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

In a daze, Ruobingli felt someone taking care of her. She opened her eyes groggily and seemed to see another version of herself.

No... this isn't another version of myself, but...

"elder sister?!"

"Are you alright?" Su Qi asked, his dirty face close to hers.

Ruobingli felt that her sister's blurry figure had become clearer.

My previously uneasy heart instantly calmed down.

She shook her head slightly, her heavy eyes unable to stay open any longer, and closed them, falling into a deep sleep.

Su Qi pursed his lips, confirmed that she was not dead, placed a wet rag on her forehead, and then ignored her.

……

As the sun rises in the east, the sky begins to lighten with a pale, fish-belly white hue.

"Hey...hey..."

Ruobingli felt someone pushing her in her sleep. Although her head was incredibly heavy, she still managed to open her eyes with difficulty.

"Hmm?" The voice was lazy and had a heavy nasal tone.

"It's dawn. We need to hurry down the mountain to find a doctor. Your injury can't be left untreated."

If Bingli's somewhat dazed eyes snapped back to reality, she nodded in a daze after a long while, trying to get up, but found that her whole body was limp and powerless, and she couldn't muster any strength.

I tried several times but couldn't get up.

This was inevitable, because some heartless guy had given her a cartilage-infused scent before waking her up.

She can muster even a little strength now, so Su Qi has lost.

"No, I don't have any strength left."

"What should we do then?" Su Qi asked anxiously. "My frail body can't carry you."

Ruobingli thought for a moment and then took off the bracelet from her wrist.

"This bracelet should be worth a lot of money. Go to the pawn shop and pawn it, then find a doctor to prescribe some medicine for me. The rest of the money is yours."

She felt that she had lost her cultivation and was now an ordinary person, so the medicine that worked for ordinary people should also work for her now.

Whether it works or not, it's worth a try.

"Is this very valuable?" Su Qi took the necklace and examined it curiously.

"It should be worth a lot of money."

This necklace was made by Ruobingli herself. The pearls on it came from a clam spirit at the Golden Core stage, and she didn't know their exact value.

Su Qi looked at the necklace with some difficulty, as if he was resisting something and didn't want to go to the town, but seeing Ruo Bingli's weak appearance, he couldn't bear to leave her.

"Then I'll go. Will you be able to stay here alone?"

"I'm fine." Ruobingli shook her head. Although she had lost her cultivation, she still had something to protect her.

Su Qi pretended to still be worried and blocked the cave entrance with weeds before leaving.

This time, he didn't fly on his sword, but instead descended the mountain at a normal speed and arrived at the town from yesterday.

I deliberately passed by the tavern from yesterday, and furtively looked around at the entrance.

Upon seeing this, the shopkeeper standing behind the counter immediately became alert.

"Hey little beggar, don't block the doorway and get in the way of my business, get out of here."

Su Qi shrank back, looked over timidly, and stammered out a question.

"Boss, do you know where there's a pawnshop? I want to pawn something."

As he spoke, he showed off the bracelet in his hand.

"exist……"

The shopkeeper, impatient, was about to point in a random direction when he glanced at Su Qi's hand and was immediately drawn to the pearl necklace.

The diners in the hall also looked over.

"Wow, this pearl seems to be something special."

"Little beggar, where did you steal this from?"

A group of people, already drunk early in the morning, gathered around, wanting to get a closer look.

Startled, Su Qi quickly covered his bracelet and tried to run away in a panic, but he tripped and fell into the water tank at the entrance of the tavern.

"Ah... gurgle... help..."

"Hahaha……"

Seeing him in such a disheveled state, the people around him burst into laughter.

"You beggar, are you deliberately trying to cause trouble here?"

The tavern owner, his face dark, pulled him out of the water vat.

"sorry Sorry……"

Su Qi wiped the water off his face with his sleeve and hurriedly apologized.

But he found that everyone around him was holding their breath and staring at him.

"Why...why are you all looking at me like that?"

He pretended to be scared and backed away. He glanced at the water tank next to him and saw his reflection in the water. He finally realized that the dirt on his face had been washed away by the water.

"what!"

He screamed in fright and quickly covered his face, but it was obviously too late.

"Hehehe, little beggar, how about coming home with me? I promise I'll never let you suffer again."

"Pah, don't believe him, he's just after you. Quickly hide behind your brother, your brother will protect you."

"Get out of here, you bunch of bastards! What are you pretending to be young for? Everyone knows you already have kids, yet you still want to mate with young girls. Go drink your wine, or I'll have the waiter take everything away."

The innkeeper waved the drunken customer back to his seat, then turned his gaze back to Su Qi, a look of amazement flashing in his eyes.

I couldn't help but recall that yesterday a customer seemed to have casually mentioned that there was a particularly beautiful beggar in the neighborhood who had caught the eye of a thug.

He didn't believe it then, but now...

Wow, she's much prettier than the girls in the brothels on the next street.

Su Qi looked frightened and turned to leave, but the shopkeeper grabbed him.

"What...what are you going to do?"

"Hehehe, the shopkeeper said we old cows eat young grass, but you're not exactly innocent either, are you?"

"Get lost, don't think of me as one of you."

The shopkeeper swung his sleeves and cursed, then looked at Su Qi again.

"You've made such a mess of this place, it's not right for you to just leave like this, is it?"

He pointed to the water vat next to him.

"I...I don't have any money...Shall I clean it up for you?"

"No need for that. Didn't you want to pawn your pearl bracelet? Just sell it to me. I'll pay fifty taels of silver."

Having been in business for many years, the shopkeeper could tell at a glance that the pearls were no ordinary items.

"Shopkeeper, aren't you taking advantage of people's lack of knowledge? I think that necklace is worth at least seventy taels."

"Yeah, you're bullying that young girl, aren't you? Even I, with my upright character, can't stand by and watch."

The drinkers started to cheer.

"Get lost! This necklace is indeed worth more than fifty taels. But if a beggar with no identity were to pawn it, those unscrupulous pawnshops probably wouldn't even give her five taels. They might even... kidnap her and sell her to a brothel for a profit. I'm already being very fair by giving her fifty taels. Why don't you come and take it?"

The innkeeper's words silenced all the customers.

That's absolutely true. These days, even in business, if you don't have some connections, you're just waiting to be taken advantage of.

Beggars have no human rights. Even if they are robbed or beaten to death in the street, no one will care.

Moreover... they didn't even have five taels, let alone fifty.

Seeing that the patrons had fallen silent, the innkeeper turned to the terrified Su Qi.

"So, are you selling it or not?"

Su Qi hesitated slightly, but finally made up his mind.

"Sell!"

He handed over the bracelet.

After the transaction was completed, Su Qi covered his face and left in a hurry.

Several patrons in the hall had greed and desire in their eyes, so they secretly sent the innkeeper to keep track of their accounts.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper shook his head helplessly.

"What a world!"

……

There happened to be a clinic next to the tavern. Su Qi went over and got a prescription from the doctor. When he came out, he found that several people were watching him from the shadows.

Great, a fish has taken the bait.

Pretending not to notice, Su Qi started hurrying back.