Chapter 436

Cang Li looked at Yuan Yao, "From now on, if you get bullied outside, you don't need to consider our feelings—just retaliate directly."

Cang Li reached out and patted Yuan Yao's shoulder, speaking solemnly: "Live by this saying: Do not provoke me and I will not provoke you; if you provoke me, no matter how far, I will punish you!"

Yuan Yao nodded heavily, then thought of something and lightly coughed, "What if the person bullying me is your relative?"

"Beat her! Beat her hard!" Cang Li said without hesitation.

He naturally knew his little junior sister's nature—she was kind-hearted, though occasionally mischievous, but she would never harm anyone.

If she were bullied, that would prove the bully was in the wrong!

Yuan Yao heard this and burst out laughing.

"All right. If that day ever comes, you can't blame me."

Cang Li raised an eyebrow and smiled, "No."

Yuan Yao looked around, somewhat puzzled, "I don't know where Lu Xiangxiang ran off to. I want to give her a good beating before we leave the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm."

Cang Li said, "She's probably also looking for the Heavenly Pride Token."

Yuan Yao lowered her voice, "I know where the Heavenly Pride Token is."

Cang Li's heart gave a slight start; he quickly thought of something and asked softly, "Did Heavenly Fire tell you that?"

Yuan Yao nodded.

Cang Li asked, "How many Heavenly Pride Tokens are there inside the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm?"

Yuan Yao extended two fingers.

Cang Li raised his brows slightly, "You don't want it?"

Yuan Yao: "Besides the Heavenly Pride Token my master left me, I currently have two more Heavenly Pride Tokens. I won't contend with them over them."

Cang Li: "What if Lu Xiangxiang gets that Heavenly Pride Token?"

Yuan Yao suddenly narrowed her eyes and gave a light snort, "Then we still have to fight for it."

Suddenly, she thought of something and laughed, "Right! We can ask Heavenly Fire to tell us where Lu Xiangxiang is now."

"Come on, let's go to the Heavenly Fire Wasteland!"

As Yuan Yao and Cang Li headed toward the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, Yuan Yao silently messaged Xie Yan: "The Ruined City lies to the northwest; a Heavenly Pride Token is buried underground there."

Upon receiving her message, Xie Yan took Bian Chen and Feng Xuanji and headed in the direction she had indicated.

On the Heavenly Fire Wasteland, the earth was scarred everywhere, with pits of varying depths and shapes scattered about, and the ground still bore patches of blackened, scorched marks.

After Yuan Yao and Cang Li leapt onto the Heavenly Fire Wasteland, they had intended to seek out Heavenly Fire, but unexpectedly—

They actually saw Lu Xiangxiang!

"Third Senior Brother, wait for me here!"

Yuan Yao excitedly left those words behind and swiftly lunged toward the distant Lu Xiangxiang, moving at astonishing speed.

At that very moment, Lu Xiangxiang seemed to sense something and abruptly turned her head.

As expected, Yuan Yao was seen dashing toward her like a gust of wind and lightning.

In an instant, Lu Xiangxiang's face turned extremely grim, cold sweat beaded on her forehead, her heart raced, and even her eyelids twitched uncontrollably.

A surge of panic welled up in her chest, and she immediately turned and fled.

A clear, pleasant shout with a hint of teasing came from behind.

"Lu Xiangxiang, I'm here!"

"Don't run!"

Lu Xiangxiang's face was extremely grim as she swiftly lunged forward.

As she ran, she suddenly thought of something, took out a high-level spatial scroll, and was about to teleport away—

Suddenly, a presence came from behind.

By the time she tried to activate the spatial scroll to leave, it was already too late!

She was tackled to the ground, and the spatial scroll fell to the earth.

Immediately, a sack was placed over her head, plunging her vision into darkness.

Lu Xiangxiang rapidly erupted with the peak power of late-stage Golden Core Realm, intending to blast Yuan Yao away, but she hadn't expected the opponent to easily break through her pressure.

And!

The opponent used mental power to suppress her, a surge of mental force swiftly invading her sea of consciousness, churning it upside down!

Intense pain came from her head.

"Yuan Yao!" Lu Xiangxiang shouted through gritted teeth, her fingertips just about to condense a white light point.

But a "puchi" sound instantly rang in her ear—the sound of a blade tearing through flesh.

Intense pain came from her chest, less than an inch from her heart.

Lu Xiangxiang writhed in pain, her whole body spasming.

Yuan Yao gave a half-smile, "Lu Xiangxiang, you're not lucky this time either—you've run into me again! I've stabbed you once more!"

She had not drawn her long sword, but instead gripped the hilt, leaned slightly forward, and whispered, "When will we meet next? I've already begun to look forward to it. Lu Xiangxiang, are you looking forward to it?"

Blood welled from Lu Xiangxiang's mouth corner as her consciousness began to fade, and Yuan Yao slammed a heavy punch into her face.

Bang!

The blow left Lu Xiangxiang slightly concussed, more blood gushed from her mouth, staining the sack red.

"Lu Xiangxiang, I know that silver needle was fired by you!"

"How can you be so wicked!"

Yuan Yao hammered her with several punches, then drew her long sword.

Lu Xiangxiang groaned in pain as blood spread from her white robes, like a brilliant flower blooming.

By the time Cang Li arrived, Yuan Yao had already beaten Lu Xiangxiang half to death.

Cang Li's brow twitched.

My junior sister always wants to stab Lu Xiangxiang with a sword!

He couldn't help but think, if they met frequently, wouldn't Lu Xiangxiang end up being turned into a sieve by Yuan Yao's stabs?!

Yuan Yao swiftly rose, pulling Cang Li as they fled.

"Hurry!"

After all, she also feared that the female lead Lu Xiangxiang would suddenly rise up and deal them a sneaky blow.

Cang Li's mouth corner twitched slightly.

Lu Xiangxiang paused for a few seconds, then, enduring the pain, she tore off the sack, revealing her face covered in bruises, her lips deathly pale, looking extremely horrifying.

Lu Xiangxiang gritted her teeth and sat up, looking in the direction Yuan Yao and Cang Li had fled, her eyes filled with venom and hatred.

Yuan, Yao!

She will definitely not let Yuan Yao off in the future!

Lu Xiangxiang, enduring the pain, took out a Healing Wound Pill from her storage space and swallowed it, then quickly staunched the bleeding from her wound.

Every time she moved, a tearing pain came from her wound.

Cold sweat poured forth, and she was on the verge of fainting.

Her hatred for Yuan Yao grew ever stronger!

…

Yuan Yao and Cang Li ran a distance, then finally stopped.

Cang Li asked, "Why not let me make a move?"

Yuan Yao stared, then said solemnly, "I don't want to dirty your hands. Moreover, since I want to beat her, to stab her, I should do it myself."

Upon hearing that, Cang Li found himself unable to retort.

Cang Li took a deep breath, uneasy, and said, "Lu Xiangxiang is deeply scheming; from now on you must not act rashly. The more times you beat her, the more she will guard against you, and perhaps one day she will set a trap just for you to fall into."

Yuan Yao, hearing that, fell into thought.

What the third senior brother said is correct.

She indeed needed to be extra wary of Lu Xiangxiang; one misstep could become an eternal regret.

She is not the female lead, and has no chance of resurrection.

Yuan Yao raised her head to meet Cang Li's gaze, she solemnly nodded, "Good."

"Once we leave the Heavenly Fire Secret Realm, let's head straight to Fusang Island." Cang Li raised his hand and stroked her head.

Calculating the time, the Fusang Festival is about to begin.