Fairy Xuan Xueqi and Ye Fan had a freefall down into the Abyssal Chasm of Death.
As they plunged into the chasm, they could feel the burning profound energies of the Abyssal Chasm of Death that were trying to extinguish their life.
But Fairy Xuan Xueqi enveloped Ye Fan with her profound aura protectively as they plunged down together.
Ye Fan could feel the bosoms of his protégé mistress that was pressing upon him but at this moment, he was in no mood to enjoy this sensual feeling and instead he was saying solemnly, "Protégé mistress, let go of Ye Fan now. You don't have much profound strength left after your battle. By expending your profound strength for me, this is too unwise. I may not survive in this Abyssal Chasm of Death but you will be able to survive…"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi sighed softly, "No one survives in the Abyssal Chasm of Death. No one ever returns from here."
Ye Fan: …
"Then why did you jump down with me?"
Fairy Xuan Xueqi lit a faint smile, "Because you are my protégé and I can't let you die in here alone. And also…"
She turned to look firmly at Ye Fan, "I rather die with you than be humiliated by these wicked men."
Ye Fan was startled by her firm look and did not know what to say…
All of a sudden, they had both crashed onto the bottom of the Abyssal Chasm of Death after a plunge of more than 1000m through the dense purple mists that were below.
This crash landing was loud and rocked the ground below, sending mushrooms of dusts into the air as well.
Ye Fan did not die because Fairy Xuan Xueqi had used her body to protect him from this crash landing.
Ye Fan panicky reached out to Fairy Xuan Xueqi who had slipped during the crashlanding. When he had touched her again, he was startled that she had turned ashen and her body was cold; the injuries to her golden body was not light at all. After all, it was a long and hard fall.
To Ye Fan's great relief, she was still breathing.
Then he was clenching his fists and had hit the ground hard as he silently said: Why are you so kind toward me? Do you know that I am actually trying to kill you?
He was actually blaming himself more as he said bitterly: Why am I so weak?! I can't even protect my protégé mistress…
In his heart now, he had fully acknowledged Fairy Xuan Xueqi as his protégé mistress and there were no thoughts about taking advantage of her while she was down in this manner.
At this moment now, all he wanted to do was to get his protégé mistress to safety as he did not know what kind of dangers existed in this place.
He took a careful look around and saw that there were purple mists that were floating above this deep chasm, completely blocking out the heavens.
These purple mists were extremely deadly and Fairy Xuan Xueqi had used up most of her profound strength to protect the two of them through the purple mists as they fell through it.
He took another look around and quickly spotted a cave.
His first though was, "I ought to take my protégé mistress to a safe place first. There may be powerful ferocious profound beasts in this place."
The desolate auras in this place are extremely heavy and all the cultivators are taught that the denser the desolate auras are, the more powerful the profound beasts would be in the vicinity.
Ye Fan quickly lifted and carried Fairy Xuan Xueqi with his strong arms as he headed in the direction of the cave.
As he carried her, he was muttering softly to herself. "She is so light for a golden celestial…"
Before long, he had staggered to the cave; even though Fairy Xuan Xueqi was light but Ye Fan was also quite seriously injured as well. Although his protégé mistress had shielded him from the heaviest damage with her profound aura but Ye Fan was still a low level cultivator after all and he had a weaker cultivation body.
Ye Fan was soon putting gently the unconscious Fairy Xuan Xueqi in a warmer part of the cave and as he did so, he could not marvel on her stunning beauty that was like a heavenly fairy.
He was feeling quite awkward and ashamed that this was actually the first time that he had noticed the astonishing heavenly beauty of his protégé mistress and this was also the very first time that he had taken a careful look at her.
In the past when he had treated her like an enemy, he was blind to her peerless beauty and he saw only his hatred for her.
But after Fairy Xuan Xueqi had saved him so many times, Ye Fan simply did not have the will to see her as an enemy anymore.
In fact, he was beginning to think that taking vengeance for the Thousand Swords Divine Sect was actually a big mistake in the first place.
Although he had missed 3 years of precious cultivation as an inner protégé of the Thousand Swords Divine Sect and possibly even missing out an opportunity of becoming a core protégé of the Thousand Swords Divine Sword due to his obsession with becoming the strongest cultivator in the shortest time, he was beginning to think that he had learnt more things with his protégé mistress in just one short month.
And it not always cultivation.
He muttered weakly over the Fairy Xuan Xueqi, "Protégé mistress, let your Ye Fan be your guardian while you are in a slumber… this time, I'll protect you."
Ye Fan forced himself to sit down with his aching body as he tried to cultivate back his profound strength.
He did not have the natural healing of the golden celestials and he could only depend on cultivation to heal his injuries.
The spiritual auras in this Abyssal Chasm of Death were actually quite weak and it was a slow cultivation for Ye Fan…
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Author Note:
1. This is the turning point between Ye Fan and Fairy Xuan Xueqi. From here, the story will also undergo a big twist in the major plotlines.