Chapter 364 - 217: Peerless Prodigy Xie Yuan, the Path to Grandmaster Opens

Chapter 364: Chapter 217: Peerless Prodigy Xie Yuan, the Path to Grandmaster Opens

The dark clouds obscuring the sunset had scattered. Now, only a small sliver of the crimson sun lingered above the mountain’s peak, casting its final warm rays upon the two people holding hands.

It felt so warm.

With a lazy, inexplicable air, Situ Qin stretched out her hand to Xie Yuan and gave it a little shake.

Xie Yuan gazed at the exquisite hand before him—its fingers long and slender, its skin like white jade. He suddenly felt it was a sight worth savoring.

’He’d heard the saying that a person’s hands are their second face, but Xie Yuan had only ever had a thing for feet, not hands. Now, however, seeing this perfect, slender hand right before his eyes, he suddenly felt a newfound understanding for those with such a niche appreciation. He hadn’t gotten it before, but that was clearly because he’d never seen a pair this beautiful.’

’But he still preferred looking at... ahem.’

After gawking like a lecher for a moment, Xie Yuan finally processed the situation, albeit a bit slowly, and asked in confusion:

"What is it?"

"The Small Returning Pills!"

Situ Qin gave her hand another little shake.

"Neither of us has any energy left. If we don’t recover our strength now, what’ll we do if we run into danger again? The pills I brought today aren’t even as effective as these ancient Small Returning Pills of yours."

It dawned on Xie Yuan, and he felt a little ashamed. He had completely forgotten to share the pills with Situ Qin. In his mind, her bag contained every treasure imaginable, so he had subconsciously assumed she wouldn’t need any.

’Even if she doesn’t need them, I should have offered. I’m still so dense. Good thing Situ Qin just appreciates my talent.’

Xie Yuan quickly took out the porcelain vial and handed the entire thing to Situ Qin.

Situ Qin took it with a satisfied smile. Just as she was about to pour out a pill, she suddenly heard an incredibly fast whistling sound approaching from the distance, and it was upon them in the blink of an eye.

Xie Yuan’s expression changed in an instant. He was about to stuff pills into his mouth to forcibly restore his strength, but Situ Qin grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"It’s Tai Bo."

Situ Qin didn’t even have to look; she recognized who it was just from the sound of their approach. She was happy, but she also pouted slightly.

Sure enough, Li Tai descended from the sky the next moment and landed before them. He quickly crouched down to check on them.

"Miss, I was held up by someone and arrived late! Are you all right?"

"I’m fine, just a little exhausted."

Situ Qin shook her head.

Li Tai examined her carefully and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Situ Qin was indeed unharmed.

He then looked over at Xie Yuan, sizing him up. When he saw that he was also uninjured, he raised an eyebrow slightly.

Li Tai mulled it over for a moment, glancing back at the corpse that had been sliced in two at the waist. He then turned back to look at the pair and asked in astonishment:

"Miss, Xiaoxie... this assassin... was he killed by the two of you?"

He had seen the assassin’s mangled corpse from the sky. With his keen sight, he could naturally discern the assassin’s power level from the Blood Qi that hadn’t yet fully dissipated.

Qi Blood Third Transformation Realm. Very likely a Celestial Tier assassin.

’No, with a Grandmaster Level assassin also dispatched, the one sent here had to be a Celestial Tier assassin. And probably one of their elite ones, at that!’

’If they were truly making a move, why would they send an ordinary assassin after the Miss?’

Situ Qin nodded and pointed at Xie Yuan.

"Who else could it be? Master Xie killed him. I just gave him a hand!"

Xie Yuan shot her a sideways glance. ’Gave him a hand?’

’Some "hand" that was. She basically beat the Third Transformation Realm expert out of hiding.’

"It’s all thanks to Miss Qin. Without you, I wouldn’t have even been able to touch this slippery rat."

Situ Qin beamed. Having only truly relaxed now that Li Tai had arrived, she reverted to her usual lively self and said with a wave of her hand:

"Then let’s call it fifty-fifty!"

Li Tai watched the two of them trade modestries and shook his head, speechless.

He remarked with a slight sigh:

"I was thinking you two would be hard-pressed to deal with a Celestial Tier assassin, that you’d likely get injured and have to rely on the Miss’s Protective Treasure just to survive. I was trying to finish off that Grandmaster Level assassin as fast as I could, but right in the middle of our fight, he suddenly backed off. It turns out it was because you two had actually managed to take this guy out yourselves!" 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

Two people at the Second Transformation Realm, killing an expert at the Third Transformation Realm—a whole realm above them. And they did it in such a short time, suffering no injuries, only severe exhaustion.

Even with one of them being the Miss, Li Tai still found it somewhat unbelievable.

’Having two of the Miss would make more sense...’

As the thought flashed through his mind, he suddenly froze.

’Li Tai suddenly wondered, could it be possible? Is Xiaoxie’s talent on par with the Miss’s?’

’Impossible. That’s absolutely impossible!’

Even for someone like Li Tai, the thought was a shock, and his expression flickered with uncertainty.

Li Tai knew Situ Qin’s talent better than anyone.

She was the product of the combined bloodlines of two Grandmaster Level Martial Artists, and she had perfectly inherited the best traits of both. It was a true case of the student surpassing the masters.

The only reason her world-shocking talent wasn’t common knowledge was that she had never truly dedicated herself to cultivation and had always lived a low-key life among the common folk.

Otherwise, the Eight Great Families would have been unable to sit still long ago, and the past few years wouldn’t have been so peaceful.

’And Xie Yuan? What right did he have to possess the same level of talent as Situ Qin?’

’Perhaps it’s just that the young couple is a good match. Their perfect coordination allows them to achieve a result where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts... In that case, they truly are well-suited for each other.’

’It wasn’t as if this was the first day they’d been together, after all.’

The thought of this reason helped Li Tai calm down a little.

However, his judgment told him that a Celestial Tier assassin from Autumn Wind Building couldn’t be killed by two people at the Second Transformation Realm for a reason as simple as "good teamwork."

Just how much greater was the total Blood Qi of someone in the Third Transformation Realm compared to the Second? Even if you combined the power of two experts at the peak of the Second Transformation Realm, they still wouldn’t match a Martial Artist who had just broken through to the Third Transformation.

And that wasn’t even mentioning the quality of the Blood Qi; the difference before and after the metamorphosis was enormous.

With all these factors compounding, the gap between realms became a chasm. After the Qi and Blood Metamorphosis Realm, it was exceedingly rare for anyone to kill an opponent in a higher realm—even for the most prodigious geniuses.

But if it were two such geniuses... then perhaps achieving a flawless victory like this was indeed possible...