This person is really too kind.

Xu Mu turned around and asked Tian Yunchu, “What’s wrong?”

“I was attacked in front just now, but for some reason, my back hurts terribly. My whole body feels numb, and I can’t even lift my arms.”

Tian Yunchu looked at Xu Mu. “Do you have any healing pills? Could I borrow one? I promise I’ll repay you.”

“A heavy blow to the chest sends the impact through the ribs, lungs, and mediastinum in the form of vibrations, directly striking the bones in your back. That’s perfectly normal.”

Xu Mu walked over again and took Tian Yunchu’s hand. “Let’s leave this place first.”

The cave ahead was only five or six meters long, and a mass of light shone at the far end.

He led Tian Yunchu into the distant light.

The white radiance made Xu Mu’s vision swim for a moment. In the next instant, the world before him came into view.

They were standing halfway up a massive mountain. A lake stretched out ahead of them.

The lake lay in a basin surrounded by mountains.

Floating on the surface of the enormous lake were ten huge wooden ships.

The ships resembled ancient government vessels, except that they were extremely dilapidated. Given how many years had passed, they should have long since rotted away and sunk to the bottom of the lake.

Xu Mu did not leap toward the large ships. Instead, he led Tian Yunchu toward the mountainside to their side.

After walking several dozen meters, he spotted an area that had collapsed.

Judging from the condition of the surroundings, it appeared that falling rocks had blocked a cave.

The rocks had not completely sealed the cave, leaving quite a few gaps.

A shadow flew out of Xu Mu’s body and slipped inside. After confirming that there was nothing dangerous, he transferred himself into the cave.

Tian Yunchu, who had been standing outside, suddenly noticed that Xu Mu had vanished. Before she could say anything, she found herself inside the cave as well.

The next moment, Xu Mu appeared beside her.

“Don’t be nervous.”

Xu Mu placed a hand on Tian Yunchu’s back and slid it down from her shoulder to her waist.

Finally, he stopped at one spot on her back, where there was a noticeable bulge.

“Hiss!”

Tian Yunchu sucked in a breath and said softly, “Sister, the spot you’re touching is extremely painful.”

“Your bones are broken. Of course it hurts. In your current condition, taking a pill won’t help. Your bones have to be reset before you can take any medicine.”

Xu Mu explained the situation.

[Affection +10]

Tian Yunchu’s face filled with gratitude. She had indeed seen something similar before. When a clan member was injured and suffered a displaced bone, they had taken a healing pill without permission. The displaced bone had then been set in place by the medicine.

Afterward, the bone had to be forcibly broken again, causing them tremendous suffering for nothing.

“There’s something unusual about your body. I can sense traces of an array, so I can’t accurately reset the bone.”

Xu Mu continued.

“Sister, you’re incredible. Actually, I’m not a member of the Holy Light Clan. I’m from the Heavenly Clan. My name is Tian Yunchu, and there really is an array on my body.”

Tian Yunchu could hardly believe who this woman before her truly was. Although her cultivation realm was lower than Tian Yunchu’s, her combat strength and knowledge were both far superior.

“Do you trust me?” Xu Mu suddenly asked.

“I do.”

Tian Yunchu nodded. The woman from the Great Thunderclap Temple had no ill intentions. Tian Yunchu herself was one of them.

If it had not been for the woman before her, Tian Yunchu would have been seriously injured or even killed by that powerful flame attack.

“Good.”

Xu Mu took out his red sword. Instead of swinging it, he pressed the blade against Tian Yunchu’s leg and began channeling qi into it.

Buzz!

Golden runes flashed across the sword in his hand. Xu Mu slowly increased the pressure against Tian Yunchu’s leg.

Only by cutting slowly in this manner could he control the force precisely.

If he struck directly, it would be very easy to injure her.

As Xu Mu gradually increased his strength, the array on Tian Yunchu’s body slowly emerged.

Crack!

Suddenly, the array began to shatter. As a dark-red formation vanished, Tian Yunchu’s appearance completely changed.

She was petite and adorable, dressed in a battle skirt. On the back of the skirt was a golden sun emblem.

“Sister, you’re amazing! You broke all the arrays on my body.”

Tian Yunchu’s face was filled with excitement. Previously, the transformation had caused the array to pull at her body, throwing off her movements in battle. Now, she had finally returned to normal.

“This time, it wasn’t me. It was my weapon.”

Xu Mu put the weapon away. It seemed that he could use the same method to remove the array from his own body later.

Just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly widened.

The reason was that Tian Yunchu had actually taken off her battle skirt.

She held nothing back in front of Xu Mu and even removed the bloodstained thunder-binding item.

A D-rank ferocious beast suddenly sprang out.

Xu Mu was momentarily stunned, but then he remembered that he was currently Zhong Ci.

There was no denying that the person before him was small but wickedly mature. The visual impact was indeed extraordinary.

“Sister, what are you looking at?”

Tian Yunchu lowered her head shyly. “Compared to you, I’m far inferior.”

“Not bad. I happen to like your type.”

After saying that, Xu Mu moved behind Tian Yunchu. This time, he had a particularly clear view. One section of her back was swollen.

“Bear with it.”

As he spoke, he pressed his thumb against the protruding bone. After confirming its position, he suddenly exerted force.

Crack!

Tian Yunchu sucked in a sharp breath.

Xu Mu pressed the bone back into place, then immediately took out a pill and placed it in Tian Yunchu’s mouth.

The powerful medicinal effect began surging through her body, flowing all the way to the injured area.

Tian Yunchu was even more shocked. “Sister! This pill of yours… Could it contain a ninth-grade heavenly treasure?”

[Affection +10]

Even for someone like her, the healing pills she usually carried included at most one of this quality.

The rest were of a much lower grade.

Yet the person before her had given such a precious pill to her.

This person was far too kind.

“Put your clothes back on.”

Xu Mu stood up. Through his senses, he discovered that Yun Yao and the others had already leaped down onto the government vessels below.

Just as he had guessed, the moment they landed on the ship, Xu Mu could no longer sense them.

Clearly, these ships were part of the array.

“Sister, your pill is incredible. It doesn’t hurt anymore.”

Tian Yunchu rose from the ground and even jumped up and down a few times.

Xu Mu’s pupils shook violently. This woman was really too reckless. Wasn’t she afraid of shaking everything loose?

After Tian Yunchu had dressed herself, Xu Mu slashed through the rocks blocking the cave entrance and walked out.

His immediate priority was to find Chen Xuan and Lin Ruoshi.

Tian Yunchu immediately followed behind Xu Mu, clasping her hands behind her back. “Sister, I still don’t know your name.”

“Xu Mu.”

He had already returned to the edge of the cliff and was looking down at the ships below.

Yun Yao and Yan Jingqiu had not gone to the same ship just now.

After thinking it over briefly, Xu Mu chose another vessel and leaped down.

“Xu Mu? Why does that sound so familiar?”

Tian Yunchu furrowed her brows slightly, but in the end, she still chose to follow Xu Mu onto the same ship.

The moment she landed on the deck, she saw two Zhong Cis in the distance.