Bai Yunfei gently shook his head, then clasped his fists in a salute towards Mu Wanqing. He said with sincerity, “Thank you, Headmaster Mu and senior You, for having done your utmost to protect me. However, if I did not appear, then I probably would have brought harm to the Green Willow School. Even if just some small-scale fights break out, if so much as a single person dies or is injured because of me, I will never feel at ease.”
Qiu Luliu pulled Chu Yuhe over. Both of them looked towards Bai Yunfei in a very worried manner, and Qiu Luliu said, “But you truly shouldn’t have agreed to battle Zhang Zhenshan! You aren’t even a late-stage Soul Warrior; how can you beat him?! This buys you seven days at most…why don’t you seize this opportunity to flee? Let big brother Hong Yin take you away. So long as you can leave Qingyun Province, given how vast the world is, there’s no way they’ll be able to find you.”
“I can’t do that. Didn’t you hear the last thing they said? If I were to flee, I would have brought trouble to the Green Willow School.” Bai Yunfei shook his head, then said with a laugh, “Don’t worry. Since I’ve agreed, I naturally have a degree of confidence. I won’t necessarily lose…”
“Oh? Young friend Yunfei, can it be that you have a way to win?” You Qingfeng raised an elegant eyebrow and asked curiously.
“Mm, well…I do indeed have a method to raise my power quickly in a short period of time…this was taught to me by senior Gu Yiyun.” Bai Yunfei hesitated a moment, then decided to explain by using Gu Yiyun as his excuse.
“Senior Gu taught you…?” Hong Yin had a puzzled look on his face. Suddenly, he seemed to have thought of something, and his entire face changed. “Can it be…a type of soul technique that allows you to explode forth with power of a higher level? You can’t! You can’t activate this sort of soul technique! After using it, your power level will decline, and you will even pay a price of using up your life energy. You are merely at the Soul Warrior stage; you want to use a soul technique like this?! If you do so, even if you defeat Zhang Zhenshan, your life will be ruined!”
Hong Yin’s reaction caused everyone present to be stunned, then turn towards Bai Yunfei with looks of amazement. A light flashed in You Qingfeng’s eyes in particular as an idea seemed to flash through his mind.
Upon hearing Hong Yin’s words, Bai Yunfei was momentarily stunned as well. He lowered his head, thoughts flickering through his eyes. Clearly, Hong Yin had gotten the wrong idea. However…this was the first time he had ever even heard of a soul technique like this. After pondering for a few moments, Bai Yunfei lifted his head, still smiling. “Big brother Hong Yin, you are worrying too much. Things aren’t as serious as you say. Don’t worry; I told you, I have a degree of confidence. I definitely won’t use my future as the price.”
“You…” Upon seeing the calm look on Bai Yunfei’s face, in the end Hong Yin shook his head helplessly. “Fine. Since you’ve already made your decision, I won’t say anything else. If there’s anything I can help with, just tell me.”
“Alright. In fact, I really do have some matters I need you to help me with, big brother Hong Yin. Heh heh. Let’s go back now and stop standing here in the gateway,” Bai Yunfei laughed, then turned towards Mu Wanqing. “For the sake of the battle seven days from now, I want to go into seven days of closed-door meditation. I would like to ask Headmaster Mu to help arrange that for me.”
“No problem. I will make the arrangements and ensure that none of my disciples go to your courtyard to disturb you.”
Green Willow City. The Long estate.