Yun Yun's Arrival (Part 2)

Xiao Yi Xian watched the battle in secret. She could not sense any other presence nearby either. Perhaps Xiao Yan was...

Or perhaps he was not. No matter what, she had to get Yun Yun away as soon as possible.

The battle in the sky gradually came to an end. Just as in the original story, the breaking of its horn caused the Amethyst Winged Lion King intense pain. With a savage lion's roar, its claw, carrying incomparably fierce force, struck Yun Yun heavily in the chest.

Amid a somewhat grating metallic screech, Yun Yun, having suffered the heavy blow, spat out a small mouthful of blood. Her face paled slightly as her body abruptly shot backward. With a flap of her green wings, her figure flickered several times in a strange succession before vanishing beyond the horizon in an instant.

Watching Yun Yun unleash such terrifying speed even while injured, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, whose strength had been diminished by its broken horn, threw back its head and released a savage roar brimming with killing intent.

Under that roar laden with violent energy, the mountain range below shook as though an earthquake had struck. The peaks of several towering mountains were actually shaken clean off.

"Search! Find that human woman no matter what!"

Its enormous head turned toward the mountain range below. The Amethyst Winged Lion King's blood-red eyes widened, and its ferocious roar filled with killing intent sent the magical beasts across the mountains scrambling frantically.

Xiao Yi Xian had naturally slipped away long ago, flying in Yun Yun's direction. A purple figure skimmed swiftly over the ground.

She had to be quick...

Quicker... even quicker...

Xiao Yi Xian wove through the nearby forest, searching for Yun Yun's figure—not only to prevent her from being harmed.

More importantly, the favor of a Dou Huang powerhouse was far too important to her plans!

It would make planning for the Life and Death Gate easier in the future. Perhaps the future would become even more exciting. What was so great about merely two Dou Dis?

The terrain was rugged and the woods dense as Xiao Yi Xian continued her search...

"Splash... splash..."

The sound of running water gradually reached her ears. Xiao Yi Xian wiped the sweat from her forehead, glanced in that direction, and after some thought, headed over.

Water, water... Yun Yun was injured. Perhaps she would instinctively move toward a water source? After all, in people's minds, water always represented hope and life.

And hadn't she been pulled out of the water in the original story?

After an unknown amount of time, the sound of rushing water beside her gradually grew louder, roaring endlessly. Looking ahead, she saw that the mountain stream had reached its end. That was—a waterfall?

Walking to the top of the waterfall, Xiao Yi Xian looked down. The mountain stream surged like a torrent and thundered into the pool below, its roar shaking the heavens. Water mist filled the entire pool, hazy and indistinct, faintly resembling a fairyland.

"Truly, a waterfall plunging three thousand feet, as if the Milky Way had fallen from the Ninth Heaven?"

Looking at the scene before her, Xiao Yi Xian murmured the line, and her mood suddenly lightened considerably.

But then Xiao Yi Xian's gaze froze. She abruptly looked toward one corner of the pool, where a white figure bobbed up and down with the water.

That... looked like a person?

Xiao Yi Xian frowned, crouching down and focusing her eyes. But the waterfall was too high and the mist too thick; she could not see clearly. She could only vaguely make out that it really did seem to be a person.

She had a feeling it was definitely Yun Yun. She refused to believe it could be anyone else—

"Purple Cloud Wings!"

A pair of purple wings extended from both sides of the sword case on Xiao Yi Xian's back. She soared into the air and flew downward, wind whistling past her ears. Passing through a burst of cool water mist, she landed beside the pool.

The water beside the pool was far louder than it had been above the waterfall, rumbling like thunder.

Xiao Yi Xian approached the white figure, and her heart began to grow uneasy again. It thumped faster and faster in her chest.

She was not entirely certain whether it was Yun Yun. Even her palms had begun to sweat.

At the edge of the pool floated a woman dressed in a moon-white robe. Her long dark hair spread carelessly through the water, yet she remained beautiful all the same.

Only, her eyes were tightly shut, her face was terribly pale, and the horrifying claw marks on her chest were still bleeding.

