Chapter 90

When Yun Yun was already despairing, the wolf's mouth she had imagined did not fall, but Yun Yun did not feel fortunate because of it, for what appeared before her eyes at this moment was not some savior, but merely a more powerful magic beast.

Brownish hair, bare chest, long and thick arms, and a face resembling a human's!

On that humanoid face, a pair of eyes gleaming with greedy and lecherous lust shamelessly scanned Yun Yun's delicate body!

Although it was her first time seeing it, Yun Yun immediately recognized the origin of the magic beast before her—He Yuan!

This is a kind of extremely lascivious magic beast that specializes in finding beautiful human women to defile and then devour, making all women across the continent hate it to the bone!

Heh! Is this my fate? Yun Yun let out a bitter laugh in her heart.

No! I would rather die than accept being defiled by a magic beast!

Gazing at the He Yuan gradually approaching her, Yun Yun hardened her heart. Taking advantage of the moment when the He Yuan lowered its body toward her, she mustered her last strength and hurled the fish basket in her hand hard at the beast's face, then turned and ran toward the stream behind her without looking back!

When the He Yuan behind her reacted, Yun Yun had already jumped into the stream water and sank straight down.

She is committing suicide! Xiao Yan, riding on the He Yuan, was startled, not knowing why Yun Yun would suddenly make such a choice—could it be that she didn't see me?

But no matter the reason, saving lives is the most important thing now!

With a fierce kick of his leg, strong flames shot from Xiao Yan's feet, propelling his body forward while also sending the already-useless He Yuan beneath his feet to the Western Heaven.

"Cough—"

"Gurgle gurgle—"

Cold stream water kept rushing into her mouth and nose, bringing a suffocating sensation. Yun Yun struggled desperately with her limbs, but her weak body soon exhausted its strength, and she could only watch helplessly as she kept sinking.

Suddenly, Yun Yun felt a powerful hand grab her wrist—could it be that a He Yuan had chased her down?

Yun Yun thought in terror, then struggled desperately to break free from this hand, her gradually dimming consciousness not even noticing that the He Yuan's hand was not this small, only instinctively alert, frightened, and struggling!

But in the end, she still could not break free from this hand, and was soon pulled above the water.

"Cough cough!"

"Let go—me! Let go—" Just surfacing, Yun Yun instinctively spat out a few mouthfuls of the water she had just drunk, then, before she could even open her eyes, began to struggle. Of course, it might also be that she didn't want to see the He Yuan's face covered in monkey fur.

"I say, Yun Sect Master, you don't need to be so wary of me, do you?" Just as Yun Yun was preparing to grit her teeth and commit suicide, a somewhat helpless voice suddenly sounded in her ear.

The voice sounded somewhat familiar, as if she had heard it just a few days ago, and more importantly, this definitely was not the voice of a magic beast!

Yun Yun cautiously opened one eye, then the other.

As the sun above cast a shadow on Xiao Yan's face, Yun Yun stared for a while before finally making it out.

"Xiao Yan? How is it you? I thought it was—" Yun Yun's weak voice carried a hint of surprise.

"Isn't this why I came to find you?" Xiao Yan gave a light smile. "By the way, what exactly did you take me for before? Why were you so resistant?"

"Well—" Yun Yun's pale face unconsciously flushed with a faint blush at this moment of embarrassment. Under Xiao Yan's appreciative gaze in the dark, she avoided the topic. "By the way, what about that He Yuan?"

"He Yuan? Ah! You mean the one I rode here, right over there!" Saying this, Xiao Yan jerked his chin toward the He Yuan's corpse lying there.

"Phew, good, it's already dead." Seeing the He Yuan's corpse, Yun Yun let out a big sigh of relief, then suddenly noticed the subtle point in Xiao Yan's earlier words, her eyes widening in shock as she asked: "You rode it here?"

Yun Yun's eyes fixed tightly on Xiao Yan, her gaze seeming to ask: You're fine, so why ride this kind of magic beast?

"Exactly!" Xiao Yan nodded, appearing completely natural: "This Magic Beast Mountain Range is so vast, and I didn't know where you were, so I just happened to encounter this He Yuan. Although it's a bit lustful, it's indeed good at finding women, and I owe my quick discovery of you to it!"

