48: Chapter 48 Su Ai Li, I...I've figured it out...

"pure yang pill?!" Qin Feng's heart skipped a beat, and a terrifying glint shot out from his deep black eyes.

His cultivation had now stabilized at the Peak of Mortal Rank 6. Although the Chaos Art had made his blood and Qi far thicker than others at the same level, he still craved a stronger Physical Body.

If he could have the assistance of such a top-grade Medicinal Pill, a Breakthrough to Rank 7, or even tempering his Physical Body to be as terrifying as a Vicious Beast, was just around the corner!

As for the ice spirit grass, he could always find a way to obtain it from the trading area of the Management Hall or the outskirts of the Luanzang Mountain Range.

Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Feng thought to himself, "Agree."

[Ding! Quest accepted. The Host has agreed to the other party's request. Distributing quest rewards in advance!]

[Reward has been deposited into the System space.]

Feeling the Medicinal Pill that radiated astonishing heat in the System space, Qin Feng's mood instantly improved greatly.

He looked down at Su Aili, who was still clutching his thigh and weeping, and said indifferently, "Since you are willing to do anything, then get up. Remember what you said today; from now on, your life belongs to me."

"Thank you, Master. Thank you for taking me in, Master!"

Su Aili felt as if she had heard celestial music; she kowtowed frantically as if granted amnesty, a flash of wild joy at surviving a disaster crossing her eyes.

Just as she was preparing to struggle to her feet from the muddy water.

Pockmark and Skinny Monkey, who had been kneeling to the side and not daring to even breathe loudly, saw that Qin Feng seemed to be in a good mood. Thinking they had escaped a disaster, they hurriedly and obsequiously said, "Con... Congratulations to Qin Feng on subduing such a beauty! You are mighty and domineering, my lord. We won't disturb your leisure time; we'll roll away now... we'll roll away now..."

As they spoke, the two prepared to crawl backward using their hands and feet.

However, Qin Feng slowly turned his head, his gaze coldly locking onto them.

"Did I say you could leave?"

This single, light sentence instantly made Pockmark and Skinny Monkey feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar; their blood seemed to freeze solid!

"My lord... you... didn't you already spare..." Pockmark had not finished his sentence.

Murderous intent suddenly flashed in Qin Feng's eyes. Without any wasted words, he violently waved his right hand! Inch Radiance, erupt!

"Swish! Swish!" Two blindingly cold glints, almost invisible to the naked eye, shot out instantly from Qin Feng's fingertips like lightning tearing through the darkness!

The speed was too fast. It was so fast that Pockmark and Skinny Monkey, both at Mortal Rank 6, didn't even have time for their nerves to react!

"Puchi! Puchi!" Two hair-raising, muffled sounds rang out simultaneously.

Two steel throwing knives, as thin as cicada wings, accurately and unerringly pierced through their throats.

The powerful inertia caused their bodies to jerk backward violently, pinning them tightly against the earthen wall behind them!

Blood gushed out from their necks like a fountain, instantly staining the wall a shocking, ghastly crimson.

Pockmark and Skinny Monkey's eyes bulged, their hands desperately clutching their necks, while "gurgling" sounds leaked from their throats. After twitching a few times, they finally stiffened completely, turning into two cold corpses.

With a wave of his hand, he killed two Rank 6 experts in succession! And his methods were so ruthless and decisive, leaving no room for anything else!

Su Aili sat slumped in the mud, staring blankly at the two corpses on the wall, her mind a complete blank. The thick smell of blood rushed into her nostrils, making her tremble uncontrollably.

Qin Feng looked at the corpses expressionlessly, his tone devoid of any ripples, as if he had merely stepped on two ants. He turned his head and said indifferently, "Let's go."

Su Aili was so shocked by the sudden slaughter that she lost the ability to think. She subconsciously blurted out, "Mas... Master, why did you kill them? They had clearly kowtowed and begged for mercy, and they hadn't really harmed me..."

She didn't pity the two of them; she just couldn't understand Qin Feng's such unhesitating slaughter.

