20: Do you really want nothing?

After the shock, Xiao Yi Xian felt the hand on her waist, and her face instantly flushed.

Xiao Yi Xian felt shy, emotional value +100.

Her fingers clutched the hem of her clothes, her eyes drifted, and her cheeks and ear tips were bright red. After all, this was Xiao Yi Xian's first time being in such close proximity to a man.

In the past, when faced with the pursuit of others, although she had a gentle personality, she always avoided them. In her eyes, those people were not as important as a single medicinal herb.

But when it was Gu Fei... Xiao Yi Xian patted her cheeks, shaking off the wild thoughts in her mind.

Gu Fei glanced at her, and the corner of his mouth unconsciously curved slightly.

Next, Gu Fei and Xiao Yi Xian descended to the middle of the cliff.

Just as they were about to approach the ground, a rock snake suddenly darted out, its cold forked tongue flicking out, its tail tip hooked up, as if it was about to swallow both of them in the next second.

Although Xiao Yi Xian was not afraid of snakes, she would sometimes turn pale when suddenly startled by a snake while gathering herbs.

But this time, the feeling she got was different from before.

Xiao Yi Xian felt dependent and trusting, emotional value +100.

Xiao Yi Xian leaned against Gu Fei, fearless.

She relied on his slender body, feeling very secure in her heart.

Because Xiao Yi Xian knew that with Gu Fei present, there would be no danger.

Although he was not as tall and burly as those mercenaries, he would never fall.

After Gu Fei effortlessly dealt with the rock snake, he finally saw an inconspicuous platform extending from the bottom of the cliff.

He lightly tapped his toes, hovering slightly above the platform, and surveyed his surroundings.

It was very cluttered here, and no one usually came, so they had nowhere to land.

Gu Fei pondered for a moment, then raised his palm and unleashed a gust of wind.

His control over his strength was extremely perfect; he only moved aside the surrounding broken branches and fallen leaves, without causing any other damage.

Gu Fei descended with Xiao Yi Xian. After his hand released her, the warm sensation faded, and Xiao Yi Xian felt a strange emptiness in her heart.

Xiao Yi Xian felt lost, emotional value +100.

She came back to her senses, remembering that she had just been lingering over Gu Fei's hand that had embraced her waist, and couldn't help but blush.

Soon, she seriously looked around, confirmed her destination, then stepped forward and called back.

"Young Master, this way."

Soon, they arrived at the entrance of a cave. It was clearly a sunny day, and the surroundings were very hot, but the cave in front of them exuded a cold Yin Qi.

Next, Gu Fei led the way into the cave. The interior of the cave was quiet and dark, almost to the point where one couldn't see their own hand.

As the two walked through it, Gu Fei remained calm, his steps steady, but Xiao Yi Xian's face grew paler.

A faint chill in the cave lingered around her, and Xiao Yi Xian's body shivered slightly, feeling goosebumps all over.

Gu Fei, however, felt fine. With his Fighting Qi protecting his body, he could naturally regulate his body temperature and was not afraid of the cold.

In the quiet passage, there were only the subtle footsteps of the two, echoing one by one.

Xiao Yi Xian was not incredibly brave, and faced with such a somewhat claustrophobic environment, she couldn't help but feel a little scared.

Fortunately, Gu Fei was with her. Xiao Yi Xian secretly breathed a sigh of relief, following closely behind Gu Fei the entire way, not daring to fall a single step behind.

They had been walking for quite a while, and the cave seemed endless. Xiao Yi Xian's feet were starting to ache, but she gritted her teeth and refused to say anything.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, Gu Fei in front abruptly stopped.

Xiao Yi Xian was in a daze and, caught unawares, due to inertia, she crashed tightly into Gu Fei's back, resulting in direct intimate contact between the two.

"I'm sorry, Young Master, I didn't know you were going to stop suddenly. I'm really sorry, I just wasn't paying attention..."

Xiao Yi Xian felt flustered, emotional value +100.

Xiao Yi Xian didn't know why, but her heart was pounding rapidly.

She felt her face burning, her expression flustered, and she apologized to Gu Fei in a confused tone.

Her voice carried an unnoticeable hint of a sob, which Gu Fei immediately heard.

Even though Xiao Yi Xian was clearly hurt by the collision, she was still apologizing to him. Gu Fei smiled helplessly: "It's okay, I also didn't notice you were still following closely behind..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian's heart beat even faster, completely unlike the popular and calm Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town.

The next moment, Xiao Yi Xian looked around and understood why Gu Fei had suddenly stopped; the path ahead was blocked by a stone door.

"Stone doors like this usually have mechanisms. I'll go look for them..." Xiao Yi Xian tentatively began.

"No need to trouble yourself..."

Gu Fei shook his head and struck out with his palm.

The seemingly heavy stone door in front shattered in response.

Xiao Yi Xian unconsciously flinched from the shattered stones, but was amazed to see that under Gu Fei's control, not a single shard splashed towards them.

Xiao Yi Xian felt admiration, emotional value +100.

The Young Master is truly too strong!

His control over Fighting Qi has reached an extraordinary level.

Xiao Yi Xian sighed in her heart.

Next, the two ventured deeper into the cave to retrieve treasures and saw three chests along the way.

Because the demon fire remnant map was with the skeleton, Xiao Yi Xian dared not approach, so Gu Fei went to retrieve the key.

While moving, he also secretly took out the demon fire remnant map hidden in the skeleton's arm and put it into his storage ring.

Gu Fei did not intend to mention this item; even if he did, it would be pointless, as Xiao Yi Xian could not even come into contact with such things.

Knowing too much would not do her any good.

Next, they opened the treasure chests one by one. Inside were the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, a flying Dou Technique, and a scroll of Advanced Profound Rank Dou Technique.

Xiao Yi Xian's eyes lit up, almost blinded by the numerous treasures.

Xiao Yi Xian felt surprised, emotional value +100.

Gu Fei glanced over them, not wanting any of them.

With his current cultivation, unless there was an Advanced Earth Rank or higher flying Dou Technique, anything else would be useless to him.

"Young Master, you don't want anything?"

Xiao Yi Xian felt guilty, emotional value +100.

Seeing Gu Fei give her all the items from the three treasure chests, Xiao Yi Xian couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

She had asked for help but hadn't offered any benefits in return.

However, it was also possible that Gu Fei genuinely didn't care for these things.

Gu Fei couldn't bear to see the beauty frown, so he cast his gaze towards a pile of wild medicinal herbs not far away.

"There are some good medicinal herbs over there. Let's consider them your reward for inviting me down into the cave this time!"

Gu Fei pointed to the medicinal herbs growing in the cave and said with a smile.

"Okay, Young Master, please wait. I'll go and gather them for you now..."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yi Xian smiled brightly, then took out her tools and diligently collected the medicinal herbs.

Gu Fei watched Xiao Yi Xian working seriously, his eyes showing some appreciation.

This woman, while not as beautiful as Xun'er in terms of pure looks, possessed a very unique temperament.