Chapter 240

On the second floor of Green Pine Inn, Bai He found the room where Situ Kong stayed.

“You’re Elder Situ, right?”

Situ Kong looked at the strange man and frowned.

Faced with Situ Kong’s confused eyes, Bai He said with a slight bow, “Hello, Elder Situ, I’m…”

“Mr. Bai!” When Bai He wanted to introduce himself, a surprised female voice sounded from behind.

Hearing the voice, Bai He and Situ Kong looked over there only to see Phoenix Five staring at Bai He in surprise.

“Phoenix Five?” Bai He called with uncertainty because Phoenix Five was a lot prettier and younger than before.

Phoenix Five walked to Bai He and said with excitement, “It’s really you. Mr. Bai, I thought I was mistaken.”

Bai He cracked a gentle smile, “It’s me. Long time no see!”

Long Yue felt a bit taken aback to see their interaction.

“Oh right, why are you here?” Phoenix Five looked at Bai He with curiosity. She hadn’t seen him since he left a letter behind and went away.

“Oh, I’m here for Elder Situ,” Bai He said and looked at Situ Kong again.

Hearing their conversation, Situ Kong nodded and said, “Come in and talk!”

They entered the room together. Bai He finally took out the letter from his arms and passed it to Situ Kong, “Elder Situ, this is the letter Xi asked me to bring to you.”

The others all got excited. Situ Kong looked at Bai He with a thrilled expression, “You’ve seen Xi. How is she doing?”

Bai He slightly curled his lips, “She’s fine. Rest assured. She sent me to deliver the letter in case you may feel worried.”

Situ Kong immediately took the letter and read it.

The letter consisted of two sheets. One was about her recent situation, saying that she was fine and asking them not to worry about her. Besides, she had known Third Master’s whereabouts and would rescue the latter soon. The other sheet was about how to break the formation on the Wilderness Holy Hall, but she also reminded them not to enter the Wilderness Holy Hall randomly in case of alerting the enemy.

After reading the letter, Situ Kong put the letter away carefully. He looked at Bai He and said with clasped hands, “Mr. Bai, thank you for bringing us the letter.”

Bai He waved his hand and said, “Elder Situ, just call me Bai He.”

Situ Kong was slightly dazed to hear that and then said, “Bai He, I wonder if you can bring something to Xi?”

Bai He said with a sincere face, “No need to stand on ceremony. I’m at your service.” Xi saved his life before. He could die for her if he had to, let alone these trivial things.

In the Wuyou Palace of the Wilderness Holy Hall.

Duanmu Xi looked at the pills in front of her, her mouth twitching a bit. Did Chief Master think she would stay here for the rest of her life? So many tocolytic pills were enough to sustain her until her babies were born.

At night, Ya’er looked at the dishes that hadn’t been eaten at all and said with a frown, “My Lady, do you dislike the dishes? What would you like to eat? I’ll get them for you.”

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi waved her hand, “No need. I’m not hungry.”

Ya’er glimpsed the dishes on the table and turned to look at Duanmu Xi’s belly, her brows full of worry. The lady was pregnant. How could the lady not eat anything? She noticed that the lady hadn’t eaten anything for a whole day. Ya’er said, “My Lady, you…”

“I’m tired. I wanna sleep.” Duanmu Xi raised her arm to interrupt Ya’er, “Go and guard outside the door. No one is allowed to enter my room before dawn.”

“Yes.” Ya’er didn’t dare to take Duanmu Xi’s words lightly. Ya’er bowed herself out. Somehow, the lady was not fierce and her voice was not harsh, but she turned out to be very imposing. Faced with Duanmu Xi’s superior momentum, Ya’er couldn’t help wanting to acknowledge allegiance to him.

The moment Ya’er left, Bai He appeared, “Let’s go!”

Duanmu Xi nodded and got out of the enchantment with Bai He.

After last night’s search, Bai He took Duanmu Xi and avoided the patrolling guards of the Wilderness Holy Hall with ease. They got to the underground secret chamber he had been to last night.

Walking in the narrow path of the secret chamber, Duanmu Xi slightly frowned. There was no formation or guard in this place. Was it because that person was confident that no one could get here? Or, was there any other reason?

“Be careful.” Bai He abruptly dragged Duanmu Xi to himself and looked at a small bump on the ground, “There is a mechanism here.”

Duanmu Xi glimpsed the unremarkable bump on the ground and looked at the hole in the wall. Her brows loosened a bit. Was it because of the mechanism that he didn’t arrange any guards here?

“Your master is here. I’ll take you there,” Bai He said. Then, he held Duanmu Xi’s hand and walked forward.

Duanmu Xi was taken aback. She looked at Bai He’s back, her dark purple eyes flicking. She still didn’t break free from his hand.

Bai He directly took Duanmu Xi to the iron barren in the middle of the secret chamber. Upon seeing the badly mutilated face exposed from the square hole, Duanmu Xi instantly shed tears.

“Third Master,” Duanmu Xi said gently as if she were afraid of waking up Mei Luo from her sleep.

Mei Luo was astonished to hear the familiar voice and slowly opened her eyes. When she saw Duanmu Xi’s face, her eye sockets instantly became red, “Xi.”

