Chapter 19 Just Friends
The mixed medicinal powder spread throughout the room. Xu Jingjie grabbed whatever she could salvage nearby and ran outside as fast as she could.
As the sect's number one troublemaker, Xu Jingjie has offended countless people, but his precious pills have remained intact to this day, with no one daring to detonate them except for Yan Shuoyun. This is, of course, because the vast majority of them are poisonous, the kind of poison for which even Xu Jingjie himself has no antidote.
Now that Yan Shuoyun has blown it up so recklessly, the pills have turned into powder and mixed together. Who knows what the effect will be?
Having known Xu Jingjie for so long, Yan Shuoyun naturally knew what kind of pills the latter possessed. After the explosion, he retreated without pausing, grabbing Xu Jingjie who was a step too slow. Once outside in the open space, he raised his hand and cast a water purification spell, causing a waterfall to cascade down, instantly soaking the two who had just escaped death.
Xu Jingjie's breathing was still a little rapid, and he quickly checked himself over.
Although he came out in time, he was still affected to some extent. His limbs were stiff and his spiritual energy flow was sluggish. He dared not imagine what would have happened if he had come out a little later.
Xu Jingjie took several deep breaths, wiped her face with her clumsy hand, turned her head and gritted her teeth at the person next to her, "Madman!"
Yan Shuoyun, on the other hand, remained calm and even smiled, saying, "You flatter me."
Xu Jingjie—!
What kind of gentle and polite senior brother, what kind of model disciple of the sect?! Pah!!
Are those people blind?! This person is clearly even crazier than him!
No matter what, he never risked his own life.
In his opinion, Elder Ren should take advantage of the opportunity and run as far away as possible! It would be better to stick with that scumbag ex than to provoke a madman!
Xu Jingjie held his breath for a long time before finally exhaling deeply. After a while, he gritted his teeth and asked, "What brought you here today?"
One doesn't visit the temple without a reason.
Speak your mind, get to the point, and get out of here!
Yan Shuoyun said, "I want you to help me prepare some things that we might need in the secret realm."
Xu Jingjie couldn't help but turn her head and glance at him.
The only thing he needed to prepare was elixirs, but while he was a medical cultivator, he was only a novice in alchemy. This "novice" wasn't due to a lack of talent, but rather because while others refined elixirs, he refined poisons. The effects of these poisons were self-evident; one could guess from the disheveled state of the two who had hastily escaped.
Even so, Xu Jingjie didn't think Yan Shuoyun would use it for himself. After all, for the latter, using a knife was much more satisfying than using poison, which took time to take effect. So, was Yan Shuoyun using it for his "golden house to keep a mistress"?
Xu Jingjie wasn't actually very familiar with the "golden house hidden away" woman, even though he had indeed rescued her. She was a rare sample who had used the Spirit Shaping Pill, and Xu Jingjie was very curious about her reshaped spiritual root, but he hadn't had much contact with her.
It wasn't that Xu Jingjie had a change of heart, but rather that Yan Shuoyun was very protective. Although Xu Jingjie often liked to provoke people in dangerous situations, he was very good at knowing where to draw the line—if he didn't have that ability, he would have been expelled from Xuanqing Sect long ago—he was quite well-behaved in this matter.
Xu Jingjie was highly suspicious that he had studied the spiritual root that Elder Ren had reshaped the day before, and that this man surnamed Yan was able to dig out his spiritual root the next day.
Yan Shuoyun glanced at the person next to him and immediately guessed what the other person was thinking. He explained, "It's for Yan Er. She passed the competition."
The grand competition that Yan Shuoyun mentioned was naturally the grand competition that Dongzhou specially sent people to Xuanqing Sect for.
The quota for high-level cultivators to enter the secret realm had already been decided during the previous negotiations between the two continents. After all, fighting among high-level cultivators would cause too much commotion, and at that level, there would always be one or two secret techniques that could lead to mutual destruction if one wasn't careful, so it wasn't appropriate to determine the quota through a contest. However, it was different for the disciples with lower cultivation levels. The latter were also the main force in this inter-continental competition—the disciples selected to enter the secret realm would be chosen based on the results of the competition.
Most of these disciples were not highly skilled, and after entering the secret realm, they could only wander around the outer perimeter without gaining much. However, they were, after all, the next generation of their sects and represented the future development of those sects. Both sects and aristocratic families in both continents attached great importance to the outcome.
Yan Shuoyun hadn't actually thought that Yan Er would be shortlisted. After all, although Yan Er had good aptitude and comprehension, her physical condition and cultivation level were not outstanding among her peers. Yan Shuoyun hadn't expected that this debt-collecting girl would actually prove herself.
To be honest, from his brother's perspective, Yan Shuoyun didn't really want Yan Er to enter the secret realm at this time.
After all, Yan'er's cultivation level was still shallow, and once she entered the secret realm, her life or death was in the hands of fate. This secret realm had just appeared, and no one knew what was inside. Even Yan Shuoyun could not guarantee that he could leave unscathed, let alone Yan'er, who only had that little cultivation level.
