Lu Yuan appeared in front of Zhao Qiao'er like a savior descending from heaven.
No one could have imagined this.
No one would have thought that this little Daoist, who had been looked down upon by the people of Wuqing Temple earlier, would actually turn back against the flow at such a desperate moment.
To Zhao Qiao'er, the current Lu Yuan was practically glowing with holy light!
Especially after just experiencing abandonment and falling into complete despair, Lu Yuan's image in her heart at this moment was beyond words.
No one knew how Lu Yuan had arrived here.
But he had.
He had just suddenly appeared in front of her like this.
Zhao Qiao'er's nose stung. Tears welled up in her eyes, and she almost cried out loud.
"…!"
Her voice was choked, and she couldn't even finish a single sentence.
But now was not the time for reminiscing.
Lu Yuan didn't have the time to listen to her crying either. His tone was decisive, leaving no room for discussion:
"Don't talk!!"
"Get on! Hurry!!"
Zhao Qiao'er did not waste another word.
She lifted her skirt. Under the moonlight, her full, long, snow-white legs drew a breathtaking arc.
She hurried behind Lu Yuan and pressed her soft body straight onto his back.
To be honest, Lu Yuan wasn't very tall.
After all, he was still growing—just a little over 1.7 meters tall.
But Zhao Qiao'er's figure…
Even barefoot, she was nearly 1.9 meters tall.
And she wasn't a skinny bamboo pole either.
She was a fully ripened, top-grade peach.
Every inch of her radiated astonishing fullness and sexiness—the kind of ultimate charm of a fruit heavy on a slender branch.
The moment Zhao Qiao'er leaned onto him, along with her weight came her intoxicating feminine fragrance.
Even though their size difference was huge, Lu Yuan was a proper Daoist.
He trained every day without fail, and whenever he went out on jobs, he would trek dozens of miles over mountains. His body had long been tempered far beyond that of an ordinary person.
The instant Zhao Qiao'er was stable on his back, Lu Yuan reached both arms back and firmly held up her two stunningly curved, full, snow-white thighs.
He exerted strength from his waist and back and lifted her entire body in one smooth motion, without the slightest hesitation.
At the side, the butler Wang Fu was about to command the guards to come protect them.
But Lu Yuan, without even turning his head, shouted in a low voice:
"Butler Wang, don't worry about us!"
"These things are coming for Aunt Qiao'er! I'll take her away—naturally the evil things will chase after us!"
"You take the chance to go down the mountain and hide in the ancestral hall in town!"
Wang Fu was stunned and subconsciously looked at Zhao Qiao'er on Lu Yuan's back.
Zhao Qiao'er immediately understood and urgently ordered:
"Listen to my nephew!"
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Yuan stopped wasting time.
With this astonishing "jade Bodhisattva" on his back, he kicked off with both legs and shot into the vast night like an arrow leaving the bow.
Honestly speaking, in the current situation…
If you wanted to rescue Zhao Qiao'er alone, even a five-star Heavenly Master wouldn't be as useful as Lu Yuan!
Why?
Because right now everything was too chaotic.
Even if a five-star Heavenly Master came, it would still be extremely hard to rely on spiritual perception to determine which direction had evil things and where to run.
They were surrounded.
If you ran in the wrong direction, one small mistake and you'd plunge straight into a nest of evil spirits.
Just like Hengmin and Huang Guanmin from Wuqing Temple.
From the very beginning, they had decided to abandon Zhao Qiao'er and break out on their own.
But even now, they still hadn't broken out.
Why?
They couldn't find the direction!
It was pitch-black outside. They couldn't tell where there were more evil things and where there were fewer.
So they could only rush around like headless flies. Once they ran into resistance from evil things, they could only retreat and try another direction.
But Lu Yuan was different.
Lu Yuan had the [Demon-Slaying and Evil-Exorcising] System.
Where there were evil things, where the road was clear—everything was marked clearly for him.
So it was as if Lu Yuan had opened a heavenly eye. He chose a direction with fewer evil things and charged straight into the dark night.
Naturally, what Lu Yuan did was seen by Huang Guanmin.
Watching the stunning, sexy Zhao Qiao'er lying on Lu Yuan's back and disappearing into the night with him, Huang Guanmin felt a mix of emotions he couldn't describe.
In the mountain ravine, Lu Yuan carried Zhao Qiao'er and sprinted wildly through the night.
If a powerful evil blocked the way ahead, Lu Yuan would immediately twist his body and change direction, turning into another inconspicuous small path.
A body just over 1.7 meters tall, carrying a peerlessly beautiful woman who was much taller and fuller than himself—and yet he ran incredibly fast.
Lu Yuan perfectly demonstrated the phrase: "The essence is in the concentration."
A little rabbit carrying a big white radish—fast as hell!!
"Good nephew, good nephew! If I can survive this disaster, I'll treat you like my own nephew from now on!"
