Originated from mountains and seas, life never ends

Yun Qi sat in the corner, looking at him worriedly.

Qin Xiao stood where he was, listening to the whispers around him. The voices kept coming, but not a single one reached his ears.

After a moment, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Who did it?"

Qin Xiao slowly raised his head and asked calmly.

The sound was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly.

No one answered.

"…….Oh."

Qin Xiao chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm in the corner of his eyes.

"You dare to do it but not take the responsibility. You thought you were some kind of "messenger of justice" who dared to say no to evil. How clear-headed and righteous you are... Hehe."

The corner of his mouth raised in a sarcastic arc.

"Turns out he's a coward who can't even stand in front of me."

"I think I am so right and brave, but in fact I am just a fool who is only interested in myself."

"What did you say?!!"

Sure enough, before he could finish his words, a boy stood up suddenly and glared at him.

"Can you say that again?!"

"What if I say it three hundred times?" Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "You carved the words on the table? You have an accomplice, right?"

"What do you care? I just can't stand you, so what?!" the boy said angrily, "You evil cultivator shouldn't be here in the first place!"

"Then where should I appear?"

"You evil cultivators have harmed so many people. How dare you stand here and ask questions in such a dignified manner?" The boy pointed at Qin Xiao and questioned.

"Who did I harm?" Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows.

Yao Yingxi looked at Qin Xiao's expression at the moment and suddenly shuddered, with fear in her eyes.

"That's not the point!" the boy said angrily, "You evil cultivators shouldn't have been born into this world. Why are there people who are born evil cultivators? It's disgusting!"

Qin Xiao almost laughed when he heard these non-offensive words: "But I was born, what can you do to me?"

"you--!!"

"Besides... what's the point of you doing these things?" Qin Xiao stretched out his hand and stroked the words on the table. Lightning flashed in his palm. As his palm slid across, the tabletop became charred. "It can't hurt me, and it makes you look sinister and pretentious."

"Just... like a rat in a gutter." Qin Xiao looked at him with a smile, showing a rare bit of provocation. A breeze blew past, blowing away the charred crumbs on the table, revealing the smooth surface.

Yun Qi opened his eyes wide, and he realized what Qin Xiao had done.

He…followed the depth of the engraving and used lightning to scrape the surface of the desk down and split it into ash. Both the depth and the horizontal surface were impeccable and perfect. Such delicate operation…

He can't.

Yun Qi looked at the leisurely young man in front of him in shock, feeling very complicated.

The boy who had been arguing with him was furious when he heard what Qin Xiao said. He stepped forward to fight with him, but was stopped by someone nearby.

"The teacher is coming soon, don't fight..."

The person next to him advised.

"What did you scold me for? Say it again!" The boy ignored her and was so angry that he said, "Qin Xiao!"

"I'm just telling the truth. You don't dare to go to the duel and have a life-and-death battle." Qin Xiao patted the remaining ashes boredly and sneered.

The boy was stunned when he heard his words.

When the person next to him heard this, his face turned pale and he looked at him anxiously.

"Don't...don't be impulsive! That's a duel! A fight to the death!"

"Yeah, anyway..."

"Aren't you trying to punish evil and promote good? You don't even have this little courage. You just do little tricks all day long and you think you are so great... Heh." Qin Xiao raised his eyebrows, and his smile had a rare evil look.

"I dare to bet my life with you, do you dare?"

Qin Xiao smiled and said, "No matter how many of you there are, I dare to take it, and I will fight you all at the same time. Do you... dare?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the classroom fell silent.

Everyone knows what Qin Xiao meant: no matter how many people are on the opposite side, he dares to take it on alone, a life-and-death battle.

In other words, even if dozens of boys gathered to challenge him, he would dare to accept it.

So... does he dare?

Facing Qin Xiao's half-smiley eyes, the boy felt a surge of anger in his heart, and his forehead was burning with smoke: "Of course I——"

"don't want!!!"

A scream interrupted his words. Yao Yingxi looked at the boy in horror, as if she had seen something horrible.

For a moment, everyone's eyes were focused on her. Yao Yingxi met Qin Xiao's gaze, shuddered violently, and her face turned pale.

Qin Xiao narrowed his eyes slightly.

He...should have seen her.

Although he forgot.

But her expression, reaction, body language... everything revealed that she had met him and was deeply impressed.

"Yes...I'm sorry..."

Yao Yingxi looked into Qin Xiao's sharp eyes, trembling with fear, and was a little at a loss.

Qin Xiao slowly moved his eyes away and looked at the boy again: "You——"

The boy came back to his senses, met Qin Xiao's slightly teasing eyes, and became angry: "Of course I dare--"

"enough."

A cold voice suddenly sounded, a cold wind blew, and the temperature in the room dropped suddenly.

