In the courtyard, several dimly lit spirit stone lamps were stained with blood.

With the blood-colored sword in her hand, Gu Mingxin looked at the three Ghost Spirit Sect disciples she had cut open and saw that one of them was still breathing, so she walked over without saying a word.

"Wait..."

Swish—

She ignored the man's hand begging for mercy as she ruthlessly stabbed the blood-colored sword through his golden core.

After Ye Anping and Feng Yu Die escaped, Gu Mingxin listened to Xue'e and hid in a small alley in Brilliance City where few people passed by. She planned to wait until nightfall to find an opportunity and sneak out of the city.

And because Ye Anping returned her left hand to her, she couldn't contact him anymore, and she was a little worried that she wouldn't be able to find him.

But fortunately, she had Xue'e by her side.

Because the Heavenly Demonic Scroll recognized Ye Anping as its master, Xue'e could vaguely sense Ye Anping's approximate location even though she was hundreds of miles away.

Gu Mingxin followed Xue'e and killed several demonic cultivators guarding the gates. Then, she found an opportunity to slip out of the city and headed straight for the canyon.

However, when she and Xue'e entered the canyon, it was already full of Ghost Spirit Sect disciples sent by Kong Xiangmo to hunt down Ye Anping.

After a little thought, Gu Mingxin simply asked Xue'e to help her plan the route, and then secretly followed them and attacked them one by one, killing all the Ghost Spirit Sect disciples within a ten-mile radius.

The three people lying at her feet now were the last three disciples in the canyon.

Swish—

Gu Mingxin flicked the blood on the blade at her feet before turning her head to look at her left hand.

"Woo..."

Her left hand tightly grasped He Jifeng's hair, dragging him on the ground, leaving him unable to resist after his limbs had been cut off by her when he first entered the prison cell.

Being dragged along by his hair by Gu Mingxin, he no longer had the charm of the Young Master of the He family; instead, he was like a puddle of mud.

"Gu... Young Miss Gu..."

Bang—

Before he could finish, Gu Mingxin let go of his hair, letting him plant his face onto the ground, and then she jumped toward the cave next to her.

"Ye~ Anping~~"

Squeak—

Gu Mingxin smiled and pushed the door lightly, like a child who came to ask for a reward for doing a good deed, then leaned over to look into the room.

However, with the help of the dim golden light in the room, when she saw Ye Anping lying on the jade couch, weak and covered in blood, the smile on Gu Mingxin's face froze almost instantly.

"..."

Her eyes widened, and she walked toward Feng Yu Die, who was holding a sword behind her back. A trace of anger appeared in her red eyes, and the Blood Spirit Sword, which she had just put into the soul realm, appeared again in her right hand.

The next moment—

Clang—

The sword's shrill sound resounded in the room.

The blood-colored curved arc went straight to Feng Yu Die's neck, but Feng Yu Die reacted quickly and immediately raised her sword to block it.

Ding—

Feng Yu Die took a step back with some difficulty, frowned, and scolded. "Gu! Why are you going crazy now?!"

Gu Mingxin pressed the sword forward and cursed, glaring at her. "You actually let my Anping suffer such serious injuries!!! You useless trash!! Ha—!"

Ding—

Ding Ding—

The sound of iron striking echoed in the room.

Ye Anping, who originally thought that he could cultivate peacefully once Gu Mingxin came, opened his eyes again, turned his head to look at the two people whose swords were clashing against each other, and hurriedly said, "Don't fight! My injury is not serious..."

His voice was hoarse and weak.

At that moment, both Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin were shocked and turned their heads to look at him. Even Xue'e, who was hitting Xiao Tian on the head, stopped the wooden sword in her hand.

Feng Yu Die used a little force to push Gu Mingxin away with her sword, and then walked quickly to the side of the bed. "Young Master Ye, you should have a good rest..."

As soon as the words came out, Gu Mingxin hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Feng Yu Die away. "Loser, get out of the way! You can't even protect my Ye Anping! You..."

Ye Anping was upset. He held his breath, stood up, and shouted angrily, "Enough!! Stop it!! Xue'e and Xiao Tian, you two too!!"

"..." "..."

After the angry roar, the room became quiet again. Ye Anping exhaled softly, lay down again, and closed his eyes. With his tone lowered, he said, "Everyone, go out. Let me get some rest, and we will talk about other things when I recover."

Seeing Ye Anping like this, Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin did not dare to speak again.

After glaring at each other, they walked out of the room together, closing the door slowly, and went to the yard outside.

Seeing them so obedient, Ye Anping pinched his nose bridge. For some reason, he felt a little confused.

His trip to the Eastern Region, in addition to paving the way for the Western Region's immortal cultivators and destroying the leaders of the demonic sects, also had another purpose, which was to make Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin get along well with each other.

