"Qingyun?" Xiao Linyi took a step closer to Chu Xinxin in an unfriendly tone.
Chu Xinxin took a step back: "Well... after all, I was with Qingyun just now, and he likes Qingyun because of me..."
"Also?" Xiao Linyi's gaze darkened.
"What I mean is, I'm the Ringwraith's master, he likes me, and Qingyun is my friend. Isn't it normal to like your master's friend..."
Xiao Linyi ignored all explanations and cornered Chu Xinxin against the door, leaning down menacingly. Chu Xinxin instinctively closed her eyes...
"Click." A cool metal bracelet appeared on my hand.
Chu Xinxin opened her eyes and saw that Xiao Linyi had actually used a magical artifact that looked like handcuffs to connect their hands together.
"No, Xiao Linyi, where did you get so many of these things for binding people?"
Chu Xinxin really tied up Q.
Xiao Linyi remained calm and took Chu Xinxin's hand without intending to answer her question.
Sister, please bear with it. I can't let this get out.
The perpetrator felt no remorse; after harming others, he even advised them to be magnanimous.
"System, I really am..."
[Waaaaah, I had no choice.]
Chu Xinxin temporarily suppressed her resentment. She sent the spirit ring back to the Sumeru Ring, then took a rope, threaded it through, and hung it around her neck.
The pursuers outside should be gone. Xiao Linyi reopened the mechanism, and the two went out together.
"Where to?" Chu Xinxin asked.
"Find the phoenix." Xiao Linyi took out a thin talisman and used his spiritual power to draw a complex symbol on it. The symbol changed and transformed on the paper, finally turning into an arrow pointing southeast.
Chu Xinxin had no choice but to follow.
The southeast is where the spiritual energy is strongest; everyone knows that if there really is a living phoenix, it must be there.
At this point in time, most of the Phoenix Holy Land had already been explored, so the hundred or so people headed southeast.
Xiao Linyi was determined to help Chu Xinxin get the phoenix egg. He swept away any who dared to approach him on the way with a single sword stroke.
Perhaps seeing his strength, a group of people followed him all the way. After dealing with yet another foolish person, Xiao Linyi turned around and asked in a cold voice, "How much longer are you going to follow us?"
“Hey, do you think this road is yours? You think we can just walk on it whenever we want?” A petite figure among them stepped forward and replied.
The person was also covering their face, but the voice sounded somewhat familiar.
[Sister, do you still remember that Fire Orchid Grass? She was the female cultivator in the pale yellow gauze dress, a direct descendant of the Chu family of Zhongzhou, named Chu Qian.]
The moment the system mentioned it, Chu Xinxin remembered it.
Xiao Linyi didn't care who it was; if they ignored the warning, he would just start fighting.
Seeing that her people still couldn't last a single move against Xiao Linyi, Chu Qian felt ashamed and charged at Chu Xinxin with her sword. Xiao Linyi turned around and knocked her sword away.
The person lying on the ground seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, the tip of his sword aimed directly at Xiao Linyi's weak point. Chu Xinxin pulled Xiao Linyi back along the handcuffs, and due to inertia, she went forward to meet the attacker. The attacker used a hook, which happened to snag Chu Xinxin's hat. The person pulled her back, and Chu Xinxin's face was immediately exposed to the attacker.
"Chu Xinxin?" Chu Qian exclaimed, then anger flashed across her face: "Give me back my Fire Orchid!"
"You, does the Fire Orchid have your name on it? I can just take it if I want it." Chu Xinxin retorted, using what she had just said as a reference.
Chu Qian's face flushed red with anger: "What are you so arrogant about?! Relying on this person next to you? Hmph, once you enter the Holy Land, even if True Person Zichen can't protect you, you've found another protector? You're so fickle, and you're even using the name of my Central State Chu family!"
Xiao Linyi's aura dropped, and he wanted to make her shut up, but Chu Xinxin pinched him with her hand, signaling him not to move, and then calmly replied: "The last person who said that to me immediately lost his family's treasure. What? Are you going to offer your Chu family's Heaven-level spiritual treasure to your great-aunt?"
