Xiao Che knew whether Xia Qingyue had the tenth level of the initial Profound Realm's profound strength, but Xiao Yulong certainly didn't know. Xia Qingyue was really angry. She had used at least seven points of her profound strength in the previous attack. Looking at Xiao Yulong who had fallen to the ground, she retracted her palm and said calmly, "It seems that Young Master Xiao is not very good at sparring. Please go back."
Xiao Yulong, who was lying on the ground, was stunned… He had thought that with his profound strength at the third level of the Nascent Profound Realm, teasing Xia Qingyue would be a piece of cake. However, he never expected that after just a brief encounter, before he could even react to what was happening, he had already fallen to the ground in a mess. He widened his eyes and suddenly saw two bloody front teeth lying on the ground in front of him.
Xiao Yulong quickly stood up from the ground, his face twitching. He knew how embarrassed he looked now. It can be said that as the eldest son of the Xiao family, he had never been so embarrassed in his life... and in front of the woman he admired and desired the most. But Young Master Xiao was still Young Master Xiao after all. He swallowed the salty blood in his mouth and even showed a very gentle and elegant smile on his face: "Miss Xia's tenth level of the initial profound realm is indeed well-deserved. I underestimated her in my casual test just now. So, this time, Miss Xia, you have to be careful."
Xiao Yulong had two front teeth missing, and air was leaking from his mouth when he spoke. After he finished speaking, he had already raised his hands and directly mobilized all the profound strength in his body... He naively thought that the reason why he suffered a big loss just now was entirely because he had made a random move, while Xia Qingyue had attacked with all her strength without mercy. With his profound strength at the third level of the Nascent Profound Realm, how could he not be able to deal with Xia Qingyue at the tenth level of the Initial Profound Realm!
Xiao Yulong moved forward, and after three wrong steps, he stretched out both hands, wrapping them around Xia Qingyue's arms. His actions made Xia Qingyue feel disgusted, and her patience completely disappeared. She swung out her right arm suddenly, and as her red sleeves fluttered, a slightly cold profound force fiercely swept across Xiao Yulong's face.
This mysterious force did not contain the Frozen Cloud Art, but it was definitely not something Xiao Yulong could handle.
With a "bang", Xiao Yulong's right cheek sank directly, and the whole person flew backwards, spinning in the air at least seven or eight times like a spinning top, and then fell heavily outside the yard. Three bloody teeth fell one after another, and two of them hit Xiao Yulong's face directly.
“The competition is over. I won’t see you off.” Xia Qingyue looked straight ahead, her voice icy cold.
Xiao Yulong's entire right face was red, as if stained with blood. Now, even if he was a fool, he should understand that his Profound Realm Level 3 Profound Strength was not enough for Xia Qingyue. He stood up while holding his right face in pain, looked at Xia Qingyue with some fear, panted heavily, and stumbled away without saying another word.
Xiao Yulong came all the way to the pharmacy, and just as he was about to enter, he found Xiao Che just walking out, holding a medicine jar in his left hand and a package in his right hand. As soon as he saw Xiao Yulong, Xiao Che immediately greeted him with a warm face: "Brother Yulong, why are you here? Oh! Brother Yulong, your face... this, this, what happened?"
Seeing Xiao Che, Xiao Yulong gritted his teeth, snorted coldly, and rushed directly into the pharmacy. After a while, the shocked voice of Xiao Gu, the chief pharmacist of Xiao Clan, came from inside: "Young Master... who is so bold to do such a cruel thing to you!"
"It's okay... I accidentally fell down while practicing in the back hills..." Xiao Yulong's voice was filled with obvious pain. Of course, he didn't have the face to say that his current character was because he teased Xia Qingyue and was punished by her.
"Is this still okay? My cheekbone is shattered to a considerable extent, five teeth have fallen out, and three of them are broken in half... There is no way these can grow back..."
Xiao Che hadn't walked too far when the voice that reached his ears sent a chill down his spine.
This woman...she was so fucking cruel!
The Heart-killing Powder that poisoned her was most likely from Xiao Yulong. She had originally wanted to teach him a lesson through Xia Qingyue... How could this be called a lesson? It was simply a beating to death!
Thinking about how he had used his grandfather as a barrier to hold her hand this morning, Xiao Che couldn't help but shudder.
When he returned to his own courtyard, Xia Qingyue was standing quietly in the courtyard. Seeing him come back, she said calmly, "Xiao Yulong was here."
“Ah, yes, I know this. I just saw him in the pharmacy.” Xiao Che carefully glanced at Xia Qingyue’s face and spoke cautiously.
Xia Qingyue ignored him and slightly closed her eyes. A layer of icy cold air lingered around her body.
"Qingyue, can I ask you a question?" Xiao Che took a small step forward and spoke.
“?” Xia Qingyue remained motionless.
"What level is your profound strength?" To be able to beat Xiao Yulong into such an awkward state, he should be at least at the fifth level of the Profound Realm! Sixteen years old and at the fifth level of the Profound Realm... If this spread, Liuyun City would be in an uproar.
Xia Qingyue remained motionless, showing no sign of answering him.
Being ignored, Xiao Che looked depressed. Judging from Xia Qingyue's appearance, she should be practicing the Frozen Cloud Art, the unique profound skill of Frozen Cloud Palace, in silence. He stopped talking, put the things in his hands on the ground, leaned back, crossed his arms, and looked at Xia Qingyue in silence with a leisurely face.
