Bai Shengyi narrowed her eyes slightly, "Are you pushing your luck, Grandma?"
With a wave of her hand, a slender vine whipped out!
Had she become too serene lately, that any stray cat or dog dared to jump in front of her?
"Little girl, is that all you've got?" Luo Chengli slashed his sword, severing the vine, and laughed ferociously, "Then perhaps you'll have to appease me today before you can leave. Don't worry, I've made arrangements, no one will come to interrupt..."
Before he could finish, a sky-covering net of green vines descended, crashing down upon them.
Luo Chengli dodged frantically, and in a moment of carelessness, his hand was scratched by the sharp, pointed thorns on the vine. He angrily declared, "Damn it, I'll teach you a lesson today! Nine Nether Skyfire! Xiao Xing! Come out and deal with her!"
As he spoke, a faint heat wafted through the air, and then a bright red flame instantly lunged towards the vines. A spirit beast with two ox-like heads appeared on the open ground.
"Nine Nether Skyfire?"
Bai Shengyi couldn't help but chuckle. Had this person tried to pick a fight with an ancestor?
"What, you're scared! I'm the only Skyfire Refiner on this continent. If you apologize obediently and let me have my way for a couple of days, this matter can be considered settled." Luo Chengli snorted, his gaze roaming unrestlessly over Bai Shengyi.
Slender waist, ample bosom, this woman was quite a looker.
Being able to hang out with Luo Feihua, her family background must be decent too. Once I've had my fun, I can let Senior Brother Jin have a taste.
"You're overthinking it. Grandma doesn't think this can be settled easily," Bai Shengyi said with a cold laugh.
The Samsara Brush had long been itching for a fight. It drew a line in the air on its own, shielded this small path with spiritual energy, and then, with a wisp of spark, charged towards that cluster of Nine Nether Skyfire!
It had long been displeased that the Nine Nether Barren Fire was inferior to the Ten Directions Nether Fire, not to mention that it had occupied one of its brush cores. It wanted to upgrade the quality of the Nine Nether Barren Fire, but in this dilapidated place, spiritual materials were limited and rare. Who would have thought it would actually encounter one!
And indeed, there was a trace of the Nine Nether origin power within this Skyfire!
This was a windfall!
The Samsara Brush excitedly communicated with Bai Shengyi, "What a benevolent person!"
"You have fire too?" Luo Chengli frowned, suddenly becoming cautious. He beckoned his contracted spirit beast to attack Bai Shengyi together, "Xiao Xing!"
"Moo!"
The spirit beast let out an ox-like bellow, spewing a stream of water from its nostrils, which then transformed into a spinning water blade that whizzed towards Bai Shengyi.
Having already wasted enough time, Bai Shengyi wanted to end this quickly.
She formed a hand seal with her fingertips, and a spirit transformation creature turned spiritual energy into a green umbrella, blocking the water blade. Then, switching from defense to offense, she surged forward, kicked Luo Chengli's knee, twisted his arm behind his back, and sent a wisp of spiritual energy into his body!
"Ah!"
Luo Chengli let out a scream, "Xiao Xing, kill her, for me— ah!"
"Kill who?" Bai Shengyi snapped her fingers. The spirit beast's head suddenly ignited, startling it into running wildly.
"You! Who exactly are you?" Luo Chengli realized with terror that he seemed to have kicked an iron plate.
Bai Shengyi chuckled, "Your Grandma."
She released her grip, kicked him aside, and calmly watched the Samsara Brush direct the Nine Nether Barren Fire to devour the Nine Nether origin power within Luo Chengli's flame.
Luo Chengli wailed for help, but none of the people he had ordered to guard the outside came to his rescue. Both his dependable supporters were struggling to fend for themselves.
"I was wrong, lit... Grandma, please let me go." Luo Chengli reluctantly lowered himself and begged for mercy.
Bai Shengyi kicked him, sneering, "Sorry, Grandma is not willing! Weren't you quite imposing just now?"
