I don't know what Feng Wuya went through, but his emotions were extremely unstable. Bai Shengyi couldn't stand it any longer, so she deployed her ultimate move.
"Feihua, did you come to see Wuya?"
Upon hearing this, Feng Wuya instantly stopped crying!
He immediately got up from the ground, dusted off his clothes, smoothed his hair, and turned around with a smile, saying, "Luo Feihua, how did you come..."
The back was empty, with no one there. Only his hoarse, broken voice echoed in the air... echoing...
Feng Wuya snapped back to reality!
"Aoo!" he let out a loud cry, covered his face, and squatted on the ground. "I have no face to see anyone!"
What had he just done!
He had lost all his dignity and pride!
Every time he recalled how he had tearfully wailed while clinging to Bai Shengyi's leg, Feng Wuya felt his toes curl with embarrassment, wishing he could disappear.
This was truly a black history he could never recall!
"Awake now?" Bai Shengyi asked with a smile.
Feng Wuya refused to answer, wanting only to be an emotionless mushroom.
"Don't play dead, get up and tell me why you're here. Where is Qin Si?" Bai Shengyi impatiently pulled him up and treated his wounds.
They were all non-fatal flesh wounds, but they looked as if they had been cut by a knife, one by one.
These were all new wounds, with the latest cuts still oozing blood.
Bai Shengyi looked at them, her gaze gradually growing cold. "Who caused these wounds on you?"
Feng Wuya glanced at the wounds and shivered uncomfortably. "It's nothing."
Afraid Bai Shengyi would press him, Feng Wuya changed the subject. "Shengyi, did you know our continent is merging with an outer continent?"
Bai Shengyi nodded. "It has already merged. Otherwise, how could you have met me?"
"Ah? I'm back?" Feng Wuya was surprised and delighted, then a look of realization dawned on him. He slapped his forehead. "Oh right, didn't you have something to do in the Divine Enlightenment Continent? Have you finished your business?"
Bai Shengyi ignored his question and countered, "You still haven't answered my question."
"No, I was just about to tell you. Dean Qin took us to the place of celestial phenomena... then I entered the芥子层 (Jiezi Layer) and got separated from Dean Qin and the others. Then I met you." Feng Wuya emphasized, "That's all."
Bai Shengyi knew Feng Wuya wasn't telling the whole truth.
She frowned but didn't force him to speak. Instead, she said, "As you can see, I'm already at the Great Ascension stage. If you're ever bullied, you must tell me, and I'll help you get justice."
"You're Great Ascension?!"
Feng Wuya was very touched. Bai Shengyi's attitude of "I'm your backing, don't be afraid" made him feel that he had accumulated good karma in his past life to find such a good friend in this one.
However, the emotion lasted only for a moment before he was dizzy from the shocking amount of information in her words!
Where am I?
Am I really not dead?
Wasn't that just auditory hallucination?
How did my companion suddenly reach Great Ascension?
All the way, Feng Wuya couldn't control his gaze. He would stare at Bai Shengyi with every step he took, glancing at her.
Bai Shengyi didn't want to bother at first, but Feng Wuya's stare was irritating her eyes!
"Do you want to talk now?" Bai Shengyi asked.
Feng Wuya blinked. "Talk about what?" Then he realized and quickly said, "No, I just wanted to ask, are you really Great Ascension?"
While it was unbelievable, it also felt somewhat natural.
"Don't you already sense that my cultivation is the same as Qin Si's? Why are you still so surprised?" Bai Shengyi was confused by Feng Wuya's reaction.
Feng Wuya: "That's different."
He had always thought it was a dream or an illusion. After realizing it wasn't a dream, he only thought Bai Shengyi's aura was stronger due to the pressure she exerted. After all, Bai Shengyi's expression of wanting to help him get justice was quite intimidating.
However, he wouldn't tell Bai Shengyi what had really happened.
His friend was so exceptionally talented that she was destined for a better future. He couldn't cause trouble for her by fighting for his pride.
Perhaps because Bai Shengyi's cultivation had such a great impact on Feng Wuya, he wasn't as excited when he saw Daojun Qinglan. He quietly followed Bai Shengyi and Daojun Qinglan back towards the Divine Enlightenment Academy.
...
Anping City.
Although the demonic aura in the city had not yet cleared, life had to go on for the people.
As time passed, everyone discovered that the protective barrier constructed by the Divine Enlightenment Academy could contain the demonic aura within a certain range. As long as they didn't get close, they wouldn't be affected.
In the past two years, cultivators would often patrol and move around the city. Sometimes, people from the Pill Association would even venture into the demonic aura to test pills. Gradually, more and more ordinary people returned to the city to do business.
For this reason, the Divine Enlightenment Academy had also specially designated a safe street for the citizens.
Although there were many high-level cultivators in the city recently, the people within the city were not overly panicked and continued with their lives as usual.
This seemed incredible to many people from outer continents.
"Senior Sister Yuan, Senior Brother Li, these abandoned slaves are too foolish, actually using copper coins!" a young cultivator sneered, seeing a cultivator using copper coins to buy buns not far away. "The farmers outside our sect know to use spirit stones to cultivate."
"Why do you think they are called abandoned slaves?" Li Yihui scoffed. "Comparing them to the farmers outside the sect is an insult to the farmers."
Yuan Bingxin did not join the conversation. She was holding a crystal-clear pill and examining it carefully.
Li Yihui couldn't stand her pretense. His father was a good friend of their master, but due to a twist of fate in his childhood, he had first joined the Xile Sect. This meant he entered the Wushang Sect later than Yuan Bingxin and had to call her Senior Sister.
What's more, their master greatly admired Yuan Bingxin.
Thinking of this, Li Yihui couldn't help but say, "Senior Sister Bingxin, what are you looking at that pill for? It's just a trinket made by these abandoned slaves from the Divine Abandoned Continent, is it really worth your extensive effort?"
Yuan Bingxin gave him a faint glance.
She said, "Do you know what this pill is used to treat?"
Li Yihui had not accompanied her when she bought the pill; Yuan Bingxin and Xiao Mo had gone together.
Li Yihui blurted out without thinking, "What can pills refined in this little broken place treat? I heard that the highest-ranked alchemists here are only at the seventh grade, at most refining pills like Replenishing Vitality Pills or Spirit Infusion Pills."
A look of awkwardness flashed across Xiao Mo's face, and he tugged at Li Yihui's sleeve. "Senior Brother Li, that's not right."
"Oh?" Li Yihui said sarcastically, "Then tell us, what 'treasure' is this?"
"Senior Sister Yuan..." Xiao Mo looked helplessly at Yuan Bingxin.
Yuan Bingxin was too lazy to bicker with Li Yihui, but she wouldn't let him undermine her. She spoke unhurriedly.