The man before her wore no mask, but a red robe embroidered with gold and jade. The vibrant color of the robe was striking, yet it did nothing to diminish his presence.
His slender fingers closed around Bai Shengyi's neck, his voice laced with frost as he growled, "Bai Shengyi?"
Bai Shengyi narrowed her eyes. Damn it! If she'd known this would happen, she should have killed him earlier!
"Do you regret not killing me?"
Qin Si asked coldly, his fingers tightening.
"Of course not."
Bai Shengyi's smile didn't falter. Her low, captivating voice carried a hint of tenderness, her breath as fragrant as orchids.
"Darling, are you still unable to let me go? Did you wait for me here specifically?"
You damn man, strangling me to death! Since you're so unreasonable, then bring it on! Let's hurt each other! Whoever backs down is a dog!
Bai Shengyi refused to believe it! She, Bai Duidui, the demoness who had dominated the Federation for twenty years, couldn't even deal with one man!
"You! What nonsense are you talking about!"
Qin Si's hand, gripping Bai Shengyi's neck, trembled involuntarily! In all his years, this was the first time someone had called him "darling." His scalp tingled, and his composure shattered.
"Damn it! Bai Shengyi, can't you have a shred of shame!"
Bai Shengyi was stunned!
She hadn't expected the dignified King of Hell to be so pure!
Just one sentence, and his ears had turned red.
"Darling, don't be nervous. We had a night together anyway. I'm not asking you to be responsible. I'm the one who suffered..."
"Shut up!"
Qin Si roared uncontrollably. He was insane to have given this woman a chance to speak. This woman was utterly shameless!
He no longer cared why she had changed so much. He decided to simply crush her.
Qin Si tightened his grip, but a sudden stab of pain shot through his chest, followed by the familiar numbness that spread through him again...
The poison in his body had acted up again!
Qin Si frowned in disbelief. How could this be? How long had it been?
Bai Shengyi silently withdrew her spiritual power and gently moved Qin Si's fingers from her neck. "Oh dear, darling, why has the poison in your body acted up again?"
Hmph! Men! Was it that easy to grasp my lifeblood?
Qin Si felt a shocking, tingling sensation spread from his fingertips, causing his heart to tremble, and he instinctively wanted to pull away.
Just as he was about to lose his temper, Bai Shengyi withdrew her hand. A surge of anger got stuck in her throat, impossible to swallow or spit out, leaving Qin Si's face as dark as ink.
"Darling, do you need your Grandma to help?" Bai Shengyi chuckled playfully.
Her demeanor, however, seemed to calm Qin Si.
Qin Si: "What are your terms?"
His gaze deepened, fixed on Bai Shengyi.
He wanted to see if Bai Shengyi could really detoxify him.
Seeing that even in his disadvantageous position, Qin Si maintained an imposing and steady demeanor, Bai Shengyi regarded him with even more respect.
"Let's call it even for what happened before," Bai Shengyi said, not being greedy. "But let me say this first: this time, I can only suppress the poison and restore your mobility."
"Fine," Qin Si said coldly.
With his consent, Bai Shengyi didn't hesitate. She blindfolded him and removed his clothes.
Before Qin Si could say anything, he felt sharp pricks in several acupoints on his body, followed by an unknown force coursing through his meridians. Then, after a short while, he felt sensation return to his limbs.
"Pfft!"
Qin Si opened his eyes to see Bai Shengyi casually wiping a trace of blood from her lips. She got up nonchalantly, preparing to leave.
It seemed that detoxification wasn't an easy task for this woman either, but this woman truly didn't take him seriously, did she?
"Wait!" Qin Si called out to Bai Shengyi and tossed a pill to her. "Profound Spirit Pill."
Bai Shengyi sniffed it. This thing seemed to have even better effects than the Profound Spirit Grass.
"Don't misunderstand, this King..."
Before he could finish explaining, Bai Shengyi waved her hand dismissively. "Thanks!"
Then, she left without a backward glance.
She was utterly unrestrained and free-spirited.
Qin Si was lost in thought for a moment.
Meanwhile.
Bai Shengyi was indeed in great need of the Profound Spirit Pill. She silently noted this favor, then found a safe place to take the pill. Clutching her heart, she guided the pill's spiritual energy towards the meridians in her hands, then concentrated and materialized her spiritual power, using it like needle and thread to mend and perfect the sinews in both her hands...
