Phoniex Requiem
Chapter 30: Explanation

Chapter 30: Explanation

What really happened back then?!

They had all seen the lifeless body of the tiger fall limp at Yun Ruoyan's feet, but they could not believe their eyes.

Lin Qingchen was the closest to Yun Ruoyan, and he was the first to walk to her side and examine the tiger's body. The spear was thrust into the middle of the tiger's forehead, leaving a small but deadly wound. The saber-toothed tiger was fine and completely dead.

"Sister Ruoyan, you .. actually managed to kill that sharp-faced tiger." Lin Qingchen raised her head and looked towards Yun Ruoyan, as if she could barely believe what she was seeing.

"Sister Ruoyan, you are amazing!" Lin Qingxue slowly walked over, her tone simultaneously shocked and amazed.

"How did you do it? Your cultivation is clearly the lowest of us all. ” Zhuo Yifeng examined the tiger's body and asked curiously after seeing the spear's wound.

Someone who was supposed to be weak, killing a savage beast that not all the people working together could do? It must have been a confusing and surprising feat.

If Yun Ruoyan managed to do so at her first blow, it could be attributed to coincidence, but this death blow resulted from a direct confrontation.

After all, Yun Ruoyan was only a third rank swordsman, basically the lowest rank required to call herself a cultivator. Naturally, his attacks should have been weak, so how could he defeat a seventh rank monster in a single blow?!

This question floated above everyone's heads, but the current Yun Ruoyan did not have the strength to answer it. After his death blow, the energy that enveloped him had drained away quickly, and he felt as if he was drifting, that all of his mass had vanished, followed by serious dizziness and nausea.

He looked at the three people who were talking to him, and they started to blur in front of him. There were only three, he knew, but his eyes showed seven, eight, nine indistinct figures.

His vision darkened, and his feet tripped. He reached out to the nearest figure he could see, and his body fell limp to the ground.

Zhuo Yifeng felt that something was amiss as she looked at him, and she was just about to ask if he was okay when she reached out to him.

Before he could react, he began to fall to the ground, and he hurriedly stepped forward to grab her.

"Qiu, qiu, Madam!" In his confusion, Yun Ruoyan heard Qiuqiu's worried chirp. "Qiu, qiu, Madam, get up, Madam!"

Qiuqiu's voice was very urgent, and Yun Ruoyan finally opened her eyes slowly.

“Mistress, thank God you're awake, I'm so worried!" Qiuqiu chirped as he examined Yun Ruoyan's body.

"How did I end up here?" Yun Ruoyan sat down and touched her forehead doubtfully.

“Qiu, qiu, Madam, you fainted from exhaustion after defeating the sharp-fed tiger,” Qiuqiu explained. “Mistress, based on your current cultivation level, you are still unable to use the strength of the bracelet for a long time. After you run out of energy, unless you have a core foundation pill, you could be in serious danger."

“Oh, no wonder I feel like I'm going to die.” After hearing Qiuqiu's warning, Yun Ruoyan could not help but endure the prolonged fear of what might happen. After all, for someone who had experienced rebirth like him, there was probably nothing more important to him than life itself.

“Actually, the bracelet itself should only give you strength equivalent to roughly twice your cultivation,” continued Qiuqiu. “Because you only have the cultivation of a third rank blademaster at the moment, Madam, the strength that you should be able to possess will only be the strength of a peak rank five blademaster. But when you fight a sharp-edged tiger, you borrow strength equivalent to a third rank beastmaster, far exceeding what your body is capable of defending"

Qiuqiu blamed himself for the mistake. “This is all my fault, Miss. I'm afraid you'll be intimidated for your lack of strength and remove this restriction, but it almost cost you lives"

"No, you did nothing wrong," Yun Ruoyan replied quickly. “If it wasn't for that, we might all be dead here. Qiuqiu, you did the right thing. But to avoid extending my power again, I think it would be better if you reactivate the restriction.”

If it wasn't a life-threatening affair, he definitely wouldn't want to experience those bouts of vertigo and weakness again.

But when he pondered what Qiuqiu said, that he could command twice the strength of his cultivation, Yun Ruoyan was extremely excited. Doesn't this imply that, as his cultivation grows, the strength of the bracelet will grow with him?

That bracelet is an incredible safety net.

But he still suffered from poison, and his cultivation was limited to the third rank and below. Even if he borrowed the strength of that bracelet, all he could manage was the cultivation of a peak fifth rank swordsman.

If he used all his strength, he would be able to defeat Yun Ruoyao and Pei Ziao, but he could barely do anything against someone like Pei Yingxiong.

Although the power of the Feilai Sword was just as terrifying, he knew that it was not something he could easily harness.

There were too many ruthless and greedy cultivators on the Chenyuan continent. Once they found out the Feilai Sword, it would definitely cause a bloody fight for his possession, and since it was nothing more than a little girl left behind by Yun, he would barely be able to survive.

On the other hand, the strength of the bracelet was different. Even if he were to use it, others would not be able to detect it so easily because it was related to his cultivation.

