After the main character who took the blame retired, the female lead quit.

A bonfire burned in the center, illuminating the nearby stone walls.

The dim firelight flickered, and beside the small stone bed sat a graceful figure meditating and regulating her breathing. Seeing Xiao Yu awaken, she stopped what she was doing, her beautiful, ethereal eyes looking over as she asked:

"You're awake? Is there anything wrong with your body?"

Xiao Yu shook his head. In the flickering firelight, a trace of color returned to his pale face. He looked down at his body and realized that his body had been carefully bandaged.

He moved his body slightly, and the pain lessened considerably. His tongue felt a little numb, and his mouth tasted bitter. It was likely that some kind of miraculous medicine had been given to him while he was unconscious, temporarily relieving his terrible condition.

The current situation is obvious: he has been rescued.

"That's good..." Seeing that Xiao Yu's complexion had improved a lot, the woman felt relieved and led him back to the cave where they were resting. When she saw that Xiao Yu had not woken up for a long time, she thought that she had accidentally sat on him and killed him.

Inside the cave, the campfire flickered, casting dappled light on the woman beside him. The interplay of light and shadow obscured most of her face in the dim light.

For a moment, Xiao Yu couldn't see her face clearly, but he could catch a glimpse of delicate white skin through the flickering light and shadow. The firelight suddenly blazed, and the soft curve of the shadow cast on the stone wall behind her was captivating.

Xiao Yu snapped out of his reverie, his brown eyes surveying his surroundings. The space was spacious and tidy, suggesting he had been there for some time.

He was currently in a relatively safe cave. His gaze swept past the blazing campfire, and he looked at the woman, saying in a clear voice:

"Thank you for saving me, senior."

"It's alright. When we're out and about, how can we cultivators stand by and watch someone die?"

A calm voice rang out, carrying a hint of seriousness and earnestness.

"What happened to all these injuries on your body? You were unconscious deep in the Azure Sky Mountains. If I hadn't gone up... cough cough, and found you while scouting the area, you would probably have been carried off by a monster by now, given your current condition."

"There was nothing I could do. I was chased in here, and that's why I'm injured."

Xiao Yu replied with a wry smile.

For a Nascent Soul cultivator to attack a mere Core Formation cultivator like him is truly devoid of martial ethics.

"Yes, that makes sense. Otherwise, a martial artist at the first level wouldn't have ventured into the depths of the Azure Sky Mountains."

The woman nodded, not suspecting anything. After all, Xiao Yu's injuries were undeniable: internal bleeding, a large dent in his chest, and dislocated bones all over his body.

If it weren't for the force within him slowly restoring and correcting his misalignments, the woman felt it was questionable whether he could even make it through the night.

"Meeting is fate. Now that I have encountered you, you no longer need to worry about your enemy coming after you. I am confident that my cultivation level is not low, so I will not harm you."

Xiao Yu nodded, his eyes flickering slightly. Speaking of their meeting, the woman's words reminded him of the snow-white figure before he fell unconscious, a figure far more radiant and bright than the moon in the sky.

It was firm, soft, and heavy, almost crushing him to death and drowning him inside.

With that thought in mind, he subconsciously looked at the woman sitting on the stone chair.

She was wearing a light-colored dress that was quite form-fitting, highlighting her curvaceous figure.

The slightly bulging peaks descended to reveal a pair of straight, slender legs encased in light-colored silk stockings.

Her plump thighs and pert buttocks sat on a flat stone bench. The woman's buttocks were not very large, but the curves were captivating, with an indescribable charm.

Seeing this scene, a suffocating feeling welled up in his heart, and Xiao Yu felt a slight pain in the bridge of his nose.

Almost simultaneously, the woman noticed Xiao Yu's gaze unconsciously falling on her lower body. She paused for a moment, as if remembering something, and instantly felt as if a red-hot iron had been branded into her. With a whoosh, she sprang off the stone chair, took several steps back, and faced Xiao Yu, keeping a distance of several feet to avoid exposing her buttocks to him again.

"You...you, you didn't see anything before, right?"

