56 Master, I just want you to love me a little more...

After being pushed out of the secret realm by Ji Chen, Xue Wuxi fell from the clear sky.

But he reacted quickly, adjusted his posture immediately, and landed steadily on the ground with both feet.

He found that he was back in front of the mountain gate of Wuji Sect.

He wanted to go back, but the purple vortex in front of him had closed.

Only a long black tightly closed line remained in its original place.

The elders on the side were all sighing and thankful that he was able to come out, shouting the word "Master", but Xue Wuxi did not hear a word of what they said.

He wanted to use his spiritual power to reopen the vortex, so he injected all the remaining spiritual power into the tightly closed long line.

The elders around him thought that he was eager to save his apprentice and the sect disciples, so they immediately quieted down and said nothing.

Although they knew that once the entrance to the secret realm was closed, it would be extremely difficult to open it again in a short time.

Xue Wuxi naturally understood this truth, and even though the use of spiritual power had exceeded the limit, he still forced his spiritual power and refused to give up.

Finally, the long black line loosened a little.

It was really torn apart by his spiritual power!

But the force of pulling it apart was not enough.

The purple vortex that was torn apart was not the original perfect circle, but an ellipse.

Not only that, Ji Chen showed no sign of coming out from inside.

Xue Wuxi wanted to go back.

But if the entrance to the secret realm is not a perfect circle, once it loses the spiritual power to maintain the open state, it will close immediately.

He couldn't count on the group of people around him.

During the stalemate, the sound of a clear bird suddenly came from the forest.

Along with the bird's cry, a huge phoenix flew towards the direction of the mountain gate.

On the back of the bird stood a young man who was dressed simply but neatly.

The man's hair was half black and half white, and his face was serious. Although there was no trace of age on his face, he gave people the impression of an elder.

"It's the Medicine Ancestor!" An elder recognized him first.

Xue Wuxi heard the voice and looked over, without revealing any emotion about the man's appearance.

Until Jiang Shengyu stepped on the phoenix and landed beside Xue Wuxi.

The two looked at each other, and although they didn't say anything, Xue Wuxi could see that Jiang Shengyu was here to save people.

Because Jiang Shengyu's serious face was full of anxiety.

"Is he still in there?"

Xue Wuxi answered irrelevantly: "You hold the entrance, I'll go in and save him."

Jiang Shengyu said: "I have the phoenix, so I'm more confident in saving him, you stay outside."

Although Xue Wuxi was unwilling, he knew in his heart that it was safer to let Jiang Shengyu go in and save people.

After all, he didn't even have a sword now.

Jiang Shengyu didn't wait for Xue Wuxi to reply, he returned to the phoenix, drove the phoenix, and flew into the purple vortex.

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In a blink of an eye, Ji Chen was completely swallowed up by the wind, sand and gravel that covered the sky.

The surroundings were dark and chaotic. He felt like he was in an endless abyss. The raging sand was like a tsunami, surging in the air.

And ever since Ji Chen was injured, he began to lose his strength.

His vision was gradually blurred by blood.

The female cultivator behind him hugged his waist tightly with both hands, and was so scared that she had collapsed.

"Wuwuwuwuwu... We are going to die here... Wuwuwuwuwuwu..."

Although Ji Chen was almost exhausted, he still managed to draw out a little energy and comforted: "No, we will get out alive..."

"Really..."

Ji Chen suddenly felt a pain in his chest and spat out a mouthful of thick blood.

His vision became more blurred, almost to the point where he could not see at all.

Blood and darkness swept towards him mercilessly, wanting to devour him completely like a black hole.

In fact, Ji Chen was already very clear in his heart that he currently had too little physical and spiritual power left, and he also suffered serious internal injuries. He could not get out no matter what.

But Xue Wuxi's sword under his feet still had spiritual power, and it was still possible to fly out.

However, this sword could not carry two people to fly out.

Moreover, the gap above was gradually getting smaller.

There was no time.

Seeing that the speed of the sword was getting slower and slower, and even gradually becoming heavy and laborious, Ji Chen gritted his teeth, tilted his body, and deliberately let himself fall off the sword.

It is better to keep one person out than to let both die here!

Just as he left the sword, Ji Chen heard the loud scream of the female cultivator coming from above, but was soon drowned by the violent sandstorm.

The feeling of falling rapidly and losing control made Ji Chen close his eyes in despair.

Soon, the tornado below swept his body in.

A fragile body without spiritual power, being swept into such a strong sandstorm, would immediately have its bones shattered and flesh and blood flying everywhere.

Ji Chen did hear some shattering sounds.

But the pain did not follow.

Ji Chen thought he had long been numb from the pain, but when he looked down, he saw something hanging around his waist glowing.

It was the "Guardian Jade Plate"!

Looking more closely, it was the word "protect" written by the ghost pupil himself that was glowing!

Although the jade token protected him, it could not bear the weight and instantly shattered into countless dense, crisscrossing cracks.

However, the light emitted by the jade token formed a warm red spherical barrier around him, wrapping his entire body inside.

It saved his life.

Ji Chen was stunned for a moment.

In a trance, a sentence appeared in his mind again for some reason.

"Master, I just want you to love me a little more..."

This sentence always appeared in Ji Chen's mind over and over again, and it couldn't be shaken off.

After all, it was the guilt that was at work.

It was this sentence that made Ji Chen suddenly remember that he promised to compensate Gui Tong.

He also said that he would "treat everyone equally" and no longer be partial.

But just now, in a hurry, his first reaction... was to abandon Gui Tong.

Although Gui Tong would not die in this place.

But he watched helplessly while he only thought about saving Xue Wuxi, and he must have felt very uncomfortable in his heart...

What made Ji Chen feel even more guilty was that he clearly gave up Gui Tong at the first moment, but in the end, it was the "Guardian Jade Plate" given by Gui Tong that saved his life.

The glowing word "protect" pierced into Ji Chen's heart like a sharp thorn.

Ji Chen could only smile bitterly at this moment.

He couldn't help but wonder: Does he really only hate me...

It seems that everyone says - he doesn't look like he hates you that much.

Some people even say - he likes you, but he just doesn't know how to express it.

There is no way to know the answer.

The jade token "cracked" and shattered completely.

Listening to the sound of the jade token shattering, Ji Chen was a little confused.

His thoughts were in chaos and his vision had completely fallen into darkness.

He couldn't see anything, even the warm red halo around him that protected him couldn't illuminate his vision.

The last of the five senses seemed to be hearing.

Because he seemed to hear the chirping of birds, tearing through the violent sound of the wind and sand around him.

After that, he lost all consciousness.