71: The girl who fainted! How to repay her is a problem.
Tushan Yiyi looked at Bai Ling, her heart trembling uncontrollably.
That oppressive feeling just now!
She could sense that Bai Ling's current Cultivation Level was not high, a bit worse than her own, yet the feeling she had just given her was extremely terrifying.
That momentary pressure made her feel like she was facing the Bear King.
No, even more terrifying than the Bear King.
What on earth was going on?
The ancestors of Tushan had left behind some ancient texts, which Tushan Yiyi had read thoroughly since childhood, so she considered her knowledge to be not too bad.
But ever since entering this territory, things kept happening that overturned her understanding.
"Today has really... opened my eyes," Tushan Yiyi thought to herself.
Subsequently, she remembered what Bai Ling had said just now and asked with pleasant surprise, "You are willing to help us!?"
Bai Ling turned her head to look at Xu Qing, and finding that Xu Qing nodded slightly, she then nodded and said:
"According to what you said, the Bear King has great ambition. Even if he annexes Tushan, he won't stop, and his gaze will definitely turn to us. Since that is the case, helping Tushan is also solving our own trouble."
Upon hearing this, excitement welled up in Tushan Yiyi's alluring fox eyes, and the taut string in her heart finally relaxed a little.
Looking at the joyful Fox Demon Girl, strange lights flickered in Bai Ling's beautiful eyes.
Actually, there was one more reason she hadn't mentioned. That was to lend her husband a helping hand.
Thinking of this, she tilted her head slightly to look at Xu Qing beside her, her gaze peculiar.
Xu Qing understood her meaning; he felt that Bai Ling and Liu Mei had truly misunderstood him.
At the very beginning, he really had no intentions at all. Now, he was being manipulated as if he had no choice but to go along with it.
He had heard the story of the bestowal of the yellow robe, but he had never heard of the anecdote of a bestowal of the wedding robe!
The beautiful woman dressed in white noticed her husband's gaze, let out a huff, and turned her head away, her snow-like white hair fluttering in the wind.
Tushan Yiyi did not notice the silent exchange between Xu Qing and Bai Ling. At this moment, she was immersed in joy, feeling that the pressure of the past few days had lessened significantly.
Suddenly relaxing, coupled with the recent consumption of Vital Blood, caused her body and spirit, which she had been forcing to hold up, to reach a critical point.
Accompanied by a wave of intense dizziness, Tushan Yiyi's body went limp, her vision went black, and she fell straight to the ground.
"Oh dear, what's wrong?" Bai Ling was startled and hurriedly stepped forward to help Tushan Yiyi up.
"Qi and blood deficiency; she must have just been injured and now cannot hold on anymore."
Xu Qing's Spirit Eyes could clearly see the other party's physical condition, and the Earthly Fiend Techniques of Food Absorption gave him knowledge of pharmacology, so he could naturally see the Fox Demon Girl's situation.
"Since Husband saw it long ago, why not hurry up and help Sister Yiyi!" Liu Mei urged.
She had already changed how she addressed her to 'Sister Yiyi', clearly treating the Fox Demon Girl as a future sister.
Xu Qing no longer wanted to explain, because even Bai Ling had started urging him.
"Her situation is a bit serious; it will require quite a lot of Spirit Medicine. You know that if you want me to act, it requires paying the corresponding price."
He took out the Pill Furnace while muttering to himself.
"We certainly know, by offering herself, right!" Bai Ling and Liu Mei said in unison from the side.
Xu Qing did not speak; he carefully examined Tushan Yiyi's condition with his Spirit Eyes and kept thinking of the corresponding method in his mind.
Treating Tushan Yiyi's injuries was simple if one said it was simple, but quite difficult if one said it was difficult.
With her Vital Blood damaged, refining a Spirit Pill to replenish Qi and blood would suffice. But such a Spirit Pill would likely consume quite a bit of Spirit Medicine.
"After everything is done, I'll see how you all in Tushan repay me," Xu Qing thought to himself, and immediately began refining the Spirit Pill.
A long time later.
"Bang!" A muffled sound rang out from the Taihang Mountain Peak.
The lid of the Pill Furnace lifted, and a surge of pure Spiritual Qi rushed out from the Pill Furnace.
A clear medicinal fragrance wafted out, and five purple-red Spirit Pills lay quietly inside the Pill Furnace.
Xu Qing took out the Spirit Pills and handed them to Bai Ling, who was waiting by Tushan Yiyi's side.
"Sister..." The unconscious Fox Demon Girl murmured in her sleep. Feeling the warmth coming from Bai Ling, she subconsciously curled up in Bai Ling's embrace.
Bai Ling picked up a Spirit Pill, carefully placed it in the girl's mouth, and used her magic power to help her digest the medicinal efficacy.
After a good while of busy work, the paleness on Tushan Yiyi's face gradually dissipated. A faint blush appeared on her delicate cheeks.
"Hmm..." Tushan Yiyi let out a soft groan, her long eyelashes fluttering, and slowly opened her eyes.
There was a trace of confusion in those emerald eyes, as if she had forgotten what had happened.
The Fox Demon Girl looked around, stunned for a moment, and then suddenly came back to her senses.
"Ah!" She immediately stood up and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Just now, I..."
"Your injuries have just recovered a little, don't get too excited, otherwise you might affect your heart meridian." Xu Qing's voice reached her ears.
Tushan Yiyi was taken aback upon hearing this, and her mind subconsciously felt that it was impossible.
Her injuries were due to the loss of some Vital Blood; how could they be recovered in such a short time?
Moreover, how much time could have passed from her fainting until now? Being able to recover even a tiny bit would count as her having a strong Physique and tenacious vitality.
However, when she looked inside herself and felt the newly generated Vital Blood in her heart meridian, she was immediately stunned on the spot.
A look of deep disbelief welled up in those alluring fox eyes. "This... how is this possible!!"
Tushan Yiyi could no longer keep her calm and let out an exclamation.
"What's impossible about it? Husband is proficient in the art of Alchemy; refining a Spirit Pill suitable for healing your injuries is not a difficult matter." Liu Mei's tone carried deep admiration.
"It wasn't that easy either; the Spirit Medicine needed for refining, as well as the mental energy Husband consumed, cannot be ignored." Bai Ling blinked at Xu Qing.
At the same time, upon hearing the words of the two female demons, Tushan Yiyi first looked at Xu Qing in extreme shock, then her face turned bright red as she lowered her head slightly, feeling extremely ashamed inside.
She hadn't yet repaid the life-saving grace from before. Now, she had made him heal her, consuming his mental energy and using up who knows how many precious medicinal materials—this... how was she supposed to repay him!
Inexplicably, the breathtakingly beautiful girl's mind conjured up stories she had heard from her sister when she was young.
In the human Jianghu, women who had no other way to repay others would usually choose to offer themselves to repay the hero.
Thinking of this, the blush on Tushan Yiyi's cheeks spread, dyeing her fair neck red as well.
She looked up at Bai Ling and Liu Mei, then thought of the nearly one hundred female demons down the mountain, as well as that River God... "Fox demons only love one person in their lifetime, how can I have such thoughts!"
Tushan Yiyi felt ashamed of her own thoughts, hurriedly shook her head, and forcefully suppressed the thoughts in her heart.