Yun Yun badly Injured; Let's Rest for the Night Before We Leave (Please Vote and Keep Reading)

"Little Lion, it's only been a few days, and you're already throwing your weight around!"

"Let me see what you're planning to do to my human friend."

Xiao Ze appeared with a beaming smile, his hands clasped behind his back as his robes fluttered in the wind. He looked at the Amethyst Winged Lion King with a smile.

"Uh..." Facing the man before it, who was like a demon, the Amethyst Winged Lion King felt fear well up inside.

The confidence it had just mustered crumbled in an instant.

It tremblingly withdrew its massive paw, its ferocious face twisting into an awkward smile. "B-Big Brother, w-what brings you here?"

"What? I'm not allowed to come?" Xiao Ze glanced at it.

"H-How could you say that!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King declared righteously, "This is your home, Big Brother. You can come whenever you want."

"Your little lion here wholeheartedly agrees!"

It sprawled on the ground with all four paws in the air as it spoke.

"Hmph!" Xiao Ze's expression instantly turned cold. "You look full of energy today. Good. I just thought of another combo move."

"How about you help me practice it?"

As he spoke, he raised his palm.

The clear sky suddenly darkened. A sea of thunder roared and churned as a blazing palm of fire slowly emerged from the heavens. Its surging might seemed ready to destroy the entire mountain range.

"No need, no need!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King was startled and hurriedly waved its paws. "I surrender, I surrender!"

"Get lost!" Xiao Ze barked.

"Of course! I'll get lost right away, right away..." The Amethyst Winged Lion King laughed obsequiously, then rolled and scrambled back into its cave.

Yun Yun stared at its wretched appearance, dumbfounded.

Was this... really the same mighty, imposing Amethyst Winged Lion King that had just subdued her with a casual lift of its paw?

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

Why did it look just like a domesticated magical beast?

An illusion!

It had to be an illusion!

She closed her eyes, so desperately hoping that what she had just witnessed was an illusion.

She, the dignified Misty Cloud Sect Master and one of the Ten Great Experts of the Jia Ma Empire, had actually lost to a magical beast like that?

Humiliation! This was her humiliation!

"Sect Master Yun Yun, are you all right?" A voice suddenly sounded beside her.

"I-I'm fine," Yun Yun replied instinctively. But then she realized something and looked at Xiao Ze in surprise. "You... know who I am?"

Her identity was no secret in the Jia Ma Empire.

But not many people knew of it.

And even fewer could recognize her at a glance.

Since this man knew who she was, he must be from the Jia Ma Empire, not a powerful expert from another empire. That came as a relief.

"Of course!" Xiao Ze replied with a beaming smile. "There probably aren't any other female Dou Huang experts as young as Sect Master Yun in the entire Jia Ma Empire, are there?"

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

She was about to cup her hands in greeting, but a violent stab of pain drained the color from her face. Weakened, she lost her balance and nearly fell to the ground.

Fortunately, at the last moment, a warm, broad hand caught her by the waist and steadied her.

"Are you all right?" Xiao Ze asked with concern. "Would you like to rest for a while?"

"I-I'm fine." Still shaken, Yun Yun let out a faint breath of relief.

But when she felt the warmth against her waist, a blush spread across her flawless cheeks.

"S-Sir..."

"Hmm?"

"You can let go of me now..." Yun Yun's breathing turned a little ragged, and her usually calm voice wavered.

"Sorry." Xiao Ze smiled and withdrew his hand.

"Thank you..." As his warm hand left her waist, Yun Yun let out a breath of relief. She steadied her breathing, then once again became the aloof Misty Cloud Sect Master.

"Yun Yun thanks you for saving my life, sir! The Misty Cloud Sect will always remember this kindness..." Yun Yun suppressed the pain in her body as she thanked Xiao Ze.

"There's no need for that." Xiao Ze waved a hand.

"Forgive my impertinence, but I haven't yet learned your name..." A flicker of curiosity crossed Yun Yun's eyes. She was very curious about Xiao Ze's identity.

"You can call me Xiao Ze," he replied after a moment's thought.

"Xiao Ze?" Yun Yun furrowed her brows. Was there really a Dou Huang expert by that name in the Jia Ma Empire?

Suddenly, she seemed to realize something. Her beautiful eyes widened as she exclaimed in surprise,

"Your surname is Xiao?"

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

"Uh..." His identity had been seen through. Xiao Ze awkwardly rubbed his nose. After all, the relationship between the Xiao Clan and the Misty Cloud Sect wasn't exactly good.

Especially since he had been the one to propose the Three-Year Agreement.

"No mistake. I'm the Xiao Clan's ancestor." There was no point in denying it, so Xiao Ze simply admitted it.

"I never expected your identity to be so... surprising!" Learning who Xiao Ze was, Yun Yun's beautiful eyes flashed with astonishment.

According to the information she had gathered, the Xiao Clan's ancestor had lived at least a hundred and fifty years ago.

She had assumed that this mysterious ancestor of the Xiao Clan would be a white-haired old man. She never expected that he would look so young!

He even looked several years younger than her.

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

"Of course!" Yun Yun sighed. "You look... far too young."

Xiao Ze: ...

"It's getting late. With your injuries, Sect Master Yun, it'll be difficult for you to fly out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Why don't you rest here for the night and leave after your injuries have improved?"

"No need." Yun Yao forced herself to stay upright, intending to circulate her Dou Qi and form wings.

But as soon as she circulated her technique, a sharp pain tore through her body, as if every meridian and bone were being ripped apart. The agony made her suck in a breath.

"Sect Master Yun, don't push yourself. You should heal first," Xiao Ze urged again.

With injuries like hers, Xiao Ze wasn't exaggerating when he said she'd be lucky to make it a hundred meters.

"Then... I'll trouble you, sir." Yun Yun tried a few times, then realized her injuries really were too severe for her to leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range. With a helpless smile, she accepted Xiao Ze's suggestion.

"Come on. I know a cave that's perfect for recuperating."

"I'll help you over..."

Yun Yun stared at the hand he held out. After an intense struggle within herself, she finally blushed and placed her delicate hand in his.

Her jade-like palm felt smooth and soft in his grasp.

Xiao Ze turned his head aside, a flash of admiration in his eyes. Up close, he realized she was truly stunning, with features as lovely as a painting, skin like ice and jade, and a graceful, shapely figure.

In particular, the alluring curves beneath her robes were impossible to look away from.

"No wonder she's known as the 'number one mature beauty on the Dou Qi Continent.' Her bearing and figure are truly exceptional!" Across the entire Dou Qi Continent, only two women could be called mature beauties.

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

But the two had completely different temperaments.

If Ya Fei was as passionate as fire and alluring to the core, she could stir the beastly desire deep in people's hearts.

Then Yun Yun was the quintessential flower atop a high peak. Her formidable strength, paired with the bearing she had cultivated through years in a position of power, could stir the desire to conquer deep in people's hearts.

"What are you saying, sir?" Yun Yun furrowed her willow brows.

"Nothing." Xiao Ze smiled faintly.

His gaze slid to her snow-white neck, where a faint blush was slowly spreading. Clearly, she wasn't nearly as calm as she appeared.

With Xiao Ze supporting her, the two gradually arrived at a cave.

"This is..."

"That's right. This is the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave!"

Yun Yun: ...

This was the place he'd said was perfect for recuperating?

Did the Amethyst Winged Lion King agree to this?