Qi Feng looked at his two red-faced junior brothers, his expression somewhat ugly. "I tell you to cultivate properly every day, yet each and every one of you slacks off and cuts corners. In the end, dignified Third Realm inner disciples of the cultivation world performed worse than a martial artist from the secular world. Aren't you ashamed if word gets out?"
The two Third Realm disciples lowered their heads in shame and stammered, "Senior Brother is right to reprimand us. We know our mistake."
"Enough. Put away the bear corpse. Let's go."
Qi Feng was somewhat drained as well. He waved a hand and led the two wounded men out.
When they reached the entrance to Black Wind Valley, he called over the two Second Realm disciples standing guard. The group swiftly transformed into several streaks of light and returned to Azure Moon Sect.
Meanwhile, Su Yueli was in no hurry to leave Black Wind Valley.
After winding about through the depths of the canyon, she found a rather concealed, narrow cave. She roughly sealed its entrance with broken stones before collapsing onto the ground.
"Phew..."
Breathing heavily, Su Yueli pulled back her right sleeve.
Little Black, the dark-gold fist blade on her right hand, had become dim to the extreme, and its blade trembled faintly.
At a thought from Su Yueli, Little Black sent over an intensely aggrieved and frightened thought, as though complaining to her about how much that palm strike had hurt.
Su Yueli lightly flicked the blade, a somewhat pale smile tugging at her lips. "Enough, stop playing pitiful. If you hadn't forcibly taken most of that beast's force just now, this arm of mine would probably have been smashed to bits."
"Once we get the Blood Marrow Pill, you'll get your share of benefits."