"There's nothing here!"
"Impossible, Haozi, search more carefully!"
"I've searched thoroughly, not a single coin."
"With that demeanor and attire, he looks like a disciple of a sect. How can he be so poor?"
"Forget it, let's take this hide and the roasted meat. Sprinkle some beast-repelling powder around this brother, and let's go!"
"Sorry, brother!"
A fat and a thin man gathered their things, moved Chen Bei next to the campfire, sprinkled a circle of powder, and left with their loot.
As soon as they left, Chen Bei opened his eyes with a slight smile and got up to follow them.
"My Dominant Yang Divine Physique is immune to all poisons! This little Bewildering Immortal Powder is nothing to me! Two cultivators in the Postnatal Realm, and they even took the roasted meat?"
Chen Bei locked onto their auras in the forest and followed them from a distance.
In a cave within the dense forest, waves of cold air emanated outward.
A large bonfire illuminated the cave, but it felt devoid of warmth.
"Sister Xin, we're back!"
"Oh no, Sister Xin is having another episode!"
As soon as the two reached the cave entrance and saw the overflowing cold air, their faces changed drastically, and they rushed inside.
They found a fairy in white passed out by the fire, her body covered in frost, with ice crystals forming on her face.
The breath from her nose instantly turned into tiny frost flowers.
"Sampang, use your power to dispel the cold, I'll use acupuncture!"
"Damn it! If we had some Spirit Stones to support her, Sister Xin wouldn't relapse so quickly!"
Buzz...
The fat man lifted the fairy, his hands glowing brightly as he pressed them against her back.
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The thin man moved his hands like shadows, inserting over a hundred silver needles into the fairy's body in an instant.
"Haozi, help me ignite the spirit, I can't hold on!"
In just a few breaths, the fat man's lips turned purple, and he began to shiver.
"Alright, hold on!"
The thin man turned around to the fat man's back, inserted several needles, and pressed his palms against the fat man's back.
"Haozi, stop! If I die, so be it, but you can't get into trouble too. If something happens to you, Sister Xin will have no hope!"
"Shut up! We've come this far, if we die, we die together!"
"Shut the hell up, dying is easy, but what about our master? Ugh..."
Under the thin man's power, the fat man's aura surged, and he spat out a mouthful of cold blood, which froze upon hitting the ground.
"This... what is this? The aura of a Profound Heaven Divine Physique?
How could such a Divine Physique appear in the lower realm?
Fortunately, the Divine Physique hasn't awakened, otherwise, no number of lives could save her!"
Chen Bei entered the cave and immediately sensed the fairy's extraordinariness.
He spoke to the fat and thin men: "Hey! Can you two step aside? I can heal her!"
"Who?"
Clang...
Chen Bei's voice startled the two, who immediately stopped their actions, stood in front of the fairy, and drew their swords.
"You? Weren't you knocked out by my drug?"
"What do you want?"
"I said I can cure her cold! Brother Hao, your amateur medical skills are about to kill her!"
"What? You can heal her?"
Thud...
Without another word, the two knelt before Chen Bei.
"We brothers failed to recognize Mount Tai, we beg you to lend a hand. As long as you can heal Sister Xin, we'll do anything!"
Boom...
Chen Bei didn't say much more.
His Dominant Yang Divine Physique activated, and Fiery Yang Qi instantly filled the cave.
The cave, originally as cold as an ice cellar, quickly warmed up.
"This... this is a Pure Yang Physique..."
"Sister Xin is saved!"
The two were overjoyed as they watched Chen Bei, who seemed like a rising sun.
Buzz...
Ding ding ding ding...
Chen Bei sat behind the fairy, his palm gathering intense Fiery Yang, almost forming flames.
He pressed his palm against the fairy's back, and all the silver needles in her body were instantly ejected.
"I can only suppress her Profound Heaven Divine Physique for now! The Dominant Yang Divine Physique and this Profound Heaven Divine Physique are mutually restraining. If her Divine Physique awakens, it would be troublesome!"
Buzz...
As Fiery Yang Qi continuously infused into the fairy's body, the frost on her face began to melt.
"Mm..."
A soft moan.
The fairy's brows furrowed in pain, but her face regained some color, finally showing some reaction.
"Phew..."
Seeing the fairy's response, the fat and thin men finally breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.
***
Half an hour later, Chen Bei withdrew his hand.
The fairy finally opened her eyes. Though weak, she was safe.
"I, Jin Sanpang, thank you for your great kindness, sir!"
"I, Wu Tianhao, thank you for your great kindness, sir!"
"I, Ling Xin, thank you for saving my life, sir!"
"It was a small effort, no need for such gratitude."
Chen Bei waved his hand.
From the conversation between the fat and thin men, he roughly understood the relationship between the three, likely senior and junior siblings.
The girl's status in the sect should not be low.
However, their situation puzzled Chen Bei. With such a status, they shouldn't lack Spirit Stones.
Moreover, Jin Sanpang and Wu Tianhao's character and cultivation weren't bad, yet they resorted to robbery.
"Fairy Ling Xin, I can only temporarily suppress the Cold Profound Qi in your body. It might erupt more frequently in the future. You should return to your sect soon and ask your elders to awaken your physique!"
"Elders?"
Hearing Chen Bei's words, the three showed a look of sorrow.
"Seeing your extraordinary skills, do you have a cure for Sister Xin?"
"Well... it's not really an illness! Don't you know Fairy Ling Xin has a special physique?"
"Our master said she harbors a hidden calamity, a body of disaster."
"Uh..."
"This isn't a calamity! With a Golden Elixir stage elder to protect her, Fairy Ling Xin can fully unleash the Extreme Cold Qi in her bloodline to awaken her physique and celestial fate! She has a very powerful Spiritual Body!"
The Profound Heaven Divine Physique hasn't awakened, so it's understandable it's not recognized in this lower realm.
Chen Bei organized his words to explain the method of awakening her Profound Heaven Divine Physique as simply as possible.
"A Golden Elixir stage elder?"
The thin man smiled bitterly, looking up in grief: "All dead, they're all dead!"
Jin Sanpang glanced at Ling Xin, who nodded at him. Jin Sanpang then asked: "Seeing your extraordinary nature, may I ask which immortal sect you hail from? How do you wander in this Outer Realm?"
"I was born in Lingnan City of the Outer Realm. Now, having transcended, I wish to see the prosperity of the Nine Provinces! By the way, my name is Chen Bei!"
Chen Bei cupped his hands politely, having guessed that the three were seeking refuge in the Outer Realm.
"To find such a remarkable figure as Young Master Chen in the Outer Realm is indeed surprising."
"To be honest, our sect now has only the three of us left who escaped!"
"The Nine Provinces may not be as beautiful as you imagine, Young Master."
Ling Xin spoke with a hint of melancholy on her face.
"Brother, is there no other way to awaken Sister Xin's Spiritual Body without an elder's protection?"
Wu Tianhao, the thin man, was unwilling to accept it. If what Chen Bei said was true, their little junior sister might not last long.
"Well... there is another way..."
"What? What is it? Please, Young Master Chen, enlighten us!"
Wu Tianhao's eyes lit up at Chen Bei's hesitant words, and he quickly bowed to Chen Bei.
"It's just... dual cultivation with me."
Clang...
"Shameless scoundrel!"
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