Gu Mingxin's lips were not as soft as those of his sister, nor as delicate as those of Yunluo. They were mixed with a bit of blood, tasting a little like rust. Her skillful tongue was like a battering ram hitting the wall of teeth, trying to drive straight in.
Ye Anping's left foot moved back half a step, but instead of letting him go, she took the initiative to move forward.
The possessiveness and admiration were openly revealed in her wide-open red eyes.
After a full three breaths, Ye Anping finally regained his senses. He grabbed Gu Mingxin's shoulders and had to use a lot of strength to push her away from him.
Even though Ye Anping was rarely taken by surprise, he did not expect Gu Mingxin to give him this 'gift'.He looked at her face in silence and frowned. A little surprise finally appeared in his deep purple eyes.
"..."
Catching the surprise in Ye Anping's eyes, Gu Mingxin felt happy in her heart. Finally, there was something he didn't expect.
What made her even happier was Feng Yu Die's dull expression and the sword that fell at her feet.
Gu Mingxin just swept a glance over Feng Yu Die and ignored her. Then, she looked around at the messy white spirit flower field and flicked her hand to lift the Head Insect's head with spiritual power. Then, she held it in her arms, showing it to him.
"Ye Anping, Ye Anping, look... this man wanted to disturb your tribulation, I chopped his head off and I'm giving it to you~"
She pushed the head of the Insect Head to Ye Anping's chest.Ye Anping was still a little confused at this moment, and he subconsciously reached out, took the head in his hand, and looked down.
Head Insect had an extremely ferocious expression at this moment, and his eyeballs were missing from his eye sockets. He must have suffered great pain before his death. In this case, he was probably swallowed alive by Gu Mingxin's black python and gradually digested to death in the gastric juice of the bloody demonic spirit...
"Hmm..."
"And congratulations on passing your first tribulation of your Nascent Soul formation."
Gu Mingxin looked at her severed right hand at Ye Anping's belt, then stretched out her left hand to tear it off. Holding the palm of her right hand, she pressed it onto the right wrist.
Blood-colored spiritual energy covered the flat surface cut by Pei Lianxue and connected her right hand back in an instant.
At this moment, boom--!
A loud boom sounded in the dark sky. Eight huge golden spirit swords flew over from the northwest direction of the Bright Star Sect, causing golden lightning to roll out and illuminate the mountaintops of the twelve peaks.
Ye Anping raised his head and glanced at the eight golden spiritual swords. He immediately recognized Yun Tianchong's Sword Intent divine ability. He felt a trace of doubt in his heart.
---Why did Yun Tianchong come?
On the other hand, seeing the eight golden spirit swords, Gu Mingxin's eyes revealed some disappointment, and she summoned her blood-colored sword in her right hand.
Swish---
Blood spurted from her left wrist.
?!
Gu Mingxin gave her left hand to Ye Anping with a slight smirk.
"I'll switch the hand. It's too inconvenient not to have the right hand. I can't even beat this Feng guy. Don't use my hand for fishing, okay?! I'll wait for you in the Eastern Region!"
Saying that, Gu Mingxin slowly retreated as if she was reluctant to part with Ye Anping. After stepping back seven steps, she turned her head and looked at Feng Yu Die who was still standing there.
"Heh..."
A sarcastic smile appeared on her face.
Although she didn't say anything, her smile said more than a thousand words.
When it landed in Feng Yu Die's golden eyes, it made her heart feel as if a thousand-pound stone fell on her chest, causing her great pain.
"Gu Mingxin!!!"
Feng Yu Die shouted through gritted teeth, kicked the spirit sword at her feet and grabbed it, then rushed over immediately, but Gu Mingxin anticipated her move and waved the blood-colored sword in her right hand toward the ground.
Boom---
The thick soil suddenly rolled up like a wave, blocking her from Feng Yu Die.
By the time Feng Yu Die split the wave soil with her sword, Gu Mingxin's figure had already disappeared.
Feng Yu Die stood rooted to the spot, the sword in her right hand slowly dropping down until the blade tip touched the ground. Looking at the spirit flower field that had returned to silence, she seemed to recall something. She turned around and looked at Xue'e, who was stepping on Xiao Tian's back, still hitting her head with the wooden sword.
Bang, bang, bang---
"Hmph!"
"Waaaahhhh--!!"
Suddenly, as if she were in a frenzy, she raised her sword and swung it at Xue'e.
Naturally, the sword couldn't touch Xue'e at all, and it directly passed through her body.
"Huh?"
Xue'e raised her head and looked at Feng Yu Die. She was so engrossed in beating Xiao Tian that she hadn't even realized that her Mingxin had already run away. Finally, she hit Xiao Tian's hard one more time and flew up.
"Ye Anping, Mingxin came here specially to see you. I will go back with her."
"Ahh---!"
While saying that to Ye Anping, she ignored the sword that Feng Yu Die kept swinging at her before turning into a black light and chasing after Gu Mingxin.
Feng Yu Die watched Xue'e fly away, but there was nothing she could do. Suddenly, as if she was exhausted, her knees gave way and hit the ground heavily.
The sword fell from her hand with a thud, and it made a cut on her calf.
