Bai Shengyi sent a letter to Bai Yuyue, and after dinner, she went to the peak to practice.
During this time, she had already read two-thirds of the books that Qian Ying had given her and could refine second-tier high-grade Fengling powder under the strong wind.
"Not bad, I think you can try third-tier spirit medicine now." Qian Ying rested her chin on her hand, her foxy eyes narrowed, and she asked curiously, "Why have you been keeping a straight face all day today, junior sister? Who upset you?"
Bai Shengyi calmly flicked her hand, "I met a madman and a fool today."
"Oh, I thought it was someone who had lost their sight and angered you. By the way, speaking of eyes, I was negligent earlier, your..."
Qian Ying walked closer, and Bai Shengyi felt she was too close, so she frowned and stepped back.
"Don't move!"
Qian Ying let out a soft shout, placed a hand on Bai Shengyi's shoulder, and the other brushed over Bai Shengyi's eyes. Her pupils emitted a deep, fiery red glow.
A gentle yet tingling sensation spread through her, and Bai Shengyi unconsciously closed her eyes, as if an inexplicable power was entering them.
"This is my innate divine ability, don't resist."
Qian Ying's soft voice came from her ear, and Bai Shengyi gradually relaxed, feeling a warmth all around her eyes, filled with an unprecedented comfort.
"Your eyes, they aren't incurable, but..." Qian Ying trailed off.
Bai Shengyi said indifferently, "It requires replacing the eyeballs, right?"
She had known the problem with her eyes for a long time. Although her eyes looked fine on the outside, due to residual toxins from back then and the influence of Xingjin, her eyeballs had already necrotic, and the surrounding nerves had atrophied.
To heal them, she needed an eye transplant.
"You know?" Qian Ying was truly surprised.
Her beautiful eyebrows slightly raised, she looked closely at Bai Shengyi and found that she didn't seem to be making a casual guess.
"No wonder you never asked me about curing your eyes," Qian Ying said thoughtfully, her regard for this junior sister growing.
Diligent, studious, talented, and knowing her boundaries, such a person, as long as nothing unexpected happens in her life, will definitely be able to break out into this world.
Thinking of this, Qian Ying's gaze flickered, and she smiled, "Have you thought about what kind of eyes you want to replace them with? Is there anything in the academy you fancy? Senior sister will get it for you."
Her smile was enchanting, her voice light and cheerful, without any sense that what she was doing was cruel.
However, Bai Shengyi was accustomed to Qian Ying's somewhat "wicked" yet straightforward nature and shook her head with a smile.
"Senior sister, I heard that in the Yunbuzhi Marsh deep within the Wuwang Cloud Sea, there is a spiritual grass that is neither beast nor spirit..."
"You mean Xingluo Dihuan?" Qian Ying narrowed her fox-like eyes slightly, then smiled softly, "Alas, junior sister, you are truly bold."
Xingluo Dihuan is recorded in the "Records of Strange Creatures" on the Shenqi Continent. It is said to be like lustrous, moist pearls, with a color like the mysterious twilight mist and purple haze. One is Xingluo, the other is Dihuan, moving like wisps of cloud, twin and inseparable.
There are also records in alchemy and medicinal formulas that consuming Xingluo Dihuan can cause new pupils to grow in the blind, allowing them to see all things. However, no one knows if it's true or not.
Qian Ying, however, had a way to confirm that it was true. It was just that even she and Mo Shuxin dared not think of such things, yet this girl had the audacity.
She clicked her tongue twice but did not dissuade her. Instead, she said, "This thing is not easy to find. I haven't heard any news of it for over twenty years, and it's in the Qianyun Secret Realm. I'll have to discuss this with the academy."
Qian Ying acted immediately and went to the main peak on her sword. She returned an hour later.
"Junior sister, did you offend Jin Lingfeng?" Qian Ying rolled her eyes and said, "That idiot. If he wasn't of the same generation as us, I would have made him roll out of the Lingxiao Hall today!"
"Who is Jin Lingfeng?" Bai Shengyi pondered for a moment, then asked, "Is he related to Jin Lingyun?"
"Here, this is him. He's Jin Lingyun's younger brother, the junior brother of the peak master of the Refining Peak, and the current crown prince of the Jinque Kingdom. Apart from good luck, seniority, and a foul mouth, he's nothing. You don't need to pay him any mind."
Qian Ying waved her hand, and a figure appeared before Bai Shengyi.
Bai Shengyi twitched her lips as she listened to her words, and then looked up, remembering, "Ah, he's the fool I met today. He was nosy and I shut him down."
Bai Shengyi then recounted what had happened at noon to Qian Ying and finally asked, "What's wrong, senior sister? What did he do?"
Qian Ying was very annoyed when she thought about it.
"I had already agreed with the main peak. In two days, the Qianyun Secret Realm will open, and the academy will select a few people to train in the realm. You can finish your classes a day early and go with them."
"Then I ran into him at the main peak, and he said, 'Ancestral rules cannot be broken,' almost ruining the plan."
What annoyed Qian Ying even more was that Jin Lingfeng, while citing rules, had specifically targeted Bai Shengyi, saying a lot of things about her being not demure, not stable, and unfit as a new female student, which infuriated her!
On the spot, she dragged him outside the main hall. If Hua Ye hadn't stopped her, she would have thrown him directly into the academy's spirit pool.
Did he not see who he was talking about!
That was her junior sister, Qian Ying's, and how dare he spout nonsense like that at an old stubborn like him?
Qian Ying cursed Jin Lingfeng again in her heart, contemplating the possibility of calling upon Chui Ming to stuff him into a sack, while still comforting Bai Shengyi, "But don't worry, what we Qianxiao Peak sets out to do, we always accomplish."
"However, junior sister, I think, when you go out this time, why not bring Li Shiqing with you?"
Senior Brother Xilou was also not around, and the other junior brothers who studied swordsmanship had all gone on distant journeys. She couldn't just leave the person unattended.
"Also, your little friends, if they want to go, they can go too, as long as there aren't more than five of them," Qian Ying added a few more words as she looked at Bai Shengyi's calm expression.
Alas, her junior sister was so calm at such a young age, it always gave her the feeling of facing Senior Brother Qin.
This must be an illusion!
"Okay."
Bai Shengyi considered this matter and went to find Li Shiqing after finishing her communications in the afternoon.
Li Shiqing was not there; Bai Murong opened the door.
"Bai Shengyi?"
With no one else present and their relationship already soured, Bai Murong did not hide her malice towards Bai Shengyi, saying sarcastically, "What are you doing here? Trying to curry favor with Sister Li? I'm sorry, Sister Li isn't as foolish as Chu Tianle, Feng Wuya, Luo Feihua, and the others, believing whatever you say."
Bai Shengyi didn't pay attention to Bai Murong's sour words. Instead, she looked at Bai Murong in surprise. It had only been a short while, and Bai Murong had already reached the Foundation Establishment stage? Looking at her aura, she was at least at the second layer of Foundation Establishment!
Although Bai Shengyi felt something was amiss, she felt a sense of urgency.
She had to work even harder and sleep less at night.
"What are you looking at!" Bai Murong was displeased and crossed her arms, "It's no use. Sister Li likes me more than you. Even if you try to please her, it's useless!"
"Excuse me, I'm not like you, liking to stick to others like a dog," Bai Shengyi curled her lips slightly, her tone rising, "Also, Bai Murong, don't you feel uncomfortable using a friendship bought with stolen favors?"