Chapter 2755: Winning Hearts

Seeing Ye Chen point in that direction, Lin Wan'er didn't even look and pulled the joystick, letting the helicopter fly accurately in the direction Ye Chen pointed.

At this time, Yun Ruge, who was hiding in the giant rock crevice, still didn't know that she had been locked onto by the other party.

She only wanted to try her best to keep herself from moving her body and not making any sound, hoping that after the people on the helicopter patrolled, they would naturally leave here.

Moreover, she had absolute certainty that she wouldn't be discovered.

Because this helicopter had turned around the valley several times, but the people on it hadn't come down to search at all, and the giant rock blocking Yun Ruge's head was very thick. Even if the other party used equipment like thermal imaging, it would be impossible to discover her whereabouts through this giant rock.

However, what made Yun Ruge increasingly uneasy was that the helicopter was roaring towards her direction!

As the helicopter got closer and closer to her, Yun Ruge's heart also rose to her throat.

At this time, the helicopter had already arrived above the giant rock at the foot of the mountain.

Ye Chen suddenly said: "It's here! I've already felt her. She's seriously injured now!"

After saying this, he pushed open the door and intended to jump directly from the helicopter.

Lin Wan'er subconsciously grabbed his clothes and blurted out: "Young Master, since that Earl of Dingyuan is seriously injured, why not wait for me? I want to meet her with you."

Seeing this, Ye Chen gave up the idea of jumping down directly and said: "This place is full of trees, the helicopter can't land. Why don't you land back in the area flattened by the explosion, and then we'll walk over together."

Lin Wan'er nodded and immediately manipulated the helicopter to turn around on the spot.

Yun Ruge, under the giant rock, saw the helicopter turn around and leave after reaching the top of her head, and couldn't help but breathe a long sigh of relief.

But she didn't know that Lin Wan'er had already landed the helicopter at the edge of the explosion range. After the helicopter stopped, she said to Ye Chen: "Young Master, I once received intelligence that although Yun Ruge, the Earl of Dingyuan, is one of the four Earls of the Qing-Breaking Society, she has always been devoted to the Dao and hasn't done many harmful things. Today, the Earl of Changsheng self-detonated. I feel there must be something strange about it. If you can use this as a breakthrough point, you might be able to take Yun Ruge for your own use."

Ye Chen nodded gently and said: "If there is indeed something strange about the Earl of Changsheng's self-detonation, I'm afraid no one knows it better than this Earl of Dingyuan, besides the Lord."

Immediately, the two jumped off the helicopter and walked towards the giant rock where Yun Ruge was hiding.

Yun Ruge, who had just relaxed, originally wanted to rest for a while and then find a way to continue fleeing from this place, but unexpectedly, soon, she heard a rustling sound of footsteps.

Her heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but exclaim secretly: "Could it be that the people on the helicopter just now walked over?!"

Thinking of this, the heart she had just put down instantly hung up again.

She knew her current situation very well. She had already suffered heavy injuries. No matter who came, she had no ability to resist.

Right now, she could only pray silently in her heart, praying that the owner of these increasingly close footsteps wouldn't come to her side, praying that the owner of these footsteps wouldn't discover her.

However, her prayers seemed to have no effect.

The footsteps of the two people got closer and closer, and finally stopped less than ten meters outside the giant rock.

At this time, Yun Ruge was already nervous to the point of no return. She knew that as long as she was discovered by the other party, she would basically be dead. Moreover, in order to pry information about the Qing-Breaking Society and the Lord from her mouth, the other party would definitely try every possible way to torture her.

And the Qing-Breaking Society had repeatedly tried to exterminate the An family. Once she fell into their hands, she probably wouldn't have a good ending even if she cooperated obediently.

Therefore, her last glimmer of luck in her heart was to hope that the other party wouldn't discover her.

Just when she was still harboring her last fantasy, Ye Chen said loudly: "Earl of Dingyuan, you were peeking at the fight between me and the Earl of Changsheng from the dark just now. Now that you are still hiding in the dark, it's a bit unreasonable, isn't it?"

Ye Chen's words were like a thunderbolt, roaring in Yun Ruge's brain!

In this instant, many thoughts flooded her brain:

"This person actually discovered me?!"

"This person... this person is actually Ye Chen who was fighting the Earl of Changsheng just now?!"

"But... how is this possible?! I clearly saw him suffer serious injuries in the explosion and even disappear at a very fast speed. How could he still be alive?!"

"And, listening to his voice, he doesn't seem to be injured at all!"