Hearing the last sentence, Luo Chengli's intestines turned green with regret!
"Had enough? Time is almost up," Bai Shengyi reminded the Samsara Brush.
The Samsara Brush zipped back into Bai Shengyi's spiritual sea. Bai Shengyi calmly left, "From now on, if you cause trouble again, you'll only get away with losing limbs and your life."
Luo Chengli shivered, a chilling sensation crawling from his feet to the top of his head.
But when he saw his dispirited Skyfire and his scorched Xiao Xing, hatred instantly overwhelmed his fear, "This damned little girl... Ah! Someone help, save me!"
"Brother Li, what happened? Where did that woman go?"
"What nonsense! Hurry, oh, hurry and send me to my master! Ah, it hurts so much!"
...
"Why did you suddenly wake up again?" Bai Shengyi asked the Samsara Brush, "Little Samsara, I've noticed you're quite a sly one. Whenever there's something good, you wake up, but when there's trouble, you sleep more soundly than anyone."
Samsara Brush: ...
It knew she was referring to the events in the Flowing Light Secret Realm. It was in the wrong, and weakly explained, "Isn't it because I was too weak? Master, look, even if I fall asleep, it won't affect your use of my main body, right?"
Bai Shengyi snorted with a half-smile, "Heh."
The Samsara Brush, not being a patient brush, retorted irritably, "Then tell me, what do you want? It's not like I did it on purpose." Its voice was very wronged.
It was indeed much weaker now, and it didn't want to be so unreliable.
Seeing that they were almost at the courtyard, Bai Shengyi said, "We'll talk about it later."
"You brought that person into the peak?" Bai Shengyi looked at Bai Murong in Li Shiqing's courtyard, her brow furrowed tightly.
Li Shiqing smiled uncomfortably, "Venerable Qianying didn't say I couldn't bring outsiders back, and I asked my senior brothers and sisters. This doesn't violate the rules of Qianxiao Peak."
Bai Shengyi's gaze deepened, "Then I must have been meddling. My apologies."
"It was you..." Bai Murong, seeing Bai Shengyi, hurried out. Upon meeting Bai Shengyi's cold gaze, the rest of her words were swallowed back.
"What does she mean! Sister Li, you're neighbors, how can she not give you any face?" Bai Murong lowered her head, "Is it because of my conflict with her that she's taking it out on you?"
Li Shiqing rubbed her temples, somewhat annoyed, "Murong, weren't you cultivating? Why are you out?"
"There was a question I didn't understand, and I originally wanted to ask you, but when I saw Bai Shengyi's expression, I couldn't help myself. Sister Li, I truly didn't mean to." Bai Murong tugged on Li Shiqing's arm and said softly.
Li Shiqing, accustomed to being the big sister and taking care of the weak since childhood, softened her expression upon hearing Bai Murong's words, "I understand. Don't cause trouble with Shengyi anymore. She is your sister after all, and Shengyi isn't an unreasonable person..."
"Alright, as long as she doesn't provoke me," Bai Murong agreed, her head lowered.
Li Shiqing did not see the distorted, almost frenzied hatred in her eyes.
Why? It was clearly Bai Shengyi who was in the wrong, why should she yield to Bai Shengyi! She only wanted to crush Bai Shengyi under her feet, so that she could never rise again!
"Meow."
The Crescent Cat meowed obediently and leaped into Bai Shengyi's arms.
"So affectionate?" Bai Shengyi was charmed by this affectionate gesture, caressing its fluffy fur. The momentary annoyance from seeing Bai Murong vanished instantly.
"Meow~" I want to eat fish.
The Crescent Cat's drawn-out kittenish cry was irresistible. Its crystal-clear cat eyes reflected Bai Shengyi's figure, as if all its attention was focused solely on her.
Bai Shengyi happily waved her hand, "Grilled fish! Good little Crescent, I'll grill you fish right away!"
Completely forgetting someone else!