Nie Chifeng returned to the retreat and grabbed Sun Rongxun for a beating.
But this was Scarlet Phoenix Retreat, so the two had gone outside before fighting, and both had held back.
Sun Rongxun had no interest in seriously fighting her. She merely released poison in secret.
Nie Chifeng finally realized something was wrong. "Oh? You even know how to use poison now. Qu True Adept really has treated you well."
"Cough, cough." Qu Jianlei could not help coughing twice. Xiaomeng True Adept was right beside me—what nonsense are you talking about? "I'm still here. Nie Rongxun, what exactly are you trying to say?"
"Nothing. I'm done fighting." Nie Chifeng flashed away, retreating sharply toward the side and rear. "My blood and qi aren't enough."
Sun Rongxun could not be bothered with her either. "Senior Sister Nie, you really can't beat me now. I just can't be bothered dealing with you."
This time, Nie Chifeng did not say, "You should call me Nie Rongxun, not Senior Sister." She stood there and pondered—actually, I'm the one who can't beat you. But why won't you go all out?
In her memory, the two had fought three or four times in the Red Phoenix Sect—Sun Rongxun claimed it had been six times in total—and she had only lost once. That was after Sun Rongxun entered Glory Merit Hall. She had not wanted to fight anymore, feeling it was unnecessary. Their limited lives could not be squandered like that.
But in this fight, Nie Chifeng believed that if Guan Hongxiu wanted to win, she definitely could have. Nie Chifeng's blood and qi had declined too severely. She might have won with a desperate strike, but in the final stretch of her life, her strongest blow should be saved for foreign enemies.
So what she