After they had known each other for many years, he once could not help asking why she had fought so desperately back then.
She said, "How embarrassing would it have been to promise Yun Huanling something and then fail to do it? Besides, if I hadn't fought for my life, someone probably would have lost his." At this, a faint smile appeared on Su Jiu's face, the seven ice-colored petals gleaming in the sunlight. "The moment you agreed to take on the most dangerous task, I decided I would stake my life to protect yours."
He had just begun to feel touched when she added lightly, "Besides, what kind of personal disciples would we be without a few trump cards? I certainly didn't want to come off worse against cultivators at my own level." His warm feelings scattered at once. This girl was as exasperating as she was amusing.
Little did he know that, had her Void Talisman Drawing failed at that final moment, things would probably have turned out very differently.
At the time, Su Jiu had actually prepared two methods: the first was Void Talisman Drawing, and the second was a Wound Transfer Talisman.
A Wound Transfer Talisman transferred another person's injuries onto oneself.
But all of that came later.
Another month passed in the blink of an eye.
After the three of them emerged from the formation, both Su Jiu and Yun Chao had suffered serious injuries, unlike Yun Huanling. Naturally, they could not depart immediately, so they spent a month recovering at the Yun Household.
During that month, Su Jiu's Cultivation Level advanced thanks to her grasping Void Talisman Drawing at the final juncture of the trial. Her Cultivation Level, which had been stuck at the perfected early Golden Core stage, also smoothly broke through as