A full quarter of an hour passed in this look.
In the past, Xia Qingyue would stay in her room and practice the Frozen Cloud Art. Apart from her master who would occasionally instruct her, she would be alone at other times, without anyone disturbing her… let alone being stared at by a man.
Although she stood still with her eyes closed, concentrating her mind, and the Ice Cloud Art flowing through her body, she could still feel Xiao Che standing there looking at her, and he kept looking at her, and kept looking at her... His eyes hardly moved away for a moment. His piercing gaze swept over every part of her body again and again, making it impossible for her to completely calm down. She felt uncomfortable all over... After all, she was only a sixteen-year-old girl, and it was a bit difficult for her to achieve a truly calm mind.
For a full quarter of an hour, Xiao Che still stood there, staring at her. Xia Qingyue finally couldn't bear it any longer, she opened her beautiful eyes, looked sideways and said coldly: "Why are you always looking at me!"
"I'm waiting for you to talk to me first." Xiao Che said innocently.
"..." Xia Qingyue suddenly had an urge to kill someone.
"Ahem, actually I have something very important to tell you, but I didn't want to disturb you while you were practicing, so I had to wait." Xiao Che stood up, his face full of sincerity.
“…What’s the matter?” Xia Qingyue asked while suppressing her anger.
“Yes, that’s right.” Xiao Che’s expression became serious. He took a few steps forward, walked in front of Xia Qingyue, and said calmly: “This morning, when I was holding your hand… Hey, hey! No, no, don’t do it! I’m talking about business, business!” Seeing the murderous intent suddenly revealed in Xia Qingyue’s eyes, Xiao Che quickly took several steps back, and his expression became alert… Xiao Yulong’s miserable appearance just now was a bloody lesson… At least Xia Qingyue didn’t really do it, Xiao Che breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: “When I was holding your hand, I took your pulse and found that there was something wrong, very wrong.”
His words did not cause the slightest ripple in Xia Qingyue's eyes... She did not believe it at all.
Although she did feel him secretly touching her wrist when he held her hand this morning, he was a weak man from the Xiao family who was known to everyone in Liuyun City, so he had no idea about the pulse.
But Xiao Che’s next words made Xia Qingyue’s heart tremble slightly.
"Do you wake up from your sleep at 3 a.m. every day? And within 25 minutes of waking up, your whole body is cold and your limbs ache."
Xia Qingyue's eyes moved, and she subconsciously asked: "How do you know?"
Xiao Che continued, "Also, since you started practicing the Frozen Cloud Art, every time you experience a breakthrough in your profound strength, for the next two or three days, won't your entire body become cold, your limbs ache, and you lose your appetite and have trouble sleeping at night?"
Xia Qingyue’s eyes were shaken violently once again… because what Xiao Che said was exactly right!
“And…” Xiao Che walked towards the gate until half of his body was blocked outside the gate. Then he said seriously, “Last time… um… ah…was my period about seven or eight days late?”
Xia Qingyue: “!@#￥%…”
Not sensing any murderous intent from Xia Qingyue, Xiao Che cautiously walked back from the courtyard gate: “Do you believe me this time?”
“How did you know that?” Xia Qingyue frowned slightly.
"Pulse!"
"Can you take a pulse?"
"If I tell you I'm a miracle doctor, do you believe it?" Xiao Che said sincerely.
“If you want to make a joke, go find your aunt.” Xia Qingyue looked away expressionlessly.
Xiao Che certainly didn’t expect Xia Qingyue to believe it. If she really believed it, then there would be something fishy going on: “These are all very serious symptoms, why don’t you ask how to treat them?”
“No need for that.” Xia Qingyue said coldly, “Ice Cloud Art is a profound art unique to Ice Cloud Immortal Palace, and it is full of mysteries. When one first practices Ice Cloud Art, the body will have difficulty adapting to the cold air, and will more or less experience certain negative reactions. This is common knowledge known to everyone in Ice Cloud Immortal Palace, and it is the same for all the sisters and brothers, and even the master and the great master. When one reaches a certain level in Ice Cloud Art, these negative reactions will naturally disappear.”
"Yeah, you're right." Xiao Che nodded in agreement, then said with a smile, "But I finally understand why one must abstain from love and sex once entering Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace... Because even if the women of Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace have a man, they simply cannot give birth. If this gets out, it will damage the reputation of Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace. It would be better to directly cut off the way for Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace disciples to find men, so that this rather shameful secret can be kept forever."
Xia Qingyue’s eyebrows suddenly tilted up, and her eyes suddenly turned cold. For the first time, she was truly angry at Xiao Che: “Shut up! I can tolerate your nonsense... but I will never allow you to insult my sect! If you say anything like this again, I will never forgive you!”
Xiao Che, who had been so cautious and timid before, now showed no fear at all. He smiled and said leisurely, "Whether I said something wrong or not, I know it very well. I can also tell you... the stronger the profound strength, the longer the life span. However, from your pulse, I can be absolutely sure that with the same profound strength, the life span of people from your Frozen Cloud Immortal Palace is nearly one-third shorter than that of people from other sects, or even more!"
"Am I right or wrong?"
Xiao Che's words were like a thunderclap in Xia Qingyue's ears, causing her beautiful eyes to shrink for a moment.
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