Chapter 203: Two Deadweights

Lin Xueying now feels that as long as she is with Ye Liuyun, she gets a sense of safety.

She doesn't need to worry about anything; she just has to train with all her might. Ye Liuyun will arrange everything and will protect her!

Thus she becomes increasingly dependent on Ye Liuyun, and also more and more enamored.

Only she hasn't spoken it, but her affectionate gaze has been seen by Lei Ming, who has already told Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun can't do anything about it, so he pretends not to know. He promised Chu Wanqing to bring Lin Xueying back safely.

In terms of worldly experience, Lin Xueying is a total novice, knowing nothing; even if she were handed to senior brothers of the same sect, Ye Liuyun still can't trust it, so he must keep her by his side.

That day Ye Liuyun had just fought a Corpse Demon of the Eighth Sea Transformation and two Corpse Demons of the Sixth Sea Transformation, and his True Essence was completely depleted.

And Lin Xueying could only watch from the side, unable to help at all.

Ye Liuyun's clothes at that moment had been torn to almost nothing by the Corpse Demons. Yet he had no time to change, immediately swallowed a pill, and sat cross‑legged on the ground to restore his True Essence.

Lin Xueying watches Ye Liuyun's robust muscles and can't help but blush bright red.

"Ah! What's wrong with me, why am I day‑dreaming!" she scolds herself in her mind, but her eyes keep stealing glances, taking advantage of Ye Liuyun's cultivation when he doesn't notice her, quickly looking a few more times.

Lei Ming watches and finds Lin Xueying's demeanor somewhat funny! He whines a few times and makes a goofy face at Lin Xueying!

He makes Lin Xueying so embarrassed that she covers her face.

Their momentary distraction is harmless, but the Corpse Demons seize the opportunity. Three Corpse Demons of the Seventh Sea Transformation silently approach, then suddenly launch a surprise attack.

Lei Ming reacts instantly, blocking one Corpse Demon's attack, but the other two he cannot stop in time.

Fortunately, while Ye Liuyun was cultivating, he retained some Divine Sense as vigilance.

Immediately he forcibly halts True Essence circulation, pushes Lingkong Art to its limit, and suddenly appears before Lin Xueying, using his body to block a slash for her.

The fierce attack blasts Ye Liuyun, slamming him into Lin Xueying, and they both tumble flying outward.

Ye Liuyun has no time to tend his wounds; he instantly launches a Spiritual Soul Attack, annihilating the two ambushing Corpse Demons. The remaining one is killed by Lei Ming's strike.

After Lei Ming extracts the Crystal Core, he runs to Ye Liuyun's side and whines an apology.

Lin Xueying sees Ye Liuyun wounded, spitting blood, a clear slash across his chest, and feels deeply guilty, shedding tears and repeatedly apologizing.

"Enough! You don't have to blame yourselves so much; I won't die! Just be more careful in the future. Keep acting as Protector for me; I need to recover my injuries."

Speaking, he also releases Qiong Qi, setting up a Formation. It shows he truly can't trust Lei Ming and Lin Xueying.

"These two deadweights almost buried me!"

He first swallows a Healing Elixir, rapidly healing his wounds. Being at the eighth layer of Immortal Overlord Body, the scars on his body recover at a visibly rapid pace.

Lin Xueying watches in amazement, again forgetting to pay attention to the surroundings.

But this time Lei Ming has learned his lesson, no longer paying attention to Lin Xueying, earnestly acting as Protector for Ye Liuyun. Qiong Qi also releases Divine Sense to monitor the surroundings.

Lin Xueying watches for a while; after Ye Liuyun's wound fully recovers, she remembers her duty and hurriedly runs to the side to monitor the surroundings.

This time Ye Liuyun's recovery takes longer. Fortunately Qiong Qi and Lei Ming are present; when Corpse Demons attacked twice, the two of them easily dealt with them.

Ye Liuyun waits until he fully recovers before standing again. After these days of hard battles, his realm has risen to the peak of the Third Sea Transformation and should soon break through again.

