After the last divine medicine was picked, Xue Di arrived just in time. Seeing the medicine in Ming Li's hand, her expression changed.
"This is bad!" Xue Di frowned, looking at Ming Li and asking, "What are you doing?"
Ming Li replied, "As you can see, I'm picking herbs."
Before Xue Di could say anything, Ming Li continued, "Didn't you agree yourself? The divine medicine belongs to me. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Xue Di said, "But this is the divine medicine that seals the demon venerable. If you take it now, the demon venerable will soon appear, and then the human world will fall into chaos..."
Ming Li stated, "He won't be able to appear."
As she spoke, Ming Li unleashed a palm strike imbued with a strange power, directly obliterating the just-emerged demon venerable into dust, leaving not even a speck behind.
The casually deceased demon venerable: "..."
Xue Di: "..."
An eerie silence fell, and for a moment, no one spoke.
Suddenly, the system materialized from within the space, holding a telescope emitting white light. "Master, something's wrong! Ling Qianji is in trouble..."
Ming Li narrowed her eyes, took the telescope, and wiped it three times with her palm. The next second, she saw Ling Qianji's pale face. "What happened to you?"
Finally hearing Ming Li's voice, Ling Qianji smiled and said with difficulty, "Senior sister... I... I'm fine... It's really good to see Senior sister..."
Ming Li frowned. "What happened?"
Ling Qianji explained, "After you left, Master... she made me try... try medicine. I'm now poisoned, Senior... Senior sister, you might... might not be able to see me when you return... I... I feel so uncomfortable right now! So hot..."
Ming Li's lips twitched. This wasn't poisoning, it was clearly an aphrodisiac.
"Sigh..." Ming Li sighed, glanced at the still dumbfounded Xue Di, and shook her head.
If she didn't go back now, the male lead would likely be thoroughly consumed. Thinking this, Ming Li said, "I have something to attend to. Farewell."
With that, Ming Li tore through space and stepped into it.
Xue Di watched as the spatial rift and Ming Li vanished before his eyes...
"Father? Father! How are you? Are you injured?"
Hearing his son's voice, Xue Di snapped back to reality, waved his hand, and said, "I'm fine."
"Father, what about the demon venerable?"
Xue Di recalled everything that had just happened, his expression indescribably strange. "Gone."
"Huh?" Xue Qianhe hadn't understood the meaning of Xue Di's words and asked confusedly, "Father, what do you mean?"
Xue Di elaborated, "The demon venerable... was destroyed by that person..." The kind that was wiped out with a single palm strike...
"Ah?"
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Ming Li stepped out of the spatial rift and looked at the young man lying on the ground before her. She raised an eyebrow, crouched down, and reached out to pat Ling Qianji's face. "Hey! Wake up!"
The next second, the unconscious youth grabbed Ming Li's hand.
Ming Li tried to shake his hand off, but it wouldn't budge.
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Ming Li threatened, "If you don't let go, believe it or not, I'll chop it off!"
At this moment, Ling Qianji, his face flushed red, slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Ming Li with pitiful eyes, as if begging for comfort and a hug.
Ming Li almost couldn't resist punching him.
"Shi... Senior Sister... I li... like you... ah!"
Ling Qianji clutched one of his eyes and frowned in pain.
Ming Li expressionlessly withdrew her hand, directly knocked him unconscious, and carried him to the cold pool.
With a "plop," a large splash of water erupted. Ling Qianji, thrown into the cold pool, felt a hint of coolness, his brow unfurrowed, and he drifted off to sleep against the side of the pool...