Although he couldn't see Li Dafeng's expression at the time, he could tell from the tone of voice that Li Dafeng actually did not want to help him and seemed to rather relish the thought of him being cornered by the enemy to death.

"If you could have come to my rescue, why didn't you save me?" Lin Yifan was very puzzled; he felt there must be something fishy going on.

All along the way, he and the approachable Brother Li had no conflicts whatsoever, and it was hard to understand why, at the most critical moment, this Brother Li, who was in the same boat as him, would not save him.

Moreover, at that time, Li Dafeng knew that the millennium Blood Ginseng was on his person, and as someone who respected the Master extremely, even if not for him, should he not have saved him for the sake of the millennium Blood Ginseng? Why didn't he? Could it be that he had already started to hate me to the bone secretly? But what have I done to wrong him so deeply that he hated me like this?

Lin Yifan couldn't figure it out, it was indeed baffling.

He decided that if he could survive and escape Peach Blossom Valley, he must confront Li Dafeng face to face.

Thinking of Misty Forest, he thought of the millennium Blood Ginseng.

The millennium Blood Ginseng was a plant, and just now, when he went down into the spring water pool, he did not use his cultivation power to protect the bundle; therefore, he was very worried about the condition of the millennium Blood Ginseng now.

If he could escape, he wouldn't need to worry about the life and death of the millennium Blood Ginseng; but now that he couldn't escape, he needed the millennium Blood Ginseng to stay alive and well.

Only if the millennium Blood Ginseng was alive could he obtain fresh essence blood to administer to An Qi; that way, An Qi could wake up.

Quickly opening his bundle, he soon saw the smoking millennium Blood Ginseng.

Seeing this, Lin Yifan anxiously shouted, "Hey! Hey! Get up! Get up! Stop playing dead, you can't die on me, you fatso!"

Actually, the smoke was just the remaining heat in the bundle and not an indication that the millennium Blood Ginseng was cooked. Lin Yifan, however, thought of the worst-case scenario.

Hearing the shouting, the millennium Blood Ginseng, which was almost smothered, quickly jumped up and after coughing out two puffs of smoke, sincerely apologized, "Yifan Bro! I'm sorry! I was wrong! I really was wrong, please don't soak me."

"Soak your sister! I've been perfectly straight all along, you know? And besides, I'm only interested in humans, not plants at all."

He flew into a rage upon hearing this disrespectful statement.

"Cough, cough! Yifan Bro! You misunderstood my meaning," the millennium Blood Ginseng hurriedly explained.

"Then what do you mean?" Lin Yifan asked.

"I meant to say, please don't soak me as if I were tea leaves. That would smell bad and also wouldn't be effective," replied the millennium Blood Ginseng.

"..." Lin Yifan broke into a cold sweat, feeling like he really had misunderstood.

However, he acted composed and refused to bow his head. Now that the millennium Blood Ginseng seemed to be afraid of him, it must be feeling terrified; therefore, he could use this to his advantage to establish some authority: "Do you still dare to be arrogant in front of me now?"

"Not anymore! Not anymore!" the millennium Blood Ginseng hastily responded.

This master was indeed a ruthless character! He meant what he said, and his methods were extremely cruel; it dared not act arrogantly again; at least until the Peach Blossom Valley Venerable demoted it to a common prisoner, it dared not show arrogance in front of him.

"Now, who is your master?" Lin Yifan questioned.

"You are, Yifan Bro!" the millennium Blood Ginseng answered.

"Not bad, not bad, a teachable youth! Since it's like that, I'll let you off this time." After speaking, Lin Yifan placed the thousand-year Blood Ginseng back into the medicinal fields.

Once back in the medicinal fields, enjoying its freedom, the thousand-year Blood Ginseng deeply exhaled in relief, finally feeling safe.

Recalling the experience it just had, it still felt a lingering fear; it had truly almost been scalded to death by the hot water, and it was fortunate that Lin Yifan had a change of heart and decided not to continue soaking it.

The feeling of being punished was far from pleasant; though it groveled before Lin Yifan, deep down, it harbored a bone-deep hatred for him.

"Damn it! Just wait until I cultivate mana, then you'll be the one tormented!" the thousand-year Blood Ginseng seethed with venom.

Though it was a plant, all beings have a spiritual nature, and now it had cultivated its spiritual nature, the next step was to cultivate mana.

The Spiritual Energy in Peach Blossom Valley was rich, making it the perfect place for it to cultivate mana; thus, in the following time, it intended to continually practice cultivation, striving to surpass Lin Yifan and defeat him one day.

After releasing the thousand-year Blood Ginseng, Lin Yifan returned to his room to sleep with a sense of loss, trudging back in low spirits.

He decided that if the Peach Blossom Valley Venerable didn't set him free the next day, he would destroy this place, preferring to die rather than suffer a life of captivity, and spend eternity in the Netherworld with An Qi.

Time hurriedly passed, and soon it was dawn; however, due to the exhaustion from the night before, Lin Yifan didn't wake up early.

He slept until eleven in the morning before he finally opened his groggy eyes.

The moment he opened his eyes, he saw Xiaofang's figure, which startled him; then he quickly felt his lower body to make sure his pants and clothes were still on before he breathed a slight sigh of relief.

The clothes Lin Yifan was wearing were of the ancient style, extremely inconvenient to use. Yesterday, when he needed to use the restroom, it took him a long time to figure out how to urinate, which was both urgent and embarrassing.

Seeing Lin Yifan's frightened demeanor, Xiaofang teased with a smile, "Master Lin, what do you take Xiaofang for? Do you think I'm someone without shame?"

After spending the entire night pondering, she had finally seen the light. A twisted melon is not sweet; since she couldn't have him, she might as well let him fly free.

"Uh... no! That's not what I meant, I was just instinctively reacting, please don't take it the wrong way," Lin Yifan responded awkwardly.

He had indeed been very frightened, for if he ended up consummating a forced relationship with Miss Xiaofang, he would have been doomed.

"Master Lin, I've already convinced the Venerable, he won't force you into marriage anymore. Now, go and apologize to him, the old man really likes you," Xiaofang said.

She had been waiting here for so long, partly to quietly watch over Lin Yifan and partly to bring him this good news.

Making this decision had been excruciating for her; even though on the surface she pretended it was nothing, deep down her heart was bleeding. She truly liked Lin Yifan and was deeply attracted to his talents.

And when the Peach Blossom Valley Venerable heard her decision, he kept asking her if she was sure about it, if she would regret it.

In the end, she quelled her conscience and made the painful sacrifice, answering: I won't regret it.

She knew that only by doing this would her Master let Lin Yifan go and accept him as a disciple.

"Really? He's really not going to force me anymore?" Lin Yifan didn't expect such a sudden turn in events, which gave him, mired in despair, a glimpse of hope.

"Yes! The Master said, as long as you sincerely apologize, he will forgive you," Xiaofang answered.

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