The newcomer wore a dark green long robe, had sword-like eyebrows reaching his temples, sharp eyes, and gazed coldly at Ousi Lanya. His face was unreadable, showing neither joy nor anger. A silver long spear was held diagonally in front of him – it was actually Yang Feng!
Yang Feng asked in a deep voice: “How did you discover me?”
Ousi Lanya smiled: “I’ve had countless men in my life. With just a sniff, I can tell there’s a man in this cave. Your skills are excellent, and you’re a passionate lover who doesn’t cherish tender beauty – you win my heart completely. Lanya really doesn’t know what to do with you. I’ve long heard that Young Master Yang once betrayed his country for Southern Chu’s Noble Consort Dang. Seeing you today, it’s indeed true. You even dared to risk your life coming here despite such a massive collapse of the Hongtian Water Prison. How remarkable!”
Yang Feng laughed coldly. Seeing this woman was extremely dissolute, even though they were now enemies, she still spoke as if acting coquettishly. He said coldly: “I’ve only heard that bitches in heat have such abilities. I never expected Saint Ousi to be skilled in this way too. It’s truly eye-opening.”
Ousi Lanya’s willow eyebrows shot up. She laughed coldly and said softly: “Such a sharp tongue. I just wonder if Young Master Yang will still have such good spirits in a little while.”
Yang Feng snorted coldly and said in a deep voice: “With just you, what can you do to me?”
Ousi Lanya immediately burst into loud laughter, her body trembling like flowers in the wind as she said: “Know yourself and know your enemy, and you’ll never be defeated in a hundred battles. Young Master’s thinking is brilliant and martial skills profound. Lanya is not skilled in this way, so naturally I bow in defeat. But Young Master doesn’t even know what Lanya excels at yet dares to spar with me – isn’t that somewhat reckless?”
With these words, suddenly a pale purple smoke cloud swept up with a roar. Looking in amazement, it was actually composed of a swarm of pale purple flying insects, buzzing and shrieking, attacking Yang Feng like lightning!
Qing Xia was greatly alarmed. Gripping her dagger, she immediately wanted to rush out. But just then, a delicate cry suddenly rang out like ice and snow in the cave. Ethereal fragrant wind arrived instantly, a flash of jade-colored clothing spiraled upward, and crisp bell sounds rang in their ears.
“Calculating the Eight Trigrams before Fuxi’s gate! Bringing humiliation upon yourself!” Thudding sounds immediately rang out. The pale purple smoke instantly rolled back toward Ousi Lanya like receding sea water. The foul stench was swept away, fragrant wind filled the air, and a jade-clothed woman with a curvaceous figure and bright eyes and white teeth descended riding a bird. With a thud, she stood proudly in front of Yang Feng.
Ousi Lanya was startled and quickly retreated two steps. Her hands moved like flowing willows through flowers, gathering the clouds of smoke. Her eyes were cold, but her lips curved in a cold smile: “I wondered who it was – turns out it’s the famous Seven Trees Witch. After so many years, you’re still the same. Since we parted in Nanjiang that day, it’s been six years. That day Sister Hongshi died with eyes wide open, and the eyeballs you gouged out still hang on the divine pillar at the source gate of the Wuxian tribe. Who would have thought that heaven’s justice is clear, retribution never fails, and fortune’s wheel turns – today has brought us together again. Lie’er, we were once sisters. Now that we’ve met again, we should get nice and close.”
Lie Yunji looked at her with cold eyes, smiled icily, and didn’t even bother to pretend a smile anymore. She snorted coldly: “Back then I was blind to believe the words of a witch like you, treating you as a sister and being deceived by you. I suppose I brought it on myself. Though Sister Hongshi died by my hand, she was framed by you. If her spirit exists, she’ll naturally find her real enemy. I originally didn’t want to concern myself with Wuxian tribe affairs anymore, but today you’re bullying my man. Even if the Heavenly Emperor himself came, this girl would still take your dog life!”
Ousi Lanya laughed sweetly: “Sister Hongshi was incomparably beautiful, rare in the world, and skilled in military strategy – a famous general difficult to find in this age. As they say, since ancient times beauties are like famous generals – the world won’t let them see white hair. She possessed both qualities, so naturally such good fortune would shorten her life. As for your repeated claims that he’s your man, you don’t know that he’s here breaking his heart and lungs for someone else, risking his life to descend into this ten-thousand-zhang deep cave. Sister, your wishful thinking – how can you bear it?”
Lie Yunji’s eyebrows shot up in great anger: “If you want to fight, then fight! Where do all these useless words come from!”
Ousi Lanya suddenly threw back her head and laughed loudly, laughing until her body trembled like flowers in the wind, half of her jade breast exposed and glowing with flesh-colored light, her waist trembling lightly. Suddenly she cried out in surprise, her five fingers forming claws, and gleaming white fingernails suddenly burst out, stabbing down at Lie Yunji’s head!
“Six years without meeting, no progress at all! You dare show off with such methods!” Suddenly shouting fiercely, a jade-colored long rope from her waist suddenly whipped out, tangling with the hook rope on Ousi Lanya’s left hand. Light and mist swirled, poisonous insects flew about, buzzing around the two of them with piercing shrieks.
Yang Feng’s eyebrows shot up, his long spear suddenly attacked, and together with Lie Yunji in front and behind, they sandwiched Ousi Lanya between them.
“Sister is after all a famous expert on the continent. Doing this kind of two-against-one bullying – aren’t you afraid of being laughed at if word gets out?”
