by Feng Yise
Just like that, Zhao Tianyin really kowtowed to Ye Yuan non-stop and was incomparably obedient.
Li-er's finger moved slightly. Xiao Ruyan was actually released from the spatial spirit artifact.
Seeing that the Wind Emperor was actually prostrating to Ye Yuan, Xiao Ruyan could not help jumping in fright. "This . . . What is going on here? H-His Majesty, the Wind Emperor, he . . ."
"No need to make such a big fuss. It's just carrying a slight punishment out on him. Just based on his actions today, it's enough to kill him. But for the sake of Mister Ye to be able to personally take revenge in the future, temporarily let him off today," Li-er said coolly.
Only then was Xiao Ruyan awakened abruptly. There was still a peerless beauty standing before her!
Xiao Ruyan emboldened her courage to look Li-er up and down a couple of times. There was actually a feeling of being ashamed of one's unseemliness!
"This . . . Could it be that this woman is Ye Yuan's beloved? No wonder . . . he turns his nose up at me. Turns out that the difficulty he talked about was this . . ." Xiao Ruyan could not help bem.o.a.ning her fate inwardly.
"Alright. I'm about to bring Ye Yuan back to the Endless World at once. Everything that he did today was for you, so I let you out to ask you something. Are you staying here, or are you following Ye Yuan back?" Li-er asked emotionlessly.
Chapter 440 - Return to the Endless World!
Xiao Ruyan also did not think that she would actually have to face such a decision.
Two small worlds. This was a distance the same as the two end points of the earth. Going to the Endless World, she might never be able to return here again in this lifetime.
And at this place was her elder brother, her parents.
The Wind Emperor was still groveling there non-stop, while Ding Liang was desperately trying to pull him up. But he refused to get up no matter what.
Over on this side, Xiao Ruyan fell into a dilemma and had a conflicted face.
"Ruyan, you mustn't go with him! Or else, I, Xiao Changfeng, will break off all ties with you!" Xiao Changfeng said coldly.
Xiao Ruyan's entire body shuddered, and her gaze involuntarily turning to Xiao Changfeng.
It was only to see Xiao Changfeng staring with furious eyes; he had a look of firm resolution. For a moment, countless memories welled up from the bottom of her heart.
These years of diligent studies and bitter training, not daring to slack off the slightest bit.
When the elders unanimously said to push her out as a bargaining chip, Xiao Changfeng kept silent and said nothing by the side.
She was heartbroken and swallowed the Nine Nether Soul Shattering Powder; her consciousness dissipating bit by bit.
Xiao Ruyan's eyes gradually became resolute!
"Father, these past twenty years, Daughter has been living for the Xiao Family! And today, Daughter is already somebody who has died once. Daughter wishes to live for herself for once! Therefore . . . I want to follow Master!"
Finished saying this sentence, Xiao Ruyan felt like all the strength in her body was drained.
This was absolutely an earthshaking move for her.
Xiao Ruyan had been instilled with the idea of existing for her family clan since young, and she herself was also a very filial girl. But today, she cut off everything from her past. This demanded immense courage.
For a person to sever off all fetters and integrate into a new world anew, how powerful a conviction was needed to support this?!
"You! Good, good, good!" Xiao Changfeng was so enraged that he was shaking.
He did not think that his all along obedient daughter would actually do something so decisive.
"From today onwards, I, Xiao Changfeng, will take it as if I never had you, this daughter! We break . . . off . . . all . . . ties!" Xiao Changfeng said while trembling.
Xiao Ruyan's whole body quivered, and she nearly fell to the ground.
A strand of gentle essence energy instantly enveloped her; it was only then did she stabilize.
Li-er said coolly, "I more or less understand your affairs and also understand you very much. Actually, in all honesty, I even envy you very much. You can dump everything to pursue your happiness. This is sufficient. Mister Ye is kind and just, daring and resolute; he's absolutely worth it for you doing all these!"
Li-er's words were akin to injecting Xiao Ruyan with a cardiac tonic.
Xiao Ruyan nodded and said, "Many thanks to Senior for advising!"
