25. Rising Sharply

Spreading her spiritual wings, Ye Lan intended to launch the last attack. Maybe they could stand a chance if having a try. Or they would meet their final doom!

Upon seeing her fiery red wings dazzling in the dark magical ward, Libao shouted to Ye Lan in worry, “Silly woman, you are courting death! Get down as soon as possible! You are not a match to him!”

“Remember to run fast later!” Ye Lan screamed at the top of her lungs. Though on this continent, human had always been superior to magical beasts, the beasts still kept loyal to their masters who didn’t really trust them. It was so unfair. Lacking the love of family,Ye Lan did treat the old man, Libao and Xiao Hei as her family members. No matter what they did behind her, Ye Lan would rather deceive herself that all they had done were for her sake!

“Silly woman!”

Two gushes of spiritual power, one in the form of blood red light and the other a gray brown dragon, collided all of a sudden. With the red light being forced back gradually, there was blood trickling down from Ye Lan’s mouth and nose. Standing below, Libao for the first time sighed at its inability. Finally, the blood red light was engulfed by the dragon with a huge explosion, the dazzling light forcing Libao to shield his eyes with his paws. It suddenly realized something and cried crazily, its paws covering its eyes, “Ye Lan! Silly woman! Where are you now?”

There was no other voice except for a sigh seemingly made by a senior. Libao bristled in panic and nervousness. With the magical ward broken, the world came back to normal again. It was until then Libao found Ye Lan was lying peacefully in a man’s arms who was clad in black robe. Without hesitation, Libao scrambled to the man with all his strength. Seeing Libao coming up, he laid Ye Lan on the ground. “Take care of her! Leave the old man to me!”

Regardless of the man’s word, Libao merely cared whether Ye Lan was alive!

Libao raised its paws and slapped her forcefully. “Silly woman! Wake up! Look at me!”

Libao slapped her again.

Thanks to him, Ye Lan finally coughed out a mouthful of black blood. Opening her eyes in daze, she saw Libao get ready to slap her for the third time. “I’m your master. Are you going to kill me?” Ye Lan said, her breath still not smooth enough. “You will be badly injured!” Seeing her wake up, even able to joke around, Libao knew she was all right. “It’s so great you are not dead!” Libao chuckled, bristling again in happiness.

Ye Lan, as weak as she was, said with a smile, “You are a hedgehog now!”

It was until then Libao, indulging in rapture for Ye Lan’s survival, realized its poor appearance. “Ah! Damn you!” Libao shouted in fury before giving Ye Lan a heavy punch.

As they were quarreling, a gush of powerful spiritual force dashed toward them abruptly. Li Bao flung itself upon Ye Lan to keep her from suffering any harm. When they raised their heads after the sudden attack, the savage old man was lying on the ground lifelessly with his face toward the sky, his open eyes full of fear and unwillingness, blood trickling from his eyes corner!

As disgusting as it was, the old man’s body was torn into pieces and scattered everywhere. His wheelchair made of ironwood was also fragmented. Managing to finish Ye Lan’s great grand father off in swift movement, the man clad in black robe returned to them, intending to help Ye Lan rise to her feet.

“Master!” Xiao Hei turned up from nowhere and carried Ye Lan right away in his arms, leaving the man in black robe very embarrassed, with his arm stretched out in the air!

Xiao Hei stared at Ye Lan with a big frown and apologized, “Master, I am late!”

“The Ye family...” Upon hearing her weak voice, Xiao Hei nodded at once before answering, “The Ye family were completely exterminated without a single survival! Please set your mind at ease!”

“Okay!” Ye Lan was a little delighted!

“How can you be so ungrateful, little guard! The man in black just saved us.” Libao shouted while approaching them with its hips wiggling from side to side.

“Xiao Hei, put me down at once. It was he who saved us!” Ye Lan confirmed Li Bao’s words. Xiao Hei put her down slowly with some hesitation, his hand still seizing the handle of his sword with alertness!