Qin Xiao looked over. Qi Yulang walked in with a cold expression and looked straight at him: "Qin Xiao, get out."

Qin Xiao paused, wanting to say something.

"100 laps."

Qi Yulang looked at him coldly, his icy and sharp eyes made people dare not look directly at him.

Qin Xiao immediately understood what he meant.

He saw it.

Qin Xiao frowned, did not refute, stood up and walked out.

"Teacher, I--" the boy stood up and tried to explain.

"You go too, Lin Xiheng." Qi Yulang didn't even look at him, "90 laps."

"Why?" Another boy stood up, "Teacher, he——"

"It was originally only going to take 30 laps." Qi Yulang looked at him coldly, "But since his companions don't dare to stand up, let's just put the blame on him."

"That's not the case, teacher, we——"

"I understand." Lin Xiheng nodded, and walked out regardless of the boy's dissuasion, "I will finish it."

After the two of them disappeared, Qi Yulang turned his head and looked at the boy who was still standing there. The boy looked unwilling and dissatisfied.

"You are so loyal, but what were you doing during the confrontation just now?"

Qi Yulang spoke calmly. Seeing that the boy was speechless, he turned his head and knocked on the desk: "Class begins."

Lin Xiheng walked onto the playground, thinking that Qin Xiao would continue to say something, but he didn't even look at him and just kept running.

Lin Xiheng was angry and tried to catch up with him, but found that he was getting farther and farther away from him.

In the end, I regretted my heroic and childish behavior.

I should have let them run away...

Lin Xiheng was sweating profusely and thinking weakly.

Qin Xiao's depression was reduced a lot as he ran round and round, and by the time he finished, his mood had returned to calm.

"wait wait wait……"

After finishing all the laps, Qin Xiao wanted to leave, but he heard a weak voice behind him.

Qin Xiao tilted his head slightly and looked at him expressionlessly.

Lin Xiheng panted heavily, walked to Qin Xiao with trembling steps, and said: "If you... are dissatisfied, just go to me, don't..."

At this time, Qin Xiao's murderous intent had faded. He lost interest in his boring words and had no intention of provoking him to the duel again. He turned and left.

"Wait for you--"

Lin Xiheng seemed to say something again. Qin Xiao didn't care and walked towards the dormitory without looking back.

It was already late in the evening, and the crescent moon was hanging high in the sky, illuminating the ground.

Qin Xiao met the girl in the afternoon.

Yao Yingxi looked at the expressionless boy in front of her with fear, trembling uncontrollably: "I'm... I'm sorry, I, I didn't mean it, it won't happen again, I... I promise--"

"You ever met me."

Qin Xiao blocked her way and looked at her straight in the eyes: "Who are you?"

"I..." Yao Yingxi's pupils kept shrinking. She seemed to be really afraid of him. Her voice was stiff and she couldn't make a sound.

Seeing Qin Xiao frowning, Yao Yingxi was startled: "My name is Yao Yingxi! I——"

Qin Xiao was not interested in her name: "You know me."

“I…I…” Yao Yingxi was speechless for a while. Seeing that he had no intention of letting her go, she could only stammer: “In the mountains, you…may have forgotten me, 99…”

Qin Xiao's eyes moved slightly, a little surprised.

"Well, I don't have any intention of seeking revenge for that incident... Thank you for letting me go. That year in the mountains was really scary... Haha."

Yao Yingxi laughed dryly and observed his expression carefully.

Qin Xiao stared at her face, trying to recall for a long time, and finally realized: "You are... 16."

The face of the girl who followed 9 and had a bad mood all day long gradually overlapped with his. Qin Xiao's last impression of her was the fearful look in her eyes after she killed someone.

Yao Yingxi pulled the corners of her mouth and pulled out an ugly smile: "Yes...it's me."

"I was ignorant at that time. I'm sorry."

Yao Yingxi now recalled that 99 had indeed given them many chances before, which could even be considered merciful compared to the ones they encountered later. Unlike Qin Xiao, she had been hiding in the mountains for a year before leaving in a hurry, and had not been exposed to such impressive killings as that time.

After all, it was the first time she saw a murder. The bloody scene was deeply engraved in her mind. The cold and sharp eyes made her tremble just by recalling it.

In class today, she listened to his provocative guidance, wanting Lin Xiheng and the others to accept the life-and-death battle, even though those boys might think they have a chance of winning. But she knew...

they do not.

If Lin Xiheng and the others agreed, there would be no chance of survival.

At that moment, she seemed to see a poisonous snake spitting out scarlet tongue, staring coldly at the boy who was about to fall into the trap.

Her memory brought her back to that snowy night, and she screamed uncontrollably. When she came to her senses, the look in Qin Xiao's eyes was filled with endless panic.

