Chapter 86 World Four (Thirteen)
Baoshan sat upright on a bluestone slab. On the cool, slippery stone lay a newly embroidered cushion, embroidered with winter plum blossoms. A biting chill blew against her face. Baoshan tightened her cloak around her, huddling her face in a mass of white fur. The cushion beneath her, quilted with fluffy cotton, provided some relief from the chill. Beside her, a cushion inscribed with the inscription "Pine and Crane Longevity" sat, though it seemed a bit desolate because it had been unoccupied for so long. Baoshan reached out a finger and lightly touched the cushion beside her. The chill at her fingertips made her tuck them back into her cloak.
Looking at Xie Wenying, who was completely focused on the sword, Baoshan's eyes were gentle, like clear springs, filled with a hint of affection. On such a cold day, when Baoshan wanted to follow, Xie Wenying disapproved, but being watched by a pair of watery, misty eyes, he could only reluctantly agree.
Hearing hurried footsteps behind him, Bao Shan turned around and saw Ye Muya with a serious expression. When he saw Bao Shan's figure, he breathed a sigh of relief and then walked straight towards Xie Wenying.
"Big Brother!"
The cry was full of urgency. In Baoshan's eyes, Ye Muya had always been calm and composed, and had never looked so helpless. It was obvious that something difficult had happened.
Ye Muya suddenly appeared, and Xie Wenying quickly retracted the sword he had extended, but some of the sword energy still fell on Ye Muya.
Looking at Ye Muya who was hastily responding to the sword energy and whose breathing was unstable, Xie Wenying's cold eyes gradually regained their warmth.
"What is it?"
"Big Brother, someone has come to Yunning Peak and injured a number of disciples."
Ye Muya's brows were furrowed, and he possessed spiritual energy. He had entered the path of martial arts and should have devoted himself to cultivation.
However, even in a place as steep as Yunning Peak, which is isolated from the secular world, disputes are inevitable.
In this vast world, Yunning Peak is not the only place where martial arts are practiced, and the other peaks are not all filled with martial artists who are pure-minded and only know how to practice martial arts hard.
Since Ye Muya entered Yun Ning Peak, she had witnessed many sect disputes. However, none of them had made her as worried or even uneasy as this one.
It was unknown which sect the opponent belonged to, but his martial arts were tricky and his body shape was strange, and he secretly injured many disciples.
The master was not at Yunning Peak, and no one was in control of the situation. But when he thought about Xie Wenying being on the mountain, Ye Muya's panicked mood gradually calmed down.
With the eldest brother here, everything will be fine.
Xie Wenying listened to what Ye Muya said, his eyebrows twitching slightly. Just as he was about to follow her down the mountain, he caught a glimpse of Bao Shan, whose face was pale and whose dark eyes dimmed slightly. His thoughts turned slightly, and he quickly made a decision.
"You go down the mountain first, and I will catch up later."
Ye Muya nodded in agreement, and hurried down the mountain as if there was wind under his feet.
Bao Shan knew she couldn't offer any help in this situation, and might even cause more trouble. She trembled and whispered, "Brother Wenying..."
She closed her eyelids, and her crow-feather eyelashes trembled slightly.
“In everything, you must put yourself first.”
Baoshan turned his head away, not daring to look closely at Xie Wenying's expression at this moment. He must be looking down on him and feeling that he was unbearable.
As the eldest senior brother of Yun Ning Peak, Xie Wenying naturally led by example, and rescuing the disciples was his responsibility.
These martial artists had countless chivalrous hearts, but in the eyes of a weak little girl like her, they became narrow-minded and shallow, and could only see the safety of one person.
Baoshan felt a little depressed when he didn't hear Xie Wenying's answer. The cloak on his body was suddenly tightened, and his slightly cold body was also wrapped in someone's arms.
All Baoshan could feel was the warm and solid chest beside her. She raised her face and could only see Xie Wenying's well-defined jaw, but could not see the expression on his face.
Xie Wenying said in a deep voice: "Hold on to me."
