The blue bricks of the back courtyard shimmered with a cold, pale light under the moonlight, and Ye Fan's fingertips instinctively rubbed the edge of the secret letter tucked inside his sleeve. The pressure of the Void-Breaking Realm pressed down on his chest like a heavy hammer, making even breathing sting—though in his past life he had been a mighty cultivator in the Inquiry Realm, he was well aware that this sixteen-year-old body had only just entered the Liquid Condensation Realm. Facing a Void-Breaking Realm expert, he did not even amount to an ant.
"Hand over the Jiuxiao Huanpei." The hoarse voice was wrapped in a chilling gloom, piercing his ears with the drafty wind of the corridor. Su Qingxue's embroidered shoes ground a shallow mark into the Blue Stone Slab, her hand lingering at her side quietly moving toward the short flute at her waist. Her sleeve slipped down by half an inch, exposing the silver bell tied around her wrist—a hidden mechanism tipped with Bone-Corroding Powder. Lin Zhaoyue's Primordial Sword hummed as it cleared its scabbard by three inches, her slightly trembling breath mingling with the ringing of the blade: "A mid Void-Breaking Realm... Brother Ye, I will protect you as you retreat."
Ye Fan's Adam's apple bobbed. The scenes of being ambushed in his past life flashed before his eyes—back then, he had been just like this, believing he could rely on cunning to maneuver, only to end up cornered and killed before the Heavenly Dao Monument. He took …
Chapter 86