"Master!"
Having received information from their own informants, Yin Yue and Xie Jiuchuan managed to reduce a journey that would normally take half a day to just half an hour.
They shattered the barrier at the cave entrance with a single blow, and He Yan inside the cave had vanished, leaving only Xi Xingxue lying motionless on the stone bed.
"Master!"
Xie Jiuchuan pulled Xi Xingxue into his arms, looking at his face with concern. Yin Yue, who hadn't had time to rush ahead, could only look over with red eyes.
But he wasn't about to back down. Instead, he knelt down beside Xi Xingxue, gently whispering:
"Master, wake up! Your disciple is here to save you."
A ray of sunlight from outside the cave happened to fall into the cave, illuminating a patch of floating dust.
On the stone bed, the young man in black robes held the man in white in his arms, looking down at him. Their faces were very close, and a few strands of their hair were playfully intertwined.
Beside the stone bed, a stunningly handsome young man knelt on the ground, his slender fingers holding the white-robed man's palm, and gently rubbing the back of his hand against his cheek.
Feeling an itch on the back of her hand, Xi Xingxue slowly opened her eyes.
The light and shadow shifted, reflecting an amber glow in his eyes. His usually cold eyes now appeared incredibly gentle.
"Master, you're awake?" Yin Yue's eyes curved into crescents, as happy as a little deer that had stolen an enemy's health pack in a canyon.
Xi Xingxue didn't speak; he found himself being held in someone's arms.
Looking down, she saw Yin Yue kneeling on the ground, holding her hand. Looking up, she met Xie Jiuchuan's long, narrow phoenix eyes.
A question mark slowly appeared above his head: "?"
Is he connected to the cave and these two people?
Xi Xingxue instinctively flinched, and the large hand on his waist tightened. Xie Jiuchuan's voice was deep and pleasant: "Master, don't be afraid, it's alright, He Yan has already left."
Xi Xingxue, pampered by her disciple: "..."
During the short period of her unconsciousness, Xi Xingxue truly had no idea what had happened.
Overnight, he, a dignified master with a cultivation level higher than theirs, was suddenly relegated to a lower position.
It's obvious that God bestowed their glory upon them, while I can only act arrogantly for a short period of time at most.
And the life of this vicious scumbag is also beginning to fade away.
Yin Yue concealed his anger and said gently, "Master, that brat He Yan has imprisoned you for three days. Once we find him, we will definitely kill him to avenge you."
Xi Xingxue, who had been feigning silence, suddenly felt a jolt and lost her composure.
"He didn't imprison me. Have you misunderstood something?"
The image of He Yan kissing his unconscious master, described by his subordinates, lingered in Yin Yue's mind, and a dark cloud rolled in his eyes:
"There's no misunderstanding, it's the truth, otherwise why wouldn't Master have been able to contact us for three days?"
Although he was at odds with Yin Yue, when the enemy was the same, Xie Jiuchuan briefly stood on the same side as Yin Yue and nodded in approval.
Just thinking that He Yan dared to do such a thing, he might have done something even more outrageous.
Xie Jiuchuan's gaze traveled down Xi Xingxue's neck, worried that something like that might have happened.
Xi Xingxue realized that it was too strange for her to be lying in someone's arms while talking, so she quickly struggled to get up.
“He Yan was seriously injured, and I’ve been helping him heal these past few days. You are fellow disciples, so you should love each other and not fight.”
"Really?" Yin Yue asked.
"Really." Xi Xingxue nodded, stood up with a burst of strength, and tried to leave Xie Jiuchuan's embrace.
However, at that moment, a sudden sound of clothes being torn rang out.
Xi Xingxue turned around in fright.
It turned out that Xie Jiuchuan had sat on his clothes, causing him to suddenly stand up and tear them to shreds.
He coughed loudly, "Anyway, I'm fine, hurry back..."
But before Xi Xingxue could finish speaking, Xie Jiuchuan interrupted her.
"Master, can you explain this to your disciple? What is this?"
Xie Jiuchuan stared intently at the red mark on the small patch of Xi Xingxue's exposed skin. He looked up at him, his eyes filled with a deep, turbulent light, like a surging sea.
Xi Xingxue hurriedly pressed down on the hole in her clothes, but this somewhat flustered action also attracted Yin Yue, who also did not miss seeing those marks.
His brows furrowed with disbelief and rage: "Master, what's going on?!"
Yin Yue's expression was similar to Xie Jiuchuan's, both looking terrifying and as if they wanted to devour someone.
Xi Xingxue was clearly their master, yet under their oppressive aura, which resembled catching someone cheating, she lost her composure.
He unconsciously took two steps back, his back pressed against the wall, with nowhere left to retreat.
Fortunately, a thought struck him at that moment, and he quickly straightened his chest, saying, "I accidentally got some of the monster's venom on me!"
Yin Yue shook his head, his clear eyes filled with extreme anger, his tone distorted and sharp:
"Impossible! It must be He Yan who defiled you, right? That damned bastard, I'll make him be torn to shreds!"
Xi Xingxue looked up at him in disbelief, as if she were shocked to see her usually well-behaved little apprentice showing such a side of himself.
Yin Yue met his gaze, gave a low, bitter laugh, and the violent rage in his eyes was concealed by glistening tears.
"Master, I know everything. I know everything. Your love is shared with the eldest brother and the second brother, but you keep it from me and treat me like an outsider!"
"Why should I? Don't I deserve your love? But how much better are they?"
"In terms of looks, I'm no less than them; in terms of strength, I'm younger. Given time, I can surpass them. So why do they get you...?"
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