73: System, look at them!

Hearing Xu Xi's teasing, what kind of personality did Li Ning霜 have? Naturally, she wouldn't back down.

Although her favorability had reached 100, her unique personality made Li Ning霜 immediately retort.

A hint of delicate anger appeared on her face. She was full of worries, yet Xu Xi was still oblivious, speaking sweet nothings without considering the situation.

Is this the time for flirting? This is the time for healing!

If he were well, and wanted to battle for 800 rounds, then Li Ning霜 would gladly accompany him, letting Xu Xi truly experience the results of her secret training these past few days.

"Also, why do you think I couldn't escape from that old dog Zheng?"

"You have trump cards, and this young lady has them too!"

"Moreover, I might even be able to directly counter-kill that old dog."

Following that, Li Ning霜 looked down at Xu Xi, her eyes clearly conveying her meaning: What is your status, and what is mine?

As a proud talent of the Purple Cloud Sect, she naturally had many life-saving items.

Although Li Ning霜's words were a bit exaggerated, Zheng Dayi still wasn't strong enough to kill her.

You simply couldn't imagine what kind of life-saving treasures a wealthy alchemy sect would bestow upon its precious disciples.

Various elixirs were hidden on her person; as long as you weren't reduced to ashes, you could be saved.

"Uh..."

"That's really rich. As expected of 'money power.' I'm a bit envious."

"Damn system! Can't you learn from others?"

"You're not even as good as a sect. To be stuck with such a system, I've truly had eight lifetimes of bad luck."

"When will I be able to turn over a new leaf and sing?"

A wave of mockery from Li Ning霜 hit his eardrums, and Xu Xi felt his scalp tingle. This time, he really lost!

He couldn't hold back at all. He truly hadn't expected that Li Ning霜 would speak her mind, and that she really had those things.

She really... Xu Xi wanted to cry!

(*꒦ິ⌓꒦ີ)

He couldn't help but recall his stingy system, working himself to death collecting Yin energy (and it wasn't just to satisfy Xu Xin's own pleasure).

In the end, he was just a Spirit Refinement realm nobody, with no ability to resist Zheng's pursuit, almost dying there.

System: How dare you! You want to ride on my head and poop? You don't think Tang Wan appeared out of thin air, do you? Don't you think it's a bit too coincidental? It was all arranged by this system, alright? Don't be ungrateful!

Of course, the system certainly wouldn't say these words. If it really did, Xu Xi would be stunned on the spot, and then doubt his existence.

"Hurry and go check on that kid Bai Xingyu. It happened suddenly just now, and I directly threw him out. I don't know if that kid survived..."

As the spiritual medicine repaired his body, Xu Xi could barely move. He struggled to his feet, then surveyed his surroundings. After determining the direction, he quickly moved forward.

He was preparing to search for Bai Xingyu, whom he had quickly thrown down earlier.

Zheng Dayi's earlier "Shocking Sand and Thunder Spear" attack was too terrifying. Xu Xi himself wasn't 100% confident he could withstand it, let alone Bai Xingyu.

After hastily throwing Bai Xingyu down, he left him to fend for himself. If Bai Xingyu was still alive, then naturally everyone would be happy.

If he unfortunately died, Xu Xi could only lament the impermanence of life.

Who could have known that a Thin Horse Gate could create so many miracles?

"Looking for that kid you threw down just now?"

"Don't bother. He's completely dead."

"Even the aftershock of that attack was definitely not something a nobody who hasn't even reached the Bone Forging Realm could withstand."

"You should just be glad you're alive."

Looking at Xu Xi, Tang Wan naturally knew what he was thinking.

She spoke her mind directly, stating what she had seen. Tang Wan's divine sense had long ago detected Bai Xingyu, who had been killed by the aftershock of the "Shocking Sand and Thunder Spear."

His limbs were broken, and not even a complete corpse was left, making for an utterly tragic sight.

Escaping the tiger's mouth only to enter the snake's den—that saying was absolutely true.

If anyone was to blame, it could only be Bai Xingyu's bad luck.

They say good people don't live long, and scourges last a thousand years, but the minions around scourges often die tragically.

"This..."

Hearing Tang Wan's words, Xu Xi fell silent, then stood still, unable to move for a long time.

A feeling of sadness enveloped Xu Xi's heart.

Since transmigrating, this was the first time Xu Xi had felt so disheartened.

"Let's give him a proper burial. Thunderclap Pavilion, I've marked this grudge!"

After a long silence, when he regained his senses, Xu Xi's gaze became exceptionally firm. He then continued to move forward, finally finding Bai Xingyu's broken remains.

He collected them, then arranged them together, managing to make them look like a complete body. Next, he dug a pit, and Xu Xi buried Bai Xingyu.

After doing all this, Xu Xi truly understood the cruelty of the cultivation world in this foreign land at that moment.

In the world of cultivators, there is constant strife and competition. Even for a meager resource, one must sacrifice their life.

The existence of the system at the beginning made Xu Xi forget himself, to the point that he completely failed to realize this was a cruel, real world.

It wasn't some virtual game where he could just follow system prompts to complete the plot.

Any slight mistake could lead to his death.

This time, it was Bai Xingyu who died. If next time there wasn't a sudden helper like Tang Wan, it would be Xu Xi who died.

"By the way, why did you come to Tingfeng Valley?"

"The matter of the Spirit Stone Mine has already been resolved. If you were in the Xuanjian Sect at this time, how could you have gotten into such trouble?"

Looking at Xu Xi's desolate back, Tang Wan knew that at that moment, Xu Xi had undergone a certain sublimation.

His future cultivation path would surely become smoother; this was a tempering.

However, Tang Wan was very curious about why Xu Xi appeared and how he got involved with an existence like the Thunderclap Pavilion. Her gaze shifted, staring directly into Xu Xi's eyes.

According to the information Tang Wan had, the people from Thunderclap Pavilion should be at the Acacia Sect.

Because the first place Tang Wan went was also the Acacia Sect, it was not surprising for her to know this information.

"Thin Horse Gate is under the jurisdiction of my Xuanjian Sect. I can go whenever I want."

"However, there are indeed some unsavory things involved."

When Tang Wan asked, Xu Xi fell into silence.

However, after a moment, he resolved his inner conflict and decided to inform her about the Thin Horse Gate matter.

Such things happen within many sects.

Dark dealings are not rare, and there was no need for Xu Xi to hide anything. Tang Wan, being in a high position and having cultivated until now, would have seen many such things, not few.

"..."

"Ding, Tang Wan's favorability +30."

"Congratulations, Host. The target, Tang Wan, has reached 100 favorability. You can engage in battle to obtain rewards."

"I see, that's quite an old trope, a hero saving a beauty?"

"But you, young man, have kicked an iron plate. It's currently the time for the Juefeng Secret Realm to open, and all the sects of the Xuan Yuan Continent are gathered in Youzhou. If it were any other time, you might really have been able to win the beauty's heart."