When Ye Xiao returned to the car and placed Qin Yulu in the backseat, he realized that his phone had received many missed calls and numerous text messages!

The calls had all come within half an hour, and so had the text messages, from Ling Shuya, Su Yun, Shen Qiuyu, and also Weei Jie.

By now, night had already fallen, and it was already seven o'clock. A considerable amount of time had passed since the exam had ended!

Ye Xiao immediately called Ling Shuya back!

"Ye Xiao, where the hell have you been!" Just as the call connected, Ling Shuya shouted at Ye Xiao as if she wished she could climb through the phone lines.

"Hehe, I was caught up in something, but where are you guys now?" Ye Xiao asked, "If you're still at school, I'll come pick you up!"

"Hmph, just look at the time, and you're still asking if you should come get us, Ye Xiao, I'm going to dock your pay!" Ling Shuya roared!

Hearing about having his pay docked, Ye Xiao immediately protested, "What for!"

"For not fulfilling your duty and abandoning your post!" Ling Shuya claimed vehemently!

Ye Xiao instantly felt deflated, like a balloon losing air.

Ling Shuya was his boss, and his responsibility was to ensure her safety. He really had been away from his post for quite some time, so there was indeed a sense of neglect on his part.

"Um, can we perhaps talk this over?" Ye Xiao tentatively asked.

"What say you?"

"Alright, miss, where are you?" Ye Xiao asked.

Ling Shuya, hearing Ye Xiao drop his tough demeanor, immediately smiled smugly and said, "Hmph, do you think we're just idly philandering like you? Didn't anyone tell you? The Mid-Autumn Festival is coming up, and our class is a key class, so of course, we're out shopping with Sister Su!"

"Alright then, I'll reimburse whatever you spend!" Ye Xiao immediately said with a chuckle.

Ye Xiao had intended to use this as a chance to score points with Miss Ling and the other beauties, but to his surprise, Miss Ling shouted back at him, "Ye Xiao, you think you won't have to reimburse?"

I'm dizzy, that's my money!

After several minutes of back-and-forth, Ye Xiao finally settled things with Ling Shuya, or rather, Ling Shuya settled things with Ye Xiao. They said they had gone to the largest department store in Minghai City. Ye Xiao believed that with Ling Shuya's prodigal ways, his money might not go very far!

Putting his phone away and looking at the slumbering Qin Yulu in the backseat, Ye Xiao glanced at the interior space of his car. He planned to thoroughly use the Nine Yang Divine Skill to purge the chill from her, which would ensure her body would not suffer any consequences. However, the inside of the car was clearly not suitable for that.

"What to do?" Ye Xiao was very perplexed.

Ye Xiao also didn't want anyone to see him healing Qin Yulu. If someone recognized him as a martial artist, that could bring some unwanted trouble.

But what to do?

Ye Xiao thought for a moment, then propped Qin Yulu up to sit in the backseat, and sat beside her himself. Soon after, her head listlessly rested on Ye Xiao's shoulder. To prevent her head from slumping, Ye Xiao wrapped his left arm around Qin Yulu's shoulders, and his right hand swiftly condensed a rich Nine Yang True Qi, since he was cautious of being seen, he sat inside the car without turning on any lights.

With his right hand filled with rich Nine Yang True Qi, a faint yellow light filled the car, providing some illumination. However, this was the glow of True Qi, invisible to non-martial artists, so Ye Xiao felt confident about not being spotted.

Qin Yulu had been exposed to the special chill in Cold Storage Number One for a while, especially around her heart, where the blood vessels were quite cold as well. Therefore, Ye Xiao, using his hand infused with Nine Yang True Qi, placed it over Qin Yulu's heart. Instantly, the rich Nine Yang True Qi began to enter her heart at a high speed and from there, it gently spread to the rest of her body.

At this moment, Ye Xiao was entirely focused on channeling True Qi into Qin Yulu. Although she was not a martial artist, the Nine Yang True Qi warmed her entire body, and not only would she not suffer any after-effects from the chill she had experienced that day, but her body would become even stronger and her immune system greatly improved.

Once the Nine Yang True Qi entered Qin Yulu's body, it moved rapidly, swallowing the chill wherever it went and facilitating her swift recovery.

Meanwhile, seven people emerged from the Jade Sand Cold Storage, under the Seven-colored Lamp's glow.

They were all feeling very uncomfortable, suffering from internal injuries which, although invisible, were thousands of times more agonizing than external wounds.

"Sister Chi Yu, how are you feeling now?" Purple Flame supported Wang Luoxin, asking with concern.

