Chapter 627: The third trial (4) (2/2)

Thinking up to here, he cast a glance at the sword embedded in the ground. Long Feiye had enough strength to throw his wheelchair out of the abyss, but not enough to carry Han Yunxi and come up as well. He had to use the whip as ballast to give him extra force. In that case, unsealing his reserves must have incurred a cost instantly. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have needed extra help within those scant few seconds.

Gu Beiyue was now certain that Long Feiye’s body had to be hiding some sort of secret. His sword skills had come from Celestial Mountain Sword Sect, but not his whip skills. Could the sealed strength within his body come from Celestial Mountain as well, or from the same master who taught him the whip?

By now, Han Yunxi had stopped crying to smile. When she saw that Long Feiye was perfectly fine, she gave him a teary grin. Even the so-called tigress that was Qin Wangfei had silly expressions like that! Long Feiye’s heartache gave way to amusement at her face. He almost burst into laughter, but managed to hold himself back.

Gently, he wiped away her tears and said haughtily, “You were afraid because of a little thing like that?”

“Would feeling afraid have changed anything without you there?” Han Yunxi asked seriously.

Long Feiye didn’t know what to say and played with her bangs instead. “Alright, it’s okay now…”

“How did you break through the Seal Skilling Incense?” Han Yunxi asked curiously.

“Your lordship’s inner energy isn’t that weak. This is called ‘confronting a person with the danger of death and he’ll fight to live,’ understand?” Long Feiye asked.

Han Yunxi shook her head. She didn’t get it.

“It’s the highest level of inner energy cultivation,” Long Feiye remarked. Whether or not he was telling the truth, only he himself knew. Han Yunxi wanted to ask more questions, but the female examiner finally lost it and flipped out.

“Han Yunxi, he didn’t die! Hurry and treat my poison!”

Otherwise, her whole skin would rot away from her scratching. Han Yunxi prepared to jump off, but Long Feiye only held her tighter and kept her trapped. She stayed where she was and said coldly, “You set the rules for the third trial?”

Naturally, the woman knew what she meant. Although time wasn’t up, Han Yunxi had already violated the rules by making a move against the examiner. By all rights, they should have lost.

“I do set them! Han Yunxi, since you dared to come to the Medicine Requesting Cave, you have to abide by their rules! If you don’t have to skills to pass the trial, then you can’t afford to offend me!” the woman defended herself.

Han Yunxi broke into a cold laugh. “Rules? Did you even follow your own rules? Don’t tell me you already knew that Gu Beiyue and I didn’t know any martial arts?”

This test had obviously been designed to take advantage of their weak points. The examiner pursed her lips but didn’t answer. She was well aware that she’d broken the rules first.

“What, His Excellency Pill King’s even allowed to interfere with the matters of the Medicine Requesting Cave?” Han Yunxi asked. Although she didn’t know the details, she could more or less guess from how sneaky the old man had acted.

Now the examiner was thoroughly speechless. She kept scratching herself, unwilling to retreat yet having no other choice. If she’d known this would happen earlier, she never would have provoked this crowd. “Fine,” she surrendered, “Help me treat my poison and I won’t count anything against you!”

“Explain yourself, what do you mean by ‘won’t count anything?’” Han Yunxi was still being prudent.

“I’ll just act as if you didn’t attack me at all, alright?!” the woman said reluctantly.

Only then did Han Yunxi give her the antidote. After that, Long Feiye turned with her in his arms and flew out into the air. This time he borrowed the strength of his whip and sword again. Once they were halfway across the abyss, he used the same launching method to plant his weapon on the opposite ledge and pull them across. Although his inner energy seemed better than before, it was still far weaker than the explosive blast that had launched him back out of the cliff. Gu Beiyue could spot the difference with a glance.

Still, he politely averted his gaze as soon as the couple landed. In the end, everyone in their group made their way to the stone door on the other side. The examiner and Pill King remained on the opposite ledge. The latter had all but disappeared with his guilty conscience, while the woman was feeling much better after taking her antidote. But how could she give up after suffering such a big loss?

She looked silently at Han Yunxi’s group without a word.

“Aren’t you opening the door yet?” Han Yunxi asked loudly.

“Who told you that the trial was done after you crossed the abyss? I’m leaving. You guys can open the door yourselves.” The woman laughed, deciding to let them wait.

“You!” Han Yunxi was about to ask Long Feiye to team up and deal with her when Lil Thing suddenly jumped onto the stone door and began to frantically munch at its surface. They were a team, after all, and Lil Thing had been waiting for a chance to do its part. Finally it had seized an opportunity! Things like stone doors were nothing before its strength!

As expected, the giant door was reduced to nothing but a pile of powder soon afterwards. The female examiner was completely stupefied by the sight. Just who are these people? Even their squirrel is so scary!

Han Yunxi and the rest had stopped paying the examiner any attention, because all three of them were stepping carefully past the doors. No one had ever passed the Medicine Requesting Cave’s third trial. Just what was the last stone door? What else was lying in wait?