Bai Shengyi was right. They had all exerted themselves to drive away the fire poison bees just now, but what about Jiang Ruomei?
They had all seen it! She had stood far away, only made a few perfunctory movements, and it had been useless.
Jiang Ye and Jiang Ruomei were from the same clan, so he couldn't speak up. But Jin Lingyun, with his pig-like face, was displeased. "Junior Sister Mei, shouldn't you give us an explanation first?"
"Senior Brother Jin, you actually believe Bai Shengyi and not me?"
Jiang Ruomei stamped her foot in surprise and sadness. She had hoped Jin Lingyun would quickly transfer his interest from her to Bai Shengyi, but that didn't mean she wanted Jin Lingyun to help Bai Shengyi bully her!
Jin Lingyun's face burned with pain. He just wanted to find a place to recover his handsome appearance and was impatient with Jiang Ruomei's sophistry.
"We're not blind. Forget it..." He coldly flicked his sleeve. "Jiang Ye! You are from the Jiang family. You handle it, and give me a satisfactory answer!"
With that, he left the crowd, having no mood to talk to Bai Shengyi.
Jiang Ye was not much better than Jin Lingyun and was also somewhat disappointed in Jiang Ruomei. He said irritably, "What are you doing? When His Highness calms down, go and apologize to him properly."
As if recalling an unpleasant memory, Jiang Ruomei refused emphatically. "Brother Jiang, it's clearly all Bai Shengyi's fault!"
Hearing this, Jiang Ye couldn't help but look at Bai Shengyi. To be honest, he was a little suspicious, but Bai Shengyi had indeed saved them.
"Yes, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have saved a white-eyed wolf, lest it spoil my mood," Bai Shengyi said with a cold laugh.
Being sarcastically alluded to by Bai Shengyi, Jiang Ye's proud brows instantly darkened. Against his thick, swollen lips, it looked very ugly.
He actually didn't want to bother with Bai Shengyi, but a question was weighing on his mind. "Why are you being so sarcastic? I just want to ask you, aren't you supposed to be useless?"
"Ayi is certainly not useless!" Before Bai Shengyi could answer, Bai Sicheng frowned displeasedly. "Jiang Ye, Ayi is my sister. Please be respectful."
"Bai Sicheng! You should be more respectful to me. I was just asking," Jiang Ye said proudly, finding these two siblings equally unlikable.
Seeing that the two were about to argue, Jiang Ruomei quickly tugged at Bai Sicheng's sleeve. "Brother Sicheng, Brother Jiang means no harm. Don't be like this."
"I know, Ruomei. Go and apply medicine to your face quickly." Bai Sicheng was still caring towards the only girl in the team. He softened his tone and gave Jiang Ruomei the wound medicine.
Jiang Ruomei happily accepted it and then sensibly went to persuade the sullen Jiang Ye, giving both sides a way out.
"Thank you for this matter," Jiang Ye finally said to Bai Shengyi, not very sincerely.
Bai Shengyi didn't give Jiang Ye any face and waved her hand dismissively. "Don't. Your thanks aren't sincere at all."
Jiang Ye's proud expression froze. "Bai Shengyi, don't push your luck! You know best whether you truly wanted to save us."
The First Prince was always simple-minded, obsessed with beauty, but Jiang Ye was not. Moreover, although Ruomei had her little schemes, she wasn't someone who would wrongly accuse others.
Jiang Ruomei said aggrievedly from the side, "Exactly. Clearly, it's us who suffered losses."
She looked eagerly at Bai Sicheng, wanting him to arbitrate. However, with his own sister on one side and a junior sister in the team on the other, Bai Sicheng found it difficult to intervene.
Bai Shengyi ignored the silent exchange between Bai Sicheng and Jiang Ruomei and retorted to Jiang Ye, "Fellow Daoist Jiang, do you need me to remind you that here, and here, if it weren't for me, you would have been stung by the fire poison bees and turned into a pustule?"
Bai Shengyi pointed at two vital points on Jiang Ye's body. "If you're so capable, why didn't you refuse my help at the beginning? Now you're turning around and biting me. Don't you think you're like someone who bites the hand that feeds them?"
Jiang Ye was stunned speechless by the accusation.
Indeed, he had received Bai Shengyi's help and now doubted her intentions. It was rather ungenerous. With so many people watching, if he really became the kind of person Bai Shengyi described as biting the hand that feeds them, he wouldn't be able to mingle in the area anymore.
Jiang Ye frowned and said reluctantly, "Then what do you want?"
Bai Shengyi smiled.
"Fellow Daoist Jiang, I've always been reasonable. If you truly thank me, why not give me some cultivation resources?"
As the saying goes, kind words are not as good as a substantial reward. In this cultivation world, if you have genuine feelings, get some resources.
Jiang Ye looked at Bai Shengyi in disbelief, as if he had never met such a thick-skinned person.
"What, you're not willing?" Bai Shengyi waved her hand, acting magnanimous. "If you're not willing, then forget it..."
"Here you go!" Jiang Ye disdainfully handed a storage bag to Bai Shengyi, enduring the pain. "These are my and Ruomei's tokens of gratitude. From now on, we are even."
This storage bag was not recognized by him. Bai Shengyi extended her spiritual power into it and raised her eyebrows in surprise.
Her attitude towards Jiang Ye softened considerably. "Naturally."
"Brother Jiang, you..."
Jiang Ruomei did not expect things to turn out this way. Bai Shengyi was unharmed, yet they had to compensate Bai Shengyi with cultivation resources!
She was unwilling, but Jiang Ye said with a cold face, "Be quiet! First, come with me to apologize to His Highness."
He looked like he didn't want to stay a moment longer and quickly pulled Jiang Ruomei away.
"I'll go check on Ruomei," Du Zhong said, following them worriedly.
In a short while, only Bai Shengyi and Bai Sicheng were left.
Except for Yu Shen, Bai Sicheng's other two companions had been silent. Now, one of them said, "Let's go too."
"Indeed, the smell of blood here is too strong. It might attract other spirit beasts later," Bai Sicheng said. To prevent Bai Shengyi from acting alone again, he grabbed Bai Shengyi's arm.
This time, Bai Shengyi couldn't break free.
"Big Brother, let go first. My spiritual power is exhausted, I'll just shamelessly follow you."
Bai Shengyi gave a bitter smile. Heaven knew how much self-control she had to exert to not slap him back when he held her like that.
The Bai family had practiced medicine for generations. Although Bai Sicheng was an adopted son, because Bai's father treated them equally, he had also learned. Therefore, he had taken Bai Shengyi's pulse just now and found that her spiritual power was indeed exhausted, so he had to let go.
He sensed Bai Shengyi's dissatisfaction and said dryly, "I still have some wound medicine. Do you want it?"
Bai Shengyi narrowed her eyes, suddenly remembering Bai Sicheng giving Jiang Ruomei wound medicine just now. She shook her head and refused, "No, thank you."
Bai Sicheng didn't ask further and put it away.
The group then walked towards the outer edge of the dense forest. Bai Sicheng, as the captain, was responsible for the team's safety and always walked at the forefront. Gradually, Bai Shengyi fell to the back, walking side by side with Yu Shen.
"Hey! Bai Shengyi, you were actually doing it on purpose just now, weren't you?" Yu Shen couldn't help but nudge Bai Shengyi with his elbow.