Dozens of miles away, Chen Ye was holding Su Chunyi, his arms tightly wrapped around her slender waist.
Su Chunyi's face was flushed, as though she could barely stand. Only after catching her breath with difficulty did she say, "Sir, I... am already fine."
Chen Ye hurriedly let go and helped Su Chunyi sit down to rest.
The two had sprinted for dozens of miles. Just now, Su Chunyi's legs had gone weak and she had nearly fallen to the ground. Chen Ye had reacted swiftly, catching her in his arms.
This was not the first time they had shared such physical intimacy. Su Chunyi merely blushed faintly, as if she had grown accustomed to it.
Chen Ye had lived two lives, after all. Such a small scene was nowhere near enough to make him awkward. He naturally asked, "Miss Su, did you sense something just now?"
Su Chunyi nodded. Though her qi sea was damaged and she could not use spiritual energy, she had undergone Gangsha body tempering and possessed a body of bronze skin and iron bones. There was no way she would stumble so easily.
Just now, she had felt a resonance in her qi, as though she suddenly could not catch her breath, which was why she had fallen.
And this clearly meant that the straw man they had left behind had been cursed.
"Sir truly calculated everything flawlessly. The straw man left beneath the stone stele has already shattered, and I was affected somewhat as well, but it is nothing serious."
Chen Ye was immediately delighted and said excitedly, "What luck. That Old Devil doesn't know divination."
This was not especially strange. The art of divination was mysterious and unfathomable; even cultivators of the Dao Integration Realm might not necessarily master it. However, once one's