I am an incredibly handsome man, and my fiancée refuses to call off the engagement even at the cost

"It's you." Liu Feiyan couldn't believe it. The one who saved her and her senior sister was actually the evil spirit master she had met on the Azure Phoenix.

Gu Yan looked at Liu Feiyan. The little girl was still wearing the same pale yellow dress as that day, but her clothes were covered in bloodstains, and her pretty face was also dirty.

Gu Yan's gaze shifted from her face to Xu Ruolan, whom she was holding. Xu Ruolan, who was unconscious, had a pale, bluish complexion and purple lips, clearly indicating that she had been poisoned.

Gu Yan stepped forward, squatted down, checked Xu Ruolan's pulse, and said, "She has been poisoned by the Ghost-Faced Spider. We must help her detoxify quickly, or her life will be in danger."

Liu Feiyan was surprised that Gu Yan had noticed it so quickly. She said anxiously, "Our senior sister has already taken all the antidote pills we had on us, and they didn't work."

Although she was a disciple of the Pill King, she hadn't even passed the first-grade alchemist exam. Xu Ruolan couldn't save herself, so there was even less she could help. She looked anxiously at Gu Yan and pleaded, "Please, please, please, my senior sister."

Gu Yan took out a bottle of her own concocted antidote from her storage ring, pried open Xu Ruolan's mouth, and made her swallow it. However, this all-purpose antidote, while highly effective, could only suppress the toxins.

"Drinking this will suppress the symptoms for a while. I don't have enough medicinal herbs on hand. Let's go find a safe place first." Gu Yan stood up, and with a wave of her hand, a white light landed, transforming into an adorable Snow Shadow Tiger cub.

Since awakening its bloodline power at the last auction, the markings on this Snow Shadow Tiger cub have changed, making it stand out from other Snow Shadow Tigers at a glance. Liu Feiyan stared at the little guy curiously. The little guy seemed to understand Gu Yan's thoughts, and after letting out two howls, its body began to glow.

To Liu Feiyan's astonishment, the cute little creature transformed into a colossal beast the size of a hill. This beast had a "King" totem on its forehead, and its snow-white fur was covered with mysterious patterns. Its entire body exuded a powerful and domineering aura. It stood on ice flames and roared, causing the mountains and fields to tremble and startling a large flock of birds and beasts into flight.

Gu Yan picked up Xu Ruolan and flew onto the Snow Shadow Tiger's back. He looked at Liu Feiyan and said, "Get on."

Liu Feiyan was stunned for a moment, staring at him, her heart pounding again. Her face flushed, she lightly flew onto the Snow Shadow Tiger's back.

With a roar, the Snow Shadow Tiger rose into the air, carrying the three of them into the sky.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Two hours later.

Inside the cave, a blanket was laid out, and an unconscious woman lay there, covered with a thin quilt. Beside her, a girl in a pale yellow dress was carefully tending to her.

At the entrance of the cave, there are two golden talismans pasted on the ground, and an adorable snow shadow tiger cub is playing with a ball.

The snow shadow tiger cub struggled to walk on the ball with all four paws, but suddenly lost its balance and fell. It shook the dust and grass off its fur and continued playing with the ball, thoroughly enjoying itself.

After a while, a golden rainbow shot in from afar, landed here, and transformed into a white-clad man wearing a silver mask.

The man in white strode into the cave.

"Have you collected the herbs?" Liu Feiyan stood up.

Gu Yan nodded, and with a wave of his hand, one after another spiritual herbs flew out of his storage ring and floated in mid-air.

Liu Feiyan recognized the names of these herbs, but...

Liu Feiyan frowned, a worried look on her face: "I... my skills in alchemy are still shallow, I... I don't know how to make an antidote..."

"You don't have to refine it, I will," Gu Yan said.

"Huh?" Liu Feiyan's gaze followed Gu Yan.

She saw Gu Yan wave his hand, and a pill furnace glowing with purple light appeared in the air. The furnace didn't look big, but it was surrounded by an extraordinary aura, and it was even more colorful with purple light. It was obviously a pill furnace of the highest quality.

Even her master might not have many alchemy furnaces like this.

She watched as Gu Yan waved his hand, throwing the collected medicinal herbs and the ones he already had into the alchemy furnace. The furnace lid closed, and purple flames appeared from below.

Gu Yan focused intently on manipulating the temperature of the flames. Xu Ruolan was deeply poisoned; the ghost-faced spider was extremely venomous. If it weren't for the fact that she was a second-grade alchemist who had taken various rare pills since childhood, giving her a much stronger resistance to poison, she would have already met her maker.

"You...you're also an alchemist?" Liu Feiyan asked in surprise.

Gu Yan didn't answer, which made Liu Feiyan a little dissatisfied. She stood aside watching his alchemy techniques and felt that he manipulated the flames with ease, just like his master.

Knowing he was a master of the Heavenly Spirit Realm and an alchemist, she became even more curious about Gu Yan. She especially wanted to know what he looked like beneath his mask.

His voice was pleasant, and his hands, which were concocting medicine, were fair and slender, even more beautiful than a woman's hands. And his face…

Hey, Liu Feiyan, what are you thinking about? Your senior sister's life is still hanging in the balance. What are you thinking? He's just a wicked sorcerer who practices evil arts. Don't be fooled by him.

Liu Feiyan was distracted for a moment. The flames of the pill furnace that was floating in the air had been extinguished. After the lid of the pill furnace was opened, a pill flew out and landed in Gu Yan's hand.

"That's it?" Liu Feiyan's eyes widened in disbelief; this was too fast.

Gu Yan had already reached Xu Ruolan and given her the antidote. Although Liu Feiyan didn't stop her, she still harbored doubts about him. Seeing that Xu Ruolan hadn't regained consciousness after taking the pill, she muttered something under her breath:

"Are you... are you even capable of doing this?"

"She will wake up naturally in a quarter of an hour," Gu Yan said.

Seeing that Gu Yan had finished speaking and left, Liu Feiyan stood guard beside Xu Ruolan. She looked outside and saw Gu Yan playing with his spirit pet. The adorable Snow Shadow Tiger cub was rubbing against his feet vigorously. Gu Yan picked up a colorful ball and threw it, and the Snow Shadow Tiger cub immediately took off chasing after it.

Gu Yan sat on the rock, looking into the distance.

As Liu Feiyan gazed at Gu Yan's retreating figure, recalling how he had suddenly appeared, slain all the demonic beasts, and saved her, her heart pounded wildly, like a deer in a frenzy.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Xu Ruolan opened her eyes and saw her junior sister, Liu Feiyan. Upon seeing her awake, Liu Feiyan exclaimed joyfully, "Senior sister, senior sister, you're awake! How are you feeling?"

Liu Feiyan helped Xu Ruolan sit up. Xu Ruolan looked at the cave blankly. Where was she? How did she get here? As Xu Ruolan was wondering, she saw a white-clad man wearing a mask walk out of the cave. When he saw Gu Yan, surprise appeared in his eyes.

She looked at Liu Feiyan questioningly. Liu Feiyan glanced at Gu Yan, then lowered her head and said, "Senior sister, he saved us."

"Girl, how are you feeling?" Gu Yan asked gently.

"I...I feel much better."

Xu Ruolan tried to get up, but Liu Feiyan quickly helped her stand up. Although Xu Ruolan's face was still a little pale, the dark aura on her face had disappeared, and her lips and skin color had returned to normal. She was no longer in pain. The poison had been neutralized, and all that was left was to recuperate for a period of time.

She was surprised that the poison in her body had been cured. Her junior sister didn't have that ability. She looked at Gu Yan and wondered if it was him.