There were only two ways to make two people go from being strangers to supporting each other: enjoy the good times together or fight against a common enemy together.

Just like the three Yun sisters of the Moon Shadow Sword Sect.

However, it seemed that this matter was still a long way off.

Ye Anping glanced at Xue'e and Xiao Tian who did not leave the room. He let out a small sigh and stopped thinking about them as he slowly closed his eyes.

The two little ones seemed to understand that they should not make trouble. They glared at each other and then flew to the sides of Ye Anping's pillow, sat cross-legged, and meditated beside him.

Meanwhile, Gu Mingxin went outside and walked a few steps into the yard and saw He Jifeng who had been thrown in a pool of blood by her. She walked up angrily and kicked him in the face.

Bang—

After one kick, He Jifeng rolled several times before stopping.

"Ah-ah..."

Behind Gu Mingxin, Feng Yu Die frowned and scolded her when she saw her making such a big noise. "Be gentle, Master Ye is resting."

"..."

Gu Mingxin glanced back at her, took out a piece of rag from the storage bag, and stuffed it into He Jifeng's mouth. Then, she kicked him twice to relieve her hatred.

Bang—

"Woo..."

After venting for a while, Gu Mingxin closed her eyes and let out a long breath. After she had calmed down a little, she asked, "Why didn't you protect him?"

"..."

"I'm asking you, Feng Yu Die! You fool, you've been protected by Ye Anping so many times, isn't that enough?"

"I…"

Feng Yu Die felt guilty when she heard Gu Mingxin questioning her. She also wanted to protect Ye Anping as Sister Pei usually did, but…

She bit her lip slightly and frowned. "There won't be a next time."

"Heh…"

Gu Mingxin snorted disdainfully but didn't want to argue with her. After thinking for a while, she raised her head. "Kong Xiangmo sent a lot of people to search. I just cleared out all the Ghost Spirit Sect disciples within a ten-mile radius. You go and keep watch, and I'll stay here."

"Why don't you go? I'll stay in the cave."

"Can you guard it?" Gu Mingxin squinted her eyes. "You've been by his side, but he was still so badly injured!!"

"I..."

Feng Yu Die couldn't retort. She looked back at the cave behind her and was silent. Then, she simply summoned her sword, went to the entrance of the cave without saying a word, and flew toward the sky.

After watching Feng Yu Die leave, Gu Mingxin let out a long sigh and glanced at He Jifeng who was lying on the ground. She walked over and kicked him again. Then, she glanced back at the cave, a blush slowly appearing on her cheeks.

Squeak—

She gently pushed open the door of the room and peeped in. She saw that Ye Anping seemed to have fallen asleep, while Xiao Tian and Xue'e sat cross-legged on both sides of his head. She pursed her lips and squeezed through the crack of the door, then tiptoed to the edge of the jade sofa.

Looking at Ye Anping, who was breathing steadily with his eyes tightly closed, Gu Mingxin's red eyes narrowed slightly, and her look showed infatuation as if she was drunk.

Gu Mingxin recalled the things that Lu Meimei had told her when she was free in the Northern Region. After thinking for a while, she raised her hand and pulled down the shoulders of her robe.

Rustle—

The robe slid down from her shoulders and fell around her embroidered shoes.

Gu Mingxin sat on the bed, pulled out her feet with black silk stockings from the embroidered shoes, and then straddled Ye Anping and lay on top of him. Her long black hair hung to one side of her face and curled around Ye Anping's slightly heaving chest.

Xiao Tian, who was meditating with her eyes closed, heard the movement. Her ears twitched slightly, and she slowly opened her eyes.

Seeing Gu Mingxin there, she suddenly widened her eyes, but before she could make a sound, Xue'e, from the other side of Ye Anping, suddenly jumped on her back and pressed her into the pillow.

"Ouch!"

"Don't ruin my Mingxin's moment!"

"Anping... Anping! Enemy..."

Xiao Tian, who was pressed into the pillow by Xue'e, slapped the bed and shouted, but in the middle of her words, she was strangled by Xue'e, who covered her mouth.

"Woo woo woo... woo woo!"

Ye Anping, who had finally fallen asleep, opened his eyes, slightly irritated, when he heard the noise. He thought Feng Yu Die and Gu Mingxin, or Xiao Tian and Xue'e were up to something again.

Just when he was about to get angry, he saw two 'moons' right in front of his face...

"..."

"Ye Anping~ I'll help you heal your wounds, hehe..."

A silver bell-like chuckle came, and Ye Anping's gaze shifted upward and saw Gu Ming Xin's red cheeks and smile. He was silent for a long time, but when he was about to say something, Gu Mingxin blocked his lips with her mouth.

