The hand on his mouth wasn't big, but it was quite rough, with calluses on the fingertips. It instantly dispelled nine-tenths of his drowsiness. Qi Zhiye suddenly opened his eyes and looked back—
A pretty girl was standing behind him, her ponytail rustling in the wind, and she blinked at him with difficulty.
It seems to be a friendly gesture.
It would have been more believable if her grip had loosened a little.
stranger!
Qi Zhiye subconsciously struggled, but just as he moved, he found a long piece of paper of unknown origin fluttering in the wind against his neck. The ink on it was still wet, and his hands were tightly bound and tied behind his back. "?"
As he moved, the sword swung with him. Yun Xian nearly hit someone with the sword and fell headfirst into Qiao Lingshan's arms. He quickly adjusted his position and shouted, "Don't move, don't move. We are good people!"
Qi Zhiye: “…”
"Brother Xue, the patient's awake. Would you like to come and see how he's doing?" Yun Xian turned to look for Xue Lingxiu. "Something feels off. Why isn't he talking? I see a wound on his head. Could he have been beaten into a daze?"
Xue Lingxiu glanced at him and said unhappily, "You're covering his mouth. Are you asking him to speak ventriloquially?"
Yun Xian finally came back to his senses: "Oh, right."
She finally let go of her hand, and Qi Zhiye finally had a chance to open his mouth, frowning and asking, "Who are you?"
"Since you asked so sincerely, I'll introduce myself." Yun Xian was very kind to him, too kind, so kind that Xue Lingxiu felt that this person was in trouble. "Eastern Realm, Jiange Yun Xian."
Qiao Lingshan also said: "Jian Ge, Qiao Lingshan."
Feng Ye is her follower, "I, I am Feng Ye from Qinfang, and I am also from the East Realm."
Qi Zhiye frowned slightly, as if he had some impression.
Xue Lingxiu was the only one left, but he didn't say a word. He just folded his arms and glanced at Qi Zhiye without saying a word.
The Southern Realm had such a grand show at the beginning, with that luxurious carriage of which only wheels were left now, and masters accompanying him. Is there anyone in the entire Four Directions Secret Realm who doesn't know him?
"Then you..." Qi Zhiye looked at him firmly and said disdainfully, "It must be Zhong Changyao."
Xue Lingxiu: “?”
Qi Zhiye: "Your weapon? Strange. Is it lost too?"
Xue Lingxiu pulled the corner of his mouth, and said in a gloomy tone: "...You did this on purpose, didn't you?"
There was no need to talk too much if they didn't agree. The two of them had different auras to begin with, and now, without even saying a few words, they felt a sense of tension as if each wanted to kick the other off the sword.
Yun Xian and Qi Zhiye talked back and forth for a few words, and they found that although this person was arrogant and had an aura of being the most powerful person in the world, he seemed to be face-blind and had a poor sense of direction, and he was not very good at reading people's faces. He really brought up things that were not related to the topic.
He seemed to have no impression of the other three realms. Except for Liu Shi in the northern realm, he was confused about the names of other people, places and sects. He remembered clearly which monsters he had killed, but recognizing people depended on fate.
Qi Zhiye's patience was only enough for these two exchanges. After that, he said coldly, "Let me go."
"Let you go?" How could Yun Xian let go of something he had secured? "Fellow Daoist Qi, you're seriously injured now. If you don't take good care of yourself, your life might be in danger. We'll be kind and escort you back to the Buddhist land. By the way, why are you lying there alone? Where's your brother?"
How could such a large group of bald men just disappear out of thin air? She suspected that Liu Shi was behind this again.
Qi Zhiye's face darkened, and he didn't answer: "What's it to you?"
Yun Xian remained unmoved and smiled, "Oh, don't be so cruel. You were lying there miserably just now, with three legs broken, and it was Brother Xue who painstakingly reconnected them for you!"
"I know." Qi Zhiye couldn't help but feel his own injuries. He said impatiently, "I'll remember this."
Yun Xian: "Remember?"
Qi Zhiye looked at them with disdain and said, "If I see you again in the East Realm, I will not kill you."
Yun Xian: “…”
Qiao Lingshan: “…”
Breathtaking.
Xue Lingxiu: "I already told you I'm from the Southern Realm. Are you sick?"
Qi Zhiye was slightly confused: "Isn't Zhong Changyao a sword cultivator?" Aren't sword cultivators from the Eastern Realm?
