"I rarely use this room. I have another place for pill - refining," Feng Yuqin said. "To be precise, this room is just for show."
Although Su Bing and Yan Xiao were curious about where she lived, since Feng Yuqin showed no intention of elaborating, they were sensible enough not to press for details.
"Aqin, I'll go first," Yan Xiao said.
Feng Yuqin nodded. "Go ahead. If you have any questions, feel free to come to me."
"Okay. I'll try to reach the level - five pill - refining master as soon as possible," Yan Xiao replied.
After Yan Xiao left, only Su Bing remained in the room. Knowing that she couldn't hide her disappearance from Su Bing, Feng Yuqin said, "I have my own space. I usually refine pills there."
"Space? Isn't it just for storage? Can people go inside?" Su Bing asked in shock.
Feng Yuqin took her hand. With a thought, they entered the space.
Su Bing felt a blur before her eyes, and then she found herself in a place completely different from the previous room.
The place where she stood was like a paradise. She was completely stunned.
"My goodness, where is this? The scenery is so beautiful!" Su Bing felt as if she were in a dream.
"This is the space I mentioned," Feng Yuqin said. "You're the second person to know about it, so keep it a secret."
"I definitely won't tell anyone. But is there any kind of restriction that will stop me from talking about it if I try?" Su Bing remembered reading about hypnosis in ancient books. She was worried that if she was hypnotized and accidentally revealed her master's space.
She was smart enough to understand how much of a stir it would cause if such a space were known to others.
"Do you want me to impose a restriction on you?" Feng Yuqin raised an eyebrow.
Actually, since Su Bing had sworn an oath before, Feng Yuqin trusted her and knew that she wouldn't disclose the space.
"Yes. Is that okay?" Su Bing looked at Feng Yuqin. "You're the master of the space. It should be no problem for you to impose such a restriction."
Feng Yuqin nodded. "Indeed, I can."
"Then please impose the restriction on me," Su Bing insisted.
Feng Yuqin was helpless. Seeing her so insistent, she decided to fulfill her wish.
The restriction was not difficult. After the space was upgraded, it had many new functions, all of which she had absorbed.
She moved her hands slightly and quickly drew a restriction, which she then sent towards Su Bing.
The next moment, Su Bing clearly felt the restriction.
"It's done," Feng Yuqin said, retracting her hands.
Hearing this, Su Bing let out a sigh of relief.
"Master, I feel that the spiritual energy here is very rich. Will I be able to improve my pill - refining strength faster here?" Su Bing found that this environment made it easy for her to calm down and practice.
She was only a level - three pill - refining master now and was worried that she couldn't reach level four before the competition.
"You can practice in the space if you want," Feng Yuqin said. "Xiaojin and Xiaoying are on guard outside. You can focus on breaking through to the next level."
"Thank you, master," Su Bing said happily.
...
The elders of the guild gathered in the hall again to discuss matters.
This time, the atmosphere was rather gloomy. The whole hall was filled with a suffocating feeling.
Even Lin Sixue, who was usually very active, was frightened by the corpses outside.
Finally, Qi Ruyi couldn't hold back and asked Elder Lin, "Does Feng Yuqin have someone backing her?"
"Isn't the guild master her backer?" Elder Chen said with a gloomy face.
"Not the guild master," Elder Lin said coldly. "The guild master prides himself on being an upright person. He wouldn't do such a thing."
"Then it must be Feng Yuqin herself," Qi Ruyi frowned. "I think she could handle the poisoning on her own. But it's really amazing that so many corpses were piled outside without alerting us."
"We just don't know who in the guild is helping her," Elder Chen said impatiently.
"Whoever it is, we must get rid of them," Elder Lin's eyes flashed with a hint of cruelty. He looked at the others and asked, "What do you think?"
"At this point, do we have any other choice?" Elder Zhao, who had been silent, said.
They had already made a mortal enemy of Feng Yuqin. Otherwise, why would those dozen or so corpses be thrown outside the elders' meeting place?
"Indeed, we have no way out," Qi Ruyi said. "So we must come up with a plan."
"Feng Yuqin already knows that we want to kill her, but she hasn't attacked us. It means she doesn't have the ability. If we don't take this opportunity to get rid of her, we may never have another chance," Elder Lin said.
"But we don't know her strength yet," Elder Zhao said. "And since we've alerted her this time, our next move must be a sure - shot."
"I've examined the poison. If we send people next time, they must take the antidote pill first, and their strength must be at least five levels higher than those tonight," Elder Lin said seriously.
"But where can we find such powerful people?" Qi Ruyi was reluctant.
After all, the people she had sent this time were borrowed from the Qi family. It was a compensation from the Qi family because Qi Fenghong had caused Ma Guangyao to leave the academy.
If she borrowed people from the Qi family again, it might arouse their dissatisfaction. After all, she was a daughter of the Qi family, not a son, and the situation was different.
"Elder Qi, if we want to deal with Feng Yuqin, we all need to contribute," Elder Lin said seriously.
"I have to have the right people first," Qi Ruyi said. "I don't have anyone with such powerful strength, so I may not be able to help."
"Qi Ruyi, what do you mean? Are you going to back out?" Elder Chen said angrily.
"We must work together to deal with Feng Yuqin," Elder Zhao said. "Feng Yuqin knows how to use poison. If the people we send are too weak, they'll just be sacrificed."
"Then let's hold off for now," Qi Ruyi actually wanted to deal with Feng Yuqin, but she really had no one to send.
"Elder Qi, you may be thinking too optimistically about this," Elder Lin said. "What happened tonight indicates that the war between us and Feng Yuqin has officially begun. Even if we don't cause trouble for her, she won't let us go."
"Elder Lin is right. That's what I think too. Now we have to go all the way," Elder Zhao said.
"But what if we send people again and still can't get rid of Feng Yuqin?" Qi Ruyi didn't want to admit it, but the dozen or so people tonight made her realize that there must be someone behind Feng Yuqin. She wanted Feng Yuqin dead, not for her people to die in vain.