Feng Yu Die covered her face and cried. "Woaaah!!"
Xiao Tian, who was lying on the ground with her hands on her head to protect herself, came to her senses after hearing the heart-wrenching cry, and a look of astonishment appeared in her eyes.
"Ah?! Yu Die..." She quickly floated over and gently patted her head. "Yu Die, calm down, your spiritual energy is messed up, and the inner demon will enter your soul..."
"Woo ah ah ah..."
Xiao Tian stomped her feet anxiously. She could clearly feel that the house she had built in Feng Yu Die's soul realm was collapsing. Even the old dragon, who didn't like to talk much, was sending her a voice transmission.
(Little Tian, when the soul realm collapses and breaks, the inner demon will take advantage of the opportunity to enter, this is a deadly omen.)
Xiao Tian panicked, feeling that her mind was blank. She knew that something about this was written in the Heavenly Dao Scroll, but at the moment, she couldn't remember at all.
"An... Anping!! Yu Die..."
Although Ye Anping could not hear the old dragon's voice transmission, he could guess that Feng Yu Die's painful appearance was probably caused by the 'inner demon'.
After a moment of silence, he threw the Head Insect's head aside and reached out, gently covering her head with his right hand.
"..."
When his hand landed on her messy silver hair, Feng Yu Die's body froze. Xiao Tian also received another voice transmission from the dragon.
(Alive.)
"..."
Feng Yu Die slowly turned her head and looked up at Ye Anping who was patting her head. While sniffling, she bit her lip, stood up, and started wiping Ye Anping's mouth with her sleeve.
?
"You... wuwu..."
"..."
Ye Anping didn't expect her to have such a reaction either. After taking a few steps back, he realized that he couldn't dodge her. He reached out to hold her wrists and stopped her from wiping her mouth, then raised his eyebrows and asked, "What are you doing?!"
"..."
Feng Yu Die froze on the spot. Her lips opened and closed several times before she whispered.
"She kissed you. I'll help you wipe it off..."
"...Sigh."
Ye Anping sighed a little tiredly and looked up at the eight huge golden spirit swords in the sky.
Yun Tianchong was not in his plan.
The Moon Shadow Sword Sect was located at the northwestern border between the Southern Region and the Western Region. It was tens of thousands of miles away from the Bright Star Sect, and it had only been a few hours since the demonic cultivators attacked. Even if Yun Tianchong was in the Deification stage and his speed was extremely fast, the news couldn't possibly be spread that quickly.
In his original plan, the ones who would come to help should be the few second-rate sects closest to the Bright Star Sect.
Five to six days later, the leader of the Awareness Sect would also get the news and rush to help immediately.
Anyway, despite the question marks, it was a good thing that Yun Tianchung rushed over.
With one more cultivator in the Deification stage, the casualties would definitely be much lesser.
Ye Anping did not think too much. He let go of Feng Yu Die's wrist and prepared to take her back to White Jade City to meet with the Elders of the Bright Star Sect and discuss the next matter.
However, when he let go of Feng Yu Die's wrist, she directly fell into his arms.
Ye Anping was stunned. Just as he was about to speak, he found that Feng Yu Die had actually fainted. He suddenly felt a sense of tiredness, like being a father. After a short hesitation, he put Gu Mingxin's left hand on his belt.
Then, he slightly bent his knees, placed his right hand under Feng Yu Die's knees, his left hand held her shoulders, and he picked her up.
While carrying Feng Yu Die, he turned into a golden light and flew back toward White Jade City.
"Ah! Anping, wait for me... I haven't..."
Xiao Tian scurried to catch up with him.
... ...
The square in front of the main hall of White Jade City was full of blood and littered with corpses.
The outer disciples ran back and forth with poison-dispelling pills in their hands, splashing them everywhere and carefully sweeping the remaining corpses of the demonic cultivators and the remains of poisonous insects in the square.
Now, disciples above the Core Formation stage were fighting on the twelve peaks. Cultivators like them who were only in the Qi Refining stage or had just entered the Foundation Building stage helped with what they could.
Pei Lianxue and Xiao Yunluo were also among them, helping some injured disciples to bandage their wounds.
Suddenly, a golden light descended from the sky. Turning around, they saw that it was Ye Anping, who was carrying Feng Yu Die. They quickly asked the other cultivators around to take their place and ran to him.
Seeing her brother holding Feng Yu Die in his arms, Pei Lianxue slightly frowned, but seeing as it was an urgency, she didn't comment and just asked, "Brother, what are we doing now?"
"Um..." Ye Anping glanced around. "Which Elder is in the main hall?"
Xiao Yunluo replied, "Zhong Wuji, he is maintaining the knot of the sect's formation on the Main Peak."
"Well, one mountain after another will be cleared up, right?" Ye Anping let out a long breath and handed Feng Yu Die to Xiao Yunluo. "Yunluo, find a place for her to lie down and let her rest. After that, we will help the Bright Star Sect disciples clean up the demonic cultivators on the other eleven peaks in a counterclockwise order."
"Um."
Xiao Yunluo reached out to receive Feng Yu Die, but Ye Anping realized that even though she had fallen asleep, her hand was tightly gripping his collar.
