"Heh..I won't do half ass job. Don't worry." Le Fangling gave a light chuckle as she replied to the system.

She was just complimenting the beauty she saw and she had not forgotten about her main aim here.

'Let's get ready..' She readied herself for the incoming attack that was about to come from An Cheng.

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"Thousands scattering leaves in the autumn desert!" An Cheng made a clean cut in the air with a swift slash of her sword.

It was not even a second before Le Fangling felt as if she was being cut by thousands of sharp blades. The wind was strong enough to make her feel like she was in a whirlwind of sharp needles.

'So this is the power of someone of high cultivation base huh?' Le Fangling thought while she continued to endure the ant bite like pain that assaulted her body even under her defense of skill.

She could feel her spiritual energy draining from her making her realize that the system used her spiritual energy to activate the skills.

"....", And I thought it was free..sheesh. Le Fangling lamented about the fact that she was being used as power bank for the system.

"Nothing comes for free..No wonder." She commented while she also utilized her very own condensed purple aura around her since she knew her skills alone won't be enough to protect her from the injury.

She did not know how she even learnt to use it, but she instinctively manipulated the purple energy to take the form of a barrier and shrouded her body by it.

It was not easy and what she did was not perfect but she basically understood how to control it.

It was a few seconds before the storm of the sharp winds finally cleared off from around her leaving her panting and breathing heavily.

She felt weak on her knee and immediately knelt on the ground while she tried to support herself by placing her palm on the ground.

'Looks like I avoided internal injuries...pheww.' Le Fangling breathed a sigh of relief but she knew she had once again got various cuts and external injury on her body.

Most importantly, her dress was once again torn in to pieces and shreds here and there.

'Uh oh..I did pay a hefty price for this.' Le Fangling complained but she did not regret facing off against An Cheng even though she was no match for her.

What she tasted, experienced and learnt by this was more than enough to overshadow the pain of defeat.

She heard the sound of feet landing on the ground a few meters in front of her and saw that An Cheng was descending down.

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"Ack..W-what.." An Cheng gave a yell when the ground where she was supposed to land on suddenly gave in, making her lose her balance and fall flat on her butt.

"What? Why is there a hole in here?" An Cheng looked at the place she had stepped on and saw a small hole that had been dug out.

Looking closely she realized it was a hole made by some animals.

"..."

"Pfftt..That was an epic fall." Le Fangling trembled slightly as she stood up from the ground and walked towards An Cheng who was still lying on the ground.

"You.." An Chneg immediately got on guard when she heard Le Fangling speak and prepared herself. "What are you laughing at?" An Cheng asked with a little flushed face. She was a tad bit embarrassed for falling down so miserably.

"Wait..chill out girl...I mean senior sister." Le Fangling who was giving a carefree look and smile suddenly changed her tone to a more polite one and bowed in front of An Cheng.historical

"...", An Cheng was speechless and did not know what to make of this sudden transition in character and manner.

"Here.." Le Fangling extended her hand towards An Cheng and offered her a hand to get up.

"You.." An Cheng felt as if this girl was planning to do something else so she was hesitant to give her hands to Le Fangling.

"I meant no harm, senior sister." Le Fangling crouched down on the ground right beside her and gave her a harmless look.

"I was a little angry because they made a fool out of me." Le Fangling gave an expression which made her look like the victim here which she was without doubt.

Her eyes which were somehow filled with killing intent before was now full of bright stars and looked crystal clear and when combined with her baby fats on her cheek, she looked absolutely adorable to the point An Cheng had the urge to take a bite of it.

"Ahemm.." An Cheng let out a small cough and swatted away the hands that were offered to her. Supporting herself with her hand and elbow she stood up from the ground and patted off the dirt in her dress.

"Oh well.." Le Fangling was not offended or anything but following her suite she also dusted off her dress only to realize it too had cuts from the tiny wind blades.

"Now how should I explain this thing to the senior sister?' Le Fangling contemplated on this matter. She knew what she did was abnormal and had surely caught An Cheng's attention.

And she was not wrong.

"Hey, what was that about..Goshh!!" An Cheng turned around to look at Le Fangling but that was when she noticed that the girl had gotten injured because of the unperfected technique she used. Right at the moment, the warning of Elder Lin came flooding inside her mind making her let out a gasp.

'What have I done?' She gasped when she realized she could have severely injured her with her attack if the junior disciple had not defended herself against her.

"You.." She took a sharp turn and looked at Le Fangling.

"Me?" Le Fangling pointed at herself in confusion. An Cheng did not speak anything more and caught Le Fangling on her wrist and by that she literally caught her by surprise.

"Come with me before we head to Elder Lin.." Without even hearing her answer, An Cheng dragged away Le Fangling with her towards her quarter.