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Chapter 328: Testing, Injury (3)_1

Chapter 328: Chapter 328: Testing, Injury (3)_1

"Pfft..." Hao Pengyou was drinking water and sprayed it out.

Do you have to be so domineering?

"No way!" Dugu Yilan completely disagreed.

"I need to ensure that I am there for her when she is in danger," Zi Xiao looked at Dugu Yilan, "I won’t allow an incident like tonight to happen again."

"This... isn’t necessary, right?" Dugu Qianye said.

"Humph, you are not from the Dugu Clan, what gives you the right to say such things?!"

"It’s because I am her fiancé, she is my woman!" Zi Xiao said, "As a man, do I need any other reason to protect my woman?!"

"Fiancé?!" Dugu Yilan looked at Zi Xiao and then at Dugu Qianye, questioning, "When did you get a fiancé? Your parents don’t even know, how can he count as your fiancé?"

That made sense! Dugu Qianye nodded, feeling the accusatory gaze from Zi Xiao, and helplessly said, "Well, Third Uncle, he, he is my fiancé."

"Even if he is your fiancé, it’s still not okay!" Dugu Yilan was still opposed.

"No, I must be with her at night," Zi Xiao insisted.

"Cough cough, I can manage on my own," Dugu Qianye protested. An incident like tonight wouldn’t happen every day, he was making too much of a fuss.

"No," Zi Xiao was resolute this time, "Anyway, we’ve slept together before, what’s the big deal. Or do you not want to take responsibility for me now?"

After Zi Xiao spoke, he began to change his expression again.

Hearing him speak so naturally about having slept together, Dugu Qianye’s face turned slightly red. She coughed artificially, not wanting to argue further, and said, "Let’s just stay here tonight, Third Uncle you all go back first, we’ll talk about the rest later."

Seeing Dugu Qianye’s frail appearance and considering she indeed needed a good rest, Dugu Yilan reluctantly agreed and said, "You rest well. I will make arrangements for Qianqian and the others to move their accommodations here, and we’ll stay here in the coming days."

After Dugu Yilan left, Hao Pengyou and Mo Feng also departed, leaving only Dugu Qianye and Zi Xiao. Zi Xiao poured water for Dugu Qianye to drink, and she took out a few elixirs to consume before starting to recuperate and heal. Dandan and Golden Fire also worked together to repair her injured body. Zi Xiao lay on the chaise longue nearby, watching Dugu Qianye, his thoughts unknown.

The next morning, Dugu Qianye finished healing and opened her eyes to see Zi Xiao watching her from across the way.

"How’s your recovery?" Zi Xiao asked.

Dugu Qianye nodded and said, "Although I haven’t fully recovered, it shouldn’t affect today’s competition."

"Then you get ready, and we’ll go out in a while."

Dugu Qianye washed up after getting up and found that Zi Xiao had already prepared the water for him. After freshening up, the two of them opened the door to leave and just happened to run into Tian Bo. Tian Bo’s eyes bulged out wider than those of a cow when he saw that they were coming out of Zi Xiao’s room.

Tian Bo had gone out last night with Green Emperor Xiahou and was unaware of what had happened in Dugu Qianye’s room. When he first saw the two of them coming out together, the not-so-young man’s thoughts skewed once more, feeling his little heart stimulated once again.

"Young Master, you really mustn’t get too close to this Baili Xie! If you get led astray, how am I going to explain it to the Old Master and Madam once we return!"

"What are you muttering?" Green Emperor Xiahou emerged, just in time to hear Tian Bo whispering something at his door.

Tian Bo startled, turned, and saw Green Emperor Xiahou, saying, "Young Master, I just saw that Baili Xie and Zi Xiao coming out of a room together, they must have slept together last night. Such a person definitely isn’t decent, Young Master, you can’t get too close to him, if you are..."

Tian Bo rambled on, only to look up and find that Green Emperor Xiahou had already walked to the staircase.

"Young Master, wait for me, I’m not done talking yet." Tian Bo shouted at the back of Green Emperor Xiahou and hurriedly followed after him.

Feisha City had become arguably the liveliest it had ever been, with people from all over the Yuling Continent and even those from other realms coming here. As the final competition drew closer, attention towards the event grew by the day, with more and more people coming to watch the matches on site.

By the time Dugu Qianye managed to squeeze into the arena, it wasn’t long before the match was to begin. Observing the people on stage who were still shouting at the contestants below before the match, Dugu Qianye figured these people were truly mad, almost like star-chasing on Earth!

Shayan had arrived at the arena early, and upon seeing Dugu Qianye, he smiled at her, his eyes raw with lecherous intent. Dugu Qianye cast him a look of disgust and paid him no more attention.

"Now you’re pretending to be high and mighty, but after the match is over, you’ll still have to follow me. Haha!" Shayan seemed to have already envisioned himself securing first place.

Soon after Dugu Qianye, Green Emperor Xiahou arrived at the arena too, and all five competing contestants had gathered.

As the time arrived, the moderator came up and gestured for silence from the spectators in the stands. Once the arena fell quiet, he began the pre-match address.

"Today’s contest involves concocting a Ninth Grade Primary Level Guiyuan Pill. Those who cannot concoct the Guiyuan Pill may opt to forfeit this match or choose to concoct the highest grade elixir they can produce. Those who concoct a Ninth Grade Elixir will be scored based on the level of the elixir and the time taken to create it. The top three will be selected to advance to the final showdown. Similarly, the Alchemist Guild has prepared a selection of herbs for you to choose from. Let’s begin now."

Now with only five contestants left, each one was a prominent figure in the Alchemy World. Selecting materials, firing the cauldron, preheating, refining substances; with thousands of components requiring orderly concoction, they nonetheless proceeded methodically.

Looking on from the stands, Dugu Yilan, Dugu Qianqi, and three others watched the competition below. Last night, Dugu Qianqi and Dugu Qianqian, who had been called downstairs earlier on, had failed to notice the happenings upstairs. Dugu Yilan, after returning, didn’t mention anything to them, so they were unaware that Baili Xie was actually Dugu Qianye. They only found it peculiar that Dugu Yilan suggested changing their hotel to the one where Dugu Qianye and the others were staying.

Elsewhere, several individuals dressed in black were also monitoring the activity below. The leader, Ouyang Lin, watched Dugu Qianye with a frosty gaze and asked, "Are you sure it’s her?"

"Yes. Last night Dugu Yilan sought her out. They had some disputes after, perhaps over the compensation issues," said another man in black.

"But this Baili Xie isn’t considered the frontrunner for the championship," another person remarked. "Can she concoct a Tenth Grade Elixir?"

Ouyang Lin’s eyes, venomous as a scorpion’s, fixed on Dugu Qianye. "Better to kill by mistake than to let one go," he said.