"Since you already know I'm from the Chu family, aren't you afraid of my Chu family elders..."
Before Chu Tianle could finish speaking, he heard an angry roar from the other side.
"So what! I just want to avenge my daughter and kill a Bai Shengyi! Since you're being ungrateful, I won't hold back!"
As soon as he finished speaking, strange noises came from the dense fog.
Bai Shengyi instinctively felt something was wrong and retreated rapidly, but it was too late.
"Swish!"
The sword, like an attached bone spur, pierced her arm.
This time, she couldn't dodge it at all!
"So fast! What is this person's origin? I haven't done anything bad recently."
Bai Shengyi grit her teeth in pain, reaching out to pull out the sword, only to find it instantly turn into green spiritual light and disappear into her body.
"Not good! Shengyi, quickly expel it!" Chu Tianle urged, "The spiritual power of a Core Formation cultivator is different from Foundation Establishment. Even if it's far from the body, it can still be controlled by the host!"
This meant that the opponent could now manipulate their spiritual power to directly attack Bai Shengyi's internal organs, meridians, or even her dantian from within!
Without Chu Tianle's reminder, Bai Shengyi had already sensed through her spiritual power that the foreign wood-elemental spiritual power was restlessly heading towards her dantian...
Bai Shengyi frowned slightly and violently shook the only green in her dantian.
"Qing Meng Vine! I've brought you some food, can you eat it?"
Qing Meng Vine mumbled groggily, "Master, Little Vine Leaf is very well-behaved. It doesn't eat Master's spiritual power. Master, don't worry..."
With that, it fell asleep again.
Bai Shengyi was speechless. Had she instilled such a deep fear in Qing Meng Vine?
Seeing the spiritual power approaching her dantian, Bai Shengyi was mobilizing her mental power to suppress it when she noticed the black mist in her dantian, which had been silent for a long time, stir.
"Waaah..."
She seemed to hear the black mist make a sound again.
Immediately after, the black mist seemed to concave, as if opening a large mouth, directly swallowing that ball of spiritual power. It churned, as if chewing.
"Hiccup!"
This time, Bai Shengyi wasn't mistaken; the black mist actually hiccuped!
A young and joyful voice suddenly echoed in her consciousness, "Delicious!"
Bai Shengyi: ... This thing not only quietly devours her own spiritual power but can also devour others' spiritual power? And without any discomfort? What kind of monster is this!
All of this seemed to have happened for a long time, but in reality, it was only a brief moment.
Bai Shengyi didn't have time to think, because the opponent seemed to have discovered that their spiritual power was out of control. Following that, countless more sword lights flashed!
The dense fog permeated the air, seemingly not hindering the opponent's vision at all. Instead, it constrained Bai Shengyi and Chu Tianle at every turn.
The sword lights pursued Bai Shengyi relentlessly. Chu Tianle helped Bai Shengyi, and soon both of them were covered in crimson blood.
Suppression!
Utter and complete suppression!
Unlike any opponents they had encountered before, and different from the Core Formation cultivators in the illusion of Qianlian City, the opponent's strength was far superior to Bai Shengyi and Chu Tianle's. Moreover, they were determined to take Bai Shengyi's life, launching killing blows without any reservation.
"There's something wrong with this mist!"
Bai Shengyi frowned tightly. The mist seemed harmless, yet it acted like the opponent's eyes. The opponent knew their every move, but they couldn't even see the opponent's figure.
"If this continues, both of us will perish here! Chu Tianle, I'll count to three. You go right, I'll go left, and we'll split up and run. The opponent is after me." Bai Shengyi said gravely, her face tense.
Chu Tianle refused, "No, I can't leave you alone!"
"Don't forget that Feihua is still missing!" Bai Shengyi retorted. "Be rational. If you stay here, you'll just be giving them an easy kill!"
After she finished, she shouted, "One, two, three!"