"?" Xue Lingxiu pinched the fan ribs, and the wood creaked. "I said I'm not Zhong Changyao—"
A big battle was about to break out, and Yun Xian was worried that Xue Lingxiu would lose too badly, so he stopped it in time.
Qi Zhiye's words are harder than anything else, and he can hold up the sky even if it falls. In fact, he is still seriously injured and his spiritual power is exhausted. If he could break free from Yun Xian's spiritual shackles, he would have knocked everyone out and flown away to who knows where. Now, no matter how calm he is, he can only stay on the sword.
There is an almost dried-up sand river surrounding this area. The monsters in the secret realm have tacitly stayed away from it. It is obvious that there must be something difficult to deal with in the sand river, so the disciples of the Buddhist Village would not go in this direction. However, since they found Qi Xingye, everyone has been walking in the possible direction for a while, but still have not seen the other people from the Buddhist Village.
The sword cultivator's speed is definitely faster than that of the Buddhist cultivator, so they should be about to meet.
The sky grew brighter, and the heat burned the yellow sand, emitting white smoke.
Qiao Lingshan frowned and said, "Yun Xian, have you noticed that the suppression of spiritual energy in the secret realm seems to be decreasing?"
When they first entered, the flow of spiritual energy was extremely slow, and even flying on a sword for a moment was difficult.
"Yes, but this isn't just for us." Yun Xian looked at the restless monsters roaming on the ground and said thoughtfully, "Their strength is also increasing."
I heard that the Ice Shadow Lizard is now even more aggressive, looking for trouble everywhere, and no one can deal with it.
"If we still can't find anyone after half an incense stick, we can just camp and rest here." Xue Lingxiu said, "If we go any further, we might enter the sphere of influence of other sects."
Qi Zhiye: "Let me go. How many times do you want me to say it?"
Yun Xian: "Yes."
Feng Ye said weakly, "I seemed to hear some unusual sounds, rustling and following us, but they didn't sound like footsteps..."
Yun Xian raised his eyes, not taking his words lightly: "Can you tell where it is?"
Qi Zhiye: "I'll say it one last time, stop!"
Everyone held their breath. Feng Ye frowned and tried to distinguish them for a long time, but still shook his head helplessly, "I can't tell them apart. It's too messy. It seems to be everywhere, but also seems to be concentrated in one place."
They're everywhere, yet they're all concentrated in one place? If they're not human, could they be some kind of monster?
Without changing her expression, she tightened the spiritual power restraint on Qi Zhiye's hand, and kindly sealed his mouth out of concern that he was expending too much energy. Just as Yun Xian was thinking carefully, her storage ring suddenly emitted a white light, and a powerful sense of pushing and pulling came over her. Then, the white light faded, and something fell out of it.
Yun Xian quickly reached out and caught it.
In the palm of his hand was a square jade-colored stone with some unreadable words engraved on the surface. It felt cool to the touch and was much heavier than it looked. From the moment he picked it up, it emitted a faint glow.
The light wasn't strong, but it was unusual, radiating through clothing, fabric, and even stone. While it might not have been noticeable during the day, indoors or at night, the jade stone was like a striking glowing bead, subtly indicating the carrier's location.
Not only does it seem useless, but it's also very prone to accidents. I don't know how it works for other sects, but for someone like Yun Xian who has to sneak around in the bushes every few days, it can easily lead to someone's death.
"Hmm?" Yun Xian pinched the jade and asked in confusion, "Where did this come from? I don't remember taking this thing."
Qiao Lingshan paused after hearing this and couldn't help but complain, "You just took so many things and didn't even look at them. How could you possibly remember them?"
What he said was true, but Yun Xian couldn't hear it. She turned around and wanted to put the things into the storage ring again, but was shocked to find that it didn't work.
This strange jade stone of unknown origin is clearly a dead object, but the storage ring seems to reject all living things and it cannot be put into the ring no matter what.
It was strange, why did it suddenly become like this? Yun Xian threw the jade to Qiao Lingshan and said, "Lingshan, you try it."
Qiao Lingshan took the jade, tried it, and shook her head: "No."
Feng Ye took it consciously and was even more surprised: "Why, why doesn't mine work? There's nothing in my storage ring."
"What's wrong?" Xue Lingxiu noticed the movement, looked over here, and frowned slightly: "What is this?"
He stretched out his white palm to Yun Xian, and Yun Xian placed the jade in his palm. Before she blinked, the jade disappeared from her sight.
Xue Lingxiu put it into the storage ring.
The two of them stared at each other, and the atmosphere was quite awkward.
