The two quickly recounted the situation, each taking turns to speak. Bai Yumo furrowed her brow slightly. “Where are they? Take me there quickly.”

At the same time, the image of Bai Feng surfaced in her mind, stirring a complex mix of emotions within her.

All these years later, she could still vividly recall the day her celestial bone was to be extracted. Even now, she would occasionally wake from nightmares, gasping for breath.

That was why she often dreamt of Bai Feng.

If her father hadn’t intervened back then, wouldn’t her celestial bone have been transferred to him?

Although the investigation showed that Bai Feng was unaware of the situation, and her rational mind told her he had nothing to do with it, fear still gripped her heart. Seeing him brought back memories of that fateful day, prompting her to consciously distance herself from him.

Deep down, she often thought that perhaps this was better for both of them.

Before long, the three arrived at the entrance of Qiufeng Tower, and she saw Bai Feng again. However, he no longer resembled the boy she remembered; instead, he looked like one of those second-generation heirs from the sect.

After all, since joining the Tianjian Sect, she had rarely returned home, and when she did, she tried to avoid him. She had no idea how Bai Feng had changed so much over the years.

She let out a slow breath, shifting her gaze away from Bai Feng.

She had thought that after all these years, she had moved on, but seeing him again stirred a flicker of fear within her. Moreover, witnessing her once-close brother, who had often cared for her, transformed into someone like this made her chest feel tight and uncomfortable.

But she quickly suppressed her emotions, striving to maintain her composure. She looked at the two combatants, her face suddenly filled with confusion.

Wasn’t it supposed to be Bai Feng fighting with Senior Brother Chen? Why was it now Chen fighting with Junior Brother Lin?

And Senior Brother Chen was on the verge of being defeated by Junior Brother Lin.

“I underestimated you,” Senior Brother Chen spat out blood, having failed twice and now looking utterly disheveled. He felt his sanity being scorched by flames.

“But no matter how strong you are, you’re still only in the mid-foundation stage. Using such a powerful technique, your spiritual energy must be nearly depleted!” He raised his long sword again. “It’s time to end this. Falling beneath my sword is something you can be proud of!”

Suddenly, a massive wave of sword energy surged forth, even stronger than any previous attack.

“Not good, Senior Brother Chen has unleashed the sword talisman!”

“Quick, stop him!”

Amidst the panic, Lin Yan slowly exhaled. “I think it’s time to end this too.”

But instead of drawing his heavy sword, he ignited a flame around his hardened fist.

“Arrogant!”

Senior Brother Chen seemed to have completely lost his mind. His bloodshot eyes widened in rage as he unleashed a torrent of sword energy toward Lin Yan.

“Flame Fist.”

Lin Yan merely swung his fist forward, and several disciples could no longer bear to watch, covering their eyes as they envisioned Lin Yan being torn apart by the sword energy.

But in the next moment, everyone was stunned. The flames enveloping Lin Yan’s fist broke through the sharp sword energy as if it were snow melting in the heat, dissipating into nothingness.

“This is impossible!!”

Senior Brother Chen was taken aback, disregarding the backlash as he forced the sword energy to scatter in all directions, attacking Lin Yan from every angle.

“Junior Brother Lin!”

“Senior Brother Chen, this is too much! We are both disciples of the Tianjian Sect. Why resort to such lethal force?”

A few disciples rushed forward, disregarding their own safety to assist Lin Yan, but they were too far away, and the sword energy was too swift; catching up was nearly impossible.

Lin Yan gritted his teeth, refusing to take a step back.

His cultivation was insufficient, and the flames only covered the size of his fist. Fortunately, he knew the flaw in this move and had activated a defensive talisman in advance, planning to endure the attack with it.

“I have sword energy too!”

A discordant voice suddenly rang out. Bai Feng threw out a talisman, then raised his long sword, piercing through it in an instant.

A torrent of sword energy surged from the talisman, each strand larger and stronger than Senior Brother Chen’s.

“Lin, don’t worry. Use your Flame Fist on him. I’ve got your back!”

Lin Yan burst into laughter. “Great! I’ll leave my back to you!”

With that, he no longer paid attention to the incoming sword energy, focusing entirely on Senior Brother Chen’s face.

