Ling Xiao knew that Yun Mengqi was embarrassed and didn't point it out. He immediately said, "You should feel much better after taking the pill. Let's roast some food and then change places. There are many Black Devouring Ants nearby, so we can't stay here for long."
"Okay." Yun Mengqi was like an obedient wife and lightly nodded her head.
After Ling Xiao comforted Yun Mengqi, he went outside the cave to roast the Greenwind Crane's corpse.
The Greenwind Crane's body was huge, and aside from its feathers, there was still quite a bit of meat left. It was enough for the two of them to maintain for a while.
Ling Xiao roasted some of it and brought it into the cave for Yun Mengqi to eat.
"Come, I'll feed you. Eat more and you'll feel better." Ling Xiao knew that Yun Mengqi's limbs were inconvenient, so he immediately fed her. His tone was as gentle as coaxing a child.
Yun Mengqi hesitated for a moment, but she still ate the meat that Ling Xiao brought over.
Ling Xiao happily watched Yun Mengqi eat. He smiled and said, "You look so beautiful when you eat."
Yun Mengqi's face was slightly red, and she ignored Ling Xiao and continued to eat.
After a while, a large piece of meat fell into her stomach.
"Do you still want to eat? There's still a lot outside," Ling Xiao lightly asked.
"Thank … thank you, but no need." Yun Mengqi gratefully replied.
"That's good. I'll go eat a bit and then we'll leave." Ling Xiao said and then left the cave.
Yun Mengqi couldn't help but smile as she watched Ling Xiao's departing figure. Her beauty was incomparable.
Unfortunately, Ling Xiao didn't have the fortune to see it.
After Ling Xiao was seventy percent full, he roasted the rest of the crane meat dry. Then, he took off the last piece of underwear on his upper body and divided it into two halves. One half wrapped around the crane meat, and the other half wrapped around the spirit herbs and the beast core that he had obtained earlier. Then, he returned to the cave.
This time, when Yun Mengqi saw Ling Xiao's appearance, although she was worried, her reaction wasn't as intense as before. However, her eyes were still filled with vigilance.
Ling Xiao shook the bag in his hand and explained, "Clothes are used to wrap dried meat."
Only then did Yun Mengqi relax her guard. She lightly said, "Put it on."
Yun Mengqi was talking about the beast skin wrapped around her body. This was originally given to her by Ling Xiao.
"I'm fine, my body is very strong." Ling Xiao patted his sturdy chest, then squatted down and said, "Can I carry you out of here?"
Ling Xiao asked in a pleading tone. He didn't want to offend the beauty again.
Yun Meng Qi had no choice but to nod her head in agreement.
Following this, Ling Xiao carried the nimble Yun Mengqi on his back. The soft and fragrant scent on his back made his heart flutter.
Although he had already carried Yun Meng Qi on his back twice, the first time, he didn't have the mood to enjoy it. He only cared about escaping. But now, he truly felt the refreshing feeling of having a beauty on his back.
Yun Meng Qi, who was on Ling Xiao's back, also felt a strange impact. Her body became more and more limp.
She discovered that this man of the same age as her had sharp and resolute edges, and his skin was as smooth and tender as a young girl's. His entire person seemed to be extraordinarily handsome.
At this moment, she quietly developed an inexplicable feeling for this man who had saved her time and time again. A deep sense of dependence made her calmly accept his care and frivolity.
For a moment, she felt that her life seemed to be a lot more substantial. Facing this unknown environment didn't feel that it was so scary.
Between the deep ravines, there was only a wide path. There was no choice but to go forward or backward.
Ling Xiao knew that there was a black devouring ant swarm behind him, so he naturally didn't dare to go back. He could only go forward, hoping to find light and water. Of course, it would be better if he could find a way out, but the possibility was almost zero.
The two of them hadn't gone far when they heard an impatient sound behind them. Needless to say, the black devouring ant swarm was chasing after them.
Just now, Ling Xiao didn't kill them all, and he sent a few back to get reinforcements. This time, there must be even more black devouring ants.
Ling Xiao's footsteps gradually quickened.
Yun Meng Qi said softly from behind, "How about … You put me down and run by yourself."
"Bullshit, even if I die, I won't let anything happen to you!" Ling Xiao scolded very firmly. He instilled the wind attribute into his feet, and coupled with the "Cloud Shadow" footsteps, he ran faster and faster.
Yun Meng Qi, who was on Ling Xiao's back, didn't look down on Ling Xiao because of Ling Xiao's vulgar words. Instead, she felt a warmth in her heart.
The two of them didn't know how long they had been running for. They could no longer hear the black devouring ants behind them, but the evil wind they were facing was getting heavier and heavier.
Ling Xiao had consumed a lot of profound energy, and felt that the front seemed to be even more dangerous, so he stopped moving forward.
"You sit first, I'll open a hole." Ling Xiao put Yun Meng Qi down, and then with a few elemental attacks, he opened another hole in the cliff.
This hole was wider and deeper than the previous one, to make it more convenient for the two of them to stay in.
Yun Meng Qi looked at Ling Xiao's elemental attacks and couldn't help but ask, "You broke through to the Profound Knight level?"
