Brother, how come you're a witch?

The mountain collapsed into ruins, and the rubble piled up to form a new slope.

In this situation, it's actually quite normal for someone to roll out of the smoke and dust ahead.

But Su Yan was taken aback, because the person who rolled out was Liu Baishuang.

"Gurgle—"

The little demon girl rolled down the slope, her chest constricted, emitting a whimper, until she rolled all the way to Su Yan's feet.

Her clothes were torn, her hair disheveled, and she looked somewhat wretched, covered in dust. She raised her weak, pitiful eyes and looked at Su Yan, whispering:

"Cough, cough, could you help me up? I accidentally fell."

This is a lie.

With the help of the demon beasts, Liu Baishuang landed. Apart from being exhausted, she was fine and barely regained her mobility after a short rest.

Just as they were about to go find the main group of sword cultivators, the short-tailed creature that had been keeping watch nearby suddenly ran back and gestured that the guy it had slapped was carrying a man this way.

This description is obviously of Ye Jingqiu and Su Yan.

Liu Baishuang tilted her head, an idea coming to her mind.

She needed to explain her departure and disappearance, and rather than waiting for others to ask later, she should take advantage of the chaos and show herself now.

So Liu Baishuang had the monsters add a few fresh bite marks to her body, and then told them to run away quickly to their pre-arranged hiding place to lie low for a while.

She stood on the slope, and when she heard footsteps approaching, she seized the opportunity to roll down, deliberately rolling to Su Yan's feet.

"Senior Sister Liu?"

Su Yan raised an eyebrow, looking at the pitiful girl on the ground.

Its body exuded both the aura of a demonic beast and a heavy demonic energy, combined with the numerous bite marks on its snow-white skin...

Su Yan stroked his chin and immediately deduced what the little demon girl had gone through.

And Liu Baishuang spoke up at the opportune moment:

"I flew ahead and encountered a group of frenzied monsters. After fighting my way out, I ran into another group of demons. I tried to escape along the mountain to rejoin everyone, but the mountain collapsed..."

"Tsk."

Su Yan was astonished. This was exactly as he had predicted. If he didn't want to cultivate immortality, he felt that he might be able to become a constable.

However, the little demon girl is really pitiful.

Alone, I ate all three kinds of food tonight. What a glutton!

This is the consequence of abandoning the collective and pursuing individual heroism. If Liu Baishuang hadn't flown so fast, at least everyone would have been there to support her.

Thinking this, he didn't immediately reach out to help Liu Baishuang up. Instead, he turned his head and whispered to Ye Jingqiu beside him:

"Don't move yet."

Ye Jingqiu hadn't originally planned to make a move.

She simply stood silently, supporting Su Yan.

Liu Baishuang lay on the ground, her eyes trembling slightly. Seeing that Su Yan did not move, her heart tightened slightly.

She bit her lip, her voice softening slightly, tinged with a hint of grievance:

"Junior Brother Su... I'm badly injured and I really can't stand up on my own."

Su Yan scrutinized her carefully.

The fact that there have been two gaps in the river of time means that, theoretically, there could be two future versions of Liu Baishuang.

She was never distracted during the battle with the great demones. So who was manipulating the demons and controlling the formation?

The Liu Baishuang lying on the ground might also be from the future. Her plan has failed, so she's pretending to be pitiful to deceive him in order to achieve some ulterior motive.

"Cough cough."

Liu Baishuang coughed lightly twice, as if she felt that Su Yan would not help her anymore. Her eyes lowered sadly, and then she slowly closed her eyes.

Su Yan's heart skipped a beat.

He looked at the little demon girl with her eyes closed, shook his head silently, and bent down to try to pick her up.

So what if it's a disguise for Liu Baishuang in the future? As long as it's not the original, world-destroying demon woman who enjoys fighting, it's fine.

"I'll do it."

Without saying a word, Ye Jingqiu forcefully tried to snatch Liu Baishuang from Su Yan's arms.

"No, Xiao Ye, you're not tall enough."

Su Yan spoke frankly and bluntly, leaving Ye Jingqiu frozen in place.

