Murong Xue left behind a parting remark and turned to leave.
This time, she didn’t even intend to stay for a moment.
With Murong Xue’s departure, most of the elders present also left, leaving only one or two elders to start dealing with the damage caused by the battle.
“Alas, these flowers and plants are all money…”
“Move aside, move aside. I’ll repair the mountain…”
……
Lin Xinyi and Yun Yiyi were escorted out of the place by two other elders.
They watched as a barrier for blocking surrounded the battlefield, and then the techniques for restoration began to be used within the barrier.
Although using techniques could handle it quickly, the damaged areas still required spirit stones as nourishment.
After all, if the underground spirit veins were injured, it would be troublesome.
“It seems there’s nothing for us here either. Let’s go.”
Lin Xinyi waved her hand at the barrier that had shut her out, and Yun Yiyi obediently followed behind her.
After all, although such incidents were not common, they had happened before.
Anyway, it would be left to the finance elder and the elder in charge of sect construction and repair to handle it.
Lin Xinyi walked to a tree beside, and found Qin Huaiyin, whom she had hidden, in the bushes.
“This rebellious disciple is quite fortunate. Even a Nascent Soul stage poison can’t do anything to her…”
As Lin Xinyi spoke, she crouched down and extended her fingertip, gently touching Qin Huaiyin’s brow.
She intended to check her body, but unfortunately, her own spiritual power was severely depleted, to the point where she couldn’t even use such a minor perception technique.
‘Damn it, not a drop left…’
“Mas… Master…”
Just as she was about to use a Qingxin Talisman to alleviate Qin Huaiyin’s pain, she hadn’t expected that before she could even take out the talisman paper, a soft call had already sounded in her ear.
Upon hearing the voice, Lin Xinyi’s hand that had been about to take out the talisman immediately stopped.
She turned around and saw Qin Huaiyin weakly open her eyes.
After a moment of daze, Lin Xinyi revealed a cold smile.
“If you hadn’t woken up, I would have thought you were dead. But I didn’t expect this rebellious disciple to be so lucky~”
Although Lin Xinyi knew that the other had ended up like this because she saved her, once she saw that Qin Huaiyin had woken up and was out of danger, she simply put on her usual arrogant demeanor again.
After all, although Lin Xinyi was usually not overly concerned with trivial matters, she was actually very vengeful.
Especially the various humiliations Qin Huaiyin had inflicted on her before; Lin Xinyi remembered them all.
So now, although she didn’t plan to retaliate, her mouth wouldn’t let the other off.
“Mas… Master’s tongue is still so venomous. But that’s also part of Master’s charm…”
Qin Huaiyin staggered to her feet, supporting herself on the tree trunk beside her.
But after taking only two steps, she was about to fall forward again.
Lin Xinyi saw this and instinctively moved to catch her, but unexpectedly, Yun Yiyi was faster and directly supported the falling Qin Huaiyin.
“Junior Disciple, why are you so careless? The poison in your body hasn’t fully dissipated yet. Let your Uncle-Master support you.”
At this moment, Yun Yiyi, facing Qin Huaiyin who was a head taller than her, directly turned around and carried her on her back.
This startled Qin Huaiyin, who had been holding on, because after all, Yun Yiyi was her senior uncle, yet she was taking such care of her.
“Uncle-Master Yun, I can walk by myself!”
“Alright, alright. No need to be so modest at a time like this. Just like your master, so shy~”
Yun Yiyi seemed to be in an excellent mood and didn’t give Qin Huaiyin any chance to refuse.
Although Qin Huaiyin’s body could resist the poison, the poison in her body hadn’t been completely suppressed yet, and she was still very weak.
And Qin Huaiyin, being carried on Yun Yiyi’s back, subconsciously looked at her master Lin Xinyi standing nearby.
The latter had her arms crossed over her chest, her expression unreadable, as cold and indifferent as ever.
Qin Huaiyin wanted to refuse again, but unexpectedly, Lin Xinyi let out a cold snort and walked towards the Grotto-heaven on the mountain.
Lin Xinyi, who had intended to use this opportunity to mock Qin Huaiyin, felt a strange sensation in her heart when she saw Yun Yiyi taking care of her disciple.
It was as if the responsibility she should have taken had been taken away by the other, as if teaching her how to be a good master.
“Master…”
Faced with Lin Xinyi’s figure walking ahead, Qin Huaiyin had words on the tip of her tongue but didn’t know how to say them.
The atmosphere among the three suddenly became awkward.
Only Yun Yiyi, with a smile on her face, hummed a tune softly as she followed behind Lin Xinyi.
Lin Xinyi arrived at the entrance of the Grotto-heaven and gently touched the formation in front of it.
