After treating the woman’s myriad of wounds, Chen Hai picked up the low-tier vestment robe and covered her with it again.
As for the palace dress that was tattered beyond recognition and had turned into mere strips of cloth, it was removed from her body and casually thrown by Chen Hai into a corner of the cave.
No Storage Device seemed to be found on the woman.
Apart from the tattered palace dress, the only thing Chen Hai found on her body was a jade token, still in perfect condition, no bigger than a fingertip.
On one side of the jade token were ancient and mysterious patterns, while the other side bore just two characters—Yu Ji.
"Is this her Identity Token? Then does that mean her name is Yu Ji?"
"Her name sounds quite fitting, matching with her ice-clear jade bones, albeit barely."
Picking up the jade token, Chen Hai examined it thoroughly.
After confirming that this object wasn’t a powerful Magic Treasure, he carefully placed the jade token beside the unconscious woman.
He felt uneasy just leaving , allowing the woman to remain unconscious in the cave.
Moreover, having helped this woman so significantly, almost saving her life without receiving any reward, he felt somewhat unwilling.
Once the woman awoke, she should offer one or two Spiritual Treasures to repay him for saving her life.
This was the minor goal Chen Hai set for himself; while he wasn’t a greedy person, he had expended much, even using up the last bottle of Moutai in his Storage Bag on the woman.
For aiding this possibly named Yu Ji woman so significantly, he certainly couldn’t just walk away without any form of compensation.
With such thoughts in mind, Chen Hai sat down beside the woman.
This small cave was hidden deep underground, its interior profoundly cold. Chen Hai himself didn’t mind, but he worried about the extremely weak woman enduring the chill of the cave.
Kind-hearted as he was, he lit a campfire near the woman.
Compared to young men easily swayed by their youthful vigor, Chen Hai, who wasn’t young and had more life experience, was more understanding and steady in his actions.
He didn’t want anyone else to know about the Supreme Treasure, Golden Jiao Scissors, falling into his hands before he fully refined it.
Considering the woman could wake from her unconscious state at any time, Chen Hai didn’t take out the object but kept it sealed inside the Void Space of the Eye of Greed.
Within this Void Space created by Divine Skills, the pervasive wisps of white mist were slowly seeping into the Golden Jiao Scissors.
These mists seemed to contain some special properties. As the mist infiltrated the Golden Jiao Scissors, Chen Hai faintly felt the artifact’s resistance toward him slowly fading.
After undergoing the baptism of the white mist, the object seemed to be gradually accepting him. This update ıs available on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✦𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✦𝓷𝓮𝓽
Of course, such a change definitely wasn’t immediate but was slowly happening, as unnoticeable as boiling a frog in warm water.
"If this white mist’s erosion can truly eliminate the resistance of the Golden Jiao Scissors and make it obediently surrender to me for my usage, that indeed would be a good thing."
"I just don’t know how much time it will take. How long will it take for the white mist in the Void Space to completely erode the Golden Jiao Scissors and make it obedient?"
Sitting cross-legged on the ground, while refining the Pure Essence Qi within his body, Chen Hai pondered silently.
Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, several two-hour periods had elapsed.
"Hmm..." A soft moan escaped, and the woman’s eyebrows twitched.
Having been unconscious for so long, her tightly shut eyes finally slowly opened.
"Are you awake?" Chen Hai, who had already refined most of Zong Sheng’s Essence Qi, immediately noticed the woman’s abnormality. Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he stood up, smiled at the woman, and asked.
"Where is this? Are we still in the subterranean cave?"
"Is it you? Why are you still here?" Although the woman’s eyes were open, they still looked somewhat hazy.
Struggling, she glanced around, and her gaze finally settled on Chen Hai.
Seemingly trying to make herself more alert, the woman lightly shook her head. The next moment, feeling a coolness on her body, her complexion changed dramatically.
"Where are my clothes? You beast, what have you done to me?"
Although she was covered with a vestment robe, underneath she was completely bare, not a thread in sight. Feeling all this, the woman’s heart was instantly filled with shame and anger.
Considering herself, Lady Yuji, what kind of person was she? Across all of Primordial Land, she could certainly be described as renowned.
Even Daluo Golden Immortals trembled before her, not daring to speak loudly for fear of displeasing her and being casually crushed by her.
This time, she had been tricked by Emperor Xuanguang and trapped in the Twenty-Eight Star Constellation Formation. If it were not for her quake effort to escape swiftly, she would have nearly capsized in the drain and lost her life there.
With her injuries being too severe, escaping all the way back to the Demon Palace? That was utterly unrealistic.
After all, with only a bit of her strength remaining, any slightly powerful Immortal from the Heavenly Mansion could easily take her life if she were discovered.
Who knew how many powerful beings from the Heavenly Mansion might be waiting to ambush her on her escape route to the Demon Palace?
Breaking through the Twenty-Eight Star Constellation Formation and escaping into the Void Space, she actually came right back at the first opportunity.
Using the last bit of her strength, she directly entered a deep mine within the territory of the Heavenly Mansion and found this cave as a temporary refuge.
The reason was simple because, often, the most dangerous places, being under the lamp’s shadow, could be the safest.
Yet, who would have thought that while Lady Yuji was well-hidden here, Chen Hai would suddenly enter?
A mere Little Heavenly Immortal, audacious to the extreme, even daring to strip her clean...
Blinded by utmost fury, she raised her arm and slapped towards Chen Hai’s face.
Unfortunately, with severe injuries and barely having recovered from unconsciousness, her hand barely made it halfway before she could not control it, coughing up several mouthfuls of fresh blood.
Chen Hai merely swayed his body and easily dodged her palm.
Following that, he reached out with a big hand and caught Lady Yuji’s weak palm in his own.
If she had still been intact, with just a wave of her hand, she could have slain one with Chen Hai’s level of strength instantly.
However, now that Chen Hai held her wrist, even pulling her own arm back seemed a luxury.
"Miss, you know the state your injuries are in," he said.
"Your clothes were already torn to pieces, merely some strips of fabric merged with the bloodied flesh of your wounds. I removed them solely to facilitate the application of medicinal herbs."
"I kindly saved you, dressed your wounds, and fed you Healing Pills. My kindness is not something you can take for granted."
"Saving a life is a great karma. It’d be another thing if you remained ungrateful, but to attack me upon waking up?"
"Tell me, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?"
With a darkened expression, Chen Hai snorted lightly and rebuked.