Presumably recalling the situation at the time, the woman's tone became slightly flustered, and a blush flashed across her fair face. She looked at Xiao Yu with a hint of embarrassment, seeking confirmation.

Xiao Yu was taken aback, then nodded. He saw nothing but two moons that were even fuller than the full moon.

However, to say this is tantamount to burying one's head in the sand, after all, Xiao Yu did more than just see it.

In order to avoid seeing the spectacular sight of a waterfall plunging three thousand feet, resembling the Milky Way falling from the ninth heaven, he decisively reached out his hand to block it.

Long Wanyan knew very well that she would never forget the feeling of those warm, large hands patting her tender, moist buttocks.

Humans have three urgent needs. Unless one has reached the immortal realm with a flawless body and an immortal body, most cultivators still have physical needs. Even though she is currently a Nascent Soul cultivator, this is still the case. It's just that as her realm improves, these needs will decrease.

"It's alright if you...didn't...didn't see it. It was an accident. Anyway, just focus on recovering from your injury."

Seeing that Xiao Yu was very understanding and did not mention the previous incident as if he had lost his memory, the woman walked over again and sat back down on the stone chair next to Xiao Yu.

As her slender figure passed by the burning campfire, the flames flickered, and the orange light shone on her delicate, jade-like face, which Xiao Yu could see clearly this time.

"Cough cough!"

His relaxed expression suddenly froze, blood and foam rushed into his throat, and he coughed a few times unexpectedly.

"Are you alright?"

"Cough cough... It's nothing, I don't eat Liuliumei."

Long Wanyan: ?

Xiao Yu reached out and steadied the woman who had leaned towards him because of his cough. He covered his mouth, but his heart was filled with horror.

Long Wanyan?!

The protagonist's former fiancée's master is the sect leader of the Qingyun Floating Sect!

Holy crap! She actually saved me! What incredible luck...

Xiao Yu looked up, the burning sensation in his lungs subsided, and he looked at the bare stone wall, feeling a mix of emotions, like he had failed to ride a dog and ended up being fucked by it instead.

He felt like crying. He could accept the divination, but why did he have to run into Long Wanyan again?

The woman in front of me, Long Wanyan, is also a female lead, just like Bu Suantian. However, she appears in far fewer scenes than Bu Suantian in the book, and basically disappears in the later stages.

And now, it's not surprising that she's appearing deep in the Azure Sky Mountains.

If we follow the plot of the novel, before the opening of the Phoenix Hill Secret Realm, she will find a rare and precious treasure in a nearby mountain range that is extremely compatible with her physique.

It took nearly a month and a great deal of effort to obtain it within the mountains.

Judging by the timeline, she should have already obtained that rare treasure and was waiting at the inn near the Phoenix Hill Secret Realm by now.

Why are you still here?

Xiao Yu was puzzled by the fact that the scene before him differed from the one in his memory, but he quickly realized what was going on.

In the story, the demonic beast guarding the rare treasures was quite troublesome. To some extent, it was extremely effective against Long Wanyan, who was at the Nascent Soul stage. She couldn't do anything about it until the protagonist arrived and, with his help, she was able to obtain the rare treasures without getting hurt.

Afterwards, Long Wanyan greatly admired the protagonist. She not only gave him a high-level cultivation technique but also handed him a jade pendant, saying that he could use it to find her at the Qingyun Fuzong Sect and obtain the status of a true disciple.

This jade pendant proved very useful. It caused great harm to the protagonist's fiancée during their duel three years later, which was considered a small but satisfying moment in the book. After all, the fiancée who had broken off the engagement was Long Wanyan's disciple, albeit only a nominal one.

But now that the protagonist has sent it, Long Wanyan is stuck here without the protagonist's help.

Xiao Yu was speechless, not knowing what to say. It was like a butterfly effect; he had escaped death and was found by Long Wanyan, who was lying in wait in the mountains. It was a kind of fate.

Chapter 48, Old Commander, it's time to explode the points (Please pre-order)

Inside the cave.