It was indeed somewhat inconvenient for the smaller Sword Ancestor to carry the tall Liu Baishuang.

"hey-hey."

Liu Baishuang silently curled the corners of her lips.

Su Yan put one arm around Liu Baishuang's slender shoulder and the other under her legs, lifting her up steadily.

The girl in his arms was unexpectedly light; despite her stunning figure, she didn't pose any burden to him.

However, the little demon girl seemed to be completely exhausted. As soon as Su Yan held her firmly, the girl's body pressed uncontrollably against his chest, like a weary bird that had finally found a warm nest.

"Thank you, Junior Brother Su..."

Liu Baishuang leaned her face against Su Yan's shoulder, her voice muffled, her eyelashes still clinging to the lingering dust of smoke:

"Thank you, Ye Jingqiu."

He actually thanked his arch-enemy, even though his arch-enemy hadn't done anything!

What a good girl.

Su Yan sighed, glancing at the flying sword that had rolled down the ground with the little demon girl. The hilt was adorned with white tassels, seemingly proclaiming that it was the real person and not an imposter.

Despite receiving the thank you, Ye Jingqiu's face remained cold, and the corners of her mouth turned down almost imperceptibly, but she still bent down to pick up Liu Baishuang's sword.

"Senior sister, you flatter me."

Su Yan adjusted his position, trying to make the little demoness as comfortable as possible:

"The most urgent thing is to rejoin the main force as soon as possible. You are seriously injured and need immediate treatment."

The three people, or rather two supporting each other and one being carried, slowly moved in the direction Ye Jingqiu pointed.

The atmosphere was somewhat subtle, and Su Yan could sense two completely different kinds of silence.

Ye Jingqiu was habitually cold, but seemed even more tense than usual.

Liu Baishuang was unusually quiet, only occasionally letting out a soft gasp when her wound was touched.

For some reason, in this silence, Su Yan felt immense pressure, and his mind was filled with a hallucination as if he were being burned and stabbed.

"Um, um, shall I just say a few words?"

Su Yan spoke after careful consideration, breaking the silence.

"Oh, right."

Upon hearing Su Yan's voice, Ye Jingqiu seemed to remember something and looked up to stare at him.

"What were you trying to ask me?"

"..."

Su Yan's eye twitched; he would have been better off not saying anything.

He regretted asking the question earlier, and now that the little vixen is here, he absolutely cannot ask it again.

His gaze swept over Liu Baishuang, who was resting with her eyes closed in his arms, and then looked at Ye Jingqiu's cold eyes beside him.

"...It's nothing, I was just curious how you managed to navigate with so much smoke and dust."

Su Yan quickly changed his tune, becoming serious:

"If we're using our sense of smell, with such poor air quality, won't we get rhinitis?"

Ye Jingqiu remained silent for a moment, but did not look away: "That's not what you wanted to ask just now."

"It really is this one."

Su Yanqian chuckled and quickened his pace.

Liu Baishuang stirred slightly in his arms.

She was not asleep, of course; she simply closed her eyes and pretended to be drowsy, pressing herself closer to Su Yan's chest and listening quietly to his heartbeat.

At the same time, she was also thinking about the words the world-destroying demoness left for her before she disappeared.

"When the future Liu Baishuang regrets it, she will definitely do this."

If one day I really end up on that path...

Liu Baishuang unconsciously tightened her grip on her fingers.

"What's wrong? Does your wound hurt?"

Su Yan noticed her movement and looked down to ask.

"without……"

Liu Baishuang opened her eyes, shook her head, and said softly:

"It's just a little cold."

Su Yan paused.

Those who cultivate immortality are immune to heat and cold; if they feel cold, it means there is a serious problem with their body.

He tightened his grip slightly, holding her more securely, trying to dispel the chill with his body heat.

Ye Jingqiu watched from the side, his lips pressed into a straight line, and suddenly spoke: "You can have my outer robe."

As he spoke, he reached into his storage bag to take it.

"No need."

Liu Baishuang softly refused, even snuggling closer to Su Yan:

"That's good."

Ye Jingqiu stopped moving, stared at her for a few seconds, then took out a black robe from his storage bag and slapped it over Liu Baishuang's face.