Jun Wen was practically about to explode!
That little cripple didn't say she's tattling, but every single word, every single pause, was tattling!
Too insidious!
Xiao Baidao's face darkened, "Jun Wen, what did this master tell you?
Your junior sister is young and frail, you to take good care of her. Is this how you 'take care' of her?!
Go to Wan Jian Cave, and don't come out without my order!"
Jun Wen didn't dare talk back to his master. He glared at Feng Xi and was about to go accept punishment when she suddenly snorted, "Master, Fifth Senior Brother was just playing around with me. Why are you so angry?
If you must punish him, then punish me too!"
Xiao Baidao looked at her with pity, "I know perfectly well whether he's playing or not. You, girl, are just too kindhearted!
Fine, since you've spoken for him, I'll let it go this time. But if it happens again, see how I deal with him!"
Jun Wen: "..."
Master, you might want to get your eyes checked!
That girl? Kindhearted?
When they left Xiao Baidao's courtyard, Jun Wen sneered coldly, "Don't think that fake sympathy act of yours will make me owe you anything. Stay away from me and don't get in my sight!"
Feng Xi glanced at him and curled her lips, "You think I want to see you? I only said that to keep Master from worrying.
A brainless pig like you, you think you're fit to call yourself my senior brother? Get lost, the farther the better!"
Jun Wen was so angry he laughed!
"You, a cripple, dare call me a brainless pig? The nerve!"
Feng Xi blinked innocently, "So you don't admit you're dumb? Dare to make a bet with me, then?"
"What would I not dare? What are we betting on?"
Feng Xi pointed toward the beast pens, "I'll make the sect's guardian beast kneel to me. Can you?"
Jun Wen: "..."
Has this little cripple gone mad?
The guardian beast was practically Xuantian Sect's living ancestor, it's good enough that people didn't have to kneel to it! How could it possibly kneel to her?
He sneered, "I admit I can't do it. But if you can, I'll let you deal with me however you want.
But if you can't, from now on, you'll obediently stay invisible and stay away from me."
Feng Xi nodded, "Deal."
The two went straight to the beast pen. The Golden Maned Suanni spotted Feng Xi and immediately began roaring, yanking on its Ten-Thousand-Year Black Iron Chains, the sound echoing with clanks.
Feng Xi said to Jun Wen, "See? Look at how excited this little thing gets when it sees me!"
Jun Wen: … Little thing? Even when shrunken down, the Golden Maned Suanni was the size of three cows, and you still call it a little thing?
And its eyes were blood-red, are you sure that's it's excited?
At this point, he's fully convinced that their cheap junior sister wasn't just crippled, she also had brain damage.
Feng Xi ignored him and spoke to the Golden Maned Suanni instead, "Look at you, barking your head off like that. You're about to go lame and still have the energy to yell?"
The Golden Maned Suanni's roar instantly cut off. I'm about to go lame? Why didn't I know?
Feng Xi sighed and shook her head, "Looks like you, this silly thing, really didn't know!
Well, everyone else probably thought your fragile little heart couldn't handle it, so no one dared tell you.
Only I'm honest enough to tell you the truth.
Your leg's got a problem, a big problem!
Won't be long before you're lame!
Don't believe me? Try bending your knee. You'll feel a stabbing pain from making big movements!"
The Suanni looked at her serious demeanor, a bit doubtful. Still, trying didn't cost anything.
So it bent its knees.
No pain!
Maybe the movement wasn't big enough?
It bent further, and with a heavy thud, it knelt to the ground.
Still no pain.
That stinky brat was indeed lying!
Then it heard Feng Xi say, "Oh my! You really do have manners, such a big greeting bow just to meet me!
All right then, rise, rise!"
The Golden Maned Suanni: "..."
AAAAAAAARGH!
You damned girl, you and I are irreconcilable. I'll tear you to pieces!
Feng Xi didn't care if it roared or not. She'd already offended it over the Ziqiao Linglong Fruit, what's one more time?
Ignoring the enraged Golden Maned Suanni, she turned to the shocked Jun Wen, "You lost! But I'm merciful, and since we're fellow disciples, I'll go easy on you.
When the Tianhen Secret Realm opens, you can just run naked around the field for a hundred laps!"
Jun Wen: "..."
You might as well kill me!
He gritted his teeth, "Feng Xi, don't go too far!"
Feng Xi's eyes flashed coldly, "I'm going too far? You insulted me, a total stranger, calling me a cripple and an ugly freak.
What right do you have to judge me? Just because you have green hanging on your head?"
Jun Wen: "..."
You're the fucking one with green on your head!
Then he remembered his own green hair ribbon...
Feng Xi continued, "Since coming to Xuantian Sect, everyone's treated me kindly. Did they not know that my dantian was injured and I can't cultivate?
Of course they knew!
But they have manners, unlike you, who insults a weak little girl just because of malicious rumors!
Judging by looks, petty and short-sighted, how could a fool like you have the right to criticize me?
I, Feng Xi, will say this today, one day, you'll admit with your own mouth that you're the real cripple!
And don't worry, that punishment I mentioned was just to mess with you. You might not care about dignity, but I still do!"
Having said her piece, Feng Xi turned and walked away.
Her small shoulders trembled slightly, and every so often she raised a hand to wipe her face.
Jun Wen stared at her frail back, feeling a bit unsettled. That little cripple was probably crying, had he really gone too far?
He didn't realize that Feng Xi's eyes were smiling. None of it had bothered her in the slightest.
It's all an act for him to see!
Life was a stage, and everything depended on acting skills!
For arrogant fools like Jun Wen, you had to mix softness and steel to tame them.
Back in her courtyard, Feng Xi sat down to meditate and cultivate.
Jun Wen might talk nonsense, but she was indeed too weak right now.
Only the strong have the right to speak.
She couldn't afford to slack off.
Over the next few days, Feng Xi barely left her courtyard except in the mornings to pay respects to Xiao Baidao. She spent the rest of the day cultivating.
He assumed she's quietly recuperating, so he didn't think much of it.
Then, one day, when Feng Xi woke from another fainting spell, she was overjoyed to find a tiny red spiritual root forming in her dantian.
Could it be the fire spiritual root?
Feng Xi thought she's indeed a genius. After just a few days of cultivation, she'd already "grown" a new spiritual root! At this rate, she might restore all five meridians within a month!
Once she did, her dantian would also be healed!
And from then on, Feng Xi would sweep across the world, who would dare to fight against her?!