chapter 21

He asked her three fatal questions.

Ji Yan, “…” She hadn’t figured out how to lie her way out of those three questions yet.

Ji Yan lowered her head and cried, trying her best to appear frightened. No matter what questions you asked me, I will not answer! I will just continue acting frightened!

“Sixth brother.” At this moment, the other Kunning disciples had walked over after they finished searching the entire room. They were all a little surprised to see Ji Yan. “Why is one of the people from Qingyun Pavilion in our refining room? Why are you the only person here?”

Ji Yan didn’t even have the time to reply when Shao Xin suddenly stood up and blocked other people’s view of her, “She told me that she saw a devil here. When everyone rushed out to check the huge commotion that occurred outside, I assume she had heard some noise here and came to check it out.”

As soon as Shao Xin said the word ‘devil’, the expression on the disciples’ face instantly sank. The younger disciples even looked afraid.

“As for the devil…” Shao Xin sighed and turned his head to look at Ji Yan, “A devil is bound to be bloodthirsty. I guess she was frightened badly when she saw the devil’s appearance. She doesn’t have any spiritual power in her body, so she probably doesn’t know anything.”

Ji Yan, “…?”

Brother, didn’t you ask me those questions just now? Why are you answering your own questions?

She would’ve never thought of such a perfect excuse like he did!

Ji Yan decided that she will just go with what Shao Xin had just said!

Ji Yan looked at the back view of the young man. His hair was combed into a high ponytail and it would sway behind him whenever he moved. The pale blue Kunning Sect uniform gave him a calm yet energetic aura. Shao Xin sounded much calmer after he talked to his fellow disciples.

“I will bring her to an area where she can rest and ask her some more questions on the way. I want you to continue searching around for the devil.” Shao Xin clenched his fist and frowned, his tone was very solemn, “If it really is a devil, then it must be a very powerful devil. After all, it was able to infiltrate Linshuang City and cause so much damage to the buildings. If we don’t find the devil soon, then the consequences will be unthinkable.”

The other disciples all had different expressions on their faces when they accepted his order. They carried their sword and continued to search for the devil.

There were only two people left in the large refining room.

Ji Yan huddled in the corner of the cabinet silently.

What should I do next?

Her illness had yet been cured. She had searched the cabinet for the spirit grass for a long time, yet she still didn’t know whether one of the bundles of grass in her arms was the spirit grass she needed. It seemed like nothing she had done had gone correctly.

That f**king Yin Xuezhuo was a real hurdle for her. He had dragged her all the way here, yet at the most critical moment, he didn’t do anything to help her. Instead, he deliberately forced her into a difficult situation.

He must be hidden somewhere in the dark, watching her with interest while she struggled to put on an act.

“Did you get hurt?” Shao Xin crouched in front of Ji Yan and examined her carefully. He frowned and said, “You have no spiritual energy and your body temperature is gradually rising. You don’t look well. I have seen many people with injuries, but I have never seen anyone without an ounce of spiritual energy.”

All the disciples in the sect had spiritual roots. Although their cultivation base may be different, this was the first time he had seen someone as weak as Ji Yan.

Shao Xin automatically assumed that he couldn’t detect any spiritual energy from her because her cultivation base had been destroyed by the devil after she was seriously injured by him. He looked at Ji Yan pitifully.

Losing one’s cultivation base for the cultivators was similar to a tiger without teeth and a writer without a hand. This was a fatal blow.

“You don’t have to be too sad. I heard that there are medicines in this world that can reshape your spiritual roots. There are also magical weapons that can improve your cultivation in the future. It’s best if you focus on healing your injuries for now. The young man sighed and took out a porcelain bottle from his sleeve. He poured out a black pill from the bottle and handed it to Ji Yan, “This pill was refined by using spirit grass. I originally planned on distributing this to the commoners in the south of the city tomorrow. You should take one.”

Ji Yan held the black pill in her hand.

She had a dazed expression on her face.

She was thoroughly embarrassed.

It can’t be…don’t tell her that the spirit grass she was looking for was actually a pill?! She had been looking through the cabinet for herbs that looked like grass, but it turned out that she was looking for a pill all along.