"The academy doesn't allow us to get involved in the affairs of the Three Kingdoms," Hua Ye reminded him.
Wen Jiuyin was helpless, sighing slightly, and was about to resign himself to fate.
"You're talking about saving Bai Shengyi? What happened to her?"
Chui Ming, with an elegant feline gait, leaped lightly and approached Wen Jiuyin.
Wen Jiuyin was startled, "Respected... Respected One..."
No one knew the true strength of the Vice Principal's Xuan Jing Tiger; it never paid them much attention, and this was the first time it had communicated with them.
Chui Ming impatiently flicked its tail, "Hey! Old Man Wen, I'm talking to you!"
Wen Jiuyin, who was only a little over a hundred years old: "..."
However, realizing this was an opportunity for Bai Shengyi, he quickly recounted how the Grand Princess's consort had attempted to assassinate Bai Shengyi, and also mentioned the Vice Principal's attitude. To his surprise, Chui Ming's reaction was even more extreme than he had anticipated.
"Aowu!"
Chui Ming let out a furious roar and, with a few leaps, disappeared. Wen Jiuyin only heard a few excited tiger roars coming from the Vice Principal's courtyard.
"Qin Si, you'll regret this!" Chui Ming roared at its unresponsive owner, feeling both exasperated and agitated.
Qin Si was already vexed. Upon hearing Chui Ming's roar, she was about to shove her into the contract space when she heard Chui Ming continue, "Bai Shengyi is going to die! Are you really not going to do anything?"
"What did you say!" Qin Si abruptly stood up, her brows tightly furrowed.
Qin Si couldn't do anything about Chui Ming, but she was also worried about Bai Shengyi. She gritted her teeth and said, "Beast core..."
"Deal! Wen Jiuyin said the consort, Sun Lixing, is pursuing Bai Shengyi..."
Before the Xuan Jing Tiger could finish speaking, she saw spatial fluctuations, and her dog-owner was no longer in sight.
She calmly curled her tail and lay on the ground, saying leisurely, "You say you don't like that little girl, but you're so anxious I can't stand it."
Bai Shengyi's condition was not good.
Just moments ago, she had consumed the enemy's spiritual power, which had transformed into a long sword, in a near self-mutilating manner, dodging another round of attacks. However, she had also lost too much blood and was beginning to lose her strength.
Still, she had realized that she was in an illusion.
"The mist has thickened again."
Bai Shengyi summoned the Reincarnation Brush, her eyes vigilant of her surroundings, allowing her to rest for a while.
Bai Shengyi panted heavily, "Tell me, where is the other party?"
The Reincarnation Brush shook its head, looking at Bai Shengyi's state with great concern, "Master, are you alright?"
Bai Shengyi shook her head, remaining silent.
Earlier, she had tried to communicate with the other party, but they had not given her a chance, attacking directly with their sword. The swordsmanship felt somewhat familiar; Bai Shengyi felt like she had seen it somewhere before, but she couldn't recall where.
"Let's try again! I can't just stake my life in this godforsaken place!" Bai Shengyi gritted her teeth fiercely.
She had never liked to admit defeat; even in a desperate situation, she would fight!
"Fire!"
The Reincarnation Brush made a gesture, and a black-blue flame appeared in mid-air. This time, it did not burn towards the spirit swords, but towards the thick mist.
"Sizzle..."
There was movement!
Bai Shengyi felt a surge of joy. Was the mist a living entity?
As she thought this, she heard a scream.
"Ah!" The other party exclaimed in disbelief, "Heavenly fire? You, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, possess Heavenly fire! No wonder you could kill Yu'er!"
"Wait..."
Bai Shengyi suddenly thought of something, her voice rising in disbelief, but it was too late.
The dense fog instantly dissipated, and a effeminate man, with a resemblance to Princess Mingyu, walked towards her from nearby.
He held a long sword, leaped up, and stabbed directly at Bai Shengyi.
"Thud!"
The Reincarnation Brush, wielded by Bai Shengyi, blocked the attack in time, but Bai Shengyi was also sent flying backward, crashing directly into a scorching hot stone.
She had emerged from the illusion, but the surroundings were not familiar. Instead, it was an endless expanse of stone mountains.
"I didn't kill Princess Mingyu," Bai Shengyi staggered to her feet, the Reincarnation Brush spinning in her left hand, "I have wit..."
Before she could finish the word "ness," the other party, with a grim expression, rapidly attacked.
His sword techniques were astonishingly fast, and his moves were fierce. Bai Shengyi could only retreat step by step, channeling all her mental energy to protect herself, using the Reincarnation Brush as a dagger to parry from left and right.
Her feet treaded on hot rocks, and the hazy white sunlight shone from above. Bai Shengyi licked her chapped lips and drew another "fire" character.
This time, the flame was larger and more resolute than before!
It shot directly towards Sun Lixing's eyes!
Sun Lixing instinctively closed his eyes. When he opened them again, he saw Bai Shengyi fleeing towards the stone mountains.
"Hmph! You think a mere trick can stop this Venerable!"
Although Sun Lixing said this, the Nine Nether Desolate Fire had left him with a significant psychological shadow. He dared not touch the flame directly with his spiritual power and had to resort to other means to extinguish it.
By the time he dealt with the flames, Bai Shengyi had already fled far away.
"So hot!"
Bai Shengyi's throat was dry and sore, and her entire body ached.
She felt that her current situation was even worse than when she had been abandoned on the federal battlefield years ago, forced to hide from various black technologies all by herself.
Her mind was becoming a bit muddled. She wanted to talk to the Reincarnation Brush, only to find that it had suffered significant damage and had fallen into a deep slumber.
"Heh! So you were rushing to choose your own grave," Sun Lixing sneered at Bai Shengyi, looking at her as if she were already dead.
Bai Shengyi looked up, only to realize with a start that in front of her was a bottomless chasm!
This chasm spanned countless miles. The side Bai Shengyi stood on was a stone mountain formed by stacked or towering rocks, while on the other side of the chasm were continuous, mist-shrouded, boundless mountain ranges.
A dead end!
Damn it! Couldn't this damned heaven be a little kinder to her?
Bai Shengyi forcefully suppressed the urge to curse, but saw Sun Lixing charging at her again with his sword drawn. Without any hesitation, she took a few steps forward and decisively leaped into the chasm!
She would not die at Sun Lixing's hands! Even if there was a sliver of hope, she would fight for it!
"Bai Shengyi!"
Bai Shengyi seemed to hear someone calling her name, but she had no time to pay attention.
Her mental energy was almost depleted. She planned to risk damaging her foundation to squeeze out some energy to try and grab at vines or other things along the way, but the surrounding stone walls were steep and sharp, with nothing there.
Bai Shengyi felt her eyelids growing heavier and heavier...
"Bang!"
She felt herself fall heavily onto something. The pain in her internal organs instantly brought her back to her senses, forcing her to open her eyes.
"Damn it!"
Bai Shengyi finally couldn't hold back and cursed in her wind-battered voice.
What did she see?
It was as if an invisible, soft sponge was cushioning her in mid-air. Her body hit it, and half of her body disappeared directly into it, with the other half still sticking out.
What in the world?
She had no idea what this was. She tried to struggle, and then her vision went black. The next moment, her whole body felt like it had been crushed and passed through a tunnel, and then, her entire body felt like it was burning.
Hot! Extremely hot!
Bai Shengyi felt like flames were burning in front of her, and the heatwaves made it impossible for her to open her eyes.
After a while, she gradually adapted to the wave of heat and then opened her eyes, only to have them widen in astonishment!
"This is..." Bai Shengyi's mouth fell open in shock.