Bao Shan was extremely obedient and hugged his man's waist tightly. His arms were strong and powerful, and the sound of his muscles twitching could be faintly heard.
Xie Wenying took light steps and leaped towards the deep cliff on the top of Yunning Peak.
Watching herself falling into the pitch-black abyss with no visible bottom, Baoshan's body trembled even more violently, and she swallowed all her cries.
Only the red at the corners of her eyes revealed her fear at the moment.
There are a few trees growing on the cliff, most of which have turned into dead branches without any leaves at all.
But there are still a few fruit trees with clusters of leaves gathered on the branches.
Xie Wenying stepped on the leaves and brushed over the dead branches lightly, like a dragonfly skimming the water, kicking away the heavy vines and bringing the treasure fan into the dark cave. Only then did the treasure fan realize that there was such a cave on the steep and deep cliff.
But even if others knew about this place, it would be difficult for them to jump off the cliff and climb the smooth and moist mountain to get here.
Xie Wenying placed the treasured fan in the cave and whispered, "Stay here, don't worry, someone will come to pick you up."
Even after entering the cave, Bao Shan still nestled in Xie Wenying's arms. The uneasiness in her heart made her clutch Xie Wenying's gray robe tightly, and her voice was a little hoarse with tears: "Senior Brother Wenying—you are coming to pick me up."
Noticing the trembling body of the person in his arms, Xie Wenying felt something strange and patted her thin shoulders lightly to comfort her.
He brought the treasured fan here to ensure her safety.
The people who attacked the disciples of Yunning Peak this time didn't know the true intentions of the people, but they definitely had bad intentions.
Bao Shan has no martial arts skills and is so weak. If they catch her, they will inevitably harbor malicious intent...
Xie Wenying closed his eyes and just thought about what might happen. A dark fog began to roll in his heart, and a violent rage arose.
However, this cave is extremely hidden. Even if it is discovered accidentally, others will not be able to find out how to enter the cave.
Xie Wenying responded in a deep voice. He walked quickly, his figure like the wind, stepping on the dry leaves without making any sound. But in a moment, he left here.
Baoshan was nestled in the cave, carefully examining the cave. It was small and dark, with dry fallen leaves scattered on the ground. It was obvious that no one had been in there for a long time.
Baoshan found a place that was barely clean, spread out an embroidered handkerchief, and stayed in the cave, waiting for Xie Wenying's return.
Xie Wenying hurried along, not only catching up with Ye Muya quickly, but also taking the lead after learning the location of the attacked disciple.
On the white snow lay a scarlet stain of blood, splattered across the ground like a ball of ink. A clang could be heard, the sound of swords clashing. Xie Wenying followed the sound and encountered a long sword flashing with a sharp white light, slashing towards a Yunning Peak disciple lying on the ground.
Xie Wenying drew out the long sword in his hand, but in a flash, the man fell to the ground, his eyes wide open, full of disbelief.
The injured disciple of Yun Ning Peak lying on the ground struggled to get up. When he saw Xie Wenying, his eyes lit up, and the blood in his mouth made his voice slurred: "Big Brother!"
When he saw Xie Wenying, he felt that he had found a way out and a way to survive.
Xie Wenying just nodded slightly, without looking at him for long, and walked forward.
Except for the man just now, who was killed in one blow, Xie Wenying restrained his strength from the rest of the attackers, intending to leave them alive.
But those attackers seemed to have no intention of finding a way to survive. Xie Wenying saw their lips and teeth move slightly, and the next moment, blood flowed from the corners of their lips.
When Xie Wenying leaned over to check, the man was already dead.
The long sword in Bai Jiqing's hand penetrated into the attacker's body. Just as the man was about to bite through the secret medicine in his mouth, his jaw was firmly grasped by Xie Wenying.
Xie Wenying exerted force with his hands to remove his lower jaw, and then threw him to other disciples to take him into custody and inquire about his background, so as to repay all the bullying that Yun Ningfeng had suffered.
