The villain, Xiao Nanliang, caused the female lead excruciating pain.

"What do you want?"

Since the other party knew so clearly, Bai Luo also knew there was no point in continuing to pretend to be ignorant, so he got straight to the point.

He did not try to shut Ning Hongyu up completely.

This woman dares to appear here so openly; even a fool could tell she has a backup plan.

"Since we have a common enemy, then we have a basis for cooperation, don't we?"

Ning Hongyu smiled and gestured for him to sit down.

……

Let's turn our attention back to Bamboo Peak in the Eastern Region.

Inside the room, Su Qi, who had been studying and cultivating his external avatar for several hours, noticed that Ruo Bingli's divine sense was sweeping over again.

This time he didn't hide. With the isolation formation in place, Ruobingli couldn't see what he was doing inside.

Calmly putting away the secret scroll, he then sat cross-legged and pretended to meditate, as black energy began to surge around his body.

I silently counted down in my mind.

Three...two...one...

Bang!

The door was broken open, and Ruobingli appeared at the door with a tense expression. She raised her hand and broke the formation. When she saw Su Qi, who was surrounded by black energy, her expression froze, and she decisively interrupted Su Qi's cultivation.

When Su Qi opened his eyes and saw Ruo Bingli, a flash of panic and guilt crossed his eyes, but it was quickly replaced by indifference.

Don't you know you need to knock before entering someone's room?

"Why do you continue to practice this demonic art? Don't you know it will only lead you deeper into darkness?"

Ruo Bingli was clearly a little angry.

In her opinion, Su Qi didn't say it, but he didn't want to continue practicing this demonic art.

But now...

Su Qi did not answer, but instead asked a question indifferently.

"How do you know what I'm doing? Are you spying on me?"

"I……"

Ruo Bingli panicked. After finishing her cultivation, she subconsciously glanced at Su Qi with her divine sense, only to find that Su Qi had enveloped himself in an isolation array. She was worried that Su Qi would hide away and play self-harming games like he did during the day.

In a moment of panic, they broke down the door and rushed in.

"Forget it, you don't need to explain to me. This is your home, and I'm just an outsider. It's not wrong for you to spy on me."

Su Qi dusted off non-existent dust, stood up, and walked out without even glancing at Ruo Bingli.

"You are my disciple, not an outsider. This is your home too!"

Ruo Bingli instinctively pulled the person back.

Su Qi paused, then smiled and turned back to ask a question.

Are you monitored in your own home?

"I...I was just worried about you..."

"Distrust is distrust, there's nothing wrong with admitting it. Anyway... I don't need your trust!"

Su Qi shook off her hand and walked out.

Ruo Bingli bit her lip, feeling a sense of powerlessness in the face of Su Qi's aloof attitude.

Clearly... all I wanted was to save him.

Coming to his senses, Su Qi had already walked outside and openly sat down cross-legged to cultivate his demonic arts.

"you……"

If Bingli gets angry, she will interrupt again.

puff……

Su Qi seemed to have suffered a backlash, suddenly spitting out a mouthful of blood. He braced himself with his palms on the ground, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth, and turned to look at Ruo Bingli with a cold gaze.

"Either you kill me now, or I won't give up."

Despite his injuries, he began to cultivate again.

But before it even started, someone hugged her tightly from behind.

"Stop hurting yourself this way!"

The woman's voice was pleading, filled with a deep sense of helplessness.

She no longer knew how to fill the wounds in her heart.

Su Qi remained silent for a long time, and only after a long while did he painfully close his eyes and speak.

"Let go. If this continues, you'll be exhausted, and I'll be exhausted too."

In fact, he is in great pain right now.

It was so painful to endure!

The soft touch against my back was so incredibly stimulating.

Xiao Suqi was about to lose control.

If Bingli didn't say anything, she would just hold him tightly, showing her attitude through her actions.

"Your persistence is meaningless. I've said it before, one day a righteous chosen one will come and slay this evil demonic cultivator!"

Su Qi looked up at the brilliant starry sky, staring at the brightest star, and emphasized this sentence once again.

But in my heart I was sighing, "What another agonizing night."

To be honest, he regretted it; he shouldn't have tried to win over Ruobingli in this way.

These days are even harder to endure than training a hawk.

The two remained locked in this stalemate until late into the night, when finally Su Qi couldn't stay awake any longer and fell into a deep sleep.

Ruobingli looked at the person sleeping peacefully in her arms before speaking softly.

"Go to sleep. Your master will protect you. Even if there really is such a so-called chosen one, he won't be able to harm a single hair on your head!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she was shocked to find tears streaming from the closed eyes of the person in her arms, whose lower lip was tightly pressed together and trembling slightly.

So, he wasn't asleep?

Is he just pretending to be asleep, trying to lower his guard and find a chance to escape?

Seeing through this, Ruobingli smiled.

The fact that he can be moved by his own actions shows that the child hasn't changed; deep down, he still longs to be saved.

She gently wiped away her tears, lightly stroking her cheeks, radiating maternal glow.

"Don't be afraid with Master here!"

Su Qi's tears flowed even more freely, and he couldn't help but bury his face in her arms and sob.

……

In the days that followed, Su Qi seemed to have been truly moved and stopped causing trouble, behaving like a well-behaved child.

Ruo Bingli did whatever she asked, seemingly cooperating wholeheartedly to complete the redemption.

This made Ruobingli extremely gratified, but also somewhat heartbroken.

Since the day the rumors started, Su Qi has never left Bamboo Peak.

Besides completing Ruobingli's tasks every day, he would sit by the mountain and watch the lively scene of the Bamboo Peak disciples below.

The deep envy that inadvertently flashed in his eyes told Ruobingli that he longed for and envied the bonds between fellow disciples.

Ruo Bingli tried to persuade him to try to meet more people, but the previous rumors had clearly made Su Qi socially awkward.

Aside from her master, Su Qi doesn't want to see anyone else normally.

Even if she called her disciples up, it would be the same; Su Qi would only hide until they left before coming out.

However, this wasn't without its advantages. Ruo Bingli could clearly sense that Su Qi was gradually letting go of his resentment and becoming increasingly dependent on her.

This is a good thing, because dependence represents trust. Dependence only arises from objects of trust.

……

Unlike Su Qi, Ye Feng was living a rather miserable life.

Because of the beast-repelling powder he had refined before, he was not attacked by the spirit beasts of the Spirit Beast Academy and his limbs remained intact.

But shoveling manure every day is no human experience.

Originally, he wanted Elder Mu to secretly help him break the seal on his cultivation.

But the deacons of the Spirit Beast Academy, for some reason, kept a close eye on him like they were watching a criminal.

They would also check the seal on his body from time to time.

This made Ye Feng curse inwardly.

His hatred for Yue Chongshan grew even deeper.

I ended up in this predicament all because of that old bastard.