Without giving Chu Tianle a chance to refuse, Bai Shengyi's spiritual power suddenly erupted. Dense vines clawed and flailed in the thick fog, resolutely and firmly blocking the swords approaching Chu Tianle.
"Go!"
Bai Shengyi pushed Chu Tianle out with one hand, and then plunged into the darkness shrouded by the black mist on the left.
"Shengyi!"
Chu Tianle turned back to look, but there was no longer any dense fog or sword light or Bai Shengyi. His gaze fell upon the place where they had just stood, as if what he had just experienced was merely a dream.
However, the wounds on his body reminded him that it was not.
"Chu Tianle, where is Shengyi?" Luo Feihua finally found her companion. Seeing Chu Tianle's disheveled state, she was greatly alarmed.
Chu Tianle wiped the blood from his face, his young face bearing an unprecedented solemnity.
"Feihua, there's a formation nearby. It must be Bai Murong and the others' doing. I'm going to find Bai Murong and them. You send a message to Feng Wuya and ask them to come over first. Shengyi is being chased by a Core Formation cultivator, and we need their help." He paused, then frowned, "I wonder if we can ask for help from the academy?"
Meanwhile, at the Shenqi Academy outpost in Qianlian City.
Wen Jiuyin received the news and rushed to Yun Ying's artifact refining room, knocking furiously on the door.
"Senior Brother Wen, are you crazy? Do you know that disturbing my refining will cause me to go berserk?" Yun Ying angrily opened the door.
Wen Jiuyin did not comfort her as usual but looked at her with piercing eyes. "Junior Sister Yun, you told the people at the Princess's Mansion that Princess Mingyu was killed by Bai Shengyi?"
Yun Ying felt guilty for a moment, but it was only a brief moment before she straightened her back and let out a cold snort. "Did I say something wrong? Isn't the jade pendant on the ground evidence? Senior Brother Wen, if you're disturbing my artifact refining for such a trivial matter, aren't you afraid..."
"Junior Sister Yun! You've disappointed me so much!" Wen Jiuyin interrupted Yun Ying loudly, as if he had just met this junior sister for the first time. This was no longer arrogance, but selfishness and malice.
"You've acted on your own initiative to use outside connections to deal with a student. I'll report this matter to the academy. Junior Sister Yun, you'd better be careful!"
Wen Jiuyin left with great disappointment. He did not see that instead of repenting or feeling remorse, Yun Ying felt even more convinced that she had done nothing wrong.
"If the academy doesn't seek justice for my student, I just gave her a gentle push to teach her a lesson. What's wrong with that?" Yun Ying scoffed dismissively and turned to close the door of the artifact refining room.
Wen Jiuyin thought highly of Bai Shengyi's alchemy talent and could not bear to see such a promising seedling ruined. Therefore, he directly reported the matter to the Vice Dean.
"What is it?"
Wen Jiuyin sensed that the Vice Dean was in a bad mood and quickly said, "Vice Dean, that student named Bai Shengyi..."
"Handle it yourselves. You don't need to tell me, nor do you need to give her any special treatment because of me." Qin Si said with a cold face.
He had tried his best to avoid the name Bai Shengyi, how could he still hear it.
"But..."
"What? Elder Wen doesn't understand the academy's rules?" Qin Si said sternly.
Wen Jiuyin sensed the cold air around him and nodded with difficulty, "I understand."
"You may withdraw." Qin Si waved his hand impatiently.
Wen Jiuyin stumbled out of Qin Si's room, somewhat bewildered. What should he do now?
It was said that the Princess's Mansion's consort had already successfully formed his core. How could Bai Shengyi, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, possibly resist?
Could it be that such a promising alchemy talent would really be abandoned like this?
Wen Jiuyin couldn't bear it. He grabbed Hua Ye, who was passing by, "Hey! Hua Ye, if I privately get involved in the grievances of another country, but it's to save Bai Shengyi, will the academy punish me?"