The originally hidden Grotto-heaven appeared.
When the three entered, the original door disappeared.
“Oh hey, I guess I’m finally invited to a friend’s house to play~”
Although Yun Yiyi had been here before, this time she felt an unexpected excitement.
And Lin Xinyi, upon returning to the Grotto-heaven, finally relaxed her tense expression.
When they reached the water pavilion not far away, she sat down.
At this moment, the effects of overdrawing her spiritual power gradually emerged.
Lin Xinyi had been holding on the entire way, afraid of revealing something in front of the other elders.
“Xiao Xinyi, are you alright?”
Yun Yiyi, after placing Qin Huaiyin on a nearby chair, slowly walked over and showed concern for Lin Xinyi.
As a body cultivator, Yun Yiyi had already noticed Lin Xinyi’s weakness from earlier.
But since Lin Xinyi hadn’t asked her for help, she didn’t inquire too much, knowing Lin Xinyi’s proud nature.
Once home, Lin Xinyi no longer pretended.
She simply exhaled a faint breath of frustration and looked at Yun Yiyi standing in front of her.
“You’ve probably seen through my condition long ago. I can fool the Sect Leader, but I can’t fool Elder Yun…”
“Xiao Xinyi…”
Lin Xinyi waved her hand.
Although she had been wary of Yun Yiyi’s inexplicable concern at first, the other’s excitement earlier couldn’t be faked.
Lin Xinyi never thought that someone would actually be so simple-minded for the sake of boring friendship.
Even if it was just an act, since Yun Yiyi had been acting since they met, it might as well be treated as real.
“Xiao Xinyi is my best friend. Some friends keep secrets, but those secrets don’t affect the friendship between two people~”
“You know everything, yet pretend to know nothing. You know that even my approach to you was with a purpose, yet you still want to play this friendship game~”
Lin Xinyi lightly tapped her finger and took out a teapot-like vessel from her space.
With its appearance, the teacups on the table were filled with clear tea.
Yun Yiyi did not respond to Lin Xinyi’s words; she just smiled as if she hadn’t heard.
Seeing her evasive attitude, Lin Xinyi didn’t continue.
She simply picked up the teacup from the table, took a light sip, and then asked.
“Elder Yun was waiting in my Grotto-heaven earlier, obviously looking for me about something. May I ask what Elder Yun wants from me~”
“Actually, I prefer it when Xiao Xinyi calls me Yiyi. Calling me Elder doesn’t sound like a good friend’s address…”
“Uh, then… Yi… Yiyi, is there something you came to see me about?”
Upon hearing the question, Yun Yiyi remembered the purpose of her visit.
She tilted her head slightly, as if contemplating how to ask.
Seeing her hesitating, Lin Xinyi immediately became nervous, afraid that she would ask why she had stabbed her with the knife that day.
After all, when she went to Yun Yiyi’s mountain range that day, not only had she intended to use her, but she had also directly attacked Yun Yiyi.
Although it had no effect, the deed was done.
If she pretended nothing happened and the other insisted on an explanation, it would be hard to bluff her way through.
“I came to see Xiao Xinyi indeed for one matter.”
Lin Xinyi listened, and even the teacup in her hand trembled.
However, Yun Yiyi did not dwell on the matter Lin Xinyi was worried about.
“After all, Xiao Xinyi came to see me that day. I also thought a lot in my Grotto-heaven and felt that this matter still needs to be asked of Xiao Xinyi…”
“What… what matter?”
“What did Xiao Xinyi mean by ‘attacking one’s master’ that day?”
Lin Xinyi had wanted to take a sip of tea to calm her nerves, but she didn’t expect that upon hearing those words, the tea she had just drunk directly choked her, spraying water everywhere.
“You… what did you say!”
“What does ‘attacking one’s master’ mean~?”
Yun Yiyi just sat on the chair, her eyes full of thirst for knowledge.
Lin Xinyi thought she had misheard at first and even asked again unwillingly, but when the other repeated it…
Lin Xinyi suddenly understood that she hadn’t misheard; this was indeed what the other had asked.
And she had specifically come to ask her about such a matter.
At this point, Lin Xinyi didn’t know whether to feel relieved or not.
“That… that means…”
Lin Xinyi stammered nervously, and even her cheeks blushed.
The usually proud and sharp-tongued Lin Xinyi was now so embarrassed she didn’t know how to say it.
“What is it~?”
Yun Yiyi tilted her head slightly, pressing on with her questions.
Meanwhile, Qin Huaiyin, who had been leaning on the chair to neutralize the poison, slowly opened her eyes.
“If Uncle-Master Yun wants to know this, why bother asking Master~”
“Wait!”