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"What should I do?"

"I don't know! But it looks like things are in trouble."

"Hmph! I told you long ago that these mustard seed fragments are unstable, but you still insisted on doing this."

Yuan Tao snorted coldly and stood up.

Lan Xinci didn't speak, but tapped her chin twice, seemingly lost in thought.

Just as the scene was in chaos, several figures appeared in front of the fragments. Upon closer inspection, they were found to be the four people who had been pulled into the domain earlier.

Xiao Ge staggered, covered in blood, pale-faced and panicked. After looking around, he mumbled something, then spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

"Xiao Ge!!" The elder leading the Qin Sect caught his falling body and called out urgently.

Shen Yuran, standing to the side, looked extremely pale. Those who paid attention noticed that his arm was twisted unnaturally and that there were black lines floating under the skin of his neck, as if he had been subjected to some extraordinary means.

Shen Yuran glanced at Luo Feng and Yu Yu, who were covered in wounds and unconscious, swallowed the metallic taste in her mouth, feeling extremely unwilling. She looked at her approaching father and was about to say something—

"Stop standing here embarrassing yourself, go back now!" The handsome man patted his arm with a look of disgust, seemingly disapproving. "You actually lost."

"I—" Shen Yuran tried to explain, but was interrupted by the man.

"Even if Shen Tianjiao was also knocked away just now, at least he's still inside. Look at yourself, what kind of behavior is this!" the man said, turning and leaving.

Shen Yuran stood there for a few seconds, then lowered his head, picked up Luo Feng and Yu Yu, and carried them back to the sect's location.

"What a sorry sight! Senior Brother Huangfu is truly amazing." The girl's clear voice, tinged with arrogance, echoed in Shen Yuran's ears. However, Shen Yuran didn't spare her a single glance, only lowering his head as if deep in thought.

Luo Feng, who was beside him, suddenly woke up, sat up abruptly, panting heavily and sweating profusely.

"We... lost?"

After a long while, Luo Feng finally spoke in a daze.

"Huangfu Lin is still inside," Shen Yuran said softly.

Luo Feng remained silent, but suddenly trembled, his expression showing fear, as if he had thought of something extremely terrifying.

At this moment, the people in the fragmented world also felt terror.

Mo Hanyu had already removed his mask, revealing his true appearance: silver hair and blue eyes, unparalleled in the world.

Mo Hanyu noticed Jiu Mei out of the corner of his eye, then looked over sharply and narrowed his eyes dangerously: "It's you?"

Jiumei shook his head vigorously: "No!!!"

A cold wind suddenly rose from all around. Mo Hanyu, oblivious to everyone else, stared intently at the remaining bloodstains on Qin Xiao's face, slowly stroking his cheek, trying to keep his voice down.

“—Tell me, Owl.”

"Who did it?"

As if afraid of disturbing Qin Xiao, Mo Hanyu spoke very slowly and softly.

However, the people present all felt a chill run down their spines.

Miao Kaijie saw this scene as soon as he came out. He frowned when he saw the bloodstains on Qin Xiao's body again. He wanted to say something, but he trembled when he felt a chill run down his spine and shut his mouth. He glanced at the strange man watching with great interest.

Jiu Mei noticed the gaze, glanced at Miao Kaijie twice, gave him a charming smile, and casually winked.

Miao Kaijie: ...?

Chen Mo dared not speak, standing silently to the side, his gaze shifting between the two.

"...It's nothing. Are you injured?" Qin Xiao didn't want to say more, so he asked instead.

Qin Xiao's question did not improve Mo Hanyu's condition. His blue eyes grew even colder, as if they had been frozen solid.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Mo Hanyu tried his best to hold back, so much so that his voice was trembling slightly.

Qin Xiao could sense that something was wrong with him, but didn't know how to comfort him. After thinking for a long time, he decided to tell the truth: "You weren't fighting with them—"

Are you worried about me? Are you worried that I'll be in trouble? Or are you afraid that I'll get hurt?

"—So what?!"

Mo Hanyu suddenly erupted, his voice sharp, and he abruptly released Qin Xiao, taking two steps back, and said fiercely, "So what?!"