Countless questions made Yun Ruge's heart chaotic, and at the same time, she became even more panicked.

Although she had mastered spiritual energy and was a master among masters, when the premonition of death filled her whole body, she would also feel helpless and afraid.

At this moment, seeing that Ye Chen didn't get a response, he smiled slightly and said: "Earl of Dingyuan, you have now lost your cultivation and are seriously injured. If no one helps you, you might not even be able to get out of this valley. Your wise and martial Lord cannot possibly come to save you in such a short time. Instead of waiting for death here in despair, why don't we sit down and have a good chat? What do you think?"

Hearing Ye Chen mention the Lord, Yun Ruge couldn't stop trembling all over.

Recalling the miserable state of the Earl of Changsheng when he died, she felt both shocked and hateful in her heart. Thinking of the powerful self-detonation array that the Lord had also left in her Niwan Palace, she felt even more like she was on pins and needles.

To her, she would rather end her own life in this quiet valley than return to the Lord's side and continue to be her human bomb.

Moreover, she didn't know how many trigger modes the array left by the Lord in the Niwan Palaces of the four Earls had.

Now it seems that the so-called cultivation method of opening the Niwan Palace taught by the Lord is an active trigger method.

Besides that, she didn't know if the Lord could detonate the array with her intent.

Based on her understanding of the Lord, the Lord must have left a backup plan. It's possible that as long as she was within the Lord's perception range, the Lord could make her turn into powder at any time.

After pondering for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said weakly: "Since Mr. Ye wants to chat, then I will follow your lead!"

Yun Ruge's "I" (in the humble sense) was completely from the bottom of her heart.

She had seen with her own eyes that the Earl of Changsheng had no power to fight back in front of Ye Chen, and she knew that Ye Chen's strength was much stronger than her own.

Plus, Ye Chen could be safe and sound in the explosion just now, which made her feel that Ye Chen's strength was unfathomable, so she subconsciously referred to herself as "I" (humble).

After saying this, Yun Ruge struggled to stand up.

Although she had chosen to bow her head to Ye Chen, as a cultivator, she didn't want Ye Chen to watch her crawl out of this giant rock crevice.

However, her body had already suffered heavy damage, and crawling from the explosion range to here had almost exhausted all her strength, so when she gritted her teeth and wanted to try to take a step out, her legs were already shaking like chaff.

When she gritted her teeth and wanted to try to walk out, her right leg suddenly felt a sharp pain, and then her whole person fell forward uncontrollably.

Seeing Yun Ruge fall face-first towards the broken stones and about to smash heavily onto the hard and sharp broken stones, Ye Chen immediately punched into the void towards her.

The powerful gang wind sprayed out from the fist surface, setting off a hurricane with extremely strong energy. That hurricane was extremely fast and actually held Yun Ruge, whose body was already at forty-five degrees and about to fall, steadily in mid-air!

The moment Yun Ruge's body fell, she had already completely accepted her fate. She knew that if she fell like this, her entire face would be completely ruined. However, her body was already equivalent to a useless person, and she could only watch herself fall forward, unable to do anything.

But she never dreamed that Ye Chen, who was still several zhang away from her, would punch out such a powerful gang wind!

And this gang wind not only didn't cause her any harm, but even held her body, which was about to fall, steadily like a wind wall!

Just when she was shocked, and her body was suspended at a forty-five-degree angle, she saw Ye Chen walking towards her with big strides from her peripheral vision.

And just when the gang wind gradually weakened and she was about to fall forward again, Ye Chen had already arrived in front of her.

Immediately after, Yun Ruge's body was held steady by Ye Chen with his right hand, and Ye Chen used a little force with his right hand to help her body stand upright.

Yun Ruge breathed a sigh of relief and was about to thank him, but Ye Chen's left hand swung towards her face!

Seeing Ye Chen's left hand coming extremely fast, Yun Ruge thought he was going to slap her, and a pile of question marks appeared in her brain, while a strong sense of grievance surged up.

She had lived for over a hundred years and had never been slapped before.

However, she also knew very well that she was now Ye Chen's prisoner, and no matter what humiliation and torture she suffered, she could only bear it.

But just when she felt humiliated, Ye Chen's left hand didn't hit her face, but stuffed a pitch-black pill into her mouth.

Yun Ruge was even more horrified, thinking that Ye Chen had also fed her some kind of poison like the Lord.

But before she could finish cursing Ye Chen in her heart, she felt the pill Ye Chen stuffed into her mouth turn into an extremely pure warm current in an instant, and at an extremely fast speed, it was repairing every part of her body!

