Murong Jinxiu glanced helplessly at the sullen Murong Ning behind her, shook her head, and took a few steps forward. "Brother, do you know that young master from earlier?"
Murong Yun stared intently ahead, her eyes revealing an unreadable emotion. "I don't recognize her. I just think she looks like someone I used to know."
Murong Jinxiu's eyes flickered. Didn't he recognize him? Her intuition was always very accurate. After chatting for a while, he would change the subject every time it came up. Seeing that Murong Yun was unwilling to say more, Murong Jinxiu also felt bored and didn't ask any more questions.
Ji Jiuying stepped in front of everyone, her eyes calm and unreadable, staring intently at Liu Piaopiao. She spoke slowly and deliberately, her voice cold as frost, "If you want to die, just say so."
Just as they were about to speak, the group noticed that the temperature in the air had dropped a few degrees.
Liu Piaopiao felt a little guilty under her cold gaze, but she quickly calmed down and asked, "What do you mean?"
Don't you understand what I mean?
Everyone narrowed their eyes. Xiao Jiu wouldn't say such things for no reason, so Liu Piaopiao must have done something. Could it be that Xiao Jiu didn't go out voluntarily just now? Thinking of this, everyone suddenly realized, and their unfriendly eyes immediately fell on Liu Piaopiao.
"What exactly happened?" the elder asked as he stepped forward.
Seeing everyone looking at her like that, and knowing that many people knew she was behind Ji Jiuying, Liu Piaopiao suddenly had a bright idea when she didn't know what to do. "Xiao Jiu, I... I didn't mean to push you. My leg cramped up, and I just wanted to help you..."
"If I had known you would fly out, I would have cried out in pain rather than help you. I really didn't mean to."
Liu Piaopiao's performance was so convincing, her tears flowed so realistically, that anyone who didn't know better would think Ji Jiuying was bullying her.
Duan Tianliang, standing behind her, looked at Liu Piaopiao with heartache in his eyes, and stepped forward, saying, "Senior Sister, Senior Sister Piaopiao is so kind, she definitely didn't do it on purpose."
Everyone rolled their eyes. Only you, Duan Tianliang, think Liu Piaopiao is kind!
"Senior Sister, you're fine now, so please forgive Senior Sister Liang Piaopiao's unintentional mistake!"
What?
What the heck? Are you trying to morally blackmail me?
An unintentional mistake?
Ji Jiuying snorted coldly. The bear came so fiercely, why did she have to help it up right when it came to her? It was clearly trying to kill her.
"Hehe, in my opinion, she did it on purpose. If it weren't for Xiao Jiu's quick reaction, she probably would have already..." Wen Longting glared angrily at Liu Piaopiao.
"I told you, I didn't do it on purpose!" Liu Piaopiao immediately retorted.
"If it wasn't intentional, then it was deliberate."
"I've already apologized, what more do you want from me?"
"Even if it wasn't intentional, you still have to pay the price!" Ji Jiuying's cold voice rang out, devoid of any emotion.
ah--
Liu Piaopiao screamed and flew off the ground, landing in a nearby puddle. She was instantly soaked to the bone and looked utterly disheveled.
She never expected that Ji Jiuying would be so disrespectful to her, even throwing her into a puddle and causing her to lose face, all in front of so many people.
"you!"
"I'm forgiving you this time because of the Grand Elder. If you dare to do it again... hehe!" Ji Jiuying chuckled lightly, her beautiful smile carrying an indescribable chill.
Knowing she was in the wrong this time, Liu Piaopiao didn't reply. Instead, she looked at Wen Chuyu's face, hoping to see a trace of worry on his face. But she was destined to be disappointed. Wen Chuyu didn't even give her a glance.
Liu Piaopiao lowered her eyes, her hatred intensifying. She wished she could tear Ji Jiuying to pieces. Why hadn't she died after being so unexpectedly attacked?
"Xiao Jiu, are you really alright?" Wen Chuyu asked worriedly.
Hearing this, Liu Piaopiao felt even more resentful towards Ji Jiuying. Why was she able to receive Chu Yu's care and the protection of a group of people, while she was like a clown stuck in this stinky and filthy puddle?
"It's nothing." Ji Jiuying glanced at Liu Piaopiao, then turned to Wen Chuyu and smiled.
"Liu Piaopiao, you're not going to stay in this puddle and not want to come out, are you? If you don't come out soon, we're not going to wait for you," Shen Miaoqing said with a smile.
Liu Piaopiao then realized who wanted to stay here! She quickly got up and walked over, but the pool was too slippery and she got up too fast, so she accidentally fell back into the puddle again, making her look even more disheveled!
Hahahaha!
Wen Longting, Cheng Yue, and the others burst into unrestrained laughter, "Could it be that you really can't bear to leave?"
The First Elder frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure appearing in his eyes as he looked at Liu Piaopiao.
Liu Piaopiao was both ashamed and angry! At this moment, Duan Tianliang finally realized that he had been frightened by Ji Jiuying's slapping aura. He quickly stepped forward and grabbed Liu Piaopiao's hand, "Senior Sister Piaopiao, come and hold my hand."
Liu Piaopiao glared at him. "Idiot, you still know to pull me back!" But even though she was angry, she couldn't show it, because Duan Tianliang was the only one who could pull her back and stand behind her.
Half an hour later.
The group continued their journey in silence.
As we got closer to the summit, the fog thickened, reducing visibility to the point where we couldn't see our hands in front of our faces.
"The wind and fog are too thick, everyone hold hands to avoid getting lost," Feng Che said at the front. Everyone held each other's hands and slowly walked forward.
"Cough cough... Pfft!"
After the coughing, a heart-wrenching pain shot through her brain. Ji Jiuying frowned slightly, glanced back, but the wind and fog were too thick. Then, a loud thud echoed as she hit the ground.
"Jun Lintian! How are you?"
The voice of the Grand Elder came from behind, and Ji Jiuying stopped and walked back. Seeing this, everyone else had no choice but to stop as well and stand close together.
Ji Jiuying came to Jun Lintian's side and saw that his face was terribly pale. Wen Chuyu and the Grand Elder helped him up. Jun Lintian coughed violently again, and then spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Seeing Ji Jiuying's worried expression, her eyes seemed somewhat unfocused and ethereal. "I'm fine~"
"Shut up!"
Ji Jiuying, with a gloomy face, took his hand to check his pulse. After a while, she released his hand, looked at the flowers and plants by the roadside, and her pupils contracted.
Both sides of the road were covered with Gelsemium elegans.
"Ninth Girl, how is she?" The Grand Elder couldn't see Ji Jiuying's expression clearly in the thick fog, so he asked with concern.
"Everyone be careful, the roadside is full of Soul-Severing Grass. Jun Lintian was poisoned by this Soul-Severing Grass." Ji Jiuying's voice came, and everyone moved away from the roadside grass.
Feng Che sensed the area with his divine sense and said, "There's an open space ahead. Let's go there and rest for a bit."
Everyone followed behind. Wen Chuyu carried Jun Lintian on her back, while Ji Jiuying looked at the pool of blood on the ground and fell into deep thought.
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