Chapter 14: Failed Harassment

The more Ye Wenxin watched, the more amused she felt, and she swiftly followed after the crow, wanting to see where exactly it was taking that bunch of spirit stones.

Like this, she and the crow wandered around the Azure Wings Sect for a few hours until finally, the crow stopped, searched the surrounding, and took out a vat from a haystack.

It dropped the spirit stones inside one by one, and the scene gave Ye Wenxin the feeling as though she was reliving the story of ‘The Crow Drinking Water’. But in reality, after throwing in the spirit stones, the crow spewed out blue flames from its mouth, using it to burn the vat along with the spirit stones.

A bizarre smell saturated the air. It was not unpleasant and even had a bit of an unexpectedly sweet scent. Ye Wenxin’s interest in the crow rose. She went to crouch in one spot, watching the crow keep using its flames to burn the spirit stones within the vat.

She did not know what purpose it had, but solely based on this action, she truly thought this crow fascinating.

Approximately a few hours had passed, the sky had darkened, and the crow only now probed the state of the vat. Its beak was sharp enough to reach inside, and using both claws as support, it drank the water boiled from the spirit stones just now. It gulped a few mouthfuls, let out a satisfied yell, and flapped its wings excitedly.

As Ye Wenxin marveled further, the crow already lifted the vat with its claws then began to fly away.

Ye Wenxin had no choice but to follow once again. She initially wanted to see where it would stash away the vat, but this time it flew into a cavern.

Without the excellent field of view prior, Ye Wenxin could only approach the cavern cautiously, but she did not expect to see that besides the crow, there was also a woman within.

The woman had her eyes closed and did not make a single move. It was unclear whether she was dead, or was under the hold of some sorcery. The crow circled the woman a few laps then lifted the vat with its claws, spilling the spirit water produced from the spirit stones onto the woman.

Despite this, the woman lacked any sort of reaction, and the crow moved around her even more fretfully, seeming very concerned for her.

Ye Wenxin checked the woman with her divine sense and could feel the woman’s aura growing more and more faint. If she did not receive treatment as soon as possible, she would truly die in these backwoods.

After chewing it over, Ye Wenxin ultimately revealed herself, taking the initiative to speak to the crow.

“Uh… Hello, Brother Crow.”

As soon as it saw the stranger, it raised its wings provokingly, intending to attack Ye Wenxin. It was exceedingly fast, and even Ye Wenxin had to respond carefully, evading the crow’s deadly strikes, hastily explaining her reason for being here.

“That woman is fading fast, if you don’t want her to die, hurry up and let me have a look at her.” Ye Wenxin ducked and weaved as she spoke, though she did not know to what extent this crow could comprehend human speech.

For a moment, the crow appeared to understand Ye Wenxin’s words. It stopped on the other side, stared at Ye Wenxin, then at the woman in the distance, and lightly flapped its wings once.

Even though it was only a light flap, it still raised small whirlwinds all around them. Looking now, this crow might be this woman’s pet, and upon seeing its master injured it then resorted to doing these haphazard things.

Ye Wenxin proceeded to draw close, and could not help but sucked in a breath upon the woman’s face. Admittedly, she had met many beautiful women, but never before had she seen anyone as beautiful and otherworldly until now.

Although she lay on the ground, devoid of vitality, she was as lovely as a heavenly fairy.

Supposing this pretty woman remained obscure on the Unparalleled Beauties List, then how much more beautiful must Fairy Fengya be? Ye Wenxin dared not think about it, but she immediately harbored a new suspicion.

“This can’t be Fairy Fengya, right?” She asked the crow, and it howled at her as if raising a temper tantrum, probably thinking she was being too wordy.

Ye Wenxin felt rather helpless, but she still held up that slender and pretty arm.

“This lady’s pulse is in disarray, this is Qi Deviation!” Ye Wenxin was no stranger to the term ‘Qi Deviation’, but she had never met anyone going through it so serenely.

Weakened until one was absent of basic human emotions, as if one was merely sleeping, this kind of Qi Deviation.

The crow urged Ye Wenxin again, beating its wings to vent its dissatisfaction, and Ye Wenxin thought it was a bit of a racket, “Brother Crow, you go stand guard outside, don’t let anyone or anything near.”

The crow still did not trust Ye Wenxin, it fixed its pitch-black gaze at her dead-on.

“Go quickly.” Ye Wenxin stressed once again, and the crow stared at her for a good few seconds before reluctantly going out to look around the area.

The cavern returned to its original peace and quiet. Ye Wenxin picked up the woman in one arm while using the other to open her bag of holding, taking out the Revival Pills Ling Jue had given her and administered one to the woman.

Although Ye Wenxin was loath to use this medicine, it was the only way that could drag this woman one leg out of hell’s gates.

“Miss, miss, come on, wake up…Don’t lose to your internal demon, there’s nothing in this world that can’t be overcome.” Ye Wenxin gently slapped that excessively refined face, trying to wake up the fast asleep woman.

However, the woman remained motionless, like a puppet with its strings cut.

“Miss, if you still don’t wake up, I’ll throw you outside for the demonic beasts to feast on.”

