Ugly! Disgusting!
Xie Yun had accepted so many missions, yet this was the first time he heard himself being described that way! He was so furious his mouth twisted.
“Little girl, I’ll tear your mouth to shreds!” Xie Yun stomped on the tree trunk in anger, propelling himself forward and unleashing a palm strike towards Bai Shengyi.
It was fast! And fierce!
Bai Shengyi couldn’t dodge; she could only gather her spiritual energy in her palm and meet his strike head-on.
“Bang!”
She staggered back a few steps, spat out a mouthful of blood, and straightened up, sneering, “Ugly, disgusting old man, you seem a bit weak!”
As she spoke, she twirled the Reincarnation Brush in her hand, her mental energy solidifying from the void, inching closer to her opponent…
Xie Yun never expected a mere Qi Refining stage girl to be able to withstand his palm strike head-on, and to appear as if she had the upper hand. No wonder the Grand Princess’s mansion sent so many silver-armored guards after her and still couldn’t subdue her.
Just as Xie Yun was contemplating whether to unleash his ultimate move to finish the fight quickly, he suddenly sensed an imminent danger. His hair stood on end, and he swiftly retreated.
But it was still too late!
“Ah!”
Xie Yun’s left arm was cleanly severed by Bai Shengyi’s mental energy!
“Damn it! Smelly girl, I’ll cut you into a thousand pieces!” Xie Yun swallowed a pill, quickly stemming the bleeding, and roared, “Ice, come!”
Bai Shengyi knew her opponent was thoroughly enraged. She dispersed her mental energy, ready to strike, her spiritual energy condensing in her hands. With a gentle tap on the ground, a green sprout instantly broke through the soil, growing into a jade-green, thorny vine that coiled and lashed out at her opponent.
Her movements were casual, yet she had no idea of the immense shock she inflicted upon Xie Yun!
A spirit-transformed creature? A Qi Refiner actually used a spirit-transformed creature that only Foundation Establishment cultivators could wield?
He had walked the Great Ning Dynasty for decades and had never encountered such a Qi Refiner. What kind of prodigy was she?
Such a person absolutely could not be allowed to live today, or his own death would be imminent in no time.
With this thought, Xie Yun merged his materialized ice blades into a massive, sharp ice arrow, which shot towards the vine with a “swoosh.”
He himself, however, cherished his natal weapon, a low-grade Yellow tier long sword. With a swift leap, he intended to cleave Bai Shengyi down.
The vine was frozen by the ice arrow. Bai Shengyi willed it, instinctively raising her hand. The Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Brush met the tip of the chilling sword!
One soft, one hard!
Xie Yun chuckled, already envisioning his opponent’s throat being pierced and blood spurting, “Little girl, you think this broken brush can stop me? You’re dreaming… My sword!”
His Yellow tier spiritual sword had actually melted, creating a gap!
Xie Yun recoiled his sword, his heart aching. Suddenly, his neck felt a chill. He saw a flash of red light before his eyes, and his head separated from his body!
He was dead!
“Bai Shengyi, are you dead?”
A familiar voice drifted from not far away. Bai Shengyi had no energy to look; she only felt as if her internal organs were about to shatter from pain!
In that very instant, the spiritual energy within her was suddenly sucked dry by the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Brush, leaving not a trace, making her feel as if her very bones were being wrung dry.
She had exhausted her mental energy to kill Xie Yun, leaving her body like a tattered cloth with holes, unable to even stand. She simply collapsed onto the ground.
“Oh, darling, why have you come?”
Seeing who it was, Bai Shengyi’s eyes darted around. Although her face was pale with pain, her mouth was as sharp as ever. “You’re worried about me, aren’t you? So touching.”
Qin Si instantly felt that his good deed of offering help was wasted.
“Hmph!” He let out a cold laugh and stopped, turning to walk back.
“Ah!” Bai Shengyi cried out in pain.
Qin Si couldn’t help but pause, but he felt even more annoyed! This woman was so ungrateful; why should he worry about her!
Yet, the faint sounds of Bai Shengyi’s pained whimpers from behind rooted his feet, making him unable to move.