Something's wrong!
There's spiritual energy fluctuation within me?
According to the original owner's memories, she didn't have spiritual roots, did she?
She couldn't even reach the threshold of Qi Condensation!
Logically speaking, her body should be like that of an ordinary person, without spiritual energy, and incapable of accepting elemental molecules that could be converted into spiritual energy.
But now, the fact was that Bai Shengyi had discovered quite a few active, small red spheres within her body!
A voice in her mind told her that these were fire elements!
Bai Shengyi's heart stirred, and she quickly circulated the Bai family's cultivation technique from memory, trying to capture these fire elements. However, every time she caught a little, the fire elements would quickly disappear, as if her body were a bottomless pit.
"What exactly is going on?" Since she was certain she couldn't guide Qi into her body to cultivate, Bai Shengyi stopped. "It seems I should go back to the Bai family to take a look."
At this time, a day and a night had passed since the battle at the Dou Zhan Platform. Many people in the capital were waiting to see the Long Princess's Mansion and the Duke Rong's Mansion become a laughingstock, but they hadn't seen any sign of the protagonists.
So, when someone saw Bai Shengyi, they immediately reported to the Long Princess's Mansion.
"Third Miss, please halt!"
As Bai Shengyi approached the entrance of the Duke Rong's Mansion, she was stopped by two guards at the gate.
She took a step back with a half-smile and looked up and down at the plaque. "This is indeed the Duke Rong's Mansion. Can't I return to my own home?"
The fat guard chuckled mockingly, his contempt unconcealed in his eyes. "Third Miss, the Duke has decreed that those who have erred are not worthy of using the main gate."
Bai Shengyi's face darkened.
The Duke he mentioned was the original owner's grandfather, and the indirect murderer of the original owner. He had always disliked the original owner for not working hard enough, for not being perfect, for being a waste, and had always urged the original owner to get married quickly.
It could be said that a large part of the cold shoulder treatment the original owner received at home was due to his tacit indulgence.
It was even because he had urged the original owner to marry quickly that she had anxiously sought out Prince Gong, who had always expressed his affection for her, to ask for his help.
As a result, Prince Gong had instigated the original owner to divorce the King of Hell, then asked the original owner to express her desire to marry him, making the original owner the laughingstock of the entire capital, and even leading to her death at the hands of Sun Mingyu.
Thinking of this, Bai Shengyi's gaze turned cold, and she stepped forward, continuing to walk inside.
"But your Grandma doesn't think she's done anything wrong."
"Swish!"
The fat guard drew his saber and placed it across Bai Shengyi's path. "Third Miss, please do not make things difficult for us."
The thin guard also said dryly, "Third Miss, you should go to the side gate. The Duke specifically instructed us, saying he wanted to teach you a lesson."
The fat guard said, "Why are you saying so much to her? She understands nothing!"
Bai Shengyi was speechless. It was the first time she had seen a grandfather teach his granddaughter a lesson like this. She was determined to enter through the main gate today!
"Move aside!" Bai Shengyi let out a cold, fierce shout!
The thin guard hesitated, not daring to actually attack Bai Shengyi, but the fat guard charged at her with his saber.
Although on the Divine Revelation Continent, cultivation methods were controlled by the Divine Revelation Academy and the royal families, and ordinary citizens had no opportunity to come into contact with cultivation, as guards of the Duke Rong's Mansion, they would naturally know how to cultivate.
Moreover, these two were both cultivators at the third stage of Qi Condensation.
If the fat guard's saber truly struck Bai Shengyi, it would directly cleave her in half! He chuckled coldly, as if he could already see this useless Third Miss begging for mercy.
"Slap!"
Bai Shengyi moved her feet, instantly dodging the saber, and slapped the fat guard across the face.
Loud and forceful!
The fat guard panted with rage, about to imbue his saber with spiritual energy to continue his attack on Bai Shengyi, when his foot slipped. With a "plop," he fell to the ground.
Before he could get up, a foot stepped on his back, and Bai Shengyi walked in.
Bai Shengyi's posture was leisurely, leaving no trace behind.
"Hurry up and help me up! Quickly go inform the Duke!" the fat guard ordered the thin guard.