The Beauty and the Swordsman

Pei Lingyou dragged the unconscious He Xiuhe, and Kuang Ye dragged his elders, as they faced hundreds of numb believers.

Pei Lingyou glanced at the kitchen knives or wooden sticks in the hands of the believers and sneered.

These ordinary folks think they can beat up Pei Lingyou?

"Don't move! Let me handle this alone! I've been holding a lot of pent-up anger lately, so I'll practice my boxing skills." Pei Lingyou said, putting down He Xiuhe and starting to roll up her sleeves.

Knowing that he was the "source of anger," Shoumo quietly moved to the side, trying not to attract Pei Lingyou's attention.

Kuang Ye gently instructed from the side:

"These are innocent civilians who have been deceived; go easy on them."

"Got it!" Pei Lingyou replied cheerfully, and with a "hey!" kicked the nearest believer who was holding a kitchen knife away.

The believer was sent flying, tracing a graceful arc in the air before crashing heavily to the ground. After struggling for a long time, he got up again and charged at Pei Lingyou with the kitchen knife once more.

Pei Lingyou chuckled at the sight: "I love your unruly attitude!" She kicked someone into the air again, then unleashed a flurry of punches from both sides, shouting "Hey ha!" as she began practicing her combo punches among the believers.

Seeing that she was having a great time, as happy as a cat playing with a mouse, Kuang Ye stood aside with a smile and did not interfere.

Shoumo couldn't bear to watch as the believers slowly became bruised and battered. He wanted to speak up and offer some advice, but then he remembered that he had a lot of legal troubles waiting for Pei Lingyou to deal with, so he didn't dare to open his mouth.

Pei Lingyou's side was having a pretty good fight at first.

But gradually, she became a little impatient.

These believers have kowtowed to countless celestial beings, seemingly impervious to pain.

She knocks him down, then he gets up again, knocks him down again, and he gets up again... it never ends.

If we assume a person can get up eight times, she must have thrown at least several thousand punches.

He had to be extra careful with his strength, avoiding vital areas, and he hit her harder than usual, making her sweat profusely.

"You can't kill them, and you can't injure or cripple them, right?" Pei Lingyou moved her slightly sore wrists, just wondering how to take back what she had just said, "Don't move! Let me do it!" when she saw Kuang Ye jump into the crowd.

He clenched his fist and flicked his knuckles, striking the backs of the knees of his followers one by one, causing them to collapse and fall, unable to get up for a long time.

When Kuang Ye noticed that Pei Lingyou was breathing slightly heavily and that fine beads of sweat were appearing on her forehead, he began to roll up his sleeves.

As soon as Pei Lingyou stopped and shook her head, he immediately took over.

Pei Lingyou smiled knowingly, feeling a little warm.

She grinned, showing her white teeth, and grabbed each believer in her hand, beating them hard. She looked like she was "killing with a smile," which gave Shoumo goosebumps all over.

Seeing the believers fall to the ground one by one, Shoumo cleverly cleaned up the mess by running to the elder's room and finding the antidote for the celestial elixir, which he then fed to the defeated believers.

With such coordinated efforts, in less than fifteen minutes, almost all the believers were knocked to the ground, leaving only a dozen or so standing, for Kuang Ye to finish them off.

Nearly half of the people have begun to slowly regain their senses, looking at themselves and those around them blankly.

Pei Lingyou wiped the sweat from her brow and walked over to her elder, who was still unconscious on the ground.

She crouched down, carefully examined her elder for a moment, then raised her hand and slapped him hard across the face.

"Hey, wake up."

The elder seemed to have been kicked too hard by Pei Lingyou, and lay motionless on the ground.

Pei Lingyou clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction, and then slapped him twice more.

Her strength as a martial artist was extraordinary; three purplish-red handprints were clearly visible on the elder's face, swollen and ridged.

Even so, the elder still did not wake up.

This puzzled Pei Lingyou, who was completely unaware that her elder's toes were already taut and straight, and he was enduring the pain.

In fact, the elder had already woken up, but he dared not make a sound.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Pei Lingyou beating the believers with a fierce expression. He was so frightened that he quickly closed his eyes again and continued to pretend to be unconscious.

He would rather endure three slaps and wait until the commotion grew loud enough for the officials to raid the entire Duxin Society than fall into Pei Lingyou's hands while still lucid.

Pei Lingyou was unaware of her elder's ulterior motives. She clicked her tongue in surprise as she examined her strong, powerful hands, her face full of astonishment at her own strength.

