"You're..."
Qin Xuanji frowned at the woman, feeling certain she looked familiar, as though she had seen her somewhere before. After a few moments, realization dawned. "I remember! You're the leader of the God of Wealth Gang! What do you want?"
The two had met once at the Chess and Sword Music House's Famous Qin Gathering, where this woman had shamelessly tried to seduce Cao Jinxing with a charm technique.
At the thought, Qin Xuanji hurriedly spread her arms and shielded Cao Jinxing behind her.
Wan Heqing paid her no mind.
When they first met a few months ago, this girl had only been at the Tongyou Third Layer. Now she had already reached the sixth layer, so she must have encountered some other opportunity during that time. But she was still no match for someone at Tongyou Peak like Wan Heqing. Wan Heqing dismissed her entirely, intent on playing the hero rescuing a beauty. She strode forward and said, "Move aside. He's badly injured. I'm here to save him."
"He doesn't need you. Go away!"
Qin Xuanji refused to yield an inch, bristling like a kitten guarding its food. True qi surged within her, and internal energy gathered in her palms.
Take another step, and don't blame me for what happens!
"Oh?"
Wan Heqing was a little surprised. She sneered, "You want to fight me? You?"
The moment she finished speaking, red light shone from her eyes-the mind-controlling Fire Charm Technique activated once more!
Caught off guard, Qin Xuanji saw those fiery red eyes, and illusions involuntarily arose in her mind. She seemed to have returned to the day she left the island, when her eldest sister and mother stood on the shore offering all sorts of reminders, warning her to beware of bad people and not overreach herself...