The man in black couldn’t help chuckling at Xiao Hei’s vigilance. He flied to Ye Lan swiftly before dragging her to his arms bossily with all his strength, while Xiao Hei, out of anger, at once took Ye Lan by her another arm. With almost more than half of her body hauled into her savior’s arms, Ye Lan in great exasperation pushed the man away with a frown. Libao, the bystander, nodded in consent. What were they doing on earth? A love triangle here?

Libao used to see two male tigers fight for an ugly female tiger in the forest, however, the female tiger at last chose neither of them! Therefore, to Libao, fighting for love was the silliest thing in the world!

Though pushed away by Ye Lan, the man seized her wrist instead. “Though you saved my life just then, you are still a stranger to me!” Ye Lan’s face darkened. The man, with a smile, let go of Ye Lan at once, even taking a step back, his hands raised high. “Miss, you seem to be badly injured! Since your little guard can do nothing about it, why not let me treat you?”

“There is no need!” Ye Lan turned around in resoluteness, getting ready to leave with Xiao Hei. There suddenly came the old man’s voice from the ring. “Girl, take his advice. Though you can stand up now, your internal organs have suffered from a serious hurt. If the vitality is broken, it will be very hard to promote your spiritual power in the future!” It was until then Ye Lan realized there was something wrong with her body. As a spiritual cultivator at high level, she could reach the ninth stage soon, though a very difficult task for her. It was so unwise to ruin her future due to her stubbornness. Seeing her lost in thought, the man asked tentatively, “Haven’t you made up your mind yet? It’s free, I promise.”

“Okay!” Xiao Hei knew clearly Ye Lan had consumed a lot of inner force in the big battle then. She mustn’t risk her own life.

Under Xiao Hei’s guide, they returned to the base. It was such a happy thing to give a full vent to their anger by slaying all of their enemies! Ye Lan was set in a small house near the lake and mountain. Asking all the people to leave the house, the man carried Ye Lan onto the bed for treatment. Libao had returned to the ring to heal its wounds, while Xiao Hei was busy with the affairs of the assassin group. “You know my name already. What’s your name?” Ye Lan asked the man in black.

Ye Lan was curious about his identity. He seemed to know her well, but Ye Lan didn’t even remember they had met before. Though he saved her life, she was still alert to this strange man.

“I am Feng Yi!” He raised his hand to take off Ye Lan’s clothes, but his wrist was at once seized by her. What a funny girl, like a grumpy kitty!

“During the treatment, in case my inner force would be repelled by the endless spiritual sea within your body, I need to borrow the spiritual power from nature, which will help you recover by starting the spontaneous inner force circulation in your body. This dress made of the silk produced by wild silkworm will surely be a hindrance!” Seeing Feng Yi shaking his head, Ye Lan took off her dress with a frown. Baring her body was nothing to Ye Lan, since girls in modern time often wore bikini on the beach. She was only worried that there was some unreasonable rules in this world that a woman must marry the man who saw her naked body.

Ye Lan turned to look at Feng Yi and said in resoluteness, “You don’t need to marry me, and you never imagine that I will sleep with you easily!”

“Ha-ha! You will be severely punished for what you said if it gets public!” Feng Yi said jokingly. He found Ye Lan quite different and interesting. He touched his face in doubt. Was he not attractive enough?

Indeed! To such a drop-dead beauty, he was a nobody!

“All right! It’s up to you!” Feng Yi said with a chuckle. Did he regard her as a child? Ye Lan couldn’t help frowning.

Though complaining to herself, Ye Lan still took off her dress obediently, only leaving a chest wrap and a petticoat, and sat straight on the bed with her legs crossed.

“Close your eyes. Gather all of your inner force to your belly!” Feng Yi ordered seriously, a totally different man from the joking guy before. A series of sharp pains in her abdomen was just the proof of her severe injury.

Feng Yi explained unhurriedly, “Your internal organs, as well as the root of your spiritual power, have suffered serious injury. Your vitality has been reduced by more than a half. It is such a miracle that you can survive.”

“Miracle?” Ye Lan murmured blankly. It was universally known that miracle was a thing that couldn’t be explained by any science.

Time travel. Exchanging soul with a girl who died a thousand years ago. Both of these were miracles. A top-level agent turned into a poor girl terribly bullied by her family. Wasn’t this a miracle?