Chapter 177 Dual Blades, Icy Brilliance in the Martial World (46)

Yaoyao exclaimed, “Why? I hate Qi Jiayan. I wish everyone would shun him, condemn him. Young Lady Bai, I actually disagreed with your actions back then.”

Bai Tang penned another note and released it with another pigeon, replying, “Young Lady Yaoyao, he used to dwell in darkness and tried to turn every place into the same as where he stayed. Besides, I haven’t really done much.”

Yaoyao grumbled, “Young Lady Bai hasn’t done much? The Lifeless Flower, the incident in the Western Regions where he fell victim to poison. Young Lady Bai, you put in a lot of effort to cure him of the poison. In my opinion, you should have let him suffer.”

Bai Tang chuckled lightly, “What’s that? He didn’t harm me, so I won’t harm him. It was just curing a poison, I never intended to gain anything from him. Anyway, Young Lady Yaoyao, I knew from the start that Qi Jiayan wouldn’t come out willingly. What’s so surprising about this outcome?”

Yaoyao replied, “Young Lady Bai understands, but I don’t. According to Young Lady Bai’s original plan, after resolving everything at this Martial Alliance Leader Assembly, would you leave?”

Bai Tang answered, “In any case, it won’t exceed ten years, and it won’t take up too much of Young Lady Yaoyao’s time.”

Yaoyao sighed, “I hope Young Lady Bai can stay for a full ten years. In my lifetime, as the daughter of the Wind Guardian Hall’s Master, I haven’t traveled to many places. In the three years Young Lady Bai has been here, I’ve seen things I’ve never seen before. I have selfish desires—I hope to see more, I’m not satisfied with just exotic scenery, or the solitude of the desert and the sunset over the river.”

One advantage of having Bai Tang around was that in any predicament, she remained extremely calm, seemingly able to find a solution.

Bai Tang smiled without promising or refusing.

Knock, knock, knock.

Slightly urgent knocks on the door.

Bai Tang opened it to find the woman in red glaring at her.

Bai Tang asked, “Young Lady Lang, what brings you here?”

Lang Xinghe, with a displeased tone, replied, “Where’s Weng Quan? Tell me where he is, and I’ll find him myself.”

Naturally, Bai Tang wouldn’t disclose Weng Quan’s whereabouts to Lang Xinghe. “Young Lady Lang, just wait here—my elder brother will return before the Martial Alliance Leader Assembly begins.”

Lang Xinghe was displeased. “Bai Tang, I don’t like you. I really don’t like you.”

Bai Tang remained unruffled, still gentle in her response. “Even saints cannot make everyone like them. Bai Tang is no saint, so if Young Lady Lang doesn’t like me, then she doesn’t like me. I have no feelings toward Young Lady Lang either, and I won’t feel bad about myself just because you don’t like me. If Young Lady Lang doesn’t trouble me, I won’t trouble Young Lady Lang either.”

“Hmph!” Lang Xinghe lifted her head proudly, caught sight of Qi Jiayan approaching, and arrogantly walked away.

Qi Jiayan expressed concern. “Young Lady Bai, did Lang Xinghe give you any trouble?”

Bai Tang gave Qi Jiayan a meaningful look. “Does Young Master Qi think I’m someone who can be bullied?”

Qi Jiayan took out a bottle of medicine and handed it to Bai Tang. “This is the pill made from Lifeless Flower that Young Lady Bai gave me before, which restores meridians and can restore damaged internal energy to some extent.”

Bai Tang, observing Qi Jiayan’s internal energy, which had already recovered eighty percent, fell silent for a moment. “Young Master Qi is indeed a genius. You’ve even developed such medicine.”

As for whether it absorbed others’ internal energy, Bai Tang wasn’t sure. But purely in terms of its efficacy, it was indeed abnormal.

Qi Jiayan expressed regret. “The Lifeless Flower is hard to find. This pill, with the Lifeless Flower as a catalyst, this bottle, containing three pills, is given to you as a gift.”

“Bai Tang! Have you no shame? You’re getting so close to other men!” Tantai Ziheng saw Bai Tang talking to Qi Jiayan and became angry.

Bai Tang, “…”

The reason she didn’t go out much was precisely to avoid seeing Tantai Ziheng.

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