Chapter 939: Mu Xiaolan

The speed of the figure before him truly astonished Yun Che. He was momentarily stunned to see that the person who appeared was a young girl, no more than twenty years old, dressed in luxurious blue clothes.

At his current level, Yun Che was intimately familiar with all the top powerhouses in both the Azure Cloud Continent and the Demon Imperial Clan. Yet, the girl before him had just demonstrated astonishing speed, and her profound energy aura was unfathomable—at least at the fifth level of the Sovereign Profound Realm or higher.

At such a young age, with such cultivation, she should have been famous throughout the world, yet he had never seen her before.

“Who are you?” Yun Che frowned.

“You… release my master!” The blue-clothed girl was so anxious she was almost in tears. She had just witnessed the man’s vile act, and now her revered master, a person of transcendent status, was being held by this villain. This was utterly unacceptable, an unforgivable sacrilege.

“Master?” Yun Che lowered his head to glance at the unconscious, white-robed woman with closed eyes in his arms. He not only didn’t let go but tightened his embrace. “First, answer me: who are you?”

“You, you, you!” Yun Che’s action caused the blue-clothed girl’s face to drain of color. She lunged forward, then quickly retreated. Her master was in Yun Che’s arms, weak and unconscious, completely defenseless. Though she was desperate and furious, she dared not act rashly. “You… quickly release my master, or else… or else I won’t be polite to you. I… I warn you, I’m very powerful.”

The blue-clothed girl’s continuous shouts had already alarmed the entire Frozen Cloud Asgard. Profound figures moved behind Yun Che as Feng Xue’er, Mu Rong Qianxue, and others swiftly flew over, landing behind him.

“Palace Master, what happened?” Mu Rong Qianxue glanced at the blue-clothed girl in front, then at the white-robed woman in Yun Che’s arms, whose aura was extremely weak. Her crescent eyebrows furrowed. “Who are they?”

“Big Brother Yun, she… it seems…” Feng Xue’er noticed the unusual state of the white-robed woman in Yun Che’s arms. Her life aura was so faint she could die at any moment.

“She’s poisoned, and it’s an extremely terrifying poison,” Yun Che whispered. The poison the white-robed woman had contracted was terrifying, beyond anything he had ever seen. While it was far from the Heaven Punishing Divine Poison that Jasmine had suffered, it was definitely more dreadful than any other poison Yun Che had encountered in this world.

What was even more terrifying was that the poison had spread throughout her entire body, infiltrating every corner, and had even completely merged with her life and profound energy. It was clear she had been poisoned for a long time. At this stage, there was no hope of recovery. Even with an antidote or profound energy powerful enough to dispel it, her life could not be saved.

Except for… the Sky Poison Pearl.

As he whispered, Yun Che’s left hand quietly began to gather the power of the Evil God. For now, he had to forcibly sustain her life; directly purifying the poison would only kill her faster.

Having alarmed so many people, the blue-clothed girl became even more flustered, frantically shouting, “You… quickly give my master back! Otherwise, I really will…”

“Palace Master, who are they? Why are they here?” Mu Lan’yi asked. The current Frozen Cloud Asgard was no longer what it once was; no one would dare to trespass into the Frozen Cloud Snow Region without permission.

“I don’t know,” Yun Che shook his head. Holding the white-robed woman with one arm, he gently pressed his left hand, imbued with the power of the Evil God, onto her chest. A rich influx of heaven and earth energy immediately surged towards her heart meridian, carrying a trace of the Sky Poison Pearl’s purification power.

To save her life, he first had to stabilize her vitality, then gradually purify the poison with the Sky Poison Pearl, starting from her heart meridian.

“Ah!” Yun Che’s action made the blue-clothed girl shriek, “You… you lewd man, take your filthy hands off my master!”

“Young lady,” Mu Rong Qianxue stepped forward, her face tinged with anger. “Putting aside your trespassing into my Frozen Cloud Snow Region, if you dare to speak so rudely to our Palace Master again, don’t blame us for being impolite!”

“Hmph!” The blue-clothed girl, both anxious and angry, pointed at Feng Hanyue beside Mu Rong Qianxue. “Was I wrong? He is indeed a lewd person! I just saw him touching her… her chest! Bah, bah, bah, how ugly and lewd!”

The Frozen Cloud women: “…”

“Ah? Sister, has the Palace Master bullied you again?” Feng Hanxue asked with a surprised expression.

“Shut up… don’t say it!” Feng Hanyue covered her face with her hand.

“Big Brother Yun, you…”

“Cough, cough, cough!” Even Yun Che, whose face was as thick as a city wall, couldn’t help but feel embarrassed being “exposed” publicly. He spoke slowly and gravely, “The consequences of your words can be very serious.”

As he spoke, Yun Che’s hand, resting on the white-robed woman’s chest, pressed slightly harder. As her snowy robe was pressed down, the perfectly rounded contours of her chest, like a bright moon, were clearly outlined, radiating a sacred allure.

