Chapter 681: Suffering from Bullying?

"Go work in the Medicine Garden."

"Remember the requirements I set for you earlier."

After returning to the Small Space where Huang Xue resided.

Huang Xue glanced indifferently at Wang Jianqiang and walked toward an exquisite Pavilion.

Nighttime.

Huang Xue sat cross-legged.

Moonlight poured down like mercury, entering the Pavilion through the window.

It spilled onto Huang Xue's body.

As if draping her in a layer of silver gauze.

Everything around was silent.

Suddenly.

A Sack broke this silence.

Ever since the previous incident, that thief had not appeared again.

Huang Xue's vigilance had dissipated bit by bit as time passed.

Now.

Without the slightest precaution, she was once again hooded inside a Sack.

Five days later.

Huang Xue slowly woke from her unconscious state.

Realizing she had been attacked by that thief again, she was so ashamed and furious she wanted to die.

Like a madwoman, she searched this Small Space once more.

But after searching for a full three days, just like last time, she found nothing at all.

"Impossible."

"How did that thief enter my residence?"

"Could it be..."

"That they hid their aura and entered while I was out?"

Her expression tightened, and she immediately confirmed this.

It must be so.

Otherwise, it was completely inexplicable.

Although this was the Outer Sect, the Array level outside every residence reached the Sixth-tier.

Even an Integration Stage Cultivator would find it difficult to sneak in without a sound.

As for how the opponent left.

No need to guess.

They must have used her Spirit Token to open the Space Gate while she was unconscious.

Thinking of this.

A flash of coldness crossed her eyes.

It was all that lowly servant's fault.

It must have been when she went to fetch him today that the thief took the opportunity to sneak in.

Otherwise.

Why did the thief appear precisely on the day she brought that servant back?

And not a few days earlier or later?

Thinking of this.

She grew angrier the more she thought about it, and with a gloomy face, she walked toward the Medicine Garden.

Medicine Garden.

Wang Jianqiang was sitting on a chair, a Sack in one hand and a Hemp Rope in the other.

His expression was thoughtful.

As his divine weapons, these two Magic Treasures did not yet have formal names.

This was highly inappropriate.

He was racking his brains, trying to come up with excellent names worthy of these two divine weapons.

"Got it!"

Suddenly, his eyes lit up.

"Let's call them Linen Sack and Linen Rope."

These two names not only perfectly matched the appearance of these two Magic Treasures, but they were also catchy and easy to remember.

They were simply a perfect match.

"Sigh, Wang Jianqiang, oh Wang Jianqiang, you are still so talented."

"You are so outstanding, how are others supposed to live?"

Wang Jianqiang sighed helplessly.

He put away the Linen Sack and Linen Rope.

Just as he was about to take out the Soul Jade to cultivate for a while, he suddenly sensed an aura rapidly approaching.

He immediately abandoned this thought.

A moment later.

Huang Xue appeared in the Medicine Garden, and Wang Jianqiang stood up to greet her, bowing respectfully, "Greetings, Huang Fairy."

Huang Xue glanced at a chair not far away and flicked her palm.

The chair exploded with a boom.

"I told you, you are here to work for me, yet you are actually slacking off!"

She casually found an excuse.

She slapped toward Wang Jianqiang.

Wang Jianqiang's heart stirred.

He did not dodge or evade, appearing as if he had not reacted in time.

Slap~

Amidst a crisp sound, Wang Jianqiang fell to the ground.

He forcibly urged his Qi and blood to pool in his face, causing the cheek that had been struck to swell into a bruised purple.

"Huang Fairy, what are you trying to do?"

He lay on the ground, looking at Huang Xue with a face full of terror.

Huang Xue let out a cold snort, seemingly still not satisfied.

She slapped Wang Jianqiang on his other cheek as well.

Wang Jianqiang let out a miserable cry and rolled away in a sorry state.

At the same time, he secretly urged his blood and Qi to pool in the other cheek, causing it to swell up high as well.

By the time he stopped rolling, his entire face had swollen into a spherical shape, looking incredibly exaggerated.

He appeared to be severely injured, struggling as if to stand up, but his legs went soft and he lay back on the ground.

There was no more movement.

Huang Xue was originally still not satisfied.

She was about to kick him, but upon seeing his exaggeratedly swollen face, her movement instantly came to a halt.

A faint sense of worry stirred in her heart.

This servant was, after all, just a piece of trash at the Qi Refining First Layer.

