Chapter 260: Yunxi, hurry and go (2/2)

“Miss Yunxi, don’t fear!” the white-robed man shouted. He dragged his weak, exhausted body upright and shielded her behind him. At the same time, Jun Yixie landed on the ground to stand less than a step away.

He ignored Han Yunxi for now, but curled his lips upwards to say haughtily, “Your lordship will give you one more chance to get out of the way.” The white-robed man didn’t reply, but stared coldly at Jun Yixie with no plans to submit.

“Very well!” Jun Yixie wasn’t so tolerant. He simply raised his foot and viciously kicked at the white-robed man’s most fatal spot, his heart! The force was enough to send the white-robed man sprawling towards Han Yunxi, who quickly got out of the way before staring at them both, dazed and lost.

By now, the white-robed man had lost all strength to get up. Blood flowed nonstop from behind his face veil as his gaze grew distant. Despite this, he still used the last of his strength to look at Han Yunxi, his voice as thin as a mosquito. “Miss Yunxi, go…leave quickly.”

Han Yunxi didn’t move but kept staring at him blankly, just staring…

Jun Yixie had long put Han Yunxi out of his mind. His foot stepped directly on the white-robed man’s heart as he spoke. “Things have already reached this point. If I don’t kill you now, wouldn’t I make the entire Shadow Clan my enemy?”

This white-robed man’s shadow arts were uncanny, so he had to be an outstanding member of the Shadow Clan. Jun Yixie wasn’t sure how many of them still existed, but he wasn’t stupid enough to offend them all. The only way to avoid that was to kill the witness. Without the slightest hesitation, his eyes turned cold as he viciously stepped down!

But Han Yunxi suddenly cried out, “Don’t!”

Before she even finished speaking, numerous poison needles flew to sink into Jun Yixie’s leg, catching him unawares and forcing him to retreat. As he backed away with his numb leg, Han Yunxi attacked with needles anew. She’d finally recovered her senses from her fear!

“Jun Yixie, I, Han Yunxi, will be irreconcilable with you for the rest of my life!” she cried angrily as she rose to her feet, the Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain shooting in a continuous stream at him. Though Jun Yixie had taken a hit from the first few needles, it hadn’t struck any of his vital points. Neither was he bothered by the poisons. Truthfully speaking, their skills were too far apart. It wasn’t long before Jun Yixie was avoiding Han Yunxi’s needles while treating her poisons at the same time. He had made thorough investigations and knew that this woman’s strongest weapon was her Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain. She didn’t know martial arts, so she was hard-pressed to used her poison skills.

As soon as he cured her poisons, he started to counterattack. Beyond a doubt, Han Yunxi had even more trouble fending him off. Her initial attack had been too impulsive so that now her arsenal of Pear Blossom Teardrop Rain needles was almost empty. Finally, she used up all her poison needles just as Jun Yixie walked in front of her.

Han Yunxi was still scared. As soon as Jun Yixie drew close, she subconsciously backed away until she accidentally tripped and tumbled to the ground. Jun Yixie crouched down in amusement and gave her a wanton grin. “Hand over the antidote.”

Han Yunxi was extremely unwilling, especially when she knew that Jun Yixie wouldn’t let her off even with the antidote in hand. But she had no other options left. There was no way to retreat! She took a deep breath to calm herself down and replied, “I didn’t bring the antidote with me, it’s in the medical academy. I’ll go back and get it.”

Jun Yixie immediately broke into laughter. “Han Yunxi, do you think your lordship is a three-year-old child? Even without the antidote, you should have its prescription, right?”

She really was out of ideas…

“Yes.” Han Yunxi was about to speak when Jun Yixie suddenly grabbed her hand.

“It won’t be too late to tell your lordship after we go to Northern Li!”

He didn’t harbor any suspicions before, but he’d be an idiot not to now, after seeing how the white-robed man had protected Han Yunxi! It was exceedingly possible that she was related to the West Qin imperial family in some way. If so, he had to take her along.

“You beast!” Han Yunxi struggled with all her might, but Jun Yixie only tightened his grip. At the same time, the nearly unconscious white-robed man used the dagger in his hand to ruthlessly stab Jun Yixie in the back.

“Yunxi, go! Go now!”

The white-robed man didn’t even have any strength left. Even if he was ruthless, how deep could he really stab the man?

Jun Yixie sent out a shockwave that released a potent wave of energy, sending the white-robed man flying backwards until he crashed to the ground. Then he grabbed Han Yunxi in his arms without even looking back. But then, a sudden pain burst from his shoulder. When he turned to look back, it was to see a small white squirrel about the size of a fist resting on his shoulder. Its two front teeth were currently gnawing on his back…

1. to refuse a toast only to drink a forfeit (敬酒不吃吃罚酒) – jingjiu buchi chi fajiu, to submit to someone’s pressure after first turning down his request, be constrained to do what one first refused to do