“Darling, you saved me, but you can’t just leave me like this. Oh, it hurts so much…”
The delicate voice made Qin Si’s brow twitch fiercely.
“Wuwuwu… Darling must have forgotten me once the poison was cured…”
“Shut up! Did I owe you something in my past life!”
Damn it!
Qin Si heard the threat in her voice, resignedly turned around, stepped forward, helped Bai Shengyi up, and fed her a spiritual pill.
“Third-grade Rejuvenation Pill. Remember to pay me back,” Qin Si snorted.
Bai Shengyi felt a warm current rise from her Dantian. Her limbs, which had been cold and aching from the depletion of spiritual and mental energy, gradually returned to normal. Even so, when she moved her hand, there wasn’t a single speck of spiritual energy.
“What, with such severe internal injuries, you still want to use spiritual energy?” Qin Si frowned slightly.
Internally, he was somewhat surprised that Bai Shengyi could survive Xie Yun, but he quickly accepted it upon recalling her methods.
This woman, who appeared cowardly and timid, was actually cunning and resourceful, and should never be underestimated.
Bai Shengyi wasn’t unaware of Qin Si’s scrutiny, but it didn’t affect her, so she paid it no mind, saying, “I was just trying, you know. What if I advanced after the fierce battle?”
“Do you think advancing is like picking cabbage!” Qin Si said exasperatedly. “Calm down quickly and recover from your injuries. I can’t stay here long before I have to leave.”
“Oh.” Bai Shengyi understood; he was offering to guard her for free for a while. She smiled, “Then thank you, darling.”
“You’re welcome.”
Qin Si hadn’t expected her to be so polite. He turned around stiffly, his ears turning red again.
Without those ghastly knife marks on her face, this woman’s smile was too beautiful! Despite being blind, her eyes seemed to contain light!
She’s not allowed to smile like that again!
Bai Shengyi, unaware of Qin Si’s thoughts, closed her eyes and inspected her Dantian. She discovered that the mass of black mist within her seemed to have grown larger.
Her mental energy had recovered considerably, so she tentatively used it to approach the mist, only to find that the black mist was tangible.
Bai Shengyi poked it.
“Gulp.”
The black mist made a swallowing sound and spat out a ball of greenish spiritual energy.
She poked it again.
The black mist remained still, feigning death.
With no other recourse, Bai Shengyi began to channel the spiritual energy within her to guide her meridians, repairing the damage piece by piece…
Qin Si, who had been facing away from Bai Shengyi, noticed a short while later that wood-element spiritual energy was surging from all directions, forming a small vortex in front of Bai Shengyi. He turned around.
“She’s actually about to advance!” Qin Si’s phoenix eyes narrowed slightly. “This speed is unmatched even by the students in the Heavenly Class at the academy.”
He clearly remembered that not long ago, Bai Shengyi was still an ordinary person. How much time had passed, and she had already reached the third level of Qi Refining.
He then recalled Bai Shengyi’s research into poisons, his gaze deepening.
It seemed this woman held more secrets than he had imagined.
He couldn’t let her die for now.
As Qin Si pondered, he saw Bai Shengyi open her eyes.
Although her eyes were vacant, Qin Si somehow felt that Bai Shengyi could see him. He couldn’t help but turn away again. “Should you be fully recovered now?”
“Mm.” The benefits of advancing were beyond Bai Shengyi’s imagination. Not only had her internal injuries healed, but her meridians had also widened. The only annoyance was that the black mist had re-absorbed the spiritual energy it had expelled!
Bai Shengyi thought that she must thoroughly research this thing when she had the chance.
“Darling, are you leaving?”
Qin Si was confused. He hadn’t made a sound, and with his Golden Core stage cultivation, how could Bai Shengyi sense his intention to leave?
However, he didn’t ask. “Yes. Since you’ve been so well-behaved, I’ll give you another piece of news. Qin Zhao has been going to the Grand Princess’s mansion every day for the past few days to plead for you. The Grand Princess’s mansion will likely stop sending people to hunt you down.”