Chapter 386 The Protagonist is Stunned
Boom boom—
Dark clouds like ink, dark purple lightning flashed across the sky curtain, emitting waves of low growls.
The white snow-capped mountains were already beyond recognition. Under the impact of a large amount of spiritual energy, the bedrock deep underground was piled up to form several new stone mountains nearly a hundred feet tall.
Rumble—
In the dead silent valley, a blood-colored spiritual force erupted from inside one of the stone mountains, breaking open a cave in the rock formation.
Gu Mingxin hobbled out of the cave she had created, spitting out a pool of blood. She forced herself to stand up, scanned her surroundings, and searched for the figure of her beloved.
However, the scene around her was like a desolate land after the creation of the world. As far as she could see, there were only piles of gray rocks, not even a single tree.
Recalling the scene just before, Gu Mingxin almost bit her own teeth to pieces. Her roar, filled with blood, spread throughout the entire valley:
“Aaaah—!”
She never expected that the one to cause trouble would not be the orange-eyed girl with impressive sword arts, nor the light purple-haired girl from the Xuan Xing Sect, but Jiang Mojo.
Jiang Mojo’s Nascent Soul had flown out to possess her?!
Incapable of achieving anything, but excellent at ruining things!!!
Not only was her Nascent Soul bitten and exploded by Ah Mang’s Xue E, but she had also blown away her Ye Xiao Liu to who-knows-where.
Gu Mingxin gritted her teeth and shouted into the distance:
“Ye Xiao Liu!!! Where are you?”
As her voice fell, Xue E also appeared above her head, looking tired. It recalled the conversation between the golden fool and Ye Anping earlier, and its thoughts were in a mess.
But this was not the place to talk. The spiritual light just now was visible within a radius of hundreds of miles.
Moreover, those demonic cultivator disciples gathered by Jiang Mojo, even if they had barely survived the encirclement by the Snow-clothed Guard, were likely all gone after Jiang Mojo’s Nascent Soul exploded.
“Mingxin… escape now, you are the only one left…”
“Escape?” Gu Mingxin glared at it, “I want to take him with me!! Why escape?!”
“Mingxin, you have to listen to me this time! You are seriously injured now, if…”
Before she could finish speaking, a huge flying boat appeared in the dark clouds above. Although the hull was now riddled with holes, the flag representing the Snow-clothed Guard was still fluttering on the battlements.
The Snow-clothed Guards, who still had some strength left, saw the broken mountain pass below and were all astonished. However, after Xu Mulan’s command, they all came back to their senses, stepped on their flying swords, jumped down from the sides of the boat, and flew towards the ground.
Seeing this, Gu Mingxin clenched the spiritual sword in her hand, as if preparing to fight again. But after hearing Xue E’s next sentence, she restrained the killing intent in her eyes.
“Mingxin!! His name is Anping…”
“Anping…” Gu Mingxin was slightly stunned, murmuring, “Young Master Ye… Anping… Ye Anping.”
Then she curled her lips and smiled:
“Heehee… Ye Anping, Ye Anping, Ye Anping…”
A blush appeared on her cheeks. Gu Mingxin bit her lips slightly, cast one last glance at the surrounding shattered rocks, calmed her mood with a deep breath, then summoned her flying sword, stepped on it, and flew towards the east.
The Snow-clothed Guards who flew down from the boat did catch sight of a streak of bloody light from Gu Mingxin’s flying sword, but they were powerless to chase her now.
Xu Mulan, supported by two Snow-clothed Guards, slowly landed amidst the ruins. She looked around and revealed a worried expression.
“Commander Xu, we…”
“All Snow-clothed Guards, heed my order!! Dig the mountain!! Bring them out alive if they are alive, and find their bodies if they are dead!!”
“““Yes!!””
Dozens of scarred Snow-clothed Guards, upon receiving the order, quickly dispersed. They all cast earth-element spells and began to dig through the shattered mountains and soil on the snowfield.
The dull thudding of excavation echoed in the valley…
… …
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Dong dong—
Dong—
The muffled sound of striking rocks came from directly overhead.
“Uh…”
With a murmur, Ye Anping’s consciousness gradually returned. He opened his eyes, but his vision was still pitch black.
The memories before he fainted flashed back in his mind like a video tape.
The moment Jiang Mojo’s Nascent Soul exploded, he unconsciously used his body to shield Feng Yudie, and then he was thrown off the ground by the spiritual energy.
In mid-air, his head seemed to have been hit by something heavy, and he fainted…
Understanding his current situation, Ye Anping finally relaxed a little and moved his body.
“Wuwu…”
A soft whimper came from beneath him.
Ye Anping instantly understood what was happening. Black lines appeared on his forehead, and he quickly tried to move away.
