"If you don't need it, then forget it." Chu Feng rose to his feet and was about to leave the lake.
"Hey, hey, hey — who said you could leave? I asked you to heal me, but... that doesn't mean you can have any inappropriate thoughts about me," the woman said loudly.
"Do I look like that kind of person?" Chu Feng asked.
"You do." The woman nodded without hesitation.
"What a pig-brained idiot." Chu Feng sighed helplessly, then swept his sleeve, sending streams of barrier power flying outward.
As Chu Feng's hands moved rapidly, the barrier power shifted and transformed in kind, and in the blink of an eye it coalesced into a gleaming golden barrier array that enveloped the woman's body.
"This guy!!!" When the woman saw the barrier array Chu Feng had constructed, a look of pure amazement surfaced within her already surprised gaze.
As a Spirit World Master herself, she hadn't expected that Chu Feng was not only a Dragon Pattern Spirit World Master, but that his mastery of barrier techniques was this refined.
After witnessing Chu Feng's abilities, the woman began to cooperate, and with that, healing her became considerably easier.
After considerable effort, Chu Feng finally stabilized the woman's condition — at the very least, it wouldn't flare up again in the near future.
However, although the woman's illness stabilized quickly, it was in truth even more severe than Elder Liu Chenkun's condition — even a Celestial Robe Spirit World Master would likely find it impossible to cure.
Chu Feng truly couldn't understand why the woman had contracted such a terrible illness. More importantly, the disease appeared to be congenital — meaning she had been destined to suffer from it from the moment she was born.
"I didn't expect you actually had some real skills. Hey, what's your name?"
"Which faction are you from? How have I never heard of someone like you? You're so young, yet you're already a Second-rank Half Ancestor with Three-Rank Battle Suppression — you could practically rival those bastards from the Heavenly Clan. Though honestly, I think you're stronger than all of them."
"And most importantly of all, you're actually a Dragon Pattern Spirit World Master with a foundation in barrier techniques that surpasses every other Dragon Pattern Spirit World Master I've ever seen. Come on, tell me — who exactly are you?"
"Someone like you can't possibly be a nobody."
After her condition stabilized, the woman peppered Chu Feng with questions, completely forgetting about the fact that he had seen her body earlier.
"Don't you know that when you ask someone's name, you're supposed to introduce yourself first?" Chu Feng said.
"My name is Xu Yiyi. I'm a disciple of Luoxia Valley," the woman said.
"My name is Chu Feng," Chu Feng said.
"What? You're that Chu Feng?" Upon hearing this, Xu Yiyi's eyes went wide with shock once more — only this time, the surprise was more intense than all her previous reactions combined, her small mouth even falling slightly open in astonishment.
"You know me?" Chu Feng asked.
"No, but I've heard of you. Didn't you go save that friend of yours?"
"Well, with your level of cultivation, if you tried to go rescue your friend, you'd definitely lose your own life in the process," Xu Yiyi said.
Hearing this, Chu Feng understood — back then, Red Lizard had spread the news everywhere in order to capture him, and it seemed Xu Yiyi had received that information as well.
"I only stabilized your condition — I didn't cure it. I'd advise you to get moving as quickly as possible before you have another episode. After all, not everyone is as kind-hearted as me — someone who not only refrains from taking advantage of others in their vulnerable moments, but actually lends a helping hand," Chu Feng said.
"Ooh, ooh, ooh — listen to that tone. You're upset, aren't you? Is it because I said you didn't save your friend, indirectly calling you disloyal, and that made you angry?" Xu Yiyi asked with a grin.
"We no longer owe each other anything. Goodbye." As Chu Feng spoke, he dissolved into the void.
After all, he had come out to gather intelligence, and Huang Luo was likely getting anxious by now — so Chu Feng needed to return as soon as possible and explain the situation.
"Hey, hey, hey — wait! I have something to give you!" Seeing him leave, Xu Yiyi hurriedly called out.
But Chu Feng had only helped her as compensation — after all, he had accidentally seen her, and now that he had made up for it...