170. Life and Death on the Cliff

As the group walked up the mountain, Ye Li discovered that several secret guards had left their team at Mo Hua's signal. Ye Li knew that they were trying to divert the pursuers who might follow them at any time. After taking a look at the secret guards who left silently, Ye Li did not say much but just followed the footsteps of the secret guards who led the way up the mountain. The pursuers seemed to be coming very quickly. Not long after, the sound of people and fighting could be heard in the distance, but it gradually went away, and it was obvious that they were being led in the opposite direction. Mo Hua looked back at the sound getting farther and farther away, frowned and said, "Princess, the people coming up the mountain don't look like the imperial court's pursuers." Ye Li nodded silently. The group of people who were just at the foot of the mountain and could catch up so quickly were definitely not ordinary soldiers. It was obvious that everyone on the other side was a master, "Lei Zhenting's people."

Zhuo Jing said: "Zhennan Palace has a secret private guard, called the Golden Guard. There are about a thousand people, usually guarding the Zhennan Palace, and accompanying the Zhennan King every time he goes to war. It is because of their existence that the Zhennan King has escaped death on the battlefield several times. Including the time when the Zhennan King was defeated by the old king, it was this Golden Guard who used almost all of their people to snatch him back. The Golden Guard saved the Zhennan King's life, although they were almost wiped out. , but the King of Zhennan reorganized it afterwards." As they walked up the mountain, Ye Li asked, "It seems that the secret guards have not received this news." Zhuo Jing said, "Since the Golden Guards were almost completely wiped out by the old king in order to save the King of Zhennan, they have never appeared in front of people again. Almost everyone thought they no longer existed. It was Master Mingyue who told his subordinates before he left." Walking in the forest, Ye Li was thoughtful, "What about the Golden Guards and Qilin?"

Without much thought, Zhuo Jing replied, "Not as good as them. The Golden Guards only train in martial arts. They only need to be responsible for the safety of the King of Zhennan and occasionally follow the King of Zhennan's orders to deal with some people. Master Mingyue meant that their kung fu is not worse than that of the Dark Guards."

Everyone was feeling heavy-hearted. Not to mention that their current situation was no worse than that of the Dark Guards, they might not be able to withstand even 100 or 200 ordinary elite soldiers.

After running all the way, the group finally came to the edge of the cliff halfway up the mountain. Although it was only halfway up the mountain, the mountains in the northwest area were really high, and it was early winter now. Looking down the cliff at night, there was only a white sea of ​​clouds, and nothing could be seen below. Looking at the cliff in front of him, Ye Li turned around and asked, "How far is it to the other side?" Mo Hua pondered for a moment and said, "About fifteen or sixteen feet." Ye Li thought about it, nodded and asked, "How is everyone's Qinggong? Can we get through?" Mo Hua nodded. Except for two secret guards with poor Qinggong, the rest of the people present could get through. Ye Li said to the two secret guards, "You can go down the mountain together or separately, and be careful not to attract the attention of the pursuers. If the siege at the foot of the mountain is too tight, just wait for a while." The two secret guards were stunned and looked at Ye Li helplessly. Ye Li sighed softly, "Let's go, there are only two of us, we are going to leave soon, there is no point for you to stay." Behind him, Mo Hua nodded silently. The two secret guards bowed to Ye Li, turned around and left, quickly hiding in the darkness.

"Okay, let's get ready. Mo Hua has checked the terrain before, you go first." Ye Li turned and said to Mo Hua.

Mo Hua did not delay, and flew over the cliff on the opposite side. After landing, standing here, one could only see a vague shadow of Mo Hua in the mist. Ye Li waved her hand and let several secret guards pass one by one. When it came to Zhuo Jing and Wei Rui, neither of them was willing to move first. Ye Li raised her eyebrows and said, "What do you want to do?" Zhuo Jing said in a deep voice, "The subordinates and Wei Rui have seen the princess's light-weight skills, you can't pass." Ye Li was stunned, and finally smiled helplessly. If she had known that there would be such a day, she would have practiced light-weight skills even if she was exhausted. Her original light-weight skills were only second-rate, and now she felt a little uncomfortable in her abdomen. It was simply a dream to want to fly over by herself. Ye Li glanced at Zhuo Jing and said, "Can you take me there?" Zhuo Jing lowered his head and gritted his teeth and said, "No." To cross a cliff of fifteen or sixteen feet, one needs first-class lightness skills, and to carry someone there, one needs not only lightness skills but also extreme internal strength. Wei Rui smiled faintly and said, "I can't do it either, so we stay to accompany the princess."

