Chapter 23: The Bankrupt Su Lingxi
“Stupid Xiao Bai, bad Xiao Bai, a shabby piece of clothing cost me two hundred points.”
Su Lingxi was very dissatisfied with this night-faring outfit. By this calculation, she only had one thousand eight hundred points left.
And if she encountered any trouble along the way, she would have to rely on Xiao Bai to take action, and it wasn’t even a guaranteed success.
“This was clearly priced. You were the one who wanted to buy it.”
“But I had no other choice,” Su Lingxi said, on the verge of tears.
“Shh! Don’t talk, someone’s coming.”
Su Lingxi immediately concealed her aura and hid in the nearby bushes. Two night patrol disciples carrying lanterns were on their regular patrol.
Su Lingxi hid in the bushes and was not discovered by them. After they left, Su Lingxi tiptoed out.
The inner court gate was only a few hundred meters away. Su Lingxi quickly walked over.
Before she got completely close to the gate, Su Lingxi sensed a powerful barrier. “Big Brother Xiao really didn’t lie to me. Xiao Bai, it’s your turn.”
“Alright, this barrier will be five hundred points.”
“What? Five hundred? Why don’t you just rob me?”
“Completing this mission will give you five thousand points. Don’t be stingy.”
“Then what are you dawdling for? Hurry up and open the door.”
Hearing that the reward was so high, Su Lingxi instantly felt that it was no longer a heartache.
Xiao Bai poked the barrier with her fair, tender finger, and the barrier in front of them miraculously disappeared.
“Hurry, I can only make it disappear for ten seconds.”
Ten seconds was enough for Su Lingxi to enter the inner court gate.
As soon as she entered the inner court, Su Lingxi felt a denser concentration of worldly spiritual energy than in the outer court, and she also sensed the auras of many powerful experts.
It wasn’t just the spiritual energy; even the architecture and decorations were more luxurious than outside, leaving Su Lingxi amazed.
“The inner court is the real Snowfall Sect.”
Since it was late at night, there weren’t many people in the inner court. Su Lingxi followed the map in her memory and walked towards the designated location.
The route passed through a garden. Su Lingxi walked through a corridor and arrived at this garden.
The garden was lush and green, with flourishing flowers, grass, and trees, a stark contrast to the ice and snow outside.
Not only that, but there were also many precious herbs planted inside that Su Lingxi didn’t recognize. If it weren’t for the urgent mission, Su Lingxi would have wanted to take some back with her.
“Do you think Senior Brother Luo will like me in this outfit?”
“Please, Senior Sister, you look good in anything.”
The voices of two chattering girls came from a nearby corridor. Su Lingxi paused and hid behind a large tree.
The two girls walked hand in hand, wearing the long dresses of the inner court. Beneath their skirts were two pairs of slender, beautiful legs.
Su Lingxi just took a simple peek and her eyes went straight. Although she had what they had, other people’s were always more fragrant.
“Big Brother Xiao truly did not deceive me!”
Xiao Yun’s image grew even greater in Su Lingxi’s heart.
“It’s just… Senior Brother Luo only cares about Senior Sister Luo… Do I still have a chance?”
“You definitely do. Based on my intuition, I feel they’re more like brother and sister. Otherwise, with a man as outstanding as Senior Brother Luo, Senior Sister Luo would have agreed long ago.”
“Shh, you can’t say such things.”
“It’s fine, Senior Sister. There have been rumors in the inner court for a long time…”
The girls’ voices faded into the distance, and only then did Su Lingxi emerge from behind the tree.
Looking at the two girls’ retreating backs, Su Lingxi silently shook her head. “A woman’s intuition is truly terrifying.”
After that, Su Lingxi didn’t encounter many people. They had probably all gone back to rest.
After walking for an unknown amount of time, the road ahead began to become desolate.
Su Lingxi repeatedly checked the map and found that she hadn’t gone the wrong way, so she could only brace herself and walk forward.
Seeing the trees around her become sparse and the road narrow, Su Lingxi felt a little uncertain. The only good news was that the spiritual energy in the air was becoming more and more abundant, which meant that she was heading in the right general direction.
After walking on this road for more than ten minutes, Su Lingxi felt the temperature begin to rise.
Su Lingxi was all too familiar with this change in temperature. Wasn’t this a sign that there was a hot spring ahead?
Since there was a hot spring, the Immaculate Pool water couldn’t be too far away.
Su Lingxi immediately quickened her pace. She had to get back before dawn.
As she walked, Xiao Bai suddenly sensed a barrier even more powerful than the one in the inner court.
“I think we’ve arrived.”
Xiao Bai ran out of Su Lingxi’s body and looked at the barrier in front of them, but Su Lingxi didn’t understand what Xiao Bai was doing.
“Where’s the barrier?”
“You can’t see this barrier. It’s countless times stronger than the inner court barrier just now, and it’s also a warning-type barrier.”
“Once you force your way in, the entire Snowfall Sect will probably know you’ve come to steal the Immaculate Water.”
Su Lingxi gasped. “Then what are you waiting for? Hurry up and open the barrier.”
“One thousand points.”
“One thousand!” Su Lingxi felt like she was about to faint. She felt like Xiao Bai was just eyeing her few points.
“If you want to borrow my power, you have to pay a price. And it costs me to take action.”
“Alright, we’ve already come this far. I’ll spend it.”
Su Lingxi compromised. In this way, she only had three hundred of the three thousand points she had just obtained left.
Xiao Bai first checked the surroundings to make sure no one was there. She then made a few gestures in the air and pointed at the barrier.
The barrier instantly cracked like an eggshell. A hole appeared in the barrier, and Su Lingxi quickly squeezed through.
After entering the barrier, Su Lingxi took a few steps and found that there was a whole new world inside.
There were obvious signs of artificial construction here. A dark green path led deeper.
Su Lingxi couldn’t remember how far she had walked. Following this path, the surrounding environment began to fill with mist.
“Stop walking. There’s someone ahead.”
Su Lingxi almost lost her way in the mist. Hearing Xiao Bai’s words, she immediately found a patch of grass and hid.
The air became somewhat humid. Su Lingxi pushed aside the weeds in front of her and saw a scene she would never forget in her life.
A young woman sat in the center of a pool, completely unclothed. Her skin, under the faint green light, was as translucent as suet jade. Her black hair cascaded down her back like a waterfall. Su Lingxi’s eyes widened, and for a moment, she forgot to look away.
“Could this be Senior Sister Luo?” Su Lingxi thought to herself.
Just then, the young woman seemed to sense something. Her gaze shot in this direction, her eyes as cold as snow. Su Lingxi’s heart skipped a beat, and she quickly lowered her head.
“Who’s there?” the young woman’s clear, cold voice rang out.
Su Lingxi: “!”
