"Go save Brother Zhao!" Sun Mingyu, distressed by Qin Zhao's screams, hurriedly ordered the Qi Condensation ninth-stage guard to help.
She was in danger herself, so she could only borrow Brother Zhao, this bodyguard, for now. However, Bai Shengyi was weaker than this guard, so she definitely wouldn't be able to defeat her.
Thinking this, Sun Mingyu regained her confidence and said loudly to Qin Zhao, "Brother Zhao, hold on a moment longer. When I get out, I'll have Mingyi and Ming'er avenge you!"
After speaking, she loudly reprimanded Mingyi and Ming'er, "You two, hurry up! You're useless if you can't even break this minor spell!"
Mingyi and Ming'er exchanged glances, and their movements subtly slowed.
They were sent by the Grand Princess to protect the County Princess, not Prince Gong.
Despite the slow movements, Sun Mingyu and Mingyi still managed to get out. However, it wasn't them who tore the net; the net itself gradually became transparent and then disappeared.
"Mingyi, Ming'er, take her down!" Seeing Bai Shengyi dealing with her guard, Sun Mingyu quickly took the opportunity to help Qin Zhao.
Qin Zhao's face was covered in inch-deep whip marks, bloody and mangled, looking terrifying. Sun Mingyu was startled and cried, "Brother Zhao, are you alright?"
"I'm sorry, Mingyu, I've caused you trouble," Qin Zhao said with his eyes half-closed, then fainted.
Sun Mingyu was shocked. She quickly took out a third-tier Revival Pill to heal Qin Zhao, then her fury towards Bai Shengyi soared!
If it weren't for Bai Shengyi, how could Brother Zhao have ended up like this!
Sun Mingyu placed Qin Zhao on the ground, picked up her whip, and charged forward, "Ah! You slut, I'm going to avenge Brother Zhao!"
"Crack!"
Bai Shengyi whipped back, directly entangling Sun Mingyu's whip and striking Sun Mingyu's wrist fiercely with her mental power.
"Ah!" Sun Mingyu cried out in pain, her grip involuntarily loosening.
With a surge of force from Bai Shengyi, another whip was in her hand.
"Yellow-grade low-tier? The Grand Princess's mansion is truly wealthy." She chuckled, casually tossing the whip to Chu Tianle. "Chu Tianle, catch!"
"Alright!" Chu Tianle leaped up to catch it and, with great skill, used the whip to engage Mingyi and the other Qi Condensation ninth-stage guard, leaving them for him to deal with.
"Slut!" Sun Mingyu was furious, stamping her foot in anger. "Ming'er, kill her! Kill her!"
She snatched her weapon again; if she didn't kill Bai Shengyi, her name wouldn't be Mingyu!
However, before Ming'er could make a move, Bai Shengyi whipped towards Sun Mingyu's face again.
"Ah!" Sun Mingyu, seeing the cold smile on Bai Shengyi's lips, was suddenly reminded of the days she spent recovering in the Grand Princess's mansion, and she screamed in terror!
She truly didn't want to experience that kind of pain again, as if her bones were being shattered and reassembled, making her wish for death.
Sun Mingyu stood frozen in fear, but it was Ming'er who blocked the whip for her.
"County Princess, hurry and leave!" Ming'er felt a pang of bitterness, wishing he had stopped the County Princess earlier. This Bai Shengyi was no easy opponent; even he found her troublesome.
Sun Mingyu was also scared. She didn't even spare a glance at Qin Zhao on the ground and turned to run.
"Too late!"
Bai Shengyi curled her lips. Green spiritual energy shot from her hand like falling starlight, and like jade vines, it instantly grew and spread, wrapping around Sun Mingyu's ankles.
Sun Mingyu tried to pull her feet out and destroy the vines, but she had no weapon in her hands, and her spiritual energy was insufficient to form more sharp blades; she couldn't do it.
"Ah!"
She stumbled and fell squarely to the ground.
"County Princess!" Mingyi and Ming'er wanted to help her.
But would Bai Shengyi and Chu Tianle be so kind?