Li-er nodded slightly and said to Star Abyss, "Your kindness, Mister Ye will surely repay it personally in the future. He's currently heavily injured so he won't bid farewell to you all."
Star Abyss said, "Star Abyss's strength is meager, that's why Ye Yuan received such severe wounds. I am seriously ashamed. Senior, please take good care of Ye Yuan. Star Abyss is endlessly grateful."
"That's of course."
Finished talking, Li-er swirled her long sleeves, bringing Ye Yuan and Xiao Ruyan and vanishing from sight. It was as if they had never appeared.
The plaza was dead silent. Only Zhao Tianyin's thumping kowtowing sounds echoed.
. . . . . .
It was also uncertain how long had passed. Zhao Tianyin suddenly trembled and some light finally returned to his eyes.
Zhao Tianyin's heart plunged, and his brows could not help furrowing.
At this instant, the entire plaza seemed to have fallen in temperature drastically, unwittingly making people shudder.
He was still maintaining a kneeling posture right now. Very clearly, something very nasty happened earlier.
"Just now . . . what happened?" Zhao Tianyin asked Ding Liang.
Even though Ding Liang was a Divine Traversing Realm powerhouse, hearing this sentence, he also felt a chill come on.
"This . . ." Ding Liang revealed a difficult look.
"Speak!" Zhao Tianyin said somberly.
Ding Liang was powerless, and could only recount the events earlier.
Each word that he said, Zhao Tianyin's face would darken a degree. By the time he finished talking, Zhao Tianyin's face was not much different from black charcoal.
"Apart from the Qixia Mountain lineage and the Xiao Family's Xiao Changfeng, the people who are aware of this incident are already all dead. Before leaving, Lord Star Abyss said to me that he'll keep his group of disciples and Xiao Changfeng in check, and they will absolutely not speak of today's incident. Furthermore, he even said that the Alchemist Association will collaborate wholeheartedly with the royal family and provide all assistance with regard to medicinal pills!" Ding Liang added.
Not far in the distance lied corpses all over the place. Among them was even two Soul Sea Realm martial artists.
Zhao Tianyin's complexion eased up a little. But he still said with a solemn face, "This matter, you did very well! Looks like Xiao Changfeng has already thrown himself under Star Abyss's sect. This is a troublesome matter."
To Zhao Tianyin, Star Abyss was indeed a porcupine that was not easy to touch.
As the ruler of a world, Zhao Tianyin was deeply aware of the Alchemist Association's formidability.
Regardless of which plane, the Alchemist Association's Chairman would always be an existence that was exceptionally revered.
Although the Fierce Gale World was a place where even birds would not shit, if he really killed Star Abyss, the Divine Realm would surely pursue it.
Boundless Realm martial artists were indeed pretty good in the Fierce Gale World. But placed in the Divine Realm, it was too ordinary.
The Divine Realm's Alchemist Association's punishment was not what he, a puny little Boundless Realm martial artist, could withstand.
Ding Liang said, "Since Star Abyss wants to cooperate sincerely with us, it shows that he doesn't wish to cause the relationship to be too stiff. Furthermore, making today's matter known to everyone has no benefits to him either. So . . ."
The words behind, Ding Liang did not say. Deciding this sort of thing naturally had
to be left to Wind Emperor himself.
Zhao Tianyin nodded his head and said, "Today's matter will end at this. If there are any rumors at all, kill regardless of who it is!"
"Yes!"
. . . . . .
Fierce Gale World, Cloud Dream Mountain Range. Several figures quietly walked out of the void.
"Senior, we are . . ."
Towards this place that was covered in a dense fog, Ruyan was very perplexed.
Li-er nodded and said, "This place is already the Endless World."
"This place is the Endless World? Looks like it's indeed much richer in resources than the Fierce Gale World" Xiao Ruyan sensed the thick spirit qi and said comfortably.
But Li-er shook her head and said, "Although the Fierce Gale World is scarce in resources, the gale winds' tempering to martial artists is what the Endless World martial artists can't enjoy. From the start of birth, Fierce Gale World martial artists would train in an arduous environment at all times, and their accomplishments would also be much greater compared to the Endless World martial artists. To really talk about who's better and who's worse off, it's really hard to evaluate."
