Chapter 26: Chapter 26: Master Is Injured
Lu Sangjiu didn’t know if Li Qiancheng understood or not. In any case, she hadn’t really been listening, her mind completely focused on inspecting the Elixir Pill from Qin Yu.
’Hmm... a Fourth-rank Nourishing Breath Pill. A decent Healing Pill, but it’s a shame there’s only one.’
So, after Qin Yu finished speaking, Lu Sangjiu looked up at him and said, "Senior Brother Qin, there’s only one Elixir Pill. Don’t I get a share?"
Qin Yu’s brow furrowed, and he sneered, "Lu Sangjiu, do you take me for a sucker?"
"With my level of cultivation, the only one who could have subdued me after I lost my senses would be Li Qiancheng. What could a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator like you possibly do? And you still want to trick me out of an Elixir Pill?"
Before Lu Sangjiu could say a word, Li Qiancheng took offense. "What’s that supposed to mean? My Little Junior Sister helped out a great deal!"
He said, "When your junior sister, Ye Zhiyao, was sent flying by your palm strike, it was my Little Junior Sister who disregarded her own safety to catch her with her body."
"Afterward, when Ye Zhiyao was affected by the Demonic Qi and the power of the Elixir Pills was wreaking havoc in her body, it was also my Little Junior Sister who helped her with the Devouring Spirit Sand."
"You don’t call that helping? Or are you saying the one who helps is the one who just makes things worse by sending people flying with a single slap? Or maybe it’s the one like Ye Zhiyao, who can’t tell right from wrong and stabbed me with her sword while she was perfectly lucid?"
It had to be said, Li Qiancheng knew how to be sarcastic.
His last sentence left Qin Yu speechless, his face even flushing red. He wanted to say a few words in their defense, but he really didn’t know where to begin.
Li Qiancheng’s wound was indeed caused by Ye Zhiyao’s Sword Qi. Moreover, the fact that the wound wasn’t tainted with Demonic Qi was enough to prove that she had injured Li Qiancheng while she was clear-headed.
Their master had already verified all of this; otherwise, he wouldn’t have given them so many things as compensation.
Although he knew his junior sister had acted impulsively for his sake, and he was very moved by it, he was still in the wrong when facing Li Qiancheng.
Seeing him speechless for a long moment, Lu Sangjiu sighed. "It seems Senior Brother Qin has a deep-seated prejudice against me... But I still want to defend myself. I absolutely did not ask just because I was greedy for your Elixir Pill, Senior Brother Qin."
As she spoke, she looked at Li Qiancheng. "It’s because I know that with how much Senior Brother dotes on me, if there’s only one Nourishing Breath Pill, he definitely wouldn’t be able to bring himself to use it. He’d give it to me, since my health has always been poor."
"But Senior Brother was severely injured by Senior Sister Ye. If he doesn’t take it, there’s no telling when he’ll recover."
"That’s why I’m so worried about Senior Brother’s health. I was also afraid that if Senior Sister Ye saw him taking a long time to heal, she would feel guilty. That’s the only reason I asked."
Li Qiancheng: "Little Junior Sister, you’re always thinking of me. I’m so moved!"
Qin Yu: "..."
’Moved, my ass!’
Lu Sangjiu lowered her head wistfully. "It’s a shame my intentions were misunderstood by Senior Brother Qin... But that’s alright. Don’t worry, Senior Brother Qin. When I go visit Senior Sister Ye later, I definitely won’t bring this up and make her worry too."
"Speaking of which, I have some Memory Stones here. I can bring them to Senior Sister Ye to help her pass the time. I’m sure she’ll like them."
Qin Yu: "..."
’Are you sure you’re telling me not to worry, and not threatening me?’
And speaking of Memory Stones, Qin Yu finally remembered the scene of him hiding under a turtle shell had been recorded by Lu Sangjiu with a Memory Stone...
At the time, he had planned on finding an opportunity to "take care of" Lu Sangjiu later. Unfortunately, he was the one who almost ended up getting "taken care of." Only now, after her reminder, did he recall the incident.
’...I absolutely cannot let my junior sister see such a disgraceful sight!’
So, Qin Yu suppressed the bitter resentment he felt for Lu Sangjiu and forced a smile.
