80: Chapter 80: The troops split up and temporarily hide on the cliff; the sword immortal in the cave plays with the clear frost.

"For this life-saving grace, I, Jiang Baigui, will repay you in the future!"

As this resonant promise echoed over Tianyin Pass.

The figure of the State Preceptor of Yankang, Jiang Baigui, turned into a stream of light and vanished completely at the horizon.

Ye Xiu held his wine gourd, watching the direction where Jiang Baigui had departed, a playful smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

This State Preceptor of Yankang was the core of the world's reform; saving him was not only equivalent to placing a heavy bet on the national fortune of the Yankang Kingdom.

It also directly disrupted the entire plan of those behind-the-scenes manipulators from the original story.

This deal was an absolute steal!

However, the smile on Ye Xiu's face had not yet fully bloomed.

His heterochromatic gold and silver eyes suddenly constricted, and he whipped his head around to look toward the deepest part of Tianyin Pass.

"Rumble!"

The canyon, which had been somewhat peaceful after the Poor Scholar was crippled, suddenly erupted with two terrifying pressures, even more violent and suffocating than before!

The sky on the left was instantly shrouded by a nauseating, sickly green poisonous cloud.

From within the clouds came a scalp-numbing "buzzing" sound, as if billions of insects were gnawing at space itself.

The firmament on the right was forcibly torn apart by a white-gold Sword Qi, sharp to the extreme.

That Sword Qi was mixed with intense hatred for a fallen nation and the wrath of an emperor; even the black miasma that had lingered in Tianyin Pass for millions of years was split in two!

"Not good! They are here!"

Qiu Dieyi, hiding in Ye Xiu's arms, trembled violently, her beautiful face, which had just been flushed with passion, turning deathly pale in an instant.

Even her voice carried a hint of uncontrollable fear.

"Who?"

Ye Xiu frowned slightly; he could feel that the owners of these two auras were both genuine Peak Divine Bridge Realm experts.

And they were the type of ruthless characters who had wandered on the edge of life and death for years, decisive in their killing!

"It is the founding Ancestral Master of the Southern Border's Three Wonders Fort, Perfected Lord Tian! And... the founding monarch of the Chuyun Kingdom, Layabout Li!"

Qiu Dieyi explained quickly, her speech rapid:

"Perfected Lord Tian's son was once killed by the State Preceptor, and she hates Yankang to the bone.

She Cultivates extremely vicious Gu arts, the 'Five Gu Dragon Transformation Technique' and the 'Seven Absolute God-Devouring Gu', which specifically target a Cultivator's Divine Treasury.

Once her Gu insects enter the body, not even an immortal can save you!"

"And that Layabout Li was originally the monarch of Chuyun. After Chuyun was trampled by the iron cavalry of Yankang, he became a top-tier Sword Cultivator.

His sword has only pure destruction and ruin; he is the absolute main force for our ambush on the State Preceptor this time!"

Hearing these two names, Yu Yuan Chuyu and Long Jiaonan, who were to the side, also changed color.

Although they worshipped Ye Xiu's strength blindly, Ye Xiu had just exhausted his trump cards to deal with the Poor Scholar.

He had even used the "Wine God Sword Intent," which consumed the most mental energy.

Facing two old monsters in the Divine Bridge Realm who were at their Peak and filled with rage right now.

Even if Ye Xiu were made of iron, he would likely struggle to ensure the safety of the three women!

Having just used his ultimate move, fighting head-on now was definitely unwise, especially when he had to be distracted to protect the three women.

"Chuyu, Jiaonan!"

Ye Xiu made a prompt decision, his body erupting with brilliant purple-gold Dragon Qi, forcibly shaking open a gap in the incoming Gu insects and Sword Intent.

"Here!"

Both women replied in unison; they knew this was absolutely not the time for romantic entanglements.

"The two of you, retreat immediately to the secluded valley on the left! You have my Pure Yang Dragon Qi protecting you; as long as you don't actively expose yourselves, their Gu insects cannot track you!"

"Then what about you, Husband?!"

Yu Yuan Chuyu cried out anxiously.

"Me?"

Ye Xiu's mouth curled into a wild and uninhibited arc.

He pulled Qiu Dieyi, who was still slightly dazed, over to his side, pressing her soft, boneless body tightly into his arms.

"I am, of course, going to take our 'traitorous' Palace Master and go play a game of hide-and-seek with these two old monsters!"

"You two go quickly, don't cause me trouble! As long as you are safe, if I want to leave, no one in this world can stop me!"

With that, Ye Xiu yanked open his wine gourd and threw his head back to gulp down a large mouthful of strong liquor.

Then, toward the sickly green poisonous cloud and the white-gold Sword Qi tearing through the sky, he let out an extremely arrogant roar:

"Old hag! Fallen subject!"

