her, can we?" Bai Shengyi rested her chin on her hand, her eyes fixed on Qin Si, watching his intentions.
If it weren't for Sun Mingyu's relationship with Qin Si, Bai Shengyi would have directly killed her and ended the matter.
"What do you mean, 'deal with her'?" Qin Si's voice was cold. "She is already dead. Now she is merely someone else's weapon. Use your Dragon Chasing Star Fire to burn her to ashes."
He had no feelings for the royal family, let alone Sun Mingyu.
Since Qin Si had said so, Bai Shengyi no longer politely refused. With a flick of her hand, invisible flames instantly swept towards Sun Mingyu.
After dealing with Sun Mingyu's matter, Qin Si couldn't maintain his cold demeanor towards Bai Shengyi, but he still emphasized, "A'yi, don't do this next time."
Before Bai Shengyi could argue, Qin Si added, "Nothing is more important than your safety. Besides, I am with you."
If he was there and still let Bai Shengyi get hurt, Qin Si would feel very frustrated and heartbroken.
"A'si, that's a chauvinistic mindset, you need to change it."
Bai Shengyi curled her lips and snorted, "Although you are my man, I have to say that I am not a dodder. Don't treat me like a dodder. Since I chose the path of cultivation, getting injured or even losing my life in a fight is all very normal... Mmmph..."
The rest of her words were completely blocked by Qin Si.
He knew that he wouldn't like what that mouth said!
...
Qin Si told her about Bai Qingjiang.
As he spoke, he observed Bai Shengyi's expression and said casually, "Your mother's situation is likely very dangerous. Otherwise, your father would definitely have waited for you."
He wasn't defending Bai Qingjiang, he just didn't want Bai Shengyi to be unhappy because of it.
Bai Shengyi hadn't thought that far. She just remembered something Daoist Shancheng had said earlier.
"Qin Si, do you know what a spiritual bone is? Daoist Shancheng said I inherited my mother's spiritual bone."
Qin Si was stunned. After a moment of thought, he said, "It should be a special physique. Just like the Xun family, some are naturally good at divination because they inherit the Heavenly Machine Spirit Eye, and the Luo family also has a physique that is close to spirit beasts."
"I think it's more than that," Bai Shengyi mused. "It seems that even if it's not the Divine Revelation Grand Assembly, I still have to go to the outer continent."
Moreover, if Yue Shuxin and Bai Qingjiang, her nominal parents, were really in trouble, she would help if she could.
With this thought, Bai Shengyi urged Qin Si to return to the academy.
Not long after the Pill Refining Competition, Bai Shengyi's fame was at its peak. Young, capable, and with the strength she displayed at the exchange meeting, many new students at the academy admired her, calling her "Fairy Shengyi."
However, at this moment, a rumor quietly spread throughout the entire Artifact Refining Peak.
"Did you hear? The reason Bai Shengyi improved so quickly is that she stole Fairy Youyue's Starfall Imperial Palace!"
"I heard that not only that, but she also had Venerable Qianying directly silence Fairy Youyue! Fortunately, Fairy Youyue was blessed with great fortune and managed to escape back!"
"If you ask me, Fairy Youyue, who is already a sixth-rank artifact refiner at such a young age, is much more impressive than Bai Shengyi. Bai Shengyi only managed to refine the Spiritual Root Purifying Pill by relying on the Starfall Imperial Palace, and she doesn't deserve the title of fairy at all!"
...
The discussions gradually spread.
On the Beast Taming Peak, Luo Chengli swaggered into the disciples' residences, ignoring the obstruction of the Taoist boy, and barged into Luo Feihua's courtyard.
Luo Feihua was not there. Beside the Jiangyue Grass in the courtyard, a crescent moon cat was lying down.
Before Bai Shengyi left, she had entrusted the crescent moon cat to Luo Feihua.
The crescent moon cat sensed an unfamiliar presence and opened its eyes warily. However, a strange fragrance reached its nose, and instantly, the entire cat lost consciousness.
Luo Chengli grabbed the crescent moon cat from the ground and sneered, "Is this that little lady's pet? Stupid and useless. Only women would keep such a thing."
"Since your master is ungrateful and offended Fairy Youyue, don't blame me for being ruthless!" Luo Chengli said, raising the crescent moon cat high into the air and slamming it fiercely to the ground.