Pursued by the Top Grade Saintess after Engagement Annulled

Li Qingxue was worried that Li Qingyu might suddenly betray them, and Li Qingyu never really trusted Xia Feng and the others.

Previously, the three of them had brazenly snatched the Blood Dragon Sword Hearts from her hands.

In Li Qingyu’s mind, where only officials were allowed to set fires while commoners couldn’t light lamps, everything good should belong to her.

For Xia Feng and the others to have taken her Blood Dragon Sword Hearts was already a grievous sin, and now they dared to use the Sword Demon as a bargaining chip with her, it was simply courting death.

But Mu Qi conveniently stood before Li Qingyu, blocking what she wanted to say.

Mu Qi seemed to imagine Li Qingyu’s face-breaking moment, likely wanting to scream that sacrificing for her, dying for her, was the highest honor.

She took a deep breath and showed a somewhat troubled smile.

"Goddess Qingxue, and this gentleman follower, isn’t this putting people in a difficult position?"

"Can’t we take a step back from each side?"

"You need to pass through here anyway, and dealing with this Sword Demon is something you had to do, right?"

"Why say things that damage feelings like this?"

"Goddess Qingxue and Goddess Qingyu are family after all, right?"

After these words, both Li Qingyu and Li Qingxue showed offended expressions on their faces.

Xia Feng spoke with a frown: "Three conditions that you can surely fulfill, it won’t be excessive."

"Agree and we collaborate, if not, we’ve nothing to lose; we’ll just change directions."

The Blood Dragon Sword Heart with him was always usable, and coupled with his ability to convert the Great Dao of Demon, he had no fear of the dark aura affecting others’ minds.

If it weren’t for concerns about Li Qingxue and Xia Tianming, Xia Feng wouldn’t consider collaborating with Li Qingyu at all.

Li Qingyu subconsciously touched the Jade Bracelet on her wrist.

Among the people present, only she knew that the energy in the Jade Bracelet was already half consumed. To conserve energy, she had secretly turned off the protective light shield earlier, which almost led her to be bewitched by the Evil Sword Spirit, causing a significant emotional upheaval.

If they detoured now, it would likely bring about a lot of trouble.

She hesitated for a moment and tentatively asked, "What are your conditions?"

Xia Feng’s eyes darted: "The first condition, apologize to Qingxue. You’ve been suppressing Qingxue quite a lot and even tried to target and kill her in the Secret Realm, so you must apologize to her."

Li Qingyu’s face flushed red, seemingly holding back immense anger: "That’s impossible! She’s just a country bumpkin..."

Mu Qi beside her was too late to stop Li Qingyu, only able to watch as she uttered such offensive words.

On the contrary, Li Qingxue across them seemed as if she hadn’t heard the insult, but her eyes carried a hint of emotion as she looked towards Xia Feng.

For her, it didn’t matter how others called her or targeted her, as long as Xia Feng was by her side, she wouldn’t be in danger and could pretend not to hear those words.

Li Qingxue only cared about the opinion of those she cared about, while such derogatory names meant nothing to her.

However, seeing Xia Feng standing up for her stroked a heartfelt chord inside Li Qingxue, making her purse her lips to hold back the tears that almost fell.

Xia Feng stood in front of Li Qingxue, his gaze full of firmness and pressure as he looked towards Li Qingyu, indicating that unless she agreed, this matter couldn’t continue.

Mu Qi softly transmitted a sound to Li Qingyu: "Goddess Qingyu, it’s just saying a few words, not too difficult."

"Saying it here, only we hear it, it definitely won’t spread."

Li Qingyu trembled slightly as if feeling insulted, being heard by these people was a form of humiliation.

Yet looking at the surrounding gazes full of anticipation, Li Qingyu couldn’t bring herself to say the words to give up on the Sword Demon and turn back.

Her fingers clenched tightly around the Jade Bracelet, gripping so hard that her fingertips turned pale.

"I’m sorry, Li Qingxue, for previously targeting you due to some reasons. I apologize to you here."

The words seemed squeezed from her teeth, and if it weren’t for concerns about the Jade Bracelet’s energy not supporting her escape from Evil Sword Valley, she wouldn’t apologize here at all.

However, she remembered everyone present, and in the future assessments, she’d make sure to find ways to get rid of these people who knew her history.

Only dead people wouldn’t talk nonsense.

Xia Feng gave Li Qingyu a little more credit, initially assuming this arrogant young goddess wouldn’t bow her head, but now seeing her able to bend and stretch, he’d have to be more cautious in the future.

Li Qingyu took a deep breath: "Speak your second condition."

Xia Feng shrugged his shoulders: "You have an internal map of Evil Sword Valley, right?"

"I want a copy of the map."

Just as Li Qingyu was about to say something, Xia Feng added: "Don’t fool me with a fake map; I’ve explored quite a bit of the surrounding terrain. If there are any discrepancies in your map..."

The remaining words were left unsaid by Xia Feng, but Li Qingyu understood his implied meaning, her expression turning grim.

But this time, she wasted no words, directly retrieving a blank scroll from her Storage Ring and quickly sketching it out.

Once finished, she straightforwardly tossed the scroll to Xia Feng.

Compared to the first condition of apologizing, this map wasn’t a difficult request for her.

Xia Feng opened the scroll and glanced over it briefly, mainly checking the differences between the paths he’d walked and the map she provided.

After verifying its authenticity, Li Qingyu impatiently asked, "What’s the third condition?"

"Hurry and say it so we can deal with the Sword Demon."

Xia Feng showed a slightly mischievous smile: "The third condition, well, you have so many nice things, share a few with us."

His gaze lingered on Li Qingyu’s hairpin, earrings, bracelet, rings, clothes, and even observed various waist accessories.

He particularly stared at her Storage Ring for quite a while.

Li Qingyu’s expression turned even grimmer; these were all life-saving Divine Artifacts left to her by the Celestial Sword Divine King out of concern for her safety.

She had relied on these items to successfully escape several times when Xia Feng tried to kill her.

No matter what, she couldn’t give such valuable things to Xia Feng and his group.

Thus, an awkward stalemate ensued, and no one spoke to break it.