Qin Xuan, holding Tantai Yue tightly, struggled to get up from the ground and gently placed her on the cement.
He then walked towards Jin Shikai's corpse.
Approaching and taking a closer look, Jin Shikai was as dead as one could be, with only his eyes wide open.
Beside him, Leng Xi still had a flicker of life.
Qin Xuan originally turned to leave, but suddenly remembered something. After a moment of contemplation, he decided to save her life after all.
Leng Xi was relatively lucky. Although the stick had pierced her lower abdomen, it had not injured her intestines.
Qin Xuan took out a healing pill he had previously refined, crushed it, and sprinkled the powder onto Leng Xi's abdominal wound.
Leng Xi's closed eyelids twitched a few times, and then the wound healed rapidly. In about half a minute, only a scar remained where the wound had been.
This healing pill was originally meant for internal use to achieve optimal effects and leave no scars.
However, when used externally, its efficacy was not as potent. Although the wound healed, a scar would remain.
Qin Xuan paid it no mind.
After all, she was not one of his own, and was even an enemy. Saving her life was already an act of benevolence.
Half a minute later, Leng Xi slowly opened her eyes, struggled to get up, and felt a faint itch on her lower abdomen. Leng Xi looked down and saw only a thumb-sized scar beneath the torn leather clothing.
Leng Xi was puzzled. Hadn't her lower abdomen been pierced by a wooden stick? What was happening? Was she dreaming?
But seeing Qin Xuan still standing beside her, she knew it was not a dream.
Seeing her awake, Qin Xuan said directly,
"Jin Shikai is dead, and it was I who saved your life."
Leng Xi glanced at Jin Shikai, lying nearby with a gruesome death, and gave a self-mocking laugh.
"What? You've taken a liking to my body? You don't want me to die?"
Qin Xuan sneered,
"You? You don't have the looks for that."
Qin Xuan's wife, Tantai Yue, was one of the most beautiful women in Jiangbei. Otherwise, Jin Shikai wouldn't have lost his life over her.
Then there was Wang Yuyan, another peerless beauty, a typical mature woman. Either of them was miles ahead of Leng Xi.
Even Ren Qixiang was slightly more attractive than Leng Xi.
While Leng Xi's appearance was above average, without her ample chest, she would have been just an ordinary beauty.
"Then why did you save me?" Leng Xi retorted.
Qin Xuan was straightforward, cutting to the chase.
"I saved you for a reason, but not the kind you're thinking of. I want you to stay by Tantai Yue's side and protect her."
Qin Xuan knew he couldn't always be by Tantai Yue's side, so he set his sights on Leng Xi.
With her late-stage innate cultivation, he believed she was more than capable of protecting someone in Jiangbei, otherwise Jin Shikai wouldn't have survived this long.
Leng Xi snorted,
"Aren't you afraid I'll find an opportunity to kill her? To get revenge for today?"
Qin Xuan would not gamble with Tantai Yue's life. He immediately took out a black pill and threw it into Leng Xi's hand.
"This is a Seven Orifices Entrails Rupture Pill. If you dare harbor any ill intentions towards Tantai, you will bleed from all seven orifices and your intestines will rot, leading to death."
"Why should I take it?"
Qin Xuan said,
"Even if I let you go now, how would you explain yourself back at the Jin family? Jin Shikai is dead, and you are alive and well, without even a scratch? Do you think you can clear your name?"
Leng Xi hesitated.
Everything Qin Xuan said was true.
If Jin Shikai's father, Jin Gong, learned of his son's death, he would immediately return from abroad.
At that point, she wouldn't be able to explain herself at all.
She also thought about how Jin Shikai had treated her over the past ten years.
He had constantly tried to get her into bed, and on several occasions when she was in trouble, he had pushed her into the jaws of danger. If it weren't for her considerable strength, she would have likely died long ago.