Seeing Feng Yu Die holding onto Ye Anping's collar, Xiao Yunluo frowned and scolded her. "Second Idiot, let go!"
Then, she pulled hard.
Feng Yu Die, with her eyes closed, frowned, as if she subconsciously sensed that someone was trying to pull her away from Ye Anping, and she clenched her hand even tighter.
Ye Anping felt somewhat helpless. Seeing Feng Yu Die pulling at the collar of his outer robe, he simply raised his hand to unbutton his outer robe, took it off, and covered Feng Yu Die with it.
"Yunluo, go..."
"Ah... oh."
Watching Xiao Yunluo carrying Feng Yu Die to the room next to the main hall, Ye Anping let out a sigh of relief. He didn't expect Feng Yu Die to suffer because of the inner demon at this time.
But it didn't affect anything. In his original plan, he didn't plan to let Xiao Yunluo and Feng Yu Die participate in the Bright Star Sect's affairs. He and his sister were enough.
He hoped that Feng Yu Die would understand some things after waking up. She was the type who learned from her mistakes.
"Brother, what happened just now?"
"Well, Gu Mingxin came and they had a fight."
Pei Lianxue's eyes narrowed, and she frowned. "Then, should I go chop her off?"
Ye Anping inexplicably felt mixed emotions. Last time when his sister brought Gu Mingxin's hand over, he had actually been shocked for once.
He had truly not expected that his sister would be able to make Gu Mingxin leave a hand behind and flee in a hurry even without the Snow Jade Spirit Sword.
"Well... She's gone now."
Pei Lianxue's fierce eyes returned to calmness, and she lowered her head as if she were a little disappointed.
"...Oh."
At this time, another golden light descended from the sky and landed in front of the main hall's gate.
Yun Tianchong, wearing the golden robe of the leader of the Sword Sect, stepped on the ground with his hands behind his back, looked around at the busy disciples in the square, and was about to walk into the main hall.
However, he had only taken a step when he realized that something was wrong. He suddenly turned his head and looked in Ye Anping's direction.
"Hiss--"
When he saw the Snow Jade Spirit Sword on Pei Lianxue's back, Yun Tianchong took a deep breath, cupped his hands together, and bowed. Then, he straightened his chest and raised his head, acting as the leader of a sect, and walked slowly toward them.
"Ye... um... why are you two in the Bright Star Sect?"
Ye Anping guessed that he must feel it strange to call him younger brother, but he didn't care and bowed.
"Master Zu Yuan apologized and invited me as a guest. But Master Yun, why are you here?"
"Err..."
Yun Tianchong seemed to be a little embarrassed to speak and was considering an excuse.
Five days ago, he went to his room to meditate as usual. However, after opening the door, he saw Red Moon Matriarch sitting on a chair beside the tea table. She seemed to have waited for a long time, sitting on the chair with her legs crossed, surrounded by melon seed shells.
His mood was the same as the day he saw his father coming out of Ye Anping's sword. He was afraid that the Matriarch would want to settle accounts with him because of Yun Kunwu's incident.
However, when Red Moon saw him coming back, she just said, "Melon seeds are good here" and then, "Move your ass to Bright Star Sect". Then, she kicked him over, turned into starlight, and left.
So he had to rush here without stopping day or night.
Yun Tianchong didn't know how to say "I was kicked here by the Immortal Matriarch" without losing dignity.
After a long silence, he explained, "I was passing by here and saw demonic spirits in the Bright Star Sect, so I rushed over to help."
Seeing him like this, Ye Anping immediately guessed that it was Si Xuanji who kicked him here. He raised his eyebrows and nodded. "Oh~"
Yun Tianchong always felt that Ye Anping's expression was asking for a beating, but he glanced at Pei Lianxue beside him and saw that she was looking at him with a frown.
He immediately put his arm around Ye Anping's shoulder and moved a few steps to the side. "Let's talk for a moment."
"Hmm..."
Yun Tianchong turned his head to look at Pei Lianxue and asked in a low voice, "Hey, kid, what rank is my Yiyi?"
?
Ye Anping was taken aback. He glanced at him with narrowed eyes. "Master Yun, are you sure this is what you should ask when Bright Star Sect is facing a great enemy?"
"Uh..."
At this time, Xiao Yunluo came back. When she saw Yun Tianchong, she was also surprised.
"Master Yun, why are you here?"
Yun Tianchong seemed to suddenly understand why Red Moon Matriarch kicked him over. He was here to be Xiao Yunluo and Ye Anping's bodyguard.
"Ah... Miss Xiao is here too..."
Xiao Yunluo simply ignored him as she looked at Ye Anping and replied,
"Anping, that Zu Lingzhi is taking care of the Second Idiot. Let's go."
"Well..." Ye Anping nodded. "Master Yun, please go to Heavenly Way Peak to help the disciples there eliminate the demonic cultivators left. There are many Alchemy cultivators on the Heavenly Way Peak, and it is very difficult to fight against Toxic parasite cultivators head-on. My sister and I will go to Black Song Peak."
Yun Tianchong nodded. "Very well!"