Could it be that consuming the Heavenly Fairy would affect a person's martial arts skills and internal strength, causing them to become weaker?

She spat into her palm, rubbed her hands together, rolled up her sleeves, and prepared to give her elders a good slap in the face.

Unexpectedly, He Xiuhe, who was standing next to her, also woke up and, without saying a word, pounced on Pei Lingyou with a fierce expression.

Pei Lingyou was not wary or on guard against this group of believers who had no martial arts skills from the very beginning.

Therefore, when He Xiuhe pounced on him, Pei Lingyou had no time to react and relied entirely on her instincts from years of martial arts training to lean back and dodge.

Even so, He Xiuhe still grabbed her leg and bit her hard on the back of her leg.

Pei Lingyou screamed in fright and instinctively kicked her legs, trying to shake off He Xiuhe.

Unexpectedly, the latter clung tightly to Pei Lingyou's leg like a bloodsucking leech, his eyes bloodshot and his teeth clenched so tightly that veins bulged on his neck, as he squeezed out a few distorted words:

"No... stay awake... no!!"

Pei Lingyou had never been bitten before in her life. Before she could react and save herself, Kuang Ye rushed over and kicked He Xiuhe away.

The force of the movement, the height of the arc she flew through, and the speed at which He Xiuhe flew out, even making a "whoosh" sound as she flew through the air, stunned everyone present.

Pei Lingyou looked at He Xiuhe, who had flown directly over the courtyard wall, gave Kuang Ye a thumbs up, and smiled:

"All these details prove that your martial arts skills are truly unfathomable. It's a deal, isn't it? When you finish your training, you absolutely must give me a good fight, so I can have some fun. It's a promise!"

Kuang Ye didn't respond, nor could he laugh.

He crouched down to examine Pei Lingyou's calf, noticing that her pants were torn and there was a deep tooth mark on the skin, almost reaching the bone. He couldn't help but frown.

"Humans are usually poisonous, which is more troublesome than animal bites. It's best to use alcohol to disinfect them."

After Kuang Ye finished speaking, he immediately ordered Shou Mo to go to the kitchen to find wine, while he helped Pei Lingyou to her feet and wanted to help her to a chair to rest.

Pei Lingyou stood up with Kuang Ye, somewhat bewildered, thinking to herself:

Brother, are you sure you're not mistaken? I'm Pei Lingyou!

Pei Ai, the infamous troublemaker, is ranked among the top ten in the martial arts world!

Having spent so many years in the martial arts world, I've suffered all sorts of cuts and wounds.

Even if someone bites me, or even chops off my head, I won't cry out in pain.

What do you mean by treating me like a caged bird?

Pei Lingyou was puzzled, but her body betrayed her by letting out a soft "Ouch" and leaning against Kuang Ye.

Kuang Ye let her lean to one side, carefully helping her sit down on a stone bench in the courtyard, just like he would help a pregnant woman.

When Shoumo returned from the kitchen with the wine, he witnessed this cheesy and sickeningly sweet scene and couldn't help but mutter a complaint under his breath:

"Why don't we hurry to the clinic? The wound will heal by the time we get there. Or we could report He Xiuhe as missing and see if she's been kicked to some distant paradise."

Despite his complaints, Shoumo still brought over the wine and then went to find some soft gauze.

Kuang Ye gently and carefully poured the wine onto Pei Lingyou's wound on her calf.

Get a little wet, then look up at Pei Lingyou's expression.

Let's pour a little more water on her and see Pei Lingyou's expression.

It was obvious that they wanted to judge the force of the wine pouring based on Pei Lingyou's expression of pain.

Unfortunately, Pei Lingyou was completely oblivious to romance, blinking her big eyes as she looked at Kuang Ye:

"What are you dawdling about? Is this wine so expensive that you have to pour it out little by little?"

Kuang Ye chuckled helplessly, then splashed the wine onto Pei Lingyou's wound, wrapped it three times with a soft cloth, and carefully tied a knot.

Pei Lingyou couldn't help but grin as she watched his long, slender, and delicate fingers fiddling with her calves.

She was enjoying herself when, unexpectedly, He Xiuhe stumbled and crawled back from outside the courtyard.

"Don't wake up! Don't!!"

He Xiuhe, unlike her usual kind demeanor, revealed a fierce glint in her eyes and a ferocious expression as she viciously lunged at Pei Lingyou once again.