The battering ram broke through the wall of teeth and stirred up the city.

Ye Anping subconsciously wanted to push her away, but he didn't have much strength now, and his push only made Gu Mingxin hum charmingly.

"Hmm~"

"..."

Ye Anping hesitated for a moment and suddenly noticed a problem.

Where did Feng Yu Die go?

After all, if Feng Yu Die was guarding him, how could she let Gu Mingxin get so close to him?

If his sister were here, Gu Mingxin would have been chopped into pieces by her the moment she climbed onto the bed.

Just as he was wondering…

Suddenly, there was a "bang".

The wooden door of the pavilion was kicked open.

Feng Yu Die, who was tricked into keeping watch, suddenly felt something was wrong after flying for a while, so she turned back quickly.

The result was exactly as she thought. Gu Mingxin really had bad intentions!

She stood at the door with her sword drawn, and the golden eyes under her silver bangs stared at Gu Mingxin who was kissing Ye Anping forcefully, and an extremely rare anger was finally revealed.

"Gu Mingxin!!! I knew you had bad intentions!! "

"Tsk..." Gu Mingxin stood up and looked at Feng Yu Die who had turned back halfway. She was disappointed. "White idiot, why did you come back?"

"If I hadn't come back…" Feng Yu Die looked at Ye Anping, gritted her teeth, and shouted, "Young Master Ye would be finished!! He was so heavily wounded..."

"So? Am I not helping Ye Anping recover? Don't you know that dual cultivation can help people recover?"

Feng Yu Die was stunned for a moment. Her eyes moved to Ye Anping's face, and she asked with her eyes,

—Can it?

Ye Anping was silent. "..."

The next moment, Gu Mingxin paused and added with a sneer. "Oh, yes, you have been with Ye Anping for so long, but you haven't practiced dual cultivation with him yet. It's really..."

"..."

Hearing this, Feng Yu Die felt wronged.

Yes, if she had realized her feelings for Ye Anping earlier...

No, no!!

Feng Yu Die shook her head and came back to her senses.

She gripped the hilt of the sword, and in one step, she flashed to the side of the jade sofa and raised her sword, swinging it toward Gu Mingxin.

"Bitch!!"

Whoosh---

Ding---

Although Gu Mingxin was riding on Ye Anping's belly, she still reacted quickly and quickly summoned her blood-colored sword to parry.

Underneath them, Ye Anping saw the sparks and felt exhausted. He looked at the two of them, took a deep breath, and simply grabbed Gu Mingxin's waist with his right hand and Feng Yu Die's waist with his left hand, pulling them into his arms and hugging them both.

"Hey?" "Ah?!"

Gu Mingxin and Feng Yu Die still had the swords in their hands. When Ye Anping hugged them like this, they almost simultaneously threw them away to prevent accidentally hurting him.

Plop—

The two of them fell directly on Ye Anping's chest, causing him to feel a sharp pain.

Ye Anping took a deep breath and looked at the two girls lying in his arms.

"Just stay like this. No one is allowed to say a word or move, otherwise I will throw you out."

Ye Anping glared, causing Feng Yu Die to shrink her neck and Gu Mingxin to lower her eyes and avoid his gaze.

Seeing that he could calm the two of them like this, Ye Anping was slightly relieved. After all, in terms of the strength of a cultivator, he really couldn't compare to any of the two girls in his arms.

"Huh..."

Ye Anping let out a long breath, hugged the two, then turned to look at Xiao Tian and Xue'e who were entangled together, and ordered. "Xue'e, Xiao Tian. Go outside and keep an eye on things. If any disciples of the Ghost Spirit Sect come looking for us, come and tell me..."

"..."

"...Oh."

Xue'e slowly let go of Xiao Tian's neck, but as soon as she let go, Xiao Tian seized the opportunity to turn around and hit her with an uppercut, sending her flying.

"Ah?!"

"You black bastard!!"

Xiao Tian cursed. She looked at Feng Yu Die who was hugged by Ye Anping's left arm and felt a little relieved, then turned around to rush out.

Xue'e straightened her chin, looked at Gu Mingxin who was hugged by Ye Anping's right arm, and said nothing. She turned into a black light and flew out after Xiao Tian.

"You golden fool!!! Stop right there!!!"

"..."

After the two little ones flew out, the room returned to silence again.

Ye Anping lowered his head and looked at the two people, one with black hair and one with white hair, who were now obediently resting on his shoulders. He sighed softly.

"That's more like it. You two are good like this. Can you show consideration to an injured man? I just finished fighting a cultivator in the late stage of Deification."

Gu Mingxin and Feng Yu Die glared at each other, but they seemed to sympathize with Ye Anping and did not speak again. They relaxed and leaned in his arms, put their noses close to his neck, and slowly closed their eyes.