There was already a faint noise coming from the distance. Ye Li glanced at the two people unhappily and said, "Nonsense! Are you waiting to die with me?"

Across from them, a dark shadow flew in from the sky, and when it landed on the ground, it frowned and looked at the three people and said, "Why aren't you leaving yet?" His gaze paused on Ye Li, and Mo Hua suddenly remembered that the princess had only practiced internal force and lightness skills for more than a year, and it was impossible for her to jump over such a distance by lightness skills. "I am inconsiderate, please forgive me, princess. I will take the princess over." Ye Li looked at him with a smile and asked, "How sure are you?" Mo Hua remained silent for a long time before he said in a deep voice, "20%." If it were daytime, he might be 20% more sure, but now it was dark and the fog was thick, so he could only be 20% sure at most. Ye Li shook his head and smiled, "Does that mean we have an 80% chance of falling off the cliff and being dead? You go first, I have my own way." How could Zhuo Jing and the others agree? Wei Wei said, "Then please ask Princess to go first. It won't take us long anyway." Mo Hua frowned and said, "The pursuers are approaching. If they are really martial arts masters, we won't be able to escape even if we pass by if they find us."

The three of them were all stubborn, so Ye Li had no choice but to say, "Mo Hua and Wei Rui go first, Zhuo Jing stay." She took out the rope from the package beside her and handed it to Wei Rui. Wei Rui took it silently and jumped into the thick fog on the opposite side. Zhuo Jing watched Ye Li fix the rope on the big tree on the edge of the cliff and asked, "Princess..." Ye Li smiled helplessly and said, "Actually, this... I'm only 50% sure." The cliffs on both sides were obviously not giving face. Their side was lower, and the terrain on the opposite side was higher. This meant that Ye Li could not slide over in a labor-saving way, but had to pull the rope and move slowly over. Because of the baby in her belly, she couldn't even use too dangerous actions. After fixing the rope, Ye Li was about to take action when a feather arrow shot out from the woods and pierced her side. Soon, a group of men in black rushed out of the woods and surrounded the two of them on the edge of the cliff.

"Princess Ding? We don't want to harm the princess, please come with us?" The leading man in black stared at Ye Li, his sinister eyes filled with malice and greed. Ye Li let go of the rope and said calmly, "Xiling Zhennan King, Golden Guard?" The man's eyes narrowed and he sneered, "The princess knows a lot. Since the princess already knows our identities, please don't resist in vain. If you hurt the princess, we can't explain to the prince." Ye Li raised her eyebrows and asked softly, "What if I don't listen?" The man laughed and said, "The prince is in a bad mood about the Hongzhou incident. If the princess has any problems at that time, I believe the prince will not blame her. Our prince is a contemporary hero and he really admires Princess Ding. Why should the princess follow Mo Xiuyao, that waste, all her heart? Our prince also said that as long as the princess is willing to go back with us, she will be granted the position of Zhennan Princess. As for that cripple Mo Xiuyao...!"

Whoosh! Whoosh! Two sounds of breaking through the air, two strong winds with silver light shot towards the man who was speaking, one high and one low, leaving a bloody mark on the face and neck of the man who was speaking. Ye Li looked at the man opposite with cold eyes and said coldly: "If you want to die, I will grant you your wish!" The man touched the wound on his neck and couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. Hearing Ye Li's cold words, his heart was chilled and he didn't dare to answer.

"Since the princess is so ignorant of current affairs, don't blame us for being rude!" The leading man's face darkened and he waved his hand, saying, "Capture Princess Ding!"