Mo Hanyu was worried that she would lose her temper with him, so she suddenly looked away, touched her forehead, and trembled with anger, even her breath was trembling.

Seeing that he was about to go crazy with anger, Qin Xiao shut his mouth, not wanting to provoke him any further.

Unexpectedly, Mo Hanyu not only failed to calm down, but his breathing became even more rapid.

“I would feel guilty if I did that.”

Just as Mo Hanyu was about to explode, Qin Xiao finally spoke, saying softly.

Mo Hanyu suddenly paused.

Qin Xiao looked away cautiously, as if he had done something wrong, and said carefully, "I... I'm worried that you will get hurt, so... if I let outsiders in and caused you to be seriously injured because I didn't stop them, I will feel very guilty."

It's not that I don't trust you, it's just—

Qin Xiao stopped abruptly. He saw Mo Hanyu's body trembling violently again, and sensing something was wrong, he grabbed Mo Hanyu's wrist: "Mo Hanyu?"

Mo Hanyu kept his head down, his breathing unsteady. After being pulled by him, he dared not exert any force and could only turn around as he wished.

Qin Xiao immediately noticed the glimmer of light overflowing from those blue eyes. Tears streamed down her face, only to disappear again as their owner deliberately concealed them.

Tears streamed down her face like a broken string of pearls, her thin lips trembled, and she swallowed them down one by one through gritted teeth.

"You...you can't do this to me." Seeing that her emotions were exposed, Mo Hanyu still wanted to hide them. She lowered her eyes, covered her face with the hand that Qin Xiao was not holding, and said in a trembling voice, "Xiao...you can't do this."

Qin Xiao was stunned.

He instinctively wanted to wipe away Mo Hanyu's tears, but when his hand landed on her face, the bloodstains spread with the tears and smeared onto Mo Hanyu's cheek, making the situation even more chaotic.

Qin Xiao frantically wiped away his tears, but even more tears fell.

"Am I really that useless... that I have to make you do this—"

Mo Hanyu lowered his head, letting the tears soak his collar.

"Of course not."

Qin Xiao hurriedly denied it, but it was to no avail. Mo Hanyu continued to weep silently. Left with no other option, she turned to her surroundings for help.

As a result, Miao Kaijie and Chen Mo looked up at the sky and down at the ground, pretending not to see anything. Jiu Mei, on the other hand, was looking at him, but her gaze was strangely excited.

When Qin Xiao met Jiu Mei's gaze, he suddenly had a bad feeling.

Jiu Mei slowly reached out and gave him a gesture of admiration: "...A true warrior!"

Qin Xiao: ...

"I truly am a warrior!" Jiu Mei looked at him with even awe in her eyes. "You are truly the bravest and most capable person I have ever met!"

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao wanted to explain, but he couldn't bear to look at Mo Hanyu's tearful face, so he had to take care of him first. He gently held Mo Hanyu's hand and whispered, "I don't think so—don't cry, okay?"

Mo Hanyu sniffed, lowered her head, and didn't look at him or say a word.

Qin Xiao had no experience in comforting people and didn't know what to do with him. He was anxious but to no avail. He racked his brains trying to figure out how to stop Mo Hanyu from crying.

"I...I won't do it again, okay?" Qin Xiao lowered his body slightly, looked up into Mo Hanyu's eyes, and said softly, "Next time this happens, I...I'll tell you, okay?"

Mo Hanyu finally looked up at him, her light blue eyes darting around. She extended her little finger and said in a low voice, "Pinky promise."

Qin Xiao readily agreed and quickly hooked his fingers together, but he didn't know what a pinky promise meant, so he just copied his gesture and hooked his little finger together.

Mo Hanyu gently shook his hand and pressed his thumb to leave a mark.

"Once you've made a pinky promise, you can't go back on your word." Mo Hanyu looked up at him.

Qin Xiao nodded quickly.

Mo Hanyu wiped away her tears: "Then let's go."

"where to?"

"Get out." Mo Hanyu instantly returned to normal, carefully wiping the bloodstains from Qin Xiao's face, and replied, "I'm not competing anymore."

