Seeing this, Xue Liang was horrified. He quickened his steps and rushed forward to stop the two from fighting.
He knew very well that if they continued to fight, the grotto might collapse. This place was the fruit of all his hard work. If it was all destroyed, the pills he had been refining for years would probably go to waste.
He grabbed his whisk and was just about to rush forward to help Gu Yuan when the two once again pushed their palms against each other with all their might. Their magical powers were so powerful that as soon as he got close, he was sent flying by the powerful airwave.
His back hit the large cauldron, and there was a sizzling sound like roasting meat.
He let out a shrill scream, which was extremely ear - piercing, just like a eunuch screaming with a strangled throat.
Even though the ground was shaking and the mountains were trembling, I could hear his painful wail. He bounced off the huge cauldron, grabbed his whisk and kept brushing his back. It took him a long time to stop. When he turned around, almost a layer of skin had come off his back.
Hearing Xue Liang's strange scream beside him, Gu Yuan didn't show the slightest bit of worry. Instead, he hooked out a sinister smile and then suddenly withdrew his power.
The Dragon Scale had his back to me, and his body trembled. He didn't expect Gu Yuan to suddenly withdraw his magical power. Without having time to withdraw his own strength, due to inertia, the Dragon Scale's two palms heavily hit Gu Yuan's chest.
Gu Yuan was pushed back five or six steps. He pressed one hand on his chest and knelt on one knee. A mouthful of black blood spurted out from his mouth. He must have been seriously injured.
My heart skipped a beat. I felt so heart - broken that I lifted my foot and wanted to rush forward to check on his condition, but I was "frozen" on the spot by Gu Yuan's bone - chilling gaze. His eyes clearly showed that he resisted my approach.
Seeing his expression, I even despised my own behavior. Lan Chiyu, what are you thinking? He clearly wanted to kill you. Why do you still feel sorry for him?
Thinking of this, the foot I had just lifted slowly retracted, and I pretended to be indifferent to him.
At the same time, the Dragon Scale retracted his palms, stood sideways, and looked at Gu Yuan in confusion, as if he didn't understand what Gu Yuan was up to.
Xue Liang was incredulous to see that Gu Yuan, with such powerful magical power, could still be injured in the palm - to - palm fight with the Dragon Scale. He quickly stepped forward to check on Gu Yuan's injury. After confirming that Gu Yuan was really seriously injured, he looked up at the Dragon Scale and said, "I didn't expect Young Master Long's magical power to be so powerful. Even Crown Prince Yuan is no match for you. Let's call it quits today."
Saying this, he waved his hand at his subordinates. Those subordinates, upon receiving the order, swarmed towards the Dragon Scale.
While the Dragon Scale was entangled in fighting with the small soldiers and had no time to pay attention to them, Xue Liang waved his whisk. The large cauldron shrank to the size of a small bowl and was put into his long sleeve.
Immediately afterwards, he carried Gu Yuan and turned into a beam of light, disappearing into the cave.
The Dragon Scale protected me. The jade - bone fan in his hand, with a strong wind, spun and flew towards the necks of those minions.
"Swish, swish, swish..." After a few rounds, all the minions fell to the ground one by one, transforming into their beast forms and lying in a pool of blood.
What kind of monsters were these minions? I couldn't recognize a single one of them. They looked like a mishmash of several animals.
At the end of the fight, the Dragon Scale didn't forget to leave two alive. He strode towards them. The two minions were already scared out of their wits. They knelt on their knees and kept begging.
"Great Immortal, spare our lives. We were also forced. Please let us go?"
"Your master is called Xue Liang?" the Dragon Scale asked.
"I... I don't know. I only know... he... he is the Medicine King of the Ghost Valley. They won't tell us anything else."
The two minions stammered as they spoke. They didn't seem to be lying.
The Dragon Scale didn't ask any more questions. He picked up the fan in his hand and tapped them on the head. He said to them, "You can go."
The two of them didn't expect the Dragon Scale to let them go so readily. They looked at each other, were stunned for two seconds, then immediately reacted, quickly kowtowed to the Dragon Scale, and then ran away in a hurry.
The Dragon Scale had his back to me. After watching them leave, he turned around and walked towards me.
Seeing him approaching me, instead of feeling safe, I felt a little scared and quickly took a step back.
Seeing my reaction, the Dragon Scale immediately stopped. There was a hint of guilt in his surprised eyes.
"You're afraid of me?" His voice was very gentle, just like the first concerned greeting from an old friend after a long time apart.
To be honest, at this moment, I felt a bit ungrateful. I was the one who asked him to come and save me. Now that he had saved me, but because of the many entanglements between him and me related to Man Yue, there was always a knot in my heart that I couldn't untangle. At this moment, I inevitably had the feeling of getting out of the tiger's den only to fall into the wolf's lair.
I didn't know if he still wanted my life to save Man Yue's.
"No... no..." I felt so guilty that my voice was very soft.
"I'm sorry." The Dragon Scale slightly lowered his eyes, and the corners of his mouth drooped. Was he apologizing to me?
I raised my eyes and tilted my head to look at him. I was confused by his sudden apology.
"What?" I asked.
"I scared you before because of Man Yue. It's my fault." Seeing that I didn't quite understand, the Dragon Scale continued to explain to me.
"It's... it's okay." I twisted the corners of my clothes with both hands and still didn't dare to look at him.
"Can I take a few steps forward?" The Dragon Scale was surprisingly gentlemanly today. I slightly raised my eyes to look at him. His expression was full of apology.
I forced a smile and gave him a smiley face: "Thank you for today." Then I immediately lowered my head awkwardly.
Seeing that I wasn't so resistant to him, he then took steps towards me.
"Actually, I wanted to take you away before. It wasn't because I wanted to hurt you," the Dragon Scale said in a low voice.
"Then why?" I asked curiously.
"You've seen it. Gu Yuan's personality is now unpredictable. The thing inside his body is almost out of control. So..."
"So you wanted to save me, not to make me replace Man Yue?" I took over his words and continued to ask.
He nodded: "We are friends who have gone through life - and - death situations. I definitely won't be as heartless as Gu Yuan and do something to hurt you."
"What about Man Yue? Didn't you approach me for her sake?" I continued to ask.
"She..." When mentioning Man Yue, the Dragon Scale hesitated.
"Does she know what you're thinking?" I continued to ask.
"The night I gave her the Eight - Tear Vessel, she left. I can't find her." When the Dragon Scale said this, his eyes dimmed. He must have felt very guilty about Man Yue.
Since that was the case, I couldn't poke at his sore spot anymore. I quickly shifted the topic to myself.
"The person who was with Gu Yuan is indeed called Xue Liang. He used to be a high - ranking immortal in the Celestial Realm."
"Just as I thought. As far as I know, he committed the serious crime of promiscuity in the Celestial Court back then and was demoted to the mortal world. I didn't expect him to cultivate a whole set of evil skills and do evil things in the mortal world."
"This person is really hateful. He deserves to die."
"He really deserves to die. According to Gu Yuan's personality, why would he hang out with him?" the Dragon Scale also asked puzzledly.