If she ruined his plan, would he kill her? What would happen to him? He -

He suddenly came back to his senses, looked at the thoughtful boy in front of him, and hurriedly wanted to explain something.

"You shouldn't have told me." Qin Xiao was a little puzzled by her apology. "You were targeting Qiu Puryue at the time, right? I just felt that what she said was a bit too much, and it also affected innocent people. I just wanted her to apologize."

"Then...why did you kill her?"

Perhaps because she saw Qin Xiao was so calm, Yao Yingxi plucked up her courage and asked.

"Because she didn't want to." To this day, Qin Xiao still doesn't think he did anything wrong. "I remember there is a term called apology by raising one's head..."

"But that word... doesn't it mean lifting one's own head?" Yao Yingxi asked weakly.

"Really?" Qin Xiao was stunned for a moment, then waved his hand indifferently, "It doesn't matter."

When Yao Yingxi saw Qin Xiao make a move, she immediately became nervous and stared at him.

"What are you doing?!!"

There was shouting in the distance. It turned out that Lin Xiheng and others were passing by. Seeing Qin Xiao's posture, coupled with Yao Yingxi's fearful look, they had a preconceived feeling that he was bullying people.

Lin Xiheng's legs were so weak that his two brothers had to carry him. Seeing this, one of the boys let go of him without hesitation and flashed in front of Qin Xiao, blocking the two of them.

"What do you want to do to her?!" Before the boy could finish his words, his fist had already hit him.

“Wait, wait—!”

Yao Yingxi hurriedly called out to stop him. But it was too late, the fist had reached Qin Xiao, with a sharp and hot wind, and hit him in the face.

Qin Xiao dodged sideways, frowned slightly, somewhat disgusted with his behavior, put out his palm to block the fist that was coming again, twisted his wrist, and slapped him in the face.

The moment the palm touched the face, the vital energy seeped into the upper dantian and gave a solid slap.

The boy felt dazed and for a moment thought his soul had left his body. When he came to his senses, he found himself lying on the ground with a burning pain on his face.

"you--"

As soon as the boy opened his mouth, he began to retch uncontrollably.

"what have you done?!"

Lin Xiheng's surprised voice came from behind. Qin Xiao turned his head slightly, glanced at the two of them with annoyance, then looked at the dazed Yao Yingxi, turned around and left.

Yao Yingxi looked at Qin Xiao's departing back, still feeling a little unreal.

Just... let it go?

When Lin Xiheng saw Qin Xiao walking towards him, he raised his hand to defend himself, but he just walked straight past him as if he didn't see him.

Yao Yingxi blinked for a while, then let out a trembling breath.

"Are you OK?"

In an instant, he looked at the young man who was still kneeling on the ground.

"I...I'm fine--ugh!"

The boy shook his head, as if it was full of water, heavy and shaking.

"He just now...didn't he even open his attributes?"

Lin Xiheng checked the boy's condition and found nothing wrong, so he breathed a sigh of relief. Then he realized something and slowly looked at the people around him.

"More than that... I didn't even feel that he was using any Qi just now." The person next to him had a complicated expression.

"How is that possible? Ahem—" the boy raised his head in disbelief and wiped the corner of his mouth, "It was such a hard slap, I felt like my soul was almost slapped out by him!"

"He... is very strong." Yao Yingxi lowered her eyes and said softly.

"So what?" Lin Xiheng frowned, disgust in his eyes, "Evil cultivators deserve to die!"

"But we can't do anything to him." The young man next to him spread his hands.

"So what? One day, I will make him kick out of the academy." Lin Xiheng said viciously.

Yao Yingxi was hesitant to speak, looking at the other two young men who hated the boy equally, not knowing how to persuade them.

Looking at them, I always feel like I am looking at my past self.

Yao Yingxi lowered her eyes, thinking back to when she also hated the Corpse Binder and the evil cultivators. Even though she knew that her actions constituted bullying, she still followed 9 and the others to bully and tease the Corpse Binder.

Now thinking about it, she was lucky. If it was someone else, she would not be alive today.

Qin Xiao had no idea of ​​the determination of Lin Xiheng and the others. Looking at his dirty bedding again, the veins on his forehead showed signs of rage.

"Yeah, I'm sorry... I couldn't stop them."

Yun Qi looked at him timidly, feeling a little worried.

"You...are still going to use mine? I'll have an extra set anyway." Yun Qi asked tentatively.

Qin Xiao said nothing, glanced at the remaining empty bed, and took a cold shower in silence to suppress his anger.

"Thank you." Qin Xiao calmed down, took the quilt and thanked Yun Qi.

"fine."

Yun Qi smiled.

Qin Xiao glanced at his thin shoulders and thought for a moment: "I'll treat you to dinner tomorrow."