Xue Lingxiu uttered half a sentence: "Are you trying to murder me?"
"Brother Xue, how could I be that kind of person?" Yun Xian was puzzled. "Why can you do that? Does it like expensive storage rings? But it didn't dislike me at the beginning."
Now everyone had to stop. Yun Xian stopped his sword, and the four of them put their heads together to look at the jade carefully.
It was square in shape, with incomprehensible writing engraved on it. But no matter how hard she looked at it, she couldn't explain its unusualness. That was until Qiao Lingshan suddenly had an idea and remembered: "This should be in the pile of herbs in the corner of the sand cave!"
The corner was already dim, and the pile of common spirit-gathering grass was still flickering with light. The jade stone was mixed in with it from the beginning and could not be distinguished at all. Yun Xian had put it into the storage ring together with the jade stone, but now it popped out inexplicably.
From the time Yun Xian put it into the ring to the time he escaped, until now, it has been exactly a moment.
"Since Liu Shi put it there, he must have discovered it. This thing won't stay in the storage ring for long. The Sword Sect has so many disciples, it's impossible for them to have only one storage ring. But Qiao Lingshan and Feng Ye couldn't put it in, but Fellow Daoist Xue could..." Yun Xian asked, "Is it judged according to the different realms?"
Qiao Lingshan: "Is this important to the North Realm?"
Qi Zhiye, who was silenced, suddenly sneered disdainfully from the side.
Sure enough, a moment later, the jade slipped out of Xue Lingxiu's storage ring and fell to the ground, creating a deep sand pit. The yellow sand instantly covered it, but soon, it slowly emerged from the ground again.
It seems to be saying, "You can't even bury it!"
It didn't move at all, it just shone, shone firmly, shone faintly, and shone wherever it was hidden, with a gentle beauty that didn't care about anyone's life or death.
Xue Lingxiu: “…”
Yun Xian: “…”
She always felt that this thing was a little familiar.
"Brother Xue, have you noticed anything else?" Yun Xian picked it up, weighed it twice, and said, "After holding this thing, the speed of the spiritual energy circulating around my body has actually started to slow down again."
Xue Lingxiu: "I found it."
The two looked at each other, and the ridiculous news given by Passerby A slowly emerged in their minds. Now it seemed that there was an 80% chance that it was true.
Since this thing has no benefits but only disadvantages, it will expose the position, absorb spiritual energy, and is so heavy that your hands will get sore after holding it for a while; then Liu Shi went through so much trouble to hide it and carry it with him. It can't be that he did it to add some fun, surprises and challenges to himself. A man should fight with heavy loads. In other words, this may be one of the jade seals that can open the ancient battlefield.
The news about the "leader" is true.
Then, the Dao Sect's relentless pursuit of Foxiang couldn't have been just a superficial threat of points. After all, whoever wins the championship wins the world, so they want to kick Qi Zhiye out first to avoid endless troubles. Of course, if we continue to speculate, it's very likely that Foxiang has also obtained a jade seal. He wants to kill two birds with one stone, not only to injure Qi Zhiye, but also to snatch the jade seal away.
At this moment, a powerful force suddenly attacked Yun Xian from behind, and a rough and hard big palm stretched out from behind, suddenly half-grasping her neck and exerting slight force.
Qi Zhiye, who had broken free from his restraints at some point, stood behind her like a ghost. Blood was oozing out of his torn wound like crazy. He held his strength in his palms and did not release it. Instead, he bent his fingers imperceptibly, tilted his head, and looked slightly puzzled.
Why is it so thin?
The situation suddenly changed. Xue Lingxiu's face changed. Qiao Lingshan drew her sword without thinking: "Let her go!"
"It's okay." Yun Xian just frowned slightly and motioned Qiao Lingshan to stay away. "Qi Zhiye, your recovery speed is a little faster than I thought."
Rather, no one could have imagined it. Who could have imagined that a person who had been bleeding from all seven orifices and was seriously injured just a moment ago could still be so alive and kicking?
Qi Zhiye snorted and laughed, "You're too lazy. With that little spiritual power, can you really trap me?"
While holding Yun Xian, he casually swept the Qishuang around her waist to the ground and kicked it away.
"What do you want?" Xue Lingxiu waved her folding fan and raised her voice, "There are so many people here. If you attack her, can you escape?"
"Only a coward would run away. I wouldn't do such a thing." Qi Zhiye's gorgeous golden eyes glanced at the jade seal in Yun Xian's hand, and suddenly changed the subject. "What's so special about this thing that it's worth you studying it for so long? Isn't it just the White Tiger Seal?"
