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Upon reaching the Nine Yin Witch’s lair, the students shuffled uneasily, casting nervous glances at one another.
Why did she bring us here?
She won’t suddenly turn on us and kill us… will she?
In stark contrast to the Bloody Ripper’s opulent mansion in the heart of the Valley of Evil, the Nine Yin Witch’s dwelling was desolation incarnate. She lived alone in a cave carved into a cliff, with no stairs or ropes in sight, only accessible using advanced movent arts. Inside, the cave was spacious but barren, devoid of any real furnishings.
“Are you just going to stand there? Sit wherever you want,” the Nine Yin Witch snapped.
Awkwardly, the students settled themselves. The male students, in particular, avoided the Nine Yin Witch’s gaze, their eyes darting anywhere but at her.
Yeo Min stepped forward and addressed the Nine Yin Witch on behalf of the group. “We have a poisoned comrade. May we tend to him here?”
“Suit yourselves.”
With the Witch’s consent, the students gently laid the unconscious Wiji Cheon on the floor, taking turns channeling qi into him and massaging his limbs.
“Wiji Cheon! Snap out of it! Are you seriously going to die here?”
“His body’s on fire…”
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BAM!
Hyonwon Kang punched the ground in frustration. “Damn it! We can’t do anything without the antidote.”
“Precisely. Now move aside,” Yeo Min said coolly, pulling the antidote from within her robes.
Hyonwon Kang and Ya Suhyeok stared, mouths agape.
Hyonwon Kang blurted, “W-Where did you get that?”
“I swiped it earlier when no one was looking,” Yeo Min replied as she propped Wiji Cheon up, pried his mouth open, and administered the antidote. Placing her palm on his back, she channeled her qi to help it circulate swiftly, but with her own reserves nearly drained, it was an uphill battle.
“The poison has spread too widely. We need to use our qi to help him absorb the antidote more quickly,” she said wearily.
Ya Suhyeok groaned, “Sorry… I’m out of qi.”
“Fuck, too,” Hyonwon Kang cursed.
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They were all in the sa predicant.
Noticing their struggle, the Nine Yin Witch stepped forward. “Allow ,” she offered, placing her hand on Wiji Cheon and channeling her qi into him.
Almost imdiately, color returned to Wiji Cheon’s face, and i no ti, he began to stir.
“Ugh…” he groaned, shivering.
“Are you alright? How are you feeling?” Yeo Min asked.
“C-Cold…”
Without hesitation, Hyonwon Kang and Ya Suhyeok stripped off their ragged coats and draped them over him.
Seeing the boys’ bared upper bodies, the Nine Yin Witch clicked her tongue, “Tsk. You should tend to your own injuries before fussing over others.”
With a casual flick of her wrist, a chest in the cave’s corner creaked open, and ointnts and bandages floated toward them.
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The students gaped in astonishnt. Telekinesis!
Telekinesis, the ability to move distant objects using qi, demanded an exceptional level of control. However, the Nine Yin Witch perford it with ease, demonstrating her formidable prowess.
Amazed, the students began tending to their injuries with the provided supplies.
“By the way… why did you save us?” Yeo Min asked again.
For a long ti, the Nine Yin Witch gazed intently at Yeo Min, saying nothing.
Feeling uneasy under her stare, Yeo Min repeated herself, “Why are you…”
“Unnie…”
“W-What?”
The Nine Yin Witch appeared as if she wanted to say sothing important, but eventually shook her head. “Forget it. What am I doing, saying such things to a child?”
A child? The students exchanged puzzled looks. No one knew the Nine Yin Witch’s true age, but she didn’t appear much older than them. In fact, she and Yeo Min resembled each other so much, they could be mistaken for sisters.
Unable to join the won’s conversation, Hyonwon Kang and Ya Suhyeok began a telepathic exchange.
[Don’t you think the Nine Yin Witch and Yeo Min look oddly similar? Their faces are different, but they give off the sa vibe…]
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[You noticed that too, Senior? I was thinking the sa thing.]
[Maybe crazy girls get along because they have sothing in common. Didn’t you see just now? Yeo Min carries a bomb around. A BOMB.]
[I heard the Nine Yin Witch kills any man she sees… Are we safe here?]
[If she planned to kill us, why bother saving us?]
[Maybe she lures n here to drain their vitality. Rember what the Seclusion Training Freak said earlier?]
[Don’t even joke about that… Besides, if that were true, why did she help Wiji Cheon?]