Furthermore, don't say I'm acting in the name of your Central State Chu family; I'm acting in the name of True Person Zichen, okay? Our Sect Master could crush you all with a single finger. Isn't it better to rely on him? What are you anyway?
"You're dreaming! Even if our family's treasure is destroyed, we won't let you touch it!" Chu Qian glared at Chu Xinxin. "Hmph, just as the rumors say, you have no skills at all and only know how to rely on men. The martial arts competition that Dongzhou went to so much trouble for is a joke, isn't it?"
Chu Xinxin's smile remained unchanged: "You can scold me all you want, why are you dragging yourself into it? Weren't those people who fought for you men? Or do you select people in Zhongzhou based on who's the funniest?"
"If you're so good at talking, then have a match with me. If you lose, give me back the Fire Orchid!"
After Chu Qian finished speaking, she flew up. Chu Xinxin didn't move and was still smiling. She felt something was wrong and wanted to back down, but it was too late. Xiao Linyi put his sword to her neck: "Tell your people to get lost."
The people Chu Qian brought retreated far away. Xiao Linyi slapped her away, grabbed Chu Xinxin, and retreated. They quickly disappeared from sight.
"Chase!" Chu Qian clutched her chest, her eyes filled with malice.
Sister, they've sprinkled a trackable powder on you.
Xiao Linyi noticed this as soon as the system finished speaking.
The two quickly changed their clothes and then found a fork in the road opposite to their destination to hang their clothes on a tree.
Chu Xinxin finished hanging up the clothes and continued forward, but Xiao Linyi did not move.
"Let's go." Chu Xinxin was confused. Xiao Linyi glanced at the "innocent" Chu Xinxin, and his hesitation was immediately replaced by possessiveness: "I'll buy it for you when we get back."
He didn't make any move after he finished speaking, and Chu Xinxin's clothes hanging on the tree were instantly shattered.
Why is Xiao Linyi's possessiveness getting stronger and stronger? Sister, after we went out, I felt like you couldn't leave his side for even a moment.
"Isn't it because you just taught the Ringwraiths to say that their big brother is Qingyun?"
"Sister, the only way to distract Xiao Linyi was to mention Qingyun." The system refused to admit it, saying pitifully, "I only exposed myself in front of the Ringwraiths to help you steal the Burnt Tail."
Okay, Chu Xinxin admitted it.
With Xiao Linyi around, Chu Xinxin didn't have to worry about any traps, obstacles, or fantasies along the way; she could just relax and be a carefree couch potato.
[Sister, could you at least offer me some water or wipe my sweat? At this rate, when will your affection level ever be maxed out?]
The system is so worried. It feels that Chu Xinxin's already unambitious heart is being spoiled by Xiao Linyi. This world is fine, but what about the next world? It's impossible to meet someone as good as Xiao Linyi in every world.
"Oh, but I feel he doesn't need it."
Whether you need it or not is another matter; whether you do it or not is up to you.
"All right."
Chu Xinxin readily agreed and wiped Xiao Linyi's sweat, which increased her favorability rating by a few points. She then handed him a pot of water, which increased it by a few more points.
After drinking three or four pots of water, Xiao Linyi finally raised his hand to refuse: "You can just stand there."
Chu Xinxin said to the system, "See, I told you he didn't need it."
system:【……】
Upon reaching the palace with the most abundant spiritual energy, Xiao Linyi's talisman stopped changing; the phoenix egg should be here.
Xiao Linyi pulled Chu Xinxin inside.
System: [Sister, the one inside is fake, and there are many arrays and barriers set up here. Don't waste your time.]
Chu Xinxin: "Hmm? So the phoenix egg you marked on the map is here..."
[The coordinates are correct, but the real phoenix egg is beneath the fake one. This means there's an underground palace beneath this main palace, with the entrance to the phoenix tree to your right.]
Xiao Linyi had already begun to break the formation when Chu Xinxin quickly stopped him: "Xiao Linyi, I have something to tell you about an egg."
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