As Lan Yu Die cried out in alarm, the short knife in her hand flew out, aiming directly at the sword light. However, the sword light was extremely fast, and the knife slashed at empty air.
The sharp sword light arrived in front of Lu Ye in the blink of an eye. Lu Ye felt a sense of crisis he had never felt before. At this moment, his whole body went cold as he felt the aura of death enveloping him.
At this moment of life and death, a larger and more solid Spirit Inscription appeared in front of him. Almost at the same time, the sword light arrived.
* Kacha … *
The sturdy Spirit Inscription only managed to block the sword light for a moment before it shattered. Even if Lu Ye desperately pushed his Spirit Energy, he couldn't stabilize it.
Fortunately, this momentary block allowed him to lean to the side.
As the sword light flew past him, Lu Ye felt a slight pain in his neck.
Without any hesitation, he was about to rush forward with his dagger when he felt another gust of wind behind his head.
He hurriedly urged his Spirit Inscription to protect his back.
* Kacha … *
The Spirit Inscription shattered and Lu Ye rolled on the ground. He felt a burst of energy above his head and when he looked up, he saw the sword light.
* Weng … *
The sword light buzzed as it changed direction and attacked him for the third time. Lu Ye's concentration was high. This thing's lethality was the strongest he had ever encountered. If he was careless and was hit by it, he would die without a doubt!
Just as Lu Ye stared at the sword beam and was about to activate the defensive spirit rune, a scream suddenly came from the side. Accompanied by the scream, the sword beam retracted and returned to its original appearance as a longsword before falling to the ground.
Lu Ye followed the voice and looked over, only to see Lan Yu Die holding a dagger and stabbing it into the Seventh-Order Weapon Cultivator's chest. The Weapon Cultivator didn't die immediately, but his expression was fierce as he shouted, "You … can't escape!"
Lan Yu Die stretched out her hand and the dagger she had just thrown flew back to her. She quickly backhanded it and cut the man's neck. Blood spurted out, but she managed to dodge in time.
The Seventh Order Weapon Cultivator fell to his knees and clutched his throat with both hands. A red light flew out from his body and landed on the back of Lan Yu Die's hand.
The lavender lines on her face slowly faded and Lan Yu Die's figure staggered a few steps, seemingly unsteady. Lu Ye hurriedly stepped forward and supported her.
"Let's go!" Lan Yudie urged.
There were spirit force fluctuations nearby. The commotion caused by the battle here must have alerted the surrounding cultivators. However, from how Lan Yudie had come alone, there was a high chance that she was from the Myriad Devil Ridge.
Lu Ye grabbed her body and leaped onto the tiger's back. Hu Po immediately started running.
The Spiritual Energy fluctuations behind him slowly faded away, but Lu Ye's expression was extremely dignified. He could feel that there was something wrong with Lan Yudie's situation. Just now, she had used some kind of Secret Technique that required her to pay a certain price. Now that the battle was over, her aura had become somewhat weak and her body was burning hot.
Yiyi was already scouting ahead, looking for a suitable hiding place.
As night fell, Lu Ye brought Lan Yudie to hide in a cave, which was found by Yiyi.
After putting Lan Yudie down from the tiger's back, Lu Ye furrowed his brows. This woman's body was covered with injuries and he hadn't had the time to deal with them. What was even more troublesome was that this woman had actually fainted …
Her injuries were more serious than they appeared on the surface.
"Yiyi, treat her injuries," Lu Ye ordered. He then took out the medicinal powder and clean cotton cloth that Hua Ci had given to Yiyi.
Yiyi immediately came out.
During her time at Ying Mountain, she had learned a lot about medicine from Hua Ci and Ruan Lingyu. Although she didn't have any special treatment methods, she could still bandage simple wounds.
Hua Ci had specially concocted these medicinal powders. They were extremely effective on wounds like swords and sabers.
While Yiyi busied herself, Lu Ye sat cross-legged. He took out some Spirit Pills and swallowed them to replenish his Spiritual Energy.
In the latter half of the night, Lan Yudie slowly woke up. She cautiously stood up and observed her surroundings. Only then did she let out a sigh of relief.
Lu Ye threw a piece of jerky at her. She reached out and took a bite. After eating a bit and recovering a bit of strength, she said hoarsely, "I was too careless. I thought I could escape."
If Lu Ye hadn't suddenly turned around to look for her during the day, she definitely would've died in that place.
"Are Qi Xin and the others dead?" Lu Ye suddenly asked.
Lan Yudie looked at him in surprise. She didn't know why Lu Ye would suddenly ask this. She had never told Lu Ye about the deaths of her fellow disciples.
"Two died." Lan Yudie's eyes dimmed.
Lu Ye was silent. He didn't even know which two had died.
Lan Yudie said, "You should go on your own. Bringing me along will slow you down. With my injuries, I won't be able to fully recover in a short time. I'm afraid I won't be of much help if we encounter any enemies along the way."
