NFBE Chapter 376: How could someone call me 'kind'?
Chapter 376: How could someone call me 'kind'?
Ling Sisi shook her head frantically: "How could that be? You're definitely not that kind of person. You're the domain lord of our Endless Domain! How could you be a sucker! Hehehe..." She laughed awkwardly.
"Is that so? Then your purpose in coming to see me is invalid."
Feng Jiutian stared at Ling Sisi with a deep gaze and expressionless face. He then reminded Ling Sisi, "You'd better tell me your purpose, otherwise you'll not only have to attend the Alchemy Conference, but you'll also have to endure the punishments of the Endless Realm."
"My……"
Sisi's face flushed red, and she deflated under Feng Jiutian's increasingly cold gaze: "Okay, I'll tell you the truth. It's true that my brother needs the third-place prize from the alchemy competition as a medicinal ingredient..."
With her head bowed, her voice held a hint of pleading: "Lord of the Domain, I was rude before, please save my brother!"
She had met Ling Sisi's brother, Feng Jiutian, once before, but only from a distance. She was choosing Ling Yuan's successor. Although she could just pick any collateral bloodline of the Ling family to carry on the family line, she couldn't be too reckless.
Feng Jiutian still needs to examine the candidates. At least their character must be up to standard. It doesn't matter if their aptitude is a little lacking. If their cultivation deepens in the future, Feng Jiutian will return this Endless Domain to the Ling family.
She wasn't someone who coveted power and wealth. Borrowing the power of the Endless Realm for a period of time was enough. Once she had settled everything, those things that never belonged to her would naturally be returned.
Feng Jiutian didn't know much about Ling Sisi's serious injuries, but now that Ling Sisi had come to her for help, Feng Jiutian wouldn't just let it go.
"What injuries did your brother sustain?" Feng Jiutian asked. "And what reward does he require?"
Upon hearing this, Ling Sisi knew there was hope, and her eyes lit up as she quickly said, "It's the Moon-Closing Grass! Brother's fire poison needs the Moon-Closing Grass as a medicinal ingredient. The old injuries on Brother's body flared up three days ago, which is why I didn't come to see you immediately..."
Fire poison?
Feng Jiutian's eyes deepened, and his expression changed. He asked in a deep voice, "Was it Ling Yang who poisoned you?"
“I’m not sure, but it’s 80 or 90 percent likely that he did it. A few years ago, he took my brother out, and when he came back, he had burns on his body. And those weren’t ordinary fires. I went to great lengths to find a doctor outside to treat my brother’s injuries.”
Feng Jiutian finally understood what Ling Sisi meant, and he also became somewhat familiar with the Moon-Closing Grass.
She had spent a fortune to acquire the Moon-Closing Grass at the auction house in Yuancheng, and promised Yaoji that she would save two pills made from the Moon-Closing Grass for her in the future.
Now that she has given the Moon-Closing Grass to Qi Mo, Qi Mo has already used it up in the secret realm. Feng Jiutian thought it would take some time to find the Moon-Closing Grass, but unexpectedly it came at just the right time!
"I'll go get the Moon-Closing Grass for you. How much longer can your brother hold on with his injuries?"
"Two days!"
Ling Sisi hurriedly replied to Feng Jiutian: "The fire poison has become increasingly agitated these past two days, and it can only be suppressed for two more days, unless there is some cold-natured spiritual medicine to replace it..."
"Take this."
Without saying a word, Feng Jiutian took out a cold-natured spiritual fruit that she had previously plundered from the Void Spirit Cauldron. She had hidden too many rare and precious spiritual fruits and medicines in the Void Spirit Cauldron, and she could easily find a pile of cold-natured spiritual fruits, so taking out just one was not a difficult task for her.
Feng Jiutian specifically chose spiritual fruits that wouldn't cause too much harm to the human body, but only to suppress the fire poison in Sisi's brother's body...
"I can only restrain myself for ten days. I will obtain the Moon-Closing Grass within these ten days."
"Thank you, Domain Lord!"
Overjoyed, Sisi hugged the spirit fruit to her chest, murmuring, "If my brother knew that the Domain Lord was such a kind person, he would be so happy too..."
She then went on and on about many things, but Feng Jiutian couldn't hear them clearly. She was somewhat dazed, thinking about the two words Ling Sisi had said: 'kindness'.
Is she kind?
Feng Jiutian found it somewhat amusing. If it were a matter of seriousness, Feng Jiutian would never be considered kind. She was never one to be soft-hearted; she could turn around and discard someone without considering anyone's feelings.
And now, people are calling her 'kind'?
This was undoubtedly new to Feng Jiutian. So many years had passed, and none of the things she had done could be considered kind. On the contrary, Sisi was very naive, seeing only black and white, unable to see even some dark places.
It is a miracle that Ling Sisi is still alive, and of course, it cannot be ruled out that Ling Yang is deliberately protecting her because of his affection for her.
In Feng Jiutian's eyes, 'kindness' is just foolishness. Almost all kind people have a bad ending. Don't say things like 'justice will never be absent, it's just sometimes late'.
Sometimes reasoning cannot make a person completely obedient; appropriate violence can make people more 'reasonable' and can also solve problems more effectively.
Unfortunately, there are so many fools in the world who limit their actions with kindness, constantly telling themselves that this won't work, that won't work, this should be helped, that should be helped.
Justice? Kindness?
These words have never been associated with Feng Jiutian. Perhaps what she did was from Ling Sisi's perspective, which is why Ling Sisi is grateful. But what if one day she did something that made Ling Sisi feel disgusted?
Feng Jiutian curled her lips into a chilling smile. She said nothing, only glanced at Ling Sisi, offered no explanation, and simply asked—
Where is the alchemy competition held?
Ling Sisi stared blankly at the smile on Feng Jiutian's face, a chill running down her spine.
She didn't know how she told Feng Jiutian the location of the alchemy competition, nor how she bid farewell to Feng Jiutian and returned to her own courtyard.
In a daze, she stewed the spiritual fruit that Feng Jiutian had given her into a soup and brought it into the house.
Until a familiar voice rang in my ears—
"Sisi? Sisi? What's wrong, Sisi?"
Ling Bai called out three times before he saw Ling Sisi tremble, then turn her gaze to him as if she wanted to say something. Finally, she frowned and whispered, "Brother, I'm fine..."
"You've been like a lost soul since you came back today; you can't hear me no matter how I call you."
Ling Bai ate the spirit fruit that had been boiled into soup, his expression showing no emotion, and asked again, "Is it because of this spirit fruit?"
"No, brother, don't think nonsense. Just focus on getting better. The Domain Lord said he will save you."
Ling Sisi inadvertently recalled Feng Jiutian's expression, and felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave. Perhaps the Domain Lord was not a kind person after all?
But regardless of whether it is true or not, as long as she saved her brother, she is a great benefactor to Sisi!