"We've come this far." Seeing him like this, Qin Xiao finally felt relieved.

At least I won't cry anymore.

“Oh dear, it’s pointless.” Jiu Mei spoke again, shaking his fan. “I’ve destroyed all those things that were spying on us. No matter how hard you try, they won’t be able to see us.”

Mo Hanyu glanced at him and said to Qin Xiao, "Yes, destroy this place and get out."

“But I remember… wasn’t it only the Heavenly Realm that could destroy it?” Miao Kaijie finally spoke, glancing at the two of them.

"Yes."

Mo Hanyu slowly raised his hand, his eyes gradually becoming covered in gold, and a strong wind rose around him.

But there are always exceptions.

A whirlwind coiled around his fingertips, a terrifying and extreme annihilation brewing within, a sense of crisis descending upon everyone present. Qin Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively reached out to stop him.

Mo Hanyu paused, the whirlwind stopped abruptly, and everything returned to calm.

Mo Hanyu turned to look at him, seemingly puzzled.

Qin Xiao's heart pounded. She stared at him with suspicion and uncertainty, her lips barely moving before she finally lowered her gaze: "No..."

Mo Hanyu was taken aback.

Qin Xiao looked away, pursed her lips, and dared not look at him.

"Hehe, that's really interesting."

Qin Xiao suddenly looked at Jiu Mei and met his smiling eyes.

"You must have a good talk with me after you get out." Jiu Mei gave him a meaningful look. Qin Xiao avoided his gaze.

"Who are you?"

Mo Hanyu suddenly turned to look at Jiu Mei, as if he had finally remembered that there was someone else beside him. Jiu Mei saw that he looked much more harmless than before, and his heart stirred.

He already liked this appearance, and although Mo Hanyu's gaze was somewhat unfriendly, he sensed that the guy's temper had improved considerably recently. So, on a whim, he leaned in and kissed him.

"So cute……"

Jiu Mei planted a kiss on Mo Hanyu's cheek with a "plop," and seeing his incredulous look, she couldn't help but smile.

Mo Hanyu:! !

Qin Xiao: ...

Chen Mo and Miao Kaijie were stunned.

Jiu Mei saw Mo Hanyu staring straight at him, and was about to say something with a smile when he saw those eyes suddenly covered in gold.

His golden eyes narrowed slightly, revealing a familiar, terrifying quality.

Jiumei: !!!

"Hey hey hey!!" Jiu Mei dodged behind Qin Xiao, using him as a shield: "You have to protect me!"

Qin Xiao: ...

Qin Xiao gave him a complicated look, then glanced at Mo Hanyu.

“Nine Flames.” Mo Hanyu suddenly spoke, his tone frighteningly calm.

Jiumei's pupils dilated sharply, startling him so much that his two fluffy white erect ears were exposed, and his voice trembled slightly.

"Hey, hey, hey, you stand there... stand there!!"

Jiu Mei shrank behind Qin Xiao, looking fierce but actually weak.

Mo Hanyu remained unmoved, staring at him expressionlessly.

"Don't be so stingy. Don't you humans often kiss small animals like foxes? It's easy to understand, right?" Jiu Mei tried to explain.

Mo Hanyu coldly replied, "I won't."

Jiumei: "Don't think I'm afraid of you! You're no match for me now!"

Mo Hanyu sneered and remained silent.

Qin Xiao couldn't help but interrupt: "Alright... so how do we get out?"

Qin Xiao stared into those bright golden eyes, his heart trembling involuntarily. He suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and said nonchalantly.

"Didn't you want to go out now?"

"I want to... but you won't let me." Although Mo Hanyu didn't mean to blame him, it sounded very harsh to Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao recalled Mo Hanyu's familiar tone just now, his eyebrows trembled slightly, and he slowly lowered his gaze.

Seeing him like this, Mo Hanyu slowly grasped his hand, the gold color fading, revealing concern in his light blue eyes.

Seeing their reaction, Jiu Mei suddenly smiled inexplicably before turning serious.

"Let me do it."

Jiu Mei closed his fan, closed his eyes, and slowly raised his head. His robes and hair, though there was no wind, moved and spread out in all directions.

