"Did you hear? The Grand Princess wanted to cause trouble for Bai Shiaxzi, but ended up getting her face stomped on and sent back!"
"Your news is outdated! I heard from my aunt's friend's granddaughter that the Bai family isn't getting involved. The Grand Princess's mansion has sent out another batch of cultivators to capture Bai Shiaxzi!"
"Wow, then there's more excitement to watch! This Bai Shiaxzi is truly something else..."
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As the second enrollment period for the Divine启 Academy approached, most cultivators were focused on preparing for the exams, and the capital was much quieter.
Upon this news, everyone discussed it heatedly. Some even set up gambling pools, specifically betting on how much longer Bai Shengyi would live.
Meanwhile, Bai Shengyi, the cause of all this, rejected Xia Qufeng's suggestion to hide at the Xia family's residence. She went into the Eastern Yue Forest alone and early, using the herbs within to heal the scars on her face.
With such an ugly face, even Bai Shengyi found it displeasing.
Because of the previous battle, she realized she had become accustomed to fighting with mental power. The spiritual root she had finally awakened had become more of a burden. Therefore, she was now specifically using practical combat to train herself in using spiritual power.
"As expected, cultivating spiritual power in this world is much more convenient than forging mental power." Bai Shengyi looked at the spiritual power at her fingertips, which was at the second level of Qi Condensation, as refined as green jade, and smiled with satisfaction.
Then, with a wave of her hand, her spiritual power became like the sharpest sword, piercing through the forehead of a rushing Gulu Beast from the mountain.
She stepped forward with a smile, intending to pick it up for processing, when an arrow shot out with a "swoosh" and struck the Gulu Beast.
Then someone ran over excitedly.
"Brother Si Cheng, our dinner is secured... Hey! That's our thing, what are you doing?"
Jiang Ruomei had just emerged from the forest. She saw someone standing next to the Gulu Beast and thought they were trying to steal their prey. She put her hands on her hips, ready to scold them further, but upon seeing the person's face, her eyes widened in shock.
"Bai Shengyi?"
Bai Shengyi looked at the cat-like eyes of the other person, suppressed her displeasure, and replied, "Mm."
"Ruomei, have you seen A Yi?" A gentle voice filled with a hint of confusion came from not far away. Following it, a young man in white robes led four people out quickly.
Upon seeing Bai Shengyi, the young man exclaimed in surprise, "A Yi? Is that really you! Why are you here? Hurry back, it's dangerous here!"
Bai Shengyi narrowed her eyes, and instantly remembered that this was the son of her father's comrade whom Bai's father had adopted. Bai Sicheng, the original owner's elder brother. He had been admitted to the Divine启 Academy a year ago and had mentioned to the family that he would be leading a team for practical training during this period.
She hadn't expected such a coincidence, meeting him in the Eastern Yue Forest.
Bai Sicheng and his teammates had been in the forest for over a week and were unaware of the events outside. He still thought Bai Shengyi was his timid and weak sister. He immediately took Bai Shengyi's hand and said, "Where are your guards? Your maids? Why are you alone? Do you know how dangerous this is?"
After lecturing for a while, he noticed the other party's expression was calm and distant.
Bai Sicheng was stunned.
Bai Shengyi was unaccustomed to being touched and withdrew her hand.
However, she always reciprocated kindness with kindness, so she smiled and replied, "Thank you, Elder Brother, for your concern. I came in by myself."
Seeing that Bai Sicheng's companions were already eagerly moving to attack the Gulu Beast, Bai Shengyi said, "Elder Brother, the Gulu Beast is my spoils of war. Please ask your teammates to stop."
"Are you joking?" A boy in the team who always disliked Bai Sicheng mocked, "This Gulu Beast was clearly killed by your brother with an arrow. What right do you have to call it your spoils of war? Because your face is prettier?"
"Hahaha..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the other three joined in with laughter.
Jiang Ruomei said, "Yu Shen, Bai Shengyi is Brother Si Cheng's sister. Don't go too far!"
Yu Shen snorted, "Ruomei, you saw it yourself. She wants to claim our prey as her own. Even if she's Bai Sicheng's sister, she can't do this! She's not on our team!"
Jiang Ruomei blinked her eyes, "This, Brother Si Cheng... why don't you persuade Bai Shengyi? If it's inconvenient for her, we can share some food with her, but don't do things like coveting other people's possessions."
Bai Shengyi suddenly felt that those eyes were wasted on such a person.
What did they mean by coveting? Were they worthy!
"A Yi, you..." Bai Sicheng knew that given his sister's situation, she wouldn't be able to hunt a Gulu Beast, but he also wanted to save her face. He hesitated for a moment.
Bai Shengyi's smile vanished. She said coldly, "The Gulu Beast has a fatal wound in its forehead from my strike. If you don't move aside, don't blame me for being impolite!"
Yu Shen had already seen the bloody hole and Bai Sicheng's arrow stuck in the Gulu Beast's front leg.
He was hesitating when he heard Bai Shengyi's words and exploded.
"Bai San, don't be ungrateful. If it weren't for your brother, do you think you'd still be standing here so calmly? Besides, you're a blind cripple who can't cultivate. What makes you think we'd believe the wound on the Gulu Beast's head was yours..."
Yu Shen looked at the blue-green color on Bai Shengyi's fingertips and felt the abundant spiritual power, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets!
"You... you... you have a spiritual root?"
"Just a spiritual root, is it that strange?" Bai Shengyi sneered coldly, waved her arm, and her spiritual power, like a sword, flew past Yu Shen and pierced the other side of the Gulu Beast's head!
Two holes, one on the left and one on the right. One didn't need to look closely to know they were made by the same person!
Yu Shen was startled. While his face felt a sting, he couldn't help but jump and frown, "You... you've reached Foundation Establishment?"
This power, how did it feel stronger than theirs?
"Ah, no, I'm only at the second level of Qi Condensation." Bai Shengyi yawned.
Yu Shen was speechless!
Who said Bai Shengyi was a cripple? It was they who were the cripples!
When they were at the second level of Qi Condensation, they were still using spiritual power to cover their weapons in combat. But look at the power of her second level of Qi Condensation. Even if he was already at the ninth level of Qi Condensation, he wouldn't dare say he could definitely take it head-on!
Yu Shen was so shocked that he became withdrawn. The others, however, couldn't help but overthink.
After all, Bai Shengyi had been determined to have no spiritual root during the Divine启 Academy's enrollment test! The academy couldn't be wrong, so could it be that Bai Shengyi had encountered some incredible opportunity?
The gazes of several people flickered uncertainly. Bai Shengyi saw through them at a glance and sneered, "What are you looking at? Is there any rule that says one can't awaken their potential after the age of fifteen! I am a member of the Bai family; it would be strange if I didn't have a spiritual root!"
As Bai Shengyi's gaze swept over them, everyone felt a chill down their spines and couldn't help but look away, not daring to meet Bai Shengyi's eyes. However, they felt that what Bai Shengyi said made sense.
It was likely that Bai Shengyi had a spiritual root originally, but it hadn't been awakened, which was why it couldn't be detected.
There were precedents for such situations in the Divine启 Continent.
Bai Sicheng was the most excited, "That's great! A Yi, now you can continue to inherit the Bai family's medicinal texts. When we go back, I'll have..."
"No need!" Bai Shengyi interrupted Bai Sicheng and said to Yu Shen, "You should believe me now. The Gulu Beast is mine."
Yu Shen nodded in a daze. Watching Bai Shengyi drag the Gulu Beast away, he finally came back to his senses, his expression extremely ugly.
It was too humiliating!