"Why ask these questions when you're about to die?"
The sinister woman lurking in the shadows was unwilling to reveal the truth, and coldly questioned Xuan Fengqian.
"Of course, I want to die knowing why."
Xuan Feng's eyes darkened, and before he could finish speaking, he hurled his sword towards the southeast of the Xuan Dian Platform.
Her sharp eyes were fixed on a faintly visible figure in black beside the large bell and drum in the southeast of Xuan Dian Terrace, hoping that the woman with the chilling aura as terrifying as a venomous snake would relax her highly tense nerves after hearing her words.
If the woman's attention were to waver even slightly, it would be difficult for her to dodge the sharp sword in her hand...
Just as expected!
Upon hearing Xuan Fengqian's words, the sinister woman indeed lowered her guard.
She was about to speak and ridicule Xuan Fengqian when a sharp sword pierced straight through her throat.
*Sizzle*
Warm blood gushed from the hole in her throat, and at the same time, the brilliant, firework-like crimson light vanished.
The glass lamps on the Xuan Dian platform flickered and then reappeared on the platform.
Xuan Fengqian slowly raised his hand and gently wiped away the bloodstains that had splattered on her cheek, then strode towards the southeast of Xuan Dian Platform.
"Don't move!"
Just then, Leng Ye, like a shadowless gust of wind, carrying the smell of alcohol, stood right in front of Xuan Fengqian.
What are you doing here?
Xuan Feng narrowed his long, narrow peach blossom eyes and asked him with a hint of surprise.
With a cold and stern expression, Leng Ye wrapped his long arm around her waist and suddenly threw her off the Xuan Dian Platform.
Bang--
Xuan Fengqian fell flat on his back without warning, feeling as if his body was falling apart. He couldn't pinpoint the exact location of the pain, but he simply couldn't straighten up.
"Leng Ye, what are you doing?"
She was extremely depressed. Just as she stood up, a ferocious beast with a hideous face and a huge body suddenly sprang out from the northwest of Xuan Dian Platform.
The next instant, the beast stretched its neck and roared, its aura as fierce as a tiger swallowing thousands of miles, and pounced towards Leng Ye with resounding steps.
"Cold Night, watch out behind you!"
Xuan Fengqian cried out in surprise, suddenly realizing that Leng Ye had not intentionally thrown her, but had only thrown her off the Xuan Dian Platform because of the emergency.
Leng Ye curled his lips into a smirk, his words dripping with mockery: "You think I'm as useless as you?"
Before he finished speaking, the buzzing Xuanyuan Demon Sword in his hand had already severed the beast's head.
Thump—
The beast's enormous head slammed heavily onto the ground like a rolling stone, producing a dull thud.
"After cultivating for thousands of years, is this all you've got?" Leng Ye raised his foot and kicked the giant beast's head southeast, coldly mocking the sinister woman hiding behind the bell and drum in the southeast of the Xuan Dian Platform.
"Don't be too smug! Your deaths are near!"
The sinister woman's throat was pierced by Xuan Fengqian's sharp blade, her voice becoming extremely hoarse.
"I'd like to see who dies first."
As soon as Leng Ye finished speaking, several streaks of azure light, accompanied by sharp sword energy, shot out into the air with overwhelming force, crashing into the bell and drum that were about half a zhang tall with a loud "boom".
Buzz—
With a sudden clang, the bells and drums seemed to burst open, completely pierced by the sharp sword energy.
The woman hidden behind the bells and drums had already turned into a wisp of black smoke and fled.
Leng Ye glanced indifferently at the black smoke dissipating in the southeast, but made no intention of chasing after it.
Who is that person?
Xuanfeng glanced at the dispersing black smoke and asked softly.
"What are you doing here all alone?" Leng Ye covered his chest with one hand and coughed lightly, trying to suppress his cough.
Xuan Fengqian was unwilling to tell him the truth, and vaguely said, "I couldn't sleep, so I came out for a walk."
"With your mediocre skills, how dare you trespass on the Xuan Dian Platform?"
Leng Ye grew angrier the more he thought about it. If he had arrived a moment later, she would most likely have been crushed into mincemeat by that woman's mount.
Xuan Fengqian was somewhat unconvinced and was about to retort when she realized that she was truly extremely weak. If it weren't for Leng Ye's intervention tonight, she wouldn't know how she would have died.
Thinking of this, she felt even more downcast and mumbled, "Thank you."
"You're upset just because I said a few words to you?"
Leng Ye scoffed lightly and casually gathered up her cascading black hair that was loose over her shoulders.
Xuan Fengqian subconsciously took a step back, but Leng Ye pulled her into his arms and whispered in her ear, "It was just a joke. You did well enough. The woman hidden behind the bell and drum became a demon thousands of years ago and is extremely difficult to deal with. Even at my peak, I might not be able to defeat her."
"She's that amazing?"
"You're even more impressive. Even when she couldn't use her magic, you still managed to injure her with your bare hands." Leng Ye coaxed her gently, and when she wasn't paying attention, he quietly inserted the hairpin in his hand into her hair bun.
This morning, when he saw that Di Jun had given her the Dingfeng hairpin, he realized that he and she were still missing a token of their love.
"Xuan Fengqian, let me explain to you one last time: those words were not my own." Leng Ye, unwilling to be misunderstood, took advantage of his drunken state to bring up the old matter again.
"Okay, I understand." Xuan Fengqian nodded slightly.
"So cold? I'm your savior, can't you even give me a smile?" Leng Ye tightened his grip around her waist and stared intently at her.
Xuan Fengqian felt dizzy from the strong smell of alcohol on him and pushed him aside with all her might.
Leng Ye frowned unhappily, intending to make her stay with him for the night to repay his life-saving debt.
But he swallowed the words back down his throat.
Needless to say, he could guess that she definitely wouldn't agree.
After forcefully suppressing the surging desire within him, his dark eyes gradually regained their clarity. "I ask you, did you trespass into the Tushita Palace without permission in order to investigate those ten murder cases?"
"I just felt something was off, so I came to check it out," Xuan Fengqian muttered softly.
Upon hearing this, Leng Ye felt a sudden surge of joy.
It turns out that Xuan Fengqian had never suspected him!
He said that the woman he had his eye on was definitely not that superficial!
But then he thought about it again and became a little angry.
"Xuan Fengqian, you know I am innocent, so why did you collude with outsiders to frame me?" Leng Ye cupped her small face in his hands, suppressing the urge to kiss her, and said with a wronged expression.
"How much did you drink? It's suffocating."
Xuan Fengqian was so overwhelmed by the smell of alcohol that she couldn't breathe and turned her head away in disgust.
"Ah Qian, can you be a little gentler with me? Do you know how much I like you?"
Leng Ye decided to pretend to be completely drunk, gently leaning on Xuan Fengqian's shoulder and whispering her heartfelt feelings.
"..."
Xuan Fengqian's mind was blank.
The best ending she could imagine for them was to never see each other again.
Right now, he's saying he likes her.
Isn't this a huge joke?
He did indeed save her life just now.
But one thing at a time, the pain and trouble he caused her will not be erased because of what happened tonight.
As long as she retains her memories, there is absolutely no way she could fall in love with him.
no way.
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