"Oh, so that's how it is!" Although for a woman, being found by using a lustful magic beast is truly not a pleasant thing, but in desperation, Yun Yun held no blame, silently apologizing in her heart for having just doubted Xiao Yan's character. (Author: Actually, you don't need to feel guilty—Xiao Yan was originally a scumbag!)

"Alright, let's leave it at that for now. Is there any place nearby to take shelter? Let's go there first to rest. Your current condition urgently needs recuperation!" Xiao Yan scanned the surroundings and said to Yun Yun.

"Ah! Okay, not far in that direction there's a mountain cave where I've been hiding these days. Why don't you put me down? I'll lead you there—this way is inconvenient!" Yun Yun pointed her finger toward the cave's direction, only then realizing she had been held in Xiao Yan's princess carry all along, her heart inexplicably fluttering.

"No, you're still very weak now; you need to rest as much as possible, and also avoid moving in a way that aggravates your wounds." Xiao Yan said righteously: "Of course, if you're worried I'll take advantage of the situation, I won't insist."

"Well—" Hearing Xiao Yan's words, Yun Yun hesitated momentarily, for if she insisted on getting down now, wouldn't that mean she suspected Xiao Yan of wanting to take advantage of her?

Looking again at Xiao Yan's righteous and awe-inspiring gaze, she felt even more that she was judging a gentleman with a petty heart—how could she think this way of her lifesaver?

Besides, even if she tried to walk down now, she'd likely need Xiao Yan to support her back, so since that's the case, let's just keep it as is.

"Then—please." Yun Yun thought for a moment and said pleadingly.

"Don't worry!" Xiao Yan solemnly promised, while thinking inwardly: Hiss! This leg, so smooth!

"But you probably don't have any food on you, right? I'm currently sealed by the Zijin Wing Lion King, unable to use Dou Qi, and need food to replenish. There are some fish baskets I set up in that stream over there—there should be some fish inside." Yun Yun then pointed to several spots along the stream bank.

Xiao Yan nodded—he indeed had no food on him. Following Yun Yun's instructions, he collected over a dozen fish from the various fish baskets, then carried Yun Yun back to the mountain cave where she had been staying.

This mountain cave is not large, only a few zhang deep, and the surrounding stone walls are rather rough—clearly not a suitable place for recuperation.

Seeing this, Xiao Yan manipulated his Dou Qi to emanate from his body, transforming it into blades that carved out a stone bed about the size of a double bed in the cave. Then he gently placed Yun Yun upon it. (Author: Double bed? Intentional or accidental?)

Gripping Yun Yun's wrist, Xiao Yan injected Dou Qi into her body to carefully examine her condition. Aside from the Purple Crystal Seal suppressing her cultivation, her physical injuries were also severe, especially the depletion of qi and blood—ordinary people would have already died if depleted to this extent!

After clarifying the situation, Xiao Yan took out some suitable medicines from his storage ring. Unfortunately, because he had left most of his medicines with Nalan Yanran during his time at the Life and Death Gate, what he now retrieved were only some Earth Grade pills, and not many of them. Still, after giving them to Yun Yun, her condition was stabilized, and she regained some strength.

"Although your condition has improved somewhat, you should still continue resting. Coincidentally, I'll also refine a few healing pills." Xiao Yan said to Yun Yun, lying flat on the bed.

"No, I've already regained some strength and can move, and—" Yun Yun struggled to sit up, but before she could finish speaking, her stomach already growled.

Yun Yun's pretty face instantly flushed, she gritted her silver teeth, lowered her head, and dared not look at Xiao Yan.

"Ahaha, sorry, I forgot Yun Sect Master still needs to eat. In that case, I'll roast some fish first." Xiao Yan laughed heartily, easing some of Yun Yun's embarrassment.

"No, Xiao Yan, you just focus on refining pills—I'll handle roasting the fish myself." Yun Yun quickly objected.

"Hmm, then that's fine." Xiao Yan saw the determination in Yun Yun's eyes, knew further persuasion would be useless, and thus agreed.

But he didn't know that this decision would greatly affect their future relationship.

Only much later did Xiao Yan finally figure out the name of the fish Yun Yun had caught.

They are called One Frost Fire Dragon Fish!