Qin Xiyan had also been in imminent peril. Her situation was even more wretched: besieged by three Heavenly Ranking experts, she had suffered over thirty wounds, none of which she could purge of martial intent. Her body was covered in wounds, her flesh drenched in blood.
Yet when Chu Xisheng dropped from the sky, Qin Sheng, Bu Chaowu, and the third man all stopped attacking at once.
That was because Chu Xisheng's Yazi Saber curtain had also enveloped Qin Xiyan.
It gave her a chance to catch her breath.
"Chu Xisheng?"
Half-kneeling on the ground, Qin Xiyan gave the youth before her a complicated look.
Then she scrambled and crawled behind Chu Xisheng.
She had been suspecting all along-even feeling certain-that he was scheming against her.
This bastard was the chief culprit behind her fall to this state.
Still, nominally, they remained fellow disciples, senior sister and junior brother.
Chu Xisheng absolutely could not stand by and let her die.
Xiao Hongchen stared fixedly at the purple-robed youth before him. After a brief moment of stunned silence, his face twisted, and his pupils contracted to pinpoints. "Chu Xisheng, you dare aid and shelter criminals wanted by the Imperial Court? Are you planning a rebellion?"
"A rebellion?"
Chu Xisheng laughed loudly, his voice laced with disdain. "Didn't you already say, Regional Commander, that I sent Qianqian into the Imperial City to assassinate the Son of Heaven? That I made her betray the Grand Preceptor? Why ask whether I intend to rebel?"
After speaking, he glanced back at Ji Qianqian. "Actually, I arrived long ago and have been watching from above. There were preparations to make. Sorry you had to suffer, Qianqian."
The Sun-Bathing Divine Vessel he commanded could hardly have been slower than Qin Xiyan.
However, Luo Hanzong needed time to