The monster and the broken rocks plummeted into the abyss, and Xu Qi and Yun Yun also fell rapidly downwards.
But amidst the boulders, Xu Qi quickly stepped on each rock, using that momentum to successfully carry Yun Yun and jump to a cave on the cliff!
He discovered this cave by chance while hunting these past few days; it was his trump card for taking such a risky trip!
Fortunately, he succeeded.
As the two successfully fell off the cliff, they landed precisely in a cave, avoiding falling into the abyss below and being smashed to pieces.
"Alright, it's safe here for now. Those magical beasts shouldn't find us so quickly." Xu Qi breathed a sigh of relief and put Yun Yun down.
The cave is located in the middle of a cliff, and the entrance is covered with vines, making it virtually impossible for any magical beast to imagine that they are here.
Yunyun was still in shock.
It all happened so fast that she even thought they were going to die.
As it turned out, Xu Qi actually knew about such a place.
But she didn't want to talk to Xu Qi right now. She just turned her face away slightly and walked into the cave by herself.
Just as she turned around, Xu Qi pounced on her.
Yun Yun was startled, thinking that Xu Qi was going to do something to him again.
But when she turned around, she found Xu Qi lying on the ground, his back a bloody mess, the gruesome wounds dripping with blood.
Seeing how serious his condition was, even Yun Yun couldn't help but open her rosy lips slightly in surprise, her face full of astonishment.
"He suffered so many injuries..."
She didn't even realize how many injuries Xu Qi had sustained while she was fighting the monster.
Looking at Xu Qi lying unconscious on the ground, Yun Yun felt a mix of emotions.
Xu Qi had taken her body, but she was still emotionally turbulent. And now, Xu Qi had suffered such serious injuries while protecting her.
If it weren't for protecting her, facing the siege of monsters, even if Xu Qi wasn't completely unharmed, he wouldn't have suffered such severe injuries.
After struggling with her decision for a while, Yun Yun gritted her teeth, helped Xu Qi up, and walked into the cave.
...
Xu Qi felt pain all over his body, as if dozens of strong men had trampled on him.
Amidst this agonizing torment, he struggled to open his eyes, only to be met with the dim ceiling of the cave.
Once he regained consciousness, Xu Qi quickly remembered what had happened.
He struggled to sit up and found that his upper body clothes were gone, replaced by strips of white cloth that had completely bandaged his wounds.
However, judging from the messy strips of cloth, it was clear that the person responsible for bandaging the wound wasn't very skilled.
Xu Qi also saw the person who helped him bandage his wounds—Yun Yun was sitting next to him, fast asleep.
She rested her head on her knees, leaving two long eyelashes behind, and a trace of sorrow lingered on her beautiful face, as if even in her sleep, she was not at peace.
Looking at her sleeping face, Xu Qi felt an extraordinary sense of peace.
If you put everything else aside, this scene is quite pleasant.
Just as Xu Qi was gazing absently at Yun Yun's sleeping face, the latter's long eyelashes fluttered, and she slowly opened her eyes.
Her eyes, which were still a little blurry, cleared instantly the moment she saw that Xu Qi had woken up.
"You're awake," Yun Yun asked calmly, her tone indifferent.
"Um... thank you for bandaging my wound." Xu Qi smiled.
Yun Yun turned her face slightly away, not wanting to meet Xu Qi's gaze, and said, "I just don't want to see you die here like this."
Her feelings were complicated.
Even though this guy took away her most precious thing, she couldn't bring herself to be ruthless towards him.
Especially when facing that fourth-tier demonic beast, Xu Qi's words, "As long as I am alive, I will not let them hurt you in the slightest," and his willingness to inflict injuries all over his body to protect her.
His actions gradually lessened Yun Yun's resentment towards him, and she was even somewhat moved...
This feeling is not what she wants.
Xu Qi grinned but didn't say anything.
In less than a day, he could clearly feel that Yun Yun's attitude towards him had softened considerably.
It was worth all the injuries he suffered, and he almost got into serious trouble.
The two fell silent again; there was almost no sound in the cave.
Outside, not even the roars of monsters could be heard; the silence was so profound that it made one's mind wander.
After a while, Xu Qi managed to get up and said, "I'll see if I can go out and find something to eat. You wait here for me."
Yun Yun turned around in surprise, then frowned and said, "Are you trying to die if you go out like this?"
Xu Qi's injuries are even more severe than hers.
Going out at this time is practically suicide, isn't it?
"Then we have to go out and find something to eat. Are we going to starve to death here?" Xu Qi turned around and looked at her.
"You won't die if you don't eat for a day, and it's not like there's nothing to eat."
Yun Yun took out a pile of dry rations from her storage ring. "Those who don't want to go out and die, come back and sit down to eat."
"oh."
Xu Qi obediently sat back down, behaving like a well-behaved child.
However, the atmosphere between the two seemed to have changed.
After silently finishing her meal, Yunyun went to a corner and sat cross-legged with her eyes closed.
Seeing this, Xu Qi didn't disturb her. Besides, his injuries were indeed quite serious. After finishing his food, he went to a corner, couldn't resist the drowsiness, and fell asleep.
...
In the following days, both of them stayed in the cave, one healing his wounds and the other trying to break through the seal.
No monsters outside expected them to be hiding here.
Xu Qi's injuries have healed considerably.
Although he hasn't fully recovered, it no longer significantly affects his normal activities.
In contrast, Yun Yun had been sitting cross-legged for two days and two nights straight, without moving an inch.
I could faintly sense her aura fluctuating, and it was getting stronger and stronger.
"Judging from this, she should be about to break the seal..." Xu Qi murmured softly.
Just then, as if to verify that his guess was correct.
A powerful aura surged from Yun Yun's body, instantly spreading throughout the entire Monster Mountain Range.
Her seal has been broken!
Opening her eyes, an air of nobility naturally emanated from her.
At this moment, she was no longer the frail woman who had carefully sealed away her power and lost all her cultivation, but the sect leader of Yunlan Sect who had recovered her Douhuang cultivation!
"Sect Master, congratulations on breaking the seal and regaining your strength."
Xu Qi walked up with a smile on his face.
But the next moment, a long sword was pressed against his throat, the cold sword intent stinging his skin.
Xu Qi's heart skipped a beat, and he dared not move.
"metropolitan..."
He wanted to say something, but seeing the shame, indignation, struggle, and confusion on Yun Yun's face, he swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue...