"And me!"
Xiao Tao dropped the washbasin and hurried in. She glanced at the zither and gritted her teeth, "Miss, is the young master treating you badly? Whatever you want to do, I will help you, even if it means death!"
"You two..."
Xiang Sheng laughed dumbly and shook his head, saying, "Life is too precious to be wasted like this."
Xiaotao blushed slightly when she heard this.
The lady is always so kind-hearted.
Qin Ji's face darkened slightly as he said, "Miss Sheng, I'm serious."
"I know."
Xiang Sheng sighed helplessly, "Every word you say is sincere. I'm not so confused as to not be able to tell the difference between a joke and the truth. But... Brother Hongyu has done you a favor. Don't you feel any struggle in your heart when you do this?"
"struggle."
Qin Ji laughed self-deprecatingly, "Of course I did at first, but later on, I figured it out. I was able to be a servant because my mother had been one, in accordance with the sect's custom, not because of your merit.
Even if the Master hadn't chosen me, I would have waited in the chores and become an attendant to the other disciples. Qin Ji knew that the Master never took servants like me seriously. However, life ultimately requires something to rely on. I was alone in the sect, bored, and could only rely on him.
Qin Ji said this and suddenly grabbed Xiang Sheng's hand tightly, his eyes red with anxiety. "Before you showed up, I could have gotten away with deceiving myself, but now... Miss Sheng, even if you don't believe me, you must always consider your own safety! Don't hide what he did to you. Only by telling me can I find a way to help you."
Xiang Sheng looked at her quietly for a moment, then suddenly said, "Qin Ji, have you thought it over? Do you really want to betray Xiang Hongyu and follow me?"
As she spoke, she glanced at Xiaotao.
Xiaotao immediately understood and went out to keep watch.
Qin Ji was stunned for a moment, "Miss Sheng, now is not the time to dwell on these things..."
"No, it's just the right time."
Xiang Sheng interrupted her, staring at the piano, his voice flat and serious: "Answer my question."
Qin Ji's heart tightened slightly, and he suddenly felt a sense of pressure.
At this moment, she finally realized that something was wrong.
In her expectation, Miss Sheng would either be angry because of the slander against the young master, or even go to complain, causing herself to be doomed; or she would choose to believe her, panic and lose her mind because of the fear for her life.
However, when she really confessed, Miss Sheng's reaction was pitifully little, or even no reaction at all. Instead, she was extremely interested in her attitude.
However, since she had said this much, it didn't matter if she answered this question.
Thinking of this, Qin Ji nodded solemnly: "Yes, Qin Ji wants to follow you, to help you escape from the Young Master's control and leave the Blazing Flame Sect. It doesn't matter if you don't have the aptitude for cultivation. Fourteen and I will take you to find a secular village and spend the rest of your life there.
Qin Ji knows that such extravagant wishes are not without fantasy, but everything depends on human effort! God has eyes and will not let a kind person like you die here."
"Kind?"
Xiang Sheng pursed his lips, recalling the blood-red sky of Xuanwang City. A hint of mockery flashed in his eyes. "Qin Ji, I'm not as good as you think. Kindness has nothing to do with me. As for whether I'm good or not, you'll be able to tell for yourself after a long time. Now, I want you to do something."
Xiang Sheng narrowed his eyes and said, "Go monitor Xiang Hongyu, but don't eavesdrop or peek specifically to avoid being noticed by him. You just need to tell me everything you see and hear every day, no matter how big or small.
Also, if any letters come in, please show them to me first, and don't rush to send them to him."
"I understand!"
Qin Ji agreed, but his brows did not relax, "But the master is to you..."
"It's okay, I can handle it."
Xiang Sheng smiled faintly: "Also, you don't need to call yourself a slave in front of me. In comparison, I prefer the words qinji."
Like...like?
Qin Ji's cheeks flushed slightly, and she stood up bewilderedly. "Slave... Qin Ji understands. If we delay for too long, the Master might notice something's wrong. Slave... Qin Ji will be leaving now!"
After saying this, Qin Ji hurriedly bowed and fled.
Xiang Sheng raised his eyebrows slightly, what happened suddenly?
She had no time to think about it. After telling Xiaotao to cancel dinner, she returned to her bed, sat cross-legged, cleared her mind, and gradually entered a state of meditation.
Once the consciousness is concentrated, the sensation in the Shenmen acupoint is immediately amplified countless times, and every strand of true energy flowing is clearly visible.
As far as the eye could see, the true essence in the Shenmen acupoint was as black as ink. Less than an hour after returning from Xiang Hongyu's place, the true essence had filled the entire acupoint and was about to overflow.
Furthermore, the Shenmen acupoint was rapidly shrinking, currently only half the size of the Taiyuan acupoint next to it. If it completely shrank, the black essence would likely spread to the surrounding acupoints.
When Xiang Sheng "saw" this scene, he suddenly understood.
No wonder Lu Yushan said she couldn't last a year. This demonic method clearly relied on rapidly devouring nutrients from the acupoints to strengthen one's true essence. It was extremely sinister.
If Xiang Hongyu was allowed to plant true essence in the forty-nine acupuncture points in her body, her acupuncture points would atrophy, her meridians would be broken, and her flesh and blood would disintegrate. She would probably die from the pain and become a mere container of true essence.
How is this different from cannibalism?
Xiang Sheng sighed inwardly. This world of cultivation was truly as he had said, devoid of affection. Blood ties were nothing more than grievances.
After calming herself down, she released her suppression, allowing her own true energy to rush into the Shenmen acupoint and suppress the external true energy.
The dark true energy immediately rioted, and actually split into a number of dark small mouths. They opened their mouths and swallowed the true energy, and the body immediately grew stronger.
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