At that moment, a beast's roar came from afar. Xiao Yi Xian's brows knitted. This place was far from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair, and the earlier battle had not reached here. Many magical beasts still lived in the area.

She raised her head and looked toward the waterfall. Unfortunately, there was no water-curtain cave behind it; this was not Xiao Yan's cave. With a helpless sigh, Xiao Yi Xian pulled Yun Yun out of the water.

Holding her with one arm beneath her knees and the other beneath her arms, Xiao Yi Xian carried Yun Yun and swiftly left the poolside.

It would be awkward if she ran into Xiao Yan...

Not that she was afraid, but what if they did meet?

After searching for a long time, Xiao Yi Xian finally found a valley and a cave. There seemed to be only this one water-curtain cave nearby.

With one slash of her sword, she killed the magical beast occupying the cave. Xiao Yi Xian carefully carried Yun Yun inside. Other than a foul stench, there was no further trouble within.

Finally done, Xiao Yi Xian let out a long breath and laid Yun Yun down.

The whole affair had left her on edge, terrified that a Xiao Yan coming to rescue a damsel in distress might suddenly appear.

Her gaze swept over that delicate, flawless face before slowly moving downward. Beneath Yun Yun's jade-like neck, across her chest, were five terrifying claw marks.

Blood seeped from them, staining her clothes crimson. Even unconscious, Yun Yun's brows were slightly furrowed, a trace of pain faintly lingering on her face.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Yi Xian's healer instincts surged to the fullest. She carefully examined Yun Yun's wounds and said, "She needs treatment."

Xiao Yi Xian took more than ten small jade bottles from her Storage Ring. After hesitating for a moment, she reached out both hands, intending to undo the woman's clothes.

Though she was a girl too, why did undressing another girl make her a little nervous?

But just as her hands were about to touch the other woman's body, the mysterious woman with her eyes tightly shut suddenly opened them. Her beautiful eyes carried a trace of icy anger and embarrassment as she stared fixedly at the black-robed figure before her.

"Uh!"

Faced with that fierce, murderous glare, Xiao Yi Xian could not help taking a step back.

"Hey, hey, hey, you don't have to treat your benefactor like this, do you?" Xiao Yi Xian lifted her black robe, revealing her face.

"❓"

Yun Yun was somewhat bewildered as she looked at the girl before her. She had assumed her rescuer would be a man. Seeing that attempt to remove her clothes just now, she had thought it was some pervert. But now...

Feeling her injuries, Yun Yun silently cursed the Amethyst Winged Lion King. If that bastard had not used such underhanded tactics...

Yun Yun struggled, intending to apply the medicine herself, only to discover that she could not move no matter what she did.

Turning her head, she looked with her beautiful eyes at the girl who had been watching her. With a quiet sigh, she softly said, "You should help me apply the medicine after all."

Her voice was exceptionally pleasant to hear, though perhaps because of her status, it always carried an unmistakable air of nobility.

"Me?" Xiao Yi Xian stared at Yun Yun, blinked, and said with a smile, "I can help you, but let's make this clear first. Don't come settling accounts with me afterward. We're both women, so there's nothing to be embarrassed about!"

Hearing Xiao Yi Xian's words, the woman was momentarily unsure whether to laugh or cry. She shook her head, but suddenly wondered how many years it had been since anyone had dared speak to her like this.

"I'm not that old-fashioned. Naturally, I would not repay kindness with enmity." Yun Yun softened her tone as she spoke, unable to keep from smiling wryly.

Not to mention if it had been a man—she certainly would not have wanted anyone touching her. But since it was a woman, it did not matter much. After all, she often bathed with her own young disciple.

Xiao Yi Xian's gaze swept over that beautiful face once more. She gave a dry cough, reached out, and carefully tore open a section of the clothing over Yun Yun's chest.

What met her eyes were blood-streaked white claw marks. Looking at those neither shallow nor deep wounds, Xiao Yi Xian gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a silent thumbs-up.

What a lecherous old beast...