Bai Shengyi's situation wasn't as good as she made it out to be; she was deliberately speaking in a relaxed tone to provoke Jiang Ye.
The power of the seventh-tier explosive talisman was truly immense. Fortunately, before entering the secret realm, Qin Si had given her two sealing talismans that stored the spiritual power of an early Nascent Soul cultivator. Bai Shengyi had used one, which blocked most of the force.
However, this meant she was a step slower during the avalanche, resulting in her left hand being broken by rocks from the snowy mountain.
It was also fortunate that the Qiong Meng Teng acted quickly. As a vine, and a vine that fed on spiritual energy, as long as there was soil and spiritual energy, the Qiong Meng Teng had infinite room for maneuver.
Thus, the Qiong Meng Teng transformed into a vine carriage, carrying Bai Shengyi swiftly away from the avalanche zone!
Bai Shengyi took a Returning Spring Pill and a Spirit Nourishing Pill, then lowered her head to examine Bai Yiyi, whom she was carrying in her left hand.
Bai Yiyi, who had been as silent as a dead fish, seemed to sense Bai Shengyi's unkind gaze. She shivered and repeatedly shook her head, "No… don't kill me… Bai Shengyi, Jiang Ye threatened me into doing this!"
She regretted it, truly regretted it, for being greedy for convenience and letting others help her cultivate!
The woman named Arong was a lunatic. She had caused this mess with her body. Even though she had regained control of her body, it was now in a terrible state due to the recent events.
Although Bai Shengyi had carried her out of the avalanche zone, she hadn't protected her. Now, not only was she in unbearable pain all over, but she also had to face the terrifying Bai Shengyi!
While Bai Yiyi frantically pleaded with Bai Shengyi, she searched her spiritual consciousness for Arong. She was certain that the vicious woman Arong had not yet left her body!
She had to guard against Arong's return!
Bai Yiyi was not wrong. Bai Murong had finally found a body that perfectly matched her spiritual form, how could she give it up just like that?
It's just that before, in order to protect Bai Yiyi's body from the seventh-tier explosive talisman, she had to use some of her狱魅 (Yù Mèi) abilities, which seemed to have made Bai Shengyi suspect something, hence her temporary retreat.
"You mean, Jiang Ye forced you to come and kill me?" Bai Shengyi lowered her head and examined the trembling Bai Yiyi.
Bai Yiyi thought her words had been taken to heart by Bai Shengyi and was immediately delighted.
She had only half-said "Yes" when she heard Bai Shengyi scoff.
"I don't believe you!"
Bai Yiyi's mood plummeted.
She had a premonition that Bai Shengyi wouldn't let her go today!
Soon, this premonition came true.
"Although I said killing you would dirty my hands, I feel like keeping someone like you, who doesn't learn their lesson, will only bring me trouble. It's better to die."
As Bai Shengyi spoke, the tip of her sword pointed forward.
"Don't kill me! I'm very useful! Bai Shengyi, it wasn't me who schemed against you earlier, it was in my spiritual consciousness…"
Bai Yiyi's words got stuck in her throat, and her face once again contorted into a twisted and ferocious expression, just like the one Bai Shengyi had seen before with different expressions on her left and right cheeks.
But soon, that face stabilized.
At this moment, Bai Shengyi's sword tip had reached Bai Yiyi's chest. "Bai Yiyi" suddenly hiccuped, and her previously panicked little face turned venomous.
"Bai Shengyi! Go to hell!"
Gray threads emerged from "Bai Yiyi's" body, but she seemed oblivious to the sword tip piercing her chest, solely focused on throwing the dark object in her hand at Bai Shengyi!
But before the object could touch Bai Shengyi, it was sent flying by a surge of spiritual energy!
"Who's meddling?"
"Bai Yiyi" turned her head unwillingly, only to see Sun Ling flying on his sword in the distance.
"Thank you!" Bai Shengyi raised her eyebrows and smiled, cleanly retracting her long sword.
Although she had been prepared and would have dodged even without Sun Ling's help, it was still Sun Ling's good intentions, and Bai Shengyi appreciated it.
