Qin Si did not feel anything amiss. He turned around and asked, "What's wrong?"
Qian Ying: ...
Qin Si glanced at her, "Go back and prepare well. Tomorrow, you'll accompany me to receive those people."
Qian Ying's face instantly soured, and she fled like a wisp of smoke.
Her rejecting voice drifted in the wind, "I think Senior Brother Wen going is enough."
Qin Si chuckled.
Serves you right for clinging to A Yi.
"Why are you standing there like an idiot?" Bai Shengyi looked up and saw Qin Si standing in the courtyard, like a wooden post, foolish and dazed. "Were you injured just now?"
She frowned and stepped forward to examine him.
After accompanying Qin Si into the world of heavenly lightning, Bai Shengyi not only dispelled the strange sense of unease that had been lingering in her heart but also experienced the danger of mending the heavens.
Outside the barrier, there could be external individuals forcing their way in, as well as various poisonous creatures of heaven and earth, and even demonic beings...
In short, it was impossible to guard against.
Therefore, while mending the heavens, Qin Si had to endure the crushing force of space and also maintain intense concentration to avoid these things. If he couldn't avoid them, the consequences would be injury at best, and death at worst.
If Bai Shengyi hadn't been brought along by Qin Si, she would likely have perished long ago.
However, she had a good mindset. Even after walking through the brink of death, her Dao heart remained steady.
"Your hand is so deeply injured, why didn't you say anything?"
Bai Shengyi helplessly pried open his palm, took out the pain-relieving and hemostatic medicine she had refined earlier, applied it to the wound, and then bandaged it with gauze.
Although she chided him, her movements were extremely gentle and earnest.
Qin Si looked at her profile, the surrounding cold air imperceptibly dissipating, and a rare hint of tenderness appeared on his face, something rarely seen in millennia.
"A Yi," he called out.
Bai Shengyi asked, "What is it?"
Qin Si remained silent.
He had been repairing the continent's barrier for so many years, and this was the first time someone had shown him such genuine concern.
It was false to say he wasn't touched.
Qin Si suddenly felt that there was indeed a reason for his attraction to Bai Shengyi.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Bai Shengyi didn't mind. She had been busy treating illnesses and causing trouble all day, and was quite tired. However, she still had more important matters to ask Qin Si, so she forced herself to stay alert.
"When you found me, did you see Qing Buli?"
Qin Si recalled, "No, but I did see an outsider."
Since Bai Shengyi already knew the secret of the continent's barrier, Qin Si no longer concealed anything.
Bai Shengyi suddenly remembered what the Reincarnation Brush had said – that Qing Buli had the aura of an outsider. Could it be that he was rescued by that outsider?
"What's wrong?" Qin Si asked. "Is there something wrong with that kid?"
Bai Shengyi thought for a moment, "He snatched the Xingluo Dihuan from Yun Youyue, and I snatched it back from him."
"A Yi is so clever," Qin Si praised.
Bai Shengyi: ...
"That's not the point. I don't want to leave such a potential threat behind, so I want to investigate his whereabouts. Preferably dead, if he's alive..." Bai Shengyi curled her lips, not hiding her ruthlessness from Qin Si, "I don't mind giving him a push."
"Then I'll help you investigate."
Bai Shengyi looked closely at Qin Si's expression.
Qin Si touched his face, "What are you looking at?"
"Don't you think I'm very cruel? Qin Si, he's my fellow disciple," Bai Shengyi reminded him.
Qin Si smiled slowly, "A Yi, we are the fellow disciples. He is merely an outsider. Your safety is more important."
If he were to truly consider fellow disciple relationships, he would have been assassinated thousands of times over.
The cultivation world itself was a world of self-preservation and walking one's own great path.
However, Qin Si felt a secret joy.
Did A Yi caring so much about his opinion mean that their relationship had advanced another step?
Bai Shengyi didn't notice Qin Si's slightly beaming expression. She felt a bit thirsty, so she brewed some tea for herself and poured a cup for Qin Si. As she brought the cup to her lips, her expression changed slightly.
"Don't drink it yet!"
She knocked over the teacup in Qin Si's hand.
"There's something wrong with the water."
Bai Shengyi's gaze turned cold. She rubbed the water stains on the tabletop, then stood up abruptly, huffing as she walked outside.
"You go rest in the next room. I need to handle something. Don't touch anything in the courtyard."
Before leaving, Bai Shengyi did not forget to arrange Qin Si's lodging.
Bai Shengyi was extremely displeased!
She hadn't expected Bai Murong to be so shameless as to resort to such despicable tactics!
Oh, wait, she had always been this shameless! Otherwise, she wouldn't have given the original Bai Shengyi Xingjin back then, and even tried to sabotage her when treating the snake venom at the Bai family.
"Bang!"
Li Shiqing had just finished telling Bai Murong about the upcoming trip and was about to rest when she heard a loud bang from outside.
She quickly drew her sword and walked out, shouting sternly, "Who is causing trouble outside?"
"It's me!" Bai Shengyi said coldly.
A look of joy appeared on Li Shiqing's face. She didn't think too much about why Bai Shengyi was here so late, but seeing that Bai Shengyi was safe, she said happily, "That's great, Shengyi, I'm glad you're alright. We were worried about you when we came out of the secret realm this afternoon, especially Wuya..."
"Let Bai Murong come out!" Bai Shengyi interrupted Li Shiqing.
The smile on Li Shiqing's face slightly faded, and she frowned, "Shen... Daoist Bai, why are you looking for Murong at this hour?"
Li Shiqing didn't open the door, so Bai Shengyi kicked it open.
"Li Shiqing, you should ask your Murong what she did while I was away."
Bai Murong had already woken up upon hearing the commotion outside, but she dared not come out. Bai Shengyi was unharmed; had she discovered the poisoning?
But she had done it so discreetly, and used several untreatable poisons. How could Bai Shengyi possibly avoid all of them?
"Daoist Bai, there must be some misunderstanding. Murong told me that she has been in the outer sect during this period because I was away, and has not come to Qianxiao Peak," Li Shiqing hurriedly blocked Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi suddenly turned to look at Li Shiqing and sneered, "Are you sure? Can you vouch for her?"
"I..."
Li Shiqing was about to agree when Bai Shengyi interrupted her.
"Never mind, why should I argue with you about this? If you had a clear head, you wouldn't have kept Bai Murong in the inner sect at all."
Bai Shengyi pushed Li Shiqing aside and began searching the courtyard with her spiritual power.
"Bai Murong, get out here, you old hag!"
Bai Murong knew that it was only a matter of time before she was found. Rather than wait for death, it was better to take the initiative. After all, with Li Shiqing protecting her, and Bai Shengyi having no evidence, she couldn't do anything to her.
Having thought this through, Bai Murong put on an act of having just woken up from resting, walked out of the room, and weakly asked, "Shengyi, what's wrong now?"
As if Bai Shengyi was always being unreasonable.