Aunt, please don't chase me. I don't want to be the emperor.

"Osmanthus cake."

Cheng Ying said these three words without any emotion.

4.32 His Majesty the Emperor and the Paralyzed Woman Temporarily Join Forces

"Osmanthus cake?"

Ji Xian muttered in confusion, and then she remembered the osmanthus cake she had given to Cheng Ying when they were on the boat before.

No...that's also considered a favor?

The osmanthus cake was just a snack that Ji Xian bought on the road. It had been soaked and rotten because it was swept into the river. It was the kind of food that even a dog might not eat if it was thrown on the roadside.

Because of this, Ji Xian didn't react to Cheng Ying's words for a while, because he didn't take the sweet-scented osmanthus cake seriously at all. Who would have thought that Cheng Ying not only ate it like a treasure, but also remembered the favor.

"..."

Ji Xian was silent for a long time, staring at Cheng Ying's face, which looked even more sinister and cold in the dim light, and asked, "Have you really never eaten other delicious food before?"

"The fish that Ji Wan'er grilled earlier."

"..."

Ji Xian said no more, knowing that it didn't mean anything.

Cheng Longjiu, Dieying, you are such inhuman beings! No wonder you can turn a girl like Cheng Ying into an emotionless, expressionless machine.

Ji Xian thought of the experience of her aunt Yelu Yinxue and the deeds of her father when he took her away from the Liaodan royal family in the northern desert. For a moment, the same idea came to her mind.

After hesitating for a moment, Ji Xian asked, "If I want to take you to eat some other delicious food, would you be willing?"

"No, I have my own money."

".....How about I introduce some to you first?"

"..."

"Let's talk about snacks first. Besides osmanthus cake, there are also candied haws, sugar figurines, candied fruits, peach cakes..."

Without waiting for Cheng Ying to answer, Ji Xian counted on his fingers and told Cheng Ying about various delicious snacks. Cheng Ying did not interrupt him, but just listened with a blank expression.

I don't know how long Ji Xian talked before Cheng Ying said, "Are these... delicious?"

"It tastes better than the osmanthus cake I gave you, because that one was soaked and rotten."

Ji Xian answered without hesitation, then suddenly remembered something and immediately said to Cheng Ying, "Oh, right, Luoxue's cooking is better than those chefs in the martial arts world. I'll treat you to a meal when I have time."

"..."

Cheng Ying still had no expression, but his face looked a little moved.

Ji Xian was silent and expectant, staring at Cheng Ying for a long time before she heard Cheng Ying sigh and say, "Wait until I fall into your hands and am about to die, then let me have a meal."

"you....."

Ji Xian was stunned for a moment before she reacted.

Yes, he is the emperor of the Great Zhou, and Luoxue is the prime minister of the Great Zhou. Asking the prime minister of the Great Zhou to cook for Cheng Ying, the Butterfly Shadow Killer, is like walking into a trap. Cheng Ying is not that stupid.

I am the fool. How can I talk like that?

Ji Xian covered her face and smiled bitterly.

However, something interrupted the two of them at this time. Ji Xian's powerful perception detected the movement coming from not far away. It was not human, but some kind of reptile. It was very heavy and its spiritual power fluctuations were very strong.

It is a strange beast, and a very powerful one at that.

Ji Xian then remembered that he was in the Wild Beast Forest, a place full of strange beasts. So he quickly got up from the ground and said to Cheng Ying, "There are strange beasts coming, hurry up and leave."

Cheng Ying said nothing, but also stood up.

The two continued running northeast through the desolate jungle. Both were now severely injured, and their spiritual energy was almost completely depleted. It was nearly impossible for them to fight their way through this desolate forest of beasts. They would inevitably be consumed by the endless stream of strange beasts until their spiritual energy was completely exhausted.

But fortunately, Ji Xian's perception can effectively avoid strange beasts.

However, the strange beast seemed to have a very strong ability to track breaths. Ji Xian could sense that the creature was still chasing them, and its footsteps were very frequent and noisy, as if it was some kind of arthropod.

Bugs...are they that big?

Ji Xian was suspicious. Could it be some kind of magical beast?

But Ji Xian had no intention of figuring out the truth of the matter. This guy was not very fast. Although both he and Cheng Ying were injured, they were faster than him, so it was only a matter of time to get rid of him.

But it seemed that Ji Xian and Cheng Ying were particularly unlucky today. There was a large stream in front of them. When they ran forward through a bush, they found a large waterfall.

