Leng Leng stopped abruptly and sighed softly, "Farewell, Lin Yi."
Lin Yi had entrusted Lingshan and the others to her, and now she had done the best she could. Even if she could not completely ensure everyone's safety, she had a clear conscience and could die in peace.
At the last moment when Leng Leng closed her eyes and waited for her death, a silhouette suddenly appeared beside her. Then, a familiar ice-cold aura materialized and soared into the sky, blocking Xue Jianfeng's Nine Heavens Sword. Although it was less than half a second, this half a second was enough for him to save Leng Leng from danger.
"Merciless Ice Force?!" Xue Jianfeng's eyelids twitched. This familiar ice-cold aura was actually Merciless Ice Force. The identity of this person was obvious, it was Bing Wuqing!
"It's you?!" At this moment, Xue Jianfeng was not the only one who was shocked. Even Leng Leng, who had just been saved, was so shocked that she could not speak after seeing the appearance of the person who had come. Why would Bing Wuqing save her for no reason at all?
Lin Yi had never told anyone about the fact that Bing Wuqing and the others had been secretly subdued by him. Only two people knew about this, one was himself, and the other was Lin Dongfang.
Leng Leng did not know the inside story, and was of course as shocked as Xue Jianfeng.
"Let's go." Bing Wuqing had no intention of explaining the whole story at all, and immediately gestured for Leng Leng to escape first. Although Leng Leng was extremely weak at the moment, with the large amount of elixirs that Lin Yi had given her to heal her injuries, it wouldn't take long for her to recover. As long as she was careful, self-preservation shouldn't be a problem.
"Thank you." Leng Leng knew that this was not the time to be long-winded. She thanked her and immediately turned to leave. Not only did she have to heal her injuries, but she also had to meet up with Lingshan and the others before they went far. As for why Bing Wuqing saved her, this question could only be explored later.
Seeing Leng Leng escape, Xue Jianfeng panicked and wanted to attack again. However, Merciless Ice Force had already enveloped him. His heart skipped a beat, and he did not dare to act rashly. He turned to look at Bing Wuqing with fear.
"What? You helped them? " Xue Jianfeng sized Bing Wuqing up again with an unfriendly expression. Logically speaking, Bing Wuqing should be Lin Yi's enemy, and she had even joined the Center together with him. What was the meaning of this fellow saving Coold?
"I'm happy," Bing Wuqing said indifferently, her face expressionless.
"Hmph, this is a mission given to me by my superiors. How dare you obstruct me? Where did you get the guts to do so?" Xue Jianfeng snorted coldly. In the past, due to the difference in their abilities, he had to be somewhat respectful when facing Bing Wuqing. However, there was no need for that now.
"Is that so? That's your mission, and it has nothing to do with me. The order I received was just not to provoke Lin Yi, "Bing Wuqing said nonchalantly.
"You …" Xue Jianfeng could not help but choke. He was a little lacking in confidence, because it was a strict order passed down from the Center's headquarters not to provoke Lin Yi. He had urged the bespectacled professor to deal with the people around Lin Yi, but he had acted on his own accord. It was fine to play tricks in the dark, but he could not bring it up in the open. Otherwise, he would be disobeying orders. Even the bespectacled professor might not have the guts to do so, let alone him.
"Then let me ask you, you were clearly only at the later stage of the Golden Elixir Realm. How did your abilities suddenly become Golden Elixir Realm Perfected? You were actually hiding your abilities?" Xue Jianfeng said with a frown. Bing Wuqing had blocked his Sword Falls from the Ninth Heaven with only the materialized Merciless Ice Force. Even if it was only for half an instant, it was enough to prove that this fellow's abilities were at least at the same level as his. She was already a Golden Elixir Realm Perfected expert.
One had to know that Merciless Ice Force was merely an aura, and was not strictly an offensive or defensive move. Just the thought of Bing Wuqing being able to achieve such a feat with Merciless Ice Force alone was shocking.
Even Xue Jianfeng had to admit that although they were at the same realm, if they were to really fight, the other party's chances of winning were obviously higher than his.
"Same here. Aren't you the same?" Bing Wuqing glanced at him, and the corners of her mouth curled into a mocking arc. She said, "Do you think that you can surpass me just because you ditched me and secretly followed Feng to court my favor?"
"You actually know about it?" Xue Jianfeng was even more shocked. Previously, the bespectacled doctor had clearly told him that the Central Headquarters' focused training program was strictly confidential, and that it would definitely not be revealed to anyone. How did this fellow know about it?
"Could you really do something like this without anyone knowing?" Bing Wuqing glanced at him from the corner of her eyes.
"Could it be that you've also joined the focused training program?" Xue Jianfeng became more and more surprised. After thinking about it carefully, before he took the initiative to court Bing Wuqing, the bespectacled doctor had obviously valued Bing Wuqing more, so it was not impossible for him to join the focused training program.
Bing Wuqing smiled faintly. She neither admitted nor denied it, and in Xue Jianfeng's eyes, she became more and more unfathomable. Of course, there was no need for him to reveal his relationship with Lin Yi. He could let this fellow be suspicious on his own.
As expected, the more Xue Jianfeng thought about it, the more he realized that Bing Wuqing's leap from the Gold Core Later Stage to the Gold Core Consummation was also the last month before he joined the center's focused training program. Although it was not as exaggerated as his, to his knowledge, advancing two levels in a short month was something that only the center could do.
As for why Bing Wuqing did not advance six levels in a row like him, but stopped at the Gold Core Consummation, the reason was not difficult to find. Because when he first joined the focused training program, he had been told that the current technology of the center in the secular world could at most quickly elevate them to the Gold Core Consummation, and that was already the limit. As for the Nascent Soul stage, that technology was still in the experimental stage, and it was far from being mature enough to be officially implemented.
With Bing Wuqing's interference, it was no longer realistic for Xue Jianfeng to chase after Coold and the others. Putting aside the question of whether he could find these people again in a short period of time, even if he did find them, it would be useless. Although Bing Wuqing did not speak much, her actions just now had made her attitude clear. If Xue Jianfeng dared to touch Coold and the others, she would attack him.
Facing Bing Wuqing, with the power she had accumulated over the years, and the unfathomable skills she had displayed just now, Xue Jianfeng really did not have much confidence to fight her head-on. There would be no benefits if he won, and if he lost, he would be snubbed. Wouldn't that be a waste of effort?
"Why are you protecting Coold like this?" Xue Jianfeng asked in a low voice.
"I told you just now, I'm happy." Bing Wuqing was still expressionless, and no one could tell what she was thinking.
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