Chapter 45: How Do You Want To Die?
Seeing that she didn't respond, Song Qingsong frowned and said, "I'm talking to you, didn't you hear me?"
Xiao Qingge was afraid that he might recognize her voice and dared not speak. She kept her head down and tried to leave.
"It's one thing for someone like Li Ran to be arrogant in front of me, but you, a mere mortal, dare to ignore me?" Song Qingsong felt insulted.
He waved his right hand, and a strong gust of wind blew Xiao Qingge away!
Bang!
She slammed into a tree, and a mouthful of blood sprayed out.
Intense pain coursed through her body, as if her organs had shifted, but she clenched her teeth and didn't utter a word.
"Hey, looks like you've got some backbone after all," Song Qingsong said.
He walked over and pulled off her hood. "Come to think of it, you are always hiding your face, I wonder what you are hiding…."
His words came to a sudden stop.
He stared blankly at her face, his eyes filled with disbelief.
"Xiao Qingge?!"
No wonder her silhouette looked familiar; it was her!
Xiao Qingge struggled to stand, wiped the blood from her mouth, and calmly said, "Long time no see, Senior Song."
Song Qingsong regained his senses and frowned. "How did you end up here? Who told you about this secret realm?"
Even if the Xiao family had this information, they wouldn't send a mortal like her. And how did she end up with Li Ran?
Xiao Qingge replied, "What I did Is my business, and I don't need to report it to you, right?"
She didn't say it, but Song Qingsong wasn't a fool.
In an instant, he figured out many things.
"You want to use this secret realm to gain a new talent and return to the path of immortality?"
Xiao Qingge didn't answer but her silence was confirmation.
Song Qingsong snorted, "You are simply overestimating yourself! With a body no different than those of a mere mortal, and you think you can compete with me for this opportunity at immortality?"
"Well then, I wish Senior Song good luck."
Xiao Qingge didn't say more and turned to leave.
Xiao Qingge hadn't found the Life Fruit yet, and she was extremely anxious at this point, not wanting to engage with Song Qingsong.
As she watched her graceful figure, Song Qingsong's gaze turned even colder.
Back when she was known as the Pure Fairy, she had been indifferent to him, and now, with her cultivation lost, she was still this proud!
"Since when did I said you can leave?" Song Qingsong waved his right hand, and his spiritual power shattered a big tree, sending it crashing down towards her!
Xiao Qingge narrowly escaped, nearly being turned into a pulp by the falling tree.
"Song Qingsong, what's your intention?" she said with an ashen face.
Song Qingsong sneered, "Even though you were expelled from the sect, you still carry the mark of our Divine Dao Sect! Now, consorting with the Demonic Sect is a disgrace to our sect! Today, I'll cleanse our sect's honor!"
His eyes were sinister, and his killing intent was palpable.
Xiao Qingge's hair stood on end, but she forced herself to say, "Kill me? Aren't you afraid of Li Ran?"
"Don't mention him to me!" When he heard that name, Song Qingsong's expression grew even more malicious. "If he cared about your life or death, why would he leave you here all alone? Once I kill you and feed your body to the Spiritual Beast, who would know it was me?"
"You..." Xiao Qingge felt a chill run down her spine.
The man before her was nothing like the righteous and chivalrous Song Senior Brother she remembered.
"We have no grievances or enmity. Why do you have to be so ruthless?" She couldn't comprehend it.
Song Qingsong sneered, "You can put the blame on Li Ran. It's his arrogance that led to this."
With his spiritual energy driving it, his flying sword unsheathed itself and whizzed towards Xiao Qingge.
His eyes were filled with malice, and all the resentment he held against Li Ran was unleashed in that single strike!
"Li Ran..."
Xiao Qingge closed her eyes in despair.
The last thing that came to her mind was not anger or resentment but the image of that man.
"Farewell."
Bang!
A muffled sound followed, but it wasn't the intense pain she had anticipated.
Instead, her entire body was enveloped in ethereal light, forming a semi-transparent cocoon that firmly held the flying sword at bay.
"Ethereal Light Cocoon? It's a talisman by Li Ran!" Song Qingsong's expression turned urgent.
He dared to attack Xiao Qingge because she was just a mortal, not because he wanted to antagonize Li Ran, especially within a secret realm.
"Given the circumstances, I must eliminate her quickly!"
Song Qingsong channeled his spiritual power, and the flying sword unleashed a dazzling light, cutting towards the Ethereal Light Cocoon.
The amount of spiritual energy a talisman could bear was limited, and it wouldn't be able to withstand his full-powered strike!
Boom!
A streak of silver light shot out from the dense forest, colliding forcefully with the side of the flying sword and creating a resounding explosion that sent it flying.
The silver spear was firmly planted in the ground, its tip quivering slightly.
"Who?!"
Song Qingsong turned to look with a solemn expression.
Seeing Li Ran descending, his pupils constricted.
Li Ran paid no attention to him and instead cast a stern look at Xiao Qingge. "So, you came to the secret realm just to be killed by some random guy?"
Xiao Qingge blushed and lowered her head. "I'm sorry, and thank you for the trouble, senior."
She felt warmth in her heart.
He hadn't abandoned her; he had been protecting her all along.
This feeling of being cared for...
It was wonderful!
"Have you caused me enough trouble?" Li Ran shook his head. "To pursue immortality, are you willing to throw your life away? I'm really amazed by you..."
Xiao Qingge stuck out her tongue sheepishly.
Li Ran finished his teasing and turned to look at Song Qingsong.
His smile disappeared, and his voice turned cold and ruthless.
"You really dared to lay a hand on someone I brought here. I won't waste both of our time, how do you want to die?"
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