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[February 22, 2020] ... The heavenly flames were a special existence in heaven and on earth. They knew of each other"s existence, and could to a certain extent sense one another, even if they couldn"t tell their exact locations. This was how humanity knew a flame more superior to all the other flames existed.
As Purple Yang"s master, Zi Cheng could sense something was odd. She only recently merged with the purple flame and her connection with it was still tenuous, so although she could tell something was wrong, she couldn"t tell what it was.
Zi Cheng approached Yifu once Purple Yang stabilized itself. The flame"s power warmed Yifu and soon melted the ice. Her breathing was weak, but she was alive.
Because she had been sealed in ice for so long, her body was stiff and her muscles uncooperative.
Zi Cheng was relieved to see this. She took out a red medicinal pellet from her dimensional ring and held it close to Yifu"s body. The big pellet transformed into water and flowed directly into Yifu.
Naturally the pellet was something Zi Cheng got by exchanging points with her system. The medicine was called Revival and as long as there was breath in a body, it could, no matter the severity of the injury, heal it and restore the body to its uninjured state. How could something this amazing not have any side effects? Of course it did. Anyone who took it lost twenty years of their life.
Essentially you were exchanging years later for a healthy body now. Zi Cheng could have purchased better medicine, the kind that didn"t cost any life, but it would have cost more. As it was, this pellet cost more than half her earned points.
Earning points was hard. She didn"t want to spend any more than necessary. At the same time, she didn"t want to lose Yifu, so this was the compromise she settled on.
Fortunately it was a world of swords and magic. As long as you practiced magic, extending your life and gaining twenty years wasn"t a problem.
The pellet was effective. Yifu"s skin turned rosy and glowed with vitality.
Yifu slowly opened her eyes. Her mind was still stuck at the moment when the black water hit her. She remembered shoving Feng Wu and immediately running towards the entrance for the next level.
Because the black water shot out so fast, Yifu froze before she was even aware she was. .h.i.t. She thought she was still on the savannah by the water and Feng Wu should have been dead, so the current situation was confusing to her.
"It"s great you"re awake Yifu!" Zi Cheng happily knelt down to help Yifu up.
Yifu looked around. She saw Elena, Feng Wu, Drew, and even Ming Xi and the rest of the seniors. What was going on? Could she have really left the first floor? But how was that possible?
And Feng Wu! She clearly remembered shoving her in front of the Blackwater python. How could the girl be alive? She had to be dreaming. She had to be dreaming.
She desperately shook her head as she looked at Feng Wu. Then she reached up and slapped her own face.
To everyone watching, it looked like she was smacking herself for no reason.
Feng Wu didn"t care that Yifu was focused on her right after having thawed. She would never be so foolish as to be lenient with someone who wanted to kill her, but Yifu"s killing intent was too weak for her to notice. Feng Wu barely even registered Yifu"s existence.
Her friend, the Blackwater python, got revenge for her already. Zi Cheng saving Yifu, thought surprising, could be chalked up to her having strong luck.
Since the debt was paid, there was no reason for Feng Wu to hold a grudge. As far as she was concerned, things were squared between the two of them. Besides Feng Wu didn"t have the mind power to hold onto such trivial offenses.
Therefore, as long as Yifu herself didn"t court disaster, Feng Wu would never take the initiative to deal with her. A pity Yifu didn"t know this. She expected other people to behave like she did. Her thinking was, if someone targeted her, she would try to get rid of that person as soon as she could, otherwise she"d have a hard time sleeping at night.
"Yifu! Stop! Don"t hurt yourself. You"ve only just recovered from your injuries." Zi Cheng"s eyes widened in shock at the sight of Yifu hitting her own head. She only thought to stop her friend after watching for a few seconds.
The others didn"t know why Yifu was acting so strangely, but Drew and Elena knew. It was because she couldn"t believe her eyes that"s why. That and she was afraid.
She couldn"t believe she"d failed to kill Feng Wu. Now she was afraid of Feng Wu"s revenge and was probably hoping she was dreaming. That way she could fool herself into thinking she successfully killed Feng Wu.
"You can stop hitting yourself. It"s no use. I"ll tell you right now, everything you see is real. Feng Wu is alive and we"re safe." Yifu lost any goodwill Elena had for her. Someone who tried to kill their fellow cla.s.smate behind their back, it would be a wonder if Elena didn"t like that person.
Elena was a stereotypical sword master with a straight forward personality. She was blunt in speech and upright in manner. She looked down on any villain who acted underhandedly.
Other people may not have picked up on Elena"s odd manner of speech, but those in her team were attuned enough to notice how strange her voice was.
What was going on?
Elena was normally very good to the undercla.s.sman. She never hesitated to help.
But now she was behaving so indifferently to First-year Yifu. Something must have happened in the savannah, something Elena couldn"t tolerate.
Tian Ya and Ming Xi exchanged glances. They could guess each other"s thoughts without speaking.
Jier sat impatiently on the side. He took out a pig"s foot from his s.p.a.ce ring and munched on it, not caring one whit about Yifu.
Compared to Ming Xi and his team, the other occupants in the hall were shocked. Their jaws nearly dropped to the floor.
How could a woman hit by the black water of the Blackwater python survive?!