Seeing Yang Feng worry about her, Lie Yunji’s heart bloomed with joy. She laughed loudly: “Everyone on the continent calls me a witch – what good reputation do I need? Moreover, today you’re going to die here. Who else could spread these matters!” With these words, a surge of raging red powder suddenly scattered. The powder that had been light as smoke mist immediately transformed into a swarm of buzzing poisonous insects and mosquitoes in the air – pointed heads with jade eyes, crimson bodies, writhing and spiraling, with inverted double wings, flying rapidly toward Ousi Lanya!
Just then, a strange phenomenon suddenly occurred! The huge stone chamber suddenly began shaking madly, the entire earth rocked violently, and stones weighing thousands of pounds crashed down madly, smashing deep pit after deep pit around the several people.
Qing Xia silently thought that Chu Zheng inside must have activated some mechanism. Knowing time was short, she suddenly leaped up. Seeing a huge boulder about to smash onto Yang Feng, she suddenly threw herself forward, rolled on the ground, dodged the massive stone, and shouted sternly: “This place is not suitable for lingering! Let’s go!”
“Qing Xia!” Yang Feng was dumbfounded, his face showing great joy as he shouted in disbelief.
Lie Yunji, who was fighting with Ousi Lanya, heard the voice and looked back. She flew into a rage, immediately ignoring Ousi Lanya beside her. With a swing of her long rope, it shot toward Qing Xia like a spiritual snake!
“Even such a massive collapse of the Hongtian Water Prison couldn’t crush you to death – mud from rivers and sand from seas, you really are everywhere!”
Seeing that she would actually fight with her at this critical moment regardless of the big picture, Qing Xia’s eyebrows shot up. She grabbed the hook rope at her waist and wrapped it around Lie Yunji’s long rope like lightning, shouting sternly: “What time is this? Are you insane?”
Ousi Lanya was slightly stunned, but in an instant her eyes rolled and she understood. With wild shaking all around and huge stones flying everywhere, the purple-clothed woman smiled lazily, stepped into the void, and immediately came forward.
Yang Feng positioned himself in front of Lie Yunji, wanting to separate the two women, but Ousi Lanya interfered. With no choice, he had to deal with Ousi Lanya first. A purple poisonous insect immediately flew swiftly from Ousi Lanya’s large sleeve and bit Yang Feng’s shoulder. Although Yang Feng had been transformed by Lie Yunji to be immune to all poisons, he was still flesh and blood after all. Being bitten by this giant insect caused bone-piercing pain and blood to flow freely.
Both Lie Yunji and Qing Xia saw this and simultaneously ceased fighting to attack Ousi Lanya together. For a moment, Lie Yunji dealt with the poisonous insects while Qing Xia attacked with hook rope and dagger together. Ousi Lanya’s arms and shoulders were stained with blood, her expression cold, as she said sweetly: “Sister Lie has such magnanimity – being so brave and fierce, yet making wedding clothes for others. How wonderfully selfless!”
Lie Yunji snorted coldly and attacked even more fiercely. Cooperating perfectly with Qing Xia like seamless heavenly clothes, they momentarily forced Ousi Lanya into dangerous situations.
Just then, the entire great hall suddenly shook even more violently. Lie Yunji suddenly pushed back Ousi Lanya with one palm, redirecting her attack toward Qing Xia. She scattered a row of hideous poisonous insects, blocking Qing Xia’s retreat, then flashed backward, grabbed the injured Yang Feng, and charged toward the brightly lit corridor!
“Qing Xia!” Yang Feng suddenly roared, broke free from Lie Yunji’s grip, and turned to rush back into the stone chamber dense with stones like rain.
Lie Yunji’s eyebrows shot up, her pretty face cold as frost as she shouted sternly: “Yang Feng, you stop right there!”
Yang Feng’s eyes immediately became icy cold. He stared coldly at Lie Yunji, his eyes full of undisguised disgust and hatred, his tone coldly pained as he said: “Lustful, treacherous witch – get lost!”
With these words, he struck Lie Yunji’s chest with one palm, making her stagger three steps and clear the way. He leaped into the stone snow!
“Qing Xia!” His long spear swept horizontally, forcefully blocking Ousi Lanya’s long rope. He pulled Qing Xia into his arms and said in a deep voice: “How are you?”
Qing Xia’s expression was calm as she shook her head: “I’m fine. Let’s go!”
Three flying knives shot out diagonally, sealing off Ousi Lanya’s forward path with lightning speed. The two people fled together at amazing speed.
“You think you can leave just like that?” Ousi Lanya laughed coldly, her ghostly figure rushing forward.
Lie Yunji, wearing jade-green clothing, stood at the entrance of the brightly lit corridor, looking at the stone cave with flying rocks before her. Her mind kept echoing with Yang Feng’s eyes full of disgust and hatred. In that instant, she seemed to return to that afternoon six years ago – blooming trees everywhere, falling petals like rain, a man in blue clothes leaning against flower stones, blood-soaked but with distant eyes. Those eyes looked through her, seeming to rest on her but already drifting thousands of miles away, without the slightest bit of attention to her existence.
Why was it always her who was excluded time and again? Why, no matter how hard she tried, was she still just an outsider time and again?
Fire immediately flashed in the jade-clothed woman’s eyes, a cold smile at the corner of her mouth. Since this was a cycle, then let everyone cycle together – no one should think of staying out of it, no one should think of preserving themselves alone!
A delicate cry immediately rang out. The jade-colored long rope suddenly coiled back like a spiritual snake, attacking Ousi Lanya’s waist. The black long rope immediately hesitated, missing by a hair’s breadth the rapidly fleeing Qing Xia and Yang Feng. Yang Feng looked back in great alarm to see that in the tottering stone cave, Lie Yunji was fighting with Ousi Lanya again, winning precious escape time for them.