Ji Xian looked at the height of the waterfall, her brows trembling.

Damn, this must be a hundred meters high. Are all the waterfalls in the northern desert that high?

Cheng Ying didn't hesitate and turned to look at Ji Xian: "Can we take a detour?"

"No." Ji Xian shook her head: "The water is very wide, and the terrain around here doesn't allow for a detour."

In other words, this waterfall is the only way to escape.

This time it was Ji Xian who asked Cheng Ying: "Can you still fly?"

"No."

"Neither can I. Sorry for the trouble."

For Yang Shen, using spiritual power to fly is commonplace for them, but because running on the ground can continuously accelerate, for Yang Shen, running is actually faster than flying.

But given Ji Xian and Cheng Ying's current situation, neither lightness skills nor flying are possible.

"Calm down, calm down, there's still time, look around and see if there's anything useful..."

Ji Xian forced himself to calm down and looked around for something he could use. Cheng Ying was doing the same thing as him, and he was more familiar with it, obviously more experienced than Ji Xian.

Therefore, she was the first to notice that there were some spiritual vines growing in the wild forest behind her on the left.

"That thing works."

Cheng Ying pointed over there and ran over. Ji Xian looked over immediately and saw Cheng Ying running over and unfolding the hidden knife in his arm, splitting the spiritual vines, and then began to tie them up one by one as if he wanted to make a long rope.

Ji Xian immediately understood and stepped forward to help.

Both of them were smart people, and they worked quickly and smoothly. At the same time, Ji Xian asked, "Is this vine strong?"

"This is Yin Bone Vine. It grows in cold and gloomy places and is a very strong spiritual plant."

"Tie the vines to my sword later, and then make a rope to climb up."

"How long will it take for the strange beast to arrive?"

"Two minutes at most, hurry up."

In less than half a minute, Ji Xian and Cheng Ying had gotten the long rope ready. Then Ji Xian immediately tied the vine to Sheng Huiji's hilt, ran to the bottom of the waterfall and threw Sheng Huiji out.

Although her spiritual power was depleted, Ji Xian was still a master of the Yang God Realm. Even without using spiritual power, relying only on physical strength, she managed to throw the object far. With a little skill, she easily threw it a hundred meters high. However, in order to ensure that the sword blade was firmly embedded in the rocks upstream of the waterfall and would not come loose, Ji Xian still used some spiritual power.

Ji Xian heard the sound of the sword blade piercing into a huge rock upstream. She grabbed the vines tightly, confirmed their firmness and stability, and immediately started climbing. Cheng Ying followed closely behind.

Just as the two were climbing up, Ji Xian suddenly sensed a movement coming from behind.

"careful!"

Ji Xian shouted hurriedly and looked behind her, only to find that a large green stream was splashing from behind, which seemed to be venom!

Ji Xian was crawling on top, and she could avoid it by climbing faster.

But Cheng Ying was too late, so he had to loosen the rope and fall down a little to avoid the venom splashing. The venom finally splashed onto the waterfall and the rope, and many poisonous droplets splashed around and also dripped onto Cheng Ying's robe and windbreaker.

The place where Cheng Ying's windbreaker was splashed with water began to smoke. This is really venom!

Ji Xian and Cheng Ying looked behind them together, and saw an extremely huge scorpion chasing them at an extremely fast speed.

4.33 His Majesty the Emperor felt quite embarrassed

"Damn, such a big thing!" Ji Xian screamed, and quickly lowered her head to look at Cheng Ying: "Hurry up and crawl, otherwise..."

However, before Ji Xian could finish her words, the section of vine covered in venom suddenly began to disintegrate, finally snapping apart. Cheng Ying, who was at the lower end, fell directly into the waterfall below.

"Facial paralysis girl!"

Ji Xian screamed, and saw Cheng Ying emerging from the water, and the giant scorpion monster also crawled into the water, waving its pincers and attacking Cheng Ying!

Cheng Ying immediately mobilized his spiritual power to leap out of the water, jumped into the air to dodge the attack, and then landed on the scorpion's back.

As soon as she landed, Cheng Ying spat out a mouthful of blood, but she endured the pain and injuries, and moved without any pause. She spread out her arms and chopped the hidden knives at the back of the giant scorpion monster.

But the giant scorpion's shell was extremely hard, and even Cheng Ying's sleeve knife was considered a magical weapon, but it couldn't cut through it!

"Roar!!!!!!"

The giant scorpion roared to the sky and swung its body with all its might to try to shake Cheng Ying off. Cheng Ying, who was on its back, immediately squatted down, grabbed its back, and then stabbed it again!