However, the rocks that buried them did not give them any room to move; he could not shift an inch…
Ye Anping frowned slightly. He immediately gathered the remaining spiritual power in his body, condensed it into a faint point of light, and suspended it by his ear.
The dim spiritual light illuminated a somewhat disheveled but lovely face.
Feng Yudie lay in his arms with her eyes closed, her silver hair spread haphazardly on the rocks behind her. There were a few scratches on her shoulders and cheeks, and her clothes were torn in several places.
Perhaps it was because he had summoned the spiritual light, but the eyes with snow-white eyelashes squeezed slightly and slowly opened, revealing a pair of beautiful eyes with a faint golden glow.
Her eyes trembled slightly, reflecting his own handsome face.
Her slightly dazed and pitifully charming eyes, still not fully awake, made Ye Anping freeze. He subconsciously squeezed his left hand, but it seemed he had touched something he shouldn’t have.
?!
Feng Yudie was startled. Her pupils visibly constricted, and then she lowered her head slightly, looking down at herself, and faintly called out:
“Young Master Ye…”
Ye Anping quickly interrupted: “I can’t move.”
“Then what do we do now…”
“Just wait for my junior sister and Yunluo to dig us out.”
“…Oh.”
Feng Yudie pursed her lips, nodded slightly, then raised her eyes to look at Ye Anping’s face, her pupils trembling slightly, revealing a hint of nervousness.
Seeing her pitiful eyes, Ye Anping swallowed and took a deep breath, saying:
“What are you looking at?”
“Nothing…”
“Close your eyes.”
“Oh…”
Feng Yudie hesitated for a moment, then slowly closed her eyes. However, her lips were slightly parted.
Because they were facing each other, to Ye Anping, it looked like she was asking for a kiss. He was so scared that he took another breath, and quickly changed his words:
“Forget it, you should open your eyes.”
“Huh?”
Feng Yudie, confused, opened her eyes again.
It was at this moment that another muffled sound came from above.
Dong—
In an instant, Ye Anping felt the bedrock pressing on his back become a hundred pounds heavier. The right hand supporting his body weakened, and he fell forward.
?!
Ye Anping felt something was wrong and shouted:
“Ah… Wuwu—!”
“Wuwu—”
Before he could finish speaking, the sudden added weight on his back caused his lips to collide with Feng Yudie’s, and their front teeth knocked together.
A sweet pain spread through their minds with the intermingled saliva.
Ye Anping was stunned, and Feng Yudie was also stunned.
Their eyes widened in unison.
Ye Anping wanted to move his face away, but the rock pressing on his back seemed to say:
– Do not move!!
“…”
After struggling for a while, with this last resistance, he forcefully turned his head to the side, rubbing their tightly pressed lips apart.
Feng Yudie stared blankly at the ceiling as if she had dementia, forgetting even to blink.
Ye Anping, on the other hand, quickly spit a few times to the side:
“Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey… Hiss—”
“…”
Feng Yudie remained silent, but now she turned her eyes to look at Ye Anping’s profile, a hint of confusion in her eyes. She whispered dazedly:
“Salty, like the skin of roasted chicken, and slippery…”
Ye Anping was slightly surprised and asked:
“What?”
Feng Yudie seemed to realize what had happened. A blush suddenly appeared on her cheeks:
“…Nothing.”
Ye Anping, provoked by her strange tone, felt goosebumps rise on his back. He incredulously turned his head to look at her, but after holding back for a long time, he couldn’t utter a word.
“…”
Seeing that he had nothing to say, Feng Yudie paused and quietly asked:
“Are Junior Sister Pei’s lips like this too?”
“…”
Ye Anping felt that this question was unanswerable. After thinking for a while, he quickly changed the subject: “What did Gu Mingxin say to you just now?”
Feng Yudie replied softly:
“Ah?… Yes, she just said… you wanted her to kill me because I’m your love rival…”
“So, you believed her?”
“Yes, I almost believed her…” Feng Yudie’s voice trailed off. Then she took a deep breath, furrowed her brows, and complained, “Why did you come so late?”
“There was a slight complication…”
“Oh…”
Feng Yudie glanced sideways at Ye Anping’s profile again, suddenly felt a palpitation in her chest, but at the same time felt very safe and relaxed.
“Young Master Ye…”
“What?”
“…Thank you.”
“…You’re welcome.”
Hearing Feng Yudie’s relaxed tone, Ye Anping also relaxed his body slightly.
It was at this moment that the dim, narrow space suddenly brightened. Waves of golden light shone on Feng Yudie’s silver hair behind her, so much so that he could barely open his eyes.
He had thought it was his junior sister and the others digging them out, but as he turned his eyes slightly to the side, he saw Xiao Tian poking its head out of the rock wall.
