Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Bai Liao stood on a large rock not far away, and the shockwaves just barely brushed past him.

The surrounding noise was quite loud, but he could still hear the angry roar clearly.

At first, the master simply asked him to find the Holy Crimson Python without explaining the reason. He couldn't pry into the master's affairs, but now it seems... he stole something from the master, didn't he?

Petals? What petals?

Could it be that the old Crimson Serpent accidentally destroyed the flowers and plants that the adults had carefully cultivated?

That's why the adults are so persistent in seeking revenge against it?

In Bai Liao's mind, the adult was always indifferent, as if he was not interested in anything. Sometimes he even suspected that the adult was emotionless.

He had never witnessed such a dramatic emotional outburst before, and he was inevitably shocked.

Guan Xun, who was hanging below the cliff, could clearly feel that when the Imperial Tutor's hand pierced the protective shield, the feeling of weightlessness in his body instantly disappeared, and the strong shock wave also stopped abruptly.

The surrounding debris swerved around them, veering to either side and plummeting down the cliff.

Guan Xun didn't think there was anything wrong with what he said. It was just a petal, wasn't that right?

She was simply stating the facts.

Despite her thoughts, she knew that her words had likely angered him.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense between the two. Guan Xun felt her lips were a little dry. She pursed her lips and finally spoke first.

"It's dangerous here."

With her feet dangling in mid-air and no foothold to hold onto, she would plummet to the ground the moment her opponent let go.

Although Chi Rong would come to her rescue, and she could save herself, who could be sure that this man would let her land safely?

She felt he would definitely take advantage of her misfortune.

He has something he wants in her, so he probably won't let her die so easily for the time being. What if he tortures her and makes her lose an arm or a leg... that wouldn't be good, would it?

The worst thing would be to cripple her, leaving her barely clinging to life...

Her thoughts drifted further and further absurd, and she felt the latter was highly likely. Her thin lips parted slightly, and the harshness in her voice softened a bit: "Shall we go upstairs and talk?"

After she finished speaking, the Imperial Tutor did not react at all, as if he had not heard her words at all, and remained silent for a long time.

Just when Guan Xun thought the dialogue had failed and the stalemate would continue, the Imperial Tutor's thin lips moved slightly: "Would you be willing to give me your heart?"

He was already harboring resentment, and upon hearing these words, Guan Xun almost suffered internal injuries from holding it in.

again!

No matter who the other person is, no matter how many times they ask her, even if a knife is held to her throat, she will still resolutely shake her head and refuse. Is this man just single-minded...?

Her eyes flashed with a chilling light, and she cut to the chase, saying, "You're so persistent, do you think my heart can repair that flower?"

"Since you know this, why did you refuse?" A flicker of emotion finally appeared on the Imperial Tutor's indifferent face.

Guan Xun choked for a moment, his eyelids drooping slightly as he stared at the gleaming blade tip: "Those flower petals were only picked unintentionally by the red python in its eagerness to save me."

The Imperial Tutor didn't speak, but his thin, seemingly bloodless lips twitched slightly, clearly waiting for her to continue.

Her dark eyes swept over the silver hair falling beside her face once more, then focused on the thin gauze wrapping around her, and she said slowly, "My heart cannot be given to you."

After he finished speaking, an overwhelming chill swept down like a tidal wave, and Guan Xun's hand gripping the hilt of his knife tightened abruptly: "Although I don't know what that flower means to you, my heart carries my life. If I give it to you, what difference is there between that and suicide? I don't want to die yet."

Speaking of this, Guan Xun remembered the words Bai Ze blurted out when he dragged her out of the academy: "a menace." Looking at the situation now, it seems they forced such a charge on her. Even if she dies here today, no one will care.

No wonder that creature targeted her; it was all thanks to them. Even if she hadn't used her divine sense to probe, that creature could have easily locked onto her.

This is outrageous!

Guan Xunzhen grew increasingly angry the more she thought about it. She opened her lips slightly, took a deep breath to suppress her rage, and asked, "How is the blood?"

The Imperial Tutor turned his face slightly to the side, clearly not understanding the meaning of her words.

"How do you know that my heart can definitely repair the flower? Why don't you try it with my blood? You've personally sensed the scent of petals in it."

Guan Xun looked at him with unusually firm eyes. It was clear that this was the biggest concession she had made. If this man still did not agree, she would rather destroy her physical body than comply with his wishes.

At worst, I can just find a new body and start all over again.

She thought it was easy, but she knew very well that her soul could not escape from under this man's nose so easily.

"If you take my heart directly, I will lose my breath and my blood will lose its vitality. Then you will find that the heart is useless... At that time, wouldn't it be a loss?"

She didn't say anything more, just stared at him, waiting for his completely uncertain answer.

This is a two-way gamble; she bets on his choice, while he bets on how much truth is in her words.

The aura surrounding the two seemed to flow even more slowly than before, and neither knew what the other was thinking, making it a very difficult process.

A moment later, Guan Xun was slightly taken aback, then a bright light flashed in her eyes, because she could clearly feel the hand holding her hair loosen slightly.

Having learned from the Imperial Tutor's actions in forcing Chi Rong to stop, she dared not relax her guard in the slightest. On the contrary, she became even more vigilant, fearing that this man would launch a surprise attack on her.

"Try it."

Only when the large hand completely released her and moved away, and indifferent words came from those jade-like thin lips, did Guan Xun finally realize that she had gambled on the answer she had been hoping for.

Before the joy of surviving the ordeal could even fill her heart, the figure before her vanished in an instant, like a ghost, already standing on the edge of that high cliff.

"Come up," he said in a low voice, not addressing her directly, but speaking towards the front.

This man just slipped up to her without even offering to help her up!

The feeling of weightlessness returned, and Guan Xun frowned, no longer expecting the other party to lend her a hand. The dagger in her hand instantly transformed into a thick, long rope, and with a forceful swing of her arm, one end of the rope wrapped around the protruding rock above the cliff.

Just then, a purple figure landed on the edge of the cliff, standing next to the Imperial Tutor, cautiously peering down.

Guan Xun's gaze swept over him, his eyes suddenly lit up, and with a twist of his wrist, the rope suddenly changed direction, heading towards the purple figure!

The end of the rope twisted and turned like a small snake, and with a whoosh, it wrapped tightly around the waist of the purple-robed figure.

When Bai Liao saw the Imperial Tutor leap onto the edge of the cliff, he had simply come over to check the situation below. He had no idea that something like this would happen. He screamed in surprise, clearly terrified. His body was pulled by the rope, and he almost fell off the cliff!

Fortunately, he reacted quickly, grabbing the rope around his waist with both hands and pulling hard, causing the end hanging below the cliff to bounce up.

Guan Xun tiptoed on the rocks, using the momentum to leap up and land steadily on the mountaintop.

She took a deep breath, pulled hard, and the rope wrapped around Bai Ze's waist was pulled back and disappeared from her hand.

"Phew... Thanks."