Chapter 58: Time to Start Plotting

I thought that after our parting at the martial arts arena, it would be quite some time before we met again, but I didn't expect us to cross paths so soon. It seems the Jade Purity Palace’s miraculous healing medicine is truly of the highest grade!

Her words were spoken with utter casualness, her tone crisp and clear, and her bright, limpid gaze held a deep sense of warmth as she looked down at Fairy Yu. Anyone unaware of the truth would have thought they were dear friends reuniting after a long separation!

Yet, upon hearing this, Fairy Yu's pretty face changed color instantly.

Who in the world did not know that she, Fairy Yu, had been heavily injured by Luo Qingyao?

By intentionally praising the healing medicine of the Jade Purity Palace, Luo Qingyao was merely beating around the bush to remind everyone of how she had severely beaten Fairy Yu.

Therefore, the moment Luo Qingyao spoke, the usually detached, serene, and unruffled fairy could not help trembling slightly. She nearly crushed her pearly white teeth, barely managing to hold back her fury and maintain her ethereal image.

Fairy Yu raised her head, her cold gaze locking onto Luo Qingyao. Beneath her eyes lay an undisguised murderous intent and rage, yet her tone was kept painstakingly calm and lofty, "Miss Luo, your Spirit-Crossing Steps are truly a remarkable treasure! Knowing that Miss Luo possesses no spiritual roots and cannot cultivate, I was always reluctant to harm you during our bout that day. Never did I expect to be preempted by your Spirit-Crossing Steps. Miss Luo, you certainly possess quite a clever scheme!"

Fairy Yu's words were undoubtedly meant to tell everyone that out of pity for Luo Qingyao being a good-for-nothing, she had continuously held back from attacking, only to be wounded because Luo Qingyao had intentionally concealed her mastery of the Spirit-Crossing Steps.

As expected, the moment Fairy Yu uttered these words, the expressions of almost everyone present shifted dramatically. The looks they cast toward Luo Qingyao were filled with boundless anger and disdain—to think she had ambushed their beloved Fairy Yu, she deserved to die!

Especially some of Fairy Yu's fervent admirers; upon hearing this, they nearly drew their swords to charge directly at Luo Qingyao and hack her into pieces!

Hearing this, Luo Qingyao rolled her eyes fiercely. Fairy Yu was truly shameless, turning white into black right in front of all these people.

Yet these fools actually believed her, which just showed the extent of their infatuation.

Lifting her gaze, she caught the provocative look sent by Fairy Yu. Then, glancing at Yun Yi, who stood with his hands behind his back suspended in mid-air, a flash of mischievous brilliance crossed her eyes, and she suddenly smiled.

This smile was truly as radiant as peach blossoms and as enchanting as spring, her bright eyes and white teeth gleaming, her playful gaze shifting gracefully, instantly captivating everyone present.

However, upon seeing her smile, Yun Yi's lips curved into a wicked smirk. He knew that his girl Yao was about to scheme against someone again!

Sure enough, Luo Qingyao swept her gaze across the surrounding crowd before speaking, "Indeed, the movement technique I used just now is none other than the long-lost peerless martial art, the Spirit-Crossing Steps!"

Her words were like dropping a bomb into the crowd, or casting a stone onto a calm, mirror-like lake, stirring endless ripples and continuous waves. Everyone present was first startled, then their eyes lit up as they stared greedily and excitedly at Luo Qingyao, clearly all plotting to get their hands on it.

Luo Qingyao seemed quite satisfied with everyone's reaction. Her smile remained radiant, and her voice was as crisp as the singing of birds, "The Spirit-Crossing Steps are divided into three realms, and for now, I have only mastered the first realm!"

Hearing this, the crowd's eyes burned even brighter. If the first realm alone was already this formidable, wouldn't mastering all of them make someone truly invincible under heaven, recreating the majestic and heroic bearing of Wan Qingshan from back in the day?

At this thought, everyone's covetous desire for the Spirit-Crossing Steps grew even fiercer, each secretly harboring the determination to obtain it at all costs.