Hearing the hoarse voice, Duanmu Xi felt a gut-wrenching pain in her heart. She went forward gently and stroked Mei Luo’s face which was full of scars as if she tried to stroke lumpy scars.

“I’m sorry…” Duanmu Xi was sorry that she didn’t protect her third master well. She was sorry that she hadn’t found her third master earlier. She was sorry that she came to rescue her third master so late.

Duanmu Xi said that and tears cascaded down her cheeks. That was all she wanted to say now.

Looking at Duanmu Xi’s tearful face, Mei Luo was so heartbroken and tried to wipe tears off Duanmu Xi’s face. The sharp pain in her wrists reminded her that her limbs couldn’t move now.

“Xi, don’t cry…” After crying for a long time, Mei Luo said. She was not much of an orator. Now, she really didn’t know what to say to comfort Duanmu Xi.

Hearing that, Duanmu Xi shed more tears. Her third master was such a kindhearted person. How could those people hurt her to this degree?

“Third Master, wait a minute. I’ll take you out,” Duanmu Xi and directly exerted her mysterious Qi to hit the iron barren.

“No.” Mei Luo was shocked but it was too late. Duanmu Xi was bounced away by her purple mysterious Qi.

“Xi…” Mei Luo was greatly worried to see Duanmu Xi fly backward and struggled hard, but she didn’t break loose at all. Instead, she was more tightly entangled. She seemed not to feel the sharp pain and only looked at Duanmu Xi flying backward with a worried face.

Bai He was also astonished to see Duanmu Xi flying backward. He directly caught Duanmu Xi and felt shocked to see the blood at the corner of her mouth, “Are you alright?”

Duanmu Xi held back the sharp pain in her chest and shook her head. She gently broke free from Bai He’s arms, walked to the iron barren again and exerted her purple mysterious Qi again.

“Xi, don’t.” Seeing that Duanmu Xi wanted to exert her mysterious Qi again to attack the iron barren, Mei Luo couldn’t help shedding tears again.

Bai He also grabbed Duanmu Xi’s hand to stop her from attacking again. She had suffered an internal injury due to the previous strike. He couldn’t see her act stupidly again.

Duanmu Xi looked at Bai He in front of her coldly, her dark purple eyes utterly aloof, “Go away.”

Seeing Duanmu Xi’s cold eyes, Bai He felt a heartache and looked at her, saying sincerely, “Let me handle it. I can open the iron barren. Trust me.”

Duanmu Xi’s eyes flicked.

Whether Duanmu Xi believed him, Bai He turned around and struck out a white light ball at the iron barren. The white light ball surrounded the iron barren. It grew bigger and suddenly exploded. Meanwhile, the iron barren also exploded. Bai He hurriedly clutched Duanmu Xi into his arms in case she might be injured by the pieces of the iron barren.

The moment the iron barren exploded, the Region Master in the Xinghe Hall suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.

The Region Master covered his chest and a shimmer of fierceness crossed his eyes. Someone broke his immortal-grade magic weapon. Who on earth was it?

After the strong white light dispersed, Duanmu Xi finally saw Mei Luo’s current appearance. Mei Luo’s arms and legs were chained with her wrists and ankles badly mutilated.

Staring at Mei Luo, Duanmu Xi felt her heart was hollow. She willed her mind and summoned the dagger.

Duanmu Xi clenched the dagger and thrust it at the chain on Mei Luo’s wrist.

Here came a bang. The chain was fine and didn’t even have a crack. Instead, Mei Luo’s wrist started to bleed again.

“Umm…” Mei Luo bit her lips to keep herself from shouting, but her hands were uncontrollably trembling.

Seeing that Mei Luo held back her pain, Duanmu Xi threw away the dagger in fear and held Mei Luo, “Third Master, what’s wrong with you? Don’t scare me.” While shedding tears, Duanmu Xi stroked Mei Luo’s face and hair.

“Xi, look,” Bai He stared at Mei Luo’s badly mutilated wrist with a serious face and said.

Duanmu Xi lowered her head and looked over there. When she saw the thorny shackles on Mei Luo’s wrist, her face instantly turned pale.

Duanmu Xi held Mei Luo’s badly mutilated hand and tears coursed down her cheeks. What was wrong with those people? They not only tied Mei Luo up but also placed so many thorns inside the shackles. As long as Mei Luo moved a bit, the thorns would penetrate her wrists, causing her to feel terrible pains. Now Duanmu Xi realized why that person didn’t arrange for anyone to guard this place. He was confident that Third Master couldn’t be taken away even if she was found.

Mei Luo came to her senses and looked at Duanmu Xi, cracking a gentle smile, “Don’t worry about me. It won’t hurt that much as long as I don’t move.”

Duanmu Xi knew that Mei Luo didn’t want her to worry, so she tried her best to smile, “I know. I’ll apply medicine to your injuries.”

Duanmu Xi took out the Styptic Powder from her arms, applied it to Mei Luo and also fed a few kinds of pills to Mei Luo.

Mei Luo didn’t refuse. She just ate whatever Duanmu Xi fed.

“You and your master are so close!” While Duanmu Xi was treating Mei Luo’s injuries, a hollow and dimly discernible voice sounded.