Rumble---
Dark purple lightning flashed across the sky, emitting low roars.
The snow-capped mountains were beyond recognition. Under the impact of a large amount of spiritual energy, the rocks that were originally deep underground had been piled into several new granite mountains that were nearly a hundred feet high.
Boom---
Inside the dead valley, a blood-colored spiritual energy burst out from one of the stone mountains, breaking a hole in the granite wall.
Gu Mingxin limped out of the cave she had dug, spat out a pool of blood, and forced herself to stand up and look around for the person she loved.
However, the surrounding scene was like a wildland from the inception of the world. Looking around, there were only piles of gray rocks. Not even a tree was seen.
Recalling the previous scene, Gu Mingxin almost gritted her teeth to pieces, and her roar splashed blood all over the valley. "Aaaah---!"
She never expected that the one who came to disrupt the situation was not the amber-eyed girl with amazing sword skills nor the purple-haired girl from the Black Star Sect, but Jiang Mojiao.
Jiang Mojiao actually flew over with his Nascent Soul out of his body and wanted to possess her?!
What an incompetent clown!!!
Although his Nascent Soul was bitten and blown to pieces by Xue'e and the python, her Ye Xiaoliu was also blown away to an unknown place.
Gu Mingxin gritted her teeth and shouted into the distance. "Ye Xiaoliu!!! Where are you?"
As soon as she finished shouting, Xue'e appeared above her head with a tired face. Recalling the conversation between the golden fool and Ye Anping earlier, her thoughts were in disarray.
However, this was not the place to talk. The spiritual light from before could be seen several hundred miles away.
Moreover, even if those demonic cultivators gathered by Jiang Mojiao managed to survive the siege of the Snow Guards , most of them would be gone after Jiang Mojiao's Nascent Soul exploded.
"Mingxin... You have to run away now, you're the only one left..."
"Run?" Gu Mingxin glared at her. "I'm going to take him away!! Why run?!"
"Mingxin, you have to listen to me this time! You are seriously injured now, if..."
Before she finished speaking, a huge flying boat appeared in the sky. Although the hull had numerous holes, the flag representing the Snow Guard was still fluttering high.
The remaining Snow Guards were shocked when they saw the broken mountain pass below. However, after Xu Mulan shouted, they came back to their senses and stepped on their flying swords, jumping down from both sides of the ship and flying downwards.
Gu Mingxin clenched the sword in her hand as if she was ready to continue the fight, but after hearing Xue'e's next words, she restrained her murderous intent.
"Mingxin!! His name is Anping..."
"Anping..." Gu Mingxin was slightly stunned, then murmured, "Young Master Ye... Anping... Ye Anping."
Then, she laughed out loud. "Hehe... Ye Anping Ye Anping Ye Anping..."
With a blush on her cheeks, Gu Mingxin bit her lips slightly and finally looked at the broken rocks around. She calmed down with a deep breath before summoning her flying sword, stepping on it, and flying eastward.
The Snow Guards coming down from the boat did catch a glimpse of the blood-red glow from Gu Mingxin's flying sword, but they were powerless at the moment and had no energy to chase her.
Xu Mulan slowly landed among the ruins with the help of two Snow Guards and looked left and right with a worried expression.
"Commander Xu, we..."
"All Snow Guards , listen up! Start digging the mountain! We must find everyone, dead or alive!"
"Yes, Ma'am!!"
Dozens of bruised and battered Snow Guards quickly dispersed after receiving the order, casting earth magic spells one after another, and began to dig up the broken mountain gravel on the snowy plain.
The sound of digging spread throughout the valley...
...
Thump-thump--
Thump-thump--
The dull sound of rocks being hit came from above.
"Uh..."
With a groan, Ye Anping gradually regained consciousness and opened his eyes, but his vision was still pitch black.
Memories from before the blackout flashed back in his mind like a series of videos.
The moment Jiang Mojiao's Nascent Soul exploded, he subconsciously protected Feng Yu Die with his body and was then shaken off the ground by the spiritual energy.
While thrown into the air, the back of his head seemed to be hit by something heavy, and he fainted...
After understanding the current situation, Ye Anping relaxed slightly. However, he suddenly realized that his left hand was holding a soft, slightly warm mound.
He gently squeezed it...
"Woo..."
A soft voice came from underneath his body.
Ye Anping instantly understood what he was holding in his left hand. With a black face, he tried to move his hand away.
But the bone of his left shoulder seemed to be broken, and there was a stone pressing on his back. In addition, the space was too narrow, so he couldn't move even an inch...
