After taking a sip of wine, Qiu Shiyi instantly felt refreshed.
He also looked at Ying Huaixu and said earnestly, "Thank you!"
Ying Huaixu waved a hand. "It was nothing. Not worth mentioning!"
Qiu Shiyi shook his head. "I'm not just talking about this. Thank you for what happened in Falling Radiance City, too!"
Ying Huaixu: "???"
Qiu Shiyi smiled.
"Junior brother, you must have an ice Spiritual Root, right?"
Ying Huaixu fell silent.
Qiu Shiyi continued, "He Xiuyuan has a metal attribute, while Ye Ningshuang has a mutated netherworld attribute!"
"When the three of you were underground, the wounds on that thing carried traces of cold energy. Do you think a metal Spiritual Root or a Netherworld Spiritual Root would give off all that cold air?"
Ying Huaixu remained silent.
Qiu Shiyi took another sip of wine, then continued, "That's why I have to thank you for keeping me from making a terrible mistake. Without you, if any one of you had died, I would've faced the thunder whip punishment!"
Ying Huaixu was a little curious. "That serious?"
At the mention of it, Qiu Shiyi couldn't help shuddering.
"Very serious!"
"Do you know what Senior Sister Lü Qingyi said to me back then? She said, 'If you don't have the strength, what are you showing off for?'"
"'You're at the peak of the Spirit Sea Realm, yet someone snatched three people right out from under your nose. Are you useless? Or are you trying to make people think this is all the Divine Firmament Sword Sect amounts to-a peak Spirit Sea Realm cultivator letting a Meridian Opening ant kill people right under his nose!'"
"So, without you, do you have any idea what punishment I would've faced?"
At that moment, Ying Huaixu thought that actually made a hell of