Whether Xu Ruhai believed it or not...
After he left...
Inside the Spiritual Qi Acupoint, Li Yun and the Ginseng King, two sly old foxes, resumed their battle.
One pretended to be gravely ill, liable to breathe his last at any moment.
The other popped up now and then, raising its roots several times as if to give Li Yun a vicious whipping, only to pull back at the last moment.
They went back and forth for who knew how many rounds.
At last, the Ginseng King decided that this gravely ill human, who might drop dead at any moment, posed no threat to it.
It emerged completely, even swaggering right under Li Yun's nose.
It raised two roots more than two meters long and waved them in the air before Li Yun, plainly taunting and threatening him.
Li Yun naturally feigned utter shock.
"Well, would you look at that..."
"The Ginseng King?"
"A Ginseng King really was born here? They weren't lying to me?"
In his apparent shock, Li Yun lunged for the Ginseng King as though desperate to catch it. Needless to say, he missed.
Not only did he miss, but the Ginseng King also lashed him twice with those two roots like whips.
And to be fair...
It actually hurt.
Those roots struck his body and arms no less painfully than real whips wielded by a martial artist at the fifth or sixth level of Body Tempering. A burning sting spread through the places they hit, and bright red marks even appeared on his skin.
Huff, huff...
Li Yun panted heavily as he dodged in disarray.
At the sight, a smug smile actually appeared on the Ginseng King's little face.
It was really smiling.
Then it grew even more excited, whipping its roots at Li Yun. Two