Expert Le Qing

Even the Child of Destiny had fled in panic. A place so perilous was definitely extremely dangerous!

The host would do better not to wade into these muddy waters.

Seeing the system nervously looking left and right, Bai Lan shook her head helplessly. "I gave her those injuries. There's no danger here for now—at least, not right now."

"Huh?" The system froze. "Y-you beat up Bai Ling?"

The image of that ever-proud Daughter of Destiny fleeing in disarray flashed through its mind, and the system's CPU grew a little hot.

"What, was that inappropriate?" Bai Lan raised the Storage Bag in her hand. "I also extorted two thousand Spirit Stones from her. Once we leave the secret realm, we can go to the Marketplace and buy some new furniture."

The system instantly became excited. "Yay! Appropriate, more appropriate than anything! That bad woman is always going against the host. Beating her up was completely justified!"

"But Host, I thought with your usual style, you would directly take her Storage Bag..." The system trailed off.

Based on the host's previous conduct, only taking two thousand Spirit Stones instead of confiscating all her spoils after beating her up was rather unlike her.

Bai Lan weighed the Storage Bag in her hand, her expression darkening slightly. "The spirit artifacts, talismans, and magic treasures in Bai Ling's Storage Bag were one hundred percent made by True Person Qing Xuan. Qing Xuan must have left marks on them. If I really took her Storage Bag, Qing Xuan would definitely set his sights on me."

"Oh~ So that was it!" The system understood.

Bai Ling held the script of a master-disciple romance. Right now was precisely the stage where she and True Person Qing Xuan were deeply in love with each other.

So, giving her a light beating and lightly extorting some Spirit Stones was still reasonable. Half a month was enough for Bai Ling to mostly recover from the injuries she had sustained. Once they left the secret realm, the evidence would be gone, and with neither witnesses nor physical proof remaining, she could only swallow this mute grievance.

Unlike Long Aotian, who held the script of a satisfying underdog tale.

Long Aotian's master, True Lord Changle, was a snobbish man. Before Long Aotian achieved anything in his cultivation, he had looked down on him immensely and had even indulged the younger members of his Household in bullying him.

Only after Long Aotian's talent gradually revealed itself before the world did True Lord Changle change his formerly indifferent attitude and become attentive toward him, even marrying his only daughter off to him.

The whole point was the contrast.

But unfortunately.

Bai Lan's appearance had completely strangled Long Aotian's talent in the cradle.

The reputation of being beaten so badly by an outer sect menial disciple on the dueling stage that he could not fight back had practically nailed him to the pillar of shame. He had become the laughingstock of the inner sect, and True Lord Changle had already been disappointed in this Single Spiritual Root disciple to the extreme.

So...

To Long Aotian, a master like True Lord Changle was neither here nor there and would provide no protection whatsoever.

Bai Lan did not need to worry that ruthlessly beating him up and taking his Storage Bag would draw the pressure of a Core Formation True Person.

"I've summarized it. There are two enormous opportunities in the Nine Yin Secret Realm. One is the divine soul cultivation method Long Aotian obtained. The other is the ancient alchemy inheritance Bai Ling obtained." The system looked at Bai Lan. "Which one does the host plan to go for first?"

Bai Lan carefully searched the map Ji Feng had given her, then said seriously, "We'll take the alchemy inheritance first. That location is close to us, and most importantly, Bai Ling and I were transported to the same place. With the luck of a Child of Destiny, she'll most likely find the opportunity before I do."

"Time is of the essence!" The system perked up.

"But it's not a big problem. We'll let Bai Ling find the location of the opportunity first, note down its location, and then load a save. After reverting, we can head straight for it and save the maximum amount of time." Bai Lan smiled faintly.

Rather than exhausting herself searching for an opportunity only to ultimately come up empty-handed, she might as well let Bai Ling search for it herself while she reaped the fisherman's profit.

System: "...Giving you this save-loading cheat really wasn't a waste."

One person and one system exchanged a glance, both nodded, and chased after the direction Bai Ling had left in.

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Bai Ling mentally greeted all eighteen generations of Bai Lan's ancestors, then found a cave with a grim face and planned to enter and treat her injuries.

Bai Lan had shown no mercy. Every strike had landed where it hurt. The injuries were not fatal, but they hurt!

Yet the person she encountered upon entering the cave made her weep tears of joy.

"Senior Brother Le Qing! I actually ran into you here! Wuwuwu." Bai Ling ran over and threw herself into Le Qing's arms.

Le Qing's eyes flew wide open. The sudden delight nearly went to his head. He patted Bai Ling's back and stammered, "Little Junior Sister, you... Wait! What happened to your injuries? Who beat you up? Tell your senior brother!"

Bai Ling only cried and said nothing.

Bai Lan, the culprit hiding in the shadows, fell silent for a moment. "What a narrow road for enemies to meet. By the way, did Le Qing give me this month's Spirit Stones yet?"

When it came to keeping accounts, the system was clearly more reliable than Bai Lan. "No!"

"Tsk. I'll collect that debt after I finish my business."

Her gaze returned to the cave.

Bai Ling was still crying, and Le Qing was still frantically trying to comfort her.

Bai Lan: "...So annoying. Why are they still talking?"

"Finish crying and go find the opportunity already. At her age, how does she have time to waste?" The system agreed as well.

"Exactly, exactly."

Only after crying for a long while did Bai Ling raise her head, her eyes red.

"It-it was Bai Lan who beat me up, wuwuwu. The moment we entered the secret realm, she severely injured me without distinguishing black from white, wuwuwu." After saying that, Bai Ling hurriedly added, "But Senior Brother, don't tell Master about this. I-I'm afraid Master will worry."

Bai Lan clicked her tongue inwardly. "Tsk, it wasn't that I beat her up without distinguishing black from white. The way she talks would make anyone's fists itch."

Hearing that familiar name, Le Qing's originally furious expression abruptly froze. "Y-you said who beat you?"

"Bai Lan. Bai Lan, the outer sect menial disciple."

Le Qing: "..."

The name Bai Lan was like an alarm bell that rang every month, reminding Le Qing at every moment that this month's debt still had not been repaid.

"Despicable! That's too much!" Le Qing said indignantly, but his tone was noticeably much weaker.

With tears clouding her eyes, Bai Ling grabbed Le Qing's sleeve. "Senior Brother, you're an expert at Qi Refining level five. Bai Lan is only at Qi Refining level four now. Her spiritual root aptitude is so poor that her current cultivation must have been piled up with pills. She definitely isn't your match. Can you teach her a lesson for me?"

Expert Le Qing fell silent. "..."

Teach Bai Lan a lesson?

Familiar words, but when put together, they felt so distant.

He wanted to teach her a lesson, but what had happened in the Hundred Thousand Mountains that day was still vivid in his mind.

How was he supposed to explain to Little Junior Sister that woman was a ruthless person who had single-handedly fought three Qi Refining cultivators at once?

"Alright, L-Little Junior Sister, don't worry. If Senior Brother encounters her, I'll definitely teach her... a lesson for you." Le Qing spoke the final five words with some guilt.