Training Outside

The next day, at dawn.

A carriage stood before the Papal Hall. Yang Wushuang sat at the front of the carriage, quietly waiting for Chen Xi to arrive.

Chen Xi and Tian Yao walked out of the Papal Hall.

"Xiao Xi, once I'm able to train outside, I'll come find you."

Tian Yao held Chen Xi's arm, her expression earnest and solemn.

"Alright. I'll wait for you."

"I'm leaving now. Goodbye."

After bidding Tian Yao farewell, Chen Xi entered the carriage compartment.

The carriage gradually began to move.

Tian Yao watched the carriage recede into the distance. Only after it vanished from sight did she return to the Papal Hall.

Inside the carriage.

Yang Wushuang drove the carriage forward and asked into the compartment, "Miss, where are we going first?"

"Uncle Yang, let's first go to the nearest Soul Beast Forest within the Star Luo Empire. I need to add a spirit ring."

"After that, we'll head to where the Breaking Clan is currently located."

Chen Xi leaned against the carriage, watching the scenery flash past outside through the window.

"The Breaking Clan?"

Memories and a hint of barely noticeable sorrow appeared in Yang Wushuang's eyes.

The Breaking Clan was his home.

Yet ever since he had surrendered and joined Spirit Hall, he had not dared to return to the Breaking Clan.

No one understood Yang Wudi better than Yang Wushuang.

Yang Wudi was reclusive and somewhat headstrong. He acted decisively and directly.

If Yang Wudi learned that Yang Wushuang had long since joined Spirit Hall, Yang Wushuang did not even dare imagine the consequences.

"Miss, do you want to recruit my elder brother into Spirit Hall?"

"If that's the case, I think we needn't waste our time. My elder brother will never join Spirit Hall."

"Although my elder brother deeply resents the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao, he also bears no small grudge against Spirit Hall. In fact, from what I know of him, the moment you reveal your identity, Miss, he may attack directly. And I might not be able to stop him."

Yang Wushuang's voice gradually turned grave.

"I know."

"I never intended to recruit him into Spirit Hall."

"I've established a new force. From now on, you'll be the third-in-command of our force, with the kind of status that puts you below one person and above ten thousand."

Chen Xi's voice came from inside the carriage.

"A new force?"

Yang Wushuang murmured to himself, instantly understanding the meaning behind Chen Xi's words.

His elder brother truly could not join Spirit Hall.

But if they created a new force and invited him into it, with Yang Wushuang persuading him from the side, then his elder brother might agree to join.

As for the issues that followed, they could be resolved slowly.

They could make changes bit by bit.

And the position of being below one person and above ten thousand was indeed very appealing.

"Miss, what is our force called? When was it established? I don't think I've heard anything about a new force rising recently."

Yang Wushuang asked seriously.

"It hasn't been established yet."

"I haven't thought of a name for it yet."

Chen Xi lightly rubbed her fingers together as she answered casually.

"Uh..."

"Miss, then what did you mean just now by being below one person and above ten thousand?"

There was a trace of hesitation in Yang Wushuang's voice.

"To establish a force, we need people and money."

"Although I don't have much money right now, and I don't have anyone under me either, as long as we get your elder brother to agree to join, won't we have both money and people?"

A sharp gleam flashed in Chen Xi's eyes.

Chen Xi currently only had a little over one million Gold Soul Coins.

Though that amount looked substantial, it was nowhere near enough to establish a force. Even if she poured it all in, it would not make the slightest ripple.

But none of that mattered. As long as she could persuade Yang Wudi, they would have money and people. Establishing a force would come naturally afterward.

Outside the carriage.

A thought suddenly appeared in Yang Wushuang's mind: getting something for nothing.

"Cough..."

"Miss, that may be true, but what if my elder brother refuses to join?"

Yang Wushuang asked quietly.

"I have the Aromatic Silk Beauty."

Chen Xi spoke unhurriedly.

"My elder brother is obsessed with medicine-making, and the Aromatic Silk Beauty is indeed extremely important to him, but this..."

Before Yang Wushuang could finish, Chen Xi's voice continued from within the carriage.

"I can let him kill Tang Hao with his own hands."

With just that short sentence, Yang Wushuang could not help falling silent.

If the Aromatic Silk Beauty held enormous appeal for Yang Wudi, then personally killing Tang Hao was an absolutely irresistible condition for him.

"Miss is wise!"

"When we kill Tang Hao, could you bring this subordinate along as well? This subordinate's hatred for Tang Hao is no less than his."

Yang Wushuang took a deep breath, his voice filled with solemnity.

This condition was not only impossible for Yang Wudi to refuse. Yang Wushuang himself could not refuse it either.

"Of course!"

Chen Xi replied casually.

The carriage traveled faster and faster.

Finally, shortly before nightfall, it arrived at a Soul Beast Forest within the Star Luo Empire.

When they were not far from the Soul Beast Forest, the carriage gradually came to a stop. Yang Wushuang, seated at the front of the carriage, turned his gaze toward a small river off to one side.

By the river, a young girl had collapsed there, with several injuries faintly visible on her body.

"Miss, someone has fainted by the river over there."

"Should we go take a look?"

Yang Wushuang asked softly.

"Let's go take a look!"

The carriage door slowly opened, and Chen Xi stepped out, walking toward the river.

Yang Wushuang jumped down from the carriage and followed behind Chen Xi.

They arrived by the river.

Looking at the unconscious girl on the ground, Chen Xi reached out to check her breathing. After discovering that she was still alive, she carefully examined the girl before her.

The girl had fair skin and long black hair draped over her shoulders. Though she was not very old, her figure was exceptionally voluptuous.

After taking a careful look at the girl's figure, Chen Xi lowered her head to look at herself and immediately felt a little unhappy.

"Consider yourself lucky."

"You ran into us. If you'd run into bad people, the consequences would have been unthinkable."

Chen Xi murmured to herself before turning to Yang Wushuang. "Uncle Yang, take her into the carriage first. While you're at it, help check her injuries."

Upon receiving Chen Xi's instructions, Yang Wushuang picked the girl up. In a few flashes, he returned to the carriage, placed her inside the compartment, and began examining her injuries.

"Miss, her injuries aren't serious."

"She should recover after resting for a few days. The wounds on her body only need some simple bandaging."

Yang Wushuang looked toward Chen Xi.

"Is that so?"

"I brought some medicine for treating injuries. It should be of some help to her."

Chen Xi took out a small bottle from her Storage Bracelet and placed it on the carriage.