Chu Li’s eyes flickered as he pressed his thin lips together, slowly walked toward Mu Yunjin, and gently pulled her into his embrace with a soft sigh.
“Are you alright?” Hearing his sigh, Mu Yunjin’s heart, which had just settled, began to race again as she anxiously looked at Chu Li.
Chu Li tightened his arms around her, burying his head in the crook of her neck and whispering, “This Prince truly has no defense against you…”
Hearing this, Mu Yunjin smiled lightly, her gaze falling on the severed right arm on the ground. “Why did you spare Qiuye’s life earlier?”
“With his right arm severed and his body pierced by hundreds of ice needles, he’ll likely be crippled for life. Rather than letting him die, this Prince would prefer to see him living like something less than an animal!” As Chu Li finished speaking, a cold glint appeared in his eyes.
“Indeed, this villain Qiuye has committed countless evil deeds. He deserves to suffer—death would be too merciful for him!” Mu Yunjin completely agreed with Chu Li.
Chu Li smiled faintly, releasing Mu Yunjin and examining her carefully, his gaze finally settling on her abdomen.
Noticing Chu Li’s gaze, Mu Yunjin instinctively looked down at her belly and then covered it with her hand. “This Thorny Cliff is rather strange. After I jumped down, I discovered a protective spiritual energy around my abdomen, so the child was safe during the fight.”
“By the way…” Mu Yunjin suddenly remembered something and grabbed Chu Li’s hand. “I wasn’t affected by Shen Wanning’s evil spell—Chu Qing and the others deliberately deceived you.”
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…
Chu Li gripped her hand in return. “Your word isn’t enough. First, come with This Prince to find the herb Danshu.”
With those words, he led Mu Yunjin out of the cave.
Walking beside Chu Li, after leaving the cave, everything around them returned to pitch darkness. Mu Yunjin was about to light a wooden torch when she paused and looked at Chu Li. “By the way, where is my jade pendant? Why don’t you take it out?”
“I left in a hurry and forgot to bring it,” Chu Li said dismissively.
Hearing this, Mu Yunjin couldn’t help but give Chu Li a punch, muttering, “Such an important item and you don’t keep it with you!”
Though Chu Li took her punch, he simply chuckled.
Mu Yunjin tugged at the corner of her mouth, lit the wooden torch, and leaned against Chu Li as they walked toward another cave ahead. “Were those white tigers we saw earlier also residents beneath Thorny Cliff?”
“Yes,” Chu Li nodded.
“This place is quite bizarre,” Mu Yunjin remarked. Thorns surrounded everything—what did these white tigers survive on here?
Unable to figure it out, Mu Yunjin suddenly felt that there were truly too many strange terrains in this vast Canghua Continent.
…
As they arrived at the entrance of a neighboring cave, the flame in Mu Yunjin’s wooden torch began to weaken. Seeing that the torch was about to burn out, Mu Yunjin paused and looked at the thorny vines around them.
“Chu Li, wait for me a moment.” After speaking, Mu Yunjin released Chu Li’s hand and, carrying the wooden torch, carefully walked to the side and broke off several thorny vines.
After meticulously removing all the thorns from the vines one by one, Mu Yunjin was just about to use the torch to light the thorny vines when a fierce light suddenly surged through the quiet surroundings—
“Chu Li, go to hell!”
A sharp female voice accompanied by wisps of sinister wind echoed at the cave entrance, then flashed toward where Chu Li stood.
Hearing this voice, Mu Yunjin’s heart tightened. Almost by instinct, she dropped the wooden torch in her hand and flew toward Chu Li, shielding him with her body.
“Puff…”
Blood splattered.
Mu Yunjin felt a searing pain across her left cheek.
To the side, the dropped wooden torch fell onto the thorny vines Mu Yunjin had just prepared, and the flames brightened, illuminating the surroundings.
Chu Li looked down at the person shielding him, his eyes tightening and his body tensing, as if he had forgotten how to react.
Why did this scene feel so familiar…
In a flash, his mind conjured an image of a bamboo grove where this same figure had selflessly shielded him.
In his ears, he seemed to hear the two words she had screamed out then—
“Be careful!”
Mu Yunjin covered her face, glanced at Qin Muyue, who had somehow ambushed them here, then frowned as she looked back at the tense, motionless Chu Li behind her.
“Chu Li, are you alright?” Mu Yunjin took a step back and turned to look at Chu Li.
Hearing her voice, Chu Li gradually returned from his thoughts and looked down at Mu Yunjin.
When his gaze met Mu Yunjin’s clear pupils, suddenly, countless images rushed into his mind…
Their first meeting at Shangwen Pavilion…
The betrothal scene at the palace banquet…
Their wedding, him carrying her into the manor on his back…
She happily followed him to the impoverished region of Qingzhou…
The moment he first felt his heart move for her…
Her life hanging by a thread in the Ice Cave, and his heartbroken tears…
They’re fighting side by side in the Deep Secluded Lake for the crocodile pearl…
…
Everything seemed to unfold before his eyes. They shared so many memories, so why had he forgotten only her…
…
Mu Yunjin noticed Chu Li staring intently at her, and her heart fluttered slightly. Her eyes contracted as she instinctively covered her face.
