"Should have," the Guide System stated.
Hearing this, a flicker of something flashed through Wan Yun's eyes. The corners of her lips curved slightly as she spoke, "Right, System, can you devour other systems?"
The Guide System, upon hearing this, revealed a trace of greed in its voice, "You mean..."
"Yes! Find an opportunity to devour her system!"
Wan Yun hooked her lips, her voice cold.
On the other side, the System suddenly shivered, put down the chicken leg it was holding, and muttered to itself, "Why do I suddenly feel a chill down my spine?" Moreover, how did it feel like it was being targeted by something? Strange...
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Time passed quickly, the night vanishing in a blink of an eye. The horizon gradually began to show the pale white of dawn.
At this moment, the Cold Pool.
"Cough, cough, cough!" Feeling choked and struggling to breathe, Ling Qianji's eyes snapped open, and he froze.
"Where is this?"
"The Cold Pool."
Hearing the familiar voice next to him, Ling Qianji's eyes lit up, "Senior Sister?! You're back?"
Ming Li leaned against the stone wall, her arms crossed. "If I hadn't come back, wouldn't someone have said they wouldn't see my final moments?"
Hearing this, Ling Qianji looked down and then his handsome face quickly turned as red as a monkey's backside. "Sen-Senior Sister, where are my clothes?!" Can anyone tell him why he was completely naked! Not a single piece of clothing on him!
Ming Li tilted her chin, her gaze shifting to the side as she said, "Wearing clothes would hinder your absorption of the cold energy, so I took them off."
"Ah!" Upon hearing Ming Li's words, the redness on Ling Qianji's face rapidly spread to his neck. "Senior Sister... you mean... you took them off for me?"
Ming Li furrowed her brows in confusion. "Is there a problem? If you think there's a problem, should I put them back on for you?"
Ling Qianji, "No, no, no... there's no need, Senior Sister!"
Ming Li, "Oh, then quickly get out of the Cold Pool and put on your clothes."
"Oh, oh," Ling Qianji instinctively moved to get out of the Cold Pool, but he stopped himself the next second, swallowed hard, and stiffly turned his head to look at Ming Li. "Sen-Senior Sister, aren't you going out?"
Ming Li met Ling Qianji's gaze with confusion. "Why would I go out? Is there any part of you I haven't seen? Have you forgotten? I used to bathe you often when you were little."
Ling Qianji, "!!!" Senior Sister, please stop talking!
In the space, the system, convulsing with laughter, spoke with difficulty, "Host... Hahaha! Host! Men and women are different. If you don't go out... Hahaha! He won't get out of the Cold Pool... Hahaha! Right now!"
Upon hearing the System's words, Ming Li's expression remained unchanged. With a thought, she directly threw the System into its long-neglected solitary confinement.
System, "..." It couldn't laugh anymore...
At this moment, Ming Li's chilling voice echoed into the solitary confinement, "Since you like to laugh, you can laugh to your heart's content in there! If you don't laugh for three full days, you're not coming out!"
System, "Host, Host! I was wrong!"
Ming Li paused for a moment. "Then laugh for two days."
"..."
System, "Let me say thank you..."
(lll￢w￢)
Outside, Ling Qianji, hearing no sound from behind him, tentatively turned his head. Seeing no one behind him, Ling Qianji breathed a sigh of relief, quickly climbed out of the Cold Pool, grabbed his clothes, and put them on with haste.
After stepping out of the Cold Pool, he saw Ming Li standing at the cave entrance.
"Senior Sister..."
Ming Li turned around and immediately noticed Ling Qianji's flushed face. She frowned slightly and said, "You... perhaps you should go in for another soak...?" Why did it feel like the Cold Pool wasn't working at all? His face was still so red?
Upon hearing this, Ling Qianji's face turned even redder...
"Senior Sister... I'm fine now."
Ming Li nodded. "Alright, when you're better, go back and cultivate." As she spoke, she tossed Ling Qianji another cultivation technique. "This is something good I collected before, it's very suitable for you."
"Thank you, Senior Sister. I'll be going back then."
After saying that, Ling Qianji ran away at lightning speed! In the blink of an eye, he was gone.
"He seems to... be very afraid of me?" Strange...
Ming Li raised an eyebrow and was about to walk towards Elder Peak when she was stopped by a white figure after only a couple of steps.
Looking at the white-robed old man in front of her, Ming Li narrowed her eyes. Just as she was about to ask the System who it was, she remembered that the System was in solitary confinement. After a moment of silence, she asked, "Who are you?"
The Second Elder adjusted his beard and said gently, "Little girl, pay up."
Ming Li, "..." This old man was not here with good intentions...
눈_눈
Suddenly, Ming Li thought of something and said, "I remember now, you were the one peeping at me last night."
"Cough, cough, cough!" Upon hearing Ming Li's words, the Second Elder choked on his own saliva. "This, this... Little girl! You can't just say things like that! This old man conducts himself uprightly and honestly!"
ヽ(ຶ▮ຶ)ﾉ!!!
Ming Li said speechlessly, "That's enough. Say it, what money do you want me to pay?"
The Second Elder was silent for a moment, his gaze sweeping over the damaged structures around them. He said, "Last night, you were fighting, and quite a lot of things were damaged."
Ming Li, "And you still say you weren't peeping."
The Second Elder, "..."
(눈‸눈)
Seeing that the Second Elder remained silent, looking as if he had been choked, Ming Li said in a calm voice, "My master destroyed all of this. If you want compensation, go find her."
Upon hearing this, the Second Elder pondered. It seemed that indeed it was that little brat who had caused the destruction...
Snapping back to reality, seeing Ming Li about to leave, the Second Elder quickly grabbed Ming Li's arm and said, "Little girl, wait a moment!"
Ming Li stopped in her tracks, turned her head, and looked at the Second Elder, pulling her hand away. "Is there anything else?"
The Second Elder, "Little girl, what's your name?"
Ming Li, "Tang Li."
"I recall that your aptitude was mediocre before. How did you suddenly become so powerful? Even I... cannot see through your cultivation."
Ming Li raised an eyebrow, as if sensing what the Second Elder was thinking, and asked calmly, "You think I'm a demon?"
Hearing this, the Second Elder's eyes sharpened for a moment, but he quickly returned to normal and smiled, saying, "This old man never said that."
Ming Li spoke the truth, "If I were a demon, you all would have been finished long ago."
The Second Elder, "..." What did her words mean?
Õ_Õ
Before the Second Elder could figure it out, Ming Li had already vanished from his sight.
"Alas..." The Second Elder sighed. He had already checked, and there was not the slightest trace of demonic energy on the girl. It seemed that the demon was not her.
Meanwhile, as Ming Li returned to Elder Peak, she encountered the female lead, Wan Yun.
Seeing Wan Yun walking towards her, Ming Li raised an eyebrow. Just as she was about to ignore her and walk past, she was called to a halt.
"Tang Li, wait a moment!"
Ming Li stopped and looked at Wan Yun, "What is it?"
Hearing Ming Li's voice, Wan Yun clenched her fists tightly. That same feeling of wanting to submit! It was so hateful!