He was not much stronger than a mortal.

Had she hit him a bit too hard just now?

Don't beat him to death!

Although she spoke lightly, this person's skills were, after all, quite rare.

If he were truly beaten to death by her, Zhou Qingyu would certainly not let the matter rest.

Not to mention becoming enemies, the friendship between them would likely be affected by this.

Zhou Qingyu was an exceptionally talented Alchemist.

In the future, there would surely be many times she would need the other party; if a grudge were planted because of this matter.

The loss would outweigh the gain.

Thinking of this.

A wave of worry rose in her heart, and she could not help but step forward to check.

She immediately discovered.

The vitality in this Wang Daniu's body had already become very weak, and it was still continuing to diminish.

Her heart gave a start.

She hurriedly took out a Healing Pill and fed it to Wang Jianqiang.

Wang Jianqiang's consciousness seemed to have become somewhat blurred.

As Huang Xue reached her palm holding the Pill toward his mouth, he subconsciously reached out his hand.

A weak push.

A voice so weak it was almost unclear came from his mouth.

"Don't, don't hit me~"

Huang Xue's figure stiffened.

She subconsciously backed away.

She looked at her chest, a flash of shame and annoyance appearing on her face.

"You lowly servant!"

She clenched her fists, wanting to give him another slap.

But the moment this thought arose, she suppressed it again.

In Wang Daniu's current state, if she were to slap him again.

He would undoubtedly die.

She had finally managed to befriend Zhou Qingyu, and she could not let a lowly servant affect that.

Thinking of this, she came before Wang Jianqiang once more and fed the Pill in her hand to him.

Wang Jianqiang seemed to have been stimulated again.

He once again "unconsciously" reached out to push her.

Huang Xue's smooth brow twitched, and she forcibly suppressed the urge to beat him to death, feeding the Pill into his mouth.

After feeding the Pill to Wang Jianqiang, she did not immediately step away.

Instead, she pressed her palm against Wang Jianqiang, pouring in Spiritual Power to help him refine the medicinal potency.

After a good while.

Once the medicinal potency had completely dissolved.

She could no longer endure it and hurriedly pulled away.

She looked at her own clothes, which had become completely wrinkled.

She took a deep breath, her expression turning gloomy.

This lowly servant had actually been so rude to her!

If not for her fear of Zhou Qingyu, she would definitely have hacked the other party into eight pieces to vent the hatred in her heart.

Afterward, she did not leave and kept watching.

She wanted to wait until Daniu's vitality stabilized before leaving.

But gradually.

Her brows furrowed once again.

After consuming the Healing Pill, the vitality in Daniu's body showed no signs of recovery at all, and it was still continuing to dissipate.

The pill from just a moment ago seemed to have had no effect whatsoever.

"How is this possible?"

Huang Xue felt somewhat incredulous.

This Daniu was merely a Qi Refining Stage cultivator; using a Second-tier Healing Pill to treat his injuries should have been more than enough!

How could there be no effect at all?

Were those two slaps she gave him really that heavy?

A look of doubt flashed across her face.

Seeing that Wang Jianqiang's vitality was constantly weakening and had already reached an extremely dangerous level.

She dared not delay any longer.

She gritted her teeth hard.

She took out a precious Healing Pill that she usually kept as a life-saving trump card.

Enduring the heartache, she fed the pill to Wang Jianqiang.

Although this pill was precious, compared to the friendship of a genius Alchemist, it was nothing.

As long as she could maintain her relationship with Qing Yu, it would be worth it.

At this moment.

She was not even in the mood to pay attention to Daniu's increasingly excessive "unconscious pushing."

She put all her effort into helping him refine the medicinal potency.

What gave her some relief was that the pill seemed to have had some effect; Daniu's vitality was no longer continuously weakening.

Even the strength of his pushing had become much greater.

A moment later.

Her brows furrowed tightly once again.

Although Daniu's vitality was no longer continuously weakening, there were no signs of it strengthening either.

Her precious life-saving pill had actually only barely managed to keep this servant alive.

It was unable to make him recover!

"How is this possible?"

She felt a wave of disbelief in her heart.

With the effect of that pill of hers, let alone a piece of trash at the Qi Refining First Layer.

Even a severely wounded Golden Core Stage cultivator could recover in a short time after taking it!

Immediately following.

She seemed to have thought of something, her expression shifting.

Could it be...

Because of his Five Elements Spiritual Root?

Thinking of this, her expression immediately turned ugly.