But this is ultimately Yan'er's own path.
Yan Shuoyun will not stop Yan Er from seizing the opportunity she earned herself, nor can he stop her.
What else could he do? He could only worry more and make all sorts of preparations for the girl before entering the secret realm.
Yan Shuoyun was extremely worried about the girl, while Ren Yi was equally concerned about the girl's upcoming entry into the secret realm.
If Yan Shuoyun was "somewhat surprised" that the girl had won the spot, then Ren Yi was "extremely surprised." After all, in his impression, this little sister Yan was well-behaved, obedient, and shy all the time. She was a very delicate girl. Considering her identity as a medical cultivator, Ren Yi naturally felt that this little girl was not good at fighting with others.
However, after watching several major competitions in the past few days, the impression Ren Yi had built up over the past three years was like a glass window that had been smashed by a stone, shattered into pieces.
On the arena, the little girl's skill with silver needles was superb, often rendering her opponents unable to move without warning.
Moreover, relying on her understanding of the human body as a medical cultivator, Yan'er often used a fighting style of exchanging injury for injury, using the least cost to inflict the heaviest damage on the opponent. That reckless and crazy spirit forced not only cultivators of the same level, but even those with higher cultivation levels than her to retreat.
The difference in cultivation level between low-level cultivators is not as precipitous as an insurmountable chasm. Once the opponent loses in terms of momentum, defeat is only natural.
They won, but the way they won made Ren Yi turn his head to look at Yan Shuoyun. "Your sister, aren't you going to do anything about this?"
Yan Shuoyun, who always doted on his younger sister, showed an unusually calm attitude this time. He said in an almost indifferent tone, "Yan Er is also a cultivator. I can't protect her for the rest of my life."
Ren Yi: "..."
The logic is sound, and he understands it. But looking at little Yan covered in blood, and then at Yan Shuoyun who remained completely unmoved, Ren Yi couldn't help but show a shocked expression. This is his own brother?!
However, one of Ren Yi's previous doubts was finally resolved.
Yan Shuoyun usually indulges Yan Er to an almost limitless degree, so why is Yan Er still so afraid of her brother? Judging from the way Yan Er acted on the arena, one can only imagine how much hardship the young girl endured during her training.
Despite the foreshadowing, Ren Yi was still startled when he saw Yan Er's face covered in blood, her silver needles all used up, and then she immediately took out a long knife from her storage bag and approached him expressionlessly.
However, Ren Yi wasn't the only one startled. The male cultivator who should have had the advantage was also taken aback by Yan Er's reckless attitude. He instinctively took a step back to avoid her attack, but forgot that he was on the edge of the arena and lost his footing, falling off. After he fell, Yan Er, who was already exhausted, swayed on the stage, but stubbornly held on until the referee announced the winner before collapsing.
Ren Yizhen never expected that Yan'er was such a competitive young girl.
Despite his shock, he was still worried about letting Yan'er go to the secret realm like this.
Although Yan'er's cultivation level allowed her to enter the secret realm, she was always on the outer perimeter. However, the inner and outer perimeters of the secret realm are relative; where is there an absolutely safe place? Putting aside the mechanisms and formations within the secret realm, the demonic beasts have legs, and no one can guarantee that the demonic beasts in the core area won't wander off to the outer perimeter. For a low-level disciple, encountering one would be a catastrophic disaster.
As the (former) master of the secret realm, Ren Yi still has some tricks up his sleeve.
After confirming the quota for Yan'er to enter the secret realm, Ren Yi had been preparing for this, and now it was finally done.
At the door, Yan'er peeked in, looked around first, and when she saw that her brother wasn't there, she skipped over and asked excitedly, "Brother Ren, you were looking for me?"
Ren Yi nodded, beckoned the little girl over, and handed her a sword-shaped jade pendant.
Yan'er's eyes lit up, and she asked formally, "For me?" before happily taking it from her hand.
She held the pendant up to the light, her eyes sparkling, and exclaimed, "So beautiful!"
Yan'er's words were truly sincere.
Although anything given by Brother Ren, even a clod of mud, would appear beautiful in Yan'er's filtered eyes, this pendant was truly stunning. It was the kind of jade pendant that Yan'er would find beautiful even without Ren Yi's influence.
Ren Yi was used to Yan Er's praise. The sword shape of the jade pendant was the sword that came with his Sword Master's armor, Frost Condensation.
Even back then, "Frostbite" was a very beautiful sword.
Of course, just as beautiful as it is dangerous.
Ren Yi looked up at Yan Er.
The little girl really liked the pendant. She looked so soft, happy, and excited right now that you couldn't tell how she had managed to scare someone off the stage with her fierce energy during the competition.
The stark contrast left Ren Yi with a slightly complicated feeling, but after a brief pause, he still instructed, "When you enter the secret realm, remember to take this pendant with you."
There is a divine soul imprint of the "master of the secret realm" on it.
With it present, Yan'er will be protected by the entire secret realm after entering it.
—Although Sword Master Qingran did not leave any mark back then, with Ren Yi in disguise, whether or not this thing exists is still up to him.
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