"Ba Ling is, indeed, of great significance to us," Wu Qiujun nodded in agreement, knitting his eyebrows, "I'm supposed to track her down myself. But you know, it will take at least 15 days for my martial competence to scale new heights with the help of the Perfection Pellets."
"Martial master, have you already decided to take the Perfection Pellets?"
Duan Lengyan put on a serious face.
"I've no option. Didn't you see? Xu Wenchuan already went beyond me in martial capacity. I'll have to step up mine with immediate effect for the sake of your security."
Wu Qiujun responded with a wry smile.
"But I'm not 100 percent sure of the pellets. They may bring side effects..."
"Glory and money come from danger! I have to take the challenge anyways."
Wu Qiujun cut her off in midsentence; frustrating her with his categorical statement.
"Pi Xiong is taking care of Ba Ling's whereabouts. It will take some time to finalize before you conclude your martial cultivation."
She shifted her perspective in a helpless tone.
Moved by her dreadful misgivings, Wu Qiujun smiled, intending to comfort her before a raw stone beside her popped into his eyes.
That was exactly the stone offered by Wandong in a almsgiving manner.
What happened today made Wu fly into a rage again.
Following his vision, she saw the raw stone as well.
Knitting her eyebrows, she looked back at a stonemason.
"Fetch me your dabber!"
waving her hand, she plunged the dabber at the raw stone, with scarlet gleams shaping out a rainbow in the air.
A clear crack coming off, a shimmering ray, as red as blood, dashed toward the sky, stinging her eyes. A piece of fist-sized premium blood steel rolled out of the debris forthwith.
"Blood steel!"
Wu Qiujun burst out shouting.
"Martial master, does it mean that Xu Yaoting has what it takes to see through the raw stones?"
Eyes glazed at the blood steel for a while, she muttered in a trembling voice.
He shook his head, speechlessly.
"You find it impossible?"
Duan Lengyan hastened to ask.
Smiling wryly at her, Wu responded, "I've no idea."
"Ah!"
Letting out a yell, she went struck dumb again.
In the Palace of Dingshan, Xu Yaoting was surrounded by his family.
"Yaoting, did...did you get injured?"
Scrutinizing Wandong, Ningshan couldn't contain her grief, tears cascading down her cheeks; she cast a glimpse at Tang Xinyi in spite of herself.
Tang went embarrassed right away, as she once promised Ning Shan that she would apply herself to protect Wandong.
"She's innocent, "Xu Wenchuan hastened to cut in, "Wu Qiujun the old dog hurt Wandong. You know, Xinyi is hardly his equal."
"Yup! Mom, please don't blame Commander Tang. She took pains to save me today. With all Feng Xiang soldiers deployed in the Tianbao Mansion, she even had a fight with Qiu Yunchong. Without her, I would have long got killed."
Casting a look at Tang Xinyi, Wandong beamed radiantly.
"Commander Tang, I'm terribly grateful for what you did for me today!"