If that were truly the case, then it would be troublesome.

She only had one more Healing Pill of the previous grade on her.

As for buying more from the sect?

If she spent all her savings, she could indeed buy a few.

But looking at Daniu's state, it was unlikely he would recover without ten or eight pills of that caliber.

Never mind that she didn't want to, even if she did, she simply couldn't afford it.

"It seems I can only go find Zhou Qingyu."

Although she was somewhat unwilling, she ultimately made her decision.

In the Small Space where Zhou Qingyu resided.

When Zhou Qingyu saw Daniu, whose face had swollen into a sphere and was no longer recognizable, her expression changed drastically.

"Daniu!"

"What happened to you?"

She hurriedly stepped forward to examine him.

However, Daniu's breathing was weak; he seemed to have fallen into a deep coma and showed no reaction at all to her calls.

Seeing this.

She stopped calling out.

She stood up and looked at Senior Sister Huang, who was standing to the side, her expression devoid of its usual gentleness and friendliness.

"Senior Sister Huang, what is going on here?"

"I kindly let Daniu go to help you; how could you let him end up like this?"

"This... Qing Yu, it's all my fault..."

Senior Sister Huang lowered her head, her face full of guilt.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Qingyu's expression did not relax in the slightest, "Senior Sister Huang, you still haven't told me why Daniu was injured like this?"

"Judging by the marks on his face, this injury... should have been caused by someone, right?"

As Zhou Qingyu spoke, she looked at Senior Sister Huang's palms.

Senior Sister Huang's face remained full of guilt as she nodded, "Qing Yu, it was I who injured Daniu."

Although Zhou Qingyu had already guessed it, she still felt a trace of surprise in her heart after hearing Senior Sister Huang admit it so easily.

She frowned.

After a moment of silence, she spoke, "Why?"

A look of remorse appeared on Senior Sister Huang's face, "It's all because I was too impulsive."

She paused, shook her head with a bitter expression, and then continued, "Qing Yu, you also know that my cultivation resources have never been very abundant."

"I let Daniu go help me plant Spirit Medicine because I wanted to earn more Spirit Stones once the Spirit Medicine matured."

"To cultivate the Medicine Garden, I spent a huge amount to purchase many Spirit Medicine Seeds for Daniu to plant."

"For the first half-month, this Daniu was quite honest."

"But just last time, after I brought him back, this Daniu changed."

"Relying on the fact that I have a good relationship with you and felt embarrassed to lecture him, he often slacked off, causing more than half of the Spirit Medicine in my Medicine Garden to die."

"In a moment of impulse, I slapped him twice."

Having said this, she did not continue.

After hearing Senior Sister Huang's explanation, Zhou Qingyu's brows remained tightly furrowed, "If that is the case, you could have explained it to me; why did you have to use such heavy force?"

"I only wanted to teach him a lesson at the time, but I momentarily overlooked his cultivation level."

"Only after seeing him fall into a coma did I realize my mistake and immediately fed him a life-saving Pill that I usually couldn't bear to use."

"However, his constitution is somewhat special, and the Healing Pill had very little effect on him; that Pill could only barely hang onto his life, and I was helpless..."

Having said this, Senior Sister Huang paused.

The look of self-reproach on her face grew even more intense, "It's all my fault, Qing Yu, why don't you slap me twice as well? We are friends, and I don't want this matter to affect the friendship between us."

"As long as you can vent your anger, you can make any request you want."

Zhou Qingyu heard Senior Sister Huang's sincere words.

Coupled with the fact that she had indeed detected the medicinal power of a Third-tier Healing Pill within Wang Jianqiang's body, she immediately believed her.

Her expression softened slightly.

She did not continue to speak on this matter.

She shook her head, "Let's save Daniu first."

After speaking, she pointed her finger.

Wang Jianqiang was lifted by an invisible force and followed her into a room.

After the door closed.

Only Senior Sister Huang remained in the hall.

Thinking of Zhou Qingyu's softened expression from earlier, a triumphant smile appeared on her face.

Sure enough~

Zhou Qingyu had fallen for it.

As for whether Daniu would expose her lies after waking up.

She had no worries at all.

She had long since destroyed most of the Medicine Garden to fabricate "on-site evidence."

When the time came, she would only need to confront Daniu.

As long as she held her ground.

Could Zhou Qingyu really abandon her, a fellow sect sister and good friend, to believe a lowly servant like Daniu instead?