Wei Yunqing's face went pale at those words. She could sense waves of chill radiating from the Ice Needle within her Dantian, filling it completely. The Ice Needle hovering above her little Nascent Soul was about to pierce the little Nascent Soul's head.
"Don't!!!"
Yunqing blurted out, then said in a trembling voice,
"Yunxi, don't! Please, don't! I'll prove my worth. I can still fight, I can still kill Evil Souls. Don't."
Only then did Yunxi halt the Mysterious Ice Needle above the little Nascent Soul's head. With a smile that was not quite a smile, she said,
"Wei Yunqing, so now you can keep going again?"
Feeling the chill within her Dantian recede, Wei Yunqing finally collapsed to her knees, looking too afraid to be angry and too afraid to speak. Lowering her head, she said,
"I can still hold on."
This time, Yunxi transmitted her voice directly.
"Wei Yunqing, in order to catch up to me, you blindly pursued faster cultivation and neglected to solidify your foundation. You never fully converted your strength into combat power, and you nearly allowed an Evil Soul to possess you. In an environment like this, you are even more susceptible to Evil Qi's erosion. If you still refuse to straighten out your mindset, I will not even need to act—you will become an Evil Soul's new skin.
"Once an Evil Soul controls you, I will show no mercy. I will eliminate you at the first opportunity. Do you understand?"
Wei Yunqing nodded dejectedly, indicating that she understood.
Yunxi rubbed her fingers together and said,
"Wei Yunqing, your strength is still far too lacking. If you have any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures that can raise your cultivation, there is no need to keep them tucked away. It would be best to take