The stolen magic is a bit magical

About ten minutes later, Jiu'er came over with small, quick steps: "Miss..."

Li Xueyi gracefully raised her hand: "Jiu'er, have you confessed?"

“Miss, those two are very stubborn. The Ninth Elder beat them up, but they still refuse to confess.”

Li Xueyi sighed softly: "When traveling the martial world, one must treat others with courtesy. How can we be so rude? Let's talk things out. I'm going to go there, young master. Please wait here for a moment, I'll be right back."

“Yes, Miss!” Lin Xiaosu bowed.

The two women left gracefully.

After walking more than a hundred meters, theoretically, they faded from Lin Xiaosu's sight and were also out of his perception range.

Jiu'er glanced behind her and whispered, "Miss, what are you doing?"

"Men generally can't stand strong women, so I have to be more refined."

Jiu'er's eyes widened: "Miss just slaughtered everyone on the battlefield, her power echoed throughout the valley, how... can she still be faking it?"

"When I was slaughtering everyone, he didn't see it. By the time he saw me, I was already weak..."

Jiu'er nodded repeatedly, indicating that she understood, but there was still something she didn't understand: "Why does Miss care so much about that young master's feelings?"

"..." Li Xueyi herself felt it was difficult to explain, her mouth opened but no sound came out, and finally decided to take a hard line: "Get out of my way! Don't pry into my business!"

Below, behind a huge rock, two men with bruises on their faces knelt down as soon as they saw Li Xueyi.

Brother Black Scale said, "Miss, please spare my life! I absolutely had no intention of harming you. Our Scale Clan has no past grievances or recent feuds with nobles, and we have no reason to harm you."

Brother Bai Hei Lin continued, "Yes, this elder insists that the Cold Pool Fruit in the Yan City restaurant was given to us, but that's a real injustice. We only managed to get these four on our trip to the Northwest Cold Pool. If Miss wants them, we'll naturally offer them to her without hesitation, but we have absolutely no reason to give them away on our own initiative..."

The two of them spoke in unison, and what they said seemed to make some sense.

Although the ninth elder of the Li ethnic group twisted people's necks as easily as twisting cabbages, he still felt that breaking their necks in this way seemed to lack a certain justification.

Li Xueyi rubbed her hands together and stretched her shoulders: "For those who refuse to admit it, my usual practice is to skin them alive! You're the one, your skin color is nice, black and white!"

With a flick of his finger, he pierced through Brother Bai's scales.

Brother Bai let out a miserable scream, but before the scream could be heard, Li Xueyi stretched out her hand, grabbed his mouth, and peeled off Brother Bai's scales.

"Ah...ah...I confess...I confess..." Brother Bai's voice choked with sobs.

Brother Wu's face was deathly pale, and his whole body was trembling...

More than a hundred meters away, Lin Xiaosu had a toothache-inducing expression on her face.

I rely on!

Just peel it!

Li Xueyi is ruthless to herself, and even more ruthless to others.

She had just said she couldn't stand the elder's barbarity and didn't even dare to watch his interrogation, but now that it's her turn, she's doing just that—peeling him alive!

That's raw skinning...

The scales worn by the Scaled Clan are both clothing and not clothing. While others' clothes can be stripped off, theirs are connected to their flesh and blood, but she didn't care at all. In the blink of an eye, the black and white scaled creature was half-naked...

"Really confess? Or maybe you shouldn't." Li Xueyi said, "Even if I strip you naked from head to toe, your partner will still confess."

Brother Bai cried, "I confess! I confess! The Cold Pool Clear Fruit in Yan City was my scheme. I just discovered that this fruit, when combined with the Forget-Worry Tea, can disrupt a person's bloodline for an hour. I used the Black-Eyed Flying Insect to inform the Wilderness Clan. The Wilderness Clan promised me that as long as I performed a great service for them, they would allow me to enter their Wilderness Pool to cleanse my marrow... I confess everything, just give me a quick death!"

Li Xueyi, looking unsatisfied, finally sighed: "Originally, I like to finish what I start, but I made it clear beforehand that I intended to use my words to persuade people... Fine, as you wish, I'll give you a quick death!"

The mighty old man raised his hand, his palm as sharp as a knife.

With a single palm strike, two members of the Scaled Clan were decapitated.

Li Xueyi gently stretched out her hand: "Water!"

Jiu'er came running over, and a bag of water washed away the bloodstains on her hands.

"Bring out my spring clothes!"

Spring clothes?

Jiu'er opened the package and took out a light blue shirt...

Spray perfume around the area!

The Ninth Elder carried two corpses, with two heads tucked under his arm, and disappeared into the back mountain.

After hesitating for a while, Jiu'er took out a small bottle, opened it, and smelled delicious.

About ten minutes later, Lin Xiaosu looked up and saw Li Xueyi.

At this moment, there was not a trace of blood on her body. She was dressed in a light blue robe, looking as graceful as a fairy. She had a gentle smile on her face, gentle and intellectual, like a spring breeze.

Jiu'er carried a large bundle and followed beside her. The two of them came to Lin Xiaosu with an elegant and poetic demeanor.

"Did those two confess?" Lin Xiaosu asked.

"Yes! Everything is exactly as you say, young master. It was indeed their doing... Thank you, young master." Li Xueyi bowed gracefully.

Jiu'er interjected, "These two people are too vicious. I originally wanted to use some methods, but Miss is kind and gentle and couldn't bear to see such a barbaric scene, so she stopped me. The two people were moved by Miss's kindness and confessed while crying."

Lin Xiaosu nodded gently.

He did hear the crying, but whether it was because she was moved by the young lady's kindness is probably not something to discuss at this moment.

