87: Giving up halfway? Not a chance!

The next morning.

"Creak—"

The bedroom door was slowly opened from the inside.

Lu Yi walked out with one hand supporting his aching lower back and the other on the doorframe, his steps slightly unsteady.

He took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, feeling his legs still a bit weak.

"Hiss... Two high-intensity battles in one day, even an Undying Realm Star Immortal Body can't handle this..."

Lu Yi sighed inwardly.

He glanced back into the room.

On the bed, Leng Ningshuang was still fast asleep.

Her cool face still bore a lingering blush; she was clearly "exhausted" from last night.

Seeing her defenseless state, a victor's smile curled at the corners of Lu Yi's mouth.

Although the process had been extremely difficult and he had almost met his match in this unexpected gutter.

In the end, relying on his tenacious will and superb "techniques," he successfully turned the tables and took charge.

He had secured victory in this incredibly tough "siege battle"! This exchange wasn't a loss!

Lu Yi didn't wake Leng Ningshuang; instead, he carefully closed the door, intending to let her get some good rest.

After closing the door, Lu Yi stood in the corridor and gave a long stretch.

He was just about to go to the courtyard for some air and to recover his stamina.

However, his peripheral vision caught something.

Suddenly, he saw two very similar figures walking from the far end of the corridor.

It was the sisters, Chu Qianqian and Chu Qianqian.

Chu Qianqian, walking in front, held her head high and chest out, marching with an arrogant, swaggering gait.

In her hand, she held a shimmering golden rope.

The other end of the rope was tied to the wrist of Chu Qianqian behind her, leading her along like a prisoner.

When Lu Yi got a good look at Chu Qianqian's current appearance, he almost couldn't help laughing out loud.

This normally seductive and charming Hehuan Sect Holy Maiden was now sporting two massive dark circles under her eyes.

Her face was as pale as paper, as if her body had been completely hollowed out.

However, her spirit was in a state of bizarre, extreme excitement!

Excitement flickered in those peach blossom eyes.

She looked exactly like an "internet-addicted girl" who had pulled several all-nighters at a net cafe and just finished killing a boss to get god-tier gear.

And looking at the Chu Qianqian following behind her, her appearance was even more suggestive.

Although she had changed back into her signature long white dress.

The clothes were currently wrinkled and messy, clearly thrown on haphazardly.

Her once smooth long hair was now a disheveled mess, looking like a bird's nest.

Her originally proud and cold face was filled with deep exhaustion and an unspeakable sense of humiliation.

She was gritting her teeth and staring intently at Chu Qianqian in front of her.

If looks could kill, the Chu Qianqian in front would have probably been sliced into pieces eight hundred times over.

Seeing Chu Qianqian's miserable, "broken" appearance.

Lu Yi couldn't help but start imagining what exactly had happened in the secret room over the past few days.

The two quickly approached.

As soon as Chu Qianqian saw Lu Yi, she immediately waved excitedly and greeted him:

"Yo! Up so early?"

She sized Lu Yi up and down, then revealed her signature mischievous smirk:

"I see your complexion isn't great and your steps are a bit weak. Were you... tired out last night?"

Lu Yi ignored her teasing, leaned in closer, and asked in a low voice:

"Are you... done with the 'training'?"

"How could it be that easy?"

Chu Qianqian spread her hands and let out a huge, unrefined yawn:

"You're overthinking it. This is just the beginning."

"Her bones are very stiff, and her mouth is very stubborn. If she yielded in just a few days, it would be underestimating her too much."

Lu Yi was somewhat confused upon hearing this:

"Then where are you taking her? To parade her through the streets?"

"Of course not."

Chu Qianqian shook her head and explained:

"I plan to let her go back first."

"Let her go?" Lu Yi was even more puzzled.

"She is the Yaochi Holy Land Saintess, after all. If she's missing for too long, those old fogies will definitely get suspicious."

Chu Qianqian was crazy, but not so crazy that she lost her reason:

"If they trace it back to our Hehuan Sect, that would be a huge problem. We wouldn't be able to play anymore in the future."

"Then isn't this giving up halfway?"

Lu Yi looked at Chu Qianqian and felt it was a bit of a waste:

"You went through so much effort to capture her, and you're just letting her go? Can you accept that?"

"Who said I've accepted it?"

Chu Qianqian gave a mysterious smile and reached out to pat Lu Yi's chest:

"Rest assured, do I look like the type of person who does a losing business deal?"

"Letting her go back is so that I can play for longer in the future."

With that, she didn't explain further.

She turned around, loosened the Immortal Binding Rope in her hand, and motioned for Lu Yi to step forward:

"A little help, please. Help unseal her Meridians. Since you're the one who sealed them, it's too much trouble for me to do it."

Lu Yi did as requested.

He stepped forward and pressed his fingers against several of Chu Qianqian's major acupoints.

The moment his fingertips touched Chu Qianqian's body, he could clearly feel her body shudder violently.

As Lu Yi withdrew his Spiritual Power, the Spiritual Power within Chu Qianqian's body began to flow again.

She was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Chu Qianqian in disbelief.

She clearly hadn't expected that this crazy woman would actually be willing to let her go!

"What are you looking at? Scram already!"

Chu Qianqian waved her hand impatiently, as if shooing a fly:

"Hurry up and get lost! If you dare to talk nonsense or reveal a single word... you know the consequences."

Chu Qianqian's eyes flickered. Although the shameful experiences of these past few days were the nightmare of her life, she would never yield just like that!

She roared frantically in her heart:

"'Letting me go?' Chu Qianqian, this is the biggest mistake you've ever made in your life! As long as I get back to the Yaochi Holy Land, let's see how you'll catch me then!"

"The humiliation of these days, this debt—sooner or later, I will pay it back to you two scoundrels a hundredfold, a thousandfold!"

Despite the overwhelming resentment in her heart, she didn't say another word on the surface.

She was terrified that if she said one more thing, Chu Qianqian would change her mind.

Thus, without a word, she turned and circulated her newly recovered Spiritual Power, preparing to fly away.

She didn't want to stay in this devil's den for even one more second!

However, just as she turned and her toes left the ground to take flight.

Behind her came Chu Qianqian's voice, tinged with a bit of playfulness:

"My dear sister, don't forget to come back once every seven days."

"Otherwise... your elder sister can't guarantee what interesting things might happen inside your body..."

Chu Qianqian didn't stop, but she let out a cold, disdainful snort in her heart.

Come back?

In your dreams!

Once I step out of here, it's impossible for me to ever return in this lifetime!

Not in seven days, not in seven hundred years!

She pushed her Spiritual Power to the limit, her figure turning into a streak of white light, about to fly over the courtyard wall.