Thus, while Qiong Qi protects him, he preemptively expands his Qi Sea a bit and rebuilds the Qi Sea barrier, preparing for his breakthrough so he won't lack conditions later.

Moving from the Third to the Fourth Sea Transformation is a jump from the early to the mid stage of the Sea Transformation realm; to break through in one go, he still needs some pressure and stimulus.

Once recovered, Ye Liuyun immediately sends Qiong Qi back to the Storage Ring, and continues forward with Lin Xueying and Lei Ming.

Not far ahead, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense spots five disciples of the Sacred Martial Academy being chased by three Corpse Demons. They quicken their pace and rush over.

Among the five disciples, one is at the Seventh Sea Transformation, three at the Sixth Sea Transformation, and one at the Fifth Sea Transformation. They face one Corpse Demon of the Eighth Sea Transformation and two of the Seventh Sea Transformation.

At first, seeing someone approach, hope flickered in their eyes. But after seeing Ye Liuyun and Lin Xueying's realms, they became filled with disappointment.

With their realms, coming here is a death sentence.

"Don't come here to die, run!" the Seventh Sea Transformation disciple shouted.

But Ye Liuyun seemed not to hear, and instead rushed faster. From a distance he slashed at a Seventh Sea Transformation disciple, while his Golden Pupil flashed, turning toward the Eighth Sea Transformation Corpse Demon.

This time he employed his Golden Pupil without revealing his Bloodline Power.

Against these two Corpse Demons, Ye Liuyun kills each with a single blow, then punches back, shattering the other Corpse Demon.

Lei Ming quickly runs down and gathers the Crystal Cores for him.

The five disciples were already battered and exhausted; seeing Ye Liuyun at the Third Sea Transformation realm easily dispatch the three Corpse Demons, they looked at him in disbelief.

The disciple with the highest realm reacted first, introducing himself: "Thank you both for saving our lives. I am Li Tianheng, an inner‑door disciple of the Sacred Martial Academy. May I know how you, benefactors, wish to be addressed, and where you are from?"

Ye Liuyun immediately produces his Token. "Senior Brother Li, I am Ye Liuyun, newly entered the inner door."

Lin Xueying also produces her Token, stating only her name. "Lin Xueying."

"Ye Liuyun, Lin Xueying?" They are unfamiliar with Ye Liuyun's name, but they know Lin Xueying's name.

Seeing they are fellow sect disciples, they become much more enthusiastic.

"Junior brothers and sisters, there are many Corpse Demons here, not a place for conversation; shall we return to the base to talk?" Li Tianheng suggests.

"Fine then!" Ye Liuyun and Lin Xueying follow the five back to the base.

"Ye junior brother, Lin junior sister, our situation isn't very optimistic; we didn't expect so many Corpse Demons here, and they're relatively strong. However, senior brothers of higher inner‑door realms will arrive soon! Then we can crush the Corpse Demon encirclement in one strike, even counter‑kill them."

"When can they arrive?" Ye Liuyun asks.

"Around this time today is about right! We just ventured out to provide support, fearing they couldn't find us. We didn't expect a Corpse Demon ambush, which drove us farther away," Li Tianheng says.

At this moment, more inner‑door disciples gradually return to the base. It seems quite a few came together in this group.

However, these people glance at Ye Liuyun and Lin Xueying and lose interest, some even making sarcastic remarks.

"Li Tianheng, what were you thinking, dragging two Third‑ and Fourth‑Sea Transformation deadweights in? Could you be after this beauty?"

That disciple's thief‑like eyes stare shamelessly at Lin Xueying.

"Don't talk nonsense, she's our inner‑door junior sister Lin Xueying, and he's our junior brother Ye Liuyun! Both are inner‑door disciples, just now they saved us!"

Everyone hearing this, looks them over again and falls silent.

They look down on Lin Xueying's realm, yet dare not offend her. After all, a saintly master backs her.