Huangfu Lingyun was looking at Ye Jiuyou with gentle eyebrows, and then his eyes fell on the hem of her tattered skirt.
His expression changed slightly and he immediately asked: "Jiuyou, are you injured?"
Ye Jiuyou's originally cheerful and pretty face immediately turned indifferent and serious.
She lowered her head following Huangfu Lingyun's gaze and saw her tattered skirt. She said in a cold and indifferent voice, "It's not injured. It was torn by a branch."
Ye Jiuyou didn't want Huangfu Lingyun to know that he had broken the Wolf King Formation.
That formation is not something that a two-star spirit user can break.
"That's good. I was worried that you were in danger, but I didn't expect to hear your voice not far away." Huangfu Lingyun curved a kind smile on his lips and looked at Ye Jiuyou intently.
Ye Jiuyou carried the bloody rabbit and walked to the side, "His Highness Ninth Prince should go to the central palace, so as not to be late and not get the dragon scales."
Huangfu Lingyun walked to her side and said softly: "Jiuyou, the central palace is full of dangers. With your two-star spiritual cultivation, it's better not to take risks."
"What do you mean?" Ye Jiuyou paused and turned to look at Huangfu Lingyun with a very cold expression, "You want me to withdraw from the competition?"
Seeing that she was a little angry, Huangfu Lingyun quickly stepped forward and said, "Jiuyou, I don't have any other intentions. I just don't want anything to happen to you in the secret realm. After all, General Ye is still waiting for you to come home."
"Furthermore... my five-star spiritual cultivation will be restricted by experts after I go to the central palace. I'm worried that I won't be able to protect you..."
Ye Jiuyou pursed her lips and looked at him, trying to detect any other emotion on his kind face.
However, she did only see Huangfu Lingyun's eyes filled with concern.
Could it be that His Highness the Ninth Prince really likes the original owner?
"Thank you for your concern, His Highness Ninth. I will just stay on the periphery." Ye Jiuyou nodded towards him with a gentle voice.
Huangfu Lingyun seemed to be relieved, "That's good. If I can get the reward, I will definitely share half of it with you."
Ye Jiuyou didn't answer, just curled the corners of his lips.
This smile dazzled Huangfu Lingyun.
The silly Ye Jiuyou looked pretty when she smiled, but her beautiful phoenix eyes were very turbid, just like the beautiful flowers that had lost their most important fragrance and lacked their soul.
But now Ye Jiuyou's smile was like a beautiful rose blooming in this wilderness. The warm fragrance spread out from her smile, which made Huangfu Lingyun's heart flutter.
He came back to his senses a little and found that Ye Jiuyou was sitting on a raised tree root and was handling the rabbit's body with a knife.
"Jiuyou, let me help you."
Huangfu Lingyun saw Ye Jiuyou skinning a rabbit and hurriedly walked to her side and squatted down.
Ye Jiuyou lowered his eyes and concentrated on handling the rabbit meat, and said softly: "No need, I like to do my own thing."
"You have a delicate body, so let me help you." Huangfu Lingyun stretched out his hand towards Ye Jiuyou, and his big hand was about to touch her slender wrist.
Ye Jiuyou tore the rabbit skin violently, blood spurted out and splashed Huangfu Lingyun's hand.
Huangfu Lingyun's smile froze slightly, and he heard Ye Jiuyou say: "Sorry, I'm not very skilled yet. Your Highness Ninth Prince should stay away from me."
He sighed helplessly, then took out a handkerchief and began to wipe the blood on his hands.
Ye Jiuyou ignored him and concentrated on handling the skinned rabbit meat.
Huangfu Lingyun stood up and sat next to her, turned to look at her side face, "Jiuyou, are you not as close to me as before?"
Ye Jiuyou paused and said softly: "After all, I have regained my consciousness now and know that there is a gap in identity between myself and His Highness Ninth Prince."
"But you used to call me Brother Lingyun..."
"Your Highness Ninth Prince, you also know that that was before." Ye Jiuyou raised his eyelids slightly, looked at him sideways, and said with a cold and distant expression, "Now there is no relationship between us, and besides, there are differences between men and women, please Jiu You Your Highness, don’t come so close to me.”
Huangfu Lingyun was slightly startled by her distant gaze and immediately stood up.
He said with a self-reproaching tone: "Jiuyou, don't be angry, I will pay attention to it in the future."
Ye Jiuyou wondered, did Huangfu Lingyun really fall in love with her?
In his memory, Huangfu Lingyun has always been gentle and restrained. Even if the original owner was stupid, he never overstepped even a little bit, and he didn't even hold the original owner's hand.
The closest distance between the two of them before was just the words "brother Lingyun".
Could it be because this face is so beautiful that even a fool can accept it?
Ye Jiuyou thought it was possible. After all, who could resist a stupid beauty with stunning looks?
At this time, an old voice suddenly sounded in the secret realm.
It was the voice that had previously spoken to Ye Jiuyou.
"Dear contestants, please note that some contestants have already entered the central palace to obtain golden dragon scales. The remaining contestants should cheer up!"
"When midnight comes tonight, the ranking of the players who obtained the number of dragon scales today will be announced!"
“And the rankings will be updated every midnight during the competition period!”
"Remember, only players who have obtained enough dragon scales to successfully leave the secret realm will be eligible to participate in the final ranking! And thus receive ranking rewards!"
Ye Jiuyou listened to the rules quietly and kept them in mind.
It seems that if you obtain enough dragon scales, you can leave the secret realm, and some people will not leave.
After all, you may not be the first to go out.
They will definitely stay in the central palace and snatch other people's dragon scales.
Huangfu Lingyun on the side frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about the rules just now.
Ye Jiuyou raised his voice and said, "Your Highness Ninth, the secret realm competition only lasts for seven days, and now it is the second day. You should go to the central palace quickly to look for the golden dragon scales, so as not to miss it when you arrive late."
Huangfu Lingyun lowered his eyes and looked at Ye Jiuyou. His hand hanging by his side clenched his fist slightly, "Okay, I'll go over right now. Jiuyou, just stay outside."
Ye Jiuyou curled his lips and nodded, "Yeah."
Seeing Huangfu Lingyun leave quickly, Ye Jiuyou put away the fake smile that did not reach his eyes, lowered his head and continued to process the rabbit meat.
After finally persuading the man to leave, Ye Jiuyou was afraid that he would become impatient if he stayed with him for a while longer.
There used to be a clingy suitor like Huangfu Lingyun in the interstellar world. Ye Jiuyou cut off the top of that man's hair with a knife and turned him into a Mediterranean. The man simply didn't dare to pester her anymore.
But Huangfu Lingyun was the prince, and Ye Jiuyou couldn't treat him so violently.
"Master, this person has ill intentions towards you!"
In the space, Feixue, who had eaten more than a dozen rabbit beasts, turned into a little boy, sitting on the ground and touching his round belly.
Ye Jiuyou chuckled, "How could you tell that, you little baby?"
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