"...Junior Sister Lu, my junior sister consumed an overdose of Elixir Pills. After our master helped guide the energy, she went into seclusion for Core Formation. So, for the time being, we won’t trouble you to visit."
As he spoke, he took out another medicine bottle and tossed it to Lu Sangjiu. "This is also a Nourishing Breath Pill, as thanks to Junior Sister Lu for saving my junior sister."
By the end, he was practically grinding his teeth. It didn’t sound like he wanted to repay a debt of gratitude at all; it sounded more like he wanted revenge.
Lu Sangjiu, however, didn’t care in the slightest. She just picked up the medicine bottle with a beaming smile. "I knew Senior Brother Qin wasn’t a bad person. How could you possibly hold a grudge against me?"
Li Qiancheng was completely oblivious to the undercurrents flowing between the two of them. Instead, his expression even softened a little. "Hmph, now that’s more like it."
"Alright, we’ve accepted your things. As you wished, we’re even now. From now on, if there’s no reason, don’t come wandering around our Red Peak!"
Qin Yu was so infuriated by Lu Sangjiu that it felt like a physical pain, yet he was also deeply frustrated with Li Qiancheng for being played for a complete fool. He couldn’t believe how dense his rival was.
Even if Li Qiancheng hadn’t said it, he had no desire to see these two ever again.
So, without another word, Qin Yu flicked his sleeve and strode away quickly.
Li Qiancheng picked up his Nourishing Breath Pill. "Tsk... Qin Yu may be an annoying guy, but he’s much more generous than his master."
"His master only gave us a pile of Third-rank Elixirs, trying to fool us with quantity. But he was willing to part with Fourth-rank Elixirs."
Lu Sangjiu nodded gleefully. "Generous indeed."
’This is great. I didn’t expect any extra rewards. Now, this trip to Luoya Mountain wasn’t a loss in the slightest. It was a massive profit.’
’But I didn’t expect Ye Zhiyao to still have a breakthrough without the Ten Thousand Yang Pill.’
’Maybe there was something else decent in that pile of Elixir Pills?’
’Or maybe after Ye Zhiyao took that whole pile of Elixir Pills, Bai Heng fed her some other precious Elixir Pill to regulate her body and expel the Demonic Qi?’
’Still, Ye Zhiyao has been at Late-stage Foundation Establishment for some time now, so a breakthrough at this point isn’t too surprising.’
’The main thing is that without the Ten Thousand Yang Pill, her cultivation progress after advancing to the Golden Core stage won’t be as fast anymore. For Lu Sangjiu, that’s enough.’
In the days that followed, Lu Sangjiu focused entirely on her cultivation, until the day Duan Xingyun returned.
"Little Junior Sister, come quickly! Master is injured!"
Receiving Li Qiancheng’s message, Lu Sangjiu was startled and hurriedly rushed to Duan Xingyun’s residence.
In the year or so since becoming his disciple, this master of hers, aside from being forgetful, had been truly good to her.
Especially when she was being bullied by Bai Heng, it was Duan Xingyun who helped her, and he even extorted quite a few things for her in return.
Therefore, Lu Sangjiu treated him with genuine sincerity. While she wouldn’t go so far as to say she adored him like her own father, she absolutely did not want to see anything happen to him.
When she arrived at Duan Xingyun’s residence, she found that besides Li Qiancheng, the Sect Leader, Master Qian He, was also there.
Duan Xingyun himself was lying on the bed, sleeping quietly, though his complexion didn’t look very good.
Seeing that Lu Sangjiu had also arrived, Master Qian He finally spoke. "Junior Brother Duan only has you two as disciples within the sect. It is only right that I explain the situation to you both."
From Master Qian He, Lu Sangjiu learned the details of how Duan Xingyun was injured.
The Sect Leader was well aware of Duan Xingyun’s particular problem, so during this trip, he had been paying special attention to him.
Right up until the last day, just as they were about to wrap things up, he couldn’t help but let his guard down a little.
But to his utter surprise, in that brief moment of inattention, something went wrong on Duan Xingyun’s end. Not only did he disrupt their Array, but he also stumbled into the Hundred Evil Array...
