"Cough cough..."
Zhu Fei hadn’t expected Ji Xuanyue to react this way and found himself montarily dumbfounded.
However, he quickly regained his composure and pretended to cough twice before waving his hand and saying,
"There’s no need for you to worry about the alchemy, I have a way to handle it myself. The main issue now is finding a way to acquire that Ninth Grade lotus."
Zhu Fei spoke casually, but Ji Xuanyue didn’t think so.
After hearing Zhu Fei’s words, she imdiately scoffed and said quite impolitely,
"Zhu Fei, who do you think you are? An Alchemy Master, an Alchemy Grandmaster perhaps? Saying I shouldn’t worry is simply laughable."
Zhu Fei was rendered speechless for a mont, thinking to himself, "You’re actually right, I am indeed a bona fide Ninth Grade Alchemy Grandmaster."
However, this thought was sothing Zhu Fei would only entertain in his mind and wouldn’t actually voice.
This wasn’t because Zhu Fei intentionally wanted to conceal it from Ji Xuanyue, but in his view, even if he revealed this news, Ji Xuanyue might not believe him.
Seeing Zhu Fei silent, Ji Xuanyue thought her words had stung him, her heart inexplicably softened.
She frowned in thought for a mont then eased her tone, "Fine, Zhu Fei, I’ll also pitch in for the auction of the Ninth Grade lotus."
"Considering I still have quite a few Spirit Stones on , and seeing how you’ve taken care of these past few days, I’ll generously help you this ti."
Seeing Ji Xuanyue suddenly speak to him in this manner caught Zhu Fei off guard.
It wasn’t that Zhu Fei was unaware of Ji Xuanyue’s kindness, but her current behavior contrasted so greatly with the initial impression she had made on him that he felt a bit disoriented.
His gaze towards Ji Xuanyue began to change, taking on a sowhat peculiar expression.
Sensing sothing off in the air, Ji Xuanyue panicked slightly and puffed up her cheeks, irritably saying to Zhu Fei,
"Hey! Why are you looking at like that? Don’t tell that just because of what happened earlier, you’ve suddenly fallen for . I won’t fall for that trick."
"Cough cough cough cough cough..."
Zhu Fei suddenly started coughing violently, completely taken aback by Ji Xuanyue’s unexpected remark.
However, what Zhu Fei didn’t notice was that Ji Xuanyue, who had turned her head away, felt her cheeks burning up.
This made her feel a bit strange and also kind of panicky.
Yet, before Zhu Fei and Ji Xuanyue could recover from their emotions, a mocking voice suddenly brought them back to reality.
"Why, isn’t this Xuan Yue? So, Xuan Yue, are you also here to participate in the Beihai Auction?"
There, not far from Zhu Fei and Ji Xuanyue, stood a young man dressed in a purple splendid robe, with handso features but an incredibly arrogant deanor, looking at Ji Xuanyue with amusent.
Beside him, there was an old man in a grey robe.
The elder carried a calm dignity, his eyes occasionally flashing gold, fierce yet majestic, clearly soone of no ordinary status.
However, unlike the purple-robed young man, his gaze wasn’t entirely fixed on Ji Xuanyue; from ti to ti, he also glanced over at Zhu Fei, his eyes deep and sharp.
"Li Chengtian!"
Ji Xuanyue’s face darkened the instant she saw the young man in purple.
However, when her gaze moved past Li Chengtian—the young man in purple—and landed on the grey-robed elder behind him, her complexion instantly turned pale from its original sullenness.
"Yu... Uncle Master Yu Lun."
"Hehe, Xuan Yue, what a coincidence. I did not expect to find you here in Heavenly Star City."
The grey-robed elder, called Yu Lun by Ji Xuanyue, suddenly gave Ji Xuanyue a aningful smile.
Yet Yu Lun’s smile, as seen by Ji Xuanyue at this mont, undoubtedly appeared like that of a demon from hell, causing her entire delicate body to unconsciously tremble slightly.
It was him! It was he who had led people to slaughter her loved ones, her family, even her entire country, all in one night!
And before sealing her mories, he had, right in front of her, turned all the people of her entire country into Yin Spirit Puppets.
Previously, every ti Ji Xuanyue thought of this man, her heart would fill with imnse hatred and anger.
But at this mont, upon seeing him in person, the first thought that arose was not revenge, nor hatred or anger, but fear—bone-chilling fear!
Emotions such as evasion, weakness, and fear instantly took over Ji Xuanyue’s entire soul!
"Ji Xuanyue, what’s wrong with you?"
Zhu Fei imdiately sensed sothing was off. Since he had beco acquainted with Ji Xuanyue, this was the first ti he had seen her exhibit such a timid and fragile deanor.
"It’s... it’s nothing, Zhu Fei, let’s go."
Ji Xuanyue shook her head vigorously, reached out to take hold of Zhu Fei, and wanted to leave imdiately together with him.
However, before they could make a move, Li Chengtian, who was across from them, had already stepped forward to block their path and said in an extrely playful tone to Ji Xuanyue,
"Xuan Yue, where do you think you’re going? It’s not easy for us to et, don’t you plan to stay and keep company?"
As he spoke, Li Chengtian actually reached out and, smiling, moved to touch Ji Xuanyue’s face.
Ji Xuanyue had been severely injured earlier, and her injuries had not yet fully healed.
Facing Li Chengtian’s sudden move, she found herself unable to evade in ti and could only watch as Li Chengtian’s hand moved closer and closer to her face.
"Friend, isn’t this a bit too much?"
Just then, Zhu Fei, who was standing beside Ji Xuanyue, suddenly lashed out, quickly grabbed Li Chengtian’s wrist, and imdiately placed Ji Xuanyue behind himself.
No matter what, Ji Xuanyue was now soone under his protection, and he would not just stand by and watch her be bullied by soone else.
Besides, as she had proved to be a friend after their interactions earlier as well as just now, Zhu Fei would not stand idly by or remain indifferent to her humiliation, as if he had seen nothing.
"Boy, you’re seeking death!"
Li Chengtian, who had never taken a proper look at Zhu Fei before, found his wrist suddenly caught which ignited a surge of anger and hostility in his heart.
Yet, he did not move to attack imdiately, but instead stared at Zhu Fei with a gaze as cold as ice, and coldly said,
"Release , then cripple your own cultivation, kneel down, and kowtow to until I’m satisfied, got it?"
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