Both Su Baiwei and Young Master Yu Xiao displayed combat prowess far superior to Su Lie's mediocre Yellow Realm.
Young Master Yu Xiao, in particular, had likely reached the peak of early Yellow Realm, on the verge of stepping into the middle stage.
Furthermore, his jade flute could extend a slender sword from its tip, seemingly a low-grade spiritual artifact.
Su Baiwei, however, had only recently entered the Yellow Realm, and her long sword was a mere mortal weapon.
Although she initially matched Young Master Yu Xiao blow for blow due to her innate talent, after a dozen rounds, her sword had accumulated numerous nicks.
Young Master Yu Xiao's jade flute sword, however, remained undamaged.
Su Baiwei's breathing grew heavy, appearing to struggle.
The next moment, through a lapse in attention,
Young Master Yu Xiao's flute sword thrust forward from a cunning angle. Su Baiwei couldn't react in time, and her clothes were slashed multiple times, revealing smooth, delicate skin, looking quite alluring.
This immediately ignited a lust within Young Master Yu Xiao, wishing to ravage the woman right then and there.
"Rude fellow!"
Su Baiwei was angered, biting her red lips as she cursed.
This Young Master Yu Xiao was truly disgusting. He had the chance to injure her, yet he deliberately slashed her clothes.
It was as if he intended to strip her bare on the spot, causing Su Baiwei immense embarrassment.
Seeing their young lady at a disadvantage, Su Bei and the others were greatly worried.
"What do we do? The young lady is going to lose. Should we run?"
"Run where! If the family head finds out when we get back, we'll all be in trouble."
"Then what should we do?"
"I don't know either."
Seeing Su Baiwei still resisting tenaciously, Young Master Yu Xiao's lust intensified. He chuckled sinisterly, "Little beauty, just yield to me."
"Never!"
As Su Baiwei was on the verge of danger,
Mu Qingqing turned to look at the main personality, Xin Ci. However, this guy was still hiding in the bushes, completely silent.
Xin Ci: omo...
"Hey, male lead, why are you just watching!"
"Su Baiwei is, after all, one of the early female leads and part of your harem in the original novel. Are you just going to watch her get bullied by a scoundrel?"
Within the consciousness space, Mu Qingqing was impatiently urging Xin Ci to act quickly.
However, Xin Ci remained silent, as if contemplating something.
Although he felt indifferent towards Su Baiwei, he did owe her a favor from the accounting room when he helped resolve the matters concerning Su Zhuo and the other two, purely for the sake of uncovering the truth.
"Fine, I'll help her this once."
Young Master Yu Xiao's vulgar words made Su Baiwei very uncomfortable, yet she couldn't defeat him.
Was she destined to yield to him?
No!
Su Baiwei would never surrender!
However, the more Su Baiwei refused to yield, the more excited Young Master Yu Xiao became.
His flute sword slashed towards her shoulder strap. If successful, Su Baiwei's top would come off, exposing her to the world.
Just as he was about to succeed, a small stone struck his flute sword.
Coupled with Xin Ci's inherent strength of two thousand jin, the flying rock directly sent his sword flying.
Young Master Yu Xiao was enraged, "Who is it? Which cowardly scoundrel is sabotaging my good deed!"
He then looked around but found no one.
Su Baiwei seized the opportunity to counterattack. The disarmed Young Master Yu Xiao was momentarily unable to defend.
She managed to slash his waist with her long sword, blood staining his clothes along the cut.
"You damned woman!"
Seeing himself wounded by Su Baiwei, Young Master Yu Xiao became furious.
He circulated his spiritual energy, intending to retaliate.
Unexpectedly, several more stones appeared from nowhere, striking him with incredible speed and force.
Even more critical, these stones accurately hit his vital points, preventing him from circulating the spiritual energy in his vortex for a moment.
Su Baiwei's long sword swung towards him again. Young Master Yu Xiao couldn't parry and could only retreat in humiliation.
Finally, he uttered a threat and fled into the dense forest.
"You are lucky this time, having a master helping you. I will not let you off next time!"
"Wait for us, young master..."
The two young attendants also fled the scene in disarray, chasing after him.
Su Baiwei finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Su Bei and Su Ping quickly stepped forward to flatter their young lady.
"The young lady is indeed exceptionally talented and has superior strength."
"That Young Master Yu Xiao was no match for you at all."
"Exactly, that so-called Young Master Yu Xiao was just putting on a show, and was still driven away by the young lady."
Su Baiwei ignored their flattery and praise, instead pondering who had thrown the stones and why they had helped her.
At this moment, Xin Ci slowly emerged from the bushes, carrying the collected firewood.
"Hey, Xin Ci, where did you go? It took you so long to gather firewood. Didn't you know the young lady was in danger just now?"
"I didn't."
Xin Ci simply replied, then began adding firewood to the bonfire.
"You...! Forget it, you're just a woodcutter anyway, how would you know how the young lady heroically defeated Young Master Yu Xiao."
Xin Ci's indifferent attitude displeased everyone.
The sharp-minded Su Baiwei, however, quietly observed the boy who was calmly adding firewood.
Young Master Yu Xiao had just left, and Xin Ci appeared. This was too much of a coincidence.
Furthermore, his reaction upon returning was too calm, as if he already knew what had happened.
Could it be that he was the one who acted in secret?
No, Su Baiwei shook her head, denying her own thought.
The last time she saw Xin Ci in the accounting room, he was only at Body Tempering fifth level. The person who acted in secret had at least the strength of the middle stage of the Yellow Realm.
How could Xin Ci have improved so drastically in such a short period?