If I hide in the space, wouldn’t that expose the space itself? Sweat began to subtly bead on Shangguan You’s forehead, and her blood boiled incessantly within her. Had she not disguised her face, she would certainly have been recognized.
"Why should I go back with you? Don’t think I’m unaware of your intentions. Hmph," Shangguan You said coldly, clenching a handful of poison powder.
"You’d refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit! Don’t bla us for being rude," Elder De roared, lunging towards Shangguan You. He had already suffered a disadvantage at the hands of Second Young Master Ye. Moreover, Second Young Master Ye’s Sword Qi had cut off his beard. How could he swallow this indignity? His attack on Shangguan You was consequently faster and fiercer.
"Hmph, afraid of you? Try my poison powder!" Shangguan You scoffed, pushing Bai Muxue beside her away and scattering the powder in her hand into the air.
"Spread out! Spread out!" Li Chengping cried out in alarm, prompting the people around to slowly disperse.
"Your Zhuge Family is fad for poisons! If you’re capable, neutralize my poison! Attacking in greater numbers, what kind of skill is that? Shaless!" Shangguan You shouted angrily as the poison powder drifted through the air, paralyzing countless individuals it touched.
In the mont of panic, Shangguan You swiftly moved away, flying towards the mountains.
"Demoness, hand over the antidote! Where do you think you’re fleeing?" Li Chengqing’s palm strike arrived before he did, sweeping fiercely towards her.
"There is no antidote!" Shangguan You yelled back furiously. Holding her breath in frustration, she didn’t dodge but t Li Chengping’s palm strike head-on.
PUFF! Shangguan You spat out a mouthful of blood, her vision turning pitch black. She scattered another handful of poison powder just as a pair of strong, powerful arms wrapped tightly around her waist from behind. A familiar scent reached her nose. "You..." Shangguan You, who had been struggling, stopped when she recognized the newcor, staring at him blankly.
"You’ve got so nerve, clashing head-on with them!" A voice thick with anger resonated by her ear. She clearly saw the worry, pain, and intense fury in his eyes.
PUFF! Shangguan You spat out another mouthful of blood and, without even the chance to retreat into her space, she fainted.
Third Young Master Ye looked at the woman who had fainted in his arms, anger surging in his chest. He waved his hands, conjuring a fierce wind that whipped up countless sand and stones. If saving this girl wasn’t his priority right now, he would make them pay. His girl is not for them to touch!
A heaven-encompassing murderous aura swept over the crowd, and the gale was so strong it prevented everyone from opening their eyes. Third Young Master Ye swept Shangguan You into his arms and vanished from the spot.
"Who rescued that demoness?" Li Chengqing roared furiously. When the fierce wind subsided, Shangguan You had also vanished from their sight.
"For the dignified head of a great family to strike a girl of just over ten years so harshly... I truly don’t know how the Li Family Head could bring himself to be so ruthless," Zhuge Feng said with a sarcastic tone, his gaze thoughtful as he looked in the direction where the two had disappeared.
"The heads of the Li Family and Fang Family joining forces to deal with a young girl, and then still letting her escape right under your noses—I am truly impressed. The Bai Family is exceedingly impressed with both Family Heads," Bai Muxue said, her voice laced with ridicule. It was rare for her to stand on the sa side as Zhuge Feng.
"What do you an by that? Don’t forget, if your Zhuge Family hadn’t insisted on using the Lie Detection Stone after the Spirit Gathering Stone was stolen, we wouldn’t be here, and Ye Zhiqiu wouldn’t have been rescued! When you get down to it, this is all your Zhuge Family’s fault!" Li Chengping took several deep breaths and shouted angrily.
"So what? The ones responsible for guarding Ye Zhiqiu today were from your Li and Fang Families. You failed to guard him properly, so now you want to shift the bla onto us?"
"Although Ye Zhiqiu was confined here, his cultivation has greatly increased over these past few decades. The two Elders assigned to guard him have already died at his hands."
"We have already sacrificed two Elders trying to find Ye Zhiqiu’s whereabouts through that girl. Is that wrong?"
"Indeed. If it were us, I believe we would have done the sa."
"Regardless, I would still mind my reputation and not strike a junior so ruthlessly. Hmph! Elders De and Wu, pass down the order: tend to the injured and bring out our best dicine," Zhuge Feng commanded coldly.
"Yes, Family Head," Elders De and Wu responded respectfully, then instructed their n to handle matters.
Zhuge Feng’s gaze was cold as he looked into the boundless distance, an inexplicable vexation in his heart. Who was that man who just appeared? Was he friend or foe? If an enemy, then the trouble would be endless.
Third Young Master Ye carried Shangguan You and quickly landed in front of a villa. His handso face was filled with fury. He took several deep breaths, forcefully suppressing his anger. If not for the Blood Jade Bracelet on her wrist sensing her direction, he truly wouldn’t have known this girl was so audacious.
Confronting three Family Heads and getting so severely injured... If he had arrived just one step later, was this girl planning to die here? The re thought of this possibility caused the fury in Third Young Master Ye’s eyes to flare up even more intensely.
Ye Zhiqiu, you’ve really done it this ti! Second Brother, you dare to sche against my woman too? Third Young Master Ye’s anger flared anew, and he ground his teeth, his fists clenching with a cracking sound. He gently placed Shangguan You on the bed, carefully wiped the blood from the corners of her mouth, then placed his hands on her back to begin healing her.
Just as his hands made contact with her back and he began to channel his Spiritual Energy, bit by bit, into her body, BANG! Third Young Master Ye was thrown back. Their Spiritual Energies are actually repelling each other? The last ti I healed her, she absorbed Spiritual Energy from my body. Why would it repel this ti?
Third Young Master Ye’s eyebrows furrowed tightly. Undeterred, he tried to heal her once again, but his body was repelled just as before.
"How can this be?" Third Young Master Ye murmured to himself. Looking at the pale Shangguan You, a mixture of urgency, fear, worry, and heartache welled up inside him.
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