“Or how about I take you to the brothel; they’ll definitely favor your superficial looks.” Ye Wenxin tried using threats and insults to provoke the sleeping woman, yet the woman did not move a muscle, and it was unclear whether she had heard Ye Wenxin in the first place.

Ye Wenxin was even more at a loss, she tried every malicious lines she could think of, and after some mulling over, she was finally left with the one move she would not even use as a last resort.

“Miss, if you refuse to move, I’ll strip off your clothes and let the Azure Wings Sect people…” Before the sentence even finished, the woman snapped her eyes open and shook Ye Wenxin off.

It was a mighty blow, and the impact threw Ye Wenxin all the way into the stone wall. If it were not for her divine protection she would already become the first person to die for harassing a beautiful woman.

But now, she was suffering from the aftermath, immediately coughing up blood.

The woman stood on the other side, dressed all in white, with a cold look on her face, yet it did not detract from her beauty, so enchanting it could overthrow cities and nations. Ye Wenxin stared for a few seconds, wanting to ask some things, but in the end she passed out.

One day went, two days went…

She vaguely remembered she was supposed to meet up with Ling Jue today, but every bone in her body was currently broken, she could not even get up, let alone walk.

Beside her, the crow kept jabbering on and on, and the woman had not left. But she never talked, so much so that Ye Wenxin suspected she might be mute, and thus why this heavenly beauty was not on the Unparalleled Beauties List.

Just like this, not knowing how many days had passed, Ye Wenxin found that her broken bones had healed, and she was currently reclining inside a vat, and the crow was blowing blue flames at it.

From the looks of it, it seemed like it wanted to boil Ye Wenxin to eat.

“Brother Crow, I’m not even the slightest bit tasty.” Ye Wenxin voiced out. Despite feeling she sounded unusually hoarse, her body was brimming with endless power. The crow stopped blowing out flames, and then started wailing loudly.

Truthfully speaking, this crow’s cries were really noisy, but Ye Wenxin felt a bit at ease.

A few seconds later, the crow suddenly stopped, and a white figure came over. Ye Wenxin peeked out and saw the woman who had deviated her qi last time.

But compared to that day’s sorry figure, this woman was even prettier, and her beauty already surpassed Ye Wenxin’s definition of ‘beautiful’. However, the woman still did not speak, simply caressing her face softly, as if she was inspecting an experimental product.

Ye Wenxin offered no resistance, she could not, the body she was using was too foreign, and this mortal body could not possibly withstand such a devastatingly heavy impact. But it was also because Ye Wenxin had used the Bone-Shrinking Technique that when her bones had been broken, her original appearance was not exposed.

The scary thing was, however, her Soul Transformation stage cultivation had vanished without a trace following that attack, and it could even be said that Ye Wenxin was, right at this very moment, someone more ordinary than the average person.

Ye Wenxin had no idea what she should even say, and the woman facing her did not plan on paying attention to her whatsoever, confirmed she was alive, fed her some medicine, and went somewhere to meditate.

One day went, two days went…

At this time, another half a month went by. Ye Wenxin soaked in the bath of melted spirit stones every day, each broken bone in her body was mended by the water infused with spirit stones. Not just her strength, but her mental perception had become faster, making her even more powerful than before.

In spite of the blessing in disguise, she had lost all her cultivation, and seeing the woman’s indifference towards her, she might as well start taking Golden Pills to cultivate to the Qi Refining stage…

Over a month had unwittingly passed. Finally, on a dark and windy night, Ye Wenxin broke through to the Qi Refining stage. She did not know whether it was because her whole body was filled with spirit stones, her physical condition was much more resilient than before.

The woman was still meditating in one spot, Ye Wenxin’s existence apparently forgotten.

“Uh, miss, my body’s fine now, so I’ll be leaving.” Ye Wenxin recalled this woman’s care for these past two months, and Ling Jue who was still waiting for her up on the mountain, in the end she decided to go back and check on things.

Upon hearing this, the woman slowly opened her eyes, her lovely gaze looking directly at Ye Wenxin, and then gave the crow a glance.

Immediately, the crow came forward happily and lifted Ye Wenxin up high with its claws. Those claws were extremely sharp, if it exerted even a little force, it could mince Ye Wenxin to bits.

Ye Wenxin who had not felt fear in a long time was slightly afraid, but the crow only snatched her up lightly before flying up.

As Ye Wenxin was being carried away, the woman still had not said anything, only quietly watching Ye Wenxin leave, gently waving her hand. The distance between Ye Wenxin and the woman grew bigger and bigger, while the crow continued to fly away with Ye Wenxin, quickly reaching the Azure Wings Sect.

“Just let me down over there.” Ye Wenxin gave a heads up as the familiar Alchemy Workshop come into view.

The crow cawed twice and loosened its claws.

Right at that moment, Ye Wenxin was still midair, she did not know if this stupid crow did it on purpose or had no common sense whatsoever, and she experienced the ‘wonderful’ sensation of free fall. Having completed this task, the crow left feeling pleased with itself…

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TL note: Could it be, is this our Fairy Fengya?! Hehe, this chapter was very fun to translate.