Chapter 184: The Seven Kill Sect attacks! Liu Yiyi and Su Yan!

The next day, early morning.

Just as the morning light crossed the mountain ridge of Tianyangfeng, Chen Lili stepped on the dew and arrived at the Flame Heart Fruit Herb Garden.

She was wearing a capable green tight-fitting suit today, the cuffs tightened, her long hair casually pinned behind her head with a wooden hairpin, revealing her smooth forehead and those bright eyes.

She walked to the small wooden house where Xu Qinghuan lived, raised her hand to knock lightly on the door, her voice crisp:

"Lin Lin Shimei Xu Xu Shijie Xu, are you not up yet? Today I still have to teach you how to deal with poisonous insects."

After a good while.

A muffled sound came from inside the wooden house.

It was like some soft object falling from a high place, hitting the wooden floor heavily.

Chen Lili's hand knocking on the door paused in mid-air, a hint of strange color flashing in her eyes.

Xu Qinghuan fell?

Not very likely.

That girl was at least a Hidden Force late-stage martial artist; although she wasn't enough to look at in Tianyangfeng, she wouldn't fall just by walking, unless she was injured.

She was hesitating whether to push the door and go in to see, when there was another burst of rustling, hurried sounds inside the house.

After another good while, the door creaked open from inside.

Chen Lili, standing outside the house, was stunned when she saw the person who opened the door, her bright eyes widening slightly, shock undisguised in the depths of her eyes.

Xu Qinghuan leaned lazily against the door frame.

That fair, delicate pretty face was full of charming, dripping redness.

Spreading from her cheekbones to her ear roots, and from her ear roots to the depths of her neck, her whole person looked like she had just been fished out of a steaming bath.

Clearly, she was in high spirits and full of blood and Qi, but there was an indescribable languor in those enchanting eyes.

Like a peony that had been repeatedly destroyed by wind and rain, the petals were still charming, but the flower stem had been drained of all strength, barely supporting itself so it wouldn't droop to the ground.

If Chen Lili looked closer, she could even capture a trace of satisfaction that hadn't faded from that rosy face, satisfied to the point of near-trance.

"Lin Lin Shimei Xu Xu Shijie Xu... how did you become like this after just one night..."

Chen Lili blurted out in shock, her gaze sweeping over Xu Qinghuan's face, which was abnormally rosy, her brows furrowing tighter and tighter.

Although she often talked big on weekdays, she ultimately suffered from not understanding the actual operation.

Otherwise, even if Liu Yiyi were standing here, she would have understood in seconds.

Xu Qinghuan was asked this question, and the scene from last night instantly flashed in her mind.

Her cheeks were already charming and dripping, and now they were like someone had brushed another layer of rouge on them, red to the point of almost dripping blood.

Her breathing became hurried involuntarily, the amplitude of her chest heaving becoming larger and larger, her throat as if stuffed with a ball of cotton, unable to spit out a single word.

She had originally thought that the fire she had accumulated for many days was big enough.

Last night, she gathered her courage and wanted to reverse the heavens.

As a result, ginger is still old and spicy...

She was completely crushed, without even a trace of power to fight back.

So much so that when she wanted to get up, her legs went soft, and she fell directly from the bedside, hitting her butt heavily.

A Hidden Force late-stage martial artist actually couldn't even stand steadily.

One could imagine just how...

Her silence and blushing were interpreted by Chen Lili as another meaning.

Chen Lili looked thoughtfully at Xu Qinghuan's face, which was abnormally red, and suddenly revealed an "I see" expression: "Lin Lin Shimei Xu Xu Shijie Xu, you didn't steal the Flame Heart Fruit last night, did you?"

Xu Qinghuan raised her head violently, a hint of bewilderment flashing in her eyes.

Immediately, as if grabbing a

Seeing her reaction, Chen Lili became even more certain of her own guess.

The medicinal herbs in this herb garden were all of great value; for disciples like them who guarded the herb garden, occasionally stealing a few herbs could be considered a kind of hidden benefit.

She and Lu Ming had done this many times, and Elder Jiang had always turned a blind eye and never asked more.

But the Flame Heart Fruit was a spiritual medicine of what intensity; she and Lu Ming only dared to touch it with Transformation of Force strength. With Xu Qinghuan's cultivation at the late stage of Hidden Force, wasn't stealing that thing just asking for trouble?

She shook her head slightly, her tone carrying a bit of the concern and reproach unique to a senior sister:

"Before you break through to Transformation of Force, don't do such stupid things again in the future."

"The fire-attribute medicinal power of the Flame Heart Fruit is not something you can handle right now; damaging your meridians is no laughing matter."

Xu Qinghuan was stunned for a moment. She hadn't expected that Chen Lili would not only find a flawless excuse for her but also sincerely urge her not to get herself hurt.

She hurriedly lowered her head, her voice softening a bit: "I know, Xu Xu Shijie, I won't steal it again in the future."

"Then you should rest today; remember to drink more water to flush out the residual medicinal power."

Chen Lili sighed lightly, looked back at her once before leaving, wanting to say something but stopping, and in the end, she said nothing, turning and walking away along the herb garden path.

