Ye Liuyun heard that Qin ngxi was indeed looking for him, though he couldn't fathom her intentions. So, he played along, pretending to gather information while subtly probing for more.
"Who is he to you? Why are you searching for him?"
Qin ngxi sighed, her voice tinged with disappointnt. "He's a friend of mine. He promised to take out to broaden my horizons, but then he ran off without . I think he misunderstood—he probably thought I was trying to keep tabs on him."
Hearing this, Ye Liuyun felt a pang of guilt. He had brushed her off casually, never expecting her to take his words seriously—let alone actually follow him. Still, he wanted to persuade her to turn back.
"Miss Qin, you don't strike as soone with much experience wandering around. It's dangerous out here. Wouldn't it be safer to wait for him at ho?"
She shook her head despondently. "He won't co back for now that he's misunderstood. If I don't find him, I might never see him again."
"But waiting here indefinitely isn't a solution. What if he never returns? If he abandoned you, why insist on seeing him?" Ye Liuyun countered.
Qin ngxi's eyes clouded with confusion, her voice distant. "I don't know what to do anymore. It's my fault—I shouldn't have scared him off. I just wanted to co along, but I was afraid he wouldn't take ."
Then, with a hint of embarrassnt, she added, "Besides, I'm almost out of spirit stones. I can't even afford to go ho now. On the way here, I ran into so trouble—soone chased , and I had to take a detour, burning through most of my stones. By the ti I arrived, I barely had any left."
Ye Liuyun's guilt deepened. Without hesitation, he pulled out a Interspatial Ring filled with spirit stones and handed it to her. "Take these and go ho—don't stay here. The outside world is too dangerous for you.
"The person you're waiting for might have urgent matters to attend to. Maybe he'll co looking for you once he's done. If you linger here, he won't know where to find you. And as for the misunderstanding… I doubt a man would hold onto sothing like that."
But Qin ngxi quickly refused. "Thank you for your kindness, but I can't accept this. We're strangers—how could I take your money? I've already found work as a shop assistant at a rchant guild. I should be able to earn enough."
Ye Liuyun's heart clenched. He hadn't realized how much trouble he'd caused her. "Shop assistants only make good money if they're shrewd and worldly. You don't strike as that type, Miss Qin. Even if you do earn sothing, it'll take ages to save enough for the journey ho.
"It's too risky out here—you should leave as soon as possible. I don't need these spirit stones—consider it a loan. You can repay soday if you get the chance."
Qin ngxi shook her head repeatedly. "I still want to earn so money myself and wait here for him a little longer. Maybe he'll co back soon!"
Ye Liuyun couldn't help but feel exasperated by her stubbornness. "He abandoned you without a second thought, and you're still insisting on waiting for him?" he asked.
Qin ngxi replied earnestly, "He just misunderstood . Otherwise, he wouldn't have left behind!"
Hearing this, Ye Liuyun tried to reason with her. "Could it be that you two simply don't know each other well enough? Or maybe it's because your cultivation level is too low?"
"That can't be," Qin ngxi retorted imdiately. "I know him very well. He's actually a good person—smart and incredibly strong. Even though my cultivation isn't high, he could definitely protect ."
Ye Liuyun was speechless. She spoke so confidently about relying on soone else's protection.
He sighed and offered another possibility. "Maybe what he's doing is too dangerous, and he didn't want to put you at risk or drag you into trouble."
This ti, Qin ngxi nodded. "That's exactly why I want to find him—to clear up the misunderstanding and tell him I'm not afraid of being dragged down! I'll work hard to improve my cultivation and help him!"
"Looks like you've gotten yourself into trouble again, little brother," Lei Ming teased Ye Liuyun through a private voice transmission.
By now, Ye Liuyun was completely at a loss with Qin ngxi. He didn't even have the energy to respond to Lei Ming's jest, too preoccupied with figuring out how to handle the situation.
Seeing his silence, Qin ngxi pushed the Interspatial Ring back toward him. "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Tang, but I really can't accept this."
"Alright then," Ye Liuyun said, retrieving the Interspatial Ring and standing up to take his leave. "I should be going now. If I happen to see that man, I'll co and let you know."
"I appreciate that," Qin ngxi replied politely.
With a cupped-hand salute, Ye Liuyun left the tavern.
As he walked away, he murmured to Lei Ming, "Qin ngxi talks so freely with a complete stranger—she's practically asking for trouble. It's a miracle nothing's happened to her yet. I really don't feel right just leaving her to her own devices."
"Then just take her in!" Lei Ming said nonchalantly. "She risked so much to find you—that alone shows how much she cares about you!"
Ye Liuyun shook his head helplessly. "We don't even belong to the sa world. But I'll make it up to her later and see her safely back to her family.
"Right now, though, I'm about to get involved with the Blood Spirit Pool, so I can't leave just yet. I'll let her stay here for now. Once I secure the Blood Spirit Pool, I'll take her with ."
Ye Liuyun walked to a secluded spot, ensuring no one was spying on him with divine sense, then quietly released two martial cultivators at the first level of Unity Realm. He instructed them to secretly protect Qin ngxi.
He also provided them with enough spirit stones, a flying vessel, and communication talismans in case Qin ngxi decided to leave abruptly.
Afterward, he strolled around casually with Lei Ming, grabbed a bite to eat, and estimated that the repairs on his courtyard gate should be nearly done before heading back to his residence in the Tang family's inner sect.
anwhile, once Lei Ming returned to the spatial world, he recounted everything to Liang Xue, Wu Qingcheng, and the other won—how Ye Liuyun had peeked at Tang Qianyu and Tang Xinyao, made her take the bla, and then encountered Qin ngxi.
Liang Xue, Wu Qingcheng, and the others didn't make much of it. Knowing Ye Liuyun truly had no interest in Qin ngxi, they simply teased him for a while before letting the matter drop.
Ye Liuyun imdiately went back to his cultivation, putting those thoughts aside.
But by now, word had already spread among the inner disciples that Ye Liuyun had eliminated the Wan family's elite forces.
Tang Qianyu and Tang Xinyao had been organizing disciples in the training hall to take on the mission, but before they could even gather enough people, news arrived that the task had already been completed.
Both of them found it hard to believe.
Tang Qianyu turned to Tang Xinyao for confirmation. "That disciple living across from —he completed this mission? But he's only at the seventh level of the Dominator Realm!"
Tang Xinyao, who had better sources of information, replied, "It's definitely him. But soone asked the mission hall's supervisor—he didn't kill them all alone. He had help!"
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