Wang Luoxin shook her head gently and replied, "It's nothing serious. We need to hurry back and recover from our injuries!"

Purple Flame immediately nodded in agreement, and everyone else nodded as well. However, it was at that moment that Huang Tian suddenly turned his gaze toward a distant Q瑞 vehicle, flickering with a faint True Qi glow!

"Eh? There's a True Qi glow over there!" Huang Tian exclaimed in surprise to Wang Luoxin and the others nearby!

Hearing Huang Tian's words, Wang Luoxin and the others all turned to look at the Q瑞, and indeed, there was a faint yellow glow in the back seat of the vehicle!

Wang Luoxin and the others didn't know that the Q瑞 was the one Ye Xiao had driven over. Therefore, they were unaware that the person inside the Q瑞 was Ye Xiao!

"Let's go have a look!" Cheng Yun said, curious.

Wang Luoxin thought about it for a moment. At this time, everyone was injured, and if a Martial Artist appeared now, it would be very disadvantageous for the Seven-colored Lamp. However, Wang Luoxin was also worried that it might be an enemy, but then again, he thought that if it were an enemy, it might be quite difficult for them to escape anyway!

Therefore, Wang Luoxin and all members of Seven-colored Lamp slowly made their way toward the Q瑞. Wang Luoxin, being an Early Xuan Rank Martial Artist, had much better vision than the other six people, so as he approached, he immediately saw Ye Xiao sitting in the back seat and Qin Yulu with her eyes closed!

"It's Ye Xiao!" Wang Luoxin said, surprised.

Hearing Wang Luoxin's words, Cheng Yun immediately asked, "Didn't he already leave?"

Wang Luoxin said, "Let's go check it out!"

Wang Luoxin and the others approached the Q瑞 immediately, but as they got closer, they were all taken aback!

Even though everyone knew that Ye Xiao was healing a wound, the actions of Ye Xiao at this time were really indecent!

At least that's how it seemed to Wang Luoxin and the others!

In fact, anyone observing Ye Xiao at this time would be extremely surprised, because in the eyes of others, Ye Xiao's hand was on Qin Yulu's body. Was this really healing?

"What are you doing?" Ye Xiao also noticed Wang Luoxin and the others standing next to the Q瑞.

"You lecherous rascal!" Wang Luoxin shouted angrily when he heard Ye Xiao daring to ask such a question!

Ye Xiao was stunned by this scolding and immediately frowned, looking displeased as he said, "How am I being lecherous?"

"You're not being lecherous?" Wang Luoxin got even angrier when he heard Ye Xiao's outright denial. Although Ye Xiao touching someone didn't concern him directly, Qin Yulu was injured at the moment, and Ye Xiao was taking advantage of her condition, which was simply inhumane!

"This girl is still unconscious, and you dare to touch her chest here? Have you no shame?" Wang Luoxin scolded mercilessly!

Although Wang Luoxin was not exactly an upright person, seeing what Ye Xiao was doing angered him greatly!

Ye Xiao responded with a wry smile, "I'm healing her!"

"Healing?" Wang Luoxin retorted, "What kind of healing are you doing? What is your hand doing? I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone as shameless as you, even lying about healing. If this girl wakes up right now, feeling no pain anywhere on her body, then I'll admit that I was wrong about you!"

Ye Xiao smiled bitterly and said, "You're making things difficult for me."

"I'm not making things difficult for you; I'm just asking you to prove it!"

Just as Ye Xiao was about to speak, he noticed the Qin Yulu in his arms stir!

Ye Xiao and everyone else turned their gaze to Qin Yulu, and they saw that she slowly opened her groggy eyes. Suddenly seeing several people standing around her, and it being pitch dark at that—

The countryside was even darker than the city at night!

"Ah?" Qin Yulu was shocked and alarmed!

Ye Xiao immediately turned on the light inside the car and quickly said, "Yulu, don't be afraid, I'm here!"

Hearing Ye Xiao's words, Qin Yulu realized Ye Xiao was sitting next to her and quickly said in surprise, "What on earth happened? I felt someone cover me, and then I knew nothing!"

Ye Xiao didn't want to bring up any unbelievable issues to Qin Yulu, so he quickly said with a smile, "Yulu, everything is fine now. How do you feel? Is there any discomfort?"

"Not at all? I feel quite refreshed and spirited. What is this place?" Qin Yulu asked, looking around with some concern.

And Ye Xiao simply looked at Wang Luoxin with a smug smile.

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