Qin Chuxia thought she had kept her voice very low.
But she had forgotten something.
Just how monstrously keen a Core Formation cultivator's hearing was.
On the bluestone platform.
Both people circulating their energy stiffened at once.
Qin Chuxia's teasing had been as clear as a loudspeaker playing on repeat right beside their ears.
A deathly silence settled over the air.
Yun Sheng's already burning face flushed red all the way to her ears.
She jerked her head up, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into. A proud Sword Cultivator like her was being accused of "swooning over a man" by a few Qi Refining girls? Worse, she could not even argue, because in that fleeting moment, her heart really had been in turmoil.
"B-Boss, my injuries are healed!"
Yun Sheng sprang to her feet, stammering. She did not dare so much as glance at Chen Lin before turning into a streak of sword light and plunging headlong into the distant Bamboo Grove as though fleeing for her life.
Chen Lin's hand froze slightly in midair.
He turned his head and stared expressionlessly at Qin Chuxia, who was watching the drama with undisguised excitement a hundred meters away.
Does this girl have no filter at all? I was just giving someone medicine, and she made it sound like I was abducting an innocent woman.
Am I that kind of person?
Chen Lin inwardly rolled his eyes, speechless.
With a flicker, he abruptly appeared right in front of Qin Chuxia.
Qin Chuxia jumped, and the smile instantly froze on her face.
"B-Brother Chen, you... you heard that?" Qin Chuxia swallowed and backed away guiltily.
"If you have time to gossip about me behind my back, you must have been slacking off in your cultivation lately..." Chen