A sword energy flew toward him, but in the next second, it was intercepted by another sword energy, and the two dissipated into nothingness.

Lin Yan felt as if he were walking a tightrope over an abyss, his name flashing on the death ledger. Countless sword energies collided and canceled each other out around him.

One of them nearly grazed his cheek, but it only took a single hair before being blocked by another sword energy.

“Junior Brother Lin, you’re so cool!”

“No, it’s even more outrageous that Senior Sister Bai’s brother can control so much sword energy so easily! Is he actually a genius?”

Bai Feng’s expression remained calm. With his initial foundation stage cultivation, he certainly couldn’t control so much sword energy at once. However, he had knowledge and a host of loving elders.

After acquiring extensive knowledge about talismans from the system, he combined it with some knowledge from Blue Star, sealing a fragment of a sword elder’s consciousness into the talisman.

Like an AI assistant in the 21st century, this fragment of consciousness helped him manipulate the sword energy. Thus, even with insufficient cultivation, he could perform precise maneuvers with it.

Before long, with Bai Feng’s assistance, Lin Yan reached Senior Brother Chen.

“No, what are you doing? I’m your senior brother, a direct disciple of Elder Chen! If you dare to attack me, my master won’t let you off!”

Facing the disheveled Senior Brother Chen, Lin Yan’s face showed no emotion as his flaming fist shot straight toward Chen’s face.

Bang!

Senior Brother Chen was sent flying, crashing to the ground and falling unconscious, a bright red imprint left on his face, accompanied by the smell of burnt flesh.

Bai Feng glanced at Lin Yan, who stood tall, then at Senior Brother Chen, sprawled on the ground like a dead dog. He felt that the roles were a bit off.

One favored child of destiny had beaten another’s sycophant, and the reason for their conflict turned out to be him, the villain.

[Beep, congratulations to the host for successfully instigating the favored child of destiny to fight another’s sycophant. Reward: Luck Points +20, Talent +1.]

Bai Feng: “…”

System, get out here! What do you mean ‘instigating’? This is clearly slander; it was voluntary on their part!

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**Chapter 7: Bai, You Are Truly Dazzling!**

“Lin, thank you.”

Bai Feng suppressed his urge to complain about the system and stepped forward to clasp Lin Yan’s hands.

“…”

But Lin Yan didn’t respond, merely rolling his eyes at him.

At that moment, Bai Feng realized that Lin Yan wasn’t standing in the middle of the path to show off; he was simply out of spiritual energy, unable to move. Just staying upright was his last act of defiance.

So he turned around and called out to the Tianjian Sect disciples who had been standing by, “Quick, someone help Lin!”

The disciples finally snapped out of their daze and hurried over to surround Lin Yan.

Bai Feng also pulled out a bottle of pills from his storage bag, handing it to a female disciple beside Lin Yan. “Here, feed Lin some medicine.”

“No, no need! I can do it myself!” Lin Yan, feeling a bit better, reached out to take the pills and poured a few into his mouth.

Instantly, a surge of pure and powerful spiritual energy coursed through his withered body.

He didn’t have time to circulate his technique; he quickly examined one of the pills. “Top-grade Qi Recovery Pill?”

As a pill master, he was well aware of the difficulty in refining top-grade Qi Recovery Pills. Even with Elder Dan’s guidance, he had yet to produce one himself.

However, coming from the Lin family, a top-grade Qi Recovery Pill wasn’t enough to astonish him. After regaining his status as a genius, he occasionally received one.

What surprised him was that Bai Feng could produce an entire bottle without a care. He could obtain top-grade Qi Recovery Pills because he was a Lin family genius, but what about Bai Feng?

He hadn’t thought much about it during the battle, but now he realized that the sword energy protecting him was no simple matter.

It seemed the rumors that Bai Feng had been abandoned by the Bai family due to the bone extraction incident, leading to his fall into a playboy, were utterly unfounded.

Bai Feng had not only not been abandoned, but even with mediocre talent, he was still valued.

This only confirmed his suspicions—Bai Feng had indeed saved his sister. Faced with such temptation, the ultimate beneficiary had chosen to give up his celestial bone for the sake of family. Bai Feng’s actions were truly moving.

This friend, he was determined to keep!