The purple-clad woman collapsed, unconscious.
“What’s going on?”
Ye Qiu was stunned.
“Palace Master!”
The green-clad woman cried out, rushing to her side and cradling her.
She pulled a jade vial from her bosom, poured out a translucent pill, and slipped it into the purple-clad woman’s mouth.
“Palace Master, Palace Master…”
She called out several times, but the woman didn’t respond. Tears welled in her eyes, threatening to spill.
At that moment, Master Longbrow appeared beside Ye Qiu.
“Little brat, two stunning women throwing themselves at you one after another? What luck! I’m green with envy,” Master Longbrow teased.
“Cut the nonsense. These two aren’t simple,” Ye Qiu said. “The purple-clad woman’s cultivation is at least King Realm, and the green-clad one’s likely not far behind.”
Master Longbrow nodded, eyeing the crevice in the cliff. “They’re probably from the cultivation world.”
Ye Qiu’s gaze followed. “My father was last seen here. I suspect he entered the cultivation world.”
Master Longbrow stared at the crevice. “Kunlun connects the cultivation and mortal worlds. Mortal cultivators must pass through Kunlun to reach the cultivation world.”
“This crevice in the cliff must be the entrance.”
“Little brat, shall we take a look in the cultivation world?”
Ye Qiu hesitated.
Should they go?
If they did, they wouldn’t return anytime soon. If they didn’t, he couldn’t find Ye Wushuang.
He was torn.
After a moment’s thought, Ye Qiu said, “We don’t know what the cultivation world’s like. Better not rush in.”
“Good, you haven’t lost your head,” Master Longbrow said. “The cultivation and mortal worlds have their own rules. Getting in is hard; getting out is harder.”
“Without peaking at King Realm, you don’t qualify to enter the cultivation world.”
“But once your cultivation exceeds King Realm, leaving the cultivation world is near impossible.”
“Unless we become unrivaled powerhouses like Dugu Wudi, mastering supreme techniques to come and go freely.”
Master Longbrow frowned at the two women. “Strange, how did they manage to leave the cultivation world?”
Meanwhile, the green-clad woman, unable to rouse the purple-clad one, turned to Ye Qiu for help.
“Young Master, please save the Palace Master. I’d be eternally grateful,” she pleaded.
Normally, Ye Qiu would’ve helped without hesitation, but the purple-clad woman had left a terrible impression.
With her high cultivation, what if she woke up and attacked him again?
Seeing Ye Qiu hesitate, the green-clad woman knelt before him.
“Young Master, I know the Palace Master was wrong to hit you. I apologise on her behalf.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Please, help her. Lüluo is begging you.”
She looked up, tears shimmering in her eyes, her pitiful expression tugging at the heart.
Ye Qiu couldn’t stand seeing a woman cry, especially a beautiful one.
“Fine, I’ll take a look, but I can’t guarantee I can save her.”
Overjoyed, Lüluo said, “Thank you, Young Master!”
“Get up,” Ye Qiu helped her to her feet. “You said your name is Lüluo?”
“Yes,” she nodded. “I’m from Hundred Flowers Palace, the Palace Master’s personal maid.”
Ye Qiu approached the purple-clad woman, glancing at her.
Even unconscious, she was strikingly beautiful, comparable to Shushan’s Exquisite Saintess.
“Such a beauty with such a temper?”
Ye Qiu sighed inwardly, squatting to check her pulse.
His expression shifted.
Her injuries were severe—dozens of meridians severed, internal organs heavily damaged.
If she weren’t a cultivator, she’d have died long ago.
While checking her pulse, Ye Qiu asked, “She’s your master?”
“Yes,” Lüluo nodded. “We’re from Hundred Flowers Palace. The Palace Master is Hundred Flowers Fairy, ranked sixth on the Heavenly Fairy List.”
“Heavenly Fairy List? What’s that?” Ye Qiu asked, puzzled.
Lüluo explained, “The cultivation world has many lists. The Heavenly Fairy List ranks its most beautiful women, a hundred in total. The Palace Master is sixth.”
Ye Qiu sucked in a breath.
*Only sixth with this beauty? How stunning are the top five?*
“You’re from the cultivation world. Why come to the mortal world?” Ye Qiu asked.
Lüluo’s face turned sorrowful, tears streaming down. “Young Master, our Hundred Flowers Palace was suddenly attacked and destroyed overnight. The former Palace Master and hundreds of sisters died protecting her.”
“The Palace Master and I fled for our lives but encountered a villain on the way.”
“This villain, immensely powerful, coveted the Palace Master’s beauty and wanted her as his three hundred sixtieth concubine.”
*Three hundred sixty concubines…*
Ye Qiu mentally scoffed. *What a lecher!*
Master Longbrow’s eyes lit up. “Miss, in the cultivation world, can you marry and take concubines freely, no limit?”
Lüluo nodded, “Yes.”
Master Longbrow’s face lit with longing. “Looks like I need to cultivate harder to get to the cultivation world soon.”
Shameless old man!
Ye Qiu shot him a glare and asked Lüluo, “What happened next?”
Lüluo said, “The Palace Master refused, so the villain tried to force her.”
“We were chased relentlessly, nearly caught several times. The Palace Master burned her essence blood, dropping her cultivation multiple times, to escape.”
“In the end, we stumbled into a strange place and ended up here.”
What a tragic pair of master and servant!
Lüluo looked worried. “Young Master, how’s the Palace Master’s condition?”
Ye Qiu said, “Her injuries are severe, but I can stabilise her. She’ll wake soon.”
“Thank you, Young Master,” Lüluo said gratefully.
Ye Qiu took out golden needles, swiftly inserting them into Hundred Flowers Fairy, then fed her two Golden Sacred Tree leaves.
He channeled a wisp of true qi into her body.
About three minutes later, Hundred Flowers Fairy stirred, her beautiful eyes opening to meet Ye Qiu’s.
“You lecher!”
She raised her hand to slap him.
“Palace Master, no!” Lüluo cried. “The Young Master is a good person!”
*Good person?*
Hundred Flowers Fairy looked skeptical.
At that moment, a chilling aura emanated from the crevice in the cliff.