“Hahaha, Mu Yunjin, you ugly freak!” Qin Muyue played with the knife in her hand, staring with satisfaction at the wound on Mu Yunjin’s face, feeling immensely gratified.
Originally, she had heard that Qiuye and the black-robed figure had entered Thorny Cliff together. Worried about Chu Li, she had circled to the bottom of the mountain and entered Thorny Cliff to check.
But from a distance, she had seen Chu Li and Mu Yunjin’s intimate behavior. In a fit of anger, she had seized the moment when Mu Yunjin was away to kill this fickle man Chu Li first!
Unexpectedly, Mu Yunjin had suddenly rushed out. Qin Muyue had instinctively swung her knife, never imagining she would slash that world-class beautiful face.
Hahaha, this seemed even more delightful than killing Chu Li!
Hearing Qin Muyue’s mockery, Mu Yunjin coldly curled her lips, her gaze heavy. Just as she was about to mobilize her true energy to beat Qin Muyue, the figure behind her who had been frozen for so long flashed past her…
“Ah…”
A scream echoed through the cave.
As Chu Li approached Qin Muyue, he delivered a powerful palm strike through the air. The strong palm wind sent the unprepared Qin Muyue violently into the burning thorny vines.
In an instant, Qin Muyue’s clothes and hair caught fire, and countless thorns pierced her face, leaving bloody holes…
Her exquisite face was ruined forever!
“Ah…”
“My face, my hair…”
After falling to the ground, Qin Muyue frantically beat at the flames in her hair while rolling around, trying to extinguish the fire on her clothes.
Watching this scene, Mu Yunjin felt not the slightest compassion for Qin Muyue.
“Ah!!!”
Another scream erupted, then Qin Muyue suddenly leaped up, veins bulging on her forehead as she laughed hysterically. “Hahaha, no one can kill me! I have immortal life!”
A black light emanated from Qin Muyue’s body, her pupils bursting with deep purple light. Combined with the countless bleeding holes on her face, she looked extremely terrifying!
In the next second, Qin Muyue suddenly flicked her wrist, striking in all directions at the cave walls. Each palm strike used almost all her strength, smashing through wall after wall of the cave!
Covering her ears, Mu Yunjin watched Qin Muyue’s behavior and her constantly twitching face, realizing that she had gone berserk with deviated energy.
“Hahaha, I am the number one master in the world! None of you can kill me, hahaha…” Qin Muyue’s shrill laughter rang out as she flew toward another side of the cave, her tragic cries still echoing all around.
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After Qin Muyue left, Mu Yunjin drew in a sharp breath. The pain on her face made her want to cover it, but just as her hand was about to touch her face, Chu Li grabbed her wrist.
“Don’t touch it!”
Holding her wrist, Chu Li bent down closer to her, his face slightly pale as he examined her face carefully.
Being scrutinized like this by Chu Li, Mu Yunjin bit her lip and lowered her eyelids.
Having one’s face disfigured would be devastating for any woman.
Although Chu Li had avenged her, thinking about the scar on her face, Mu Yunjin suddenly felt unworthy of Chu Li.
Seeing Mu Yunjin with downcast eyes, Chu Li felt a pang in his heart and pulled her tightly into his embrace, with such force that he almost seemed to want to embed her into his body.
Mu Yunjin thought Chu Li was pitying her and was about to speak when she heard a gentle voice by her ear—
“Yunjin, this Prince has recovered his memories.”
Recovered his memories…
Upon hearing these four words, Mu Yunjin felt as if her mind had gone blank with a ‘boom’.
After a moment, Mu Yunjin carefully processed Chu Li’s words. Was he saying that he had recovered his memories?
“Chu Li, what did you say? Say it again?” Mu Yunjin broke free from Chu Li’s embrace and looked up at him, her eyes gleaming with moisture.
Chu Li gazed at Mu Yunjin steadily, his eyes full of tenderness. “This Prince remembers everything…”
Thinking of what he had done to Mu Yunjin after losing his memory, especially when he first saw her and hunted her down, Chu Li’s eyes flickered, grateful that he hadn’t ultimately harmed her.
After encountering that tender and deep, pleasing tone, Mu Yunjin excitedly hugged Chu Li tightly, her eyes stinging as she bit her lip to hold back the urge to cry.
Chu Li finally remembered!
Although he had been incredibly good to her even after losing his memory, something had always been missing…
Now, he finally remembered her!
For a moment, Mu Yunjin foolishly wondered if she should thank Qin Muyue.
But when the pain on her face returned, Mu Yunjin wished she could flay Qin Muyue alive!
“My face…” Mu Yunjin frowned, hesitantly speaking.
Chu Li gently wiped away the drops of blood around her wound with his fingertips, comforting her softly, “It’s alright. This Prince loves you no matter what you look like. This Prince will take you away from here for treatment.”
With those words, he lifted Mu Yunjin into his arms and walked forward.
“Chu Li, put me down. I can walk. You’ve been traveling for days and must be tired too.” Mu Yunjin pressed her lips together, her heart sweetened by Chu Li’s words just now.
Chu Li kissed her forehead lightly, showing no intention of putting her down.
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After Qin Muyue had broken through all the surrounding walls, the layout of Thorny Cliff became much clearer. When Chu Li carried Mu Yunjin into a stone chamber, Mu Yunjin suddenly stiffened.
“Chu Li, wait…”