Chapter 784: 784
After Qin Sisi finished her morning routine and breakfast, Jing Jing ca right on ti. Ye You knew Jing Jing’s purpose, and after giving her a few instructions, left the room.
Jing Jing followed and closed the door. Then, turning back with a smile, she said to Qin Sisi, "Alright, let’s continue with your healing."
Qin Sisi asked in confusion, "Are my injuries not healed yet?"
In her mory, she only sustained so minor injuries during the battle against the giant python, nothing too serious. And since she didn’t feel any pain when she got up, she assud that Ye You had already healed her completely.
Jing Jing walked to her side and asked, "Don’t you feel weak?"
Qin Sisi thought about it and nodded, replying, "Yes, I feel powerless, a little weak."
Jing Jing gently said, "That’s right. While it’s not as serious as last ti, you’ve been shaken up a lot by the Ice-scaled Purple Crystal Python. Your internal organs were displaced and both your internal and external injuries are serious. You need to rest and recuperate."
Qin Sisi had not expected her injuries to be so severe. As such, she complied with Jing Jing’s directive, taking off her clothes and lying on the bed to allow Jing Jing to heal her.
Fortunately, by yesterday, Jing Jing had already healed more than half of Qin Sisi’s injuries. In the following days, only mild magic skills were needed for her recuperation. As Jing Jing was treating Qin Sisi with the power of magic, they started chatting.
"You’re quite clever to think of holding on to the tail of the Ice-scaled Purple Crystal Python to escape. We never thought of that tactic." Jing Jing said, half-seriously, half-jokingly.
Qin Sisi responded with a wry smile. She was not really smart, but rather, she was backed into a corner and had to co up with a solution.
"Have you ever been to that cave before?" From Jing Jing’s words, Qin Sisi gathered so information and asked curiously.
Jing Jing nodded and replied, "Yes. That cave is called the Ice Cave. We had an Ice Attribute Magic training once, which required us to jump down through the narrow cave entrance, walk along the Qinbing River, collect a small bottle of Qinbing Spring Water at the end, and then return to the entrance by ourselves.
Durning the training, we weren’t allowed to eat or sleep. We had to return to the surface with the Qinbing Spring Water within fifteen hours and hand it to Teacher Ge Lanxue. If we failed to return on ti, it would be considered a failure and we would have to do it all over again."
"Did all of you make it?" asked Qin Sisi, even more curious about the strict training regin at the Heavenly Magic God’s Castle.
Jing Jing smiled embarrassingly and replied, "Only his highness, Jiu Ge, and Sister Ya Ning passed the first ti. Everyone else passed on their second try. I was the most useless, I didn’t pass until my third attempt."
Jing Jing’s words seed playful, but Qin Sisi could hear a hint of sadness.
Being the pride of her family but always the last one in team training resulted in a feeling of despair and loneliness that others could hardly understand.
Qin Sisi comforted her, "You are a few years younger than them. This kind of training is inherently unfair to you. It’s already admirable that you could complete it in the end."
Jing Jing gave a small smile without saying a word. She knew Qin Sisi was trying to cheer her up, but she appreciated the sentint.
Qin Sisi continued to inquire, "So, how did you all finally get out?"
Jing Jing shook her head and replied, "I was too slow and didn’t get to see how they left. My thod was rather straightforward. My intrinsic attribute is Wood Attribute. I just threw a vine and climbed up."
Qin Sisi was a bit disappointed with this answer. However, she quickly thought of another question, "So, you guys didn’t get attacked by that Ice-scaled Purple Crystal Python inside the Ice Cave?"
Jing Jing shook her head, "No, in fact, we didn’t even know such a large python was living in the Qinbing River until later. The Ice-scaled Purple Crystal Python was placed there by teacher Yi Rou as a guardian for the Blue Blood Ice Fish. As long as the fish weren’t caught, it wouldn’t appear."
The information from Jing Jing was quite enormous, and it took a few monts for Qin Sisi to process it.
It turned out that the giant python was not a wild beast, but a ssenger assigned by soone to protect the Blue Blood Ice Fish in the Qinbing River.
Thinking back, the Ice-scaled Purple Crystal Python didn’t appear until after she and Jiu Ge had eaten the Blue Blood Ice Fish.
Looking at Qin Sisi, Jing Jing said with a bit of worry, "Sisi, you guys ate the Blue Blood Ice Fish and injured the Ice-scaled Purple Crystal Python. I’m afraid the repercussions won’t be so simple. You need to be prepared."
Qin Sisi’s expression shifted slightly; the formidable Ice-scaled Purple Crystal Python being assigned to protect the Blue Blood Ice Fish indicates its imnse value. She had eaten several of them, so the owner of the fish must be devastated!
She thought back to how Jiu Ge had encouraged her to eat the fish, while he had constantly refused to eat it himself. It had been on purpose, and it was definitely intentional.
Qin Sisi gritted her teeth secretly, an underlying sense of fear began to creep up, fostering a hint of unease for what may lie ahead.
Seeing Qin Sisi’s change in deanor, Jing Jing hurriedly comforted her, "Don’t worry too much. His highness will definitely think of a solution. He pays so much attention to you, he won’t let you be wronged."
Qin Sisi slowly shook her head. There were many things in which Ye You was helpless too.
Just like this ti, he knew that the Phantom Spirit Family was behind everything, but, for the ti being, he could only endure it.
Seeing Qin Sisi shake her head, Jing Jing mistakenly thought she was denying her words, and hastily said, "I am telling the truth. You didn’t see how when you just ca out of the Ice Cave, you were seriously injured and unconscious. His highness was both anxious and furious. His expression... I don’t know how to describe it, but it’s the first ti I’ve ever seen him display such strong emotions."
These words sparked another bout of curiosity in Qin Sisi. "What kind of expression was it?"
Jing Jing thought for a mont, then carefully explained, "It was like he cared about you deeply, as if he wished he could take your pain for himself."
"Really?" Qin Sisi returned softly, seemingly nonchalant, but in her heart, the small grain of discontent began to dissipate.
Jing Jing nodded emphatically, continuing, "After you were settled down, his highness was so angry that he wanted to fight with Jiu Ge. But Jiu Ge didn’t want to fight and told his highness the truth, presenting the Golden Well Jade given to him by Chief Lianfu as a bribe.
His highness beca even angrier and wanted to confront the Phantom Spirit Family directly, but he was stopped by big brother Qing Xun. Qing Xun explained that the seven major families were all currently neutral, and there was a delicate balance between his highness and Tian Xiaozi.
If his highness acted against the Phantom Spirit family, this balance could be broken, and then the families might lean towards Tian Xiaozi. Moreover, his highness’s magic level was inferior to Tian Xiaozi, thus putting him at a disadvantage.
For the sake of the larger picture, his highness had to endure it, but his highness also said..."
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