“I can compensate you, anything you want, even my body, I’m willing!”
To survive, Chu Lin was ready to pay any price.
Moreover, Ling Xiao’s prowess stirred her, she wanted to make him her pawn, to command at will.
“Really? Then I won’t kill you!”
Ling Xiao smiled.
“Hmph, men are all lechers, so easily swayed, you scared me, once in bed, I’ll tame you completely!”
Hearing Ling Xiao, Chu Lin sneered inwardly, smug, grateful for her alluring body, useful in this critical moment.
But her smugness lasted only a moment, her face turning deathly pale.
“I’ve killed enough, I won’t kill, but I must cripple your cultivation and meridians, so you, this vixen, can’t harm others.”
Ling Xiao’s cold, resolute voice stunned Chu Lin.
Cripple her cultivation?
Destroy her meridians?
No!
Impossible!
She had worked hard to reach Five Elements Heaven, how could she bear it being ruined?
“Can’t we discuss this? I’m a disciple of Pixiu Island, you know what that means! A sect’s power rivals an empire, cross me, and you’ll regret it.”
Chu Lin said.
“You say you’re from Pixiu Island?”
Ling Xiao paused.
He was enslaved by Pixiu Island, treated like livestock, though he escaped and gained advantages.
That was due to his skill, not their mercy.
Without his abilities, he’d be a numb walking corpse, kept as livestock forever.
His grudge against Pixiu Island was deep.
“You’re scared?”
Chu Lin smiled, sensing hope.
“Scared?”
Ling Xiao shook his head, “You should regret being from Pixiu Island! I have a deep grudge with them, now I definitely won’t spare you!”
Chu Lin froze, her face despairing.
She knew she was done.
Without a miracle, this vile human would cripple her cultivation and meridians, ending her path as a martial artist.
A miracle seemed to favour her.
At that moment, a private room on the fifth floor opened, and a figure emerged.
Dressed in white, holding a white jade fan, he looked refined, scholarly, with a martial artist’s grace.
“Why not quit while you’re ahead, Brother Ling? Chu Lin is just a weak woman, even if you have a grudge with Pixiu Island, it doesn’t involve her.”
He stepped between Ling Xiao and Chu Lin, smiling lightly, “She may have goaded Ke Long to kill you, but it was just for fun, you’re unharmed, for my sake, let this go.”
“Brother Yu!”
Chu Lin, seeing him, rushed forward as if to a saviour, “Brother Yu, save me, he’s so fierce!”
“Little Sister Lin, apologise to him, you were indeed wrong.”
Ke Yu smiled.
“I’ve apologised, but he won’t accept, he insists on crippling my cultivation.”
Chu Lin hid behind Ke Yu, regaining her spirit.
“Brother Ling, you killed my cousin Ke Long, must you kill more? Little Sister Lin apologised, can we end this?”
Ke Yu turned to Ling Xiao.
“Apologise? She hasn’t, and even if she did, would it matter? If I tried to kill you and apologised, would your Ke family let me go?”
Ling Xiao countered, “Besides, who are you? I don’t know you, why should I give you face?”
“Hahaha, Ke Yu, you’re nothing, he doesn’t care about your face.”
Laughter rang out as another fifth-floor room opened, revealing a Qingxu Academy martial artist.
“Kid, get lost, you killed Ke Long, that’s enough, don’t disgrace Qingxu Academy, lest people say our disciples are reckless!”
He mocked Ke Yu, then glared at Ling Xiao, telling him to leave.
“For the sake of you being a Qingxu Academy senior, I won’t touch you, apologise now and leave! Who’s disgracing Qingxu Academy? You know better than me!”
Ling Xiao glanced at him coldly.
“Do you know who I am, daring to speak to me like this?”
“I don’t care who you are, I’m talking now, soon I’ll act.”
Ling Xiao was displeased.
He was ambushed, now seeking revenge, yet these so-called experts kept interfering, all to play hero for that woman?
Her charm was indeed potent.
But the more so, the more he needed to cripple her, or he’d never have peace.
“What did you say?”
The Qingxu Academy senior, Ning Ke, frowned, glaring coldly at Ling Xiao, “You’re new to Qingxu Academy, daring to disrespect me?”
“I don’t care if you’re Ning Ke or an idiot, stay out of this, or Ke Long’s your example!”
As Ling Xiao spoke, his aura surged, sword intent gathering, like an unsheathed blade, its chilling edge pressing toward Ning Ke.
Ning Ke paused, then laughed.
“Hahaha, I thought you had real skills, just a peak Three Talents Heaven trash, how did Qingxu Academy pick you?”
Ning Ke sneered, “Peak Three Talents Heaven with minor sword intent, not bad, enough to beat Ke Long, but see clearly, I’m late Five Elements Heaven! Don’t compare me to that trash!”
As he spoke, Ning Ke’s aura erupted, late Five Elements Heaven power rushing at Ling Xiao.
Compared to Earth Fire Heavenly Venerable, Ning Ke felt slightly weaker.
Same cultivation, but Earth Fire’s aura was stronger, likely from more combat experience.
“Done with your nonsense?”
Ling Xiao looked at Ning Ke calmly, initially reluctant to fight a Qingxu Academy senior, but seeing Ning Ke shield Chu Lin, he likely had closer ties to Divine Phoenix Academy disciples.
Ling Xiao had no more reservations.