Xu Qinghuan leaned against the door frame, her gaze staring blankly at the receding back.

She suddenly discovered that this big-chested senior sister was actually quite nice...

Profound Water Peak, inside a quiet courtyard.

The morning light spilled obliquely from above the courtyard wall, casting a faint warm color on the blue stone slabs paved on the ground.

Liu Yiyi was dressed in a light blue martial outfit, her long hair tied into a neat ponytail, and she was practicing boxing in the courtyard, move by move.

Her boxing stance was as clean and neat as always, and every punch delivered carried a long-lasting force, making a faint hissing sound as her sleeves cut through the air.

But today, in those cold, clear eyes of hers, the focus that was almost indifferent in the past was missing, replaced by a drifting, uncertain trance.

Wang Siyi had not left long ago, but the news that girl brought was like a giant rock crashing into her heart's lake, and it was still churning with layers of ripples even now.

"Tianyangfeng... Elder Jiang..."

Liu Yiyi murmured softly, her gaze lost.

His deeds were truly too legendary, so legendary that no matter what, Liu Yiyi could not overlap this name with the hunched-backed old gatekeeper who sat at the entrance of the martial arts academy dozing off in her memory.

Yet her intuition kept whispering in the depths of her heart, like a string plucked by the wind, buzzing and unable to stop no matter what.

The more she thought, the more chaotic she became; her boxing stance lost its form without her realizing it, and when the last punch was delivered, the force actually swirled at her wrist and failed to be retracted.

Just at this moment.

"Xu Xu Shijie Liu, are you there?"

A knock on the door suddenly came from outside the courtyard.

Liu Yiyi put away her boxing stance and walked quickly to open the door.

Outside the courtyard gate stood an outer disciple who had led the way, and beside him stood a young girl dressed in a goose-yellow long dress.

That girl's skin was fairer than snow, her brows and eyes were like a painting, and a gentle smile hung on the corners of her lips; who else could it be but Su Yan, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.

The morning light fell on her goose-yellow skirt, making her look like a tender willow that had just sprouted in early spring, a brightness that was somewhat out of place with the cold scenery of the Profound Water Peak courtyard.

"Yiyi, long time no see."

Su Yan smiled, her voice still as warm and soft as in her memory, yet with a bit more steadiness than before.

A flash of softness, rarely shown to outsiders, passed through Liu Yiyi's cold, beautiful eyes, and she stepped aside to clear the doorway:

"It has been a few days since we last met. It's rare for you to come find me; come in quickly."

The outer disciple who led the way, seeing that the two were indeed well-acquainted, tactfully bowed and took his leave, his footsteps gradually fading along the stone steps.

Su Yan stepped into the courtyard, looked Liu Yiyi over, glanced around the surroundings, and finally let her gaze fall back on that face, which was still as cold as snow, unable to help but chuckle and tease:

"Yiyi, now that you've become an inner disciple of Profound Water Peak, you're quite impressive; don't forget me in the future."

Liu Yiyi shook her head slightly: "In this Profound Heaven Sect, being an inner disciple doesn't count for much."

After Su Yan teased Liu Yiyi for a few sentences, she showed a serious expression:

"Yiyi, do you still remember what I told you before..."

"Wanting to pay a visit to that Elder Jiang of Tianyangfeng..."

Hearing this, a flash of obscure brilliance immediately crossed Liu Yiyi's eyes, and then she nodded slightly: "Naturally, I remember."

Su Yan took out an exquisite wooden box from her sleeve; the box was carved with the Su family's merchant mark, and a faint medicinal fragrance permeated from it.

She held the box in her palm and said softly: "I have brought a small gift; do you think it's convenient to introduce me today?"

The deeds of that Elder Jiang had long since spread throughout the entire prefecture city.

She was worried that if she didn't visit now, she might not even have the chance to visit in the future.

Liu Yiyi was silent for a moment.

She could indeed take Su Yan to Tianyangfeng.

The status of an inner disciple of Profound Water Peak still carried some weight, not to mention that Elder Xie's care carried some weight among the various peaks of the Profound Heaven Sect.

But this was completely different from the time she had helped Su Yan with a small favor in the martial arts academy before.

She had never formally visited that Elder Jiang, and she didn't know what his attitude toward outsiders was.

She pondered for a while, then spoke slowly, her tone neither boasting nor making empty promises:

"I do have time to take you there, but... I don't have absolute certainty that he will definitely see us."

"After all, he is now the acting Peak Master of Tianyangfeng, and his status is extraordinary."

Su Yan nodded: "It's fine, I'm mentally prepared; even if I can't see him, I can leave the gift, which counts as expressing my sincerity."

At the same time, on the edge of the Linzhou territory, on a desolate beach of scattered stones.

More than a dozen figures dressed in black robes stepped into this land silently like ghosts.

They had no markings on them, their faces were all hidden deep in their hoods, and only the leader held a yellowed animal-skin map in his hand.

That person lowered his head and looked for a moment, then said in a hoarse voice: "This place is relatively close to Huangxin Prefecture; go to the Cold Sword Sect first, then to the Profound Heaven Sect!"