The world is full of strange things, arriving without reason and catching people off guard.
Like now, with Yun Xi landing precisely in Ye Qiu’s arms.
Ye Qiu even wondered if he was a magnet, attracting beautiful women. He recalled when Fairy Hundred Flowers emerged from the cultivation world and seemed to have landed in his arms too…
He glanced at Fairy Hundred Flowers, who looked stunned.
Then he looked at Yun Xi. She was gravely injured, wounds covering her body, blood dripping everywhere.
Whether it was her ice-blue dress or her skin, Ye Qiu’s palm felt one thing—
Smooth!
Suddenly, a breeze lifted the veil on Yun Xi’s face.
Instantly, a breathtakingly beautiful face appeared in Ye Qiu’s sight.
Though the veil quickly fell back, her features were etched deeply in his mind.
Beautiful!
An indescribable beauty!
How to put it? Though Fairy Hundred Flowers’ beauty matched Yun Xi’s, and in Ye Qiu’s memory, Lin Jingzhi and Bai Bing’s appearances could rival hers, Yun Xi’s face, with just one glance, evoked an instinctive urge to protect her.
Like a delicate flower bud, held so gently for fear it might melt, dreading even the slightest harm.
“What a foolish woman. If you didn’t hide your face with a veil, which man could bear to strike you?” Ye Qiu thought.
“Who… who are you?” Yun Xi looked at Ye Qiu, confusion in her eyes.
Clearly, she hadn’t expected anyone else here, much less falling into a man’s arms.
As Ye Qiu was about to speak, a sharp pain shot through his waist. Turning, he saw Fairy Hundred Flowers staring at him coldly, her look full of warning.
“Yue’er, you saw it. It’s not my fault…”
Before he could finish, Master Longbrow laughed beside him, “This is fate.”
Fate, my foot!
You’re just enjoying the drama!
Ye Qiu glared at Master Longbrow.
Fairy Hundred Flowers spoke to Yun Xi, “Fairy Yun Xi, I’m from Hundred Flowers Palace.”
Her face unmasked, Yun Xi’s eyes lit up with amazement at Fairy Hundred Flowers’ beauty.
She hadn’t expected to meet such a stunning woman here.
“Are you Fairy Hundred Flowers?” Yun Xi said. “I recall a fairy from Hundred Flowers Palace on the Heavenly Fairy List.”
“That’s right, it’s me,” Fairy Hundred Flowers replied.
Yun Xi, thinking of something, urgently said, “You must leave quickly. They’re coming to kill me.”
“Too late!” Ye Qiu had been watching Tuoba Ye and the others. After knocking Yun Xi away, the four were already approaching side by side.
Killing intent surged.
“You go. I’ll hold them off,” Yun Xi said, struggling to stand. But as she left Ye Qiu’s arms, her body weakened and she fell back into them.
“This…”
Ye Qiu felt a chilling glare from beside him. Bracing himself, he grasped Yun Xi’s wrist.
Yun Xi, having her pulse held by a strange man, resisted and struggled slightly.
“Don’t move. I’m a doctor,” Ye Qiu said.
Yun Xi looked up, seeing his clear, untainted eyes, and relaxed slightly.
The next moment, Ye Qiu’s expression changed.
Yun Xi’s internal injuries were worse than her external ones. Seventy percent of her meridians were severed, and her golden core was cracked, on the verge of shattering.
“Your injuries are severe. You need immediate treatment,” Ye Qiu said.
Yun Xi replied, “There’s no time. I’ll hold them off. At worst, I’ll take them down with me. You must leave now, or you’ll die too.”
Without hesitation, Ye Qiu plucked a leaf from the Golden Sacred Tree in his Qiankun bag and placed it in Yun Xi’s mouth.
“This is a divine medicine. Take it quickly,” Ye Qiu said.
Fairy Hundred Flowers, watching, snorted inwardly, “Such a gentleman, huh!”
After consuming the leaf, Yun Xi’s external wounds healed instantly, but her severe internal injuries recovered slowly.
Ye Qiu handed her to Fairy Hundred Flowers. “Yue’er, take care of her. You and Lü Luo escape when you get the chance.”
“What about you?” Fairy Hundred Flowers asked.
Ye Qiu glanced at Tuoba Ye and the others. “I’ll take them out.”
Hearing this, shock flashed in Yun Xi’s eyes. She quickly said, “No way.”
“They’re top geniuses of their sects, all at the Cave-Heaven realm. With your cultivation, you can’t possibly beat them.”
“I have a secret technique to take them down with me. Let me handle them.”
“Oh, one more thing.”
“When you leave the tomb, tell Qingyun Sword Sect’s Wine Sword Immortal that Butian Sect and the three Holy Lands have allied with ill intentions. Ask him to inform my father and warn him to stay vigilant.”
Yun Xi finished, crossing her hands to form a seal.
Ye Qiu grabbed her hand, stopping her. “We’re not at the end yet. No need for mutual destruction. I can handle them.”
Yun Xi still couldn’t believe it, thinking, You’re only at the Golden Core realm. How can you face four peak Cave-Heaven experts?
“Don’t worry, I have my ways,” Ye Qiu said.
Yun Xi remained skeptical, unable to fathom where his confidence came from.
Then, Fairy Hundred Flowers’ voice rang out, “Had enough touching? Take your hand off.”
Ye Qiu quickly withdrew his hand.
Yun Xi glanced at him, her veiled face blushing.
Ye Qiu said, “Yue’er, be ready. If things go wrong, you leave first.”
Though jealous, Fairy Hundred Flowers worried for Ye Qiu’s safety, urging, “Be careful.”
Ye Qiu smiled, then turned to Master Longbrow. “Want treasures? Come fight with me. Kill them, and we split the loot.”
“No way,” Master Longbrow refused without thinking. With his cultivation, facing peak Cave-Heaven experts was suicide.
“Your loss. When I kill them, you get nothing.” Ye Qiu strode out.
Tuoba Ye and the others advanced through the void, brimming with killing intent, ready to finish Yun Xi.
Unexpectedly, an unfamiliar face appeared.
The four paused, looking at Ye Qiu. Sensing he was only at the Golden Core realm, they relaxed their guard.
But they were puzzled, having never seen him. Why was he in the tomb?
“Who are you?” Huangfu Qi asked.
Ye Qiu grinned. “I’m the one who’ll kill you!”
