Chapter 247: Senior Sister Li, I Can Only Help You to This Point
“Honestly, if I go much further, I think I might just break through to the Transformation God realm myself.”
Bai Feng sat cross-legged on the bed, a square Spirit Stone sitting beside him—though all the spiritual energy inside had already been drained.
He glanced over at Bai Yu Mo, who had smoothly broken through to the Transformation God realm and was now meditation-posing like a Zen master.
“Looks like everything’s going pretty smoothly!”
Yun Yue Yao casually draped her arm around Bai Feng’s, leaning comfortably against him.
Bai Feng silently cast her a quick side-eye. Ever since Bai Yu Mo mentioned wanting to breakthrough to the Transformation God, she immediately started plotting ways to help her.
Because Bai Yu Mo’s breakthrough to Yuan Ying was still fresh, reaching the Transformation God stage wasn’t exactly a walk in the spiritual park. To push her over the edge, Yun Yue Yao took out another Spirit Stone still bursting with half its spiritual energy, plus some pills and auxiliary props. Only then did Bai Yu Mo manage to succeed.
noticing Bai Feng’s gaze, Yun Yue Yao seemed to guess his thoughts. She slightly averted her eyes and pouted, somewhat displeased: “This secret realm is too dangerous. Only after Bai Yu Mo crosses to the Transformation God can we be a little safer. Otherwise, I really don’t want to share you with anyone else!”
“……”
Bai Feng chuckled wryly, reaching out to ruffle her hair. But she wasn’t having it—she suddenly clung to him so tight it was like she was hanging on for dear life.
Her fingers lightly brushed over Bai Feng’s chest, a little smile on her face: “So, should we—”
“I’ve finished practicing,” Bai Feng cut her off.
Suddenly, Bai Yu Mo’s eyes snapped open, expression blank as she turned her head to look at Bai Feng and Yun Yue Yao. Then she walked over, wrapping her arms around Bai Feng’s.
Though grateful for Yun Yue Yao’s help—without those Spirit Stones and pills, she wouldn’t have succeeded so easily—it was one thing to be thankful, another to simply hand Bai Feng over. No way!
“Alright, enough messing around. Enemies won’t give us much time,” Bai Feng said with a bit of a tired shake of his head. He reached over to his storage bag by the bed, pulling out a fresh outfit.
……
“Hopefully, it worked,” Li Zhi Yi whispered nervously as she stared at the injured person in front of her.
“The demon energy inside her is indeed weakening,” Zuo Qiu nodded, solemn. “If this doesn’t work this time, let me try next. We don’t have all day to waste.”
Li Zhi Yi looked up at Zuo Qiu, who still wore that serious expression, and then gently moved herself aside, hugging her arms.
She remembered Zuo Qiu showing her a ‘method’ to purge demon energy—except that she thought it was outright torture. Who in their right mind would think to stuff flames into a sick person’s body? The screams and that ferocious look on the brother’s face still haunted her.
‘As expected, Senior Brother Bai is terrifying! Even his servant looks scary!’
Her fear of Bai Feng only deepened.
Meanwhile, Bai Feng, planning to push open the door, received a system notification:
【Ding! Detected host’s mountain-shaking strike; successfully intimidated Li Zhi Yi by using Zuo Qiu. Her inner fear deepened. Reward Luck Points +321, All Attribute +32.】
“What does this mean?”
Bai Feng looked puzzled—what exactly did Zuo Qiu do to trigger the system?
He hurried to open the door, only to find everything normal inside: Zuo Qiu and Li Zhi Yi standing near a wounded person, seemingly helping with the treatment. If he were being picky, they were a bit distant from each other.
Li Zhi Yi trembled when she saw Bai Feng walk in.
“Senior Brother isn’t practicing? Why is he here so quickly?”
And why come to her! Could it be that Bai Feng saw her as trouble and planned to get rid of her?
While Li Zhi Yi was lost in her thoughts, Bai Feng also picked up on her changing expression.
Honestly, he hadn’t wanted to come here in the first place. But the enemy this time was pretty dangerous, and from his observations and guesses, Li Zhi Yi was key to the whole incident.
Without her, the only one capable of suppressing demon energy in the secret realm was Li Zhi Yi herself. Zuo Qiu could do it too, but her methods were limited and energy-draining—probably unfit for a big showdown.
Plus, the Nine-Tailed Fox just happened to be nearby Li Zhi Yi. If he didn’t help the Fox purge the demon energy within her, it was highly likely the Fox would appear in front of her, and then she’d use her exquisite healing techniques to suppress the demon energy inside the Nine-Tailed Fox, transforming it into a powerful Spirit Pet.
So he was thinking of giving her a push—speeding up the process to catch the puppet master behind the scenes. After all, the threat from the puppet master was very real.
But he also noticed she was scared of him. His approach might lower her favorability, so he mentally prepared an excuse beforehand: “Junior Brother Sun asked me to come check on the wounded.”
He wasn’t lying. As soon as he stepped out, he ran into Junior Brother Sun, who then asked him to help inspect the injured—everything was smooth.
(Back at the camp, Junior Brother Sun was watching the building where Li Zhi Yi was, side lips curling: Li Senior Sister, I can only help you to this point.)
At that moment, Li Zhi Yi’s expression subtly shifted.
She lowered her head, fists clenched at her teeth—so it was you, putting me in danger, Junior Brother Sun! Just wait!
“Master,”
Zuo Qiu hurried over and bowed. “How are you recovering?”
Bai Feng nodded, quietly curious about what Zuo Qiu did to scare Li Zhi Yi so thoroughly.
“I appreciate the Young Master’s concern. I’m nearly recovered,” she replied.
“That’s good,” Bai Feng glanced at the injured person, who kept her eyes shut tight, eyebrows furrowed as if enduring some pain. Intrigued, he asked, “What are you guys doing?”
“We’re testing a new method to purge demon energy,” Zuo Qiu explained. “I demonstrated my technique earlier to Li Senior Sister, and she’s been refining it based on what I showed her. The effect so far is pretty good—demon energy has been significantly reduced.”
“Hm…”
He seemed to realize why Li Zhi Yi was so frightened of Zuo Qiu. He remembered Zuo Qiu once said she used his method with fire to purge demon energy from a Refining God Sect disciple.
Though effective, it was… well, somewhat like torture. He still remembered how she burst into tears during that process.
Not sure how effective the improved method was, but looking at the patient, she didn’t seem as miserable as before.
Then Zuo Qiu suddenly looked at the person lying on the bed. The patient’s brow had relaxed, and she was gurgling out a mouthful of turbid air.
She hesitated a moment, then quickly turned to shout at Bai Feng and Li Zhi Yi: “The demon energy is gone!”
