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

Finally, when the venom sprayed out, Cheng Ying climbed up in time. The venom splattered under Cheng Ying's feet, causing a large amount of venom to splash on Cheng Ying's black windbreaker, but she still managed to get up in time.

Ji Xian grabbed Cheng Ying's hand and pulled her up, then the two of them quickly evacuated and continued to evacuate to the northeast.

Walking along the upper reaches of the river, the two men found a water cave and temporarily rested inside.

There are many colorful spiritual stones in this water cave, and the water also emits fluorescence, making the water cave very bright and looks very beautiful.

In the water cave, Cheng Ying took off the black robe windbreaker he was wearing. Because it was splashed with too much corrosive venom, the windbreaker was already tattered and more importantly, it was covered with venom and could not be worn anymore.

However, when she took off her windbreaker, Ji Xian avoided her sight.

Cheng Ying was startled, then looked down and realized that her inner clothes were also a bit torn, and a lot of her skin was exposed. Under the illumination of the colorful light stones in the water cave, it was clearly visible.

Ji Xian had been avoiding his gaze, but after waiting for a while and hearing no movement, she couldn't help but take another look. Cheng Ying actually walked to the corner of the water cave and sat down directly while maintaining this posture.

"You..." Ji Xian avoided his gaze again, her face flushed with shame: "Aren't you embarrassed?"

"will not."

"Dieying is not a human being!"

Ji Xian yelled and cursed.

Cheng Ying was raised by Cheng Longjiu and received a cold education that erased emotions. Therefore, she doesn't know what happiness is, what the seven emotions are, what delicious food is, and naturally she doesn't know what shyness and chastity are.

Finally, Ji Xian couldn't help it and took off her coat and threw it to Cheng Ying: "Put it on quickly, at least it will make me feel less embarrassed!"

4.34 The Emperor tells a story to the woman with facial paralysis

Lingguang Stone is a relatively common luminous stone. It is often found in caves or underground. It will glow when it is full of spiritual power. Therefore, it is often used by people to make spiritual lamps for indoor lighting.

Now, besides the lake water, the water cave is filled with spiritual stones everywhere. Although this place is called the Wild Beast Forest, the spiritual energy is quite abundant, so these stones are always glowing.

On the shore of the water cave, Ji Xian found some wood outside and built a fire. Cheng Ying sat beside the fire, wearing Ji Xian's red coat to cover her body.

Ji Xian was standing on the edge of the cave lake at this time, staring at the water surface and observing the movements in the water. After a moment, he reached in and quickly grabbed a big crab!

This crab is incredibly large, much bigger than some dogs.

"I didn't expect there would be crabs in a place like this. They're really big, they must be some kind of exotic animal."

Ji Xian said this and caught a few more. She almost got her hand pinched during the process, but she managed to catch one safely in the end.

Because there are no tools, if you want to eat it, you can only use the most primitive method, roasting it with fire!

These crabs were really big, so Ji Xian directly pierced them with Shenghui Ji, and then roasted them on the fire, making them look like barbecue.

"Uh, using Seikan-hime for something like this, Lulu probably doesn't have the sword sense."

Thinking of the sword spirit Lulu who was still sleeping in Shenghuiji, Ji Xian couldn't help but mutter, but in the end he continued to roast these big crabs with Shenghuiji.

Cheng Ying was sitting next to her, staring at Ji Xian: "Is this edible?"

"I don't know if this crab can be grilled and eaten directly, but there's no other way now. I can't eat it raw."

Ji Xian was a complete idiot when it came to cooking, and she wasn't sure if it was edible. But she had no other options. She couldn't possibly kill the crab alive. Even if she killed it and ate its corpse directly, Ji Xian still felt weird, and she couldn't help but shudder at the thought.

As long as there is a pot, Ji Xian can cook it, but the problem is that there is no...

However, it seems that this kind of crab can be grilled and eaten. After a while, Ji Xian smelled the fragrance.

"Hmm, it smells so good, it seems like all exotic animals taste like this."

Ji Xian was already drooling with greed. When she felt ready to eat, she immediately took the crab off the sword, threw one to Cheng Ying, and then grabbed one for herself and prepared to dig in. However, because it was still a little hot, Ji Xian blew on it a few times.

