Chapter 97 What Happened to Our Friendship?
Chapter 97 What Happened to Our Friendship?
"Su Luo~"
Chu Wenqing cried out in grief, then knelt down with a thud, bowed his head and wept, pleading for her injustice.
"My friend! You're so kind, apologizing, offering compensation, and even trying to stop us, and you still got beaten until you vomited blood! Where is justice?!"
The crying was so loud it was earth-shattering, causing the Tianbamen members to tremble.
"Su Luo!"
Feng Xiyue rushed over anxiously, squatted down to check Su Luo's physical condition, but as soon as she placed her hand on him and checked his breathing, she was dumbfounded.
Huh? Nothing's wrong, everything's normal, no internal injuries...
Su Luo coughed up another mouthful of blood, but her hand quietly grabbed Feng Xiyue and squeezed it.
Feng Xiyue was stunned for a moment.
This scene deeply stung Song Qiao's eyes. He thought of his humiliated childhood and his adoptive father who was almost beaten to death!
So he mustered his courage and stood in front of Su Luo, staring coldly at Senior Brother Liu, "You've gone too far! She already said she's willing to compensate! Why won't you let her go?!"
Senior Brother Liu felt utterly speechless. "I didn't do it! She fell down on her own. It has nothing to do with me!"
Chu Wenqing retorted, "If you didn't do it, who did? Everyone saw it clearly. You were the one who harbored resentment and wanted to hit me, but Su Luo kindly tried to stop you and you slapped her so hard she vomited blood! You shameless scoundrel, you dare to do it but don't dare to admit it!"
"I didn't do it! Stop trying to frame me! I just pushed her away, I didn't use any spiritual power at all!"
No matter how Senior Brother Liu explained Chu Wenqing, it didn't work. He angrily pointed at Su Luo and asked, "Did you do this on purpose? Why are you trying to harm me?!"
Faced with such accusations, Su Luo's face was full of hurt. She finally spoke up: "Fellow Daoist Liu... I have already apologized and promised to compensate you... so why are you treating me like this?"
After saying that, she vomited a mouthful of blood again, and her face turned pale as she collapsed into Feng Xiyue's arms. Anyone with eyes could see that she looked weak and pitiful.
"I didn't do it! Stop talking nonsense!"
Senior Brother Liu is about to break down.
But no one listened to him; they all thought he was the one who hurt Su Luo. Even the two female cultivators from the Tianba Sect looked at him with condemnation.
"Senior Brother Liu, how could you do this? They've already compensated you, but you're still not letting it go!"
"Senior brother, Master taught us to be kind to others. But what are you doing? How did you become like this?!"
Senior Brother Liu had no way to explain himself, "No, I didn't do it... I didn't hit anyone..."
"You still won't admit it! Senior brother, you've disappointed us greatly! I'll definitely tell Master when we get back!"
Feng Xiyue added fuel to the fire, raising her head to coldly say to the three members of the Tianba Sect, "Her internal organs are severely damaged, and her meridians are about to break. Are you happy now? The Tianba Sect has gone too far in bullying us. Our Lingxiao Sect will not let you get away with this!"
The three members of Tianba Sect immediately turned extremely pale, especially Senior Brother Liu, whose heart was now ice-cold.
Although he spoke of looking down on the Lingxiao Sect, he knew that the Lingxiao Sect was still one of the four major sects, and that it even had a Nascent Soul ancestor. If the Tianba Sect were to be targeted by the Lingxiao Sect because of his troubles, even his master wouldn't be able to save him!
Chu Wenqing immediately howled even louder.
"Su Luo, you're so pitiful~ You're so kind and you've been bullied like this. Now you're so badly injured, I'm afraid you won't live much longer~ My friend, don't leave me!"
Song Qiao's eyes reddened slightly. He rummaged through his storage bag for a long time before finally finding a healing pill bestowed by the ancestor. He held the pill, turned around, squatted down, and handed it to Feng Xiyue.
"Senior sister, this is a healing pill given to me by the ancestor. Although it may not be able to cure her, I hope it will be of some use."
Feng Xiyue silently accepted the pill and forced a smile at him.
The thought of her and Chu Wenqing working together to put on an act for Su Luo, while only this naive junior brother was kept in the dark, suddenly made her feel a pang of conscience...
Little did Song Qiao know that Feng Xi's smile meant that the pill was useless, and he immediately felt heavy-hearted. However, he still awkwardly tried to comfort Su Luo.
"Su, Su Luo, don't worry, your senior sister is very capable and can definitely help you... If all else fails, we'll go ask the ancestor for help. The ancestor will definitely have a solution... Don't give up!"