The surrounding gold guards rushed forward, and Zhuo Jing blocked the way beside Ye Li. Mo Hua, Wei Rui and others on the opposite side also understood the situation here and came back to join the battle. The gold guards were indeed the elites that Han Mingyue said were comparable to the dark guards in combat power. In a one-on-ten situation, the dark guards were unable to resist. Ye Li watched as two more of the Dark Guards, who were already not doing well, fell in an instant. Ye Li took a deep breath and shouted, "Mo Hua, take the people and retreat immediately!" Mo Hua's hands did not stop, and pierced the chest of a Golden Guard with a sword, saying, "The Dark Guards are concerned about the safety of the princess and cannot obey your orders." Ye Li cut off the throat of a Golden Guard with one hand and retreated to a corner, holding his abdomen with one hand, which was aching slightly, and said, "Do you think it's still meaningful now? Retreat!"

Mo Hua didn't respond, and his men became even more ruthless, indicating that they were going to disobey orders. Ye Li felt a pang in her heart, and just as she was about to speak, a figure passed through the night sky and rushed towards her. Ye Li raised her knife and swung it, but the figure stepped aside, grabbed Ye Li's arm and said, "It's me."

Ye Li was startled, "Han Mingyue, why are you here?"

Han Mingyue looked a little messy, no longer as graceful as before. He grabbed Ye Li and said, "Let's go! The King of Zhennan is here." Seeing Han Mingyue, Zhuo Jing and Wei Rui were delighted. They separated themselves from the golden guards in front of them and stood in front of them and said, "Master Han, you take the princess and go first." Han Mingyue nodded, grabbed Ye Li's arrow and was about to fly to the opposite side.

"Han Mingyue, you are so brave!" A heavy male voice with anger came from the woods. At the same time, a strong wind that seemed to be real attacked Han Mingyue. Han Mingyue was in the air and took a person to dodge the strong wind in a wolfish way. His internal energy was indeed suffocated, and his figure that had originally flown into the air could only fall back to the ground. A crack appeared on the white clothes on his shoulders and stained with a light red. King Zhennan walked out of the woods, followed by Su Zuidie, who left Hongzhou with Han Mingyue. At this time, his beautiful face was full of pride and happiness, and he stared at Ye Li with a smile.

As soon as the King of Zhennan arrived, the fighting stopped immediately. Mo Hua and others retreated to Ye Li and formed a semicircle to protect her behind them. King of Zhennan looked at Ye Li, who was standing behind the crowd with a pale face, with complex lights flashing in his eyes. He looked at the corpse on the ground again and nodded in praise: "As expected of the secret guards of Prince Ding's Palace, my Golden Guards are still a little worse." Zhuo Jing sneered: "Your Highness is too modest. The secret guards of Prince Ding's Palace have many duties and cannot be compared with the Golden Guards." As soon as he said this, he ridiculed King of Zhennan for being cowardly and afraid of death, otherwise why would he train a team of thousands of people just to protect him alone. King Zhennan was not angry. He looked at Ye Li and smiled, "You are very good. This is completely beyond my expectation. As long as you come over, I will forgive all the previous things."

"Your Highness..." Su Zuidie said disapprovingly, but was frightened by the cold look of King Zhennan and swallowed her dissatisfaction. Ye Li looked at the determined King Zhennan in front of her and smiled slightly, "Your Highness is so fast, I admire you. I believe that Your Highness has dealt with the matters in and outside Hongzhou City. But... Your Highness doesn't care at all about the hundreds of thousands of reinforcements from the northwest border?" King Zhennan's face sank slightly, and soon smiled again, "I am indeed a little worried about the reinforcements. But... in the hands of a woman, This is the first time in my life. So... I think you are more important. Moreover... I don't know why, I suddenly feel that losing the princess may be more painful for Prince Ding than losing the northwest. And... if this Princess Ding becomes my Princess Zhennan..." It seemed that the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was a very wonderful idea. The King of Zhennan couldn't help but laughed up to the sky. The gloom on his face because of the failure in Hongzhou disappeared without a trace. Su Zuidie, who was standing next to him, did change color after hearing his words, and glared at Ye Li fiercely, but did not dare to say a word because of the majesty of the King of Zhennan.

Ye Li sneered and said, "I'm afraid you're thinking too much."

King Zhennan said leisurely: "You will know soon whether I have thought too much. Xiaoli, just wait patiently to become my princess."