Before the two of them fell, Ling Xiao's strength was only at the peak of high level, and now that Yun Meng Qi had lost all of her spirit energy, she couldn't see through Ling Xiao's true strength at all. She only saw Ling Xiao's fist techniques and exclaimed in surprise.
"Yes, I broke through by luck." Ling Xiao nodded disapprovingly.
To be honest, if it was in the past, he might have shown off a bit. However, Yun Mengqi was the same age as him, yet she already had the terrifying strength of a Spirit Master. This made him, a genius that only appeared once in a hundred years in Meteor City, feel inferior. How could he still show off?
Ling Xiao carried Yun Meng Qi and put her in the hole, and like before, he found a few boulders to block the hole, and then climbed in himself.
After entering the hole, Ling Xiao felt a bit warmer.
He was currently naked, and if it wasn't for the fact that he had just broken through to the Profound Knight level, he would have probably been frozen to death by the increasingly dense Yin Wind Evil Qi.
"I still have some pills here, eat one to recover your profound energy." Yun Meng Qi said faintly.
After speaking, her charming face blushed, as if remembering the scene where she was taken advantage of by Ling Xiao.
"I'll leave it for now, the situation here is very bad, so I'll save some if I can. I'll be fine after meditating for a bit." Ling Xiao said, and then entered into a meditative state.
The two of them didn't know that their situation was becoming more and more dangerous.
Under the endless chasm, the Yin Wind Evil Qi surged, and the dense Yin Wind Evil Qi soared into the sky.
In the tens of meters wide ravine, there was a group of black spirit beasts walking. These spirit beasts were like an army, lined up neatly, and their numbers were terrifying. They advanced in a single direction, and along the way, they made chirping sounds that were extremely ear-piercing.
These thousands of spirit beasts were the Black Devouring Ants. In the middle of this group of Black Devouring Ants, there was an especially large one. When it stood up, it was actually over three meters tall. Two soft and thick antennae that were like spirit snakes constantly swayed, and its lantern-sized eyes were filled with a cold and fierce light.
Without saying, this was the Black Devouring Ant King, a high level spirit beast that had already reached the low third rank.
Beside it, there were tens of two meter tall second rank Black Devouring Ants. These tens of Black Devouring Ants majestically guarded the Black Devouring Ant King's side. In front and behind, there were first rank Black Devouring Ants opening up the path and bringing up the rear.
Not far away from this group of Black Devouring Ants, there was a cave that was blocked by rocks. Within it, there was a man and a woman. The man was currently sitting cross-legged, cultivating, while the woman was staring at the man, her beautiful eyes occasionally filled with confusion.
Weren't they Ling Xiao and Yun Mengqi who were in dire straits?
"Those damned Black Devouring Ants are following us." Ling Xiao cursed as he awoke from his meditation.
"Don't tell me we're going to keep advancing?" Yun Mengqi faintly asked.
"If we don't advance, are we just going to wait for death? From that sound, I'm afraid there's a large group of Black Devouring Ants. This time, they must have come out in full force." Ling Xiao helplessly sighed.
Yun Mengqi glanced at the entrance of the cave and revealed a poignant smile, "Perhaps we won't be able to escape death in the end."
Ling Xiao looked at the forced smile on Yun Mengqi's face. Her gaze and her smile were both filled with a melancholy radiance. It was just like a poem from the ancients: "Once a city is toppled, then a country is toppled." Perhaps Ling Xiao felt that the word 'toppled' wasn't enough to describe Yun Mengqi's celestial beauty.
Ling Xiao's heart ached, and hot blood rushed to his head. He hugged Yun Mengqi, and his thick lips pressed down on her jade lips.
Boom!
Yun Mengqi felt as if she had temporarily lost the ability to think.
She only knew that she had been disrespected!
"Hiss!"
Suddenly, Ling Xiao pushed Yun Mengqi away. He couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. His lips were stained with blood, and it was obvious that he had been bitten by Yun Mengqi.
"If you continue to disrespect me like this, I'd rather bite my tongue and commit suicide." Yun Mengqi was extremely resolute.
Although she had gradually changed her view of Ling Xiao, she still couldn't change her traditional way of thinking. Moreover, she still couldn't say that she loved Ling Xiao. It was just that this was the first time she had gone through thick and thin with a man, and she had an inexplicable feeling towards him.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't control myself. Who told you to be as beautiful as a fairy?" Ling Xiao revealed a sincere expression as he apologized.
Yun Mengqi coldly snorted and turned her face away.
Suddenly, a fragrant aroma wafted into her nostrils. She couldn't help but be curious as to what it was that was so fragrant.
She only saw Ling Xiao take out an embroidered box from his bag. He opened the box, and inside was a small green flower. This flower was only the size of a pinky finger, and it was as dark as ink. It was as clear as water, and it was exceptionally eye-catching.
"This … this is a Waterblue Flower." With a single glance, Yun Mengqi recognized what the spirit grass in Ling Xiao's box was.
The Waterblue Flower was a high grade second level water attribute spirit grass. It had the effect of strengthening muscles and bones, and was extremely beneficial to water attribute martial artists. It could allow water attribute martial artists to comprehend water attribute martial arts at a faster rate. It was comparable to a low grade third level spirit grass, and was an extremely rare spirit grass that was hard to find even with tens of thousands of gold.