It looked like a small wall-mounted night light, its whole head shining golden.
Xiao Tian rolled its eyes, looking at Ye Anping, then at Feng Yudie, and covered its mouth, chuckling:
“He he… Anping~~ Yudie~~ You two are becoming more and more like a cultivation pair~”
Ye Anping frowned and said, “Xiao Tian…”
Feng Yudie remained silent: “…”
Xiao Tian’s eyes curved into a smile, but it didn’t joke any further. It said:
“Wait a moment!! I’ll save you, Old Nine!! Here!!”
After saying that, Xiao Tian immediately retracted its head into the rock wall.
Ye Anping glanced in its direction, wondering how it would save them, when he heard a dragon’s roar from beyond the thick rubble.
Roar—
The bedrock encasing him and Feng Yudie began to tremble.
A golden spiritual light slowly enveloped the two closely pressed figures, then transformed into a golden dragon, pushing apart all the surrounding mountains.
On the ground, the Snow-clothed Guards, who were using earth-element spells to dig through the rock formations on various hills, all had their attention drawn by the golden light erupting from within the mountain.
They saw a golden dragon emerge from the mountain, soar towards the sky, disperse the dark clouds for a hundred miles, and then vanish into specks of golden light.
Ye Anping and Feng Yudie, who were enveloped within the dragon’s body, also reached an altitude of a hundred feet before falling freely downwards.
Pei Lianxue and Xiao Yunluo, who had emerged from the rock earlier, saw the two and immediately stepped on their flying swords, rising from the ground.
“Senior Brother!!”
“…En.”
Falling into Pei Lianxue’s arms, Ye Anping looked at her dirty face and helplessly reached out to gently stroke her head, then pinched her cheek:
“You brat, why did you run to the Northern Region behind my back? I’ll scold you when we get back.”
“Ah… I’m sorry, Senior Brother.”
Pei Lianxue lowered her head with some guilt, without defending herself, and slowly flew towards the ground with Ye Anping in her arms.
However, Xiao Yunluo, who caught Feng Yudie on the other side, looked disgusted.
– She had caught the wrong person…
Feng Yudie, sitting on her arm, seemed a bit dazed. Seeing her like this, Xiao Yunluo looked confused:
“Second idiot, what’s wrong? Did you hit your head?”
“Ah… ah?” Feng Yudie snapped back to attention, touched her lips, and ducked her neck, shaking her head, “Nothing…”
“It’s good that it’s nothing.” Xiao Yunluo slightly furrowed her brows and scolded complainingly, “Second idiot, didn’t you say you could handle it alone? Is this what you call handling it?!”
“I just…”
“Forget it, don’t move! I’ll carry you down.”
Xiao Yunluo shook her head and, carrying Feng Yudie, followed Pei Lianxue and Ye Anping towards the ground.
When the four of them landed, Xu Mulan, supported by two Snow-clothed Guards, also flew towards them.
She had been so worried while looking for Ye Anping just now that she now felt an urge to rush forward and hug him.
But seeing the three girls around Ye Anping, she took a step forward and then stopped abruptly.
“Young Master Ye… It’s good that you’re okay.”
“Of course I’m okay, it’s just a few tears in my clothes.”
Ye Anping stood on the ground and bowed to Xu Mulan, saying:
“Commander Xu, the rest will be up to you and the Snow-clothed Guard.”
“Naturally…” Xu Mulan averted her gaze and nodded, “Young Master Ye, please return to the boat to recuperate. This time…”
“Later, I still need to pick someone up.”
Ye Anping replied, turned to Pei Lianxue, and said, “Junior Sister, lend me your flying sword.”
“Pick up who? I’ll go…”
“I’m fine. Li Longling has also arrived, I need to pick her up…”
Ye Anping said softly. Without waiting for Pei Lianxue’s agreement, he formed a sword finger with his hand, flicked it slightly, and moved Pei Lianxue’s flying sword closer. He then stepped on it, flew up, and headed southwest.
However—
Just as he rose to about ten feet off the ground, his body began to sway, and he then tilted to one side, falling off the flying sword.
Xu Mulan, Pei Lianxue, and the others’ eyes widened:
“Senior Brother?!”
“Ye Anping?!”
“Young Master Ye?!”
Feng Yudie, who had been in a daze, now came back to her senses:
“Ah? Young Master Ye?!”
Except for Xu Mulan, who was seriously injured, Pei Lianxue, Xiao Yunluo, and Feng Yudie all stepped forward simultaneously, leaped up, extended their hands, and rushed towards Ye Anping.
But—
Bang—
With a dull thud, three groans.
“Ouch!”
“Ouch!”
“Ah—!”
The three of them collided foreheads in mid-air, and then fell to the ground with the unconscious Ye Anping.
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