“You, you, you… release my master!” The blue-clothed girl already wished she could tear Yun Che limb from limb, and his utterly disrespectful action at that moment caused her to completely erupt. With an angry shout, she leaped into the air and charged straight at Yun Che. The moment she took flight, a faint blue profound energy silently erupted around her.

“How dare you!” Mu Rong Qianxue’s slender brows furrowed. Cold energy condensed in her jade-like hands, and a deep blue ice phantom shot out from her palm, instantly moving to meet the blue-clothed girl.

“Aunt Mu Rong, get back!!”

Just as Mu Rong Qianxue moved, Yun Che’s roar suddenly erupted from behind her. The moment the blue-clothed girl’s profound energy exploded, Yun Che’s expression drastically changed. Although the opponent had only released a small amount of profound energy, it clearly carried an abnormal and powerful spiritual pressure.

The soul suppression Yun Che felt at that instant was no less than that from Xuanyuan Wentian in his strongest state!!

This power was something Mu Rong Qianxue simply couldn’t withstand. If the blue-clothed girl had not held back and unleashed her full power on Mu Rong Qianxue, Mu Rong Qianxue would undoubtedly have died.

Yun Che no longer cared about anything else; he didn’t even have time to release the white-robed woman in his arms. He instantly flashed in front of Mu Rong Qianxue using Star God’s Broken Shadow, unleashing a surge of profound energy to forcibly push her away, and met the blue-clothed girl directly with his left hand.

Bang!!

Yun Che’s palm met the blue light. The blue light was faint and appeared remarkably gentle, even somewhat dreamlike, yet it erupted with terrifying power in an instant. Yun Che grunted, flying directly backward. After landing, he slid back nearly a hundred meters across the snowy ground before finally coming to a stop, his left arm numb and slightly trembling.

At the point where their powers collided, space completely collapsed, and a chasm tens of meters wide tore open horizontally, instantly extending for thousands of meters. It carved a thick black scar across the previously pristine white snow region.

“Palace Master!!”

“Big Brother Yun!!”

This scene and its outcome caught everyone, including Yun Che, by surprise. Feng Xue’er and the Frozen Cloud women rushed to Yun Che’s side with startled shouts.

“I’m fine.” Yun Che straightened up, took a shallow breath, and his brows were completely furrowed.

Meanwhile, Feng Xue’er and the Frozen Cloud women’s gazes towards the blue-clothed girl had drastically changed. Yun Che’s profound energy was widely acknowledged as the strongest in the Azure Cloud Continent—an unprecedented powerhouse of all time, capable of easily trampling the Four Sacred Grounds that once stood at the continent’s peak.

Yet, in the brief exchange between Yun Che and the blue-clothed girl, the latter had clearly gained the upper hand—a very distinct advantage. That faint blue radiance, which seemed powerless, had nearly torn the entire Frozen Cloud Snow Region apart.

“How about that, now you know how powerful I am!” The blue-clothed girl rapidly approached, speaking with an arrogant demeanor. “If I weren’t afraid of harming Master, I would have broken your hands for offending her! Now, obediently put Master down and all of you retreat, or else… or else… or else you’ll face the consequences!”

Although the blue-clothed girl’s face was domineering, a wave of surprise and doubt arose in her heart. Strange, his profound energy was only at the fifth level of the Sovereign Profound Realm. That blow just now should have knocked him half-dead, allowing her to take her master back directly. Yet, he seemed… completely unharmed?

“Who exactly are you?” Jun Lianqie demanded sharply.

Yun Che handed the white-robed woman to Feng Xue’er. He flexed his slightly numb left arm, then slowly stepped forward, whispering, “It seems I must properly educate you today.”

“Ah! Big Brother Yun!” Feng Xue’er quickly reached out to hold him, gently shaking her head. “No, if you use your full power, the Frozen Cloud Asgard, which we just rebuilt, will be destroyed again.”

“…” Yun Che’s steps immediately halted.

“Besides, this little sister doesn’t seem to have any ill intent; she’s actually a bit cute. It seems she just wants her master back,” Feng Xue’er glanced at the white-robed woman, then suddenly smiled faintly. “Big Brother Yun, you’re not thinking that this ‘master’ is pretty and you don’t want to give her back, are you?”

“It has nothing to do with this woman,” Yun Che gritted his teeth slightly, speaking indignantly. “This girl, who appeared out of nowhere, actually… actually dared to slander my reputation as Palace Master! It’s simply outrageous!”

“Pfft…” Feng Xue’er covered her mouth and chuckled.

“Hey! Are you listening to me?!” the blue-clothed girl exclaimed, exasperated. “Hurry up and put my master down! Otherwise… I’m really going to act.”

Yun Che no longer approached, instead taking a step back. He extended his hand and placed it over the white-robed woman’s chest, chuckling softly, “What if I insist on not letting go?”

“You… you!” Watching Yun Che’s hand hover over the white-robed woman’s chest, his palm almost touching the curve beneath her snowy robe, the blue-clothed girl’s eyes blazed with fury, and her profound energy surged chaotically. “You bastard, despicable, vile, shameless lecher!! I… I’m really getting angry!”

