I, a Mighty Man

"Young master?" Seeing Lu Bu lost in thought, Xiao Yi Xian called out softly on instinct.

"Ahem... Xiao Yi Xian, I heard you found a cave. I'm quite interested—want to go take a look together?" Lu Bu said with a smile after coughing lightly twice.

Xiao Yi Xian's expression changed at once. She instantly snapped out of her fascination with his looks, and her gaze turned sharp.

"Run!"

Xiao Yi Xian shouted, grabbing her assistant Lifi by the hand and sprinting toward the door.

However, Lu Bu chuckled. A formation pattern lit up beneath his feet and spread outward, instantly enveloping both women.

The two women, who had been running at full speed, froze in place. Lu Bu tapped off the ground with his toes, flew over, and landed before them.

"Xiao Yi Xian, you can't escape." Lu Bu chuckled, raising a finger as soul power slowly gathered at its tip. An invisible pressure bore down on them.

Xiao Yi Xian's face went pale. "Wait! I'll take you there, but you have to let my assistant go. She doesn't know anything!"

Lu Bu paused, frowning as he pondered for a moment. "Fine, I promise you. But if you try anything, don't blame me for being rude!"

That final sentence was directed at Xiao Yi Xian's assistant, Lifi.

"O-Okay... I'll definitely keep it secret..." Lifi's face was pale as she nodded repeatedly.

Lu Bu raised a hand and gripped Xiao Yi Xian's shoulder. With a tap of his foot, he vanished into the night sky with her. As Lu Bu departed, Lifi felt her body suddenly relax, the force restraining her vanishing in an instant.

"Damn it... The treasure's going to be lost!" Looking in the direction where the two had disappeared, Lifi's face filled with anxiety. After gritting her teeth and struggling for a moment, determination flashed across her face. She hurriedly ran toward a certain part of Qingshan Town.

There was a force renowned throughout Qingshan Town stationed there: the Wolf Head Mercenary Group!

Within the forest, Lu Bu carried Xiao Yi Xian as he lightly tapped the ground with his toes, speeding through the woods. He did not put an arm around her waist, fearing he might offend the beauty, but...

Xiao Yi Xian glared at Lu Bu's handsome face through gritted teeth. Damn bastard. He was obviously so good-looking, yet he insisted on doing such hateful things.

"Which way now?" Lu Bu asked with a smile.

"Th-That way." Xiao Yi Xian raised a jade-like finger and pointed into the darkness of the forest.

"You're lying." Lu Bu said irritably. "Your soul fluctuations are very abnormal. It's obvious you're lying."

"Damn it!" Xiao Yi Xian ground her teeth and cursed bitterly. She then carefully examined the surrounding terrain before finally pointing in another direction.

Lu Bu nodded in satisfaction, grabbed Xiao Yi Xian by the shoulder, and took off again. Before long, they arrived at the edge of a cliff.

"The cave is beneath the cliff. Are you satisfied now?" Xiao Yi Xian said angrily. She crossed her legs and plopped down directly onto the ground, heedless of her white dress and the yellow dirt, looking as though she were waiting for Lu Bu to make his move.

Lu Bu looked at her in amusement. This girl had taken him for some villain who killed and robbed others.

I'm clearly so handsome—I look so much like a good person... No! I am a good person!

"Ahem... Xiao Yi Xian, don't you want to see what's down there?" Lu Bu smiled and held out his hand to her.

Xiao Yi Xian, who had been sitting on the ground awaiting the end of her life, stiffened. She raised her head and looked at Lu Bu in disbelief.

"Y-You're not going to kill me?"

"Why... would I kill you?" Lu Bu tilted his head and asked curiously.

Xiao Yi Xian: "..."

Good question. I don't know either!

"Come on!" Lu Bu gestured with his chin, signaling for her to take his hand.

Xiao Yi Xian hesitated for a moment before finally placing her hand in his palm.

Lu Bu exerted a little force and pulled her up from the ground, casually helping her brush the dirt off her butt.

"Damn it, what are you doing?" Xiao Yi Xian's pretty face flushed red, her eyes rippling as that pat had not been light.

"I'm helping you clean off the dust." Lu Bu said righteously. Judging by his face alone, no one would have guessed that he was taking advantage of her.

"Alright, let's get ready to go down." Lu Bu gave her two more pats, then took a rope from his Ring and secured it. Grabbing the rope, he opened his arms to Xiao Yi Xian.

"Get on."

Xiao Yi Xian: "...Get on where?"

"Get on!"

Xiao Yi Xian: "..."

"If you won't get on, then I'll get on."

