In the silent room, the dim red candlelight flickered, casting alluring shadows. In this ambiguous atmosphere, the woman reached out to touch the man's face...
"Slap!"
Qin Si couldn't help but slap Bai Shengyi's hand away.
"What are you doing!"
The others, including the Profound Eye Tiger, had already withdrawn. Qin Si didn't hide his displeasure towards Bai Shengyi.
This woman was simply too much! Pushing her luck!
Why treat him like this? Did she... did she not know that it was improper for a woman to touch a man so casually! Truly... truly...
Qin Si was momentarily speechless, unable to find the right words to describe it, which only made him angrier.
"Why are you reacting so strongly?" Bai Shengyi chuckled.
If she had only been guessing before, now she was absolutely certain! This guy was definitely that stubborn Qin Si!
"Vice Dean, I was only trying to relieve your tension by massaging the acupoints on your face to proceed with the next step of your treatment. You know yourself how bad your current condition is. If it's not resolved in time, the only thing waiting for you is a body explosion."
Looking at Bai Shengyi's serious explanation, Qin Si felt even more uneasy for some reason.
He was also displeased. How could Bai Shengyi be so calm and composed? And she was the one who made such a misleading move, yet she was blaming him now?
Qin Si's expression darkened, and he stared at Bai Shengyi silently.
Bai Shengyi smiled back at him, appearing very calm.
If it were anyone else, she might have backed down and obediently treated them earlier.
But for some reason, towards Qin Si, she always subconsciously believed that no matter what, this man wouldn't harm her.
Perhaps it was because although he was often sharp-tongued, poisonous, and unforgiving, he would still help her whenever she encountered difficulties.
Thinking of this, Bai Shengyi's heart softened, and she decided not to argue with him anymore. "So, Vice Dean, can we continue?"
Qin Si was silent for a moment. "Continue."
He didn't believe she could eat him whole!
But soon, Qin Si regretted speaking too soon.
The woman's slender fingers felt like they carried lightning spiritual energy. Wherever they passed, a slight tingling sensation arose, both itchy and painful, in a strange way...
Qin Si gritted his teeth, desperately wanting to shove Bai Shengyi away. But before he could act, a familiar sharp pain suddenly struck his mind...
Before losing consciousness, Qin Si only managed to let out an enraged roar: "Bai Shengyi!"
He would never trust this woman again! She had actually knocked him out again!
"Tsk tsk, don't be so angry just yet. When you wake up, you'll be thanking me for curing most of your illness."
After speaking, Bai Shengyi summoned the Samsara Brush into her hand and quickly waved it. "Little Samsara, it's up to you."
The Samsara Brush was unusually enthusiastic about this.
"My dearest Master, the brush is ready." The light on the brush gradually melted, finally converging into a green light in mid-air that shot into Qin Si's body, transforming into a giant net that tightly bound the nameless flames...
Bai Shengyi closed her eyes and focused, her spiritual power surging out rapidly, passing through layers of scorching flames, all the way to Qin Si's Dantian.
"Boom!"
"Pfft!"
As soon as Bai Shengyi approached, she was repelled by the immense pressure inside the Dantian, spitting out blood directly.
"Hey! If you don't let me in, how can I help you deal with the fire poison?" Bai Shengyi patiently communicated with the Dantian.
For cultivators, the Dantian was like a second self. After forming the Golden Core, it would gradually develop self-preservation awareness.
Bai Shengyi knocking Qin Si unconscious was also because a person would be particularly defensive against others invading their Dantian when conscious. Only when unconscious was the Dantian's defense the weakest.
Bai Shengyi's insistence on entering the Dantian was because during her investigation, she discovered that the source of the fire poison was indeed inside the Dantian, and for some unknown reason, it had already intertwined and merged with his spiritual root.
"Little Dantian, Little Tian Tian, listen to me. Don't you want your Master to recover sooner? Hurry up and form your Core into an Infant!"
Bai Shengyi kept coaxing the Dantian with promises. Finally, on the verge of her own impatience, the Dantian stopped rejecting her entry, although she always felt that the Dantian was looking down on her.
Azure ice cones grew diagonally, filling the entire Dantian. Intense flames seared, making Bai Shengyi's search inside extremely difficult. When she finally approached the very center...
"Ahhh... Damn it! You damn heavens, are you playing with me!"
As Bai Shengyi clearly saw what was at the very center, her heart skipped a beat.
She wished she could gouge out her own eyes and rewind time, pretending she had seen nothing.
What the hell! Qin Si's Dantian wasn't a Golden Core, but a nonchalant little figure floating there, identical to Qin Si!
This meant that without anyone knowing, someone on the Divine Revelation Continent had already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, and that person was Qin Si!
Bai Shengyi truly panicked. Would she be silenced later?
She could imagine that given the complete lack of any news so far, Qin Si had clearly kept his cultivation strictly hidden to protect his Vice Dean persona.
After all, it was commonly accepted that the continent's spiritual energy could not support Nascent Soul cultivators. If this were to be revealed, and everyone discovered Qin Si's anomaly, Qin Si would never find peace for the rest of his life...
Bai Shengyi's heart was extremely conflicted, and at this moment, she was caught in a dilemma.
"...After all, I am his savior. Surely... it won't come to that, right?"
Bai Shengyi gritted her teeth and continued.
She stopped looking at the little Qin Si. Upon confirming the source of the flames was within him, she first used the healing technique to forcefully suppress the infinite proliferation of the fiery poison. Then, she divided her spiritual power into fine silver threads, painstakingly segmenting the ice and fire warring within Qin Si...
Because Qin Si's cultivation was too high, even with the Samsara Brush helping to suppress the fiery poison, Bai Shengyi could not avoid being injured by the ice and flames. However, thinking of the Nine Nether Desolate Fire, Bai Shengyi felt it was worth it.
Time flew by. By the time Bai Shengyi finished everything, it was already three hours later.
"Hoo..." She let out a long sigh, slumping to the ground, too exhausted to move.
Not long after, Qin Si woke up.
"Bai Shengyi!" As soon as Qin Si opened his eyes, he swiftly grabbed Bai Shengyi's neck and said through gritted teeth, "Don't you think you've gone too far?"
He truly had a bad relationship with this woman. He had already let go of the humiliation he suffered when he was young and ignorant, but this woman still challenged his bottom line at every moment. Did she really think he wouldn't dare to kill her?
His long eyebrows were tightly furrowed, his usual nonchalance replaced by a chilling intensity, his killing intent utterly unconcealed.
"Cough... cough..."
Bai Shengyi was already utterly exhausted. She had been holding on with all her might, waiting for Qin Si to wake up to brief him on the follow-up matters. She had no defense against Qin Si and was caught off guard.
Her breathing grew increasingly difficult, and Bai Shengyi's consciousness began to blur.
Looking at the overlapping image of Qin Si, she thought: No way? Is she going to die before she can even fully enjoy the vibrant life of the cultivation world?
If she had known, she should have struck first and killed this ungrateful dog of a man, instead of saving him...