Xue Lingxiu: “?”
"There's also one in Foxiang, in the hands of my senior brother." Qi Zhiye didn't seem to care much. "I think this is what Liu Chang wants to take away."
"Well," Feng Ye said softly, "that's not Liu Chang. Liu Chang is his real grandfather."
Qi Zhiye: "This is what Liu Hui wants to take away."
Everyone: “?”
How long has this situation been going on? I'm really worried that he'll remember Xue Lingxiu as Zhong Changxiu, and sooner or later he'll get beaten up.
Xue Lingxiu stared at him for a long time, but didn't realize that he really had any intention of hurting Yun Xian. "Is it also in the Buddhist Land? Why didn't we notice it?"
"Why else would I lose?" Qi Zhiye frowned, as if he had asked a foolish question. "Of course I can't find it. Brothers, you're all smart enough when you get together. How can you still see the jade seal?"
Xue Lingxiu: “…………”
He had discovered that, while Yun Xian was the type who would do things she knew were wrong, she knew what sounded good but didn't like to say them. Qi Xian was much simpler, simply not speaking human language and still thinking he was normal.
Yun Xian listened quietly. Qiao Lingshan stepped forward and said, "Why don't you let her go!"
Qi Zhiye tightened his grip even more, and said unreasonably, "What did she do to me just now? I've already shown some mercy."
The situation suddenly became deadlocked.
Misfortunes never come singly. Several masters sent by the Miaoshou Sect to investigate the whereabouts of the enemy finally returned, supporting each other. Their faces were ashen, and blood still clung to the corners of their lips. They were also carrying another person on their backs. This person, a seventh-level Jindan cultivator, now had his eyes tightly closed, his face filled with pain. Two thick, black trails of blood slowly flowed from his ear canals, dripping onto the yellow sand, corroding and burning the gravel.
Xue Lingxiu pulled out the needle, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became. "What kind of monster did we encounter? If we were a step later, the poison would have gone straight to the top of my head, and no medicine would have been able to cure it!"
"No, I don't know." The others, still in shock, gestured, "We can't see anything at all, we don't know what it is... We can only locate it by the sound. Luckily, we worked together to cut back the tentacles, otherwise he wouldn't have survived."
They were all mercenary monks who had experienced many battles. How could they be frightened so easily? It was just that the scene just now was too terrifying.
The shadows blanket the sky. You know it's there, but you can't see where it is. All you can hear is the hissing sound of venom spraying, the rustling sound of its tentacles piercing the ground, and the screams of pain from those around you...
Yun Xian, whose neck was still being pinched, struggled to stick his head out and asked, "Where did you meet?"
"One mile west of here." The expert seemed to have something even more horrifying to say, "As we walked along, we saw quite a few dead monsters. Their attack method was the same: their tentacles extended through the ear canal, injecting toxins that instantly drained all blood and brain matter."
"We were almost defeated by it and had to flee in panic. This monster might have already reached the half-step Nascent Soul stage!"
Everyone was shocked.
A demonic beast halfway to the Nascent Soul stage—what a concept. Perhaps if encountered by chance, one could escape, but if desperately fought, it would cost the lives of five or six Jindan cultivators to slay it. But the thief is not to be feared, but the thief's attention is to be feared. If this demonic beast continued to roam nearby, or even kept approaching, it would be a serious matter.
Yun Xian noticed something was wrong and continued to look around: "Did you see those dead monsters on the way back?"
The master said: "Yes!"
"If you can see it on your way back, you will definitely see it on your way there." Yun Xian said, "But you have no memory of your journey there, which means that this monster may have been walking ahead of you all along."
The expert was terrified: "Uh..."
The more she thought about it, the scarier it became. Qiao Lingshan bit her lip slightly and turned around to see that Feng Ye was about to faint.
Every time she felt scared, she would go to see Feng Ye, because seeing someone who was a hundred times more scared than herself would calm her down a little. This might be the root of human nature.
"...Are you done?" Although Qi Zhiye hadn't intended to hurt her, he was very upset by Yun Xian's constant poking around without a trace of fear. He sealed Yun Xian's hands, and saw that she didn't care at all about the terrifying monster everyone had just talked about. "I'm leaving."
"You want to go find your senior brother?" Yun Xian let him tie him up and said familiarly, "Take us with you."
