Yun Yun Severely Injured, Let's Rest for a Night Before Leaving (Seeking Monthly Votes, Seeking Follow-up Reads)

"Little lion, it's been a few days, and you've grown quite bold!"

"Let me see, what exactly were you planning to do to my human kin?"

Xiao Ze appeared with a beaming smile, his hands clasped behind his back. His robes fluttered in the wind as he gazed at the Amethyst Winged Lion King, his expression full of amusement.

"Uh..." Looking at the man who seemed like a demon before him, the Amethyst Winged Lion King felt a surge of terror.

The confidence it had just mustered was dismantled in an instant.

It tremblingly retracted its giant paw, a hideous, awkward smile spreading across its ferocious face: "B-Big Brother, you... why has an elder like you come here?"

"What? Am I not allowed to come?" Xiao Ze cast a sidelong glance at it.

"H-how could that be!" the Amethyst Winged Lion King declared righteously: "This place is your home, Big Brother. You can come whenever you please."

"I, little lion, give my full support with both hands and feet!"

It lay flat on the ground, belly up, as it spoke.

"Hmph!" Xiao Ze's expression turned cold in an instant: "You seem full of energy today. Good, I just happened to think of a new combo technique."

"Would you like to practice it with me?"

As he spoke, he raised his palm.

The previously clear sky suddenly darkened, a roaring sea of lightning churned incessantly, and a scorching, massive flame palm slowly emerged from the heavens, its surging, overwhelming pressure threatening to destroy the entire mountain range.

"No need, no need!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King was terrified, waving its paws frantically: "This King surrenders, this King surrenders!"

"Get lost!" Xiao Ze barked sharply.

"Understood, I'm getting lost right now, getting lost..." The Amethyst Winged Lion King offered a fawning smile, then scrambled away on all fours back into its cave.

The sight of it in such a pathetic state left Yun Yun dumbfounded.

Was this... really the same mighty, domineering Amethyst Winged Lion King that had suppressed her with a mere flick of its claws just moments ago?

Was this still the overlord of the Magical Beast Mountain Range she knew?

It looked more like a domesticated beast.

An illusion!

It had to be an illusion!

She closed her eyes, wishing with all her might that what she was seeing was just a hallucination.

She, the dignified Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect and one of the ten strongest experts in the Gama Empire, had actually been defeated by such a beast?

Humiliation! This was her absolute humiliation!

"Sect Master Yun Yun, are you alright?" A voice suddenly rang out beside her.

"I-I'm fine." Yun Yun answered subconsciously, but then, realizing something, she looked at Xiao Ze with surprise: "You... know who I am?"

Her identity was not exactly a secret in the Gama Empire.

But not many people knew it.

Especially those who could recognize her at a single glance—they were few and far between.

Since the person before her knew her, it meant he was from the Gama Empire and not an expert from another empire, which made her breathe a sigh of relief.

"Of course!" Xiao Ze said with a smile: "There shouldn't be another female Dou Huang as young as Sect Master Yun in the entire Gama Empire, right?"

"Thank you for the compliment, sir." Yun Yun's arched brows relaxed, and a faint smile graced her cheeks.

She was just about to bow in gratitude when a sharp pain made her face turn pale. Weakened, she lost her balance and was about to collapse to the ground.

Fortunately, at the last moment, a warm, large hand caught her waist, steadying her body.

"Are you alright?" Xiao Ze asked with concern, "Do you need to rest?"

"I-I'm fine." Yun Yun, still shaken, let out a soft breath.

But when she felt the warmth radiating from his hand on her waist, a crimson flush instantly climbed up her delicate, flawless face.

"S-Sir..."

"Yes?"

"You can let go of me now..." Yun Yun's breathing was slightly rapid, and her elegant voice carried a tremor.

"My apologies." Xiao Ze smiled and withdrew his hand.

"Thank you..." As the warm palm left her waist, Yun Yun couldn't help but feel relieved. She adjusted her breathing slightly, returning once more to the composed, high-and-mighty Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect.

"Yun Yun thanks you for your rescue! My Misty Cloud Sect will surely keep this kindness in our hearts..." Yun Yun endured the pain in her body and thanked Xiao Ze.

