Chapter 28: Chapter 28: Black Phoenix
"Xiaoyue!" Xiao Yi's face turned red. He quickly grabbed a bath towel and wrapped it around his waist. This kind of embarrassing situation was truly the first in three hundred years.
Xiaoyue came to her senses at this moment. With an "Ah!" she covered her eyes, but this action was obviously a bit redundant. Even with her eyes closed, her mind was filled with the visually impactful scene of Xiao Yi, which she couldn't get rid of.
"What are you doing here?" Xiao Yi asked, embarrassed.
"I, I went to bed early, but just now I heard you shout, so I came to take a look. Who knew..." Xiaoyue was almost incoherent.
Xiao Yi 掰开 her hands covering her eyes, pushed her into her own room, and said impatiently, "Alright, go to bed quickly. I was just about to take a bath."
"Ah, Brother Xiao, I didn't mean to..." Xiaoyue couldn't quite describe her feelings at the moment. She was both shy and annoyed.
"Alright, since you've seen it, I'm not going to hold you accountable. Maybe I'll get to see something of yours in return someday." As he spoke, Xiao Yi closed the door for her.
"What? You should be the one accountable to me!" Xiaoyue stamped her foot angrily behind the door.
Xiao Yi fled into the bathroom as if running for his life. While washing his body, he couldn't help but think of the ambiguous scene just now. Xiaoyue, with her innocent face and confused eyes, made Xiao Yi's blood boil. Especially under the influence of the Marrow - Cleansing Pill, his body was pure and full of yang energy, and the restless feeling was almost unbearable.
"The desire for lust is the most difficult to overcome in the world. It's better to channel it than to suppress it. Maybe when I reach the Qi - refining stage, everything will be fine." At this moment, Xiao Yi sat cross - legged, focusing his eyes on his nose, his nose on his mouth, and his mouth on his heart, cultivating the Profound Medical Canon. It took a full ten breaths for him to suppress the restlessness in his body.
Early the next morning, when Xiaoyue saw Xiao Yi, her face turned red before she could say anything.
Xiao Yi chuckled and took out a small glass bottle, handing it to Xiaoyue. "Xiaoyue, this is for you."
"What is it?" Xiaoyue quickly took it, pulled out the stopper, and took a sniff. She couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, it smells so good!"
"This is a kind of medicine I prepared. It can beautify and nourish the skin. You can give it a try, Xiaoyue," Xiao Yi said.
"Really? That's great. Thank you, Brother Xiao." Xiaoyue, with a childlike heart, was easily cheered up by the gift, and the embarrassment from last night was quickly forgotten. At this moment, she didn't realize how precious a gift Xiao Yi had given her.
Xiao Yi didn't explain much. After sending Xiaoyue to school, he returned to the Jishi Hall.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw a person waiting there. It was a very special woman. She was wearing a black leather suit, with a messy short - cropped hairstyle. A few strands in the front were dyed wine - red. On her fair face, right below her left eye, there was a lifelike black phoenix tattoo. Her eyes were narrow, with long eyelashes, and she seemed to be used to squinting, giving her eyes a naturally blurred look, which was quite unique.
As soon as she saw Xiao Yi enter, the woman turned her head and quickly sized him up with her blurred eyes. There was no change in her expression.
"Miss, what can I do for you?" Xiao Yi walked to the table, sat down, and asked, puzzled.
"I'm here to see a doctor, of course." The woman gracefully sat down opposite Xiao Yi and stretched out her wrist. Her voice was seductively hoarse.
Xiao Yi smiled slightly at the corner of his mouth but didn't show any intention of taking her pulse. He took a sip of water and said, "I'm always welcome if you come to see a doctor. But you're not sick at all."
"You haven't even taken my pulse, how do you know I'm not sick?" The woman tilted her head, looking at Xiao Yi with her blurred eyes, and smiled faintly.
"Your figure is upright, your complexion is ruddy, your eyes are full of hidden divine light, and your voice is full of energy. If I can't tell whether you're sick or not, how can I be a doctor?" Xiao Yi crossed his arms and leaned back in the chair. What Xiao Yi didn't say was that the woman in front of him had clearly experienced life - and - death battles. Her physical condition had reached the peak of the Human - level, and she was on the verge of breaking through to the Earth - level.
The woman laughed. When she laughed, her eyes turned into two crescents, instantly reducing a lot of the sharpness around her. "Hehe, it seems you're really good at medicine."
After saying that, the woman stood up, took out a stack of hundred - yuan bills from her back pocket, and put them in front of Xiao Yi. She said briskly, "I'm Black Phoenix. Li Qingshan recommended me. I hope Doctor Xiao can come with me for a house call. This is the consultation fee, regardless of whether the illness is cured or not."
Xiao Yi took a look and chuckled. He didn't decline and casually put the money on the table. Without asking what the illness was, he followed Black Phoenix out the door.
Parked outside was a Harley - Davidson motorcycle. Black Phoenix took off a helmet and threw it to Xiao Yi.
Xiao Yi caught it, put it on his head, swung his leg over, and got on the motorcycle. He casually put his arm around Black Phoenix's slender waist. Her waist was neither as tender as Xiaoyue's nor as plump as Shu Wan's, but it had a kind of flexible elasticity, and the touch was excellent.