Unfortunately for them, soone of the Nine Yin Witch’s caliber could easily detect their secret conversation.
“You two. If I catch you two using telepathy around again, I’ll freeze your mouths shut permanently,” she snapped coldly.
Hyonwon Kang and Ya Suhyeok clamped their mouths shut and bowed their heads in unison.
Even Yeo Min scoffed at them. “Hmph, you n are just soooo predictable. It’s obvious what you were gossiping about. Is that sort of thing all boys ever think about?”
Ashad, their faces flushed with embarrassnt, but they couldn’t help but feel a little misunderstood. After all, the rumors surrounding the Nine Yin Witch in the jianghu were notoriously bad. There were many accounts that she had mastered ice arts only accessible to those with imnse Yin energy, and that her beauty and white hair were maintained by feeding on the Yang energy of n.
Well, rumors aside, it was an undeniable truth that the Nine Yin Witch had just saved their lives.
“We’re sorry! It was disrespectful of us to misjudge our savior,” Hyonwon Kang said, bowing deeply. He then grabbed Ya Suhyeok’s head and forced him to bow as well, urging, “You too! Hurry up and apologize, you idiot!”
“…I’m sorry,” Ya Suhyeok mumbled.
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The Nine Yin Witch gazed at their bowed heads for a mont. “…Apology accepted. It’s not the first ti I’ve been called a harlot anyway.”
“……”
“When you’ve patched yourselves up, leave imdiately. That is the extent of my benevolence. Most of the villains here wouldn’t dare co near my house, but the Bloody Ripper is different. If that old man shows up, I won’t hesitate to hand you over to him.”
The Nine Yin Witch didn’t elaborate on why she was helping them, and since she seed unwilling to discuss it, they refrained from asking.
However, as Yeo Min stretched her stiff limbs, she cautiously asked, “…Could we stay a bit longer? Our teacher hasn’t arrived yet.”
The Nine Yin Witch frowned. “Teacher?”
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Yeo Min hesitated, realizing she might have said too much, but eventually decided there was no point in hiding it. “Actually, we’re students from the Azure Dragon Academy.”
“What? The Azure Dragon Academy?”
“Yes…” Yeo Min began recounting their journey to the Valley of Evil, detailing everything from the start. Her face lit up, resembling a child sharing her day with a parent.
Soone like her being called a witch… It’s ridiculous. She seems like a genuinely good person, she mused.
A good person among the Ten Great Villains? It might sound absurd to others, but Yeo Min trusted her instincts over the tainted rumors of the jianghu.
It might sound odd, but she reminds of my mother.
Yeo Min’s mother had passed away more than a decade ago. Even though her mother didn’t look much like the Nine Yin Witch except for her white hair, talking to the Witch made Yeo Min feel at ease, like she was interacting with her mother.
“I see. So that’s how it happened,” the Nine Yin Witch murmured, a faint smile softening her icy deanor. Soon, though, her expression hardened and she abruptly stood up. “I don’t mind if you rest a bit longer before you leave, but don’t expect any more kindness from .”
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“Um…” Yeo Min wanted to continue the conversation, but hesitated. The Nine Yin Witch wore a peculiar expression, as if battling internal turmoil, which unsettled her.
“Still… it would be best if you just left as soon as possible,” the Nine Yin Witch advised softly, before disappearing deeper into the cave.
Once the Nine Yin Witch was out of earshot, the students whispered among themselves.
“She doesn’t seem like a bad person at all, does she?” Yeo Min exclaid.
Hyonwon Kang nodded in agreent. “Yeah, she’s definitely not as bad as the rumors suggest.”
“You, of all people, should know not to believe in rumors, right, Senior? You too, Ya Suhyeok,” Yeo Min said pointedly.
Both boys nodded sheepishly. They knew all too well how baseless gossip could spiral out of control.
Yeo Min bit her lip in frustration. “It’s awful that soone so kind is labeled as a public enemy of the murim… She must have been falsely accused!”
“Maybe so. Anyway, we should get so rest as well. Look, he’s already out cold,” Hyonwon Kang said, gently poking Wiji Cheon’s cheek.
With the Nine Yin Witch gone, their tension began to ease, and the accumulated exhaustion of the day washed over them.
“Man…”
“I’m dead tired.”
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“I’m going to pass out the mont I lie down.”
One by one, they collapsed to the floor, falling asleep almost instantaneously. It had been an excruciatingly long day.
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