CBGC - ch107.1

Chapter 107: Spar

Su Tingyun endures a beating for half a day in the bamboo forest.

Cultivating is very exhausting for the mind. Su Tingyun could normally stay in Xi Guang’s vessel for about a day and a half, but now, she is too tired to continue after less than a day. After being called to stop, Su Tingyun realizes that she’s been training for a total of six hours. She doesn’t know if that’s good or bad, but her master doesn’t comment, and only tells her to rest. She slowly walks back to her place and, once she’s there, she lays on her bed and immediately retreats into the Soul-Restraining Bell to rest.

On her way back, Liu Feizhou handed her several bottles of Pills, both for internal and external use, which were well-prepared. He’s been refining pills in the Obliteration Sword Tower all this time, and now that Su Tingyun has returned, his mind is at ease. He plans to continue refining pills for another month before leaving.

Sometimes he wants to ask, "Since you can extract your soul and change your body, does that mean Wei Yun is not your original identity? What did you look like before?"

But seeing that she’s tired enough that she’s about to fall, Liu Feizhou feels disinclined to voice his questions. Instead, he picks Su Tingyun up and flies her back to her attic.

Back then, he already got accustomed to carrying her as an old lady. He didn’t think anything of it as when he picked her up by the collar. Now though, this body is like a flower in full bloom– slender neck and delicate brows, face as beautiful as a hibiscus flower, and skin as smooth as solidified fat. Pulling up the collar abruptly, he unexpectedly catches a glimpse of the undergarment and the beautiful figure underneath that it couldn’t conceal. Liu Feizhou's face turns black, his eyes blinking rapidly, lashes fluttering like butterfly wings. He almost throws the whole person away.

Su Tingyun is too exhausted to pay attention to these things. She goes back to her room and lays down, her primordial spirit going into the bell to rest. It isn’t until the next morning that she regains vitally, and continues to practice in Xi Guang’s body. As the days pass, her primordial spirit grows at a rate that’s unimaginable for others, and her comprehension of sword intent becomes deeper and deeper. Even though she has suppressed her cultivation to the Foundation Establishment stage, she could still persist for a long time within the bamboo forest’s formation. Unfortunately, when it comes to coming out of the formation without getting a single scratch, she is still quite far from that level. There are always those particularly tricky leaves that would cut her skin. Occasionally, tender bamboo shoots would pop up from the ground and join in on the fun, and she suffers from them a number of times.

During the half-month of her cultivation, Wang Ningxi from Jinxiu City would come to deliver some herbs. To express gratitude for when the members of the Obliteration Sword Tower helped them out back then, she brings a large amount of herbs, spirit stones, lots of ores and other forging materials. This has allowed the Obliteration Sword Tower to say goodbye to their previously destitute state. However, if someone gives you a gift, you cannot refuse it, and must return the gift in kind. Several people, including the sect leader, have discussed it. Only to realize that the things they all have are not presentable enough to give back.

Hence, everyone turns their attention to Bai Chengyu.

Bai Chengyu has many devices. He has collected hundreds of them in the past three hundred years. But no matter how many he once had, they weren’t able to keep up with his previous extravagant use. After his Lord left, he has stopped accumulating and is left with only several treasures on him.

He turns his head and glances at Wang Ningxi, who’s teasing the white tiger by the Cleansing Sword Lake. After a moment's thought, he takes out a magic treasure.

It’s a peach blossom hairpin, crafted by the same person who made his flying tool, the peach blossom fan. He’s kept the fan because he uses it often, but he’s never used this hairpin before, and only kept it because of the maker. Now, among his few remaining magic treasures, only this hairpin is suitable for a female cultivator.

Bai Chengyu reluctantly walks over and hands over the peach blossom hairpin to Wang Ningxi. "Here, this is for you." Actually, he is usually very generous, but now he feels a bit heavy-hearted as he realizes that he has very few magic devices left. He remembers how his Lord and his elder brother had entrusted him with their magic treasures in the past, and he feels a heavy weight on his heart.

Wang Ningxi turns around, and the sunset glow casts a rosy tint on her cheeks. She smiles lightly, "What is this, Brother Bai?"

The Wind Winged Tiger beside her lazily wags its tail and let out a contented meow…

Its tail goes into the pool and shakes vigorously, creating a lot of splashes that fall on Wang Ningxi. The droplets sparkle with the light of the sunset, making her even more beautiful in the scene.

He originally intends to give a perfunctory response, but then his eyes light up, "Thank you for the herbs and ores you sent us. We really like them. Here, this is for you. Do you like it?"

The hairpin is made of extremely fine black wood, with exquisitely carved peach blossoms in bright colors, which look as if they have just been plucked from a branch. Although Wang Ningxi's cultivation isn’t high, having only reached the Foundation Establishment stage recently, she has a good eye for appraisal. Yet this wooden hairpin is an Immortal device with an introverted treasure light. Before it touches her hand, it only looks like an ordinary peach blossom.

Wang Ningxi takes the hairpin with a smile, but her expression changes the moment she holds it.

"This, this is..."

Just by touching it lightly with her fingertips, she can feel the surging spiritual energy inside the hairpin. Although the things she has sent over today are worth thousands of high-grade spirit stones, they very obviously cannot compare to this Immortal treasure.

"Take it, it’s for you." After saying this, Bai Chengyu turns around to leave, but Wang Ningxi stops him, her soft hand making him pause.

"This is too precious..."

Before Wang Ningxi could finish speaking, she watches as Bai Chengyu flicks his sleeves to shake her hand off, and vanishes like a wisp of smoke. Just then, Xiao Budian arrives right in front of her, "Sister, just keep it. Ren Er has many treasures, and he gives them to whoever he likes."

As his words fall, Wang Ningxi's already rosy face turns even redder, and the peach blossom hairpin in her hand feels burning hot.