The atmosphere was somewhat awkward because of the incident involving her buttocks; the air seemed to freeze, making even Long Wanyan, a Nascent Soul cultivator, feel a little uncomfortable.

She grew up in the peaceful environment of the sect from a young age. Because of her outstanding talent, she reached the Nascent Soul Realm at an early age. Her master then took over the position of sect leader in a daze, saying that she was old enough to have more experience.

Although she had made some progress over the years, in the eyes of those veteran sect leaders, she, the newly promoted sect leader of Qingyun Fuzong, was still inexperienced and did not have a clear understanding of human relationships.

However, Long Wanyan quickly found something to say. She cleared her throat and began to speak:

"Ahem... You can stay here for now. This is a cave I recently opened up. It has my presence, so ordinary monsters don't dare to approach. Don't worry about them coming in."

"After we resolve this matter at hand, I'll take you out of these Azure Sky Mountains."

Following the principle of helping those in the righteous path, Long Wanyan allowed Xiao Yu to stay temporarily in the residence she had set up, without any worries.

Regardless of the severity of his injuries, which prevented him from even turning over, his cultivation level as a first-level martial artist posed no threat to her.

During this time...

Xiao Yu frowned; he naturally knew what Long Wanyan meant by "this."

She was going to pick a spiritual material called Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit, which was currently being guarded by a dragon at the peak of the Golden Core Realm.

Perhaps the dragon intended to use it to break through the threshold, so it kept it, allowing it to accumulate over the years, and then ate it at a certain time.

Right now, we are approaching the year when we will break through six hundred years.

Among the spiritual materials needed for Long Wanyan's cultivation, she needed a Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit with a limit of five hundred years.

Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit is not common; this fruit only grows where the blood of a true dragon has dripped.

With true dragons now extinct, such spiritual materials are becoming increasingly rare.

Long Wanyan had inquired and searched, but the fruit was either too old or too young. Right now, in the Cangqiong Mountains, this Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit, which was close to its six-hundred-year limit, perfectly met her requirements.

With Long Wanyan's Nascent Soul cultivation, dealing with a Golden Core peak-level dragon would have been more than enough.

However, the Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit grew in the center of a deep pool, surrounded by deep water, with a dragon circling around it. If it couldn't defeat Long Wanyan, it would dive underwater.

As soon as Long Wanyan approached to pick the fruit, it suddenly rushed out from the bottom of the water and bit her.

The dragon was of the Yin nature, which complemented the deep pool where it inhabited, forming a self-contained world and vaguely resembling a miniature universe. After all, it was the place that nurtured a dragon blood mystic fruit with a limit of five hundred years, so it couldn't be anything simple.

The pool was deep and bottomless. If someone were bitten and dragged into the water, even with Long Wanyan's Nascent Soul Realm strength, she would perish there.

Lately, this demonic beast has become increasingly cunning. It seems to have sensed Long Wanyan's predicament and spends its days lingering near the Dragon Blood Mystic Fruit, its long, serpentine body protecting the fruit tightly. It eats and sleeps there.

They didn't give Long Wanyan a chance to pick it at all, which really gave her a headache.

Long Wanyan had been like a hawk being trained, dragging this dragon out for more than a month and a half.

The time spent on this far exceeded Long Wanyan's expectations.

At this moment, there are less than half a month left before the opening of the Phoenix Hill Secret Realm. As the current sect leader of the Qingyun Floating Sect, she definitely has to rush over to oversee things.

If this continues, the Fengqiu Secret Realm will be open soon.

At the same time, this was also what Xiao Yu was worried about. Right now, he had to rush to see the Phoenix Hill Secret Realm. If he missed it, all the suffering he had endured would have been for nothing.

However, he glanced at Long Wanyan's furrowed brows and did not urge her on.

He believed that Long Wanyan was definitely more anxious than he was about the Phoenix Hill Secret Realm.

Moreover, he has suffered a serious injury and needs several days to recover.

So Xiao Yu didn't say much, only said "Thank you, senior" and then closed his eyes to rest.

Seeing this, Long Wanyan said no more and went to the side to meditate and begin to regulate her breathing.