"Yun Er, a few Tier 5 pills are enough for now, right? This should take good care of you, no?"
Xiao Ting's laughing voice echoed. Yun Yun could only accept her fate.
From any perspective, the Misty Cloud Sect had undoubtedly gained an overwhelming advantage against Yao Chen.
If they didn't say the alchemist was Yao Chen, the reward would still go to Yao Chen. Without Xiao Ting, the Misty Cloud Sect wouldn't even have the qualifications to ask Yao Chen for help.
For this one request alone, when Xiao Ting asked for medicine, she had no reason to be stingy.
"These are the Wang Sheng Tian Pill and the Spirit Dou Pill. Both can be taken."
Yun Yun took out two jade bottles from her storage ring and placed them on the altar beside her.
The next moment, spatial power surged from the altar and whisked the jade bottles away.
Yun Yun was momentarily speechless. Just whose bloodline does this Gate of Life and Death belong to?
"Wait a minute." Yun Yun suddenly noticed a blind spot and asked, "Xiao Ting, if I asked you to bring medicine to them, does that mean you can also let other people enter the eighth floor of the Gate of Life and Death?"
"Yes." Xiao Ting answered affirmatively. "I have Senior Yun Potian's permission and can freely enter and exit every floor. Unfortunately, I cannot cultivate the wind-attribute technique inherited from your Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master. Battle skill inheritance can only be obtained once."
"That's not what I wanted to hear!" Yun Yun suddenly stood up, unconsciously clenching her fists. "The Gate of Life and Death is the inheritance ground of my Misty Cloud Sect. Neither my master nor I have ever entered the eighth level!"
"Have you entered the sixth and seventh floors?" Xiao Ting suddenly asked.
These words were extremely hurtful. Yun Yun felt both ashamed and angry. She gritted her teeth and said, "No!"
"Then it's settled." Xiao Ting's voice came. "If you want to blame someone, blame yourselves for lacking talent."
Yun Yun swore in her heart that if Xiao Ting appeared before her now, she would definitely teach him a lesson—at the very least, bite him.
"Eh!?"
Just as Yun Yun was steeling her resolve, she felt herself enveloped by spatial power. Before she could react, the surroundings had changed.
Thick fog covered everything, blocking vision with no end in sight. She stood atop a mountain of unknown height. On the summit was a platform about three zhang in diameter.
Before her stood an irritatingly handsome young man smiling at her.
"Yun Er, your expression is so strange," Xiao Ting chuckled. "It's like you want to bite me."
Yun Yun: !
Yes, I know. I have a copy of your Journal.
Anyone who didn't know the situation would think he could hear her thoughts.
"As the Sect Master, how could I stoop so low as to deal with a brat like you?" Yun Yun snorted lightly and looked around with interest.
"Yun Er." Xiao Ting stood up with a wide smile and walked toward her. "Did you come all the way to the eighth floor because you wanted to be alone with me?"
"Nonsense! Why would I want to be alone with you!?" Yun Yun firmly denied it and unconsciously took a step back.
"Oh?" Xiao Ting's eyes flashed with a teasing light.
He was just a little over fifteen years old, but he was already nearly 1.8 meters tall. With the memories of his previous life restored, his thinking and temperament were very mature. If he didn't say anything, ordinary people would think he was a young man in his early twenties.
"Waa~"
A seven-colored light flashed between Xiao Ting and Yun Yun, revealing the pitiful-looking Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
"I almost forgot about you, little cutie." Xiao Ting reached out and gently tapped the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python's forehead, then took out his partner Amethyst Source to feed it. "See, you're never alone."
Yun Yun breathed a sigh of relief. Unable to withstand Xiao Ting's gaze, she felt an indescribable guilt.
"Alright." Xiao Ting fiddled with the two ceramic bottles. "I'm about to break through soon. Sect Master Yun Yun, take your time. The wind-attribute energy here is especially rich and perfect for soul cultivation. Don't waste this opportunity."
"Mhm." Yun Yun nodded lightly. She also felt this place was very suitable for her cultivation.
After replying, she suddenly realized what she had done and said speechlessly, "This is my Misty Cloud Sect's Gate of Life and Death. It belongs to my Misty Cloud Sect!"
"I know." The corner of Xiao Ting's mouth twitched slightly. "This is your Misty Cloud Sect's Gate of Life and Death. None of your Misty Cloud Sect members can enter, but I can."
Yun Yun had always thought she was good at maintaining composure, but in front of Xiao Ting, she could barely keep it.
This little boy could unsettle her with just a few words.
If Yun Shan were here, he would probably say, "Yun Er is now full of the youthful vitality I had before entering seclusion."
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Time flew by, and seven days passed in the blink of an eye.
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