Fortunately, Li Xueyi seemed a little embarrassed to delve too deeply into this topic and changed the subject: "The land route is cut off, so let's take the water route next."

"it is good!"

Beyond the Valley of Helplessness lies the River of Forgetfulness.

The River of Forgetfulness is a river that rolls right beneath your feet, its origin and destination unknown.

Lin Xiaosu breathed in the hot, sulfurous air and figured that traveling by water was the best option.

However, when he reached the riverbank, he felt like slapping himself.

Who says riverside is always cool?
Lin Xiaosu suspected that the river's water temperature was at least seventy or eighty degrees Celsius. The white steam rising from the river wasn't mist, but water vapor.

Is taking a boat ride here really not like being steamed in a steamed bun?

A ferry was coming downstream. It was a big black boat that looked a lot like a turtle. When it came to their side, a big blackboard was put down, and they boarded the turtle boat.

Stepping onto the deck, I saw that it was made of black ironwood, which seemed normal enough.

But when Lin Xiaosu looked up at the ceiling, she was shocked. This boat, which looked like a small house, was not just like a turtle, it was a turtle shell.

"Young master, you've never ridden in a turtle boat like this before?" Li Xueyi's voice came from beside him.

"Never sat on one before, is this really a tortoise shell?" Lin Xiaosu gently touched the tortoise shell with her finger, and she understood the structure of the entire tortoise boat.

"Yes, this turtle is an underground species. Adult turtles can grow to a hundred feet long. Giants can catch them and use their shells as boats to travel through rapids, which is very convenient."

Jiu'er, who was standing nearby, said, "I'll go book two rooms!"

“Okay!” Li Xueyi nodded.

Just as Jiu'er was about to go on her mission, she suddenly noticed the young lady's fingers.

The finger drooped down; it was a single finger!
Jiu'er was bewildered, scratched her head, and went off.

She returned quickly: "I'm sorry, miss, sir, there's... there's only one room left."

Li Xueyi felt embarrassed, but considering the age-old tradition that people in the martial arts world don't concern themselves with trivial matters, she had no choice but to share a room with Lin Xiaosu.

Lin Xiaosu sat by the window, looking at the steaming river below and sensing the empty room next door, her heart quietly churning.

Someone once told him that if he met a beautiful blonde woman, he might as well seduce her.

He was quite dismissive of it.

Am I, Lin, the kind of person who uses my good looks to seduce men?

but now……

He really wanted to ask that old comrade Zhang what he should do if this beautiful woman was trying to scheme against him.
Is it better to fish in troubled waters or go with the flow?

Upon entering the Bridge Realm, his goal was the ancestral temple of the Li Tian clan.

The ancestral temple of the Li Tian clan is, of course, the Li clan's.

He is getting closer step by step.

Or, to put it another way, he was deliberately seduced by this Li ethnic minority lady, and he half-heartedly gave in.

However, there was one thing he couldn't understand.

Utopia has done a lot of work in the surface world, and they dream of opening up the underground world to liberate their mother race.

This goal, at first glance, seems reasonable, aligning with the millennia-old mission of a solitary race, regardless of whether this mission is somewhat obsessive...

However, it has now become extremely unreasonable.

They had in fact opened the bridge, and their mother tribe, the Li people, were right there. If the Li people wanted to leave, they could do so at any time.

The reason they didn't go out was never because they couldn't find the way out, but because they dared not stand in the sunlight of that world.

If the genetic challenges of living in the sunlight of that other world cannot be solved, the proposition of "opening the seal and releasing the alien races from the subterranean earth" is inherently invalid.

Which part of the process went wrong?
This is perhaps the most pressing mystery to solve upon entering the ancestral hall.

“Sailing on the river is the most elegant thing to do, perfect for reciting poetry and playing music. Why don’t you play the zither, Miss?” Jiu’er said.

Li Xueyi gave her a sidelong glance: "Jiu'er, you really are... Young Master is a refined person, and I'm afraid my rudimentary skill in playing the zither will offend your ears."

Lin Xiaosu said, "How could that be? If I were to have the chance to hear Miss's wonderful music, it would be an honor beyond measure!"

Li Xueyi smiled gently: "Then... I'll play a piece called 'The Phoenix Seeks Its Mate'!"

Her fingers landed on the strings.

As soon as the clear note is heard, beautiful music flows from the fingertips.

Lin Xiaosu closed her eyes and quietly appreciated the piece she was playing, titled "Phoenix Seeking its Mate," a piece that also exists in the traditional culture of the Great Xia Dynasty.

However, her piece is completely different from that famous masterpiece.

The music murmured, carrying a hint of hesitation, a touch of longing, hope, and anticipation...

It seemed to be a beautiful phoenix, spreading its wings and drawing circles in front of another phoenix, waiting for a response...

Lin Xiaosu is not someone who doesn't understand music. Even if he didn't understand it before, after being influenced by Ren Daolanxin and being immersed in various books and cultures, he understands a lot more now.

He knew this was her test.

This is also a further form of self-reinforcement for her.

What should we strengthen?

It's really baffling that a super fierce woman who would skin people alive at the drop of a hat is reinforcing her image in his mind as elegant and well-mannered...

If he could gamble, he would gamble...

In fact, Jiu'er had been saying and doing everything according to her arrangements, including booking a room and playing music for him.

This shows one thing: she cares about him a lot!

But he didn't quite understand what it was about him that had touched her.

Did I save her?

Or is it because of my status as an outsider?

If it's the former, her way of repaying the favor is rather unconventional.

If it's the latter, he seems to need to be somewhat cautious; "from the outside" is a sensitive word...

If he can scheme against her, why can't she scheme against him? (End of Chapter)