Xiao Ruyan said in surprise, "Then His Majesty, the Wind Emperor, he . . ."
Li-er said coolly, "Just foolish concerns! The things that the Wind Emperor knows are much more than you people! The Divine Realm isn't some nice place. He can call wind and summon rain in the Fierce Gale World. Arriving at the Divine Realm, he'll truly be a bottom-tier martial artist. Invading the Endless World, giving it a nice-sounding name of thinking for the Fierce Gale World martial artists, actually, isn't it for his own personal gains?"
Xiao Ruyan widened her mouth and said, "I-It's actually like this!"
"Of course . . . ugh . . ."
Just as Li-er was talking, her brows suddenly knitted together, showing a very anguished look.
Xiao Ruyan asked in alarm, "Senior, a-are you alright?"
Chapter 441 - Touched!
Li-er's head felt as if it was splitting. She grabbed her head and forcefully withstood the pain, but her attractive body was quivering endlessly.
This scene made Xiao Ruyan turn pale with fright.
In her eyes, Li-er was practically an invincible existence. Even the Wind Emperor was played around in the palm of her hands. How could she have a headache?
"Ugh . . ."
Right then, Ye Yuan at the side muttered in his sleep and similarly had his brows tightly locked, appearing very anguished.
"Ye . . . Master, a-are you alright?"
These two individuals were like this at the same time. Xiao Ruyan was at a complete loss and did not know what she should do.
Ye Yuan opened both eyes with some difficulty and noticed that the surrounding environment was somewhat strange and familiar.
"I . . . I'm not dead yet?" Ye Yuan said feebly.
This time should be the time where he was the most severely injured since rebirth so far.
In the past, no matter how severely he was wounded, as long as he consumed medicinal pills, he would recover back to usual in less than two days.
But this time, if not for Li-er helping him to protect his heart pulse, Ye Yuan would probably have croaked already.
"D-didn't die! Master, you're so amazing, why would you die?" Xiao Ruyan sobbed softly.
"I-It's Ruyan huh. En? W-Who is she?" Ye Yuan suddenly discovered a pained look Li-er and asked weakly.
"Ah? Master, you actually don't recognize this senior?"
Xiao Ruyan even thought that these two people were surely on intimate terms. Who knew that Ye Yuan did not know her at all. This threw her into utter confusion.
"Ugh . . ." At this time, Li-er suddenly gave off an agonized groan and actually collapsed.
"Ah! Senior!"
Xiao Ruyan jumped in fright and hurriedly support Li-er, lying her flat on the ground.
"M-Master, what should I do now?" Xiao Ruyan was in a state of utter confusion and asked Ye Yuan.
Ye Yuan said feebly, "N-No choice. All the essence energy in my body had fully dissipated. I completely . . . can't muster any strength at all. Why . . . Why does this girl's silhouette look . . . look somewhat familiar?"
"Master, you really don't recognize Senior?" Hearing Ye Yuan's words, Xiao Ruyan asked doubtfully.
"Don't . . . Don't recognize means . . . don't recognize. Why would I lie to you?" Ye Yuan was speechless.
From Ye Yuan's angle, he could just nice see Li-er's appearance.
This flawless face would absolutely make every male have a feeling of not bearing to defile. Even if Ye Yuan was currently severely wounded, he also had a feeling of palpitating with excitement. But Ye Yuan dared to confirm that this was absolutely his first time seeing this face.
"But . . . But Senior she rescued you from the Wind Emperor's hands. How is it possible that you don't know her?" Xiao Ruyan said in puzzlement.
This time, it was Ye Yuan's turn to be surprised. "So . . . it was her who saved me . . ."
"Yeah! Senior is incredible! Even the Wind Emperor isn't her match!"
Xiao Ruyan recounted the events after Ye Yuan fainted for Ye Yuan to listen, making Ye Yuan extremely surprised after hearing too.
"Ocular art? Could it be . . ." Ye Yuan said with a frown.
"What ocular art?" Xiao Ruyan said blankly.
"Nothing. I just thought of somebody. But . . ."
Ye Yuan precisely thought of Li-er. But the difference between the two person's looks was also too great.
