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Chapter 69 - A few fools thought challenging me was a good idea

Calista didn't rush as she opened the door to the cultivation chamber. The warm stillness of night lingered everywhere, broken only by the pulsing rhythm of qi that hadn't fully faded. She felt it instantly.

Her brow furrowed.

Shion lay on the floor, her body twisted unnaturally, as if she'd collapsed the moment the last pulse of energy left her. Tiny fingers twitched imperceptibly, and a thin stream of energy danced around her, hazy like vapor rising from sun-scorched earth. Her eyes were closed, her face tense, and her chest rose in uneven, shallow breaths, as if she were struggling to return to consciousness.

"You did it again," Calista sighed softly, stepping closer. She knelt and gently lifted her, as if picking up something too fragile to hold.

"You foolish, ambitious little rabbit."

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