Why do you want to kill me?

accept?

Don't accept?

But if I don't accept, I'll offend the Imperial Advisor; if I do accept, I can't defeat him. I'm in a dilemma! What should I do?

"I... accept!" Lin Fei thought it over and over, and realized she had no choice but to accept.

She didn't want to miss the opportunity to get closer to Qian Ye and learn from him, so she had no choice but to face the challenge head-on.

"Shall we begin?" Qian Ye smiled and stood up as well. "Begin?"

"I..." Lin Fei took a deep breath and walked towards Qian Ye, or rather, rushed towards Qian Ye, releasing her Dou Qi and throwing a punch at Qian Ye's chest, intending to strike first.

However, she didn't notice the cunning smile that flashed across Qian Ye's lips.

Aww~

Suddenly a scream rang out, followed by a "crack" sound. Lin Fei felt as if her fist had hit a metal plate. The harder the blow, the more serious the injury. Even the bones in her fingers were broken.

"My hand!" Lin Fei's face contorted in pain. Sure enough, how could a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi like herself be a match for a Nine-Star Dou Zong? The other party didn't even have to fight back before she injured her hand.

"What? You've already become like this after only a minute? It seems you can't possibly last half an hour?" Qian Ye said with a hint of sarcasm.

"So I advise you to go back? Go where you came from, because you are just a little person, a useless girl. You will never be able to catch up with others. You can't be compared to Miss Xuemei. You will be like this for the rest of your life. I can only be a second-grade pharmacist, and I will never be on the stage. At the level of a great fighting master, I can't even challenge the spirit. Let's go, let's go?" After Chiba finished speaking, he waved his hand to her with a look of disdain. ♡💣 ❻➈ 💙💝

Does he underestimate me?

Am I really inferior to Mei-jie?

But why did he belittle himself, calling himself a good-for-nothing who would only ever be a second-rank official?

Lin Fei was furious. She couldn't accept the idea that she was stuck as Second-Tier Alchemist and Nine-Star Da Dou Shi, unable to break through any further. "Grand Preceptor, are you underestimating me?"

"Oh?"

Wahaha~

Qian Ye burst into laughter. "With your meager abilities, you think you can be looked down upon by others? Don't you even respect yourself?"

"I... no, I can hold out for half an hour, I can!" Lin Fei shouted, clenching her fists. Qian Ye had hit the nail on the head; she did indeed have this thought, feeling that she was too weak, far inferior to Xue Mei.

Yes, they've taken the bait, but we need to add fuel to the fire.

Qian Ye gave her a sly smile, his gaze sweeping over her body. Lin Fei immediately noticed this and shrank back in fright. Qian Ye, "You are just a piece of trash, a piece of trash who can't even last a minute. You're not qualified to learn alchemy from me, you're not worthy, you'll never be as good as others. I think only Xue Mei is qualified. You... you should just give up."

Everyone else is eligible except you. Don't ask why, because you can't even last a minute.

Ah~

"I didn't... I didn't!" Lin Fei snapped, yelling as she lunged at him with her other fist, striking him in the stomach.

Ah~

Then came another scream, but this time Lin Fei's body suddenly flew out like a ball.

They landed more than ten zhang away, tumbling three times before crashing into a large tree that two people could hug before finally stopping.

Ugh~

Then, Lin Fei coughed up two mouthfuls of blood.

He was seriously injured.

Should I continue?

Lin Fei asked herself a question, but the words of mockery that Qian Ye had just said to her kept echoing in her ears.

"No, I'm not a good-for-nothing, I can't stay Second-Tier Alchemist forever!" Lin Fei said to herself as she bravely got up from the ground, though it was very difficult for her.

Her hands were broken, and she was also seriously injured internally, so every movement caused her whole body to ache.

But she didn't want to give up. Even though her hands were broken, she could still persevere as long as her legs weren't broken.

Despite the pain all over her body, Lin Fei walked up to Qian Ye and kicked him in the neck.

But she was just one centimeter away from succeeding when her foot stopped there. At that moment, a hand grabbed her ankle, holding it tightly like an iron claw, making it impossible for her to move.

Lin Fei gasped in pain, her face flushing red as she faced him. What made her even more embarrassed was that her right leg had slipped down, leaving her long legs completely exposed to him.

Moreover, the other person's eyes were naturally sweeping downwards, taking in her long legs, and then...

Lin Fei was both shy and angry. Her face flushed red as she turned away, saying, "Let me go?"

"Let you go?" Qian Ye laughed. "Lin Fei, if you lose, you die. You think I'll let you go? Dream on!"

"Let me tell you the truth: anyone who accepts my challenge and fails will only have one outcome... that is, to be killed by me."

"You... what do you want to do?" Lin Fei was terrified, her eyes darting around in fear. "Are you lying to me? What did I do wrong? Why do you want to kill me?"

"There's no reason why, it's just the rule: whoever loses to me dies." Qian Ye's face suddenly turned ferocious.

Upon hearing this, Lin Fei turned pale. The other party was not some Grand Preceptor; this was merely a facade to conceal his true identity. In reality, he was a murderer, a psychopath.

Thinking of this, Lin Fei burst into tears. Who was to blame? It was all her own fault. If she hadn't been so greedy as to seek him out to learn from him and try to get some connection with him and benefit from his influence, she wouldn't have fallen into the trap he had set.

"Die!" While Lin Fei was still in a daze, a hand grabbed her neck and lifted her off the ground. Her feet were off the ground, and she immediately felt difficulty breathing.

It hurts!

Am I really going to die like this?

Lin Fei's face was pale, her heart was ashen, she kicked her arms and legs wildly, and tears of despair welled up in her eyes. Suddenly, she felt a chill on her body, and with a "thud," she fell into the cold water and sank deeper and deeper.

She stopped struggling, opened her eyes, and looked at the gray reflection in the water, the cold water soaking her body.

Is he dead?

Am I really going to die like this?

She slowly closed her eyes, and her breathing became difficult.

Buzz~

Suddenly, light radiated from her body, and she felt herself enveloped in warmth, her previously cold body becoming warm.

"So comfortable!"

"So warm."

Buzz, buzz, buzz~

Then, bursts of light emanated from her body, and her body grew warmer and warmer.

She didn't know how much time had passed before Lin Fei opened her eyes. She glanced at the sun and saw that it was already dusk; the sun had already set behind the mountains.

This indicates that it is getting dark.

Lin Fei checked herself over again and found she was completely unharmed. "And... and I've even leveled up! I've gone from a second-grade to Third-Tier Alchemist, and my strength has jumped from Nine-Star Da Dou Shi to Seven-Star Dou Ling!"

"Could it be... could it be that it's not like that, but rather like that?"

As she thought of this, her previously cold expression immediately relaxed, revealing her usual smile, with a radiant happiness shining in her eyes.

"Where is he?" Lin Fei searched around and turned around to see a man lying under the tree behind her. He was a handsome man with a perfect face and a graceful bearing. She walked towards him with a look of deep affection.