A faint fragrance wafted to his nose, and Ye Anping frowned slightly. He gathered the little remaining spiritual power in his body and condensed it into a faint light, which floated beside his ear.
The dim light illuminated a lovely face that looked a little disheveled.
Feng Yu Die's eyes were tightly shut as she lay beneath him. Her silver hair spread messily on the rocks behind her, and her clothes slid down from her right shoulder, revealing her blood-stained white collarbone...
Probably because the spiritual light shone into her eyes, Feng Yu Die's eyes squeezed slightly and slowly opened, revealing her beautiful eyes that were glowing with a shimmering golden light, reflecting Ye Anping's face.
The dazed, charming eyes that were not yet fully awake made Ye Anping stunned, and his left hand pinched involuntarily...
?!
Feng Yu Die lowered her head slightly, looked down, and whispered. "Young Master Ye..."
Ye Anping interrupted quickly. "I can't move."
"Then, what should we do now..."
"We'll just wait for Lianxue and Yunluo to dig us out."
"...Oh."
Feng Yu Die pursed her lips and nodded slightly, then raised her eyes to look at Ye Anping's face. Her pupils trembled slightly, showing a trace of nervousness.
Seeing her charming eyes, Ye Anping swallowed his saliva and took a deep breath. "What are you looking at?"
"Nothing..."
"Close your eyes."
"Oh..."
Feng Yu Die hesitated for a while, then slowly closed her eyes, but her lips were still slightly open.
Because they were face to face, she looked like she was asking for a kiss in Ye Anping's eyes, which frightened him so much that he took a breath and quickly changed his mind. "Forget it. You'd better open your eyes."
"Huh?"
Feng Yu Die opened her eyes again in confusion.
At this time, another muffled sound came from above.
Thump---
Ye Anping felt that the rock pressing on his back had become a hundred pounds heavier. His right hand, which was supporting his body, became weak, and his body collapsed.
?!
Ye Anping felt something was wrong and shouted, "Ah... woo---!"
"Woo--"
But before he could say anything else, the unexpected weight on his back caused his lips to meet Feng Yu Die's, and their front teeth collided.
The sweetness intertwined with waves of pain, along with the saliva, was transmitted to the minds of the two people.
Ye Anping froze, and Feng Yu Die also froze.
Their eyes slowly widened at the same time.
Ye Anping wanted to move his face away, but the rock pressing on his back seemed to say: ---Stay there!!
"..."
After struggling for a while, he turned his head to the side and parted his lips from hers.
Feng Yu Die seemed to have become stupid as she stared blankly upward, even forgetting to blink.
Ye Anping, on the other hand, quickly spat at the side. "Bah bah bah... hiss--"
"..."
Feng Yu Die still didn't speak, but now she turned her eyes and looked at Ye Anping's profile with some confusion in her eyes, and murmured dully, "Salty, just like roasted chicken skin, and very slippery..."
Ye Anping froze, and he asked, "What?"
Feng Yu Die seemed to have just realized what happened, and her cheeks suddenly flushed. "...Nothing."
Ye Anping got goosebumps at this strange tone. He turned his head to look at her in disbelief but was at a loss for words for a long time.
"..."
Seeing that he had nothing to say, Feng Yu Die paused before asking in a low voice, "Are Sister Pei's lips like that too?"
"..."
Ye Anping didn't know what to say to this, so he quickly changed the subject. "What did Gu Mingxin say to you?"
Feng Yu Die replied softly, "Huh?... Well, she just said... that you wanted her to kill me because I am your love rival..."
"So, you believed her?"
"Well, I almost believed her..." Feng Yu Die's voice gradually became smaller, and then she took a deep breath, raised her eyebrows, and complained, "Why did you come so late?"
"There was a situation..."
"Oh..."
Feng Yu Die glanced at Ye Anping's profile again. Suddenly, she felt a throbbing in her heart, but at the same time, she felt relieved and relaxed.
"Young Master Ye..."
"What?"
"...Thank you."
"...You're welcome."
Ye Anping also relaxed a little when he heard Feng Yu Die's casual tone.
At this moment, the originally dim and narrow space suddenly became bright, and bursts of golden light fell on Feng Yu Die's silver hair and even made him unable to open his eyes.
He originally thought that it was his sister who dug him up, but when he turned his eyes slightly and looked to the side, he saw Xiao Tian poking her head out of the rock wall.
