C512 512 Knife entry into abdomen

"Yes."

Soon after, the group of people rushed down the mountain. They followed the path set for the stone and headed straight down the mountain.

Within the crowd, there were a few people. They were also holding torches as they followed closely behind these people. The dim light from the torches illuminated their faces, making it difficult to see them clearly.

Behind the forest, stood a pair of troops with over a thousand men leading them, and behind Qi Feng stood a man with a cold face. His body, which was swaying because of the fact that his injuries had yet to heal, still refused to return to the carriage.

"Your Highness, Jin Shu's mark disappeared right here. The forest here seems to have been arranged in a formation, there's no way for our people to enter."

It was because someone had done something to this place that made them even more certain that the princess had been brought here.

Yan Yuan's injuries were very severe, and the serious injuries worsened the retrograde flow of the poison in his body, making him look as if he could die at any moment.

"Have you found the people in the lineup?"

Yan Yuan's voice was weak, his gaze cold as he stared at the dark forest, gritting his teeth. Even though his entire body was weak, the killing intent in his eyes was intense.

That day, when he found out that Liu Ruo Qing was taken away by someone, he did not immediately return to the capital. Instead, he brought a thousand men with him to follow Jin Shu and a few hidden guards who left a mark on the ground.

"Your Highness, forgive me, but I haven't found it yet."

They had come here on the spur of the moment, so they didn't know where to find someone who understood how to set up a formation. The Imperial Advisor was far away in the capital, so even if they travelled day and night, it would still take them at least half a month to get here.

Yan Yuan's face, which was originally bloodless, turned even paler.

"Continue... Cough cough … "Keep searching …"

The injuries on his body affected his lungs. Every time he got agitated, it would involve his wounds and cause him to cough non-stop.

"Prince, you shouldn't get too excited about your injury. It will stimulate the poison in your body to reverse its effects."

Beside Yan Yuan, a woman had appeared out of nowhere. She had an extremely gorgeous face, was different from the people of the Central Plains; her facial features were extremely deep, and revealed a foreign charm.

Yan Yuan's gaze swept across her indifferently, and his hand covered the pain from his torn wound as he violently coughed.

"Your Royal Highness, you should go back to the carriage and rest. Leave this to General Qi."

The woman's gentle voice sounded in Yan Yuan's ears again, causing him to frown slightly impatiently.

Just as they were about to speak, they heard a commotion in front of them. There were over a hundred people holding torches, rushing towards them.

"Protect the prince."

Following the sounds of drawing swords, a group of people stood in front of Yan Yuan. Qi Feng took his sword and went forward, the group of people holding the torches ran closer and closer, and when they saw them, they suddenly stopped.

"Hall Master, there's someone ahead."

Behind him, Xiaoyi was slowly walking out while holding a torch. Seeing the face protected by the guards, a trace of fear and panic flashed past her eyes, "It's Yan Yuan!"

Amongst the crowd, there were two people who had happy expressions on their faces. However, at this moment, no one paid attention to their expressions.

Hearing that it was Yan Yuan, the few People from the Divine Artefact Hall s were also shocked. Holding onto the torch, they subconsciously retreated, at the same time, they noticed that there were over a thousand people standing behind Yan Yuan.

These were all Yan Yuan's subordinates, it would not be easy for them to escape from these people.

"Pavilion master, what should we do?"

Xiaoyi lowered her eyes and thought for a moment before gritting her teeth and saying, "We are not their match. Let's withdraw first."

"But the two people who ran away …"

"I can't care less!"

After saying that, Xiaoyi waved back, signalling for them to retreat. Yan Yuan's ice-cold voice sounded from behind the group of guards in front of them, carrying a murderous intent, "Capture all of them."

"Yes sir!"

Immediately afterwards, dozens of dark guards and thousands of men charged towards that group.

During the chaos between the two parties, Liu Ruo Qing pushed aside the soldiers who did not recognize her and treated her as their enemy as well as she quickly ran towards Yan Yuan.

"Yan Yuan!"

She shouted to Yan Yuan who was in front of her. Amidst the chaos, Yan Yuan's heart trembled, and his cold eyes turned towards the direction of the voice, only to see Liu Ruo Qing's happy smile, shining brightly in the light of the fire.

"Qing Er!"

His weak voice suddenly became full of energy, even the wounds on his body did not seem to be in pain anymore, he pushed aside the guards in front of him and ran towards Liu Ruo Qing.

In the next second, a blinding white light flashed past the corner of his eyes. His heart suddenly stopped, and in that moment, his chest hurt.

Just as he noticed the white light flash past his eyes, he had already desperately rushed towards Liu Ruo Qing's direction, but he was still a step too late.

She was only focused on running towards Yan Yuan's direction, and did not pay attention to anything else. It was only when Yan Yuan shouted and the ice-cold flying dagger pierced into her lower abdomen that she was stunned for a moment.

She only felt that her lower abdomen was extremely cold, and in the next second, when Yan Yuan rushed to her front, her knees went weak, and she fell into Yan Yuan's embrace.

"Qing Er!"

Yan Yuan's tearing voice sounded in front of her. His two hands hugged Liu Ruo Qing's falling body tightly as a large hole was torn open in the wound caused by excessive force.

"Qing Er!"

"Yan Yuan..."

The corner of Liu Ruo Qing's mouth hooked into a smile, and at the corner of her mouth, there were traces of blood.

"Qing Er, not afraid, not afraid..."

His knees went weak, and he knelt down while hugging Liu Ruo Qing. Liu Ruo Qing was unable to hold on, and her body directly fell onto Yan Yuan's body.

Under her pressure, the blood from his wound flowed even more fiercely.

"Qing Er... Qing Er... "

His lips trembled in fear as he continuously shouted out Liu Ruo Qing's name.

She groaned in pain as she held onto her lower abdomen which had been stabbed by the knife. She raised her head to look at Yan Yuan, whose heart was filled with pain and panic, and said with great difficulty, "Yes … Sorry, I... "It seems like I'm dragging your back …"

"No, no, Qing Er will never hold me back, no …"

The tears in her eyes gushed out, landing on Liu Ruo Qing's face, the scorching heat seemed to be able to scald her ice-cold skin.

"I... I heard you were badly hurt, I... I just wanted to see you earlier, I didn't... I didn't expect to meet People from the Divine Artefact Hall, I … "I …"