My Five Bigshot Seniors: I am The Most Coddled Junior!-Chapter 409 - 89: [First Update]
Hearing Rongzhi’s words, Hua Yanxi’s face darkened, and the flute music changed once again, becoming eerie.
Although the main targets weren’t Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu, they still felt a surge of blood within them. As the attacked target, Rongzhi felt it even more keenly. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺
The faces on its remaining eight heads flushed red, only feeling its heart racing, blood surging, and vision turning red, gasping heavily with a very pained expression.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!"
As the music grew more bizarre, sounds of blood vessels bursting began emitting from Rongzhi’s body. It struggled to pounce on Hua Yanxi but had only taken one step when the sound of bursting blood vessels inside intensified. Immediately after, its surface blood vessels burst too, spewing blood directly.
Under the influence of Hua Yanxi’s music, all surface blood vessels of Rongzhi burst, forming a bloody mist around its body, looking somewhat terrifying.
"Bang!"
Its body crashed to the ground, blood continuously flowing out, staining the ground red, its expression shifting from ferocious to dazed, with the last glimmer in its eyes vanishing.
Hua Yanxi killed Rongzhi with just a single tune!
Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu watched the entire process. It was their first time seeing such a battle beyond the Daluo Golden Immortal level; both were somewhat shocked. After the shock, all that remained was a deep desire for power.
Hua Yanxi could kill Rongzhi so effortlessly, but when facing Rongzhi, they had to be extremely cautious. All of this was because their cultivation level was too low. If their cultivation was like Hua Yanxi’s, they could have killed Rongzhi with ease, with no need to be as wretched as they just were, not even needing to borrow external power!
At this moment, the two had an unprecedented longing for strength!
After dealing with Rongzhi, Hua Yanxi put away the flute and walked to Rongzhi’s corpse. Her gaze swept over Rongzhi’s body, finally fixing near the heart. The flute appeared in her hand again and transformed into a sword. She thrust the sword into Rongzhi’s body, searched around, and then with a strong lift, a bright red inner core, about the size of an adult’s fist, emerged in the air.
She glanced at it, thought it was okay, then threw the inner core directly towards Gu Qingqing.
"Catch, Little Qingqing." Seeing Gu Qingqing looking over, she hurriedly shouted.
Gu Qingqing was taken aback, instinctively reached out, caught the flying inner core, and looked inexplicably at Hua Yanxi, "Sister Hua, Rongzhi was killed by you, its inner core should be yours."
Saying this, Gu Qingqing was about to return the inner core to Hua Yanxi, who hurriedly stopped her.
"No need, I don’t have any use for this thing. Little Qingqing, take it. You might find it useful. If you don’t take it, I’ll just throw it away," worried that Gu Qingqing might refuse, Hua Yanxi said, her face stern.
Gu Qingqing looked at Hua Yanxi, then at the inner core in her hand, and finally kept it.
"Thank you, Sister Hua. It’s all thanks to you this time. Otherwise, the two of us might be dead." Gu Qingqing sincerely thanked Hua Yanxi, without exaggeration. If Hua Yanxi hadn’t killed Rongzhi, she and Jun Wu would have been in grave danger today.
"Enough, it’s okay to be polite with others, why be polite with me? If I hadn’t introduced you two to come here, you might not have encountered Rongzhi." Hua Yanxi glanced teasingly at Gu Qingqing with flowing eyes.
"That’s not how it works. Even if Sister Hua hadn’t recommended it, after asking others, we might have come here and still encountered Rongzhi. But it’s certain that Sister Hua saved us. I will always remember this. If Sister Hua ever needs me, I’ll be at your call!" Gu Qingqing adjusted her expression and said seriously.
"Alright, then I’ll remember Little Qingqing’s promise!" Seeing Gu Qingqing so earnest, Hua Yanxi no longer refused but agreed instead, "The place is ruined now, nothing worth seeing. You two were probably scared too. Let’s leave first."
Gu Qingqing looked around; Rongzhi’s actions had left the surroundings in disarray, with no need to stay. The most important inner core from Rongzhi had been taken by them, and the other things weren’t important. So she nodded and returned to the inn with Hua Yanxi.
At this time, everyone in Shuiyou City was discussing Rongzhi’s affairs. By the time they returned, someone had already discovered that Rongzhi was killed. After the three arrived at the inn, the news had spread all over the streets, and people were talking about it in the inn.
However, only Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu saw Hua Yanxi’s battle with Rongzhi; no one else was present. The people in the inn didn’t know Hua Yanxi had such powerful cultivation, so upon seeing her, besides greeting her, they advised her not to wander off and to be careful of danger.
