"Fellow Daoist Liu, what brings you here?"
Chu Lingwei, taking advantage of Liu Yao's surprise, subtly made a few small movements to her body.
"The Snow Spirit Beasts are acting strangely. I came to investigate," Liu Yao tried his best to appear natural, but his eyes couldn't leave Chu Lingwei, and his worry was even more apparent.
"I suppose all the cultivators in Ice Extreme Cliff know about this situation by now?" Chu Lingwei turned to look at her senior brother, praying this wasn't true.
"Yes, in a few more days, all the cultivators in the Xuan Tian Continent will know what has happened here," Leng Xingzhi shattered Chu Lingwei's illusions.
Chu Lingwei's expression shook, and she thought to herself, "It's over."
The Snow Spirit Beasts wouldn't attack her without reason. Those who didn't obtain great treasures in Ice Extreme Cliff might shift the blame onto her.
She was truly a great scapegoat.
She felt so wronged.
She still hadn't even figured out why these Snow Spirit Beasts were attacking her.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, are you feeling unwell?" Liu Yao, seeing Chu Lingwei's increasingly grim expression, spoke up, "I am a cultivator from Zhaoyang Mountain. I can help treat you."
"No need. My second senior brother is an eighth-level alchemist. He can treat my injuries," Chu Lingwei stood up, thanked Liu Yao, and then directly refused.
Liu Yao: "..."
"Fellow Daoist Chu, you are severely injured and require immediate treatment." As far as he knew, Chu Lingwei's second senior brother, Nangong Luo, had not come to Ice Extreme Cliff at all.
"I've already taken medicine, and I'm fine now." Chu Lingwei, seeing Liu Yao's increasing desire to treat her, refused more firmly. She wanted to see why Liu Yao was being so good to her.
"Fellow Daoist Liu, I feel a bit unwell. I'm going to rest first." Chu Lingwei politely nodded to Liu Yao, and with the support of Shui Yi, found an empty spot, set up a barrier, and began to meditate.
Liu Yao watched Chu Lingwei's figure disappear before his eyes, a wry smile on his face.
"Thank you for your concern for my junior sister, Fellow Daoist Liu. However, I will treat my junior sister's injuries, so you don't need to trouble yourself," Leng Xingzhi glanced at his junior sister's proud little face with a smile in his eyes, then turned to bow to Liu Yao.
Liu Yao, having been rejected by Chu Lingwei, could not force her to let him treat her. "Alright, farewell."
Liu Yao did not linger and quickly left on his flying sword.
Chu Lingwei opened her eyes and looked in the direction Liu Yao had left, lost in thought. She had seen Liu Yao's lapse in composure just now; he truly cared about her.
"Wei Wei, do you think he is your father?" Feng Ming sat at Chu Lingwei's feet. Even she could see Liu Yao's unusual behavior. Wei Wei could naturally feel it too.
"I don't know."
Chu Lingwei had originally wanted to know if there was any connection between Liu Yao and herself. Upon seeing his concern for her, she suddenly dismissed the thought. Perhaps he had his own difficulties in not acknowledging her.
As long as she knew her father was safe, it was enough.
One day later.
After Su Yan cleaned up the area, they left.
"Junior sister, how did you provoke these Snow Spirit Beasts?" Su Yan was very curious. Could it be that the grudge with a spirit beast that junior sister mentioned was with these Snow Spirit Beasts?
"I don't know either. When I first entered Ice Extreme Cliff, I encountered a seventh-tier Snow Spirit Beast..."
Chu Lingwei recounted the scene where she and Mei Ji subdued that Snow Spirit Beast, telling them, "From beginning to end, I only encountered that one Snow Spirit Beast. Who knew they would attack me so recklessly."
"A seventh-tier Snow Spirit Beast shouldn't have the power to rally so many Snow Spirit Beasts," Su Yan was skilled in taming beasts and understood spirit beasts better than others.
"I think so too." Chu Lingwei nodded in agreement. She was also curious about how she had offended these Snow Spirit Beasts.
Su Yan looked at his senior brother. Perhaps senior brother could answer this question.
"Senior brother, what do you think?"
Chu Lingwei also turned her head to look at her senior brother, awaiting his answer.
"It's likely that Wei Wei disturbed someone in Ice Extreme Cliff." Leng Xingzhi was also pondering this question. It seemed there was a formidable individual in Ice Extreme Cliff.
Chu Lingwei frowned. She hadn't encountered any spirit beasts or cultivators after entering Ice Extreme Cliff.
"If I find this person, I will make them taste the pain of being devoured by a hundred beasts."
If it weren't for junior sister's ample life-saving treasures, before he and senior brother could arrive, junior sister would have likely been trampled into dust by those Snow Spirit Beasts.
"But I didn't encounter many cultivators after entering Ice Extreme Cliff?" This was what puzzled Chu Lingwei the most. She hadn't interacted with any cultivators.
"Don't worry, Wei Wei. Senior brother will definitely find that person."
As long as that person used spiritual energy, Leng Xingzhi would find them immediately.
"Alright. If senior brother finds that person, please tell me first," Chu Lingwei wanted to see who wanted to take her life.
"Senior brother, are we leaving Ice Extreme Cliff?"
Chu Lingwei looked in the direction they were heading, towards the exit of Ice Extreme Cliff.
"Yes, we caused too much commotion in Ice Extreme Cliff. Master instructed us to leave as soon as possible."
Su Yan answered for his senior brother. The matter of the three of them slaughtering Snow Spirit Beasts in Ice Extreme Cliff had spread throughout the Xuan Tian Continent. Master had sent word immediately, asking the three of them to leave quickly.
"Master already knows."
Chu Lingwei pouted. She really wanted to give that person who controlled the Snow Spirit Beasts and wanted to kill her a good beating. Now, she had probably become famous throughout the Xuan Tian Continent again.
"Not only Master knows, but all the cultivators in the Xuan Tian Continent know," Su Yan chuckled. Junior sister, through her own efforts, had slaughtered ten thousand Snow Spirit Beasts, becoming the number one person in the Rong Tian Realm.
"Third Senior Brother, you're making fun of me. I was forced to do it," Chu Lingwei looked at Su Yan with a mournful expression. Clearly, he knew she was innocent, yet he still teased her like this. It wasn't right at all.
Su Yan chuckled softly and shook his head, "I'm not making fun of you. I just want to tell you that in the future, you'll need to change your appearance when you go out."
Chu Lingwei sighed. Yes, in the future, when she went out, she would really have to change her appearance.
Her face would probably attract attention wherever she went.
After leaving Ice Extreme Cliff, they arrived at Ice Extreme Town.
Chu Lingwei sent a message to Mei Ji, informing her that she had to leave first due to matters and would meet again if fate allowed.
Mei Ji sent back a message, lying on the bed and sighing.
Wei Wei was truly heartless, leaving her here alone.
"What's wrong? Are you unhappy?" Mu Shuyang entered with a bowl of medicinal soup, sat by Mei Ji's bed, and intended to feed it to her.
"No need, I'll do it myself."
Mei Ji sat up, picked up the bowl, and drank the medicine in large gulps.