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"Yino, you're choking me!"

Jinyue sat up abruptly, gasping for air, her charming face flushed.

After catching her breath, she glared at Yino. "And when you covered my mouth just now, did you deliberately brush against my chest?"

"Two buns count as a chest? You should thank me for saving your life just now!" Yino leaned against a tree with a lazy smile, brushing off the dust on him but finding some fox fur instead.

Suddenly, Jinyue lunged forward and snatched the fox fur from his hand. "You're such a pervert! How much fur do you plan to collect from me?"

"Then stop shedding it on me!" Yino shrugged as his gaze lingering meaningfully on her fluffy tail.

Jinyue felt all her pores tighten and quickly hugged her three plump tails. "Besides! If you're counting saving my life, I've saved you several times before!"

"Alright then, we're even." Yino brushed off more fox fur and sat up from the grass.

Jinyue hugged her tails, glaring at him with some resentment. As they talked, she seemed to forget her original plan for the night.

This was always how she felt around Yino. She would prepare elaborate plans before setting out but end up getting sidetracked every time she met him, arguing until she forgot what she initially intended to do!

"By the way, it's really just medicinal water..." Yino tidied up his things and glanced at the Wuji Sect cultivators who had walked away. "If it were real potion, given your fox demon physique, you'd have been wagging your tail at me in desperation at the Mountain Temple."

"Bullshit! What do you take us fox demons for?" Jinyue blushed furiously.

She was recalling her plans for tonight when Yino's words made her forget them again. Instinctively hugging herself defensively while eyeing him warily.

Though Jinyue was angry, she couldn't help but recall that night at the Mountain Temple; her body trembled slightly as even her feet became sensitive again.

Yino shrugged and glanced at her small buns dismissively: "Don't worry; I prefer Sister Yuyan's figure. Even if I used drugs, it wouldn't be on you."

"Yino, YOU JERK!" Jinyue was thoroughly provoked and stepped forward to kick him.

But Yino reacted quickly; his right hand caught her ankle while his left hand swiftly pulled out a dagger coated with pink liquid. Like spreading jam on bread, he gently swiped it across her sole.

"What are you doing--?!" Jinyue was startled and tried to pull her leg back, but Yino held on tightly.

By the time she freed herself, he had already smeared the liquid evenly on her sole, where it was quickly absorbed by the petal mark in its center.

"

Ah~

" As soon as she stepped down, an electric current of sensitivity shot through her body from her foot.

Ignoring her protests, Yino waved goodbye: "Wuji Sect cultivators are almost done searching; I need to get back to take care of my injured senior before she worries about me."

"Yino! Come back here! You've made my foot so sensitive again! What am I supposed to do? And you left my fox fur by the cliff; if Wuji Sect finds it, they'll think I'm a suspect!" Not far away in the grass, Jinyue supported herself against a wall while carefully holding one foot up with one hand. She stood on one leg with a mix of frustration and helplessness in her voice. But Yino didn't look back; he waved his hand and disappeared into the forest.

"BASTERD!"

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As numerous Wuji Sect cultivators emerged from the secret realm in the back mountain, Yino naturally blended into their ranks.

At the bamboo grove entrance outside the secret realm stood a white-robed fairy who had mostly recovered. Accompanied by several Wuji Sect elders, she watched the returning cultivators with serious eyes.

Beside her stood an adorable deer spirit in human form and another stunning woman in black robes with white hair who had just arrived.

"Big Sister, don't worry!" The deergirl tiptoed eagerly as she looked at the cultivator group and confidently raised both hands. "My silly master will be back soon!"

With this assurance from her, Yuyan's beautiful face relaxed slightly. After all, when Yanran returned earlier, she immediately recognized Wangxue's identity as a Nine-Colored Deer. Later on, Yanran asked Wangxue several questions that jogged Yuyan's memory about this little deer's unique qualities.

Since Yino left, Wangxue had been using natural spiritual energy to nourish Yuyan. Remarkably, in less than half an hour, most of Yuyan's internal injuries had healed!

Thinking back now, it turned out that wild deer Yino picked up that night in the back mountain was indeed a Nine-Colored Deer!

Upon learning about this identity of Wangxue's Nine-Colored Deer form later on stirred something within Yuyan; she suddenly recalled how she survived Gu Wanglan's annihilation attack initially thinking relying solely upon physical resilience only realizing key moment saved timely intervention orchestrated by the Nine-Colored Deer!

"Junior Brother Yino is truly one-of-a-kind genius rare even within our Wuji Sect over past century." Behind Yuyan and little deer stood Yanran who couldn't help but widen beautiful eyes slightly impressed, speaking softly yet admiringly;

Just before, she had learned of Chen Jianxin's death and immediately reported the good news to her Master. Strangely, despite accomplishing the task given by her Master, the master's face didn't show joy. Instead, she remained silent for a long while, staring blankly at the chessboard in front of her. Eventually, she gave a meaningful instruction to her to keep an eye on Yino and asked Yanran to bring Jinyue back in two days for a report.

Yanran didn't think much of it; after all, her Master, as a high-ranking member of the organization, was always studying the abstract concept of "fate" day and night, which made her increasingly eccentric and her thoughts different from ordinary folks.

Moreover...

Now, seeing the Nine-Colored Deer being saved by Yino, Yanran was deeply convinced of his mysterious qualities. No wonder her Master asked her to watch him; now it seems, Chen Jianxin's death might also be related to Yino!

With these thoughts, Yanran paused, her gaze fixed back on the returning group of cultivators.

"Junior Brother Yino is back!" Yanran whispered softly.

The crowd looked over and saw a young man in white approaching from the crowd. At the same time, Yuyan widened her eyes, quickly descending from the platform to greet the long-absent youth.

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Seeing his senior sister waiting for him, Yino's face didn't show much joy. He walked up to her and spoke with some disappointment, "Senior Sister, it seems that bastard Gu Wanglan jumped off a cliff out of guilt."

"I'm sorry I couldn't avenge you, letting you down again--"

But before Yino could finish, Yuyan pulled him into a hug, her eyes slightly widened.

"Yino… your safety matters most."