Black Phoenix didn't seem to mind Xiao Yi's actions. She kicked the pedal, and the Harley - Davidson roared away.
However, the motorcycle hadn't gone far when Xiao Yi patted Black Phoenix and suddenly jumped off the speeding motorcycle.
"What's wrong?" Black Phoenix quickly braked and asked in a deep voice.
"Something's wrong at the Jishi Hall." Xiao Yi said coldly as he started running back towards the clinic.
Black Phoenix's heart tightened. She quickly turned the motorcycle around and sped back. To her surprise, even though she had increased the speed to the maximum, she couldn't catch up with Xiao Yi, who was running on foot.
Without seeing Xiao Yi exert much effort, his running speed had reached a terrifying level. He left a trail of afterimages on Taoshan Street. Many people on the road only felt a blur in front of their eyes, and Xiao Yi had already passed by.
All the way back to the Jishi Hall, the clinic was empty. One of Lao Qin's slippers was lying at the door. A conspicuous white piece of paper was still trembling on the wall opposite the door. On it were several striking blood - red characters: "No. 2 Tongshan Road. Life for life!"
The three bright red exclamation marks hit Xiao Yi's heart like heavy hammers.
At this time, Black Phoenix also abandoned the motorcycle and entered the room. Seeing the bloody message, her blurred eyes narrowed slightly.
Without saying a word, Xiao Yi turned around and went out.
"Get on!" With the roar of the motorcycle, Black Phoenix caught up and said in a deep voice.
Xiao Yi glanced at her, leaped up, and landed precisely on the back seat of the Harley - Davidson. He hugged Black Phoenix's slender waist tightly.
The Harley - Davidson roared towards No. 2 Tongshan Road under the astonished gazes of passers - by.
Along the way, the surrounding scenery gradually became desolate. They had actually reached the western suburbs. Black Phoenix's Harley - Davidson finally stopped in an abandoned factory. The courtyard was in a mess, but one could still feel a strong sense of murderous intent.
Xiao Yi jumped off immediately. Black Phoenix also threw away the motorcycle. The two looked at each other and then walked side by side towards the tall workshop of the factory.
As for why Black Phoenix was willing to get involved in this mess with him, Xiao Yi didn't think much about it. He could feel a sense of righteousness and determination from her. That was enough. There was no need to say anything more. Xiao Yi had decided to accept this favor.
With a "clang", as soon as the two entered the room, the door behind them crashed down. The workshop was dimly lit.
However, Xiao Yi could still clearly see that on a huge machine four or five meters high facing the door, Lao Qin and Xiaoyue were both tied up by their hands and hung high up, their heads drooping. It was unknown whether they were alive or dead.
Xiao Yi's heart was instantly clenched. A wave of monstrous anger welled up from the bottom of his heart. Since his rebirth, Xiao Yi had restrained his decisive and fierce means. But now, seeing the unarmed Lao Qin and his daughter being treated like this, Xiao Yi could no longer hold back. Intense killing intent burst out from all around him without any concealment.
"Longhu Gang, today, I will wipe you out!" Xiao Yi whispered through gritted teeth.
Black Phoenix's eyes narrowed slightly. She suddenly reached back and pulled out a shiny white chain from her lower back. At the end of the chain was a gleaming scimitar, which looked extremely sharp. It was a rare chained - knife.
At the same time, more than forty men in black, holding machetes, slowly emerged from behind the abandoned cars. Each of them had a vicious and resentful expression on their faces, surrounding Xiao Yi and Black Phoenix.
Xiao Yi's eyes swept over the crowd one by one. The corner of his mouth gradually curled into a smile. It seemed that this time, the Longhu Gang had sent all their forces. It would be good to have a final settlement once and for all.
Beside him, Black Phoenix had already tightly grasped the chained - knife with both hands, her legs lowered, one in front and the other behind. She leaned back against Xiao Yi, releasing all the strength in her body without any concealment. She was like a leopard ready to pounce, with a blood - thirsty madness in her blurred eyes.
"So, it's you who disabled several of my good men!" The crowd parted, and a middle - aged man in his forties, holding a cigar, approached Xiao Yi. He was wearing a Tang suit, with his hair slicked back, and a small mustache on his upper lip. The man seemed very shrewd, but the fierce look in his eyes showed his boundless hatred for Xiao Yi at the moment.
"It's me. I assume you're Xue Long?" Xiao Yi slightly narrowed his eyes, carefully sized up the leader of the Longhu Gang, and nodded.
"Since you've heard of me, you must know that I, Brother Long, am very protective of my men. For over a decade on Taoshan Street, no one has dared to touch my brothers. You're the first." Xue Long stared closely at Xiao Yi and waved his hand backward.
Immediately, three wheelchairs were pushed forward. On the wheelchairs were the three thugs who had been disabled by Xiao Yi. Bald Hai's right hand was wrapped in thick gauze and was still on an IV drip. His face was filled with hatred, as if he wished he could tear Xiao Yi apart immediately. Big Biaozi and the other thug were slumped with their heads down, unconscious.