I turned my face towards Long Lin and spread my arms to block in front of Bai Qi. "We don't want the Eight - Tear Vessel anymore."
Seeing the two weapons stabbing towards my chest, the two of them were greatly shocked and quickly retracted their weapons.
The two channeled all their spiritual power into their palms and pressed their palms together with my neck in between.
The two gales collided. The surrounding snowflakes were like gravel hitting my face, forcing me to tightly close my eyes.
My originally tied - up hair fluttered wildly in the strong gale. I could totally imagine that I must look like Mei Chaofeng now.
Strangely enough, although the two were going all out, they somehow avoided hitting me.
When Bai Qi fought with Long Lin, it was simply like a novice against a master. After just a few moves, Bai Qi was sent flying by Long Lin's powerful palm wind.
Even at this critical moment of life and death, Bai Qi was still worried that I would be taken away by Long Lin. When his body was flying out, he didn't forget to grab my arm and took me with him.
Bai Qi's back hit a big tree heavily. My body was protected by him and slammed hard into his chest.
He spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. If he hadn't quickly covered his mouth with his hand, all that blood would have poured onto my neck.
The crimson blood flowed down his arm. He pushed me aside, afraid that the blood would stain me.
"You're really not afraid of death for this young lady." Long Lin retracted his jade - bone fan and carried it behind his back, sneering.
"Yeah, Crown Prince, aren't you also afraid of hurting Lan Lan, so you forcefully withdrew half of your spiritual power? It shows that you're not that heartless towards Lan Lan."
Long Lin's eyes fluttered. As if his secret had been exposed, he quickly retorted, "Nonsense. I didn't hurt her because I'm afraid of hurting the container for Man Yue."
"Really?" Bai Qi's blue eyes stared firmly into Long Lin's eyes.
Long Lin's gaze shifted. Stammering, he waved his hand. "Young lady, I said before that I won't hurt you. I'm sure I'll find a perfect solution. So you must come with me now."
Just as Long Lin finished speaking, a cold voice came from behind me.
"You can take the Eight - Tear Vessel. It's what I owe Man Yue. But no one can take Lan Lan away."
"Just you... Do you think you can still protect her now?" Long Lin's eyes were cold. Just seeing Gu Yuan made him angry.
"If he can't, I can. We don't need the help of an upper - level immortal." Jun He suddenly popped out from somewhere and landed between us.
"You're here to cause trouble too?" Long Lin glared at Jun He fiercely.
Jun He was always casual and simply ignored Long Lin's glare.
The situation was clear now. Although Gu Yuan, Jun He, and Bai Qi were all injured.
But the three of them were quite powerful. If Long Lin wanted to forcefully take me away, it wouldn't be that easy.
Long Lin clenched the Eight - Tear Vessel in his hand unwillingly, flicked his sleeve, and turned into a golden light, disappearing on the campus.
After he left, I breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stepped forward to check on Bai Qi.
"How are you, Bai Qi? Let me see. Are you seriously injured?"
Gu Yuan stepped forward a few steps with a displeased look on his face. "Don't worry. He won't die."
I looked at Gu Yuan discontentedly and only then noticed that Gu Yuan's face was as pale as a paper figurine.
It seemed that the poison of the red - training snake corpse was no simple matter.
"Are... are you okay?" I helped Bai Qi up and asked Gu Yuan somewhat embarrassedly.
"Don't worry. I won't die either."
Seeing this, Jun He was not to be outdone and broke the awkward silence with a remark.
"Oh, you all won't die, but I'm about to. Hurry up, Lan Lan. Come and support me. I'm very precious."
"You? I think you're more lively than a monkey."
Seeing my still angry face, Gu Yuan stepped forward and said, "I've booked the train tickets for this afternoon. We'll go home later."
"Go home? Where?" I pouted. Actually, I wasn't angry anymore, but I just didn't want to admit it.
"Go to your home for the New Year." After he said this, the jealousy on his face still hadn't faded. He stepped forward and pulled me to his side.
"I said I'd protect you, and I won't break my promise." Gu Yuan's deep eyes were filled with indescribable stories.
"Come with me for a while." Gu Yuan called Bai Qi and Jun He aside.
The two were quite cooperative and obediently followed him to a small playground not far away.
I hid behind a big tree, wanting to hear what they were talking about.
Bai Qi stole a glance at me, put his hands behind his back, and gently flicked his fingers. A light - blue spiritual butterfly flapped its wings and landed on my shoulder.
Before I could figure out what he meant, the spiritual butterfly started to transmit a voice.
Bai Qi was really my right - hand man. He always knew what I was thinking.
"Both of you promised to protect Lan Lan. Will you never go back on your word for the rest of your lives?"
Gu Yuan suddenly changed the subject and said to Bai Qi and Jun He.
"Of course. I'm waiting to take over from you." Jun He smiled wickedly and replied to Gu Yuan.
"You're not the one to take over." Bai Qi retorted at Jun He discontentedly.
"Then will it be you?" The two were about to fight as they talked.
Even from a distance, I could feel Gu Yuan's strong sense of melancholy.
"I want you two to swear to be loyal to Lan Chiyu to the death." Gu Yuan's voice was low, and there was no sign of joking.
Needless to say, Bai Qi immediately raised his hand to swear.
Jun He pouted and said, "I'm absolutely loyal to Lan Chiyu. You can rest assured."
I grabbed the big tree beside me with both hands. My fingernails were almost digging into the dry bark.
Gu Yuan, what on earth was he hiding from me? I always felt that he was like someone making arrangements for his own death.
Then Bai Qi asked the question that I wanted to ask.
"What do you mean by entrusting Lan Lan to us? What are you going to do?"
After a few seconds, Gu Yuan replied, "You don't need to know this... Your task is to protect her well."
Jun He put his hands behind his back and said to Bai Qi, "Bai Qi, don't ask anymore. Look at his appearance. He must be afraid of implicating Lan Lan in something."
Bai Qi's blue eyes lifted slightly. "But Lan Lan can't live without you."
Gu Yuan had his back to me. I couldn't see his expression now, but from his slightly trembling back, I could feel that he was touched by Bai Qi's words.
"It's getting late. I'll leave first."
Gu Yuan simply didn't answer Bai Qi's question. He turned around and walked towards me.
I quickly put away the spiritual butterfly that Bai Qi had placed on my shoulder and pretended that I hadn't heard anything.
"Enjoyed eavesdropping, didn't you?" Gu Yuan glanced at the spiritual butterfly in my hand with his calm eyes and said indifferently.
Since I was caught, there was no need to hide anymore. I let the spiritual butterfly fly away and asked Gu Yuan seriously:
"What on earth are you hiding from me? Aren't you going to tell me at this time?"