The white clouds are lingering, the breeze is blowing, the warm sunshine shines in the shade of the green trees, and occasionally two or three birds stop and play. Everything looks so peaceful and elegant.
This is the vast forest surrounding Kunlun College, and it is also the most beautiful pure land left on earth by humans.
Suddenly, a stream of light passed by in the sky, and the frightened birds hid in the jungle.
The stream of light seemed to have some kind of magic power. While blowing away the breeze, it stirred up the sound of whistling trees, and even the leisurely clouds in the sky accelerated their swaying pace.
"Yanlan, I'm back!"
In the blink of an eye, the light stopped, and the figures of Ye Xiao and Gong Shang slowly fell on the lawn. Looking at the familiar scene, Ye Xiao couldn't help but frown.
In his opinion, if all the students of Kunlun College were to go out to kill the wild beast, Situ Yanlan should also be on the list of participants.
However, from the beginning to the end of the battle, Ye Xiao never found Situ Yanlan on the battlefield.
Therefore, after settling Sun Jie and Zhu Tingcen, Ye Xiao asked them some questions and found out that Situ Yanlan was left at Kunlun College by Mo Tiancheng.
Although I don't know what Mo Tiancheng's intention is, judging from Mo Tiancheng's performance when it comes to Kunlun Academy and the crusade against wild beasts, Mo Tiancheng is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface.
Perhaps, the Mr. Mo that Ye Xiao himself and the senior students of Kunlun College have always admired is not the most real Mo Tiancheng.
"Let's go!"
Taking Gongshang into the elevator, the elevator slowly rose and finally stopped when it reached the fighting arena.
"Ye Xiao, my most proud student, welcome home!"
Before the elevator door was fully opened, Mo Tiancheng's voice had already passed through the crack in the door and reached Ye Xiao's ears.
"Mo...Amagi!"
When he walked out of the elevator, it might have become a habit to call Mo Tiancheng "Mr. Mo", but calling him by his first name suddenly made Ye Xiao feel awkward.
"Mr. Guan? And... Yanlan?"
Glancing at Mo Tiancheng, Ye Xiao quickly noticed the two figures behind him, and anger suddenly arose in his heart.
Behind Mo Tiancheng, Guan Yuan and Situ Yanlan were seen standing upright.
Situ Yanlan's eyes were dull and her face was expressionless. She was holding a long sword in her hand and stood quietly, motionless.
As for Guan Yuan, his face was green and black, his mouth was covered with dried and scabbed blood, his head was drooped, and his finger joints were twisted and deformed at an angle that was unusual for a human being.
From a distance, he looked like a puppet on strings, as if the puppet would fall apart when its strings were broken.
And what shocked Ye Xiao the most was that he couldn't feel the slightest breath of life from Guan Yuan.
Guan Yuan is dead!
This is the most direct judgment that Ye Xiao can make.
"Mo Tiancheng, what did you do to them?"
Ye Xiao asked, with a cold light in his eyes.
"Ye Xiao, is your current attitude the one you should have when talking to your teacher?"
Mo Tiancheng responded coldly.
"Did you kill Mr. Guan?" Ye Xiao continued to ask without arguing with Mo Tiancheng verbally.
"There is another person hiding in the dark here, but he has hidden his aura. I can only roughly sense it, but cannot determine his specific location!"
Suddenly, Gong Shang leaned into Ye Xiao's face and whispered softly.
Not far away, Mo Tiancheng looked at Gong Shang, a look of solemnity slowly appeared on his face.
In his opinion, Ye Xiao himself was not in much danger. What was dangerous was Gong Shang, who had been with Ye Xiao since he passed through the extreme northern cold region.
Gongshang's strength is unfathomable, and the life of a cultivator can only be taken within a breath.
Therefore, he must be extra vigilant about Gongshang.
"Find him out! Kill him!"
Ye Xiao frowned and finished speaking. Gongshang's figure disappeared in a flash, while Ye Xiao looked at Mo Tiancheng again.
But all the subtle changes in his expression were seen by Mo Tiancheng.
"My good student, who are you asking him to find?" Mo Tiancheng asked deliberately.
"You should know who I asked him to find better than me!"
Ye Xiao snorted coldly. Although the answer was brief, Mo Tiancheng felt temporarily relieved after hearing it.
"That's right!" Mo Tiancheng smiled slyly, "Let's get straight to the point. In order to welcome you back, I have specially prepared a big gift for you. I think you will definitely like it!"
After speaking, Mo Tiancheng snapped his fingers, and then Situ Yanlan and Guan Yuan behind him began to move as if they had received some kind of instructions.
