Xuan Qing: A Mere Fifth-Tier Pill Is Nothing!

Xuan Qing stretched out his arm and steadily caught the woman in his embrace. Gentle Dou Qi supported her falling momentum, dispelling the force of her heavy fall.

Yun Yun weakly opened her hazy eyes, enveloped by an unfamiliar yet steady presence.

Fatigue and pain swept over her consciousness in wave after wave. Her head dipped slightly, and she fainted.

On the other side of the hill.

Yao Lao watched the scene and lightly shook his head, sighing teasingly at Xiao Yan.

"What a pity. Someone else got there first and picked her up. Otherwise, you would've been in luck."

Xiao Yan's cheeks flushed slightly. He curled his lips in annoyance and muttered under his breath.

"You old pervert. Do you take me for that kind of person?"

Yao Chen chuckled, his illusory figure drifting above Xiao Yan's shoulder.

"Hehe... maybe not!"

Xiao Yan rolled his eyes at him and stopped paying attention to Yao Lao's teasing.

Xuan Qing felt the soft, light body in the crook of his arm and lowered his gaze to Yun Yun's pale, peaceful sleeping face.

Her long eyelashes hung weakly, with a trace of blood remaining at the corner of her lips. Even in deep unconsciousness, a faint weariness still lingered between her brows.

Her exquisite, graceful figure was outlined by her plain white gown, quietly revealing the unique charm of a mature woman.

"Damn, she really is beautiful. No wonder that simp Gu He kept simping after her. What a shame—simps end up with nothing."

The thought passed in an instant, and Xuan Qing did not linger over it.

His arm firmly wrapped around Yun Yun's slender waist. Dou Qi surged beneath his feet, turning him into a crimson streak of light that swept across the rolling mountain range.

Before long, he reached the cave he had found earlier.

The entrance was hidden behind dense vines and was extremely well concealed.

Xuan Qing turned sideways and stepped into the dark cave. It was dry and cool inside, with a layer of soft hay spread over the ground.

He bent down gently and carefully laid the unconscious Yun Yun flat on the hay.

The woman's breathing was weak, her chest rising and falling slightly. The pallor left by the fierce battle had yet to fade from her face.

Xuan Qing had seen plenty of beautiful women, yet Yun Yun's pretty face still left him stunned.

Especially when her willow brows carried a trace of pain, making him feel inexplicably protective of her.

Especially that abundantly curvaceous area!

She was a woman who could be his mother!

After looking his fill, Xuan Qing stopped wasting time.

He walked over to Yun Yun, crouched down in front of her, and prepared to treat her injuries.

His gaze fell upon the wound on her chest, torn open by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's claws. Her collar had been ripped open, revealing threads of dark red blood.

The lovely sight before him made it impossible for Xuan Qing to look away.

He even wanted to pull it open and take a closer look!

However, Xuan Qing still resisted the impulse in his heart.

Compared with getting carried away alone, he preferred the feeling of the two of them interacting together.

Looking at the wound in that abundantly curvaceous area.

"I'm still a very upright person. You can disinfect that wound yourself after you wake up."

Xuan Qing raised his hand and took out a round green pill. He gently pried open Yun Yun's teeth and placed the pill into her mouth.

The pill slid down her throat and transformed into a cool medicinal force that flowed into her body.

It swiftly traveled through her damaged meridians, slowly soothing the turbulent, disordered Dou Qi within her and easing the intense pain caused by her injuries.

Yun Yun's brows relaxed slightly in her unconscious state, and the tightly furrowed tips of her brows loosened somewhat.

Her once rapid and weak breathing gradually steadied, while a trace of color returned to her pale face.

Time passed swiftly like flowing water.

During that time.

Xuan Qing returned to the valley and told Xiao Yi Xian that he would be away for a while, telling her not to worry.

Yun Yun's long eyelashes trembled gently as she slowly awoke from her daze.

Her vision was blurred, but once it focused slightly, the profile of an unfamiliar man entered her sight.

She instinctively circulated her Dou Qi to examine her condition.

Yet the moment her Dou Qi stirred, an invisible force of confinement silently emerged. Her meridians seemed sealed by a thin membrane, making the circulation of her Dou Qi sluggish and heavy. She could not mobilize even a trace of it.

Her Dou Qi had been sealed, so she could not inspect the finer details within her body.

However, she could clearly feel a warm, cool medicinal force flowing slowly through her limbs and bones, continuously nourishing her injured internal organs.

Yun Yun propped herself up slightly and leaned her back against the cold rock wall.

She breathed softly, her gaze falling on Xuan Qing. Her voice carried the hoarseness of someone recovering from a serious injury.

"Did you save me?"

Hearing her voice, Xuan Qing turned his head. His crimson eyes looked calmly at her.

"More or less."

Xuan Qing spoke casually.

"You fought the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King to the death and fell from the sky after losing. I happened to come across you. I gave you a healing pill and temporarily stabilized your injuries."

Yun Yun looked around the crude cave, then lowered her gaze and noticed the torn fabric over her chest. The claw wound there was openly exposed.

Her pretty face reddened slightly. She hurriedly drew her collar closed, embarrassment flickering through her heart.

Her memories gradually returned, and scene after scene of the Lion King's savage attacks surfaced in her mind.

She lightly furrowed her brows and asked softly.

"Do you know where the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King... is now?"

Xuan Qing lifted his eyes toward the cave entrance and listened to the faint, low beast roars drifting from afar.

"It probably went back to its own cave."

Yun Yun's long eyelashes lowered gently, and a trace of softness rippled through her eyes. She took a light breath and spoke quietly.

"Thank you for saving me."

A faint smile crossed Xuan Qing's lips.

"No need to thank me so quickly. I fed you a fifth-tier pill, so remember to pay me back."

The cave fell silent for a moment, with only the faint sound of wind outside passing through the vines.

Yun Yun froze for a moment before crying out in surprise.

"F-Fifth tier!"

A fifth-tier pill was immensely valuable. Even with her status as the Misty Cloud Sect's Sect Master, she could not take one lightly.

She adjusted her sitting position slightly, still carefully holding her collar closed to conceal the damaged wound.

A faint trace of embarrassment appeared on her cheeks. Her gaze shifted aside as she spoke softly in negotiation.

"Um... could I repay you later? I don't currently have anything of equal value, whether items or pills, on me."

Xuan Qing studied her with interest.

At this moment, the lofty Misty Cloud Sect Master had shed her usual calm majesty, gaining a touch of awkward humanity.

"Delaying the repayment is fine." Xuan Qing spoke slowly.

"A fifth-tier pill is nothing important to me."

He deliberately said this to stir Yun Yun's curiosity.

As the saying went.

Once a woman became curious about a man, that was the beginning of her fall.

Sure enough.

Yun Yun was slightly stunned, and deep surprise surfaced in her clear, beautiful eyes.

A fifth-tier pill was a rare treasure throughout the Jia Ma Empire.

Countless Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors would fight over one, yet this young man before her spoke of it so casually.

She could not help scrutinizing Xuan Qing closely, wanting to see through the mysterious youth's true background.

"A fifth-tier pill isn't precious to you?" Yun Yun could not help asking, disbelief coloring her tone.