"Let's go together."
Lan Yudie was a bit annoyed. "I already said that going together will slow you down. Don't you understand?"
"I understand."
"Since you understand, then go on your own."
Lu Ye looked up at her and insisted, "Let's go together."
Lan Yudie said in a low voice, "I think you really don't understand human language! Do you know that for this damned mission, two of my Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters died? I didn't even know you before. I only came to find you on the orders of my sect. You're not my son, so why should I fight to the death for you? Why should we, the younger generation, bear the grudges of the previous generation? But do you know that in places where you can't see, there are many people who are entangled with the cultivators of Myriad Devil Ridge just to prevent them from coming to find you? During this time, the number of declarations of war between sects has increased by several dozen times compared to before! What are we doing this for? What are they doing this for? Isn't it because they want you to live? So … Hurry up and leave. Don't let my two Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters die in vain. Don't let those people who are secretly working for you die in vain! "
Lan Yudie said a bunch of nonsense. She thought that Lu Ye would listen to her, but who would've thought that Lu Ye would just sit there indifferently and look at her. "Are you done?"
"Hm?" Lan Yudie was speechless for a while. Finally, she choked out, "This old lady really wants to beat you up!"
Lu Ye sighed and said, "Half a year ago, I was just a slave miner in Evil Moon Valley. I was rescued by Grand Heaven Alliance and was guided by someone to join the Blue Blood Sect. However, before the Sect Master could bring me back to the Sect, I was intercepted halfway. The Sect Master was forced to send me to the Spirit Stream Battlefield. I don't even know what the Blue Blood Sect is like. These days, I only have one goal, and that is to go to the Blue Blood Sect's encampment."
"As you said, why should we, the younger generation, bear the grudges of the previous generation? Including you, including me, we don't even know what happened to the previous generation. But … I think that since I have already joined the Sect and have been branded with it, I naturally have to bear the grudges of the Sect. This is something that no one can avoid. "
"In the past six months on the Spirit Stream Battlefield, although I have reached the Fifth Order, compared to this vast battlefield, what is it? How can I, Lu Ye, with my small body bear the weight of the game between the two camps? Why should they put me at the center of this battle? But since I am already involved in this dispute, I can't stay out of it. I also just found out that many people were secretly helping me, and many people died because of it. "
"I don't want to say that their deaths have nothing to do with me. Whether it was because of the orders of the Sect or because of my friendship with the Blue Blood Sect, they were all helping me. I will remember this kindness in my heart!"
Lan Yudie looked at him quietly.
Originally, she was quite resentful about the task given by her Sect. After all, they didn't know Lu Ye before, but because of her Sect Master's order to protect him, two people died. There were also those who died in the wilderness. How pitiful and sad it was.
But now, it seemed that the most pitiful and sad was this young boy in front of her.
Yes, with only a trivial Fifth Order cultivation, he had become the center of the game between the two camps. So many Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators wanted to take his life, and many of them were Masters from the Sect's core. How much pressure did he have to bear?
This was not the situation he wanted, but it had become a vortex of struggle. If it were her, she would have been unable to bear it long ago.
"So … what do you want to say?"
"So!" Lu Ye smiled at her. "I want to live. I don't care what grudges the previous generation had, and I don't care why my sect is being targeted like this. Since there are so many people secretly helping me and dying because of me, then I want to live! You're right, I can't let those people die in vain. My cultivation is still low, so I don't have the qualifications to talk about revenge, but as long as I live, I will have the opportunity! Those people from Myriad Demon Ridge had better kill me before I return to the Blue Blood Sect, otherwise, one day, I will make all the forces from Myriad Demon Ridge who targeted me pay the price! "
Lan Yu Die looked at him foolishly. Listening to his childish and irrational words, she finally blurted out, "I'm afraid you're crazy!"
In the end, he was still a young man. Occasionally, he would say some hot-blooded and arrogant words. After interacting with Lu Ye for the past few days, Lan Yudie had thought that he was an introverted person. But now, she discovered that she was wrong.
"I won't leave you behind." Lu Ye's next words made Lan Yu Die vomit blood, "If I leave, I'm afraid you won't live long. Rest well tonight and we'll set off tomorrow morning."
Lan Yu Die looked at him angrily, but Lu Ye looked back at her calmly.
After a while, Lan Yu Die looked away, knowing that she couldn't persuade him.
Suddenly, her face tightened, "Did you change my clothes?"
Only now did she realize that her clothes had been changed. She was wearing a set of men's clothes, and judging from his body shape, it should belong to the young man in front of her. Moreover, her wounds had been properly treated. She didn't know what kind of medicine had been applied, but she still felt a numbing sensation.
"No!"
Lan Yu Die's face instantly turned red, "You … you saw everything?"
"I said it wasn't me!" Lu Ye defended himself.
Lan Yu Die's face became even redder, "If it wasn't you, then did Da Bai change my clothes?"
Hu Po looked up at her, a little unhappy!
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