"I'm not afraid if you aren't," Feng Yuqin said with a smile. "If we really get buried in there, at least we'll be together. We won't be lonely."
Mo Xuanye let out a dumbfounded laugh. He never expected her to be so open - minded.
Actually, Feng Yuqin had already died once. So she believed that in this life, one should live to the fullest. If any accident were to happen, she could accept it calmly.
Moreover, Feng Yuqin believed that since she had just traveled to this world, it was impossible for her to die so soon.
That would be too unlucky.
God wouldn't play such a cruel joke on her.
Although she didn't understand formations, she clearly felt that the tremors were gradually weakening under Mo Xuanye's manipulation.
When Mo Xuanye completed his last move, he reached out his hand to Feng Yuqin.
Feng Yuqin immediately placed her hand in his palm.
Immediately afterwards, Feng Yuqin felt the scene in front of her change. The two of them were now standing on a mountaintop.
Feng Yuqin looked down and saw a hill below starting to collapse.
The commotion was as intense as an earthquake.
Feng Yuqin twitched the corner of her mouth. Why did she feel that every time she entered the forest, she would encounter an earthquake - like situation?
The last time it was caused by the Gold - Devouring Beast, and this time it was the formation and barrier in the cave.
"The cave used to be a place where someone stored treasures. Although it has changed over time, its general outline was revealed when the formation was broken," Mo Xuanye said, staring at the continuously collapsing hill.
"The owner of the cave was definitely not a good person if they could create something like the Blood Pool," Feng Yuqin said. Just thinking about the Blood Pool made her scalp tingle.
She could even imagine a person slowly being drained of blood and dying. What a desperate journey that must be for the person involved.
"There's a formation here, so you haven't noticed that there aren't even any demonic beasts around," Mo Xuanye said. "Demonic beasts are very smart. They must have come here before, but some of them got into trouble. Over time, no more demonic beasts would come here."
"Let's go find the medicinal herbs first," Feng Yuqin said.
With Mo Xuanye around, they could even enter the inner area. What used to be difficult for Feng Yuqin was now no problem at all.
The Gold - Devouring Beast was truly all - powerful. It was good at finding treasures and also at finding medicinal herbs.
So with the Gold - Devouring Beast leading the way and Mo Xuanye's intimidation, the demonic beasts around didn't dare to show up. The two of them made their way unimpeded to the deepest part of the northern area.
Feng Yuqin looked up at the medicinal herb on the cliff and twitched the corner of her mouth hard. "It's so high. Only Xiaoying can pick this herb."
"Leave it to me, Master," Xiaoying immediately flew out of the space and picked the herb.
"Master, the other herb is on the opposite side," Xiaojin also came out of the space and pointed to a mountain on the opposite side.
Xiaoying immediately turned around and flew towards the opposite side.
Mo Xuanye gently released his intimidation. The demonic beasts around were very angry when they saw Xiaoying going to pick the medicinal herbs, but they were helpless.
"Those with great strength are really different," Feng Yuqin said with a smile.
She could clearly feel the anger of the demonic beasts not far away, but none of them dared to charge forward.
She was really lucky to have them today. If it were just her alone, to get these medicinal herbs, she would first have to fight the demonic beasts for a long time.
After getting the medicinal herbs, Feng Yuqin was ready to return to the city.
However, before they reached the outer area, Mo Xuanye said calmly, "There are quite a few people outside."
"Who are they?" Feng Yuqin asked.
Mo Xuanye looked at her with a faint smile. Feng Yuqin thought for a moment and asked in surprise, "Are they after me?"
Mo Xuanye nodded. "They are Yun Feiyue's men. They should be after the two kinds of medicinal herbs you got at the auction house."
Feng Yuqin narrowed her eyes dangerously. "Is this Crown Prince so lacking in grace?"
"Yun Feiyue is a man who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. If it were someone with a strong background, he might be a bit more cautious. But since you're from the Prime Minister's Mansion, he doesn't have so many scruples," Mo Xuanye said. A trace of coldness flashed in his eyes when he thought of Yun Feiyue's actions.
How dare he have designs on his woman? He really didn't want to live anymore.
"The Prime Minister's Mansion is indeed not much of a backer for me," Feng Yuqin glanced at the man beside her and joked. "But don't you have my back? Why? Is your backing not reliable?"
Mo Xuanye gave her a helpless look. "Although I've made my stance clear before, you've always been avoiding me. And I didn't specifically block the news. Yun Feiyue still heard some of it."
"If that's the case, my failure to go through with the marriage alliance means I'm a runaway bride, right? Didn't the Emperor cause any trouble for the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Feng Yuqin didn't know much about the royal family as she had never had any contact with them.
Moreover, the original owner of her body had never really cared about such things, so she didn't know much either.
"The Emperor currently values your father quite a bit, and your father is still a bit afraid of me. So the matter was put on hold. But this time, you snatched their medicinal herbs, so Yun Feiyue has his eye on you," Mo Xuanye said.
After all, those medicinal herbs were very attractive to Yun Ningshuang.
Feng Yuqin snorted. "Once something is in my pocket, unless I give it away myself, no one can take it from me."
If the enemy was too powerful, she would rather destroy it than let the enemy get it.
"With me here, he won't succeed," Mo Xuanye took her hand and walked out slowly.
On this point, Feng Yuqin agreed.
So this was what it felt like to have a backer.
It was her first time experiencing it.
Although Mo Xuanye had protected her before, she hadn't truly accepted him in her heart, so her state of mind was different.
But now, her state of mind had changed. She was willing to rely on him occasionally.
However, she couldn't rely on him for free. So she said to Mo Xuanye, "Go to the space and choose some cultivation resources. A lot of them are useless to me for now. It's better to strengthen your strength so that the next time I encounter an enemy I can't handle, you can help me."
Mo Xuanye thought for a moment and agreed.
Half an hour later, Mo Xuanye came out of her space. The two of them walked out of the forest.
As soon as they reached the outer area, a group of people surrounded them.
But when they saw Mo Xuanye and Feng Yuqin together, they hesitated.
"Are you going to fight? If not, just leave," Feng Yuqin said impatiently, seeing their hesitation.
The leading man glanced at Feng Yuqin and thought of the Crown Prince's order to get the two kinds of medicinal herbs at all costs.
"Hand over the medicinal herbs, and we won't attack," the leading man said coldly. But his eyes were warily fixed on Mo Xuanye.
Mo Xuanye's eyes turned cold, and his voice was even colder. "You're looking for death."
Feng Yuqin also nodded. She moved first and said to Mo Xuanye at the same time, "Leave two for me to practice on. You deal with the rest."