They felt as if their bones had been crushed. It was dark too, so it was hard for them to move around easily.
As a member of the five great aristocratic families, that was the first time that Qi Xia and the rest of them were pushed to such an extent. What aggravated them more was the fact that the people who pushed them thus far were only ordinary students who would not have been qualified to attack them on normal occasions.
“Those… bastards, at least it looks like they don’t dare to follow us down here.” Tang Nazhi laid on the ground and gritted his teeth as he endured the pain in his body. He then propped himself up.
Yang Xi and Qi Xia did not even bother with their own injuries and immediately retrieved the medicine for Yan Yu from his space ring.
Just when they were prepared to feed the unconscious Yan Yu with the medicine, a ball of light gradually approached from somewhere nearby.
“It’s light from a light crystal. Damn it! Don’t tell me there are other teams here!” Tang Nazhi inwardly cursed. They had gambled everything with their jump earlier on, and none of them had any strength for another battle. If they were to encounter another team, they would not even have the strength to run.
Qi Xia immediately fed Yan Yu with the medicine for his illness and could only resign themselves to whatever fate that followed.
Their hearts dropped as the light approached nearer to them.
Was their defeat imminent?
Just when the four of them despaired, a familiar teasing voice rang in their ears.
“Hey, what a coincidence. How did the four of you get here?”
!!..
Before the person could finish their sentence, a delicate figure walked out from the woods.
Shen Yanxiao held a light crystal and looked at her team members who sat on the ground. Her teasing gaze swept across their battered bodies.
“Shen Jue!!” Tang Nazhi looked at Shen Jue in shock. He could not believe his eyes.
Qi Xia relaxed and smiled at the teammate who had disappeared for a long while.
“You little thief, you were quick to escape back there.”
Shen Yanxiao smiled as she looked at the four of them who were covered in dirt. Then, she noticed Yan Yu’s pale complexion.
“What’s wrong with him?”
“Nothing, he’s just overly tired,” Yang Xi said.
Shen Yanxiao knew that Yang Xi deliberately concealed some information from her, but she did not push him. Instead, she was very interested in their miserable appearances.
“Hmm… what’s wrong with you young masters? Why are you so…” She decided to be kind and to not jeer at their scruffy looks.
Qi Xia revealed a bitter smile. “It’s a long story. Instead, where have you been all these while? From your appearance, it looks like you have not met with any other teams.” Shen Yanxiao’s clothing was still clean and neat as if it was no different than the time they first entered the Obscure Forest. On the other hand, each one of them looked worse than she did.
Shen Yanxiao shrugged her shoulders. “I wandered around randomly and managed to make three antidotes while I was doing that. I was on my way to deliver them to you, but I did not expect to see all of you here.”
“What?!” Tang Nazhi stood up quickly. He looked at Shen Yanxiao in surprise and said, “You managed to produce the antidote?”
As someone who aspired to become an advanced herbalist, he looked at the formula but concluded that it was not something that a first-year student could produce. The difficulty of that formula exceeded the level that a first-year student could understand.
However, Shen Yanxiao said that she had successfully produced the antidotes!
How could that be possible?
“Here, one bottle each for the three of you.” She looked at Tang Nazhi and then produced the three bottles of antidotes as proof.
Three bottles of light blue potion sat quietly on Shen Yanxiao’s palms.
Besides Tang Nazhi, even the usually composed Yang Xi brightened when he saw the three bottles of antidote.
“You little lad…” Tang Nazhi took Shen Yanxiao into his arms and rubbed her head eagerly. “I was right to say that you’re a genius in herbalism. I guarantee that this is the first antidote produced in the entire Obscure Forest. Shangguan Xiao, that little kid, would not have been able to produce it just yet.”
Tang Nazhi felt great. He was happy with the accuracy of his foresight. Shen Jue definitely had the talent for herbalism since he could even produce such sophisticated antidote. Furthermore, he did that in only two days. He would most certainly become an influential figure in the Herbalism Division in the near future!
Shen Yanxiao almost could not breathe as Tang Nazhi held on to her tightly. She wondered about how an herbalist could be stronger than a swordsman.
There was no way that Shangguan Xiao could have produced the antidote, but that was because she had personally eliminated him and his whole team.
Of course, Tang Nazhi and the rest of her team members would never know that.
“Calm down.” Shen Yanxiao slapped Tang Nazhi’s head and shrugged him off before she passed the antidote to Qi Xia and Yang Xi.
They did not doubt the authenticity of Shen Yanxiao’s antidote and immediately drank the potion.
In less than two minutes, both of them immediately sensed that they weakened state had disappeared and that their suppressed magic and battle aura once again flooded their whole body.
!!..
Qi Xia immediately ignited five flames in his hand, and the raging flames danced on his fingertips as they spread out to his surroundings.
He retracted his five fingers, and the flames immediately disappeared without a trace.
Shen Yanxiao’s antidote flawlessly countered the previous potion that they had drunk before their test!
Yan Yu gradually regained consciousness after he had taken his medicine. When he was fully awake, Shen Yanxiao fed him the antidote. Yan Yu’s complexion got better not long after that. When he recovered his magic, Yan Yu immediately conjured about eight blessing magic on himself. The blessing came with powerful healing magic, and that allowed Yan Yu to get up on his feet soon after that.
“Thank you.” Yan Yu looked at Shen Yanxiao and thanked her sincerely.
Shen Yanxiao stroked her nose and said nothing. She realized that her team must have encountered huge problems with the other teams and that the three bottles of antidote were timely delivered.
After Yan Yu had recovered, he conjured another dozen or more blessing magic on Qi Xia, Yang Xi, and Tang Nazhi.
All of their minor wounds were healed in an instant. If one were to disregard their tattered clothing, one could say that all four of them had regained their former elegance.
“It’s all thanks to you this time.’ Qi Xia smiled and patted Shen Yanxiao’s head. Then, he raised his head and looked at the steep slope that they tumbled down earlier that night. The smile in his starry eyes dissipated and replaced with a cold glint.
“It’s time to settle debts with those people.”
“That’s right!” Yang Xi patted the dust off himself and retrieved his shield and sword from Tang Nazhi.
Yan Yu smiled faintly and cast a weight reduction blessing on everyone. Shen Yanxiao immediately felt the lightness in her body. That was the first time that she had received a priest’s blessing, and she felt like she wanted to bounce around to test the effects. However, before she could do that, an arm held snaked around her waist and gently lifted her.
Qi Xia carried Shen Yanxiao with a faint smiled. Then, he dashed upward with a kick.
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The Good-for-Nothing Seventh Miss
FantasyShe is one of the best thieves that the world has seen in the 24th century. However, not even in her wildest dreams had she imagine that she'd be reincarnated as a good-for-nothing orphaned Seventh Miss of the Vermilion Bird Family. She finds hersel...
