Chapter 135: Discovered!

"Impossible! This... how can this be? Is it an illusion?"

Feng Zhirou thought the faint sound she had just heard must be an illusion, because the chances of Ye Yuan surviving were truly slim.

"But if it's an illusion, why is the sound getting louder? Could it be... could it be..."

Just as Feng Zhirou was lost in despair, a figure leaped up from the pitch-black cliff below!

Seeing this figure, Feng Zhirou stood frozen for a moment, tears streaming from her eyes.

"Great! Great! He's fine! He really is fine!" Feng Zhirou shouted in her heart.

"Senior Sister, I..."

Ye Yuan had only transmitted a few words when he found a pale blue figure rushing toward him and embracing him tightly.

A faint fragrance assailed his nostrils, involuntarily refreshing his spirit.

"Ye Yuan, it's really great that you're fine! Really great!" Feng Zhirou transmitted silently, tears streaming down her face.

This feeling of holding warm jade in his arms was truly something all men longed for!

But now was not the time for romantic entanglements; they needed to find the Red Soul Grass quickly.

Feng Zhirou clearly realized her own indiscretion and quickly let go of Ye Yuan, wiping the tears from her eyes. "You... don't misunderstand. I just... I just thought you died to save me, so I... I acted that way."

Ye Yuan was startled, then smiled lightly. "What just happened? I don't remember anything. Senior Sister, I'm very tired. Let me regulate my breathing first, and then we'll look for the Red Soul Grass together."

"Mm..."

Ye Yuan's condition was not good at the moment; his primal power was nearly exhausted.

If his primal power were not far denser and thicker than that of his peers, he would have long since died from exhaustion.

Both of them had expended a great deal. Each took a pill and regulated their breathing for a while before recovering some strength.

"Senior Sister, there's no time to lose. Let's go find the Red Soul Grass quickly."

"Mm, let's go."

With that, the two walked side by side down the mountain.

Along the way, Feng Zhirou was quite silent, very different from usual.

"Ye Yuan, you... how did you get up? I... I don't mean that, I... I..."

It was Feng Zhirou who first broke the silence; she simply couldn't suppress her curiosity.

But her tone in asking was completely different from usual, like a shy young bride.

Ye Yuan knew Feng Zhirou was still embarrassed, so he said with a faint smile, "I know Senior Sister didn't mean that. But I am a bit surprised—how did Senior Sister make a mistake?"

Feng Zhirou's pretty face flushed crimson, and she said shamefacedly, "Actually, I... I thought you hadn't followed, so..."

Hearing this, Ye Yuan suddenly understood. So it was because she was worried about him that she had caused this blunder.

He had originally found it strange that with Feng Zhirou's foundation, she couldn't possibly make such a mistake.

Ye Yuan felt a surge of gratitude in his heart, and his previous dislike for Feng Zhirou now mostly dissipated.

"Heh, so Senior Sister thought I had fallen. Senior Sister, you underestimate me too much."

"No... I didn't mean that, it's just... just..."

"Mm, Senior Sister, think about it—my master is so formidable, how could he not leave me some powerful movement techniques? During the fight with Lin Tiancheng, I already felt that Flash Step wasn't enough. Later, after breaking through to the Ninth Layer of Primal Qi, my primal power was barely enough to cultivate second-grade techniques, so naturally I had to make up for this shortcoming," Ye Yuan explained.

Feng Zhirou suddenly understood: "So that's it! I've never seen you use other movement techniques, so..."

"Mm, I understand. Thank you, Senior Sister!"

This thanks came from Ye Yuan's heart.

Although Feng Zhirou's mistake had caused a lot of trouble and nearly cost him his life, it was because she was worried about him.

In fact, the new movement technique Ye Yuan had cultivated was not a second-grade movement technique; he didn't have such a low-grade technique.

But since his primal power could barely reach the level to cultivate a second-grade technique, Ye Yuan naturally had to make up for the deficiency in movement.

The movement technique he cultivated was called "Void Breakthrough." This technique had no specific grade because it could be cultivated all the way to later realms.

The Spirit Liquid Realm could cultivate the first level of "Void Breakthrough." Ye Yuan's primal power density was already comparable to half-step Spirit Liquid Realm, barely meeting the threshold.

The technique Ye Yuan had carefully selected, even if only the first level, was extremely powerful.

Although he had just begun, Ye Yuan had no trouble keeping up with Feng Zhirou.

In fact, Ye Yuan had been maintaining the same pace as Feng Zhirou, neither fast nor slow, so she hadn't noticed his presence.

But Ye Yuan hadn't expected that Feng Zhirou would misunderstand and nearly fall off the cliff.

...

The two kept far away from that cave, searching from top to bottom for traces of Red Soul Grass.

Since the visible range at night was very limited, they searched very carefully, but after a long time, they still found no sign of Red Soul Grass.

They spent nearly an hour searching almost the entire hilltop, but still couldn't find the Red Soul Grass.

"Ye Yuan, do you think the Red Soul Grass could be..." Feng Zhirou transmitted while looking toward the cave.

Now only the area around the cave remained unsearched. If there was Red Soul Grass on this mountaintop, it could only be there.

And now it was almost dawn. If they didn't find the Red Soul Grass soon, they would be in danger.

Ye Yuan sighed and said, "It's probably in that area. It seems we have to go there after all. Senior Sister, wait for me here. I'll go and come back."

Feng Zhirou refused to agree and said stubbornly, "No! If we go, we go together. I promised Auntie to protect you. How can I let you take risks alone?"

Ye Yuan couldn't persuade her and had to say, "Alright, but if anything happens, run immediately!"

Feng Zhirou nodded and slowly searched toward the cave together with Ye Yuan.

As they got closer to the cave, they felt a powerful aura emanating from inside.

"Look, Ye Yuan, is that the Red Soul Grass?" Feng Zhirou suddenly spotted something and quickly pulled Ye Yuan to transmit.

Ye Yuan looked in the direction Feng Zhirou pointed and indeed saw several red, serrated little grasses. What else could they be but Red Soul Grass?

Having gone through untold hardships to find the Red Soul Grass, even Ye Yuan, whose heart was as still as water, felt a little excited.

Even though he had prepared so much for Red Ridge, he had still taken enormous risks.

No matter how formidable Ye Yuan was, he was only a Primal Qi martial artist. Facing pairs of second-grade demon beasts, or even third-grade ones, the risks he faced went without saying.

Ye Yuan took a deep breath and said to Feng Zhirou, "I'll go collect those Red Soul Grasses. After that, we'll leave here as fast as we can!"

With that, Ye Yuan activated the first level of "Void Breakthrough" at full power, turning into a blur as he dashed toward the Red Soul Grass.

"Ooh-ooh!"

At that moment, several ape cries rang out, and both Ye Yuan and Feng Zhirou's faces changed dramatically!