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Acquisition #1

Hundred Refining Sect's secret chamber.

A faint radiance illuminated the entire chamber, while waves of aura spread outward from the glow at its center.

Within the radiance sat two shapely women.

Their long hair draped over their shoulders, and beads of sweat continuously rolled down from their foreheads. Judging by their pale faces, neither of them was in good condition.

Cough!

At that moment, Shi Qingwu, who sat in front, spat out a mouthful of blood.

The woman in black behind her hurriedly rose and supported Shi Qingwu.

"Sect Master!"

"How are you?"

the woman in black asked anxiously.

"I'm fine."

Shi Qingwu waved her hand reassuringly. "It's just that this backlash triggered an old hidden ailment in my body that had never been resolved, which is why I ended up like this."

"You have worked hard."

The woman in black lowered her head. "But our efforts during this period have already resolved eighty or ninety percent of it. After a short rest and a few more days of treatment, you will be completely recovered!"

Shi Qingwu nodded.

Yet her expression did not ease.

Though her injuries would be resolved in a few days, what about outside?

After all,

Yi Feng was still out there.

"How many days have passed in total?" Shi Qingwu could not help asking.

"More than half a month has passed since you entered seclusion," the woman in black said.

As she said this, she too furrowed her brows. Half a month was merely the time it took to open and close one's eyes for the two of them in seclusion.

But outside,

enough could happen to change everything.

"More than half a month?"

Shi Qingwu murmured, "If my estimate is correct, the Upper Sect's grand competition and our sect's annual assembly should both