"If you have the guts, come chase me!"

"Boom!"

Ye Xiu's shout directly maxed out the taunt.

The remaining purple-gold Dragon Qi in his body erupted, and he turned into a blinding stream of light.

Holding Qiu Dieyi.

He dove headfirst without hesitation into the black cliff group on the right side of Tianyin Pass, where the terrain was the most treacherous and saw no sunlight all year round!

"Little beast, don't run! I will have ten thousand Gu devour your heart!"

"Qiu Dieyi, you treacherous woman who betrayed the alliance, today I will use your blood to sacrifice to the flag!"

Perfected Lord Tian and Layabout Li were indeed completely enraged.

In their eyes, the culprit who crippled the Poor Scholar and let Jiang Baigui escape was Ye Xiu, while Qiu Dieyi was a traitor beyond redemption.

As for Yu Yuan Chuyu and Long Jiaonan, who were fleeing to the other side, they couldn't be bothered to care.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

The two old monsters of the Divine Bridge Realm turned into two terrifying torrents of slaughter.

Carrying a sky full of buzzing poisonous Gu and sword radiance that shredded the Void Realm, they chased after Ye Xiu, biting at his heels.

...

The cliff group of Tianyin Pass was simply a natural death maze.

Everywhere here were sharp, jagged rocks, bottomless crevices, and thick miasma that could block the detection of Divine Sense.

"Rumble!"

Layabout Li swung his sword, and the violent Sword Qi rudely severed a black stone Peak dozens of zhang high that was blocking his path; rubble fell like raindrops.

"Little thief, you cannot escape! My 'Seven Absolute God-Devouring Gu' has already locked onto your damned Yang Qi!"

Perfected Lord Tian's night-owl-like roar echoed continuously between the cliffs.

And in a mountain crevice less than two hundred zhang away from them, which was extremely hidden and covered by thick vines and miasma.

Ye Xiu and Qiu Dieyi were pressed tightly against the cold, damp rock wall, holding their breath.

The interior of this crevice happened to be a natural, gourd-shaped small stone cave, and the space was extremely cramped.

It was so small that it was impossible for two people to stand side by side.

Ye Xiu had to turn around, using his broad, sturdy back to brace against the outer rock wall.

Pressing Qiu Dieyi's entire delicate body seamlessly into the innermost corner.

This was an extremely ambiguous, even suffocating posture.

Qiu Dieyi's smooth, full forehead was almost pressed against Ye Xiu's chin.

"Mm..."

In the darkness, Qiu Dieyi let out an extremely faint whimper.

It was not only because of the cramped space and the squeezing of their bodies.

It was even more so because, in order to cover their tracks and prevent the Gu insects outside from smelling them out.

Ye Xiu had to drive the extremely domineering "Pure Yang Dragon Qi" within his body to its limit.

Turning it into an invisible fire shield that wrapped the two of them tightly.

The intensely hot Pure Yang Qi, in such a small, enclosed space.

Instantly raised the temperature here to an incredible level.

A strange and intense tingling sensation washed over her, wave after wave, impacting her already fragmented Dao Heart.

"Don't make a sound."

Ye Xiu lowered his head, his lips almost brushing against Qiu Dieyi's crystal-clear earlobe.

His breath, carrying the faint scent of wine and scorching male pheromones, sprayed without reservation onto Qiu Dieyi's sensitive side of her neck.

"Perfected Lord Tian's Gu insects are extremely sensitive to sound and True Qi fluctuations; if you cry out now, the two of us will really become a pair of doomed lovers."

Ye Xiu's voice was kept very low, but it carried a hint of cynical mockery.

"You... don't get so close..."

A mist of water welled up in Qiu Dieyi's eyes, and she desperately tried to shrink back in the darkness.

However, her back was already against the cold, hard rock, and there was nowhere left to retreat.

What was even more fatal was that her snow-white flowing cloud dress, which symbolized the nobility and majesty of the Palace Master of Liqing.

Was now completely soaked with fragrant sweat under the friction of their bodies and the steaming of the Pure Yang Qi.

The originally light fabric was now like a second layer of skin, clinging tightly to her body.

Outlining her devilish curves, which were usually hidden by wide robes, in a heart-stopping way.

"Palace Master, your heart is beating too fast."

Ye Xiu released the hand covering her mouth, but his calloused fingertips did not move away.

Instead, they slid down along her snow-white, smooth cheek, extremely slowly and extremely flippantly.

Sliding past her long, fair swan-like neck, sliding past her exquisite and sexy collarbone.

Finally, stopping at the edge of the snow-white skin tightly wrapped by the soaked white clothes.

"The way you look now, how are you like a Divine Bridge Realm expert who Cultivates the Dao of Ruthlessness?"

"You are clearly just a... frightened little white rabbit, shivering in the hunter's arms."

"You..."