Meeting Zhao Shuning's determined gaze, Mo Bai knew that she no longer intended to take back the bronze medal. He carefully put the thing away and took a deep look at Zhao Shuning.
"This bronze medal recognizes its master. Once you put it on, you'll be its master for life. Ningning, you'll regret this. I'll be waiting for you to come to me."
The bronze medal no longer felt as smooth as before when he held it. Sure enough, the power within the bronze medal must have entered her body somehow.
This time, Mo Bai didn't say a word. He just walked down the mountain alone. His back looked rather lonely in the night.
Zhao Shuning felt pity but knew she had to do this.
"Ninger."
"Master, did I do something wrong?"
"You didn't. That young man Mo Bai is inherently stubborn. Many years ago, when you brought him to me, his body was filled with nothing but wild and violent impulses. Even after I used my spiritual power to treat him, I still couldn't hide his true nature."
"Master, Mo Bai isn't a bad person. He just hasn't had anyone to take care of him, so his personality has become a bit hard to understand."
"Ninger, what you see is just the surface."
When Mo Bai was with Ninger, he did act like a normal person. Ninger couldn't tell, but Yan Ruyu could easily see through him.
Zhao Shuning turned around, walked to the table, and sat down. Yan Ruyu talked to her for a while. Then, Zhao Shuning's face suddenly turned pale.
Yan Ruyu quickly asked, "Ninger, what's wrong? Your face—" But before he could finish, Zhao Shuning felt a sweet and metallic taste in her mouth, and then spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Ninger."
The next moment, Zhao Shuning lost consciousness. Before she fainted, she clearly saw her master's panicked face. With her master here, she'd be okay, right? She wanted to say something to tell her master that she was okay. But a wave of darkness washed over her, and she lost consciousness.
Zhao Shuning's fainting really scared Yan Ruyu. That night, he stayed up all night by her side and even refused to let others help him boil the medicine.
"Emperor Venerable, what's wrong with Miss Zhao?"
"Evil qi has entered her body. Ting Bai, go to the mountain stream and find a few white Dingnian herbs. Squeeze them into juice and sprinkle the juice on the Purple Spirit Pills. Remember, the pills must be fully soaked in the juice."
"Understood, sir."
"Mu Wan, wash the snow lotus in my room and grind it into powder. Use it as an auxiliary medicine for Ting Bai's pills."
"Understood, sir."
Yan Ruyu looked at the steaming medicine pot in front of him. The anxiety in his eyes didn't fade at all. He placed his hand on Zhao Shuning's wrist. Her pulse was sometimes rapid and sometimes gentle.
He knew that Ninger was practicing both spiritual power and mental power, but what was this third power? Moreover, this power felt somewhat familiar to Yan Ruyu.
At this moment, a purple light began to shine from Zhao Shuning's chest. Yan Ruyu stretched out his right hand and took out what was hanging around her neck. It was the Soul - Condensing Pearl, Zhao Huai's Soul - Condensing Pearl.
Zhao Huai's body was already dead. Logically, no matter how powerful Zhao Huai was in his lifetime, the Soul - Condensing Pearl he left behind shouldn't still be shining so brightly at this time. Could it be that some new power had been injected into this Soul - Condensing Pearl?
The girl on the bed had fine beads of sweat on her forehead. Yan Ruyu didn't have time to think further. He covered Zhao Shuning with the quilt again. Her forehead was extremely cold, and she was sweating profusely. Presumably, the third power in her body must be very powerful, causing her great pain.
Previously, she wasn't like this. Could it be that the host suppressing this third power was that bronze medal?
By now, Mo Bai should still be nearby. Although he didn't know why the bronze medal had such great power, Yan Ruyu didn't have time to think about it at this moment. He waved his hand casually, creating a protective shield for Zhao Shuning. Then, with a sudden movement, he disappeared from the cave.
However, at this moment, no one noticed that on Qingyun Peak, a woman in black robes had a sinister smile on her face.
"It's really not easy to get what I want."
After Yan Ruyu's aura completely disappeared, a woman in black robes appeared in the cave. She slowly lowered her black hood and walked towards the girl on the bed.
The girl on the bed was indeed very beautiful, but she didn't deserve to wear the Soul - Transforming Pearl Chain. Only her elder sister did.
The woman gathered spiritual power in her hands. Under her continuous impact, the protective shield left by Yan Ruyu began to show cracks. With a bang, the protective shield completely shattered.
Although the black - robed woman was shaken back by the spiritual power of the shield, she quickly steadied herself. If Zhao Shuning were awake at this moment, she would surely be shocked. It turned out that besides her master, there was another person who was a ninth - level spiritual pharmacist!
"You shouldn't be wearing something that doesn't belong to you."
She had been searching for so long. Since her elder sister passed away, the Soul - Transforming Pearl Chain seemed to have completely disappeared from the world. Five hundred years had passed, a full five hundred years, and she finally found this bead.
The woman was extremely beautiful, but there was a scar in the shape of a scarlet centipede on her wrist, spreading across her entire arm. This woman was Luo Qiu.
She reached out her hand to grab the bead around Zhao Shuning's neck, but Zhao Shuning's breathing suddenly became rapid, and then her eyes suddenly opened. Due to this unexpected situation, Luo Qiu's hand immediately grabbed Zhao Shuning's neck.
"Luo—Qiu—"
Zhao Shuning had a splitting headache at this moment, but she still recognized this woman at a glance. She was the legendary Luo Qiu. She didn't understand why Luo Qiu wanted to kill her. Wasn't Luo Qiu already dead? If Luo Qiu was dead, was she dreaming now?
Zhao Shuning's sense of suffocation was getting stronger and stronger. At this moment, a red lotus suddenly appeared between her eyebrows. Seeing the red lotus, the crazy Luo Qiu actually let go of her hands and stared blankly at Zhao Shuning.
"How? The red lotus. How do you have a red lotus?"
"Damn it!"
With the red lotus protecting her body, a fourth power began to emerge in Zhao Shuning's body. At this moment, a faint white light shone all over her body. When the white light dissipated, all the objects in the cave were instantly destroyed.
Facing this powerful force, Luo Qiu quickly used the spiritual power around her to protect herself. But when she lowered the robe in front of her, the young girl on the bed had disappeared into thin air.