Chapter 455: I Want You (Two-in-One)

Shi Xue looked thoroughly displeased, her teeth clenched tight, staring with a fierce gaze at Ren Yidao and the Li Qiushui in his arms.

You two bastards, you're just going to keep hugging over there, aren't you?

First you used me as a shield, and after you were done, you tossed me aside to flirt; do you two even have a conscience?

Doesn't your conscience hurt!!?

"Do you think this is very fun? Is using me as a shield that interesting?"

Seeing Shi Xue ask so sincerely, Ren Yidao chose to answer honestly.

"Mm, it's fun, very interesting; the kid likes it, let's do it again next time."

Friend, it's fun.

"I'll let you like it! I'll let you have a next time! Next time!"

Thump! Thump! Thump!

After kicking him three times in a row, Shi Xue still didn't feel relieved, but considering the situation around them, she still suppressed the urge to kick him to death.

Besides, what is this guy's butt made of?

How is it so hard!

She limped to the side, her mouth twisted, letting Ren Yidao see Yuwen Tianye standing silently in place behind him.

"..."

At this moment, Yuwen Tianye, who had been watching the farce for a long time, had his mouth slightly agape, his previously indifferent face full of clear-eyed stupidity.

Honestly, Yuwen Tianye felt he couldn't quite understand them.

The feeling these few people gave him was very strange.

Very strange!

They were clearly all heaven-gifted prodigies of a generation, all heroes among men, yet their style was completely wrong.

Look at them, in public, what are these few people doing here?

Flirting?

Look again!

That woman struggling in shame from his embrace, is she the sword-cultivation hero who sat alone in the army formation, cold as a sword, from before?

Is it her?

Is that right?

This isn't right!

As for Li Qiushui, Yuwen Tianye didn't care about her appearance, he was only interested in her sword-cultivation talent, wanting to fight her with all his might and learn something from her.

But now, Yuwen Tianye hesitated...

He even suspected if he had misjudged the person.

These people, they had strength and talent, but... could one really learn proper things from them?

Especially when he met Ren Yidao's gaze, that man wasn't embarrassed at all, even winking at him and mouthing for him to wait a moment longer...

Huh?

And just as Ren Yidao was making faces, he heard a hoarse voice, containing unknown emotions, come from his arms.

"How much longer do you intend to hold me?"

Oh, I'm still holding someone in my arms.

"If the timing is right," Ren Yidao looked down and thought without hesitation, "I could hold you forever."

"Cough." Li Qiushui was silent, lowering her head and shaking her body, "... Let me go first."

"Oh, alright then."

Once freed from Ren Yidao's embrace, Li Qiushui, who had been in low spirits a second ago, lunged at Shi Xue with a sudden burst of energy.

"Xiaoxue!"

"Wait! Don't come over, ah!"

"Why did you only just arrive! I've been waiting for you for so long!"

Wow.

It's a face-hugger!

Though, I'm not envious at all.

Watching the girls cuddling for a while with longing, Ren Yidao withdrew his gaze and strolled leisurely toward Yuwen Tianye, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Yo, kept you waiting."

"..."

As he moved, the surrounding Divine Guards grew tense, each aiming their weapons at his vital points; if there was any unusual movement, they would strike directly.

"Back off!"

But Ren Yidao was completely unafraid, treating those ferocious blades as nothing, his hands behind his back, walking over leisurely like an old man out for a stroll.

When passing by a nearby Divine Guard, he even mischievously flicked the opponent's blade, scaring the guard's arm into a tremble.

He walked step by step until he was one zhang away from Yuwen Tianye.

It wasn't that he didn't want to walk further, but any further, and he would have intimate contact with the Divine Guards who were disregarding danger to block in front of Yuwen Tianye.

Ren Yidao stopped, no longer continuing to press forward.

The pressure had been applied enough; being too rigid leads to breaking, this was about right.

"Speaking of which, I almost forgot to ask, fellow Daoist, how should I address you?"

Yuwen Tianye pushed aside the Divine Guard in front of him, recovered his usual calm, and spoke indifferently.

"... Southern Border, Yuwen Tianye."

In fact, before this, he was not just watching Ren Yidao and the others flirt, but had been silently observing Ren Yidao all along.

In the end, he could only admit that he could not see through him.

This person was clearly standing right in front of him so calmly, yet he was unable to see through him at all.

Even Zang Zhenyu, who was formless, could not give him this feeling; he had only felt it from the protectors in his clan, but that person was a mighty expert of the Ask Dao Realm.

