"I..."
Hearing Jiang Xiaobai's words, Chu Qingci knew he could no longer keep up the act. He could only sit up and say, "You... you knew all along?"
"Hahaha!"
Jiang Xiaobai could no longer hold back and burst out laughing.
"What are you laughing at?"
Jiang Xiaobai's laughter made Chu Qingci's face turn even redder.
"Oh, nothing!"
Jiang Xiaobai said cheerfully, "I'm just laughing because you can't even tell a lie!"
Indeed, if this had been the Elder Princess, that woman would probably have reeled off a whole string of excuses the moment she opened her mouth.
Yet Chu Qingci had honestly admitted it, even through his embarrassment!
Seeing Chu Qingci lower his head and fall silent, Jiang Xiaobai stopped teasing him. His expression grew more serious. "By the way, master, how... are you feeling now?"
Only then did Chu Qingci remember the poison in his body.
He immediately sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes, and carefully examined his condition.
A moment later, Chu Qingci opened his eyes again and looked at Jiang Xiaobai. "The poison is completely gone, and my internal energy has fully recovered!"
"Really?"
Joy instantly filled Jiang Xiaobai's face. "Then doesn't that mean we can leave this place?"
"Yes!"
Chu Qingci answered softly, then looked at Jiang Xiaobai. "How is the Hidden Edge Force in your body?"
"Don't worry. It's stable now!"
Jiang Xiaobai nodded with a smile, raising his right hand as he mobilized the yin and yang forces within his body.
As they circulated and shifted, a portion of that power rapidly transformed.
Hum!
A sharp aura spread out from Jiang Xiaobai's body.
"Not bad!"
After sensing it, Chu Qingci nodded slightly. "You have indeed reached the first level of Hidden Edge!"
With that, Chu Qingci rose from the bed. "In that