Jiu Mei suddenly opened his eyes, his eerie purple vertical pupils reflected in the sky. A fierce wind arose from all sides, and unstoppable destruction erupted from beneath his feet. Soil, grass, trees, mountains... nothing could stop the march of destruction.

My vision began to distort, and a huge white phantom vaguely appeared in my field of vision.

Mo Hanyu instinctively reached out to protect Qin Xiao. Miao Kaijie and Chen Mo did not sense any threat to their lives.

Just as cracks appeared in the sky and everything was about to collapse, a creature that looked like an ape came tumbling and crawling over.

"Wait for me!"

At the critical moment, Zhu Yan leaped up, hooked her arm around Qin Xiao's neck, turned around, and hugged his head.

With a deafening roar, the "sky" collapsed, plunging into chaos.

"Please be patient, everyone, we will definitely—"

Before the explanation and reassurance could be finished, the huge, suspended fragment suddenly emitted a crisp sound.

The sound was not loud, but it was incredibly clear.

Immediately afterwards, cracks emerged from the top and spread all the way, covering the entire fragment like a spider web.

The entire room fell silent, everyone holding their breath.

The debris exploded in full view of everyone.

The explosion of the mustard seed fragments did not produce much power, nor did it pose any danger. It was like a piece of jade that suddenly fell to the ground and shattered, scattering everywhere before turning into powder and dissipating.

As soon as the fragments disappeared, countless figures appeared before them.

"what's the situation?"

"what happened?"

"It... broke on its own?"

As soon as Qin Xiao landed, he swayed a few times and couldn't help but hold his forehead, feeling somewhat uncomfortable.

Mo Hanyu caught him in time. Yuan Qi seeped in from where the two had touched, circulating throughout their bodies.

Mo Hanyu's expression grew increasingly grim, and the anger he had managed to suppress was showing signs of reigniting.

Qin Xiao couldn't help but grab his arm.

Mo Hanyu glanced at him, pursed her lips, and remained silent.

"Are you all alright? How are you feeling?"

Xia Wule flashed in front of them, grabbed one wrist with each hand, and injected his Yuan Qi. When sensing Qin Xiao's physical condition, he showed the same terrible expression as Mo Hanyu.

"No...it's nothing." Qin Xiao saw Xia Wu's unpleasant expression and slightly broke free.

Xia Wule looked at him, swallowing the words of cursing he wanted to say several times.

Is this okay?

Xia Wu pursed her lips, wanting to scold him, but swallowed it back after meeting Qin Xiao's gaze.

Hold on, hold on...

Xia Wu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and came to Miao Kaijie and Chen Mo's side again. Before Miao Kaijie could struggle, he reached out and grabbed the two of them like he was catching a chick.

Miao Kaijie: ...

Chen Mo: ...

Xia Wuliao confirmed that the two of them were not seriously injured, and his expression softened slightly, but he still did not look good. When he met Chen Mo's hesitant gaze, his eyes relaxed a little, and he ruffled Chen Mo's hair.

"Hey, senior, actually we're nothing, you know—" Miao Kaijie was about to say something when he sensed something was off. He turned his head and met Luo Feng's gaze, which was filled with fear and terror.

Miao Kaijie blinked, and as before, gave him a flirty wink and blew him a kiss.

Luo Feng, however, was not as furious as before. Instead, he trembled and his expression became even more terrified.

"You... shameless!" Luo Feng crossed his arms and actually uttered this curse at him.

Miao Kaijie: ...

Qin Xiao and Chen Mo, who had also noticed this, glanced at him silently with a strange look in their eyes.

"You..." Luo Feng seemed to want to curse again, but then he seemed to think of something terrible, and he shrank his neck, his whole body trembling.

Seeing Luo Feng's disheveled appearance, the group's gazes grew increasingly strange.

"...What did you do to him?" Xia Wu asked Miao Kaijie.

"I didn't do anything," Miao Kaijie shrugged innocently. "It was just a little joke."

Despite this explanation, the others clearly did not believe it.

Faced with the strange expressions of the group, Miao Kaijie innocently shrugged.