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Lin Qi watched as Liu Wenfang silently drew a dagger from his waist. His pupils shrank.

She pursed her lips and remained silent, the life-or-death sword intent instantly bursting from the Divine Slayer Sword as it was unsheathed.

The Emperor's Seal followed closely behind.

Before Liu Wenfang's dagger could fall, he sensed a dangerous aura.

This breath simultaneously startled both Shang Yu and Liu Wenfang.

Both turned their heads at the same time.

Shang Yu saw Liu Wenfang behind him, his eyebrows raised in surprise. In an instant, he guessed what had happened and raised his hand to send his sword flying out.

Liu Wenfang's dagger in her hand accelerated downwards.

Ding!

In haste, Shang Yu's sword blocked Liu Wenfang's dagger.

The Qi waves crash against the four walls like a giant hammer.

After a dull collision, Liu Wenfang was forced to parry Lin Qi's two moves with his backhand.

He slashed and hacked, the intent of his Life and Death Sword and the Emperor Phoenix Seal shattered in an instant.

But Shang Yu had already seized the opportunity to counterattack.

Liu Wenfang's strength is not weak, and like Shangyu, he is also a terrestrial immortal.

But as soon as the two clashed, Shang Yu clearly had the upper hand, especially since Liu Wenfang was still bearing serious injuries.

After two encounters, Liu Wenfang's figure split into two.

Shang Yu's sword descended, its energy exploding into countless sharp blades that charged towards the two figures of Liu Wenfang.

The clang of metal echoed through the air. Among the figures, one belonging to Liu Wenfang, a silver light flickered beneath his feet before he vanished in an instant.

Shang Yu furiously swung his sword, shattering the other afterimage. "He got away!"

Only when Lin Qi confirmed that Liu Wenfang was not there did he step forward.

"Business friend, are you hurt?"

Shang Yu's eyes flickered with emotion, and he said angrily, "No. If you hadn't intervened in time, I would have been killed by Liu Wenfang! I saved his life out of kindness, but he tried to kill me and steal the treasure. He's truly acted like a foolish Dong Guo master.

Lin Qi: "That's normal enough."

Shang Yu was extremely shocked. He probably didn't expect such words to come out of Lin Qi's mouth.

Lin Qi said, "Birds of a feather flock together, and people are divided into groups. It's normal for his companions to kill him for the sword soul and treasure, as he would do the same."

Shang Yu suddenly realized, "Sui Daoist friend, you have never shown any affection to him along the way, but you didn't trust him from the beginning?"

I suppose so.

Lin Qi herself was a very wary person, how could she possibly trust someone who had just saved her halfway?

"Then... if I were to give it to you, would you save him?"

"No." Lin Qi replied without any hesitation.

Shang Yu had always thought Lin Qi was a kind person, but she never expected this reply.

"Back then, didn't you also save me? It was because I was in trouble and you saved me that I felt grateful. I wanted to repay your kindness, so I specially saved the man surnamed Liu."

Lin Qi: "…The circumstances are different, so they cannot be compared together."

When saving Shang Yu, Lin Qi was a clueless intruder in dire need of guidance. After rescuing him, Lin Qi observed Shang Yu's words and deeds along the way, gradually letting go of her distrust.

Lin Qi conveyed her thoughts to Shang Yu subtly.

Shang Yu cast a resentful glance at Lin Qi, sighed, and said, "You're right. I've dealt with too few things and haven't been cautious enough."

Lin Qi earnestly reminded: "People on the road, don't randomly save them. Even if you save them, don't casually make friends."

The cultivation world has always been a mix of good and evil, who knows what kind of person you're saving?

People like Shang Yu who are so innocent, it's all just luck.

If she were unavailable, Lin Qi would have acted alone long ago.

Shang Yu nodded seriously, "I understand the reason, but I just can't swallow this anger!"

"I'll get back at you next time we meet."

Shang Yu listened to Lin Qi's advice.

Lin Qi just asked, "What's the matter that you sent me a message?"

Shang Yu's original excitement had been reduced to just a glimmer after Liu Wenfang's intervention.

"I was lucky enough to get a large chunk of Bat King's blood essence here, containing three complete Bat King bloodlines. At the time, I informed you and Liu Wenfang and wanted to share it with you."

Shang Yu got the blood essence of the Dark Bat immediately and was happy, thinking that three complete bloodlines were just right for one person each.

Who knew that Liu Wenfang was the first to receive the news and came, but she planned to secretly take her down and monopolize all the bloodline of the Shadow Bats.

Thinking about this, Shang Yu couldn't help but find himself too naive and foolish.

Lin Qi was at a loss for words on how to comfort her.

But Shang Yu is a pretty self-consistent person, one second he's still angry as hell, the next he's giggling happily.

"Thank goodness you're here. Sister Sui, you saved me again!"

The existence of Sui Yuan proved that Shang Yu's innocence and kindness were not so ridiculous.

From "Sui Dao You" to "Sui Shi Mei," it can be seen that Shang Yu is increasingly recognizing Lin Qi.

Lin Qi followed suit and said, "Isn't this also because Senior Sister Shang invited me here?"

To be honest, under normal circumstances.

A cultivator of Shang Yu's cultivation level wouldn't even glance at a Nascent Soul cultivator like Lin Qi.

What about the debt of gratitude?

The strong have absolute dominance over the weak.

If Shang Yu Ru refused, she might even think that Lin Qi had seen her embarrassing side and killed Lin Qi. What could Lin Qi do?

If Shang Yu had any kindness towards Lin Qi, it was purely due to her own noble character.

Such cultivators who genuinely recognized Lin Qi's life-saving grace and respected and took care of him were rare.

Shang Yu got a piece of Mingfu blood essence, and the first thing he thought of was Lin Qi.

Lin Qi was quite taken aback.

She still had some doubts that Liu Wenfang would be driven by greed and take a ruthless hand, fearing that she was judging him based on her own standards and not believing that Shang Yu would share the ghost bat's blood essence with him.

Lin Qi expressed her thoughts, and Shang Yu fell silent again.

She casually struck and took out three strands of Shadow Bat Blood Soul, giving the thinnest one to Lin Qi.

"Sui Shimei, you should refine this Bloodline of the Shadebat first."

To avoid misunderstandings from Lin Qi, Shang Yu explained further: "The stronger the bloodline of the shadow bat, the greater the power it contains. The other two contain powers that exceed your absorption limit."

"Senior Sister, I understand what you mean."

Shang Yuli immediately laughed and said, "After you refine this bloodline of the Nether Bat, your cultivation should be able to make a breakthrough, and it will be safer for you to walk in the Underworld. I will protect you now."

Thank you!

Lin Qi knew what Shang Yu meant. She didn't waste any more words and immediately began to refine the bloodline of the Nether Bat.

After one hour, Lin Qi successfully broke through to the middle stage of the Nascent Soul from the early stage.

As Shangyu said, the power of the Bloodline of the Shadow Bat was too powerful. Lin Qi only absorbed half of it.

At that time, Lin Qi's internal energy was restless, and her meridians were almost broken through, so she had to stop temporarily.

Even if it was only half, Lin Qi almost directly broke through to the late stage of Nascent Soul.

Perhaps Lin Qi is unwilling to break through too quickly, so she's holding back at the Guan