"Groove..." Finally unable to bear the discomfort in her chest, Ye Li turned sideways and vomited towards a large tree trunk. The cliff was suddenly silent, and the King of Zhennan stared at the woman who was holding onto a large tree and vomiting. Han Mingyue casually treated the wound on her arm and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it seems that Princess Ding has no interest in the position of Princess Zhennan. Why do you have to force her?" Wei Rui sneered: "Some people are just lazy toads who want to eat swan meat. They are delusional." No one on the Golden Guard side dared to speak rashly. Princess Ding vomited because she insisted on becoming the Princess of Zhennan. It can be seen that she really hated this proposal to a certain extent. They didn't dare to speak out because it would be unpleasant if they flattered the horse's leg.

King Zhennan's face was livid, and he snorted coldly and said, "Do you think you can delay time like this? Don't worry, I will spare your lives and return... Tell Mo Xiuyao to come and attend my ceremony of establishing a concubine. Capture Princess Ding!"

The fight on the cliff started again, and the King of Zhennan did not intend to watch the fight from the side. Instead, he rushed towards Ye Li without hesitation. Zhuo Jing and Wei Qi rushed forward to stop him, but they were swept aside after just two or three moves. Han Mingyue and Mo Hua attacked the King of Zhennan from the left and right. Although the King of Zhennan only had one arm, the palm energy between the vertical and horizontal opening and closing was like a knife, and he almost used up all his strength to barely stop and not retreat. King Zhennan snorted and laughed, "You so-called young hero, you don't even have the skills of Mo Xiuyao who is more than ten years old, and you still want to stop me? Go ahead!" He slapped Han Mingyue's chest. Han Mingyue was startled and quickly dodged the palm in the air and fell to the ground, but was immediately entangled by several golden guards. After dealing with Han Mingyue, King Zhennan avoided Mo Hua in the same way. From the time he made a move to the time he came to Ye Li, he only used seven or eight moves. In the face of absolute strength, any fancy moves are meaningless.

Ye Li flipped the dagger in her hand and stabbed at the King of Zhennan quickly. The violent vomiting just now and the fatigue in the past few days not only made her face pale, but more importantly, she clearly felt that her physical strength was draining away at a fast rate. The King of Zhennan stepped aside and exchanged a few moves with her in a good mood. He grabbed her wrist and said with a smile: "Your kung fu is not bad. It's a pity that your internal strength is a little lacking. If you practiced martial arts since childhood, you would be among the masters of the world with your qualifications. It's a pity that now... Wait, you!" The person who grabbed Ye Li's wrist paused, and the King of Zhennan's face changed and said sharply: "What a good Princess Ding, you are really devoted to Mo Xiuyao. This king will definitely let this bastard..."

"You bastard, go to hell!" Not far away, Su Zuidie looked at the scene with a distorted expression. He raised his hand to pick up his sleeves, revealing the hidden weapon tied to his wrist and shot it at Ye Li. A cluster of silver needles shot at Ye Li like a torrential rain. Han Mingyue, who was entangled with the golden guards, changed his face, "Zuidie, don't!" Unfortunately, it was too late. The hidden weapon came out of the box with a flash of silver light. Han Mingyue had no time to think about it. He swept away the golden guards around him with a sword and flew up. At the same time, King Zhennan also heard Su Zuidie's voice. He looked sideways and saw Ye Li took the opportunity to flip her wrist. The dagger left a blood mark on King Zhennan's hand. King Zhennan was hurt and let go of Ye Li's hand. Ye Li slipped and fell to the edge of the cliff in an instant.

"Ye Li!"

"princess--!"

King Zhennan reacted very quickly, reaching out his hand to grab the edge of the cliff, but what greeted him was a faint smile on Ye Li's lips and a dagger in her hand that shone with cold light. The ruthless dagger forced him to retract his hand faster than he stretched it out. King Zhennan had one arm, so letting go meant that he would never be able to catch Ye Li again. He stared at the smile on the lips of the falling woman in a trance, and her silent words: You...don't even think about hurting my child...

A silver shuttle shot up from the cliff, and a gorgeous blood flower bloomed on the chest of King Zhennan. As if awakened by the sudden pain, King Zhennan looked down at the dagger in his chest. Because of the lack of strength, it did not really hurt the vital part. He raised his hand and grasped the dagger in front of his chest, "Ye Li..."

"princess!"