The Emperor's Domineering Favor, the Evil Consort's Unparalleled Reign

Li Xiyue was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes. Before Brother Wang could pick up the long knife from the ground, the spirit snakes had already shot towards them.

"Ah!" The hunter wearing a straw hat suddenly shouted when he saw this scene. He drew his bow but did not know where to aim.

Li Xiyue's body trembled uncontrollably, but her mind was perfectly clear. She pushed Wang Erge away with all her might. The shadows of those spirit snakes were reflected in her eyes, and her hands trembled incessantly.

A dazzling white light flashed, and the spirit snakes were instantly cleaved into a pulp, falling sparsely to the ground.

Seeing this dramatic change, Li Xiyue's legs went weak, and she collapsed to the ground, shrinking back slightly before seeing Ye Zhen standing in front of her.

His eyes held a wicked glint as he gazed at Li Xiyue, who was sitting on the ground. He smiled slightly and asked, "Girl, are you alright?"

Li Xiyue suddenly felt very cold, especially after seeing his smile. That same smile had once appeared on Liu Ruyun's face in the Purple Gold Hall. Her lips trembled as Li Xiyue said, "You've come to kill me?"

Ye Zhen's expression changed as he said, "Me? I was just passing by. I didn't expect to run into you here. I saved your life, and this is how you treat me?"

"Is it a real Earth Spirit Hunter?! Look, it's the Earth Spirit Hunter who saved us!" The hunter wearing a straw hat saw Ye Zhen, quickly put down his bow and arrow, walked over to Wang Erge, helped him up, and kept saying.

Ye Zhen snorted coldly. He looked down on these hunters of low status, and when he heard them calling themselves Earth Spirit Hunters, his contempt was evident in his eyes.

Wang Erge stood up, looked at Li Xiyue who was slumped on the ground, and asked, "Little girl, are you alright?"

"Brother Wang, I'm fine." Li Xiyue shook her head and struggled to stand up.

Wang Erge asked with some doubt, "Do you know this person?"

Li Xiyue was at a loss for words and just looked at Ye Zhen without saying anything for a long time.

Ye Zhen found it amusing and said, "You people are always bullying her. If you want to know who I am, shouldn't you come and ask me?"

Wang Erge was somewhat embarrassed, and then took a step back. Dark purple blood was flowing from the wound on his shoulder. Li Xiyue's expression changed, and she quickly went over and said, "This, you've been poisoned."

Ye Zhen snorted lightly, "The venom of the spirit snake is something that mortals cannot withstand."

Li Xiyue's expression changed drastically. She looked at Ye Zhen and said, "How could this be? I've seen them. These snakes are just ordinary bloodthirsty creatures. They came with me because I have a strong smell of blood on me. How could they be poisonous? Even though these spirit snakes have long fangs, they shouldn't be poisonous."

Ye Zhen sniffed, put his hands behind his back, and looked deeply at Li Xiyue, saying, "It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this, girl, you're too naive. I really don't understand why that guy Nangong Lin would save you and take you by his side. Shouldn't such a heartless and ungrateful person ignore you?!"

Li Xiyue said, "He's already ignoring me, hasn't he? He said himself that he was just here to play around. I've already explained my relationship with him to you, so why are you still playing tricks on me?!"

There was something strange in Ye Zhen's charming eyes. He walked behind Li Xiyue, leaned down and breathed softly on her neck. Li Xiyue felt a chill on her neck and immediately turned around. Ye Zhen smiled slightly and continued, "Indifference? He never responds to what I say, but that day, for you, for you, he lied."

Li Xiyue's expression changed slightly. She watched Ye Zhen swaying back and forth in front of her, and then saw the hunters looking at her with strange eyes. Feeling somewhat helpless, Li Xiyue looked at Brother Wang, but Brother Wang's eyes were red, and he couldn't hear a word they were saying.

Li Xiyue ran over in a few steps to support Wang Erge and said, "I don't care about any of that. You have high spiritual power, can you save him?"

Ye Zhen looked at Li Xiyue, whose face was covered with fine sweat and a little blood. He shook his head slightly and said, "There are antidotes all over the mountain walls here. There's no need for me to save him."

Li Xiyue looked at the mountain wall and, just as Ye Zhen had said, many green grasses grew in the cracks of the rocks, but she couldn't tell whether they were medicinal herbs.

She looked at the hunter wearing a straw hat and asked, "Brother, is what he said true?"

The hunter glanced at Wang Erge, then at Ye Zhen, who had his hands behind his back, his eyes darting around, and said, "Those, those are herbs, they can detoxify."

Li Xiyue smiled with relief, helped Wang Erge over, and handed him to the hunter, saying, "Brother, please help me. I'll go gather the herbs and come back to save him later."

The hunter, supporting Wang Erge, chuckled dryly and nodded repeatedly.

Li Xiyue untied the cloth bag from her waist and placed it aside. She gripped the protruding mountain wall with both hands and stepped onto it with her right foot. The mountain wall was slippery, and since it was the middle of the night, it was damp. With each step, Li Xiyue's foot inevitably slipped.

