Chapter 4798 — Snatching It Away
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Very well, then I shall take my leave." Qian Rui smiled faintly and at once turned to withdraw from the newcomers' courtyard. As he passed the gate, the corners of his mouth could not help curving into a smug arc—for from the corner of his eye he had already glimpsed a white shadow rapidly approaching. Everything was going according to plan!
After watching Qian Rui leave, Ning Xuefei opened the box with keen interest. At the sight of the milky-white pill inside, she leapt up in a burst of excited delight.
Wei Zhao, an alchemist himself, could not tell at a glance what kind of pill it was, yet she recognized it instantly. "A beauty pill! It's the legendary beauty pill!"
"A seventh-grade beauty pill?" Wei Zhao was slightly startled. This was no small gesture indeed—on the open market, such a thing was priceless. No amount of spirit jade might be enough to buy one.
Just then, a figure in white vaulted over the wall and in an instant darted up behind the two of them, a hand reaching straight for Ning Xuefei—targeting the beauty pill in her hands.
Ning Xuefei was badly startled. She was still lost in the thrill of obtaining the beauty pill, and the last thing she expected was a sneak attack from behind. This was Xiangyun Academy, after all—who would be so bold as to cause trouble in a place like this?
Of course, with Ning Xuefei's meager strength, even had she been on guard she could never have reacted in time. Fortunately, Wei Zhao was right beside her; he had sensed it the very instant the figure came over the wall.
"Get lost!" Facing the sudden white-robed figure, Wei Zhao without hesitation unleashed a Frenzied Flame Thousand Legs, kicking the intruder back before they could touch a single hair on Ning Xuefei.
The figure in white gave a muffled grunt. By all rights, a failed sneak attack should have been followed by a swift escape—after all, causing trouble in a place like this could only end badly. Yet this person, contrary to all expectation, came to a stop. Wei Zhao's Frenzied Flame Thousand Legs had merely forced her back; it had not wounded her.
"Who are you?" Wei Zhao watched the newcomer coldly. What surprised him somewhat was that, judging by her figure and bearing, this was actually a woman—though her face was wrapped tightly in white cloth, leaving only a pair of eyes visible, so her features could not be made out.
"Hand over the beauty pill!" Yang Qianshuang did not even glance at Wei Zhao, her gaze fixed intently on the box in Ning Xuefei's hands. Inside it was the beauty pill she had dreamed of.
"Who are you? And why should I?" Ning Xuefei was instantly displeased. Though with her looks and bearing she had no need of such a thing, this was like top-grade cosmetics—no woman would casually give it away, least of all to a hostile stranger. After all, who would object to making herself a little more beautiful?
"Leave now, or don't blame me for striking too hard." Wei Zhao's expression turned cold as well.
Ordinarily he would not have minded getting to the bottom of things first, but Ning Xuefei had only just entered Xiangyun Academy, and on the very next day someone had come brazenly to make trouble at her door. If he did not strike hard enough to make an example of them, once he left, who knew how much trouble would be lying in wait for Ning Xuefei.
Hmph! Yang Qianshuang offered no explanation at all. With a cold snort she attacked once more, and as she struck again the temperature around them plummeted—the summer heat that had been a touch stifling a moment before plunged in an instant to below freezing! (To be continued)