Sun Ling smiled at Bai Shengyi and walked to her side, frowning deeply at Bai Yiyi.
"Why do you have the Hundred Ghosts Gu, specially made by the Sun family?"
"Bai Yiyi" covered her face guiltily and then began to cry.
"What Hundred Ghosts Gu? How would I know? What are you talking about? Big sister, please save me. Bai Shengyi wants to kill me. We are fellow disciples."
She was dressed in tattered white clothes, delicate like a flower after the rain. A large hole was pierced in her chest by Bai Shengyi's sword, but as if she felt no pain, she cried aggrievedly.
The scene was truly bizarre.
Bai Shengyi looked at Bai Yiyi strangely.
Did Bai Yiyi have a mental illness? Crying at everyone she met.
Also, did she think everyone was as easily fooled as Jiang Ye, unable to see the problem with her?
Sun Ling said sharply, "There's no point in your denial! The Hundred Ghosts Gu is made with souls as medicine, a refined medicinal gu. Any living person who comes into contact with it, regardless of their cultivation level, will have their innate bloodlust and killing intent triggered, leading them to enter demonic cultivation through killing! You clearly knew that the Hundred Ghosts Gu requires heart's blood as a catalyst!"
Sun Ling could see clearly that a normal person would try their best to dodge Bai Shengyi's fatal sword strike, but Bai Yiyi did not, clearly intending to use her heart's blood to activate the Hundred Ghosts Gu.
Wait!
Why wasn't Bai Yiyi dead yet?
Thinking of this, Sun Ling's gaze towards Bai Yiyi changed slightly, and he increasingly felt that the woman before him was like a puppet controlled by strings, acting stiffly…
Sun Ling couldn't help but shiver.
"Bai Yiyi" didn't notice Sun Ling's peculiarity. She hadn't expected Sun Ling to observe so closely, and her steps faltered.
Her eyes darted quickly. "This… this I…"
"You what? Shall I take a guess?" Bai Shengyi interrupted Bai Yiyi with a cold laugh.
She looked at Bai Yiyi coldly, her eyes clear as if she had seen through Bai Yiyi entirely.
"Guess what?" "Bai Yiyi" retreated, as if startled by Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi watched coldly as she moved further and further away from herself and Sun Ling, as if she hadn't noticed her attempt to escape.
She said with a smile that didn't reach her eyes, "Of course, I'm guessing… you're not Bai Yiyi, you're Bai Murong!"
"No! What Bai Murong? I am Bai Yiyi. Bai Shengyi, what nonsense are you spouting!" "Bai Yiyi" retorted with great agitation.
Bai Shengyi smiled. "If not, why are you panicking?"
She took a step forward and added, "If you weren't panicking, why did your aura just change!"
"Bai Yiyi's" expression changed drastically, and she got up, wanting to flee!
But as soon as she turned around, Bai Shengyi swung her sword, and the sword light, like a leaping dragon, swiftly pursued her.
"Bai Yiyi," no, Bai Murong, quickly threw two seventh-tier explosive talismans and retreated!
The explosive talismans that Jiang Ye cherished so dearly were thrown very decisively by Bai Murong. She had more than just these few things on hand.
"Xiao Teng Ye!"
Bai Shengyi called out, and the quietly buried Qiong Meng Teng broke through the soil. Countless vines grew upwards frantically, forming a circular cage that trapped Bai Murong inside.
Bai Murong was immediately unable to escape. Not only that, but the explosive talismans then detonated violently!
"Ah! Bai Shengyi! You bitch, I will kill you…"
Bai Murong's sharp, furious screams were drowned out by the sound of the explosion.
The ground vibrated violently, and the mountain peaks swayed.
"Let's leave quickly, it would be bad if there was another avalanche," Sun Ling said urgently to Bai Shengyi.
She didn't know that Bai Shengyi had just escaped an avalanche and felt that this earth-shattering scene made her realize how insignificant even cultivators were in the face of nature.
Sun Ling couldn't help but panic.
"You go first," Bai Shengyi's voice was low and hoarse.
Only then did Sun Ling realize something was wrong with Bai Shengyi.
"What's wrong? Shengyi, are you okay?"