Cheng Ying placed the crab on her knees, not eating it, but just staring at it. Her expression was still as cold as ice, but her eyes looked puzzled, as if she didn't know how to eat the crab.

After staring at it for a while, he finally looked at Ji Xian and found that Ji Xian was still blowing the crab without moving his mouth.

Ji Xian also found Cheng Ying staring at her, and seemed to realize that Cheng Ying didn't know how to eat crabs, so she taught her step by step: "This is how to eat crabs, look, first like this..."

Although Ji Xian can't cook, he can eat.

Cheng Ying couldn't even eat, so Ji Xian was able to teach him. After a while, Cheng Ying learned it and started eating immediately.

After teaching Cheng Ying how to do it, Ji Xian immediately started to eat voraciously. She was weak and tired and had been hungry for a long time.

"Mm, it's delicious. Even though it doesn't have any spices, it tastes really good."

Ji Xian was savoring the taste of this strange crab, and at the same time, she was observing Cheng Ying from time to time. Cheng Ying was eating the crab quietly without making any noise, but the expression on his face was finally no longer that expressionless face.

Ji Xian saw a smile on Cheng Ying's face.

Ji Xian also smiled: "You smiled. This is the first time I see you smile."

Cheng Ying looked up at Ji Xian: "Did I smile?"

"Laughed, I'm sure."

"Oh."

Cheng Ying simply responded and lowered his head to continue eating crabs.

Ji Xian was speechless. Normally, the other party would deny it shyly or stubbornly, but Cheng Ying just responded with an "Oh" and continued eating crabs!

But in the end, Ji Xian just smiled and shook her head and continued eating.

Ji Xian caught only five crabs, which were all eaten by the two of them.

After eating and drinking, Ji Xian stood up and went outside the cave to observe for a while. After a while, he returned to the cave and said, "It's dark outside. There should be no strange beasts around."

"Yeah." Cheng Ying responded and nodded.

"What are your plans next?"

"Ok?"

"Now that Senior Wan'er is away, it's just the two of us. We can speak frankly now. I plan to go find Aunt Luoxue and Aunt Luohua. What about you?"

"..."

Cheng Ying was silent, and a new expression appeared on his face again, shock.

Yes, now that Ji Wan'er is not here, they have no way to go directly to the post station. Now that they are safe, they can logically go their separate ways.

But...why didn't I realize this?

As Dieying's killer, this is totally inappropriate.

Ji Xian's reminder reminded Cheng Ying of Baili Qiankun, Cheng Longjiu, Su Qingqiu's tomb, and other things. After thinking for a moment, Cheng Ying said, "Rest for one night. I'll go find the leader tomorrow morning."

"I'm going to go find Luoxue, and then we can each mind our own business."

"Ah."

"I plan to rest here tonight as well."

"Ah."

"Then I'll go to bed soon, so don't take the opportunity to kill me."

"will not."

"That's good."

Then, Ji Xian lay down opposite Cheng Ying, holding the back of her head and prepared to sleep.

Cheng Ying sat against the stone wall, lowered his head and closed his eyes, as if he was about to sleep.

But, after a long time...

"Are you asleep?"

"No."

"Me too. The wound still hurts. I don't think I'll be able to fall asleep for a while." Ji Xian was the first to speak. After saying this, Ji Xian thought for a moment and said, "How boring. In the past, times like this would always be...eh."

Ji Xian was thinking about what she used to do when she couldn't sleep, and then she suddenly remembered a lot of things.

Most of the time, Luoxue would make him midnight snacks, or Luoxue or Yelu Yinxue would tell him stories. Especially Yelu Yinxue, who had been so enthusiastic about telling stories to Ji Xian when they were young, that you could even say Ji Xian grew up listening to Yelu Yinxue's stories.

So, Ji Xian suddenly had an idea and said to Cheng Ying, "How about I tell you a story to kill time?"

"unnecessary."

"About three hundred years ago, Liangzhou at that time..."

Cheng Ying said there was no need to tell stories, but Ji Xian started telling them on his own. Cheng Ying did not stop him and let him tell them.

Ji Xian was a real talker, and she told many stories, and it took no one to tell them for long. They were all about different people and different things, and most of them were people close to Ji Xian, such as Ling Qianfan, the commander of the fierce sparrows, Yelu Yinxue, the goddess of the Qi Kingdom, and Kong Mingliang, the imperial tutor.