Looking at Lu Bu's smiling face, Xiao Yi Xian sighed and somewhat unwillingly stepped toward him.

"What's with that expression?" Lu Bu said irritably. "I'm a dignified man—how could I be some lecherous brute? Do you think I'd take advantage of you?"

Xiao Yi Xian: "..."

That was hard to say!

Still, despite her thoughts, Xiao Yi Xian moved closer into Lu Bu's embrace. Lu Bu wrapped his left arm around her, holding the slender waist he had been coveting for so long.

He had to admit, it felt really good—slim enough to fit in one hand, neither too thick nor too thin. Holding her like this gave him the greatest sense of satisfaction.

Subconsciously, Lu Bu tightened his hold on the person in his arms.

"Mmm..." Xiao Yi Xian couldn't help letting out a soft moan, her pretty face flushing crimson. "Bastard, hurry up and get going!"

"Ahem... right away." Xiao Yi Xian's words snapped Lu Bu out of his brief daze. He pushed off with his feet and slid down the cliff, gripping the rope.

Before Xiao Yi Xian could react, she felt her body suddenly go weightless as the gap between them widened at once.

Xiao Yi Xian's heart sank, but a powerful arm held firmly around her waist, keeping her from being flung away.

Just as gratitude for Lu Bu rose in Xiao Yi Xian's heart, her body suddenly jolted to a stop. Her chest went "duang" as it slammed hard into the man's chest.

Lu Bu had stopped!

"Bastard, what are you doing!?" Xiao Yi Xian gritted her teeth angrily. And he still claimed he wasn't a lecher, claimed he wouldn't take advantage of her.

"I misjudged the distance. We'll need to put in a little more effort." Lu Bu stared at the cliff face in the distance, obscured by crosswise branches, and frowned slightly.

Xiao Yi Xian relaxed a little. He hadn't done it on purpose.

"Then what do we do?" Xiao Yi Xian immediately asked worriedly. The two of them were hanging from a sheer cliff, with a bottomless abyss beneath them and nothing but a single rope keeping them safe.

"It's not a big problem. I have a way." Lu Bu smiled, adjusted his grip on the rope slightly, then pushed off with his feet. The rope in his hand rapidly slipped loose as he swung toward the cave.

The sensation of weightlessness struck again, and Xiao Yi Xian instinctively clung tightly to Lu Bu. But just then...

duang~

She slammed into him hard again.

"You..." Xiao Yi Xian clenched her pearly teeth, her clear eyes shimmering with tears. Before she could speak, though, the weightless feeling came again, and she crashed into the man once more.

Weightlessness... crash... weightlessness... crash... weightlessness... crash!

"Bastard, you..." Xiao Yi Xian clenched her jade-like hand into a fist, no longer able to contain her temper as she prepared to punch the bastard.

But just then, Lu Bu released the rope completely, kicked hard against the cliff face, flipped through the air, and landed on a branch jutting out from the rock wall.

"We're here." Lu Bu chuckled. "See? I told you I had a way."

Xiao Yi Xian: "..."

Her chest hurt from anger. She didn't want to speak!

Lu Bu examined the pitch-black cave entrance ahead. Limited by his current cultivation of Dou Qi, he couldn't see inside at all, but with a sweep of his Soul Perception, everything within became clear.

Aside from some scattered rubble and a few animal bones, there was nothing at the entrance. Five or six meters down the passage was a dead end, where a massive boulder completely blocked the entire tunnel.

Lu Bu tossed the Ring in his hand, then took out a luminous pearl. "Miss, follow behind me."

"I have my own tinderbox." Xiao Yi Xian said irritably, pulling out a fire starter from her clothes and, at the same time, putting away a packet of medicinal powder concealed in her palm.

Judging from the strength he had displayed, her powder wouldn't be able to hurt him at all.

Lu Bu smiled. "Are you sure? Caves like this are the favorite habitats of poisonous insects and venomous snakes. Just imagine it—those centipedes with all those legs, and those venomous snakes without any. If they crawl into your clothes, onto your body..."

"Bastard, stop talking!" Xiao Yi Xian snapped. Goosebumps rose across her fair skin. She was still just an ordinary girl—how could she not be afraid of such things?

"Let's go." Lu Bu chuckled.

Xiao Yi Xian cautiously followed behind Lu Bu, practically wishing she could press herself against him. Seeing this, Lu Bu simply pulled her to his side and wrapped an arm around her shoulders as they walked side by side like a couple.

Xiao Yi Xian ground her pearly teeth as Lu Bu's earlier words echoed through her mind:

"I, a dignified man, am hardly the sort of lecher..."

Pah!

What a waste of such a handsome face!