Chapter 90

Chapter 90: A Bite Back

“Junior Brother Li, feel free to state your conditions.”

Ji Ziling, having suffered a heavy blow this time and now trying to trick Li Xiuyuan out of his spiritual liquid, was naturally not as proud as before, feigning humility.

Li Xiuyuan’s gaze remained fixed on Ji Ziling’s chest.

After a moment, Li Xiuyuan pointed at Ji Ziling and said, “I want this!”

Ji Ziling trembled, an infinite anger igniting within her. How dare someone like that toad, disgusting and worthless, crave what belongs to me!

“Get lost, dream on!” Ji Ziling angrily reprimanded, then added, “Li Xiuyuan, this small disturbance will eventually pass. I advise you not to be delusional and ungrateful!”

Li Xiuyuan shrugged indifferently and said, “Miss, if you don’t give it, then you don’t. What good is threatening me? I can still turn in the spiritual liquid to Lord Mo and try to please him. Goodbye.”

“Hey, you! Stop right there!” Ji Ziling quickly called out to Li Xiuyuan. After struggling internally for a moment, she decided to make a sacrifice and said, “As the saying goes, haste makes waste. I’m not someone easy to please. Since Junior Brother is interested, you must strive for it. Everything is possible, right? If you’re really in a hurry, I can let you… touch it, but just once!”

Upon hearing this, Chen Ansheng behind them was stunned.

Damn, this is human nature. Even someone as proud as Ji Ziling is willing to do such things for resources.

However, Chen Ansheng found her utterly disgusting, and besides, Li Xiuyuan’s hands weren’t his own, so he decided to let it go.

“What are you talking about, Miss?” Li Xiuyuan feigned confusion and then said, “What I meant was, Miss, your defensive armor is quite good. Can I borrow it for protection while you…”

Hearing this, Ji Ziling’s face instantly turned red.

So he wanted the armor she wore, not her…

How embarrassing! Ji Ziling regretted saying such despicable and shameless words; she wished she could find a hole to hide in.

“I, I what?!” Ji Ziling put on a brave face and said, “I was referring to the defensive armor!”

“Then why did you say I was interested and that I should strive for it?” Li Xiuyuan asked.

“This… stop talking nonsense. I can give you the armor, but you must first hand over all the spiritual liquid for me to keep!” Ji Ziling changed the subject.

“How about you give me the armor first, and then I’ll turn in the spiritual liquid to the cave master later?” Li Xiuyuan said with a look of distrust.

Ji Ziling thought that he wouldn’t dare to play tricks, so she first handed over the armor and severed the bond.

Li Xiuyuan immediately stored the armor in his storage bag, then suddenly lunged at Ji Ziling.

“Li Xiuyuan, what are you doing?!”

Ji Ziling, injured and drained of spiritual energy, could barely match Li Xiuyuan’s strength.

“What am I doing? You’ll find out soon enough!”

Li Xiuyuan grinned maliciously and shouted, “Help! Someone’s trying to kill me and forcing me to hand over my spiritual liquid! Everyone, come quickly!”

Li Xiuyuan’s cries quickly echoed throughout the ancestral grounds.

“Li Xiuyuan, you bastard, are you crazy?!” Ji Ziling was completely stunned; she never expected Li Xiuyuan would dare to do this!

“Bitch! My spiritual liquid is priceless; there’s no way you can trick me with just a few words!” Li Xiuyuan said, swinging his hand and slapping her several times.

“Poof!”

Ji Ziling’s heart was already damaged, and now being humiliated like this by Li Xiuyuan, she spat out a mouthful of blood.

“Why? Why do this to me? Wuwu…”

Ji Ziling felt wronged and began to cry.

“Shut up!”

Li Xiuyuan slapped her again and kicked her.

“You! I will tear you apart limb by limb, poof…”

Ji Ziling’s tactic of playing the victim failed, and in a fit of rage, she attempted to choke Li Xiuyuan, but received a few punches to her abdomen, causing her to spew blood.

“Who! Who dares to rob the spiritual liquid!”

“Quick, everyone rush over to protect Junior Brother Li!”

“Kill! Charge!”

In just a moment, thousands of people rushed over, led by Mo Wu and several Elders.

Facing such a life-and-death situation, of course, they ran fast because if Li Xiuyuan died, the storage bag would be sealed, and the spiritual liquid would be lost.

“You dare, you female thief, to commit murder? Seize her!”

Mo Wu, with the highest status, gave the order, and immediately several people rushed forward to apprehend Ji Ziling, who was pinning Li Xiuyuan down.

“That’s not how it is…” Ji Ziling weakly tried to explain.

“Smack…”

The crowd immediately slapped her a few times, leaving her face swollen and bloodied.

“Ah, that’s… that’s Junior Sister Ziling!”

At this moment, a disciple from Qian Yue Cave recognized Ji Ziling and rushed over with a group.

“Let go of my Junior Sister!”

The disciples from Qian Yue Cave managed to rescue Ji Ziling.

Nangong Xiu, arriving a step late, looked at her daughter’s pig-like swollen face, her heart bleeding!

“Who did this! I, Nangong Xiu, swear to the heavens that I will avenge this!” Nangong Xiu let out a piercing scream as if possessed.

“Silence!” Mo Wu scolded her and then said, “Li, explain what happened!”

Li Xiuyuan shrank back, looking like a frightened wild chicken, trembling as he stepped forward, his voice quivering: “Reporting to Lord Mo, just now, Miss Ji tricked me into this desolate place, using her beauty to tempt me into handing over all the spiritual liquid to Cave Master Nangong. When I refused, she threatened me, saying that once this crisis was over, she would tear me apart. I was terrified and wanted to escape, but she held me back…”

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“You’re talking nonsense, bastard, you’re lying…” Ji Ziling weakly protested.

“Hmph.” Mo Wu snorted coldly, “If you weren’t after her beauty, why would you secretly follow her to this secluded spot?”

“Reporting to Lord Mo, I am an outer disciple of Qian Yue Cave. The young lady often throws her weight around. She had an order, and I dared not disobey! Besides, I didn’t expect her to do something so despicable. It was only in desperation that I called for help.”

Saying this, Li Xiuyuan stepped forward a few steps, fixing a sorrowful gaze on Ji Ziling, and lamented, “Miss! I dare swear on my soul that you just said something lewd like ‘let you touch it’! Do you dare to swear on your soul’s blood that you didn’t?!”

Hearing this, the surrounding young disciples were all moved.

The honorable lady of Qian Yue Cave turned out to be so shameless!

Seeing the crowd gossiping, Li Xiuyuan leaned in closer, shouting through tears, “Do you dare, do you dare to swear?!”

“Ah!!!”

Ji Ziling was increasingly provoked by Li Xiuyuan, her mind throbbing in unbearable pain, as if her soul were being violently torn apart.

“Hahaha, wuwu…”

The next moment, Ji Ziling cried and laughed, evidently slipping into a state of madness.

“Ji Ziling pretends to be crazy and silly, not daring to swear. It seems this matter is mostly true.”

“Her greed and arrogance have been evident for a long time; how many people has Yao Jianyuan been fooled by her?”

“Right, right, I heard she took what she scammed from Yao Jianyuan and gave it all to that pretty boy Murong Yan.”

“Hey, by the way, where’s Murong Yan? Isn’t he the one who loves to show off the most?”

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The crowd was abuzz, unearthing Ji Ziling’s past disgraceful deeds.