"When the time comes, whatever you want, Auntie will give you! I guarantee you wealth and glory for life!"
On Lu Yuan's back, Zhao Qiao'er, holding tightly to his neck, spoke with eyes full of gratitude.
These words were not only from the heart and not only from gratitude.
They were also an instinctive promise made after grabbing onto the only life-saving straw.
She was too scared.
Scared that Lu Yuan wouldn't be able to keep running.
Scared that Lu Yuan, like Huang Guanmin, would at some moment abandon her burden in order to save himself.
Lu Yuan heard the panic in her words.
He slightly turned his head and, amid the bumps, grinned, showing a mouthful of white teeth.
"Aunt Qiao'er, don't say things like that. We're not saving you for any wealth or glory."
"We're saving you purely because it would be too much of a waste for such a great beauty to die here, and we wouldn't feel right about it."
"Just put your heart at ease. Today, I'll definitely carry you out safely."
When it was time to talk sweet, you still had to talk sweet~
That way, after really saving Zhao Qiao'er, you could also get more reward money, right?~
"Put your heart at ease" was something Zhao Qiao'er had heard before.
Back then, Huang Guanmin had also told her to put her heart at ease.
But Huang Guanmin's dog-in-heat behavior back then had made Zhao Qiao'er instinctively wary.
Now, under the cold moonlight, looking at Lu Yuan's young yet steady profile…
She felt an unprecedented sense of security.
Zhao Qiao'er was extremely shrewd. Of course she could tell that this "good nephew" was teasing her, trying to make her relax.
At this moment, she suddenly understood why Song Meiqin—a proud, picky, and sharp-tongued young lady—had praised Lu Yuan so much.
What woman wouldn't like such a young man?
Zhao Qiao'er's arms around Lu Yuan's neck unconsciously tightened a little more, and she breathed softly:
"Auntie… trusts you!"
After Lu Yuan carried Zhao Qiao'er and zigzagged around for more than ten minutes, he discovered a severe problem.
Damn it!
There were too many evil things!
There was no way down the mountain!!
All the paths down the mountain were blocked!
But as the famous "White-Robed Little Daoist" of this area, Lu Yuan was definitely not someone with only a little skill!
If he couldn't run out, then he'd hide!
He'd take cover!!
A map flashed in Lu Yuan's mind. He immediately locked onto another direction and charged off again.
A few hundred meters away, there was a Mountain God Temple!
When Daoists go out to do jobs, the preparations aren't limited to just setting up rituals around the area.
They also investigate the surrounding terrain in advance, just in case something goes wrong and they need a retreat route.
Actually, logically speaking, Old Master Xu's zombie was only a three-star threat to Lu Yuan.
There was no need to be so cautious.
But Lu Yuan believed he didn't have many other strengths—he was just cautious and steady!
As soon as he arrived today, he had already sent Xu Erxiao and Wang Cheng'an to scout the surroundings.
A few hundred meters ahead—there was a Mountain God Temple!
Since he couldn't run out, then go into the Mountain God Temple!
Hide in a Mountain God Temple where a righteous deity is on duty—let's see if these evil things still dare to act up!
Three to five minutes later, after passing through a rugged mountain path, the outline of the Mountain God Temple, hidden among the trees, finally appeared in his view!
But just as Lu Yuan was about to gather his strength and rush straight into the Mountain God Temple, his steps suddenly halted, and his whole body froze in place.
Shit!!
Damn it!!
Ran into pig teammates!!
The Mountain God in the Mountain God Temple is not on duty!!
To judge whether the Mountain God is on duty, you never look at whether the golden statue is bright.
You look at whether the old tree in front of the temple is sprouting new buds, and whether there's bird droppings on the tiles of the roof.
And the temple in front of him—
The old locust tree in front had withered branches, and the tiles on the roof were covered in a thick layer of bird droppings!
This Mountain God hadn't been back for who knows how many years!
This temple was just an empty shell!
Lu Yuan cursed viciously in his heart.
Damn it!!
It must have been that little bastard Xu Erxiao slacking off!
Back then, he probably took a glance from afar, saw that the statue still looked decent, and ran back to report and be done with it!
"Good nephew…"
"W-what… what's wrong? Why did you stop?"
Zhao Qiao'er, lying on Lu Yuan's back, didn't understand how to judge a Mountain God Temple.
But the body beneath her that had always been as steady as a rock suddenly tensed up in that instant.
Lu Yuan only froze for half a second.
Then he turned around and charged toward the deeper, higher part of the mountain!
"It's fine, Aunt Qiao'er!"
"Don't worry. I said I'd keep you safe, and I will!"
"Go up the mountain!! Find Thunderfire Stone!"
"I just hope Wang Cheng'an that kid is reliable this time!!"
"Otherwise… today we're really going to die here!"