As soon as he clarified his thoughts, Yun Ruoyan focused on her most important task, restoring her bodily health.

He sat cross-legged in his pocket dimension and started circulating qi throughout his body to repair the damage caused by fatigue.

Although Qiuqiu mentioned that he had many top grade cultivation guides, Yun Ruoyan was too bad to learn them. At his current level, it was most appropriate to focus on fundamentals.

“She wakes up, she wakes up, Sister Ruoyan wakes up!”

The first thing Yun Ruoyan heard was Lin Qingxue's voice, then Lin Qingchen and Zhuo Yifeng also swarmed over her.

"What, what happened to me?" Yun Ruoyan pretended not to know anything about what had happened, her eyes staring at the three of them grimly.

"Sister Ruoyan, you killed a sharp-fanged tiger with your own strength last night, and then you fainted." As Lin Qingchen summarized the incident last night, she stretched out her hand to grab Yun Ruoyan's wrist.

After studying medicine with Lin Zainan for so long, he was a quite famous doctor in the capital in his own right.

"Sister, you've recovered very quickly." Lin Qingchen relaxed. “When you suddenly fainted, I discovered that your pulse was showing signs of pausing for a moment. It was a sign of near-fatal exhaustion, and it scared me and Qingxue to no end.”

Lin Qingchen was slightly covered, very different from Lin Qingxue, who was chatty. Anything that could shock him was indeed serious, and it made Yun Ruoyan realize once again how close she was to death.

Even Lin Qingxue was extremely quiet as she stared at Yun Ruoyan without blinking.

"What's the problem? Did I get pus out of my birthmark again?” Yun Ruoyan reached out to touch her birthmark.

"No no." Lin Qingxue quickly shook her head and opened her eyes wide. “Ruoyan, can I ask you something?”

Yun Ruoyan sighed internally. Well, finally here, how much effort would it take to explain his suddenly increased ability last night?

Before Yun Ruoyan could nod, Lin Qingxue asked quickly, “Ruoyan, how did you become so terrifying last night? As if the god of war has possessed you!”

Even now, Lin Qingxue could clearly visualize how the injured Yun Ruoyan, lying down with her, suddenly stood up as if possessed and spoke firmly, "I won't let you guys get hurt."

Yun Ruoyan at that moment exuded a terrifying strength.

“There is a secret technique that has been passed down in the Chenyuan continent that allows you to increase your cultivation quickly for short periods, but it is very damaging to your body. Do you use such a technique?" Zhuo Yifeng asked.

Yun Ruoyan was silent for a moment before quickly shaking her head. "No, of course not! That kind of technique is a double-edged sword, and I am only thirteen! How can I learn the forbidden technique?"

The forbidden technique that gained notoriety in the Chenyuan continent in the past was one that forcibly stole the cultivation of others and turned them into your own, but it was very easy to accept the reaction and was so cruel that it was set up as a forbidden technique.

Zhuo Yifeng looked at Yun Ruoyan's childish face and rejected the possibility. "Then, how do you manage it?"

Yun Ruoyan knew that she would not be able to escape this question today. Although he did not want to lie, there were some secrets that could only be buried in his heart.

For example, the fact that he had been reborn, or that he had two precious treasures on his body!

“Actually, I don't know either.” Yun Ruoyan gripped her forehead and covered her eyes, as if she was also upset and confused. In fact, he was just afraid that his eyes would betray him.

"You don't know?" The three people surrounding him exclaimed simultaneously.

"That's right!" Yun Ruoyan suddenly thought of a very good reason, and she immediately continued. “I can tell you a little secret. It was something that only Grandpa and I currently knew, so when pocket told you guys, you guys should keep it a secret!"

“What secret?” The Lin siblings were even more curious as to what secrets their grandfather would keep from them.

“You all know that I was called a cultivation genius from birth, but as time goes by, my talent diminishes quickly.”

This wasn't news to Lin's sister, but this was the first time Zhuo Yifeng had heard about this matter, and she couldn't help but frown.

“Everyone always thought that this was also a natural occurrence, and not even Grandfather could find a reason for this unusual occurrence. But not long ago, my birthmark was accidentally cut off, and only then did I realize that I had actually been poisoned.”

At this point, everyone was dumbfounded. Yun Ruoyan continued, “Grandfather told me that what I suffered was a slow-acting poison that could restrict my cultivation and destroy my appearance. He was currently trying to help make an antidote. I felt much better after his efforts, and even my talent showed signs of coming back. I think the reason I suddenly became so strong was because a talent that had long been suppressed finally flourished.”

Yun Ruoyan paused for a moment while waiting for the reaction of the crowd.

"Your talent, growing!" Lin Qingchen. "From a medical point of view, I think it's possible."

Lin Qingxue was already a loyal follower of Yun Ruoyan's lies. “Who poisoned you, sister? How wicked! We must arrest and punish the culprit!”

Yun Ruoyan sighed seeing how innocent and supple her sister was, but Madam An's face appeared in her mind.

Once he got out of the imperial territory, he really had to pay back this debt!