She looked like a wall-mounted night light, her entire head shining with golden light.
Xiao Tian rolled her eyes toward Ye Anping, then looked at Feng Yu Die before covering her mouth and smiling. "Hehehe... Anping~~ Yu Die~~ You guys are becoming more and more like a cultivator couple~"
Ye Anping frowned. "Xiao Tian..."
But Feng Yu Die remained silent. "..."
Xiao Tian's eyes curved as she smiled, but then she stopped joking. "Hold on a minute!! I'll rescue you. Old Dragon!! Over here!!"
Saying that, Xiao Tian retracted her head into the rock wall.
Ye Anping glanced in her direction, wondering how she was going to save them when he heard a dragon roar through the thick rubble.
Roar---
The granite enveloping him and Feng Yu Die began to tremble.
A golden spiritual light slowly wrapped around the two people who were tightly stuck together. Then, it transformed into a golden dragon and forcefully opened up the surrounding mountain.
On the ground, the Snow Guards digging rocks with earth magic were all attracted to the golden light emitted from within the mountain.
A golden dragon emerged from the mountain, leaping into the sky and scattering the clouds before it turned into golden light and dissipated.
Ye Anping and Feng Yu Die, who were wrapped in the dragon's body, also reached a height of one hundred feet and then fell freely.
Pei Lianxue and Xiao Yunluo, who had come out of the rocks earlier, immediately stepped on their flying swords and took off when they saw them.
"Brother!"
"...Hey."
Ye Anping, who had fallen into Pei Lianxue's arms, looked at her dirty face and gently touched her head before grabbing her cheeks. "Girl, why did you come to the Northern Region without telling me? I'll teach you a lesson when we get back."
"Ah... I'm sorry, brother."
Pei Lianxue lowered her head guiltily. She didn't defend herself as she carried Ye Anping and slowly flew toward the ground.
On the other hand, Xiao Yunluo, who had caught Feng Yu Die, had a disgusted look.
---She picked up the wrong person...
In her arms, Feng Yu Die looked a little dazed. Seeing her like this, Xiao Yunluo was puzzled. "What's wrong with you, Second idiot? Have you hit your head, eh?"
"Ah...ah?" Feng Yu Die came back to her senses and raised her hand to touch her lips. She shrank her neck slightly before shaking her head. "Nothing..."
"It's good that it's nothing." Xiao Yunluo frowned a little and complained. "Second idiot, didn't you say that you could handle it alone?!"
"I wasn't..."
"Forget it, don't move! I'll carry you down."
Xiao Yunluo shook her head, and supporting Feng Yu Die, she followed Pei Lianxue and Ye Anping, flying toward the ground.
After the four of them landed, Xu Mulan arrived in front of the group with the help of two Snow Guards .
As she was looking for Ye Anping before, she was extremely worried, and now she even had the urge to rush forward and hug him.
However, looking at the three girls surrounding him, she took a step forward and suddenly stopped.
"Mr. Ye... I'm glad you're okay."
"Of course, I'm fine. It's just a few holes in my clothes."
Ye Anping stepped on the ground, cupped his hands, and said to Xu Mulan, "Commander Xu, I'll leave the rest to you and the Snow Guards ."
"Of course..." Xu Mulan looked away and nodded. "Young Master Ye, please return to the boat to rest first. This time..."
"Later. I still have to pick someone up."
Ye Anping then turned to Pei Lianxue. "Sister, lend me your flying sword."
"Who are you picking up? I'll go..."
"I'm fine. Li Longling is here too, I have to go pick her up..."
Ye Anping said softly, and without waiting for Pei Lianxue to agree, he raised his sword finger, moved the flying sword near Pei Lianxue, and stepped on it, preparing to head southwest.
However--
Just ten feet away from the ground, his figure began to sway. Then, his body tilted to one side, and he fell off the flying sword.
Xu Mulan, Pei Lianxue, and the others widened their eyes.
"Brother?!"
"Anping?!"
"Master Ye?!"
Feng Yu Die, who had been dazed until now, also came to her senses. "Ah? Young Master Ye?!"
Except for Xu Mulan who was a bit more seriously injured, Pei Lianxue, Xiao Yunluo, and Feng Yu Die all stepped forward at the same time, jumped, and stretched out their hands to catch Ye Anping.
But...
Bang---
There was a muffled sound and three wails.
"Ouch!"
"Ouch!"
"Ah--!"
The three of them banged their foreheads in mid-air and fell to the ground together with the unconscious Ye Anping.