At Kunmen Square, many disciples, looking somewhat disheveled and unwilling, stood to the side.

The floating stone pillars trembled incessantly, as if a powerful force was constantly impacting them. The three peak masters, who had previously appeared calm and composed, now frowned deeply, their hands forming hand seals to forcefully suppress the stone pillars.

When the Eighth Elder saw this, his aged face showed surprise.

"What happened? What did you do in Kunmen's underground space?!"

Wan Chang, the peak master of the North Peak, looked at the disciples who had been teleported out, some of them covered in dust and dirt, and questioned them directly with anger on his face.

"Reporting to the Peak Master, Wu Fa has killed a Lava Giant Scorpion King and seized a powerful spiritual vein. It seems that the other Lava Giant Scorpions sensed the king's life or death, which caused the uprising."

Yu Haoqian, dressed in a Taoist robe, had a lot of bloodstains on his clothes, but they were not his own. His hair was a little disheveled. It seemed that because of his escape, he was teleported out and immediately heard the peak master's question. So he hurriedly replied, "The spiritual vein that Wu Fa took is too powerful. It cannot be sensed by the formation in the underground space for a while. It will take some time before I can come out."

Upon hearing this, Wan Chang, the peak master of the North Peak, calmed down considerably. After glancing at the spiritual vein that Yu Haoqian had brought out and the spiritual vein that another North Peak disciple had brought out, he ordered all the North Peak members to leave.

In the Kunmen Square, some disciples immediately began to discuss Wu Fa's strength, and some even flattered him to the skies.

The disciples of Kunmen North Peak, amidst these flattering compliments and praises, almost held their heads high enough to reach the mountaintop.

"The aura of the Lava Giant Scorpion King is still there, so it shouldn't have been killed."

The Eighth Elder's eyes were closed, and his somewhat aged voice silenced the once noisy Kunmen Square.

Upon hearing this, Yu Haoqian first bowed to the Eighth Elder, who was dressed in a black robe, and then respectfully said, "Eighth Elder, we all witnessed the Lava Giant Scorpion King being killed. There were disciples from both the South Peak and the West Peak present at the time."

"What we see may not be the truth," the Eighth Elder said softly, and then fell silent.

Wan Chang, the master of the North Peak, smiled slightly. Compared to what the Eighth Elder said, he seemed to have more faith in his disciples from the North Peak.

Qin Xue, who was standing nearby, was also a little worried when she heard that a beast tide had appeared in the underground space, because many Kunmen disciples had been killed by monsters when they entered the underground space to compete for spiritual veins.

"It's alright. If Qingxi encounters Qin Xin, she will likely protect him."

Hua Jin noticed Qin Xue's worry, gently patted her shoulder, and said softly.

"Sister Qin Xue, don't worry, Brother Qin Xin is very strong. Even Han Yao is his opponent!"

Ya Ru smiled and spoke with a hint of pride, as if she had defeated Han Yao.

"Xue'er's younger brother is indeed quite special!"

Hua Jin nodded gently, agreeing with what Ya Ru said.

Han Yao was at the third level of the Qi Sea Realm. Hua Jin knew that Ya Ru's description of Qin Xin defeating Han Yao was mostly made up by her. While it was possible for a Qi Opening Realm cultivator to defeat a Qi Sea Realm cultivator, although many cultivators with a very solid foundation could do so, she had never heard of anyone with such a significant difference in cultivation level as Qin Xin.

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After the beast tide receded, the once spacious stone cave had been completely collapsed.

To avoid being discovered by these demonic beasts, Qin Xin and Shui Qingxi did not use their internal energy. They stood back to back, squeezed between several boulders.

Between breaths, Qin Xin could hear Shui Qingxi's slightly rapid heartbeat, and a delicate fragrance lingered around his nose, making it a little uncomfortable, but he kept restraining himself from sneezing.

This somewhat cramped posture was maintained for about half an hour before Qin Xin finally wanted to move his stiff body.

"Don't move!"

Shui Qingxi's soft rebuke made Qin Xin immediately stop what he was doing.

Just then, a giant lava scorpion crawled over the top of the boulder, sniffed it lightly, and after finding no trace of its presence, slowly crawled away.

“Sha…Sha…”

After the giant lava scorpion crawled away, Qin Xin gently pushed aside the boulder in front of him and crawled out of the collapsed cave. Feeling the dampness behind him, Qin Xin initially thought it was cold sweat, but when he touched his back, he realized it was blood.

“This blood…”

After seeing Shui Qingxi, whose lips were pale, crawl out from below, Qin Xin noticed a wound on her back, which seemed to have been caused by a falling rock when the two of them were escaping.

"It's alright. In order to imprison that Lava Giant Scorpion King, I exhausted all my true energy. Otherwise, with the protection of the true energy armor, I wouldn't have been injured by those falling rocks."

Shui Qingxi said nonchalantly, a ray of light flashed from her fingertip, the spatial ring appeared and then disappeared, and a bottle of medicine powder appeared in her hand.

"Why don't you leave this underground space first? If the injury on your back isn't treated in time, it might leave a scar."

Qin Xin also turned his head away, keeping his eyes straight ahead. He knew that girls were more concerned about their appearance, so he let Shui Qingxi leave first.

When Shui Qingxi saw Qin Xin telling her to leave, she gently bit her lip, shook her head slightly, and said, "Come and help me."

"That's not a good idea...men and women..."

Seeing that Shui Qingxi seemed indifferent, Qin Xin was somewhat bothered and stammered as he spoke.

"Alright, stop saying things like men and women shouldn't touch each other."

Shui Qingxi snorted lightly, completely ignoring Qin Xin's words, acting like a tomboy who didn't care about such things at all.

Seeing that the woman was like this, Qin Xin felt embarrassed to continue being coy. He naturally knew why Shui Qingxi was unwilling to leave the underground space even though Fan Hua Pavilion had obtained a spiritual vein. It was mainly because Qin Xin had saved her.

Shui Qingxi, being a girl with a personality like hers, naturally didn't want to owe Qin Xin a favor, so she stayed behind to wait for Qin Xin to safely bring out the spiritual vein she had obtained.

After taking the bottle from Shui Qingxi, Qin Xin took out a pot of water from his Qiankun bag to wash his wounds.

Shui Qingxi didn't hesitate. She turned her back, untied the thin belt around her waist, and then gently let her clothes fall down, revealing most of her fragrant shoulders.

Upon seeing this scene, Qin Xin couldn't help but tremble, spilling a considerable amount of water.

While cleaning the wound, Qin Xin tried his best to keep his eyes straight ahead, but he still caught glimpses of the smooth, jade-like skin and the white cloth binding around her chest.

Seeing that Shui Qingxi had only suffered superficial injuries and that it wasn't serious, Qin Xin sprinkled the powder from the medicine bottle onto the wound. Shui Qingxi frowned slightly, and the bleeding from the wound stopped immediately.

After treating the injury, Shui Qingxi put her clothes back on. This minor injury was nothing to worry about. After swallowing a few pills, she quickly recovered her depleted internal energy.