Of course, no one is closer to Ji Xian than Su Luoxue.

Whenever Su Luoxue was mentioned, a look of longing would appear on Ji Xian's face. She told a lot of stories about Su Luoxue, which occupied more than half of the entire story.

Cheng Ying had been listening quietly the entire time. Several hours had passed without him saying a word from beginning to end.

It wasn't until they had finished talking about Su Luoxue's story that Cheng Ying finally spoke up: "I really envy her."

"Eh?"

Ji Xian paused in her storytelling and looked at Cheng Ying in surprise. She only saw Cheng Ying's expressionless face. However, just by observing his eyes, Ji Xian could see that Cheng Ying's eyes had a lot more color, which seemed to symbolize his emotions.

After staring at Cheng Ying for a long time, Ji Xian finally smiled and stretched out her hand towards her: "As you said before, when you fall into my hands one day, I won't kill you. I will take you to eat a lot of delicious food, play a lot of fun things, and see a lot of beautiful things. How about that?"

"........"

Cheng Ying remained silent, and Ji Xian seemed to be really tired, and fell asleep unknowingly.

After Ji Xian fell asleep, Cheng Ying covered his chest and felt a feeling he had never experienced before.

Warmth, it seemed like warmth, and the heart felt warm. This was a feeling that Cheng Ying had never felt in the past few cold decades.

Driven by this feeling, Cheng Ying moved his lips unconsciously, and a sound came out of his mouth that was so weak that it could not be any weaker, almost completely inaudible.

"it is good."

4.35 His Majesty the Emperor Continues to Advance [with Color Insert]

Ji Xian and Cheng Ying eventually fell asleep, and no one was on guard. This was because, although both were seriously injured and their spiritual power was weak, they were still Yang Shen, with extraordinary perception. Ji Xian, in particular, was exceptional to an uncanny degree, so they could sleep peacefully.

Fortunately, there were no accidents that night and both of them slept soundly.

But when Ji Xian woke up the next day, Cheng Ying was gone.

When he opened his eyes and got up from the ground, he found that he was wearing the red coat that Cheng Ying had originally worn, but Cheng Ying's tattered black windbreaker was gone, and Cheng Ying was also gone.

I heard footsteps last night, so I guess he left.

"Oh, that's a good thing."

Ji Xian smiled and shook his head. In fact, he was still a little scared when he went to bed last night. He was really afraid that Cheng Ying would assassinate him while he was asleep. Although he had no problem waking up in time with his perception, he was afraid that this girl would go all out. She had done such things before.

But fortunately, Cheng Ying did not take action, but left before he woke up. [PS: Let me say here that this is pure love]

Ji Xian put on her clothes again, packed her luggage and weapons, and walked out of the cave, only to see dark clouds outside, and it felt like it might rain at any moment.

No, the temperature is so low now and we are in the northern desert area, it is more likely to snow.

"Huh, hurry up and find Luoxue."

Ji Xian took a deep breath, then walked out of the water cave and walked on the water.

.......

Ji Xian and Cheng Ying parted ways and each embarked on their own path.

At the same time, different situations occurred in various parts of the Northern Desert.

The ancient bronze building in the Wild Beast Forest now looked tattered. Although it was already quite old, it was now several times more dilapidated than before. Many places were missing pieces, and it looked like it would collapse in a strong wind.

To be honest, it is a miracle that this building has not collapsed despite being in such a dilapidated state.

Yelu Pinglin, Zhao Si and other Yang Gods are in the ancient building at this moment. Lu Zhanfei and He Ren have suffered injuries to varying degrees. Even Zhao Si and Yelu Pinglin have consumed too much spiritual power.

"Oh shit!!!"

Lu Zhanfei was still wrapped in bandages, but he didn't care about his injuries at all. He shouted angrily and slashed at the ground with a knife: "Where on earth did this Ji Wan'er come from? Did all the Yang Gods of the Great Zhou grow out of the ground?"

Yesterday, Ji Wan'er fought alone with the four Yang Gods for a whole day and night.

Ji Wan'er took on four people alone, but she did it with ease. Although she didn't have any advantage, Zhao Si and the others didn't even hurt Ji Wan'er. Instead, they were tormented by her.