Facing Shen Qing's overture, Lin Yibai looked up helplessly, a flicker of confusion flashing across her eyes.
The Shen Qing in front of her was smiling sincerely, as if she truly believed that Lin Yibai was someone else.
While hesitating, Pei Xuanjing behind her anxiously blurted out, "Shen Qing, why don't you believe us! This woman Lin Yibai is full of tricks. If you take her away, what if she harms you again?"
Shen Chuyun quickly stepped forward and pushed Lin Yibai down, pointing at her and scolding, "Sure enough, you're a strange being. We clearly saw you die with our own eyes, but you can change your appearance and seize someone else's body to come back to us. Do you think we'll still believe you?"
Saying that, Shen Chuyun raised her natal sword and sneered, "Since you refuse to admit your identity, then I'll kill you!"
"If I kill the wrong person, I'll bear the consequences. If I kill the right one, then I'll have saved my own sister!"
After saying that, Shen Chuyun raised her sword and swiped it towards Lin Yibai's neck. Lin Yibai gritted her teeth and was just about to take out the protective magical artifact Ji Zhongming gave her, but unexpectedly, the next second, Shen Chuyun was sent flying.
Shen Qing slapped Shen Chuyun with one palm. Shen Chuyun slid on the ground for dozens of meters before stopping and couldn't move on the ground.
Shen Qing said with a cold face, "I've said not to kill innocent people indiscriminately. Can't you understand human speech?"
Pei Xuanjing didn't expect Shen Qing to go so far to save Lin Yibai. He said in disbelief, "Shen Qing! Why are you so stubborn? We're all doing this for your own good!"
Shen Qing impatiently turned her head and glared at Pei Xuanjing, "For my own good?"
"Is killing innocent people indiscriminately for my own good?"
"You hurt others in my name. Have you ever asked if I agree?"
He Yu walked over and stood in front of Pei Xuanjing. "Junior sister, we're atoning for your sins. Why can't you always see our true intentions?"
"Atoning for sins?" Shen Qing held Wu Wang and approached He Yu with a smile.
"Is atoning for sins just about talking?"
Saying that, Shen Qing quickly swiped Wu Wang across both sides of He Yu's cheeks, leaving deep wounds. Frost lingered where the wounds were.
He Yu felt a sharp pain on his face. He blankly touched his face. It wasn't until he saw his hands full of blood that he realized Shen Qing had actually scarred his face with a sword.
He angrily looked at Shen Qing. The pain on his cheeks made him grimace. "Shen Qing! What are you doing? Why are you treating me like this!!"
"Are you angry now?"
Shen Qing's face was full of sarcasm. She slowly stroked her own face. "What did you do to me back then? Have you forgotten? Every time I think of what you did to me, I feel extremely aggrieved."
"I clearly saved you, but I had to bear your anger and was hurt by you for no reason!"
He Yu's anger instantly dissipated. He also knew that he owed Shen Qing for that incident.
"But didn't Li Xian avenge you? He scarred my face in the Beast Taming Sect..."
"Who said he was avenging me? That was entirely his own initiative. What? You offended someone, and when that person hurt you, do you also hold it against me?"
"You...!"
The blood on He Yu's face dripped down his neck onto his collar. He looked disheveled and terrifying, and the appearance of the noble young master from the prestigious family in the past had disappeared.
Shen Qing then looked at Nan Zhijin beside her and lifted her chin. "What about you? Do you have anything to say to me?"
Nan Zhijin tightly pursed her lips and didn't say a word for a long time.
Seeing this, Shen Qing said, "Since you have nothing to say to me, don't pester me in the future. I feel disgusted every time I see the four of you."
Shen Qing looked at Lin Yibai lying on the ground. "Aren't you getting up and coming with me? Are you waiting for them to help you?"
"I'll go right now. Don't leave me alone!"
Lin Yibai quickly got up from the ground and then quickly walked behind Shen Qing, afraid that Pei Xuanjing and the others would go crazy again and try to keep her.
Pei Xuanjing took a step forward and was just about to do something when Shen Qing gave him a fierce glare. "Pei Xuanjing, I'm warning you. If you go crazy again, don't blame me for crippling your cultivation right now."
Pei Xuanjing's face was full of bitterness. His heart ached as if being pricked by needles. This feeling of not being believed no matter what was really very painful for him.
"Shen Qing, are the four of us really that detestable in your eyes? You'd rather believe this woman Lin Yibai than us."
"We really are doing this for your own good..."
Lin Yibai quickly followed behind Shen Qing and left. It wasn't until they were far away from those people that Lin Yibai let out a sigh of relief.
She stared at Shen Qing's back in front of her fiercely, secretly calculating the probability of successfully killing Shen Qing now.
Lin Yibai's arm trembled, and a silver needle emitting a greenish light slipped out of her sleeve and landed steadily in her hand.
Shen Qing noticed Lin Yibai's movement but didn't turn around in a hurry. She still walked forward steadily.
Just as Lin Yibai raised her arm and was about to attack Shen Qing, Li Xian appeared in front of the two of them. Lin Yibai hurriedly put the poisoned needle back into her sleeve, pretending that nothing had happened.
Lin Yibai's small movements, of course, didn't escape Li Xian's eyes. But since Shen Qing didn't take any action, he knew he couldn't act rashly.
When Li Xian walked beside Shen Qing, he silently said a word to her.
Shen Qing raised her eyebrows in surprise and gave Li Xian an approving look.
"Let's go. I'll take you there."
Li Xian said, not even glancing at Lin Yibai behind him. He just took Shen Qing's hand and walked forward.
Lin Yibai knew that as soon as Li Xian appeared, her only chance to attack Shen Qing was gone.
In Lin Yibai's eyes, Li Xian was the son of luck in this world. As long as it was someone he wanted to protect, there was no one he couldn't protect.
So Lin Yibai could only hatefully put away the idea of attacking Shen Qing and obediently followed Shen Qing forward.
If she didn't rely on Shen Qing now, she was afraid that she wouldn't even be able to get out of this back mountain before being caught by those two crazy people, Pei Xuanjing and Nan Zhijin.
If she was caught by them again, she didn't know what awaited her.
Moreover, there was still that old monster, Real Person Heng Ling, in the Qingyun Sword Sect. If he also intended to atone for his sins against Shen Qing, then she wouldn't be able to escape even if she had wings.
Even if Ji Zhongming wanted to come and find her, he couldn't break through the mountain-protecting formation of the Qingyun Sword Sect.
So Lin Yibai could only suppress the thought of causing trouble for now and lowered her head to follow Shen Qing forward.
But the further they walked, the more desolate the surrounding scenery became. A trace of suspicion inevitably arose in her heart.
Did Shen Qing recognize her identity?
Then why did she save her just now? This didn't make sense...
Shen Qing was led by Li Xian to a low-lying area. All around was desolate and barren soil, some of which was even cracked. When her boots stepped on it, it instantly turned into powder.
Li Xian gave Shen Qing a look, indicating that the Ten Thousand Absolute Formation was not far away.