Although the person before him was very strong, he had definitely not reached the Heaven Realm.

What kind of secret did this man have?

This did not make him fearful; on the contrary, it piqued his interest.

"Then I shall call you Fellow Daoist Yuwen, how about that?"

"Fine."

"Hehe, then you can call me Ren Yidao, or Daoist Ren, whatever you like; I don't mind."

"Good."

Even though one was cold and the other warm, the two of them conversed quite smoothly.

Yuwen Tianye's reaction left the Divine Guards and the surrounding Southern Border disciples very surprised.

Huh?

His Highness Tianye is actually capable of normal communication!!?

Yuwen Tianye, who was usually aloof and cold, actually appeared so normal at this moment.

After a simple thought, they realized the reason for Yuwen Tianye's change in attitude.

Because of qualifications.

In Yuwen Tianye's eyes, only Ren Yidao possessed a status equal to his own and was a person worth wasting words on.

And the others?

They were not yet enough to enter his four pupils.

After the two chatted simply for a while, Ren Yidao looked at the nervous Divine Guards nearby and smilingly asked about the main point.

"So, Fellow Daoist Yuwen, what do you want to do by having your soldiers surround us?"

"With them looking so murderous, I will be scared."

Divine Guards:?

We look murderous?

You are scared?

Do you want to listen to what you are saying?

"..." Even Yuwen Tianye choked after hearing these shameless words, and it was a good while before he shook his head and ordered, "Everyone, stand down."

"... Yes!"

Although the Divine Guards did not think this was a good order, having already disobeyed once, they dared not defy the command; they could only keep a close watch on Ren Yidao's every move after dispersing, fearing he might do something dangerous.

"Many thanks, Fellow Daoist Yuwen."

Ren Yidao shrugged, not minding their vigilant gazes, and looked toward the outer perimeter, where the battle was nearing its end.

The furious sect members did not let go of the opportunity Ren Yidao had previously created, fiercely ravaging the two hundred isolated Divine Guards and avenging their previous grievances.

But they were not of one mind; before they had achieved total victory, they had already begun to strike at each other from the shadows.

"Yandao Sect!!! Why are you attacking the disciples of our sect!?"

"It is you who are the villains accusing us first; it was clearly you who ambushed us first!"

"I will kill you bunch of treacherous scoundrels!"

Chaos.

The originally excellent situation turned into a mess within a few breaths, rapidly shifting from united opposition against an external enemy to life-and-death infighting.

And the Divine Guards successfully seized the opportunity to regroup, forming their battle formation once again to launch a counterattack as they rushed toward the others.

Although the Southern Border Divine Guards had narrowly won, they looked much more disheveled than before, covered in wounds, with several of their black armors cracked.

But Ren Yidao did not pay attention to them.

His gaze swept over several figures on the field, and finally, he silently withdrew his gaze.

While he was holding Li Qiushui and chatting, his Dao God had actually been hidden and observing the surroundings, observing the entire battlefield, and had long noticed several figures acting suspiciously.

He saw clearly that it was they who were attacking their own people from Beiming, and it was also they who took the initiative to expose this situation.

"The guys causing trouble in the dark, is it the Butian Alliance?"

Maliciously ruining the situation when things were going so well, what a wicked sense of humor.

An inside traitor.

This was because Ren Yidao was not there before; otherwise, if he were to link it to the initial unified outbreak, perhaps he would have had new thoughts.

Moving his gaze away from the disguised Li Yiyi, Ren Yidao looked back at Yuwen Tianye.

"Since everyone has dispersed, we shall take our leave now."

But this time, Yuwen Tianye, who had been talking to him all along, did not agree again.

"..."

He did not say anything, just quietly staring at Ren Yidao with his four pupils.

Stare— (Double Pupil limited edition)

Ren Yidao felt a bit uncomfortable being stared at by his four pupils and coughed lightly.

"Is it really not possible? *Cough cough*, then since you won't let us leave, does Fellow Daoist Yuwen have any advice?"

Yuwen Tianye nodded and slowly spoke:

"I want you to..."

His tone was long-drawn and his speaking speed was slow; he had only just said half of it when he was directly interrupted by Ren Yidao, who wore a look of horror.

"Hmm!!?"

Creak.

Seeing that look on him, Yuwen Tianye clenched his fists tightly, and only after much effort did he manage to calm himself down to finish the second half of the sentence.

"... fight me."

Once he finished speaking, Ren Yidao's expression relaxed, turning into a lazy, punchable look.