Yun Ruge had never taken such a powerful pill, and since she was seriously injured, the feeling the Rejuvenation Pill brought her was like someone about to freeze to death in the ice and snow suddenly falling into a hot spring. The warmth of the hot spring instantly wrapped around her whole body, instantly warming her frozen body!

And the heavy damage her body suffered in the explosion just now was also recovering at an incredible speed!

Although one Rejuvenation Pill wasn't enough to make her recover as before, it brought her back from the brink of death!

She then understood that what Ye Chen fed her wasn't some poison, but a precious pill!

She, who had originally found it difficult to even stand, instantly felt that all her broken bones had been repaired and she could walk independently!

Shocked and grateful, she bowed respectfully to Ye Chen and said with red eyes: "Thank you, Young Master Ye, for saving my life..."

Ye Chen let go of her and said indifferently: "If you really want to thank me, tell me everything you know later."

Yun Ruge said without hesitation: "Mr. Ye, rest assured, I will definitely tell you everything I know!"

Ye Chen nodded, didn't speak, and turned to walk back.

Yun Ruge hurriedly followed, and also saw the beautiful girl standing in front.

When she saw the other party's face clearly, she was horrified, as if she had seen a ghost, and exclaimed: "Lin... Lin Wan'er?!"

"It's me!" Lin Wan'er responded crisply, then looked at Yun Ruge, blinked her eyes playfully, and smiled: "Earl of Dingyuan, right? I've heard of you for a long time. Everyone praises you for being beautiful and cold. Seeing you today, it's really better to see you once than to hear of you a hundred times."

Yun Ruge stared at Lin Wan'er's youthful face with her pitch-black eyes, her heart already stormy, and she couldn't help but ask: "Miss Lin, you... do you really live for over three hundred years?"

Lin Wan'er nodded frankly and said with a smile: "Yes, since you are one of the four Earls of the Qing-Breaking Society, you should have heard of me decades ago, right?"

Yun Ruge said without concealment: "That's right, I heard of Miss Lin's name eighty years ago. It's my honor to see Miss Lin's true face today..."

Lin Wan'er knew that Ye Chen wanted to win Yun Ruge over to his camp, so she smiled and said to Yun Ruge: "It's no honor for the Earl of Dingyuan to see me. It's your honor to see Mr. Ye;"

"If it weren't for Mr. Ye, even if you could survive tonight, Wu Feiyan would definitely try every possible way to find you. Even if you didn't wait for her to find you and took the initiative to return to the Qing-Breaking Society, the result definitely wouldn't be what you think."

As she spoke, Lin Wan'er added: "If it weren't for Mr. Ye, you have lost your cultivation and are seriously injured. In Wu Feiyan's eyes, you are a burden with no value but who knows many of her secrets. She definitely won't spend effort to save you. On the contrary, she will definitely kill you to eliminate the root of the trouble."

Lin Wan'er's words made Yun Ruge stand there stunned.

She had previously only felt that she didn't want to return to Wu Feiyan's side to be manipulated and used by her, but she hadn't thought that with her lost cultivation and serious injuries, she wouldn't have a chance even if she wanted to go back and be manipulated.

Because her injuries were too serious, there was no possibility of recovery at all, and Wu Feiyan wouldn't spend her spiritual energy to save her.

Therefore, she naturally had no value to Wu Feiyan.

Wu Feiyan wouldn't keep a person with no value by her side.

And Wu Feiyan wouldn't keep a person who had no value but knew her secrets in the world either!

Thinking of this, Yun Ruge became more determined to cooperate with Ye Chen.

So, she knelt on one knee, looked at Ye Chen gratefully, and said respectfully: "I, Yun Ruge, thank Mr. Ye for saving my life!"

Ye Chen admired Lin Wan'er even more in his heart, thinking: "This three-hundred-plus-year-old girl is truly clever. One sentence can hit the point. It seems that people who live long are indeed different!"

Immediately, he withdrew his thoughts, nodded slightly to Yun Ruge, and said: "The pill just now was just to help you relieve your injuries. After some time, I will choose an opportunity to restore your cultivation as before."

Yun Ruge was horrified, and at the same time couldn't suppress her surprise and asked: "Mr. Ye... you... can you really restore my cultivation as before?!"

Ye Chen said indifferently: "When Xu Changqing blew himself up, my injuries were heavier than yours. How do you think I recovered now?" ===== CHAPTER 2756 =====