Ye Yuan did not have any trace of essence energy in his body right now at all and was utterly unable to perceive Li-er's condition. So he dare not confirm either.
But looking from Xiao Ruyan's description, this was absolutely ocular arts without any doubt.
And among the people that Ye Yuan knew, only this Li-er possessed the Moonlight Heavenly Eye Physique.
But the problem was that Li-er only had Crystal Formation Realm strength. Could it be that Li-er deliberately hid her strength?
If Li-er could really play around with even Zhao Tianyi, then concealing her strength in front of him was not anything impressive as well.
Furthermore, the profile of this girl before his eyes was very similar to Li-er's. Was it possible . . . for the two of them to be the same person?
"Master, what should I do now?" Xiao Ruyan felt that she should do something.
"There are recovery medicinal pills in my storage ring. But I can't use any essence energy at all right now. You help me take out!" Ye Yuan said.
"Okay!" Xiao Ruyan agreed.
Every martial artist had their own unique way of opening their storage rings. As long as Ye Yuan told Xiao Ruyan the way to open, she could open it very quickly.
Xiao Ruyan followed Ye Yuan's instructions and finally found the Azure Profound Heart Nourishing Pill and let Ye Yuan swallow one.
This time, Ye Yuan's injuries were seriously too severe. Even after he consumed the Azure Profound Heart Nourishing Pill, Ye Yuan's recovery speed was still very slow.
After half a day, Ye Yuan finally recovered some strength and could barely manage to stand up.
He struggled to come before Li-er and reached for her pulse.
Towards his savior, Ye Yuan naturally could not let her be in a coma unchecked.
But with this reading of the pulse, Ye Yuan could not help being greatly alarmed. This gorgeous to the extreme girl was actually really that ugly girl, Li-er, whom he saved previously!
With this, Ye Yuan could not help being somewhat baffled.
Looking at this, him saving her back then was purely a superfluous action.
With the strength that Li-er showed, annihilating that group of people was truly too easy.
Ye Yuan suddenly recalled the instances in the Eternal Splendour Palace. Thinking about it now, it was actually Li-er protecting him in the dark!
Ye Yuan suddenly felt that he was so silly. Wasn't diverting attacks, this sort of Concept of Space, precisely one of the abilities of
the Moonlight Heavenly Eye?
It was just that the situation back then was too complicated and Ye Yuan did not think too deeply as well.
Recalling it now, Ye Yuan's gratitude towards Li-er truly could not be any greater.
These many months, Li-er was actually lurking by his side the entire time and moved to assist when he was in peril.
And this time, Li-er used the Moonlight Heavenly Eye once more, causing the two kinds of spirit physiques tearing at her divine soul to be even greater, resulting to her ailment to finally erupt.
Ye Yuan knew that this was definitely the most painful time for Li-er's divine soul!
Zhao Tianyin was not some garbage opponent. Li-er inevitably exhausted considerable soul force to use the Moonlight Heavenly Eye to cast it on Zhao Tianyin. This was undoubtedly heaping one disaster on top of another to Li-er's present medical condition!
Thinking up to here, Ye Yuan involuntarily blamed himself immensely and was touched.
Looking at it now, Li-er most likely followed him and protected him because he saved her and help her diagnose her medical condition.
How could this not move Ye Yuan?
"Master, Senior . . . is she alright?" Xiao Ruyan asked worriedly.
Ye Yuan shook his head and said, "Won't have any major issues for the time being. But . . ."
"But what?" Xiao Ruyan asked puzzledly.
"Nothing. I indeed know her. But, her current appearance is radically different from the first time I met her. So I didn't recognize." Ye Yuan said."
"Like I said, how can Master possibly not know Senior!"
"Haha. She won't have any major problem for the time being, but I still have to recover my strength as soon as possible to help her refine some things. Ruyan, I burned 50% blood essence at one go. My body is too weak right now and simply can't refine medicinal pills. These two days, I'll guide you by the side; you'll be helping Master in recovering strength as soon as possible!" Ye Yuan said.
Chapter 442 - Li-er’s Background
After half a day, Xiao Ruyan was drenched in sweat, panting daintily by the Square Cauldron's side.