Chapter 36: Chapter 36

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The green light in the sky became brighter and brighter. From the periphery to the depths of the Misty Forest, a faint fog began to float in the surroundings. The figures in the fog were also faintly discernible and could not be seen clearly.

In the distance, a green crystal was floating in the air. The light from the crystal shot straight into the sky, which was clearly visible in the hazy fog.

They were almost there!

Bai Ling’s eyes lit up, and she secretly glanced behind her.

Under the cover of the fog, she could only see people within a hundred meters. She could no longer see Yan Xi’s figure within a hundred meters.

Before the fog was formed, Yan Xi was still behind her.

Bai Ling heaved a sigh of relief, and a smile of victory slowly appeared on his face.

Yan Xi probably could not hold on and fell behind.

So what if she was fast? If she could not maintain her speed, what was the point? How could the endurance of ordinary people compare with that of cultivators?

She glided ten meters in front of Qing Jing and looked around. Just as she was about to tell Ji San to keep his word and hurt Yan Xi, she heard a lazy voice coming from above her.

“Who are you looking for?”

Bai Ling raised her head in surprise. On a big tree ten meters in front of her, a pair of clear, amused black eyes were looking down at her. The patterns on her mask were particularly clear under the green light.

“Yan Xi?!” She suddenly shrieked, “Impossible! You should have been behind me.”

“You’re too slow,” Yan Xi tilted her head and said with a smile.

Panic flashed across Bai Ling’s face, but she immediately calmed down when he did not see Ji San around.

Without Ji San, Yan Xi, a good-for-nothing, could not do anything to her.

Since the green crystals were here, it meant that her teacher was nearby.

After she found the teacher, even Ji San would not be able to do anything to her. At most, she would avoid Ji San in the future.

“You’re looking for me?” Just as she was still hoping to get lucky and was about to look for her teacher, a cheerful voice came from behind her.

As soon as she turned around, she met Ji San’s amber eyes.

The young man waved his sword, his eyes wandering between her arms.

“Do you want to keep your left hand or your right hand? My sword is very fast, it won’t hurt.” Ji San asked considerately, waving the sword in her hands.

The cold edge of the sword touched her skin, making Bai Ling’s face pale.

Feeling the cold touch on her skin, Bai Ling trembled like a quail.

This wasn’t a joke!

“I…” Bai Ling clenched her fists. “I can give you more money. Twenty thousand… No… Fifty thousand gold coins! Our bet is void! Quickly tell Ji San to let go!”

Ji San was a tyrant who had dared beat up Prince Longyuan once!

“You want to renege on your debt?” Yan Xi jumped down from the tree.

“I’m such a kind person, I’ve never been willing to see others get hurt. However, you were the one who suggested the condition about cutting off the loser’s arm. People should be responsible for their own words; don’t you think so?” Yan Xi stroked her chin and sighed with regret.

“No! It wasn’t me!” Bai Ling shrieked and shook her head crazily. “There’s no enmity between us. Why would I suddenly want to cut off one of your arms?”

“But everyone heard it. Who else could it be if not you?” Yan Xi glanced at her, her eyes shining.

“It was Duanmu Rou! At that time, Duanmu Rou sent me a secret sound transmission and asked me to cut off your right hand!” Bai Ling said loudly, “I didn’t mean to make this bet! I only wanted to teach you a lesson and didn’t think so much! However, Duanmu Rou harbored a grudge against you for forcing her to kowtow in the training grounds. She said that she would cut off the hand that you used to force her to do so!”

“Nonsense! I did not!” Duanmu Rou, who had just run over with the team from Imperial College, gasped when she heard Bai Ling’s voice. She cried out in alarm.

It was sharp, ear-piercing, and hysterical.

Everyone looked at her in surprise. How could the gentle and virtuous Duanmu Rou scream like that?

Realizing that she had lost her composure, Duanmu Rou quickly adjusted her expression. Her eyes were filled with tears. “We’ve been like sisters for so many years, and I’ve treated you well. You actually framed me in order to escape the bet…”

The people around them nodded their heads in agreement. That’s right, Duanmu Rou was a kind and gentle person. How could she do something so cruel?

On the other hand, Bai Ling was pampered and domineering because of her identity as a member of the Bai family. Although she spent most of her time with Duanmu Rou in the academy, Duanmu Rou had always tolerated her willfulness.

Perhaps she was deliberately blaming Duanmu Rou in order to escape punishment.

“Bai Ling, aren’t you going too far?”

“That’s right. You’re usually pampered, but only Duanmu Rou doesn’t care about the past and tolerates you in every way. Yet, you’re still slandering her. ” The others began to gang up on her.

Yan Xi leaned against the tree, a faint smile on her lips as she watched the fake friends stab each other in the back.

Seeing that everyone was condemning her, Bai Ling’s lips trembled in anger, and a fierce look flashed in her eyes. “Fine! We’ll fight to the death! Don’t think that I don’t know that the missing maid of His Highness, Dong Shuang, is also related to you! I saw you secretly contacting her behind the Holy Son’s back! I saw it all, you didn’t lose the ice jade at all. You were the one who gave her the ice jade that the Holy Son gave you!”

Everyone was shocked! Didn’t Yan Lan say that Duanmu Rou’s ice jade was lost and was found on the body of the Yan family’s trash? Everyone knew about this. Duanmu Rou and Yan Lan were cousins. As soon as she returned, she went to visit her cousin. It was assumed Yan Xi stole the ice jade at that time.

What was this plot twist?

Yan Xi raised her eyebrows. She did not expect to receive such an unexpected surprise.

Duanmu Rou’s face stiffened. Had Bai Ling seen what happened that day?

“Is that what happened?” Suddenly, an icy voice rang out, causing the temperature to drop.

The fog condensed into ice beads that fell down.

Yun Xi walked out of the frost, his handsome face covered in a layer of ice, sharp and threatening.

Duanmu Rou’s face instantly turned as pale as a sheet of paper!

Yun Yuhan was there?

How much did he hear?

“Your Highness, the ice jade is an important item to remove the fire poison in my right hand. How could I give it away?” Duanmu Rou pursed her pale lips and her body swayed. “I did contact Dong Shuang in private. However, that was because Dong Shuang suffered from frostbite while collecting the ice jade. She asked me to ask my teacher for a level five Cold Dispelling Pill, and I gave her the pill in a jade box.”

Yun Yuhan furrowed his brows. He was aware of the Cold Dispelling Pill.

Ji San’s blade was still on her arm, and with Yun Yuhan’s cold gaze, Bai Ling collapsed instantly. She broke down and cried, “I… I’m not lying! I really saw it! She was the one who asked me to cut off Yan Xi’s right hand! Why don’t you guys believe me?”

Cut off Yan Xi’s right hand?

Yun Yuhan, who did not know about the bet, paused and looked at Yan Xi.