Chapter 872: Chapter 872

Linghu Qianjiao and Linghu Baimei exchanged glances, a foreboding feeling rising in their hearts.

The two sisters had joined hands to kidnap Ye Xing, their master’s most hated enemy, from Lingnan, and had brought him back to the Polar Ice Palace, intending to hand him over to their master, hoping to lighten her mood and check on her illness before returning to Yanjing in Huaxia to request Fang Bai to treat their master’s injuries and sickness.

What the sisters did not expect was that bringing Ye Xing back would excite their master to such an extent.

Although their master had occasionally coughed up blood before, it was always in small amounts; this time, however, she coughed up a large mouthful, and her overall condition seemed greatly altered from usual, which alarmed them. It seemed that kidnapping Ye Xing, far from improving their master’s mood, had actually harmed her.

Although Linghu Baimei had killed many people and could be considered ruthless, she was extremely filial to the master who had raised her, taught her martial arts, and treated her like a daughter. Seeing her master coughing up a lot of fresh blood, and thinking it was caused by Ye Xing’s provocation, she said tearfully and angrily, "Master, I will go and kill Ye Xing for you right now!"

As she spoke, she turned around and strode toward Ye Xing, killing Qi emanating all around her.

Monitoring the situation in the hall with his Divine Sense, Fang Bai tensed up, worried that Linghu Baimei might truly harm Ye Xing. He immediately withdrew his Divine Sense, circulated his Wind Essence Qi, and using the power of the wind from nature, he leapt towards the opposite bank of the ice stream.

His form was like a swallow. He traced a white arc in the sky and in the blink of an eye, he landed on the ground across the bank, then touched the ground with the tip of his toe and dashed towards the Polar Ice Palace.

Fearing he might be too late, Fang Bai had called out before he even arrived.

Upon hearing Fang Bai’s voice, the two Linghu sisters in the hall were both shocked and pleased. Linghu Qianjiao immediately got up, and Linghu Baimei also stopped in her tracks, the killing Qi around her instantly vanishing.

The other members of the "Wrathful Beauties" looked at each other, their faces showing shock.

The Polar Ice Palace, isolated by the Nine Bends Soul Loss Formation and blocked by a deep, wide ice stream over thirty feet across, had seen only them freely coming and going for twenty years; no outsider had ever found and entered it. It was thought-provoking that now, not only had an outsider come, but he had also reached near the Ice Palace.

Fortunately, judging by the expressions and demeanor of the Linghu sisters, the visitor seemed to be a friend; if it had been an enemy, it would have been terrifying.

Ye Xing, who had been kidnapped and thrown into a corner, initially at death’s door, felt a slight glimmer of hope rekindled in his heart, which had been filled with despair, when he heard Fang Bai’s voice.

Dozens of eyes simultaneously turned toward the wide-open grand hall doors, when suddenly, a white figure, like an arrow shot swiftly, appeared in front of everyone.

After the figure halted, the members of "Wrathful Beauties" realized that he was a young man in his early twenties, dressed in a white casual shirt, with a graceful and handsome appearance.

Seeing that Ye Xing was unharmed, Fang Bai let out a sigh of relief and smiled at the approaching Linghu sisters, "Qian Jiao, Baimei, you’ve made it hard for me to find you!"

"Fang Bai... no, I should call you Instructor Fang!"

Linghu Baimei originally planned to kill Ye Xing, but when she saw Fang Bai arriving, she immediately turned around to face him, unable to hide her joy, as she asked, "Instructor Fang, how did you come to be here? How did you find our ’Polar Ice Palace’?"

Fang Bai said, "You mentioned before that the ’Polar Ice Palace’ is near Mount Vinson on the Antarctica Continent, so I simply searched all the way here. Fortunately, as soon as I reached Mount Vinson, I saw those four sisters returning from outside, so I followed them here. Having those four sisters lead the way saved me quite a bit of trouble!"

The four members of the "Wrathful Beauties" who had recently returned to the Polar Ice Palace couldn’t help but show embarrassment. They thought that although Fang Bai had managed to get through the ’Nine Bends Soul Loss Formation’ and a ice chasm over thirty feet wide, proving his great strength, it was also largely due to their unintentional "guidance." Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been so easy for him to locate the ’Polar Ice Palace.’

Fortunately, Fang Bai was a friend rather than a foe; otherwise, if he had infiltrated the Polar Ice Palace to cause destruction, they would have been the greatest sinners of the "Wrathful Beauties."

"We were negligent. Please, Right and Left Saintess, punish us!"

The four "Wrathful Beauties" members, pale-faced, knelt before Linghu Qianjiao and Linghu Baimei, their voices trembling.

Although the founder of "Wrathful Beauties," Ms. Linghu, was still alive, after she deviated in her cultivation and lost her strength, the Linghu sisters essentially took over the control of the organization, and all "Wrathful Beauties" members had to obey their commands.

Linghu Qianjiao was alright, gentle and kind-hearted, but Linghu Baimei was decisive in killing, which made her the most feared among the members of "Wrathful Beauties."

Being tracked without awareness and thereby exposing the location of the Polar Ice Palace, although the tracker was a friend of the Linghu sisters and caused no real harm, for the "Wrathful Beauties" members, this was a grave oversight and an unforgivable mistake. According to the rules set by Linghu Baimei, the punishment could be as light as stripping them of their martial arts, or as severe as executing them on the spot.

"Baimei, for such a minor issue, there’s no need to punish them, right?"

Seeing that the four "Wrathful Beauties" members were terribly frightened, Fang Bai couldn’t bear it and thus pleaded on their behalf to Linghu Baimei, adding, "Besides, even if it were you two sisters I wanted to track, you wouldn’t notice me either! Do you believe that?"

Linghu Baimei smiled and said, "Instructor Fang, your cultivation is profound and in harmony with the natural order, like a celestial being. How could I not believe what you say?"

After a pause, she glanced at the four kneeling subordinates, and with a wave of her hand, said, "Since Mr. Fang has pleaded for you, I will spare you this time. But... let this not happen again!"

"Thank you, Right Saintess! Thank you, Mr. Fang!"

The four "Wrathful Beauties" members, knowing they had escaped a disaster solely because of Fang Bai’s intercession, were filled with gratitude towards him and bowed deeply to him before stepping aside.

"Baimei, who is this Mr. Fang, a Master?"

Ms. Linghu, who was in the throes of reawakening, sitting on the bed with a sharp gleam in her eyes, stared at Fang Bai and asked.

Linghu Qianjiao explained, "Master, Mr. Fang is an instructor from the ’Dragon Guard’ of Huaxia! And I... my sister and I... have also joined the ’Dragon Guard’..."

On hearing this, Ms. Linghu was taken aback, clearly not expecting her two most beloved disciples had already become members of the "Dragon Guard."