"Do you want to protect me?"
"Ah!"
Hearing this, Ye Ming was struck as if by divine lightning from the nine heavens, and froze on the spot.
Protect me?
He had to admit, this was the first time he had heard such words since he entered the mortal world.
With his strength, did he still need protection?
What's more?
Why would the other party want to protect him?
What was the relationship between Xia Baiyi and himself?
...
Countless doubts and questions made Ye Ming's mind unable to turn.
However, no one would tell him the answers to these questions.
After Xia Baiyi left the last sentence in his mind, he never responded to him again.
"Xia Baiyi! Who... exactly are you?"
When he came back to his senses, all the doubts finally converged into this one core question.
As long as this question was thoroughly resolved, perhaps he would understand everything he wanted to know.
After briefly organizing his thoughts, Ye Ming once again set his sights on You Li.
As the other party looked at him, all of You Li's nerves were stretched to the extreme. The torment between life and death almost drove him mad.
In the past, he had never imagined that he would experience such a scene.
And when reality hit, he truly understood how bleak it felt to have his life controlled by others.
"Although it's regrettable, your life seems to be saved!" Ye Ming said faintly, his emotions undetectable.
But this calm statement was no different from heavenly music to You Li's ears.
Because it meant he wouldn't die.
However, Ye Ming's next sentence almost sent him plunging into an abyss, and countless chills surged from his back.
"But! This is your only chance!"
At this moment, You Li keenly sensed a hint of killing intent in the other party's eyes.
"Yes! Yes! I will never dare to offend you again in the future!" Sensing this, You Li repeatedly bowed.
But what no one noticed was that when You Li lowered his head, there was no joy of surviving a disaster in his eyes, only a venomousness like a cobra.
Finally, Ye Ming gave him a deep look and turned to leave.
He had ultimately listened to Xia Baiyi's words.
"Young Master! Are you... alright?"
Du Yuemian naturally noticed something unusual when Ye Ming suddenly let You Li go.
"I'm fine!"
Ye Ming smiled faintly and said, "You Li still has some value, so I'll let him go for now!"
Based on his understanding of You Li, Ye Ming knew that their grievances would not end like this.
In the future, there would eventually be a resolution.
Not killing him now, apart from Xia Baiyi's reason, Ye Ming also did not want to incur the enmity of some people from that place.
Otherwise, if it affected the overall situation, it would be more than the loss.
"Mm! No matter what Young Master does, Yuemian will believe you!" Du Yuemian held his arm, and her delicate face bloomed like a vibrant flower.
"Thank you!" With such a beauty by his side, Ye Ming's mood immediately improved a lot.
At this moment, Luo Xia stepped forward slightly. Seeing the mysterious young man before her, she wanted to speak, but found herself not knowing what to say.
You Li had passed the test and learned some things.
Hadn't she also?
After the initial shock, as she calmed down, she also had some of her own guesses.
"Little brother... no! Your Excellency! Regarding You Li! You must be careful in the future!" With complex emotions, after a moment of contemplation, she slowly spoke.
What was interesting was that she changed the address from "little brother" to "Your Excellency."
What were her innermost thoughts with such a change?
"Pavilion Master Luo Xia! Thank you for the reminder! I will pay attention!" Ye Ming nodded, accepting the kind reminder.
"Mm!"
What had happened before seemed to have created an invisible barrier between Ye Ming and them, and their conversation carried a hint of... constraint.
This could be seen from Xi Yao's silence, and even her intentional or unintentional avoidance of Ye Ming's gaze, indicating the subtle change in atmosphere.
Ye Ming could do nothing about this.
When a person's ingrained impression in another's heart undergoes a massive change, the sense of disparity in reality is not something that can be accepted quickly.
"Pavilion Master Luo Xia! The final opportunity here should be opening soon. I wish you good luck!" Ye Ming held Du Yuemian's hand and bid farewell. "Yuemian and I have other matters to attend to, so we'll take our leave!"
"Miss Xi Yao! Farewell!"
Du Yuemian also bowed to the two of them, then left with Ye Ming.
Watching their receding figures, both Luo Xia and her disciple seemed to feel a hint of bitterness in their hearts.
"Master! Do you think we... will meet them again?" Xi Yao asked somewhat dejectedly.
"This... who knows?"
Luo Xia shook her head, looked at her disciple, and couldn't help but recall a joking remark she had made to Ye Ming earlier.
When she was about to challenge, she had jokingly said that if she passed the test smoothly, she would introduce the Phoenix Son of Dragon Phoenix Pavilion to him.
Thinking back now, Luo Xia couldn't help but sigh.
"Yao'er! If you want to meet him... them again, then you must grasp the opportunity that follows carefully!" Luo Xia earnestly exhorted. "Only then will the possibility of your meeting be greater!"
"Huh?"
Hearing this, Xi Yao was puzzled. "Master! What do you mean by this! Don't you want to obtain that opportunity?"
It seemed.
Luo Xia knew some hidden circumstances.
It seemed that what Xia Baiyi had said earlier was correct; those who passed the four trials indeed possessed a very special identity.
Luo Xia shook her head and simply explained, "Yao'er! There are some things that are inconvenient for me to tell you now! Only when you obtain that opportunity can you forever be my disciple! Otherwise..."
Although she didn't finish her sentence, Xi Yao clearly sensed a trace of worry in it.
"Master! I will work hard!"
Upon realizing this, her beautiful eyes seemed to sparkle with radiance, exceptionally dazzling.
"Good!"
Seeing her expression, Luo Xia said with great relief:
"One day, you will discover that this world is even more wonderful than you imagined!"
...
"Elder Xu! The opportunity here is about to open. You must grasp it well!"
After parting ways with Luo Xia and the others, Ye Ming did not leave the core area but found a relatively quiet place to watch everything.
"Mr. Ye! Do you know what the opportunity that is about to descend is?"
Since having a secret meeting with Xu Zhan, the other party had become Ye Ming's "informant."
"From what I can see now, I'm not clear about the specific opportunity either?" Ye Ming smiled and said, "However, gathering people from the outer, inner, and core circles together should not be an opportunity that requires force to obtain! Otherwise..."
Otherwise, this core area would become a living hell.