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Ji Yunkai did not know that there was nothing behind her, so her feet only landed on air and she fell backwards. She desperately tried to grab onto something, but there was no form of support in front of her.

As she fell, she had thought about many things, and wondered if she would die from this fall. How many people would really be sad if she died? If she did not die from it, how could she survive if she was crippled by the fall?

"Xiao Jiu'an?" Ji Yunkai opened her eyes and looked dazedly at the familiar yet unfamiliar man in front of her.

"Stupid woman!" Seeing Ji Yunkai looking like she had seen a ghost, Xiao Jiu'an could not help but curse.

Was it so shocking when she saw that he saved her?

Alright, in fact, he himself was also very shocked. The moment he saw Ji Yunkai falling, his body reacted even faster than his brain, charging over without thinking about anything, and only when he held onto Ji Yunkai's hand did he realize what he had done.

As for whether he would regret it later on?

There was no need to think about this question at all. He was very aware on how stupid his actions were. It was like he was handing his life over to Ye Cang Qiong.

As expected of Ye Cang Qiong, he did not give up this opportunity. The instant Xiao Jiu'an pounced forward, Ye Cang Qiong raised his sword and pierced through Xiao Jiu'an, "For the sake of a beauty, you are even willing to sacrifice your life. Prince Yanbei, you have truly made me look at you in a new light today."

*Puchi!* Just as Xiao Jiu'an grabbed onto Ji Yunkai's hand and was about to pull her up, Ye Cang Qiong's sword pierced into his back.

"Xiao…." Ye Cang Qiong's speed was too fast, so fast that Ji Yunkai did not have the time to say warn Xiao Jiu'an. He had already withdrew his sword.

*Pfft!* Xiao Jiu'an opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, which mostly landed on Ji Yunkai's clothes.

Ye Cang Qiong pulled out his sword, raised his leg, and kicked Xiao Jiu'an. Ji Yunkai's expression changed greatly, and quickly tried to fling away Xiao Jiu'an's hand. "Your Highness, let go!"

If Xiao Jiu'an released her, at least Xiao Jiu'an would be fine.

"Stupid!" Xiao Jiu'an grumpily cursed again.

Ye Cang Qiong was right behind him, what was the use of letting go at this time?

Furthermore, Xiao Jiu'an had never done things halfway, so since he saved her, he must save her to the end. If he fell to the bottom of the mountain, would such a small mountain be able to throw him to his death?

*Bang!* Xiao Jiu'an and Ji Yunkai fell down at the same time.

"Ahh…!" The feeling of weightlessness caused Ji Yunkai to scream uncontrollably, which attracted Xiao Jiu'an's attention: "Stupid woman, shut up!" Wasn't shouting this loud telling Ye Cang Qiong how far away the bottom of the mountain was from the ground?

"So, so deep!" Ji Yunkai said with a trembling voice and shut her mouth.

The two of them fell straight down. The wind blew by their ears and the leaves on the trees slapped their faces. The ground was thousands of miles away from the bottom of the mountain, yet they still had not reached the bottom.

"We won't die." Xiao Jiu'an hugged Ji Yunkai tightly.

On the mountain, Ye Cang Qiong had been standing there the entire time, waiting for the sound of something heavy falling to the ground to come from below. However, after a long time, the sound of two people landing on the ground still did not come up.

There was no need to wait here for the results. Ye Cang Qiong took a glance at the Yanbei Army he had found and immediately left.

The injury on his left leg had affected his speed, but the Yanbei Army was still far from him, so he had enough time to leave.

Xiao Jiu'an's body was weak to begin with, and adding the fact that he was struck by a sword just now, he simply could not continue holding Ji Yunkai while waiting for their rescuers to come.

However, the night was too dark, and there were layers upon layers of grass below them. They could not see anything, and did not know how far they were from the bottom of the mountain.

Ji Yunkai was very aware about Xiao Jiu'an's situation, and said without waiting for him to speak: "Prince, please let me go. Let me go down first to see how far away we are from the bottom of the mountain."

There had to be someone who could scout ahead. It was her who had implicated Xiao Jiu'an in the first place, so naturally it was her who should go.

"If you fall to your death, you would have wasted This King's time." Xiao Jiu'an said coldly, but did not let go.

"The two of us... we can't last until dawn." The Yanbei Army might be able to determine the location of their fall based on their tracks, but to come down and save them, they had to at least wait until daybreak.

"That's not something you need to think about." Ji Yunkai thought too much. With him here, he decided what to do.

She wanted to see what better idea this man could come up with.

After a while, Xiao Jiu'an said, "Let's jump down together!"

"Huh?" Ji Yunkai was startled. After thinking for so long, he thought of such a stupid idea?

Ji Yunkai looked at Xiao Jiu'an habitually, the golden mask was very eye-catching in the night, so Xiao Jiu'an could clearly see the doubt in Ji Yunkai's eyes.

Xiao Jiu'an coldly snorted and said, "What, do you have a better way?"

"No!" Her plan was for her to jump down, but it was already rejected by Xiao Jiu'an.

"Since there isn't any, we will listen to This King." Xiao Jiu'an did not even give Ji Yunkai a chance to say no, and before he finished speaking, he let go.

"Ahh…!" The feeling of weightlessness came too suddenly. Ji Yunkai was completely unable to control her own screams, but she only screamed for a bit, and then closed her mouth because they had already fallen to the ground!

*Crack!* In order to reduce the pressure, Xiao Jiu'an knelt on one knee on the ground. The strength of his embrace of Ji Yunkai was too strong, and his joints made a crisp sound.

"Ugh!" Xiao Jiu'an let out a pained cry as his hands loosened and Ji Yunkai, who was in his embrace, was thrown out.

"Ahh..!" Ji Yunkai uncontrollably tumbled, and after rolling a few rounds, she finally bumped into something. With a *dong* sound, Ji Yunkai went totally silent.

"Troublesome!" Xiao Jiu'an cursed in disgust and checked his right wrist. Realizing that it was just dislocated, he heaved a sigh of relief.

After forcing the wrist back into place, Xiao Jiu'an went forward to check on Ji Yunkai's situation.

He did not know if he should call Ji Yunkai unlucky or lucky, but it was very likely that she would have met with a fatal blow when her head crashed into the stone. However, the lucky thing was that the mask helped her block it; otherwise, there was a high chance that she would have perished.

"The uglier you are, the more troublesome you will be." Xiao Jiu'an then ripped off the mask on her face, revealing her bloodied face.

"Women are so troublesome." The sky was too dark, Xiao Jiu'an did not know where Ji Yunkai had bumped into, so he could only randomly wipe the blood off her face. He pulled a piece of cloth and wrapped it around her forehead, then carried her on his back and went in search of a place to rest.