"...'Bei' what 'Bei'?" This sword cultivator was so noisy that Qi Xingye wanted to hit her, but he couldn't find where to start. He pulled her ponytail in disgust and said, "You're overthinking it. I'm not joining them."
Yun Xian's head was pulled back, and he happened to meet Qi Zhiye's golden eyes: "Why not?"
Qi Zhiye said something very puzzling: "We have different paths."
If Master Mingguang heard this, he'd probably lose two years of his lifespan. We're all Buddhists, practicing the Dharma, compassion and kindness. How can you, a monk with untied hair who grew up in a Buddhist village, be different from Buddhism? Then what path do you want to cultivate? The path of killing?
Qi Zhiye answered subconsciously, his eyes moving slightly, as if he also felt bored, and was about to turn around and leave. Yun Xian's neck was still in his hand, and no one dared to stop him, until Yun Xian reached out and patted him twice, and said in that familiar tone again: "Let go."
"?" Qi Zhiye was angry: "You——"
He had just opened his mouth when a red light suddenly burst out from Yun Xian's left arm, which immediately cut him. Qi Zhiye thought he had already eliminated her weapon, but now he was completely defenseless and fell straight to the ground again, with blood oozing from his head.
Everyone: “…………”
This is.
What happened.
"Brother Xue, I'm here to treat my illness." Yun Xian rubbed his neck, which was covered with finger marks, loosened his muscles and bones, and said happily, "I'll earn another 500 yuan this time."
After half an incense stick.
Qi Zhiye was sitting in a corner with a sour face and tied up. The bandage on his head and the bill on his neck had grown longer. Several experts were guarding him.
Yun Xian weighed the "White Tiger Seal" that Qi Zhiye had mentioned, looking down at the faint light leaking through his fingers. Xue Lingxiu and Qiao Lingshan came over and asked, "Any clues?"
"A clue? What's the solution to the glowing jade seal?" Yun Xian raised his eyes. "Didn't Fellow Daoist Qi just say that everyone should just shave their heads?"
She actually thinks her head shape is quite nice, round.
Xue Lingxiu: “…”
Qiao Lingshan: “…”
"Just kidding, just kidding, hehe." Yun Xian saw that the two looked unhappy and said quickly, "It's about that mysterious monster, right?"
"Half-step Nascent Soul." Qiao Lingshan frowned and said, "That's already the same realm as Liu Shi, Qi Xingye, and Jimo Shu. The others are no match for them at all."
"?" Xue Lingxiu couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth, and said with a forced smile: "Miss Qiao, I seem to be in the Nascent Soul stage?"
The medical practitioner's self-esteem is fully revealed here.
Qiao Lingshan suddenly remembered, startled, and quickly apologized: "Ah! I'm sorry!!"
Yun Xian was still lost in thought when Xue Lingxiu asked, "How is it?"
"Didn't Lingshan just say that Fellow Daoist Qi is at the same level as it?" Yun Xian touched his chin, as if thinking about something. "Besides, Fellow Daoist Qi also said that he would not join the Buddhist disciples. What a waste of one person... No, it's too dangerous. Why not join us?"
Xue Lingxiu was even more furious than when Qiao Lingshan jumped over her earlier: "What do you mean? You're not saying you want him to join, are you? My Nascent Soul isn't good enough? Do you look down on medical practitioners? Do you look down on support practitioners? Do you look down on me?"
Qiao Lingshan looked at him in fear. Fellow Daoist Xue really seemed to dislike Qi Xingye. If these two stayed together, they would always be fighting.
Yun Xian was unmoved: "If you can join, that would be the best."
Everyone was struggling, always running away. The fundamental reason was that no one was strong enough to fight. Against Liu Shi or Jimo Shu, their chances of victory were slim. Of course, Yun Xian didn't consider sacrificing men to win; her team couldn't afford casualties.
She was lost in thought, not wanting to talk much, when Xue Lingxiu's temper flared up again:
Xue Lingxiu: "With his cockfighting personality, does he even know what cooperation is? He's only a drag."
Yun Xian: "Practice, you can practice anything."
Xue Lingxiu: "He even threw away the Dongji Staff. Now he is left with nothing but his bare hands and no weapons. Does he need someone to refine it?"
Yun Xian: "Refine, you can refine anything."
Xue Lingxiu: "He has a dishonest look. If he disturbs the team's minds, it will be more trouble than good."
Yun Xian: "Love, I can love."
Xue Lingxiu: "Yun Xian————!!!"
Qiao Lingshan was even more terrified. Oh my god, you know, Brother Xue used to cover the corners of his lips with a folding fan when he smiled, and now she could actually see so many of his teeth at once. How terrifying.