Bai Shengyi spun her Reincarnation Brush, and another "困" (kun - trap) character shot towards Ming'er. Her mental power, mixed with spiritual energy, struck Ming'er's knee heavily along the whip.
Ming'er dodged the "困" character but couldn't evade Bai Shengyi's whip, and his body trembled from the blow.
He frowned, intending to attack Bai Shengyi with a spiritual skill, but suddenly shuddered—
A sharp, bone-piercing pain erupted, making his leg bones go soft, and he instantly knelt on the ground!
He had no strength to stand!
"Rope!" Bai Shengyi said to Chu Tianle.
Chu Tianle tossed the rope to Bai Shengyi, who promptly tied Ming'er tightly and threw him onto the corridor.
A moment later, Chu Tianle also finished his fight and tossed the two guards over.
"What about these two?"
Chu Tianle kicked the unconscious Qin Zhao on the ground and looked at Sun Mingyu, who was entangled by vines and had no power to resist, completely unlike a Qi Condensation fourth-stage cultivator. He asked Bai Shengyi.
Sun Mingyu finally began to panic. Although Bai Shengyi couldn't kill her, she could torment her.
She couldn't help but recall the three hundred lashes, feeling pain all over her body.
"Bai Shengyi, you'd better let me go!" Sun Mingyu shouted, but her tone was tinged with guilt. "Don't forget, you can't kill me. If you offend me again, I'll definitely take your life next time..."
She looked at the increasingly bright smile on Bai Shengyi's face, her voice gradually diminishing.
"As long as you let me go, I won't kill you, woo woo wah..." Sun Mingyu started crying as she spoke!
Bai Shengyi couldn't help but roll her eyes. "Shut up! If you cry again, I'll whip you!"
"I... *hic*!" Sun Mingyu painfully reached out to cover her mouth, her eyes teary and resentful as she stared at Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi was amused by her action. "Do you think I'm stupid?"
Before Sun Mingyu could comprehend, she saw Bai Shengyi tie her and Qin Zhao up, gag them, and throw them onto the corridor.
She felt her face was utterly disgraced, but it wasn't over yet. She heard Bai Shengyi's cold laughter.
"Qin Zhao is wicked and poisonous, and you are stupid and evil. You both equally disgust me! If it weren't for..."
Bai Shengyi stopped here and didn't bother with Sun Mingyu anymore; she had more important things to do.
She looked at the other two teams with Foundation Establishment cultivators standing not far away, who had likely been there for a long time. With a slight curl of her red lips, she raised her eyebrows coldly. "What, you want our rooms too?"
Jiang Pengyu and Feng Wuya both shook their heads. "No."
Are you kidding! These two could deal with two Foundation Establishment cultivators with ease. If they tried to snatch the rooms, wouldn't they just be adding to their opponents' meal?
Jiang Pengyu and Feng Wuya were quite self-aware.
"Fellow Daoist Bai, we were just passing by," Jiang Pengyu said solemnly.
Feng Wuya waved a small handkerchief with a smile. "Yes, Fellow Daoist Bai, you're amazing! After I snatch the rooms behind yours, let's spar when we have time!"
With that, the two quickly led their respective teams away.
"Who are they?" Bai Shengyi asked Sun Wuyi and Chu Tianle. Are all cultivators in the Great Ning Dynasty so unique?
Sun Wuyi was still recovering from Bai Shengyi's ferocity, stammering, "I... I don't know, but I recognize the yellow-clothed girl in his team. She's a concubine's daughter from the Qin family in the capital."
"I... I'm still useful," Sun Wuyi said fearfully.
Bai Shengyi put away her Reincarnation Brush and said to Chu Tianle, "Step back a bit. Look how scared he is, he can't even speak clearly."
Chu Tianle twitched his mouth. He had no idea who was actually scaring him?
However, his tolerance for Bai Shengyi was high, and he didn't take her teasing to heart.
He couldn't help but take down his wine gourd from his waist and take a sip, feeling relaxed all over.
He casually sat on the ground and explained to Bai Shengyi.
"The one you mentioned should be Feng Wuya, the heir of the Feng family, one of the hidden families of this generation."