"Hope you survive both of them! Good luck!"
As he spoke, Mo Tiancheng slowly retreated behind Situ Yanlan and Guan Yuan with an extremely bright smile on his face.
"Yanlan, Mr. Guan..."
Seeing the two approaching with mechanical steps, Ye Xiao looked bitter and didn't know what to do.
"Yanlan, look at me, I'm Ye Xiao, I'm back! Can you hear me?"
Ye Xiao tried to wake up Situ Yanlan with words.
However, the latter seemed not to hear his words at all. As the distance between him and Ye Xiao narrowed, a faint red light appeared in his eyes.
"Yanlan..."
Ye Xiao continued to speak, but before he could finish his words, Situ Yanlan jumped up and swung the long sword in his hand to take out Ye Xiao's heart. The speed was so fast that even Ye Xiao was shocked.
It's just that Ye Xiao has reached the middle stage of Xiuyuan Realm after all.
Although he has not practiced offensive and self-defense techniques, his speed and reaction ability are definitely not comparable to Situ Yanlan who was controlled by Mo Tiancheng.
Sliding backwards and cleverly avoiding Situ Yanlan's attack, Ye Xiao took the opportunity to grab the opponent's sword-holding wrist.
However, before he could make the next move, Guan Yuan on the other side let out a low roar and rushed towards him with his teeth and claws bared.
Seeing this, Ye Xiao threw Situ Yanlan aside and turned to face Guan Yuan.
Unlike Situ Yanlan, although Guan Yuan is also controlled by Mo Tiancheng, he himself is dead and is just a corpse that can move.
Therefore, both movements and speed are much slower and duller than Situ Yanlan.
"Whoa!"
Guan Yuan's twisted fingers were seen passing by Ye Xiao's eyes, and Situ Yanlan stepped forward with the sword again.
In this way, the two of them were on one side, trapping Ye Xiao in the middle.
Guan Yuan's deformed palm and the sword in Situ Yanlan's hand alternately attacked Ye Xiao, but Ye Xiao easily dodged them.
"Ye Xiao, Ye Xiao, it seems I really underestimated you!"
In the distance, Mo Tiancheng was sitting on the stand, watching Ye Xiao escape like a rabbit under the joint attack of Guan Yuan and Situ Yanlan, and a hint of gloom crossed his face.
But soon, this haze faded away from the raised corners of his mouth.
"Snapped!"
Hearing another sound of snapping fingers, Ye Xiao suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
Immediately afterwards, Situ Yanlan's offensive stopped and quickly went around between Ye Xiao and Guan Yuan.
For a moment, Ye Xiao was shocked, but soon Guan Yuan's palm struck again.
But this time the target was not Ye Xiao, but Situ Yanlan who stood between the two.
"Bah!"
As the sound of Guan Yuan's twisting palm breaking open the flesh was heard, Ye Xiao felt a stinging pain in his back, and then a sweetness filled his throat, and he spurted out a mouthful of blood.
Just when Guan Yuan's palm attacked Situ Yanlan, Ye Xiao blocked Situ Yanlan's front at a faster speed.
Therefore, Guan Yuan's palm that was supposed to penetrate Situ Yanlan's body happened to be inserted into Ye Xiao's back.
"Yanlan!"
Enduring the severe pain, Ye Xiao gently held Situ Yanlan's cheek with his palm.
"Whoa!"
However, the pain in his back did not subside, and Ye Xiao experienced contractions in her abdomen again.
Looking down, he saw the long sword in Situ Yanlan's hand stabbing into Ye Xiao's body without any reservation, piercing through his back.
"Xiao...ye...zi!"
Situ Yanlan held the hilt of the sword tightly with her palms, her eyes were dull, her lips were trembling, and she struggled to speak.
"Yanlan, have you seen me?"
A pale smile appeared on Ye Xiao's face, blood kept spilling from the corners of his mouth, his palms caressed Situ Yanlan's cheeks, his eyes were filled with tenderness.
"Xiao...ye...zi..."
Situ Yanlan continued to murmur, her face still expressionless, the corners of her eyes flickered with fluorescent lights, and a warm teardrop slipped down and hit Ye Xiao's fingertips.
"Don't cry, I'm back!"
Gently wiping Situ Yanlan's tears, Ye Xiao took Situ Yanlan into his arms. The former's body trembled, and the palm holding the long sword gradually loosened.
Blood gushes out from Ye Xiao's abdomen and splashes on Situ Yanlan's body.
At that time, the moist warmth of the blood made Situ Yanlan's eyes glow with a flash of light.