After the woman had completely left, the resolute look in Yiting's eyes quickly turned into confusion.
A faint mist appeared in her eyes.
Although Xia Zihan's slap didn't land, her heart felt like a porcelain vase that had been smashed to the ground. Even though it looked intact on the outside, it was full of cracks inside.
Yi Ting knew in her heart that today's events were just the beginning. As long as she remained by her master's side, that jealous woman would not let it go.
She slowly walked to the bedside and sat down, her hands unconsciously clutching the sheets. At that moment, Yiting felt an unprecedented sense of helplessness.
"Perhaps, I really am just deceiving myself, just like that lady said."
A low voice echoed in the empty room, tinged with self-mockery. Tears welled up and fell onto the sheets, staining them with a small, dark patch.
She knew that her current strength was inferior to Xia Zihan's, and she also knew that her conversation with that woman was a crucial opportunity for her.
But she couldn't bear to leave Qin Luo, even for a short time. More than once, she wondered if Qin Luo would quickly forget her if she really left? Would he become closer to Xia Zihan?
This is the thing she absolutely cannot accept!
"Master, what should Yiting do..." Yiting murmured softly, her tears reflecting her helplessness and confusion.
Suddenly, Yiting's arm touched the medicine bag, which made her heart tremble.
She quickly opened the bag and looked at the medicinal herbs inside. A glimmer of hope rekindled in her heart, and a perfect solution was born in her mind.
"Xia Zihan! I'll get my revenge for this slap sooner or later, but before that, I won't let Master stay by your side any longer..."
Yi Ting gripped the medicine bag tightly, her fingers turning white from the force. She then abruptly wiped away the tears welling in her eyes, and wisps of spiritual flame surged from her dantian, rushing towards the medicine bag...
In the Lin family hall, the meeting was coming to an end, and everyone gradually dispersed.
After parting ways with Xia Qi, Qin Luo and Xia Qi each went back to their own rooms. Looking at the darkening night, a cold wind blew by, making Qin Luo shiver.
"Something just feels off to me."
Although the meeting went very smoothly, Qin Luo still felt like someone was missing.
"Oh! I almost forgot, that spirit-absorbing iron piece is still with Yiting. I knew I'd forgotten something."
Qin Luo clapped his hands lightly, then turned and walked towards the guest room where Yi Ting was.
Knock knock knock
"Yi-ting, it's me."
"Ah! Master."
Qin Luo heard a slightly hurried sound in the corridor. After a while, the door opened, and Yi Ting looked at him with a flustered expression.
Qin Luo frowned slightly at her anxious appearance, stepped into the house, and scanned the room. The room was somewhat messy, and a faint fragrance of medicinal herbs wafted into his nose.
He then turned to Yiting and asked, "Were you refining pills just now?"
"I...I was just trying to refine some small pills, Master," Yi Ting stammered, her eyes darting away, not daring to look Qin Luo in the eye.
Hearing her answer, Qin Luo didn't think much of it. He figured this girl must have just received the medicinal herbs from Elder Lin and was itching to refine pills.
Shaking his head, Qin Luo sat down on the edge of the bed and looked at Yi Ting, saying:
"Yi Ting, do you still remember that spirit-absorbing iron shard I asked you to get back then?"
"Spirit-absorbing iron plate?"
Yi Ting looked puzzled for a moment, then remembered and quickly took out the rusty piece of iron from her body.
"Is this what you mean, Master?"
Qin Luo nodded, examined it carefully for a while, and then pondered:
"Yi Ting, now channel your spiritual energy into this piece of iron."
Yi Ting was puzzled, wondering why Qin Luo suddenly asked her to do this, but she still slowly began to mobilize the spiritual energy in her body, and wisps of emerald green spiritual energy emerged from her hands and were sent toward the iron plate.
The iron sheet did not react as spiritual energy was injected.
Qin Luo's gaze was also fixed on the extremely ordinary piece of iron, his heart filled with anticipation.
Seeing that Qin Luo did not make her stop, Yi Ting continued to increase the amount of spiritual energy she was channeling. The emerald green spiritual energy flowed like a trickle of water converging into a river, continuously surging towards the iron sheet.
However, half an hour later, the iron sheet remained lying there quietly, without any change, just like an ordinary piece of rusty iron.
At this moment, Yi Ting's face began to turn pale, which was a sign that her spiritual energy was about to be depleted.
Qin Luo had anticipated this scene; relying solely on Yi Ting's spiritual energy would definitely not be enough.
In a moment of turmoil, he had already arrived behind Yiting. He then reached out and gently placed his hand on Yiting's back, and a powerful yet warm spiritual energy slowly flowed into Yiting's body.
Streams of emerald-like spiritual energy surged into her dantian, quickly merging with Yiting's nearly depleted spiritual energy, flowing along her dantian, replenishing her lost spiritual energy.
Yi Ting felt a warm current flow into her body. Her originally exhausted and spiritually depleted Qi Sea was like parched land receiving rain, regaining its vitality.
However, she was puzzled as to why her master didn't directly channel spiritual energy into the iron plate, but instead chose to do it in this way.
With this question in mind, Yi Ting continued to channel spiritual energy into the iron plate, but the iron plate still did not react at all, like a bottomless black hole. No matter how much spiritual energy was injected, it was silently swallowed up without causing a ripple.
An hour passed quietly like that.
Qin Luo's expression also began to darken. This spirit-absorbing iron piece was quite strange. At first, it absorbed spiritual energy very slowly, but as time went on, the suction force became stronger and stronger, like a giant beast gradually opening its bloody maw.
Qin Luo felt his spiritual energy surge uncontrollably towards Yi Ting's dantian, like a river bursting its banks, and then gather on the iron plate.
Watching the stars in his Qi Sea gradually dim, Qin Luo gritted his teeth and persevered. He refused to believe that his Qi Sea universe couldn't feed this mere piece of iron!
Another hour passed, and now a gluttonous suction force was continuously emanating from the iron plate. This suction force even passed directly through Yi Ting to Qin Luo's Qi Sea. The stars in his Qi Sea trembled, and countless streams of spiritual energy were forcibly pulled, surging towards the iron plate like a raging tide.
Qin Luo's face also began to turn pale, large beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, and a faint sense of weakness came from his body.
"Heh, I never thought I'd have a day when my spiritual energy is depleted?"
Qin Luo chuckled to himself, looking at the stars in his dantian that had all dimmed, and sighed helplessly.
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