"Oh! You meant this? You should've said so earlier; I thought you were like the others, plotting something untoward against me!"

"Hmm?"

On the other side, Li Qiushui, who was currently hugging Shi Xue tightly, raised an eyebrow and stared at Ren Yidao's back.

What do you mean by that?

!!!

For the first time, Ren Yidao truly felt what it was like to have a prickling sensation on his back, and it was a sword's edge at that...

He coughed and asked Yuwen Tianye solemnly:

"Cough! Right now? Do you need to prepare a bit more? I'm ready anytime."

"Hoo!"

Yuwen Tianye let out a long breath and nodded, "Then let's do it now."

"Fine, right away."

Ren Yidao turned his head and nodded at the Heroine and the face-hugger combo over there.

"Shi Xue, take her to the Divine Path Sect's encampment first; I'll come find you later."

"Go on, no need to stay here with me." After saying this to the listless Snow Heroine, he shook his head at the squinting Li Qiushui, "Also, Li Fengyao should be there too, so you two siblings can have a reunion."

Li Qiushui hadn't wanted to leave at first, but her expression changed the moment she heard the name Li Fengyao; she stared fixedly at Ren Yidao, wanting to discern something from his face.

"Are you very close with him?"

Close?

I suppose?

We did fight together on the bed, so I guess we're comrades-in-arms?

Probably.

"Heh, who knows? How about this: you go first, and if I'm in a good mood later, I'll explain it to you."

"Hmph."

Seeing his attitude, Li Qiushui knew he didn't want to explain, so she stopped talking, grabbed Shi Xue, and flew directly outward.

But just before leaving, she sent a voice transmission to Ren Yidao.

【"I know you are very strong, but you must be careful."】

【"Do not lose."】

After a while, she seemed to feel that this phrasing was a bit too cold and stiff, so she added a sentence.

【"... I don't want you to get hurt."】

After saying this, she hugged Shi Xue tighter, leaped onto the Sanlu Sword, and flew away by sword, crossing the still-chaotic battlefield toward the distance.

Li Qiushui thought that as long as she left fast enough, no one would notice her earlobes, which had turned bright red.

However, there were two freaks here with astonishingly sharp eyesight.

Yuwen Tianye withdrew his gaze and looked at Ren Yidao; just as he was about to speak, he saw him solemnly admonishing:

"Good children shouldn't peek, you know."

I didn't!

It's just a woman, who would want to look at that!

Watching Ren Yidao's cheeky expression, Yuwen Tianye felt his facial muscles twitch twice.

Can this guy ever be serious!!?

However, Yuwen Tianye didn't have to wait much longer.

A moment later, he witnessed Ren Yidao's serious side.

Or rather... his true form.

The delicate-looking youth gradually put away his smile, took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled.

Hoo...

Along with that long exhalation, Yuwen Tianye keenly sensed a change.

It was as if the other party had taken off a mask, no... as if he had peeled off a human skin!

Following closely behind was a sense of crisis that surged like a tidal wave, an extremely intense sense of crisis!

"Hahaha!"

Yes, that's the feeling!

As the sense of crisis grew more intense, Yuwen Tianye's expression also became excited.

He strode toward Ren Yidao while ordering all the Divine Guard to retreat.

"Everyone, get out of the way!"

Just as the Divine Guard hesitated, the white fox that had troubled them several times appeared behind the youth and howled at the moon.

【Ying——】

Accompanied by the sound of the fox's cry, the entire battlefield fell silent, and everyone involuntarily looked toward the direction from which the sound came.

Next, they saw a smiling face brimming with a brilliant grin.

"Welcome~"

Hum——

The next instant, everything before Yuwen Tianye's eyes turned pitch black.

"Hmph, mere parlor tricks!"

But quickly, he relied on his innate pupil technique to easily see through this darkness, and the light returned before his eyes once more.

He saw it.

In the eyes of Yuwen Tianye, the eight-tailed white fox and the youth had all vanished, replaced by an ancient Daoist Temple.

The plaque of the Daoist Temple was blurry and indistinct; he could not see what the three characters on it actually meant.

"What?"

Looking around again, Yuwen Tianye was shocked to see not a single Divine Guard!

In this Heaven and Earth, there was not a single person.

An Illusion Technique!!?

Even I have fallen for it!?

Yuwen Tianye knew that Ren Yidao's physical body was strong, and he had also seen the power of his white fox Daoist Art.

He had imagined many kinds of scenarios, but he had never expected an illusion.

"This..."