The giant scorpion's tail then charged towards Cheng Ying, its spikes piercing his path. Startled, Cheng Ying immediately turned sideways and blocked the blow with his hidden blade. There was a loud bang, and although Cheng Ying managed to block the attack, the immense force sent him flying, slamming heavily onto the distant shore.

"Ugh!"

Cheng Ying, who was lying on the ground, vomited blood again. His whole body was twitching and it seemed difficult for him to get up.

However, the giant scorpion monster turned around, and its compound eyes emitting scarlet light stared at Cheng Ying. It took several arthropod-like steps and pounced towards Cheng Ying, as if it wanted to enjoy this delicious meal.

Cheng Ying's vision kept switching between clarity and blur. The giant scorpion was getting closer and closer, and his perception of everything around him had begun to dull.

Ah...am I going to die?

I didn't expect that... I would end up dying in the mouth of a strange beast.

After being eaten, will those strange beasts think they are delicious?

I really want to eat those foods that Ji Xian mentioned before...

Some thoughts flashed through Cheng Ying's mind, but when she blinked the next time, she saw a red and white light piercing Cheng Ying's sight in the darkness, instantly illuminating Cheng Ying's dim vision.

At that moment, a flash of light like thunder roared across the sky, and Cheng Ying saw it all clearly. The giant scorpion beast that had pounced on him was pierced through by a flash of light from above. A large amount of green blood spurted out, and the beast instantly fell to the ground.

Cheng Ying discovered that the thing that pierced through the giant scorpion's body was a sword stuck in the ground...

The red and white parts were as bright as blood, and the white parts were as pure as ice jade. Cheng Ying recognized this weapon; it was one of Ji Xian's twin swords.

Cheng Ying, who was lying on the ground, looked up at the waterfall in the distance. He saw Ji Xian standing upstream of the waterfall, maintaining the posture of throwing the sword, and gasping for breath. Two seconds later, he suddenly knelt on one knee weakly on the ground, covering his chest, and spitting out blood after a while.

"Ugh, cough cough!"

Ji Xian was coughing up blood, his body trembling. He had mobilized a large amount of spiritual energy to save Cheng Ying in time with that sword strike. However, all he had done was use spiritual energy to accelerate and strengthen the sword before throwing it. The ability to penetrate the giant scorpion with one strike was largely due to the sharpness of Sheng Huiji.

Cheng Ying's magic sleeve blade cannot cut through the giant scorpion's shell, but Ji Xian's Shenghuiji can!

But even using this level of spiritual power is still a considerable burden for Ji Xian.

Ji Xian coughed for a while and looked at Cheng Ying: "You...what are you still doing lying there? Come on up and leave!"

"..."

Cheng Ying didn't respond, but simply supported his wounded body to get up from the ground, then staggered towards the waterfall, pulling out Ji Xian's sword in the process. Then, holding the sword, he walked to the bottom of the waterfall, raised his head and looked upstream, as if thinking about how to get up.

Upstream, Ji Xian shouted down, "Tie my sword with your body, and then throw it up like I did before!"

"I don't have the energy... anymore."

"I'll catch the sword and pull you up, quick!"

After hearing what Ji Xian said, Cheng Ying didn't say much. He simply took action, tied another Shenghuiji with a long vine rope, and then threw it into the air.

Ji Xian stretched out her hand and released a little more spiritual power, but this time she didn't attack, but pulled.

Shenghui Ji, who was thrown into the air by Cheng Ying, suddenly changed her flight trajectory under the traction of Ji Xian's spiritual power, and then flew directly into Ji Xian's hands. Ji Xian then inserted the sword forcefully into the huge rock upstream, asking Cheng Ying to come up quickly.

Cheng Ying grabbed the vine and started climbing again, but his speed was obviously not as fast as before. Ji Xian was also pulling the rope hard from above, trying to make Cheng Ying come up quickly.

But at this moment, Ji Xian's perception once again detected that the giant scorpion beast, which was supposed to be dead, suddenly showed new movements.

He was so scared that he immediately turned around and found that the giant scorpion beast whose body was pierced had started to move again. It also staggered to its feet, but fell to the ground again.

However, its tail, which contained a large amount of venom, was now aimed at Cheng Ying.

"Climb quickly!"

Ji Xian shouted, not caring about anything else, and mobilized her spiritual power again to pull Cheng Ying up.

Cheng Ying also burst out with spiritual power and accelerated his climbing.