"There is no need for that." Xiao Ze waved his hand.

"Forgive my presumption, but I have yet to learn your name..." A strange glint flashed in Yun Yun's eyes; she was very curious about Xiao Ze's identity.

"You can just call me Xiao Ze," Xiao Ze said after a moment's thought.

"Xiao Ze?" Yun Yun's brows furrowed slightly. Was there such a Dou Huang expert in the Gama Empire?

Suddenly, as if she had realized something, her beautiful eyes widened, and she said in surprise.

"A surname of Xiao?"

"Could it be that you are that ancestor of the Xiao Clan?"

"Uh..." Caught red-handed, Xiao Ze awkwardly rubbed his nose. When it came down to it, the relationship between his Xiao Clan and the Misty Cloud Sect was far from friendly.

Especially since the Three-Year Agreement had been his own initiative.

"That's right, I am the ancestor of the Xiao Clan." Since quibbling was useless, Xiao Ze simply admitted it.

"I never expected your identity to be so unexpected!" Upon learning Xiao Ze's true identity, a flash of surprise crossed Yun Yun's beautiful eyes.

According to the information she had gathered, the ancestor of the Xiao Clan was a figure from at least one hundred and fifty years ago.

She had assumed this mysterious ancestor would be a white-haired, elderly man, yet to her surprise, the person before her looked incredibly young!

He even... looked a few years younger than she did.

"What? Surprised?" Xiao Ze said with a smile.

"Of course!" Yun Yun sighed. "Your appearance... is simply too young."

Xiao Ze: ...

"It is getting late, and since Sect Master Yun is currently injured, I fear it will be difficult for you to fly out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Why not rest here for the night and leave once your injuries have improved?"

Xiao Ze did not want to dwell on the topic, so he changed the subject.

"There is no need." Yun Yun forced herself up, intending to manifest her Dou Qi wings.

However, as she circulated her cultivation technique, a sharp pain surged through her body, as if every meridian and bone were being torn apart. This intense agony forced a sharp intake of breath from her.

"Sect Master Yun, don't push yourself. You should focus on healing first," Xiao Ze advised once more.

Given the severity of her current injuries, Xiao Ze wouldn't be exaggerating to say that if she managed to walk a hundred meters, she would be a remarkably tough woman.

"Then, I shall trouble you." After trying a few more times and realizing her injuries truly made it impossible to leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Yun Yun offered a helpless smile and accepted Xiao Ze's proposal.

"Let's go. I know of a cave that is perfect for recovering."

"I'll help you over there..."

Looking at the hand extended toward her, Yun Yun went through a fierce internal struggle before finally, with a blushing face, offering her own fair hand.

As her jade-like palm touched his, he felt a sensation of smooth, white softness.

Xiao Ze turned his head, a flash of amazement crossing his eyes. At such close range, he realized she was truly breathtaking—her features were like a painting, her skin like ice and jade, and her figure graceful and exquisite.

In particular, the elegant curves wrapped in her dress were enough to keep one's eyes glued to her.

She truly lives up to the title of the 'Number One Mature Beauty of the Dou Qi Continent'; her temperament and figure are extraordinary! Across the entire Dou Qi Continent, only two women could be called such mature beauties.

One was Ya Fei, and the other was Yun Yun.

But the two possessed completely different temperaments.

If Ya Fei was like a blazing fire, charming and dripping with allure, capable of igniting the primal desires in one's heart, then Yun Yun was the standard "flower on a high peak." Her formidable strength, combined with the temperament cultivated from long-held authority, was enough to ignite one's desire for conquest.

"What are you saying?" Yun Yun's willow-like brows furrowed slightly.

"Nothing at all." Xiao Ze smiled faintly.

He glanced down and saw a faint layer of pink gradually spreading across her snow-white neck. Clearly, her inner state was far from as calm as she appeared.

With Xiao Ze's support, the two gradually arrived in front of a cave.

"This is..."

"That's right, this is the lair of the Amethyst Winged Lion King!"

Yun Yun: ...

The place you said was best for healing... is this place?

Does the Amethyst Winged Lion King even agree to this?