Unexpected Incident

Seeing that it no longer tried to stop him, Xiao Peng nodded at the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. "Deal."

He was not afraid of the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King. Killing it would mainly be troublesome, and he planned to raise this young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in the future.

Before his words had even faded, he turned and dashed toward the cave entrance.

Outside the nest, the adult Lion King's increasingly furious roars could faintly be heard. Clearly, Yun Yun could not hold out much longer.

He did not dare linger in the slightest. His figure swept past the cave walls like a black shadow, and the airflow he stirred made the purple crystals embedded in the mountain walls clink softly against one another.

The moment he rushed out of the nest, Xiao Peng identified his direction, tapped the tip of his foot against a dead branch, and soared into the air. He quickly vanished into the depths of the forest.

Behind him, the young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was eagerly devouring the Flesh and Blood Essence on the ground.

As for the Companion Purple Crystal Source?

There had never been any Companion Purple Crystal Source here.

After leaving the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's nest, Xiao Peng hurried toward the place he had arranged to meet Yun Yun.

When Xiao Peng reached the agreed-upon mountain stream, he saw only a few scraps of pale dress fabric scattered along the bank, along with a pool of blood that had yet to dry.

The air still carried the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's savage aura, mixed with a faint scent of blood, and his heart sank sharply.

Damn, had Yun Yun screwed up?

"Yun Yun?"

Xiao Peng called out loudly, but only the babbling water of the mountain stream answered him.

His gaze swept over the water's surface, and he spotted what seemed to be a streak of pale white rising and falling with the current in a whirlpool not far downstream.

Seeing this, Xiao Peng drew a streak of azure light through his palm with the Qingping Sword and split apart the rushing current.

Only when he approached did he see clearly. Yun Yun's eyes were shut, her face pale as paper, and a faint purple glow lingered around her body.

That was the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's unique sealing power. Like vines, it entwined her meridians, suppressing even the Dou Qi leaking from her body until it was pitifully weak.

The current Yun Yun was no different from an ordinary person.

Xiao Peng reached out, lifted Yun Yun around the waist, and swiftly carried her away from the area.

More than ten minutes later, Xiao Peng brought Yun Yun into a cave.

He had come here because there were quite a few medicinal herbs nearby that could be used to refine pills.

Xiao Peng gently laid Yun Yun on a stone platform and took out several Healing Pills to feed her.

He truly had not expected Yun Yun to be struck by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's Purple Crystal Seal.

He had merely asked her to draw the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's attention for a while, yet she had ended up like this. It was truly unprecedented.

As the medicinal power gradually spread, Yun Yun's external injuries healed at a visible rate, and some color returned to her previously pale cheeks.

Xiao Peng quickly set up seven or eight formations around the cave to keep the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King from finding them.

Looking at Yun Yun, drenched from head to toe, Xiao Peng hesitated over whether he should help her change clothes.

According to the iron law that she would definitely wake up during a clothes change, if he helped Yun Yun change, she would one hundred percent wake up right now.

There was no question about it.

His teacher had never taught him such a simple everyday spell as the Cleaning Technique.

After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Peng decided to quickly change Yun Yun's clothes.

Xiao Peng rummaged through his Storage Ring and found a spare pale-colored robe. The fabric was not particularly luxurious, but it was clean enough.

He first carefully untied the fastenings of Yun Yun's soaked outer dress. When his fingertips touched the cool fabric, his movements unconsciously grew gentler.

The wet clothes clung to her body, outlining her slender figure. The ribbon that had bound her hair had somehow come loose, and several damp strands stuck to the side of her neck, trembling lightly with her shallow breaths.

Just as he was about to remove her outer dress, Yun Yun's eyelashes suddenly fluttered rapidly, and the corners of her eyes took on a faint flush.

Xiao Peng's heart skipped a beat. Just what he feared had happened.

"Mm..."

Yun Yun's eyelids moved as if she wanted to open them, but fatigue dragged them shut again. She merely mumbled a few indistinct words.

Xiao Peng's hands moved like lightning. He stripped off Yun Yun's soaked clothes and put on the clothes he had prepared for her.

"...Water..."

Xiao Peng hurriedly fetched Yun Yun some water. Just as he was about to hand it to her, he saw that Yun Yun had slowly opened her eyes.

Her gaze was still hazy with sleep. It lingered on Xiao Peng's face for a moment before slowly moving down to the oversized pale robe on her body.

The unfamiliar feel of the fabric made her pause slightly. Then, as if she had remembered something, her ears instantly turned red. She hurriedly raised a hand to pull her collar closed, and a flash of panic crossed her eyes.

"You..."

Yun Yun's voice was still somewhat hoarse, carrying the laziness of someone who had just awakened, yet there was obvious unease beneath it.

Xiao Peng coughed dryly, handed the waterskin to Yun Yun, and said, "You were hit by the Purple Crystal Seal. Your Dou Qi has been locked away. Drink some water first."

Yun Yun accepted the waterskin. Only when her fingertips touched the cool leather did the panic in her heart ease slightly.

She lowered her head and took a few sips. The dryness in her throat was somewhat relieved, but she did not dare look up at Xiao Peng. Her eyes remained fixed on the patterns in the stone platform, while the blush on her ears refused to fade.

"My... my clothes..." Yun Yun asked softly.

Her voice was as faint as a mosquito's buzz, and her fingers unconsciously tightened around her collar.

That pale robe was extremely large, nearly covering half her arms. An unfamiliar scent lingered at the tip of her nose, inexplicably quickening her heartbeat.

"They were wet, so I changed them for you." Xiao Peng spoke frankly, doing his best to keep his tone calm. "You were unconscious. You couldn't exactly stay in wet clothes."

Yun Yun gave a quiet "oh" and said nothing more. She merely drank more slowly, secretly glancing at Xiao Peng from the corner of her eye.

Once he saw that Yun Yun was all right, Xiao Peng sat on the ground and took out the Flesh and Blood Essence.

Xiao Peng swallowed the Flesh and Blood Essence. A faint red glow spread over his body as the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique began to circulate, his blood and qi surging through his meridians like a tide.

He deliberately slowed his breathing, yet the corner of his eye could not help drifting toward Yun Yun on the stone platform.

Yun Yun had her head lowered, her fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of the robe. The red at the roots of her ears was like rouge soaked in water, spreading even deeper.

When Yun Yun secretly looked up, her gaze collided directly with Xiao Peng's. Startled, she immediately drew her eyes back and nearly crushed the waterskin in her hand.

A trace of water slid from her throat down her neck and disappeared into the collar of her robe, leaving behind a faint wet mark.

She hurriedly raised a hand to wipe it away, her fingertips brushing against warm skin.

"Um... thank you." Yun Yun's voice was as quiet as a mosquito's hum, yet it was especially clear in the silent cave. "And... about the clothes..."

"It's nothing. Rest well for now." Xiao Peng withdrew his gaze and focused on guiding the Profound Technique's circulation.

The heat of his surging blood and qi gradually settled. When Xiao Peng opened his eyes, he saw that Yun Yun had already leaned against the stone wall with her eyes closed, breathing softly as if she had fallen asleep again.

Yet her slightly furrowed brow and the fingers still clutching her collar revealed that she was not sleeping peacefully.

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Peng used the Absorbing Palm to pull over a large tree from outside. He turned it into firewood and built a fire for Yun Yun.

Yun Yun was now an ordinary person. She still needed to warm herself by the fire.