"Hmph, whatever you want." Xue Lingxiu noticed the looks everyone was giving him, and realizing he had lost his composure, he waved his sleeves fiercely and walked away. "You think he still won't agree?"
“…”
Yun Xian slowly hid the jade seal under his armpit and went over to lobby.
When Qi Zhiye saw her coming, his golden eyes were filled with anger, but he actually looked better than Yun Xian had imagined.
Yun Xian untied his seal, and Qi Zhiye immediately asked, "What weapon was that red light just now?"
Yun Xian: “?”
Qi Zhiye objectively commented, "Very strong. If you have such a trump card, why didn't you use it from the beginning? Liu Chang is not as good as you."
Yun Xian: “…”
So that's your temper. Shouldn't I have slapped you earlier? Also, that's Liu Shi, can you please stop calling him grandpa? Getting older isn't easy either.
Straight to the point, Yun Xian asked, "Since you're not joining the Western Realm, why don't you join us?"
"Why should I join you?" Once he left the realm of martial arts, Qi Xingye became excited again and said arrogantly, "You are not qualified yet."
"This isn't a question of qualification." Yun Xian smiled broadly and asked, "You should know that when your life was in danger, it was Fellow Daoist Xue who saved you twice, right?"
Xue Lingxiu stood not far away, with a stern expression.
"So what?" Qi Zhiye said impatiently, "I've already said it, I'll remember this favor and won't attack the Southern Realm next time."
After he finished speaking, he felt a pain in his neck. Yun Xian reached out and took down a bill from his neck and showed it to him.
Yun Xian: "Fellow Daoist Qi, you grew up in a Buddhist village, so you might not know one thing. The Miaoshou Sect doesn't receive any favors when they practice medicine and save lives. The price they receive is clearly marked, and it's spirit stones."
When Qi Zhiye saw the bill, which was longer than Liu Shiming's, he was visibly stunned.
It seems that he is not very good at hiding the expression on his face.
"...So what?" Qi Zhiye said, "I didn't ask you to save me!"
Xue Lingxiu chuckled: "So I saved you, so what? Who cares if you begged me or not? I'm telling you, even if I broke your leg, I still have to pay you."
Qi Zhiye: “You guys!”
"Originally, we were going to give this bill to the senior brother of the Buddhist sect and have him pay the spirit stones, but now that you've disappeared, we have no choice but to go and collect it ourselves." Yun Xian was a little troubled. "Alas, we didn't want this to happen. The Buddhist community is well-known for its benevolence, and everyone respects it. It's like the Buddhist community owes money and then has to ask people to come and collect it. How embarrassing."
Qi Zhiye's expression changed slightly: "I will pay for my treatment myself. It has nothing to do with my brothers."
"Okay." Yun Xian said, "It's five thousand five hundred spirit stones in total. How would you like to pay, Fellow Daoist Qi?"
Qi Zhiye: "Five thousand five hundred? Are you robbing money or treating illness?!"
"The price is clearly marked, everyone does the same. We're not lying to you. Fellow Daoist Qi, just ask anyone and you'll find out." Yun Xian's handsome face showed a hint of embarrassment as he said, "Does Fellow Daoist intend to refuse to pay? Then we'll have no choice but to seek help from the Buddhist sect..."
Qi Zhiye took a deep breath, looked at Xue Lingxiu, and said firmly: "I don't have that many spirit stones. But I can cut off one of my arms and give it to you."
"...Who asked you to cut off your arm?" Xue Lingxiu almost dropped her folding fan. "What am I going to do with it? Roast it and eat it?"
Qi Zhiye's eyes were filled with irritation and anger: "Don't go too far!"
Seeing the situation at a stalemate, Yun Xian finally spoke up, "How about this, Fellow Daoist Qi, you join us temporarily. If we encounter any troublesome monsters or Liu Shi, you can help us out and get 500 spirit stones off. How about that?"
Qi Zhiye pursed his lips and said nothing. It was obvious that he was struggling with his conscience and weighing the pros and cons.
After a long while, he gritted his teeth and said reluctantly, "One thousand at a time."
"Ah, Fellow Daoist Qi, have you agreed?" Yun Xian smiled faintly and patted his shoulder understandingly. "It's okay to think about it again. You have to know that I really don't want to force you."
Qi Zhiye: “…”
Xue Lingxiu: “…”
Qiao Lingshan: “…”
Yun Xian, how dare you say that.
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