This is my first time playing the female lead, what's wrong with the tea and snacks?

"Qingyi, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to see you here."

"You are hurt?!"

Seeing Su Yu's weak appearance, Ji Ruqing's expression changed, and she immediately went to his side to check on him.

Actually, he traced the faint scent of Qingyi to the vicinity, and then, upon discovering the commotion, he was drawn here.

And indeed, I met her here.

He came to find Qingyi, but naturally he couldn't tell her, otherwise it would be considered breaking the contract.

However, he did not expect that Qingyi was already seriously injured when he arrived.

"What a coincidence?"

Su Yu glanced at Ji Ruqing noncommittally; he didn't believe things were really that coincidental.

Ji Ruqing took out a high-grade healing pill and gave it to Su Yu, then held her wrist and continuously injected spiritual power into her.

Su Yu instinctively tried to struggle, but Ji Ruqing forcibly restrained her.

He muttered a rebuke in a low voice.

"Don't move! You're injured!"

"......"

This guy... Su Yu gritted his teeth inwardly. He was helping him refine the pills, so he had no reason to refuse.

So he could only let the other person lead him.

With Ji Ruqing's help, the medicine became significantly more effective.

Su Yu's originally pale face regained some color, and the pain in her body lessened somewhat.

After temporarily stabilizing her injuries, Ji Ruqing sensed Su Yu's intentional struggle and then released her grip after a moment.

He looked at the Netherworld Python lying on the ground to the side, lifeless.

"Qingyi, was it you who killed this Netherworld Python?"

"Why were you so reckless? This is a demonic beast comparable to a late-stage Celestial Venerable!"

Based on what he saw at the scene, he had guessed that Qingyi had sacrificed herself to kill the Netherworld Python, which was why these other demonic beasts were summoned afterward.

This was a monster that even he found troublesome.

In his opinion, it was not worth it at all.

Qingyi's life is far more important than these demonic beasts; she is more important than anything else.

She shouldn't have acted so recklessly...

Su Yu held the token in front of him and smiled slightly. "Look, I'm number one."

Ji Ruqing stared at the rankings on the leaderboard for a moment, then looked at Su Yu's smiling face and froze.

Although Su Yu's personality is different now, Mu Qingyi's original temperament was aloof.

In Ji Ruqing's eyes, that radiant smile was like a snow lotus blooming on a snowy mountain peak, stunningly beautiful in an instant, making it impossible to look away.

Clean, joyful, with a touch of gentleness amidst the coolness, and a strange feeling that Ji Ruqing couldn't describe.

"First....."

"Sixty thousand points..."

"Qingyi, if you need points, you can tell me, and I can give you all of my 30,000 points."

"I've said it before, what's mine is yours."

"Actually, I wanted to give you my points from the very beginning..."

Ji Ruqing gently wiped the blood from her face, her eyes filled with love.

Su Yu secretly thought to herself, "He wants to take it, but I can't."

He now needs to make his stance clear.

Mu Qingyi had no interest in romantic relationships; she only wanted to focus on cultivating her Dao!

So he could only push Ji Ruqing away forcefully, a hint of confusion and embarrassment flashing across his face.

"Ruqing, do you think I'm just a weak woman who only knows fancy moves?"

"Is it only through your power that I can achieve the vase I want?"

"Does my survival depend on you always protecting me from behind?"

"Do you really know me?"

Seeing the hint of grievance on Su Yu's stubborn, even defiant, face, Ji Ruqing panicked instantly, tiptoeing around at a loss.

"Qingyi, no, I didn't mean that to you. I just didn't want you to get hurt!"

"I just want to protect you, I want you to be happy and cheerful, and to have a smile on your face every day."

"I'm only doing this for your own good!"

Su Yu let out a soft breath.

"I don't need your points at all; I can do it myself."

“Ji Ruqing, I can tell you that I, Mu Qingyi, am no worse than you, and I do not need your protection.”

"The path I yearn for can only be perfected by traversing it myself."

Fearing that Su Yu would get angry and ignore her, Ji Ruqing could only awkwardly agree with her from the side.

"I was wrong."

"Qingyi is the best. I'm sure you're better than me, Qingyi."

However, given his commanding presence, he somehow resembled a domineering CEO spoiling his woman.

Ji Ruqing didn't know why, but he just felt that Qingyi was getting cuter and cuter.

"........"

Damn it!

Which part of the process went wrong?

Seeing Ji Ruqing's increasingly gentle gaze, filled with a hint of doting, Su Yu trembled with anger.

What he wanted was Ji Ruqing's 'mutual respect and courtesy,' not this domineering CEO-doting-on-his-wife act!

He wanted Ji Ruqing to understand the meaning of his cultivation.

But it feels like things are going in the opposite direction more and more.

Su Yu felt as if a huge rock was blocking his chest, and he couldn't help but let out a painful groan as he was already injured.

"Qingyi, what's wrong!?"

Upon seeing this, Ji Ruqing rushed over.

Su Yu shook her head and said, "It's nothing, it's just that my previous injury hasn't healed yet, it's a small matter."

Ji Ruqing immediately picked up Su Yu. "In that case, we shouldn't stay here any longer. I'll take you to heal your wounds first."

"No!" Su Yu exclaimed in surprise, trying to break free from Ji Ruqing's embrace.

However, Ji Ruqing's strength was too great. He was already weaker, and now that he was injured, he was even less of a match for him.

"Put me down first!"

Ji Ruqing frowned. "You're injured now, we need to find a quiet place to help you heal quickly."

"Have you forgotten our agreement? We can't be together during this time! If we're discovered, our identities will be exposed!"

If others saw him and Ji Ruqing being so intimate, not only Ye Xuan, but even the other disciples of Zhan Yue Sect would be shocked.

This was something he desperately wanted to avoid.

He had only planned to say hello to Ji Ruqing when he met her here and then part ways.

Ji Ruqing's tone left no room for doubt, "I won't tell anyone about our secret, don't worry. I'll take you somewhere to heal first, and once you're better, I'll do whatever you say."

He unleashed several streaks of cyan sword light from his fingertips, annihilating all the demonic beasts.

"Ji Ruqing! Put me down!"

"I can heal myself!"

"Hey, Ji Ruqing, did you hear me?!"

Pressing down the struggling Su Yu, Ji Ruqing quickly left Tianwu Valley...

Half an hour later.

Ye Xuan arrived at Sky Mist Valley...

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