Looking at the kind-hearted young man before her, Su Luo felt a pang of conscience, so she nodded and smiled at him, "Song Qiao, thank you for the pill... I won't give up, I will live well... cough!"
But as soon as she finished speaking, Su Luo coughed up another mouthful of blood, which even contained some lumps.
"..."
How embarrassing! She'd been stuffing berries into her mouth to fake vomiting blood, but now she'd accidentally spat out the berry flesh...
Su Luo was a bit flustered and hadn't figured out how to make it up when Song Qiao exclaimed in surprise.
"You actually vomited up your internal organs!"
Su Luo: ...
Thank you so much for finding a reason for me.
As soon as Song Qiao said this, the surroundings fell into a deathly silence.
Chu Wenqing cried even louder, while Feng Xiyue held Su Luo in silence, her body trembling slightly.
The two junior sisters from Tianba Sect panicked, thinking Su Luo was about to die, and quickly took out the pills they had on them.
"Fellow Daoist, we have some pills here that might be of use to you!"
"Stop the bleeding first! We can't let him vomit anymore!"
After the junior sister finished speaking, she turned to Senior Brother Liu and held out her hand, "Senior Brother, take out that bottle of pills! Can't you see that lives are at stake right now?"
Senior Brother Liu was stunned ever since he saw Su Luo vomit out her "internal organs," and he didn't even notice how disrespectful this junior sister was to him. Upon hearing this, he obediently took out the bottle of pills, which she then snatched away and handed to Feng Xiyue.
"Fellow Daoist, quickly give it to her! It will surely help!"
Su Luo felt that the commotion had gone on long enough, so she took a pill as a token gesture, which stopped her from vomiting blood. She looked up at everyone with a pale face and smiled gratefully, "I feel much better."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, especially Senior Brother Liu.
Fearing that Su Luo and the others would try to extort money from him, he subtly backed away. "Since you're alright, we'll be going. It's getting late, and this valley is very dangerous at night. We need to find safe accommodation as soon as possible; we can't delay any longer!"
After saying that, he didn't wait for anyone else to say anything, turned around and ran away as if a ghost was chasing him. At this moment, he didn't care about his grudge with Chu Wenqing.
"Ah, Senior Brother Liu!"
The two female cultivators from the Tianba Sect watched helplessly as Senior Brother Liu ran away, their eyes filled with disdain. However, they had no choice but to hurry after him and then turned around to say goodbye to Su Luo and the others.
"Then, Fellow Daoist Su, we'll be leaving now. Please take care of yourself!"
"Yes, I will. Thank you so much for your concern, I really don't know how to repay you..."
Then, Su Luo was helped to her feet by Feng Xiyue, and she shakily took out two talismans from her storage bag and handed them to the two female cultivators.
"Thank you for giving me the medicine to heal my wounds, so I hope you will accept this talisman..."
The two female cultivators from the Tianba Sect received the protective talisman, their eyes widening in surprise.
It is indeed a talisman, and a mid-level one at that! This thing is worth a fortune!
"This...this is too much! This amulet is too valuable, we can't accept it!"
The senior sister was about to return the two talismans when she spoke, and the junior sister next to her didn't say anything.
They really wanted it, but they were too ashamed to ask for it.
After all, it was their sect's senior brother who went too far! He was not only greedy and tried to extort money, but he also accidentally injured the other person. How could they possibly accept anything from an injured person?
Su Luo shook her head, "It's nothing, I just drew it myself, it's worthless... In my heart, your kindness is more precious than any talisman..."
"Did you draw this?!"
The senior sister stared wide-eyed at Su Luo in disbelief. Seeing that Su Luo showed no remorse, she began to believe her six or seven tenths of the time.
Unexpectedly, this seemingly weak and easily bullied female cultivator is actually a talisman cultivator, and she's even drawn a protective talisman! Her future is truly promising! Their senior brother almost killed her; how utterly despicable! They must report this to their master when they get back!
Finally, persuaded by Su Luo, the two accepted the amulet and quickly turned to chase after the embarrassing Senior Brother Liu.
After a while, realizing that the person had run far away, Su Luo let Feng Xi let go of her, stretched, and was no longer the weak and pitiful person she had been just moments before.
"Okay, the matter is resolved, let's go."
Song Qiao: "?"
Is it done so quickly?
Chu Wenqing stood up abruptly and sidled up to Su Luo to curry favor. Feng Xiyue also stood to the side and spoke to her. Both of their faces were clean, without a single tear.
Song Qiao: "??"
What happened to our friendship? Why didn't you shed a single tear?!
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