Hua Yanxi cheerfully greeted everyone, nodding in agreement upon hearing their words, leaving Jun Wu and Gu Qingqing in awe by her side.
Having just battled with Rongzhi, both Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu appeared somewhat disheveled, particularly with Rongzhi’s suction attacks having messed up her hair, so after greeting Hua Yanxi, both returned to their room.
After freshening up and changing into new clothes, Gu Qingqing also changed her hairstyle, and the two then left the room, where Hua Yanxi had already prepared the meal waiting for them.
"These are some of the tastiest dishes from the store, make sure to eat a lot. You must have been scared just now, right?" Hua Yanxi had a good impression of Gu Qingqing, and her way of expressing it was to indulge someone thoroughly, which she was doing for Gu Qingqing at this moment.
Gu Qingqing smiled at Hua Yanxi, then looked at the table of dishes in surprise.
Indeed, the spread was incredibly luxurious, much better than what they had yesterday.
With Gu Qingqing’s keen eye, she could recognize the True Immortal Peak level Lu Yunhua Chicken, along with similarly ranked Snowflake Black Beef, fifth-order immortal-grade Cloud Bamboo, and other precious ingredients, costing at least several thousand immortal coins for the whole table.
These ingredients, infused with immortal power, not only tasted wonderful but also contained rich immortal power, allowing one not just to enjoy gourmet food but also to improve their cultivation, making them very rare indeed.
"Sister Hua, isn’t this a bit too lavish?" Gu Qingqing looked at Hua Yanxi, feeling that this meal was somewhat extravagant.
"Lavishness is good, hurry and eat, today I’m treating." Hua Yanxi, free from concern over expense, waved her hand, urging Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu to start eating.
Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu exchanged glances, seeing Hua Yanxi watching them intently, they could only nod, picking up their chopsticks to start eating.
When the two were full, there were still quite a few dishes left on the table, which Hua Yanxi dismissed with a wave, having the waiter take them away and personally brewed a pot of tea for Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu.
"This is my treasured Qingling Mist Tea, Little Qingqing, take a good taste, as it’s quite beneficial for cultivation." As Hua Yanxi poured the tea for Gu Qingqing, she introduced it.
Hearing about Qingling Mist Tea, Gu Qingqing was quite surprised. She had learned quite a bit about various Heavenly Treasures of the Immortal Realm while at Langya Immortal Sect and seen a lot while with Immortal Venerable Hao Lan. The Qingling Mist Tea was indeed a treasure.
Just as Hua Yanxi said, this tea is beneficial for cultivation, though its role is not merely to improve cultivation level; if it enhances one’s insight, that would be remarkable!
Insight is elusive. Some have high insight, advancing in cultivation much faster due to a deep understanding of the Dao. Conversely, those with poor insight are slow despite good talents.
This highlights how crucial insight is for cultivating the Dao!
Among Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, those capable of enhancing insight are exceedingly rare, with Qingling Mist Tea being one of them.
The Qingling Mist Tea grows on Qingling Mountain, a mountain with natural arrays considered special within the Immortal Realm. Anyone below Daluo Golden Immortal cultivation would face certain death upon entering. After entering, finding Qingling Mist Tea is purely reliant on luck—you either encounter it or face potential peril.
This makes Qingling Mist Tea extremely precious. As far as Gu Qingqing knew, her master Immortal Venerable Hao Lan only had a few ounces, cherishing them too much to almost ever brew.
She did not expect Hua Yanxi would be so generous, sharing even Qingling Mist Tea.
"Sister Hua, isn’t this tea too precious?" Gu Qingqing raised her tea cup, looking at Hua Yanxi as she asked.
"A bit precious, yes, but I have some here. Although, aside from tasting good, this tea doesn’t do much for me. If Little Qingqing likes it, I can gift you some." Hua Yanxi took a sip herself, feeling a delicate fragrance on her lips before saying casually.
Gu Qingqing was once again astounded by Hua Yanxi’s generosity. Despite having seen many treasures and been quite lavish herself, Hua Yanxi surpasses her entirely, even willing to gift Qingling Mist Tea, showing her extraordinary nature.
"That won’t be necessary, Sister Hua. I don’t enjoy tea much, it’d be wasted on me." Gu Qingqing innately disliked tea and plain water, preferring Immortal Fruit Juices instead. Qingling Mist Tea, despite its insight-enhancing properties, wasn’t to her taste. Moreover, its rarity meant she’d dare not accept even if offered.
Hua Yanxi studied Gu Qingqing for a moment without insistence, seeing it wasn’t mere politeness, nodded, and continued drinking her tea.
