"Jinluan, could you tell Qingluan that we've arrived and that they must hold on a little longer?" Hei Xiao's anxiety was palpable.

"It's too far, Master. If I don't activate my innate skill, Qingluan won't be able to sense me," Jinluan said, flapping her little wings as she tried to keep up with Heixiao. "But if there's a fierce battle ahead, activating my innate skill now might waste a chance for everyone to escape. Master, don't worry too much. Qingluan just activated her innate skill, which should have bought some time for Young Master Fengming. If we hurry, we should be able to help in time."

Jin Luan had barely finished speaking when Hei Xiao pulled her back into his arms.

At the same time, Black Owl took out a bottle of spiritual liquid, poured a mouthful into his mouth and held it there, while increasing his speed once again.

Ji Fengxiao faintly smelled a bloody odor. Looking up, he saw that a drop of bright red blood was dripping from Hei Xiao's finger onto the sword, and the entire sword was covered with a faint bloody glow.

He was burning his own life essence in exchange for greater speed.

"Brother Xiao Chen, what's wrong..." Ji Fengxiao didn't know what had happened and looked around in fright.

He knew that Black Owl had been hiding from someone the whole way, and thought that someone was chasing after him.

"Your brother is in danger ahead," Black Owl said quickly and concisely.

"Brother Fengming..." Ji Fengxiao only called out his name before knowingly shutting his mouth. Looking at the crimson blood dripping from Hei Xiao's fingertips, his heart skipped a beat, and a strange feeling arose in his mind.

My mother once said that people who truly love each other are willing to risk their lives for one another.

Xiao Chen and his brother are not blood brothers, but he is willing to risk his own safety for Feng Ming.

Isn't this also a case of risking one's life?

Ji Fengxiao silently gripped the hem of Hei Xiao's clothes, her gaze unwavering:

From now on, Brother Xiao Chen will be his own brother and his closest relative.

He will respect, love, and protect him just as he did for Brother Fengming and Fenghua!

Ahead, Ji Fengming was also unlucky.

This is the time when the young men of each family and the hunting teams leave the Monster Forest, ending their training and hunting.

Who would have thought that the team he happened to run into was the training team of Lan Yuqing, the most valued genius of the Lan family's direct lineage?

To protect Lan Yuqing's safety, the Lan family sent two Nascent Soul stage advisors with them.

One is at the early stage of the Nascent Soul Realm, and the other has already reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul Realm!

The Lan family members behind them sensed the location of Lan Yuqing's identity jade slip and informed the Yu family advisor of this good news early on.

After emerging from their confused state, the advisors surnamed Yu and Zhao from the Gu family took the lead and chased after them.

From a distance, the advisor surnamed Yu used his spiritual power to loudly notify Lan Yuqing and the others, "Miss Yuqing, stop that person! He is the murderer who killed Yu Chen and Young Master Yu Feng!"

Lan Yuqing and the others, who had just caught a glimpse of Ji Fengming from afar, stopped and stood guard, immediately casting hostile glances at Ji Fengming.

Ji Fengming: "..."

I really didn't check the lunar calendar before going out today, what a terrible day!

My luck is unbelievably bad!

"Hey, beautiful ladies, don't look at me. They're not talking about me. I'm just an unlucky wandering cultivator who happened to be passing by. The person they're talking about should be right behind me. You'll meet him if you keep walking."

Ji Fengming, with his thick skin, raised his hand and greeted Lan Yu with a smile, attempting to slip through the cracks.