Her vocabulary for cursing was extremely limited, repeating the same few words, and combined with her demeanor… although she was genuinely serious and angry, her curses had no effect whatsoever. Forget provoking the other party; anyone else would probably burst out laughing.

However, her “anger” was genuine. She extended her palm, and a blue light flashed from it. A blizzard suddenly descended from the sky, enveloping Mu Rong Qianxue, who was closest to her. With a whistling sound of snow, the blizzard instantly swept Mu Rong Qianxue up and directly carried her to the blue-clothed girl’s side.

Clink!!

A cold light flashed, and a faint blue light instantly enveloped Mu Rong Qianxue, firmly sealing her profound energy. The blue-clothed girl reached out and grabbed Mu Rong Qianxue’s arm, glaring at Yun Che with wide eyes: “Quickly give my master back, or else I’ll… I’ll…”

Her face was contorted in an attempt to look fierce, but her voice trembled slightly, and her flickering gaze clearly showed deep nervousness. As the captor, she was far more nervous than the one being held captive.

“Young lady,” compared to the blue-clothed girl’s obvious panic, Yun Che remained composed and unhurried. “I am seriously reminding you of two things. First, I absolutely hate it when people threaten me; to this day, everyone who has threatened me has faced severe consequences. Second, the reason I haven’t given back your ‘master,’ as you call her, is because I’m saving her. She has been poisoned for many years and was moments away from death. My hand on her was to sustain her life and dispel the poison; otherwise, she would have died just now. It’s likely that only I in this world can save her. If I were to give her back to you, she would be completely beyond saving.”

“You… you’re talking nonsense!” How could the blue-clothed girl believe him? “The Flame Poison that Master is afflicted with… not even a Great Realm has a way to cure it! You’re not only lewd and hateful, but also a big liar! I won’t be foolish enough to believe you!”

“…” Yun Che was speechless.

“Quickly give Master back to me, or else… or else…” The blue-clothed girl extended her palm, forming a gleaming ice spike and pointing it at Mu Rong Qianxue.

“Sigh,” Yun Che rolled his eyes helplessly, then said to Feng Xue’er, “Xue’er, give her master back to her.”

Feng Xue’er gently pushed with her small hand, and instantly, the unconscious white-robed woman floated softly towards the blue-clothed girl as if lifted by a gentle breeze.

The blue-clothed girl quickly stepped forward, securely catching the white-robed woman in her embrace, then retreated dozens of meters before finally feeling completely relieved. She then raised a hand, lifted the restriction on Mu Rong Qianxue, and quickly added, “Um… just so you know, I’m not a bad person. That lewd man forced me to do this… I’ve never done anything like this before.”

“Do not use such words to slander our Palace Master again,” Mu Rong Qianxue said coldly. This blue-clothed girl possessed terrifyingly immense profound energy… yet strangely, she exuded no sense of intimidation at all.

Although… the Palace Master’s actions were indeed often quite improper, no one else was allowed to say so about him!

“Hmph, I wasn’t wrong,” the blue-clothed girl muttered softly. Just then, she suddenly felt the white-robed woman in her arms stir gently, and then slowly open her eyes. Though unfocused, they were still as beautiful as dreamy stars.

“Master!” The blue-clothed girl exclaimed in surprise, then asked with immense worry and fear, “Master, how… how are you? Please don’t be hurt, I was so scared just now, wuwu…”

As she spoke, tears involuntarily welled up in the blue-clothed girl’s eyes.

The white-robed woman’s chest gently rose and fell as she spoke softly, “Xiao Lan… what did you… give me to eat?”

“Ah?” The blue-clothed girl was stunned. “I… no, I didn’t give Master anything to eat. Master suddenly fell from the sky just now and then fainted, and then… Master woke up.”

“…” Deep bewilderment and surprise flickered in the white-robed woman’s eyes. She murmured softly, “When I lost consciousness, my life energy was depleted; I was certain to die within thirty breaths and shouldn’t have woken up again… Why am I awake again… and the poison in my heart meridian has weakened by a full thirty percent…”

“Ah?” The blue-clothed girl stood there dumbfounded.

“Was it… a master who saved me…?” The white-robed woman’s voice gradually faded. Her gaze finally caught sight of the others, but before she could clearly see them, her vision blurred, and she fell unconscious once more.

“Master! Master!” The blue-clothed girl cried out anxiously.

“Xue’er, Aunt Mu Rong, let’s go. It’s been a tiring day, time for a good sleep.” Yun Che waved his hand, turned, and strode towards the Frozen Cloud Asgard. “Don’t mind this girl who popped out of nowhere; let her do whatever she wants.”

The blue-clothed girl knelt before her “master,” staring blankly at her for a while. Recalling her master’s words, she suddenly whipped her head around to look at Yun Che, shouting excitedly, “Wait! You, wait! You, you, you… do you really have a way to save my master?”

“Ugh,” Yun Che yawned, stretching as he did so. His steps didn’t falter, and he didn’t turn his head, acting as if he hadn’t heard her call him at all.