The piercing voice startled Xia Wanqing.

"July!" Xia Wanqing gritted her teeth and uttered the name. Almost reflexively, she swiftly and ruthlessly swung her sword backhand.

Unfortunately, it all came to nothing.

Easily dodging Xia Wanqing's sword, Qiyue winked at the stunned Qing'er: "Hello, little beauty~".

Qing'er blushed. How could this woman be more frivolous than them, the monsters?

Seeing that Qiyue still had the leisure to greet Qing'er, Xia Wanqing stopped fighting with her, cut the silk thread that was suspending Qing'er, and held her in her hand, looking at Qiyue with a sinister gaze.

"You want to save her? Dream on!"

"Is that so?" Qiyue looked at her meaningfully, as if she were looking at a clown.

Xia Wanqing was all too familiar with that look. She glanced around warily, her eyes blazing with fury: "You didn't come alone?! Who else is here?! If you don't tell me, I'll kill her right now!"

As she spoke, she drew a red mark on Qing'er's neck with the sword in her hand.

Qing'er let out a soft moan of pain: "Ugh~".

Qiyue remained calm, but the calmer she became, the more frightened Xia Wanqing became. Looking down at Qing'er, whose breath was weak, and thinking of her previous experiences, Xia Wanqing gritted her teeth, knowing that she could not delay any longer. Although she had not yet tormented this beast enough, things could get complicated if she waited too long.

She looked at Qiyue, a cold smile playing on her lips, her eyes widening, her voice low and chilling: "You want her life? I won't give it to you!"

Before she finished speaking, she made a move, but unfortunately, she was a step too slow.

With a smile, Qiyue snapped her fingers, and she felt her whole body stiffen. The sword in her hand fell to the ground uncontrollably, and her limbs seemed to be tightly bound to the tree by something unseen. Qing'er, who had been restrained by her, was also freed.

The most oppressive danger is the unseen one. Breathing heavily, she stared wide-eyed at Qiyue, her voice hoarse as she demanded, "What did you do to me?!"

[I didn't expect it to actually work...]

Qiyue was very satisfied with her masterpiece and playfully made a face at Xia Wanqing: "Guess~".

She drew out the last syllable of her voice, her brows furrowed with provocation.

Xia Wanqing bit her lip tightly, glaring at Qiyue with resentment, as if she wanted to tear her to pieces. She was trembling with anger and fear.

But she dared not move. Besides having fallen too many times in Qiyue's arms and not knowing if anyone was protecting Qiyue, she was also feeling guilty and dared not fight against Qiyue and the people who might be hiding in the shadows on her own.

Having survived the ordeal, Qing'er struggled to move away from Xia Wanqing, but seeing Xia Wanqing's murderous gaze, her already severely injured and fragile body became even weaker and more powerless.

"You beast! You must have used some kind of sorcery on me! If you have the guts, kill me!"

"You have such a foul mouth." Qi Yue said indifferently, her playful expression suddenly changing as she looked coldly at Xia Wanqing, raised her hand, and slapped her hard across the face.

Qi Yue hit her hard, and in no time, Xia Wanqing's face immediately became red and swollen, and she painfully spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Junior sister, I just spared your life, why can't you learn your lesson? If you keep doing this, I'll get too heartbroken and might cut off your beautiful tongue."

Qi Yue looked at Xia Wanqing with a forced smile. The familiar rusty sword reappeared, and Xia Wanqing's face turned pale instantly. She shut her mouth tightly and looked at her in fear.

Qiyue was satisfied and patted Xia Wanqing's fair face with her sword: "That's a good, obedient dog."

Xia Wanqing looked at Qiyue in fear. A metallic smell and a strange odor rushed to her head. She wanted to vomit and curse, but she dared not open her mouth.

He could only stare intently at Qiyue.

Qing'er, standing nearby, was too frightened to move, her face showing the despair of having just escaped one danger only to fall into another.

She only came to her senses when a pair of warm little hands gently lifted her up and placed her under a tree, then softly fed her a pill.

"Aren't you her senior sister?"

“My former senior sister,” Qiyue added seriously.

Yun Huai, who was still hiding in the distance, was in shock.

Tsk tsk tsk, junior sister's back to her old tricks, fooling people again, but...

His gaze shifted to Xia Wanqing, who lay motionless like a dead dog. Yun Huai's eyes deepened. Was that puppetry? It was indeed extraordinary.

"Oh~ I know you." Qing'er suddenly realized.

"You must be Qiyue, the one who betrayed the Hengyang Sect. You're quite famous."

"Then you'll be very famous soon too." Qiyue looked at her with a smile.

She was taken aback: "Why?"

Qi Yue gave Xia Wanqing a meaningful look and said, "You'll find out soon enough. If you run into any trouble, you can come to Wanbaolou to find me."

"..." Qing'er didn't speak. Trouble? Hadn't her troubles already been resolved by this woman? Right, she needed to quickly tell Wuji about what Xia Wanqing had done to her, so he would know that Xia Wanqing was no good!

Struggling to her feet, Qing'er looked at Qiyue and bowed deeply: "You saved my life. I will repay your kindness tenfold. Since you saved me, you should already know my identity. If you ever need me in the future, just mention my name in the demon clan! My people will help you."

"My name is Ling Qing'er."

After saying that, she made a move to leave.

July did not stop her, but Xia Wanqing was not calm.

No! This beast absolutely cannot leave!

She began to struggle violently as if she were going crazy, and even the spiritual threads controlling her began to crumble.

Sensing the state of the spirit silk, Qi Yue's gaze darkened.

[Dog Tiandao really is just like some modern brainless fans, always sucking up to others~]

Yun Huai, hidden in the shadows, was startled: This woman has done so many bad things, yet Heaven has not completely abandoned her?

Yun Huai's face darkened, and Qi Yue's mood wasn't much better.

[Ugh, this is so damn annoying!]

However, the most important thing right now is to get this silly girl away; the matter of restocking can wait until later...

With a flash, Qiyue appeared beside Ling Qing'er and stuffed a talisman into her hand: "Take this talisman and head southwest. You will encounter a wall, but don't worry about it, just go through it."

Ling Qing'er hesitated as she looked at the talisman in her hand. Qi Yue pinched her cheeks without any politeness, stared directly at her, and said in a cold voice, "I know your demon power has recovered a bit. If you don't want to die, run faster."

After saying that, Qiyue ignored her.

Ling Qing'er was startled, biting her lip tightly as she looked at her. Without daring to hesitate any longer, she immediately obeyed and left.

Watching Ling Qing'er leave, Qi Yue no longer hesitated, slapped a few of her specialty spicy fried rice cakes at Xia Wanqing, and left with Yun Huai.

Xia Wanqing, whose spellcasting was interrupted, was so dizzy that it took her a while to come to her senses. But by the time she realized what had happened, both Ling Qing'er and Qi Yue had vanished without a trace.

"Aaaaaah!!!" Enraged, and with Qiyue already gone, the puppetry technique could no longer control Xia Wanqing.