Free Web NovelMaster left for the Scripture Pavilion in a hurry, not even eating breakfast.
She said she was going to review knowledge related to the Inner Breath Realm.
Noon.
Wisps of cooking smoke rose from the Autumn Water Pavilion.
"No movement all morning."
"Did something really happen to Ice Cube?"
"Or was it because of yesterday's competition...?"
Li Mo's mind replayed the scene from yesterday, when he tackled Ice Cube to the ground.
After all, she was a woman, and it happened in front of everyone.
Was she perhaps too embarrassed to see him?
"That's probably not it... right?"
Li Mo felt that Ying Bing was not that kind of person.
After much thought, he still decided to go upstairs and check.
Carrying the cooked dishes, he went upstairs, and the wooden door was knocked loudly.
No movement.
Li Mo blinked and pushed the door open with some force, making a creaking sound.
As soon as Xiao Li entered, he froze.
The room was like a freezer.
On the cracked bed, where one would normally sleep, there was a large block of ice.
Inside the ice block was a young woman, with her knees hugged to her chest, her life unknown.
It was Ying Bing.
Truly, an Ice Cube.
Li Mo: "!"
No, how did you manage to seal yourself in ice?
There wasn't that much water in the room!
It was very unscientific.
Thump thump thump—
"Ice Cube."
"Ice Cube?"
Li Mo knocked on the ice block, calling out twice with no response. He didn't care if it was reasonable or not, and prepared to smash the ice block open.
Whoosh—
But halfway through extending his fist, he stopped himself.
This faintly blue ice was clearly not formed from ordinary water vapor; it was incredibly solid.
Who knew if Ice Cube would become brittle along with the ice block if it shattered?
"Oh, right, Inner Breath!"
Li Mo suddenly remembered that he was already a martial artist in the Inner Breath Condensation Realm.
He reached out and channeled a few wisps of Inner Breath into the ice block.
Swish swish—
Under his control, the Inner Breath was like a precise carving knife, slowly eroding the solid ice. frёeweɓηovel.coɱ
The speed was not fast.
.......
Half an hour later.
Ice Cube was finally 'rescued'.
Her eyes were tightly shut, her eyebrows furrowed, as if she was having a nightmare, but thankfully, her breathing was steady.
Just as Xiao Li was hesitating about whether he had done more harm than good.
Ying Bing's eyelashes twitched slightly.
"You..."
Li Mo wanted to ask her how she was, but the words got stuck in his throat.
What complex eyes they were.
He had never seen Ice Cube show such an expression towards anything.
The former Ying Bing was always indifferent and aloof, as if nothing could easily touch her heart.
She always seemed to be confident and clearly knew what she was doing.
But now, Li Mo saw in her eyes...
Confusion?
Complexity?
"Were you... intentional yesterday?"
After a long time, Ying Bing's faint voice came.
During the competition, Li Mo clearly did not show strength exceeding hers.
That could only mean he was hiding his true abilities.
Ying Bing herself had once had the experience of hiding her strength.
Li Mo: "!"
Sure enough, she was still dwelling on yesterday's events?
And she even 'isolated' herself because of it?
Something was off!
Was this still Ice Cube? Why was she so strange today?
"Sorry."
Li Mo smiled awkwardly.
Ying Bing lowered her eyes.
He admitted it.
He had indeed held back during their competition. freёwebnoѵel.com
Ying Bing's breathing quickened slightly.
"Why?"
"....."
Xiao Li was silenced by the question.
He had just done it accidentally, there was no 'why'.
If he had to find a reason...
"Because of the hammer."
Li Mo took out the starry pestle from his sleeve.
"Panjie Meteor Hammer?"
Ying Bing blurted out.
A Divine Weapon?
No... it was just similar in appearance, a mere shell, without the divine aura.
This was just a Mystic Weapon, a replica.
Li Mo: "!"
How did Ice Cube know?
That day on Shenbing Peak, hadn't they agreed that this matter must not be known by a fourth person?
Could it be... Master?
Thinking of Shang Wu, Xiao Li immediately understood.
It must have been Master who accidentally revealed something when she was drunk that day.
Li Mo sighed and said:
"The Panjie Meteor Hammer is indeed with me. Please don't tell anyone else."
"I had no choice but to use it, and I hope you don't mind..."
Anyway, Ice Cube wasn't an outsider, so it ◈ Nоvеlіgһт ◈ (Continue reading) was fine if she knew.
"Had no choice..."
Ying Bing pondered, her eyes flickering, as if a mist in her heart had dispersed.
She seemed to understand.
The commotion in Shenfeng Cave that day was because the Panjie Meteor Hammer had found its Master.
That Master was Li Mo.
A Divine Weapon, of course, could not be easily displayed to others.
"You... can you activate a Divine Weapon?"
Ying Bing asked seriously.
"Barely."
"Unless it's a matter of life and death, then forget it."
Li Mo spread his hands helplessly.
When he was at the Great Perfection of the Qi Blood Realm, he could at most imbue it with a breath of the World Seed's power. If he sustained it a little longer, he would be exhausted and even injured.
"No wonder... no wonder..."
Ying Bing understood.
The System ranked based on combat power.
The combat power here did not include external objects.
For example, if someone possessed a powerful hidden weapon that was used once and then gone, that hidden weapon could not be counted as part of their own combat power.
Li Mo was the Master of a Divine Weapon, and he could barely activate it.
Naturally, the Divine Weapon was counted as part of his combat power.
The might of a Divine Weapon...
Ying Bing recalled the scene from her previous life when Shang Wu activated the Panjie Meteor Hammer; with one strike, mountains collapsed, as if a meteor had fallen from the sky.
That kind of power was beyond human capability.
Could she withstand it?
The answer was definitely no.
No matter how invincible she was at the same Realm, or how she could fight above her Realm, she could not withstand the might of a Divine Weapon in the Inner Breath Realm.
But... activating a Divine Weapon in the Qi Blood Realm?
Didn't that sound like a fantasy?
She didn't understand how he did it.
But... this act was tantamount to exploiting a loophole in the System.
As long as she couldn't withstand the Divine Weapon for a day, she would be suppressed by Li Mo for a day.
"Since everything's out in the open, it's fine now. Let's eat, let's eat."
"Mmm... okay."
In Ying Bing's life, she had encountered many greater difficulties than this.
She wasn't afraid of difficulties; she was afraid of the unknown.
It was good to have clarified the reason.
Divine Weapons would not grow, but her Realm was improving by leaps and bounds.
In the near future, the Panjie Meteor Hammer would no longer be an obstacle to her.
Perhaps, it would be next time?
If she could get the System's reward...
【Warm reminder: Today is the first day of the Loser's Punishment.】
【Please, Host, strictly carry out the punishment items.】
For the first time, Ying Bing felt that the food was tasteless.
That unfamiliar feeling in her heart surged again, lingering and impossible to shake off.
Sleeping in the same bed... for a month...
