"Alas! It is not Fellow Daoist Su's fault. It was I who failed to consider things thoroughly and caused you to suffer such grave injuries. Let me lend you a hand first and help you heal and stabilize your wounds before anything else!"
Shaking his head with a soft sigh, Yin Qingxue spoke as he took a step forward, heading straight for Su Shi'er to help treat his injuries.
Though he called it healing, he merely wanted to further confirm whether Su Shi'er's current condition truly resulted from cultivating the secret art of the Second Nascent Soul.
"Fellow Daoist Yin, I appreciate your goodwill. However, the situation arose too suddenly just now, and your Fire Origin Bead was left in the Blood Sea. The most urgent matter now is to find a way to retrieve that treasure."
"The resentment and sinister energy within the Blood Sea tower to the heavens. If the Fire Origin Bead remains there, it will sooner or later be tainted by that resentment."
"A fifth-grade Magical Treasure can rightly be called a rarity unseen in this world. As for Su's injuries, those are secondary."
Su Shi'er remained impassive as he hurriedly spoke.
He had not realized that the other party was concerned with the secret art of the Second Nascent Soul, but he also knew that Yin Qingxue's sudden display of goodwill could not possibly stem from genuine kindness.
Under such circumstances, he naturally could not truly allow the other party to touch him and supposedly help treat his injuries.
"The Fire Origin Bead... it is nothing. It is merely a Magical Treasure; how could it compare with Fellow Daoist's injuries?"
"After all, it was at my invitation that Fellow Daoist risked coming here. If the Magical Treasure is lost, so be it. But if Fellow