The disciples hanging on the vines all held their breaths for Shen Qing.
If so many thick and heavy vines hit someone, they would either die or be seriously injured.
In their hearts, they still didn't believe that Shen Qing, who was only at the Foundation - Establishment stage, could successfully rescue them.
Some disciples even silently blamed Shen Qing in their hearts. She could have returned to the sect to call for reinforcements, but instead, she stayed here and recklessly courted death.
However, after Shen Qing concentrated her attention, the speed at which the vines waved seemed to gradually slow down in her eyes. She could even see the trajectory of the vines.
Shen Qing fused her spiritual power into Biluo. This time, Biluo, which had previously shown some rejection towards her spiritual power, didn't have any adverse reaction.
The sword qi fused with Shen Qing's spiritual power carried a hint of cold air, and the temperature in the forest seemed to drop significantly.
Shen Qing broke through the siege of the Ghost - Troubling Vines and reached the edge of the swamp.
She concentrated the remaining spiritual power in her body into Biluo, then aimed at the direction of the mark and urged Biluo forward.
"Break—"
Shen Qing made a sword - controlling gesture and silently recited the incantation.
When Biluo was inserted into the mark, the trunk of the Ghost - Troubling Vine began to tremble violently, and black mist continuously dispersed from the mark.
Immediately afterwards, this tall Ghost - Troubling Vine quickly shrank and returned to its original height of about a person.
The originally thick vines also became brittle. The disciples who were entangled only needed to exert a little strength to break free from the restraints.
Seeing that all the disciples were saved, Shen Qing summoned back Biluo with her last bit of strength. Then, exhausted, she collapsed to the ground.
Hong Chaoyang rushed to Shen Qing's side immediately and looked at her with a complex expression.
When she noticed that Shen Qing had exhausted all the spiritual power in her body, she resolutely grabbed Shen Qing's hand and sent spiritual power into her body.
"You..."
"Don't talk. Your spiritual power is depleted. If you don't want your meridians to be damaged, shut up for this girl."
"Don't think I'll thank you. You've done so many hateful things before. Although I didn't see them with my own eyes, you did save us today. Well, this girl will say thank you on their behalf."
"No need to thank..."
Shen Qing interrupted Hong Chaoyang's endless chatter and weakly sighed.
But Hong Chaoyang's expression became even uglier, and a hint of anger flashed in her eyes.
"No need to thank?!"
"You actually don't cherish this girl's thanks. You're kidding. Do you know how many people in the Qingyun Sword Sect want to owe me, Hong Chaoyang, a favor? Why are you so special? I understand. You want to attract this girl's attention, right? Oh, you're really scheming."
"What I mean is, no need to thank. We're fellow disciples."
Shen Qing weakly explained. She was already a bit dizzy, and Hong Chaoyang's increasing volume made her feel nauseous.
Hong Chaoyang was stunned. She didn't expect that this was what Shen Qing thought in her heart.
Because they were fellow disciples, Shen Qing spared no effort to save them.
Because they were fellow disciples, she didn't need their guilt or thanks.
Hong Chaoyang's face suddenly burned hot. She remembered that in the sect before, she had helped others speak ill of Shen Qing, even though she didn't know if Shen Qing had really done those things.
She was the only daughter of Real Person Hongdie, whose status in the Qingyun Sword Sect was only second to the sect master and Real Person Hengling.
She didn't know how many people wanted to be friends with her, not to mention having her owe them a favor.
But the reason she spoke ill of Shen Qing was because of Lin Yibai.
Previously, in a secret realm, she had just formed her golden core and was on her first trial with the large group in the secret realm. Due to lack of experience, she got separated from the sect's team.
Later, it was Lin Yibai who found her and took her back.
So, when she heard the rumor in the sect that Shen Qing had instigated the senior brothers of Nianbai Peak to isolate Lin Yibai, she was so angry.
But later, when she thought about it, in the secret realm, it was also Lin Yibai who told her that there was a rare spiritual herb not far away and there was no danger around.
In order not to let others snatch the spiritual herb, Lin Yibai told Hong Chaoyang not to tell anyone and go there alone.
However, she didn't find the spiritual herb, and when she came back, the large group was gone.
When she returned to the sect, she learned that the rare spiritual herb had been obtained by Lin Yibai.
But at that time, Hong Chaoyang didn't think much about it and only thought it was all a coincidence.
Now that she thought about it, wasn't everything she had experienced because of Lin Yibai?
Because Lin Yibai said there was a spiritual herb and didn't let her tell others, she got separated from the large group. Wasn't it only natural for Lin Yibai to find her?
Hong Chaoyang sniffed, feeling a bit confused. Why had she regarded Lin Yibai as her savior?
This time, it was actually Shen Qing who had truly saved them.
Come to think of it, Shen Qing was her real savior.
"Are you angry? Actually, I don't mean anything else. I just think it's not a big deal. There's no need to say thank you."
Mainly, Shen Qing felt that if it weren't for her and Li Xian, they wouldn't have fallen into Lin Yibai's trap. She felt guilty even hearing the word "thank."
The rescued disciples also gathered around, their eyes showing the same kind of entanglement as Hong Chaoyang's.
Before, they had all, to some extent, spread rumors about Shen Qing or spoken ill of her.
Now that they had been saved by Shen Qing, their feelings were really complex.
"Thank you, Junior Sister Shen Qing."
After the first person spoke, it was much easier for the others to express their gratitude.
"Junior Sister Shen Qing, I shouldn't have called you a useless person. I didn't expect that a person at the mid - stage of the Golden Core would be saved by someone at the late - stage of the Foundation - Establishment. This senior brother is really ashamed."
The others also looked at Shen Qing sheepishly.
"It's... it's nothing. I was just lucky..."
Shen Qing chatted with them one after another, and for a moment, the atmosphere was a bit strangely harmonious.
But this harmony was soon broken.
Shen Chuyun's panicked voice came: "Are those in the swamp my senior brother and second senior brother?!"
Only then did everyone remember that Pei Xuanjing and He Yu, who were leading the team in the front, were the first to be caught by the Ghost - Troubling Vines, and they had been thrown into the swamp for a long time.
The disciples' faces changed drastically, and they all rushed to the edge of the swamp.
"Senior Brother Pei! Senior Brother He! They're still alive!!"
"Yes... they're still alive now, but we don't know what will happen if we're any later..."
"What should we do? Although the swamp has shrunk, we can only use our flying swords to pull them out of the swamp..."
The disciples looked at each other, and no one dared to go and save them.
Just now, when they were attacking the Ghost - Troubling Vines, their spiritual power had been almost exhausted. Now, they really weren't confident that they could pull the two people out of the swamp by flying with their swords.
Hong Chaoyang also nervously looked over, but suddenly felt her hand being tightly grasped.
Shen Qing's weak voice came: "Help me up... I... I want to..."
Hong Chaoyang was anxious: "You're in this state. How can you go and save people! Lie down properly for me!"
"No, it's not..."
Shen Qing shouted in her heart!
No!
Help her up! She wanted to get up and watch the fun!