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"metropolitan."

Luo Ge turned around, supporting Shuang Yue's swaying body, her eyes filled with worry.

"How are you? Are you hurt anywhere?"

Shuangyue shook her head, barely managing to stand, the faint blush on her pale face not yet completely faded.

She took a deep breath, trying to suppress the surging blood and qi in her chest and some indescribable emotions.

"I'm fine."

Her voice was still a little hoarse, but it had regained its usual cool and aloof quality.

"Jin Xi... he went too far!"

Luo Ge looked at the tightly closed door, her tone tinged with displeasure.

"If I hadn't arrived in time, he..."

She couldn't imagine it.

If Shuangyue really goes mad due to her failed alchemy attempt, or is driven to the brink of despair by Jinxi's insane words, what will be the consequences?

Frosty Moon did not respond.

She slowly walked towards the overturned alchemy furnace, looking at the remaining black ashes inside and the precious medicinal herbs scattered on the ground.

These were the fruits of her labor over the past few days, but now they have all been destroyed.

She crouched down, stretched out her slender fingers, and picked up a pinch of the black powder, feeling a burning pain at her fingertips.

"hiss……"

She gasped softly and quickly withdrew her hand.

"metropolitan!"

Luo Ge hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed her hand. She saw that Shuang Yue's fingertips had been burned by the residual fire of the ruined pill, and were red and swollen.

"This is just a minor injury, nothing serious."

Shuangyue tried to pull her hand away, but Luoge held it tightly.

Luo Ge took out a delicate little jade bottle from her bosom, poured out a little emerald green ointment, and carefully applied it to Shuang Yue's fingertips.

The cool sensation instantly dispelled the burning pain, and Shuangyue's tightly furrowed brows relaxed slightly.

"Sect Master, what exactly did Jin Xi say to you just now?"

As Luo Ge tended to her wounds, she couldn't help but ask:

"You seem...to be very agitated."

Upon hearing this, Shuangyue's body stiffened slightly.

Jin Xi's eyes burned with fierce passion, and his words, "Do you want my uncle to like you?"

Like a curse, it kept echoing in her mind.

uncle……

These two words, like a sharp thorn, were stuck in the most hidden corner of her heart.

Shuangyue's gaze fell on the purple demon core powder that Jinxi had crushed on the ground.

That pill was the Cleansing Dew she refined for Liu Xiaohan.

But tonight, just as the elixir was about to be completed, a strange and malevolent power suddenly erupted, backfiring on her mind and spirit.

Luo Ge's gaze followed Shuang Yue's line of sight.

The purple powder on the ground gleamed eerily in the candlelight.

A thought struck her, and she quickly walked over, squatted down, picked up a bit of powder, and felt a chill run through her fingertips, making her shiver involuntarily.

"metropolitan!"

Luo Ge turned her head, her eyes filled with confusion.

"What exactly is going on with this discarded pill? Why...why does it contain such a sinister power?"

Frostmoon looked at the purple powder in Falling Singer's hand, a hint of solemnity flashing in her eyes, and slowly said:

"That's the Cleansing Dew I made for Liu Xiaohan."

"For some reason, at the very last moment before the pill was completed, its medicinal properties suddenly went out of control, becoming extremely violent, and it even flew out of the alchemy pavilion..."

"Luckily, Jin Xi discovered it in time and crushed it, otherwise..."

"Otherwise, if this 'Cleansing Heart Dew,' which contains evil power, falls into the hands of Liu Xiaohan of the Cold Abyss Cave, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

"Ah! Jinxi!"

Luo Ge exclaimed in surprise!

She quickly tossed it away, clapped her hands, and said with lingering fear:

"Then...then what I just said..."

She bit her lip in frustration.

"Then why did you kick him out, Sect Master?"

Luo Ge was completely puzzled, and her tone carried a hint of indignation on Jin Xi's behalf.

Her face flushed red and then turned pale, ashamed that she had driven Jinxi out without knowing the facts.

"Then...then I...I'll go and invite him back?"

Luo Ge asked tentatively, her tone tinged with a hint of flattery.

"Apologize to him in person?"

"After all... after all, we misunderstood him."

Upon hearing this, Shuangyue's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile that was neither a smile nor a frown.

Those clear, cold eyes looked out the window again, as if trying to pierce through the endless night to see a specific person.

"No need."

Her voice remained cold and indifferent, revealing neither joy nor anger.

"Since he dared to break in, he should have expected to be kicked out."

Luo Ge was somewhat puzzled:

"But...he saved you!"

"Moreover, his ability to spot the problem with the pills at a glance and to take timely action shows that he is not as simple as he appears on the surface."

Frosty Moon did not answer.

Of course she knew Jin Xi was no ordinary person.

How could a boy who could save her life at a critical moment be so naive?

He is like a fog, seemingly frivolous, but in reality unfathomable.

He kept saying "save her," but there was clearly something else hidden in his burning red eyes.

Is it mockery? Provocation? Or humiliation...?

Frosty Moon's heart was in turmoil once again.

She hated this feeling of being out of control.

The two were silent for a moment.

Frosty Moon spat out two words coldly through clenched teeth:

"Shameless!"

Then, ignoring the bewildered Luo Ge, she turned and walked straight to the window.

She pushed open the window, and the cool night breeze immediately rushed in, ruffling the stray strands of hair at her temples.

She looked outwards and saw rolling mountains.

A full moon hangs high in the sky, its clear light shining everywhere, but the golden dawn is nowhere to be seen.

For the first time, she felt that her pride in her calmness and rationality was so vulnerable in front of this boy named Jin Xi.

He was like an unfathomable flame, mad, dangerous, yet possessing a fatal attraction.

She didn't know where Jin Xi was at that moment.

Was it at his residence?

Or is it in some corner she can't see?

He was observing her every move with those playful eyes.

Shuangyue subconsciously raised her hand and gently touched the side of her neck.

The image of Jin Xi making advances on her resurfaced.

Frostmoon's fingers trembled slightly.

She abruptly pulled her hand back, as if she had been burned.

"Shameless..."

She murmured to herself again.

This time, the word, though uttered, was not filled with the simple anger of before, but rather carried a hint of coquettishness.

He saved her, yet he always humiliated her!

He was a jerk, yet at the crucial moment, he became her lifeline.

What word besides shameless can be used to describe Jin Xi?

He was arrogant, unrestrained, disdainful of others, and acted eccentrically.

But he would crush the problematic pill without hesitation.

Yes, he saved her.

Despite his rough methods and frivolous words, he ended up saving her life.

How should we weigh the debt of gratitude for saving his life against the humiliation and anger he brought?

For the first time, Shuangyue felt lost.

When has she, the head of a sect, ever struggled with such conflicting emotions?

"Golden Dawn..."

Shuangyue murmured the name, her red lips parted slightly, and she exhaled a puff of white mist.

Outside the window, the night wind grew even colder.

Frostmoon's right hand, which was gripping the window frame, trembled slightly...