Bai Jiqing had a slight limp on his leg, as if he was injured. He looked a little depressed and negative, and forced a smile towards Xie Wenying.
"Thanks to my senior brother for coming to my rescue, I thought I had made some progress, but I never expected to be so useless."
Looking at the muddy snow around him, Xie Wenying knew that Bai Jiqing wasn't useless. He was simply outnumbered. Xie Wenying, however, had never encouraged his fellow apprentices in martial arts. Seeing this, he could only remain silent for a moment before saying, "That's not the case."
Bai Jiqing smiled bleakly, bowed to Xie Wenying, and turned to leave.
Ye Muya's face was full of fatigue, but her eyes were determined. After dealing with the attack on Yun Ning Peak, she still came to find Xie Wenying and expressed all her speculations and confusions.
“These people’s martial arts skills are above average, and they have an aura of determination to go their own way.
I found a pill from the mouth of the only survivor, and it was a highly poisonous substance.
What happened today doesn’t seem like a simple fight between sects, and those people don’t look like disciples of a sect, but rather like—"
Ye Muya gave his own guess: "Death squad."
As soon as she finished speaking, a young disciple came hurriedly, his face full of panic.
"Big Brother, Second Sister, the man we caught... is gone."
Ye Muya was surprised: "How could it be?"
She turned around to investigate for herself, but then seemed to remember something, her face full of embarrassment: "Junior Sister is injured and is clamoring to see you."
Xie Wenying responded in a deep voice.
When he arrived at Qu Linglong's yard, he saw his junior sister with a pale face and a slightly dazed look in her eyes.
Qu Linglong felt aggrieved and injured, and when she saw Xie Wenying she couldn't help but start crying.
"The long sword was placed beside my neck, leaving a bloody mark.
If Senior Brother Bai hadn't been here, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to see Senior Brother."
After all, she grew up with Xie Wenying and spent many years together in Yunning Peak.
Even though Qu Linglong usually has a spoiled temper, Xie Wenying was not indifferent when faced with such crying.
He pondered for a moment, then said comfortingly, "You need to practice diligently in the future and make progress in martial arts."
Xie Wenying's thoughts turned slightly, and she said loudly, "Junior Sister Ye is an expert in this field. You should ask her for advice."
Qu Linglong immediately stopped crying, her eyes wide open, looking at Xie Wenying in disbelief: She was so frightened, shouldn't the senior brother comfort her well? Why didn't he forget to let her practice martial arts diligently and let Ye Muya teach her?
Everyone on Yunning Peak knew that Qu Linglong and Second Senior Sister were at odds with each other and hated to meet each other. How could she let Ye Muya give her advice?
Qu Linglong was furious. She saw the bloodstain between Xie Wenying's eyebrows, but all she could think of was, if the one injured today was that delicate and fragile treasure fan, which would fall down at the slightest gust of wind, would the eldest brother still be so indifferent?
"Where did that precious fan go? All the disciples of Yunning Peak were fighting off the enemy, but I didn't see even a scrap of her clothing."
Xie Wenying frowned, her tone rather disapproving: "She is weak, how can she face the barbarians?"
The rage in her chest made Qu Linglong's eyes burn, and the wounds on her body ached slightly. She twitched her lips slightly and blurted out, "Who knows if her frailty is real or not? Even if it's true, it's fate. How could everyone else be healthy while she's the only one suffering? Could it be that she's done something sinful to deserve this punishment?"
Ever since people discovered spiritual energy, their belief in the Way of Heaven has become even stronger than before.
Qu Linglong knew in her heart that Baoshan's frail body could not be a fake.
But she was very angry. Why could Baoshan be protected by the eldest brother just because she was weak and vulnerable, while she had to wield a sword to fight the enemy and get hurt?
"Your words and actions are completely inappropriate."
The words, like icy ice, made Qu Linglong stiffen. She looked into Xie Wenying's dark, deep eyes and wanted to say something softer. But Xie Wenying turned around, and in a moment, she could no longer see even the slightest trace of him.
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