After walking for a while, the two returned to the cave entrance. Before them lay a bottomless cliff.
Upon reaching it, Lu Yunxiao naturally opened his arms.
Xiao Yi Xian shot him a coquettish glare, but she no longer resisted as she had at first.
After their experience in the cave, the distance between them had already shortened considerably.
"Don't get handsy." Xiao Yi Xian bared her little canine teeth in warning before throwing herself into his embrace like a swallow returning to its nest.
A fragrant breeze washed over him. Lu Yunxiao instinctively wrapped an arm around Xiao Yi Xian's slender waist. He did not know whether it was an illusion, but the feeling of holding her seemed three times better than holding Gu Xun'er.
Gu Xun'er: Brother Gu Xiao, think carefully before you speak. I'm grinding my teeth.
"Hold tight."
Lu Yunxiao gave her a reminder, then shot forward like the wind.
His toes lightly tapped against the cliff face as his body swept rapidly upward.
The wind howled past her ears. Xiao Yi Xian leaned against Lu Yunxiao's chest and looked at his flawless profile. Her heart stirred, and starlight flickered in her eyes.
Was it an illusion?
She felt that the more she looked at this man, the more pleasing he became. What a strange feeling.
That was what Xiao Yi Xian thought to herself.
Lu Yunxiao swiftly ascended and reached the top of the cliff in mere moments.
The Star Spirit Gold transformed into a silver-white longsword. With a single swing, Lu Yunxiao beheaded the mercenaries guarding the cliff top.
They landed lightly and steadied themselves.
"Still not letting go?"
Xiao Yi Xian looked at the hand still tightly gripping her waist and spoke in a sweet voice, her gaze carrying a touch of reproach.