Hearing the question, Qin Feng stopped, turned his head slightly, and stared at her with his deep eyes. He said, "You are mine."

"Even if you are a dog, you are Qin Feng's dog. Not just anyone can bully you. Since they had the intention to bully you, they must pay with their lives."

This understated sentence was like a thunderclap, crashing through Su Aili's scarred heart.

"Even if you are a dog, you are Qin Feng's dog..." Su Aili stared blankly at the tall, stalwart back, a strange feeling suddenly surging in her heart.

This feeling was not humiliation, nor was it fear. It was an unprecedented, extreme sense of security in the Servant District, where the weak are prey to the strong and people devour one another!

This was absolute protectiveness! It was a kind of domineering attitude: as long as you submit to me, even if the sky falls, I will hold it up for you...

At this moment, Su Aili suddenly felt that becoming this man's "dog" to receive such powerful protection, and abandoning some dignity, seemed... not so hard to accept after all...!

Deep down in her heart, a hint of secret relief and admiration for the strong even emerged without warning.

"Yes... this servant understands..." Su Aili bit her red lips, enduring the severe pain in her wrists, and stumbled to her feet. Like a truly docile kitten, she followed closely behind Qin Feng.

Half an hour later. Ding-zi District Courtyard No. 77.

When Qin Feng pushed open the courtyard gate and walked in with Su Aili, who was covered in mud and in a sorry state, Su Yourong, who had been kneeling in the courtyard and weeping in despair, suddenly lifted her head.

"Aili!" Su Yourong let out a heart-wrenching cry, scrambled forward, and pulled her daughter tightly into her arms, tears flowing uncontrollably. "Where did you go? Do you want to scare your mother to death! You silly child..."

This time, Su Aili did not push her away. Not only did she not push her away, but she hugged Su Yourong back tightly, buried her head in her mother's plump bosom, and burst into tears.

"Mother... I'm sorry... I was wrong... I was truly wrong..." Su Aili cried heart-wrenchingly, venting all the grievances, fear, and guilt toward her mother from this evening.

She finally understood her mother's endurance of humiliation and burden, and understood how heavy that stability, traded for with dignity, truly was.

"It's okay, it's all right now. It's good that you're back... it's good that you're back..." Su Yourong gently stroked her daughter's back, her hanging heart finally settling.

As for Qin Feng, he didn't pay much attention to the two of them and walked straight back to his main room, closing the door.

After the two shared a tender moment for a long while, Su Aili finally got up to bathe... In the bathroom of the side room, steam was rising.

She immersed herself in the warm bathtub, the warm clear water washing away the dirt and mud from her body bit by bit, as if it were also washing away her past stupidity and ignorance.

"Strength... in the face of absolute strength, all dignity is false..." Su Aili muttered to herself. There was no longer the confusion and arrogance of the past in her clear eyes; in their place was a clarity and realization born after experiencing the abyss of despair.

She knew that in this courtyard, if she wanted to truly gain a foothold and not be treated as a piece of trash that could be discarded at any time, knowing how to do menial labor was not enough. And her greatest asset, naturally, was being young and beautiful...

"Splash—" Su Aili stood up from the bathtub, water droplets sliding down her stunning and delicate curves. She dried her body and did not put on her conservative coarse cloth dress.

Instead, she walked to Su Yourong's wardrobe. After hesitating for a moment, she took a deep breath and pulled out a thin, nearly translucent, light purple silk nightgown.

Hesitating for no more than two seconds, Su Aili bit her red lips and slipped the dress onto herself. Looking at the stunningly beautiful young girl in the bronze mirror, who exuded a blend of innocence and temptation, her cheeks flushed with a burning heat, but her eyes became incomparably firm. She muttered to herself, "I wasn't even afraid of death; am I afraid of this?"

"It's better than being stabbed by a knife..." After thinking it through clearly, Su Aili took a deep breath, pushed open the door, stepped on the cold bluestone slabs, and walked step by step toward Qin Feng's main room.