The Healer Demands Payment!

Chapter 140

Meng Qi’s tone was so firm that Yan Xuan couldn’t help but give her another glance. He gradually put away the languid expression on his face, appearing much more serious than before, as he silently sized up the slender figure before him. The blue-robed girl was young, yet she looked calm beyond her age. Her demeanor was elegant and polite. Her face, bare without any trace of makeup, was fair and clean. She had her long black hair pulled up somewhat casually, pinned by a simple jade pin. The only things that could count as accessories were a pair of blood-red beads hanging on her small earlobe, which added a bit of color to her body.

Yan Xuan stared at Meng Qi for a moment, then turned around and walked in the opposite direction of the Jingyuetian building. His movement clearly expressed his answer to Meng Qi’s proposal.

Meng Qi wasn’t angry and followed him.

“Why are you following me?” Yan Xuan continued walking. As he glanced, his tone turned indifferent again. “Jingyuetian building is over there. Aren’t you going back?”

“About that…” Meng Qi casually responded, “I’ve checked some records about the Ten Absolutes Mountain, but no one knows what happens after entering.”

“Of course. Even Jingyuetian…” Before he knew it, Yan Xuan was responding to Meng Qi’s inquiry. Halfway through, he realized what he was doing and abruptly stopped. “I already said I’m not interested.”

Meng Qi said “Hmm” again and continued, “I’m on my way back from Beyond The Heaven’s relay station, picking up some necessary items I’ve purchased. Well, as you know, I am a medical cultivator, while you are a spell cultivator.” As she spoke, she took out an artifact from her storage space and showed it to Yan Xuan, “This artifact, a sixth-realm one, comes embedded with a spell, also at the sixth realm. When I use it, I can exert power beyond my cultivation level. That’s why I could resist that person earlier.”

In short, it wasn’t intentional on her part.

Yan Xuan chuckled lightly. He didn’t look much older than Meng Qi, but the lingering air of despondency made him appear weary of the world. When he suddenly smiled, his facial features, already attractive, seemed to shine for a moment, brightening even his surroundings.

“Wei Yuanzhong.” Meng Qi recalled the name of the Anyun Peak disciple who claimed to be Qin Xiumo’s senior brother. “He is a Spirit Severing cultivator. Being part of the group going to enter Ten Absolutes Mountain this time, he is our opponent.” As she played with the artifact in her hand, she continued: “In short, this artifact works against him.”

“So what?” Yan Xuan said impatiently. “What’s the use of slipping away from under his nose?” He scowled, “Do you think that by doing this, we can avoid the attention of others and successfully reach the summit? If the Ten Absolutes Mountain were that easy, my father wouldn’t have…” He stopped abruptly, apparently not wanting to bring up that matter again.

“I agree.” Meng Qi responded with a soft smile. Pausing for a moment, she continued, “However, I have nine of these sixth-realm artifacts.”

“…” Yan Xuan stopped abruptly and looked Meng Qi up and down. “Nine?” He repeated, finding it hard to believe. Born as the heir of Jingyuetian Sect Leader, sixth-realm artifacts weren’t particularly rare for him. Jingyuetian, after all, was the number one spell sect in Three Thousand World, so he grew up lacking absolutely nothing. But nine? Who would casually carry nine copies of the same artifact? Besides, artifacts of these levels usually came with a corresponding spell, so they were indeed relatively powerful, but in a true life-and-death battle, these items couldn’t compare to the cultivators’ own natal weapons.