Release the Heroine, Let Me Handle This

Chapter 53: Love at First Sight

The white tiger maintained its imperious stance, casting a disdainful gaze over the crowd of young cultivators who lacked any real power.

"Brother White Tiger, you've really worked hard," Ye Wenxin's voice broke through, causing the once-proud tiger to shudder, its eyes betraying a flicker of fear. It whimpered a few times, seemingly unable to bear the title of 'brother.'

Yet Ye Wenxin acted as if she hadn't noticed the tiger's reaction, raising a trembling hand that held a bottle of medicine.

"This... this is what we agreed to give you," she said, offering a bottle of Level 1 Blood Replenishment Pills, which could be beneficial even to a beast like the white tiger.

"I knew it. How could such a young girl tame a beast?"

"Yeah, turns out she made a deal with the beast."

Upon hearing these whispers, people's murmurs grew bolder, as from their perspective, they couldn't see the tiger's genuine fear.

"Take it as a reward for being my pillow," Ye Wenxin whispered, handing the bottle to the tiger. It dared not refuse her tone, taking the bottle in its mouth before quickly departing.

With the tiger's departure, the area returned to calm, though Ye Wenxin's bribing of the beast left no one eager to approach her for friendship.

Ye Wenxin didn't mind. She found a rock to sit on, waiting for the other participants to arrive.

"That girl is really beautiful."

"Yeah, look at her. She's quite something."

Compared to Ye Wenxin's solitude, others gathered in small groups, discussing the beauties present. Ye Wenxin found it dull, feeling so sleepy she wished she could just sleep with the sky as her blanket and the ground as her bed.

The more she thought about it, the drowsier she became.

"Wow, that beauty is heading our way."

"She must be coming for me."

"No way, am I finally going to stop being single?"

The men nearby continued their excited chatter, but Ye Wenxin was too sleepy to pay attention. Just as she was about to rest her head on the rock, a familiar voice jolted her awake.

"Sis! It really is you!" The familiar voice pulled Ye Wenxin from her slumber, and she opened her eyes to see Gu Xiangsi.

"Oh, it's Xiangsi," Ye Wenxin greeted, as if forgetting she had abandoned her team for a solo adventure.

Yet in just a few days, Gu Xiangsi had reached the fourth stage of Qi Refining.

"Miss Wenxin, it's good to see you're safe after these few days," Gu Aotian, now at the fifth stage of Qi Refining, remarked. Ye Wenxin glanced at him, noticing he seemed quite different.

"Sis, you're so mean, leaving us like that," Gu Xiangsi complained, blocking Ye Wenxin's view of Gu Aotian, forcing her to focus on Xiangsi instead.

"Heh, I'm just used to being on my own. But it seems you've all done well these past few days," Ye Wenxin commented, resigning herself to the situation, observing the progress of her teammates who had also made significant advancements.