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Qiao Anying had been with me for nearly half a year. Her cultivation had grown so rapidly that she no longer guarded herself against me. Even when she saw me sitting beside her, she was no longer as resistant as before. She had even begun to develop a desire to understand my state of mind.
After releasing her, I took out the books of the Nine Heavens Divine Sword Sect and began reading. I also started studying the sword techniques of the Yellow Springs Killing Dao. Now that I had this new lineage of divine abilities, I had begun researching the spells of other lineages as well. After all, divine abilities came in countless forms, but they all shared certain principles. Moreover, the Yellow Springs Killing Dao had also evolved from the Yin-Yang School, so there were quite a few commonalities.
"Yitian, why are you working so hard to help me?" Qiao Anying suddenly asked while I was absorbed in my reading.
"You once saved my life. As long as you're by my side for even a day, I'll take responsibility for you," I said calmly before continuing to study the moves in the book.
Qiao Anying fell silent for a while. Then she crawled over beside me and looked up at me. "Could you have some other purpose in mind?"
I froze for a moment and put the book away. Then I looked seriously at the beautiful girl and said, "How could I? I don't have any other purpose. I just want to repay you for saving my life."
"Then... then besides that?" Qiao Anying blinked her big eyes. There was no doubt that she was quite lovely, with the appearance of the girl next door.
"There's nothing else, Sister Ying. Is there something you think I've done