Clinging tightly to the protruding rock with both hands, she held her breath, stepped on the depression her hands had just dug into, and climbed upwards, raising herself a little higher.

"Little girl, be careful!" The hunter wearing a straw hat looked at Li Xiyue, still feeling a pang of pity, and said. The other two hunters looked at Li Xiyue with similar expressions of reluctance; if a little girl like her fell, she would surely die.

"I'm fine, don't worry!" Li Xiyue said with difficulty, sweat dripping from her forehead onto her eyelashes. Her eyes stung, and large tears streamed down her face.

"Ugh!" Li Xiyue's right hand broke free from the protruding boulder and reached upwards. Then, with a strong grab, her right hand climbed onto another protruding sharp rock. The edge of the rock was somewhat sharp, cutting Li Xiyue's palm. Drops of blood flowed down her wrist and into her sleeve.

Li Xiyue followed with her left hand, and pushed off with her right foot, lifting her body even further off the ground.

Ye Zhen looked at the stubborn girl and his expression changed slightly. This girl was courting death. If she slipped and fell, she would really be dead.

"Hey, silly girl, if you just beg me one more time, I'll soften and help you," Ye Zhen said.

Li Xiyue took a deep breath, the veins on her forehead bulging, and said, word by word, "No need. You've told me the method. One shouldn't be too greedy. I'll do it myself."

Ye Zhen's expression changed drastically. He hadn't expected Li Xiyue to say that, and his fingers involuntarily clenched behind his back.

Li Xiyue looked up and saw a medicinal herb less than half a meter above her head, swaying in the wind. She smiled slightly, gripped the mountain wall tightly with her left hand, and suddenly stretched her right hand upward to grab the herb.

"Hey..." Li Xiyue smiled slightly. She had a strong smell of sweat on her body, but she didn't notice it at the moment. She pulled hard, and the herb leaf was covered with blood. She pulled it off in the next moment.

Turning to the side, Li Xiyue waved to the hunters, who wore bitter smiles. Ye Zhen's face was ashen, and he slowly lowered his head.

Li Xiyue stuffed the herb into her bosom, then took a step back with her right foot and steadily stepped onto the large rock she had just stepped on.

"Uh!"

……

Li Xiyue's body swayed twice in the void, her eyes seemingly unable to believe that someone would come to stop her at this moment.

A long bloodstain ran down her bright yellow clothes, and blood seeped out. She slammed her body against the mountain wall, biting her lip tightly as if she wanted to draw blood. She gripped the protruding rocks on the mountain wall with both hands, her eyes red-rimmed.

Turning around, Ye Zhen's face was icy cold, and the nine-section whip in his hand was stained with bright red blood!

She should have realized it long ago; those spirit snakes were part of his plan all along.

Li Xiyue clung tightly to the mountain wall, her fingernails digging into the soil. Her body trembled slightly, but she still climbed down step by step.

Ye Zhen held the nine-section whip in his right hand and looked coldly at Li Xiyue, who was barely standing, and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a tough nut to crack."

Li Xiyue looked at Ye Zhen, and finally couldn't hold back any longer, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Ye Zhen stared at her coldly, then swung his right hand sharply, and with a series of cracking sounds, the nine-section whip lashed out at Li Xiyue's body!

Li Xiyue's head tilted to the side, and she finally couldn't stand up. In that last moment, she turned around and glanced at the cloth bag on the ground. At that moment, Sixth Brother's faint consciousness crawled out, his face filled with fear, but even more so with anger.

"enough!"

A roar echoed through the mountains, and Ye Zhen's expression changed drastically. In an instant, the nine-section whip stopped in front of Li Xiyue and wrapped around Bingyin's right hand.

With his left arm around Li Xiyue, Bingyin's face was as cold as ice. At this moment, he stared at Ye Zhen opposite him, but there was a murderous intent in his eyes. Ye Zhen took two steps back, looking at Bingyin as if he wanted to devour him.

Bingyin glanced at Li Xiyue. Her eyes were half-open, blood was still flowing from the corner of her mouth, and her neck was also injured. It seemed that there was not a single part of her body that was intact.

Bingyin's face was ashen as he looked at Ye Zhen and said, "If you dare touch her again, Ye Zhen, I'll take your life!"

"You..." Ye Zhen was speechless for a moment, "You admit it, she's different. You've only known each other for a few days, is she worth all this?"

Ye Zhen trembled slightly, but Bing Yin ignored him. He put his left arm around Li Xiyue's waist and used his right hand to lift her up horizontally. Looking down at the petite woman in his arms, he frowned.

Although Li Xiyue was in so much pain that she almost fainted, she was still tightly gripping the green grass in her hand.

"Drip..." Blood dripped from her sleeve onto the ground. Bingyin glanced at the bag in the distance, then slowly closed her eyes. A layer of pale blue spiritual energy enveloped the bag. After a short while, the bag seemed to be pulled upwards by an invisible force and quickly landed on Li Xiyue's waist.

"You celebrities and nobles are always good at... always good at... playing tricks on people..."

Bingyin frowned, his face growing paler and paler. After a long while, he sighed, "Since that's the case, I'll take you there, I'll take you to find the Bone Ring..."