On the seventh floor of Wind God Tower, Chu Xisheng studied the rotating stone pillar before him with Bai Xiao Zhao perched on his head.
Bai Xiao Zhao lay limp, staring listlessly at the stone stele.
Two days earlier, when Wen Zhuyi had sucked his blood, Bai Xiao Zhao, who had also been standing on Chu Xisheng's head then, had worked up the courage to swipe a claw at Wen Zhuyi's face.
But before she could strike, Wen Zhuyi had frozen her divine sense.
Fortunately, the woman had had no intent to kill and had merely frozen her ability to think.
Just as the Heaven-Executing Saber could execute thoughts in another person's mind, Wen Zhuyi had briefly sealed her consciousness.
But Wen Zhuyi had clearly meant to teach her a lesson. This consciousness-freezing method had considerable lingering effects, and Bai Xiao Zhao still had not recovered.
Chu Xisheng, on the other hand, glowed with health and brimmed with energy.
"Generous" scarcely began to describe the payment Wen Zhuyi had given him for his services.
The ten Shennong Heart-Guarding Pills alone were equivalent to ten third-rank magic artifacts.
The three Divine Refining Origin-Stabilizing Pills Wen Zhuyi had also given him would not merely restore his vital essence. They would further stimulate his bloodline power and advance his cultivation, saving him three months of practice.
Yet once Wind God Tower had settled down, Chu Xisheng felt that the atmosphere around him was decidedly unusual.
Chu Yunyun, seated beside him, had worn an icy expression for three straight days, frost in her eyes, barely deigning to respond to him.
Behind them, Lu Luanli and Ji Qianqian also looked displeased, radiating a piercing chill.
Ji Qianqian was somewhat better, but whenever Lu Luanli spoke to him now, her tone was stiff and cold.
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