Wei Ziling looked at Jiang Lai, biting her lip, feeling a bit complex.
Indeed, she was the one who made the first move, yet in the end, Jiang Lai actually saved her.
Upon self-reflection, would she turn back and save someone who has always opposed her?
Completely unlike what Mu Wu had said, Jiang Lai is not a selfish and greedy person; on the contrary, compared to Mu Wu who is always talking about others, Jiang Lai seems much more likable.
She felt stuffy inside, wanting to say something but not knowing how to start.
"Why are you standing there? We are leaving, you should also leave quickly."
"Oh... oh okay, and... thank you."
"Thank yourself, and take this."
Jiang Lai casually tossed something over, which Wei Ziling quickly caught with her hand, and upon looking, it was the Golden Ganoderma.
"You’re giving this to me?"
"Mm, I don’t have any use for it anyway."
With that, Jiang Lai coldly turned and walked away, not giving Wei Ziling any time to express gratitude.
Looking at the carefree and magnanimous Jiang Lai, Wei Ziling felt a heartache as if ants were crawling inside.
The Golden Ganoderma is gentle in nature and can just expel the fire poison left by the Golden Dragon in her body, aiding her recovery.
She’s never owed anyone such a big favor in her life, yet the other party acts as if she doesn’t care, which is even harder to bear than being killed.
The squad’s tent had been blasted to smithereens, but the disciples of the Eight Desolates Sect were all safely standing by the sunken pit, faces laden with gravity.
Seeing Wei Ziling return, they hurried up to inquire about the situation.
"What exactly happened down there just now? Where’s Mu Wu? Why hasn’t she come up?"
During the explosion, these disciples of the Eight Desolates Sect happened to be away, and upon returning, they saw the mess before them; this huge sinkhole faintly revealed a few exposed entrances, and the people remaining were all gone, only Wei Ziling managed to come back.
"They haven’t come up yet?"
"Mm, what happened to your face?"
"Encountered a Fire Flame Dragon down there, got burned by its flames."
The disciples were shocked upon hearing this and eagerly questioned further.
"Fire Flame Dragon?! That’s a Seven Element Magical Beast, how did you get up here?"
"Was rescued by people from another sect. Don’t waste words, I need healing, you quickly go find them."
Wei Ziling’s words didn’t clarify much; everyone was still clueless as to what happened just now below.
But the pressing task was to find people first.
The leading female disciple Zhou Lan was extremely anxious, especially since Ye Yunzhou was also missing; she had secretly admired Ye Yunzhou for many years, now fearing something might happen to him.
"Senior sister, Brother Ye is so strong, he’ll definitely be okay; let’s use the Sound Patrol Beast to look for him."
Those above were frantically searching, and especially Zhao Lan directly released her most precious treasure, the Ghost-faced Butterfly.
This kind of butterfly is best at leading the way, just need to specify the characteristics of the person to find, and no matter if it’s thousands of miles, it can certainly locate them.
But this butterfly dies after a single use, making it even more precious and rare, and it was only because Zhao Lan was the Sect Master’s daughter of the Eight Desolates Sect that she could get such a good item.
Zhao Lan couldn’t care so much anymore, if she could save Ye Yunzhou, she would do anything.
So when she sacrificed so much to guide Ye Yunzhou out successfully and saw who was in his arms, Zhao Lan’s face immediately changed, visibly devastated.
Ye Yunzhou was unharmed, just his clothes a bit torn, yet still looked composed and calm.
Mu Wu in his arms was injured, her tendons and veins hurt by the Fire Flame Dragon’s blazing flames, now extremely weak.
"If everyone is here, let’s move out."
Everyone silently watched as he carried Mu Wu, even a fool could see something was off between these two.
Zhao Lan’s face turned pale, her eyes fixed firmly on the woman in Ye Yunzhou’s arms.
"What happened to Mu Wu?"
Even so, she had to pretend to calmly step forward to inquire about the situation.
"She was injured by the flames and needs immediate treatment."
"I see, but let me carry her; after all, you are a man, spreading rumors wouldn’t be good for her reputation."
Ye Yunzhou thought for a moment and found it reasonable.
After all, they didn’t have any relation, and doing so might indeed cause unnecessary trouble for Mu Wu.
At that moment, Mu Wu opened her eyes, looked at Zhao Lan, and tugged at her mouth into a smile.
"Senior sister, do you care about my reputation or the reputation of the one you love? Forget it, I don’t want to hear your sarcasm, put me down."
With that, Mu Wu struggled to get down, but Ye Yunzhou held her tighter.
"If you don’t care, then I don’t have any reason to care either."
Mu Wu glanced at Zhao Lan.
"You may not care, but some do. I am most irritated by women’s roundabout ways; can’t you see she likes you?"
Mu Wu’s directness left Zhao Lan frozen on the spot, unable to say a word.
Her feelings had long been expressed, but Ye Yunzhou’s lack of response indicated his stance.
Zhao Lan wasn’t intending to force Ye Yunzhou to respond because she knew what the result would be.
Hence, she still wanted to maintain this friendship without easily piercing through and risking that there wouldn’t even be friendship left.
But now, someone else had pierced through it for her.
Ruthlessly, leaving her with no retreat.
Having reached this point, there was no retreat for Zhao Lan, so she forced a difficult smile at Ye Yunzhou.
"Mu Wu is right, so, do you have any feelings for me?"
"No, you are just my senior sister, you will always be my senior sister; don’t bring this up again."
With that said, Ye Yunzhou carried Mu Wu with large strides away, and Zhao Lan stood rigidly in place, feeling as if she was stripped bare, knowing the answer but now having no room for illusion.
The junior brothers and sisters beside her silently moved forward, not daring to intervene too much.
Everyone actually knew the senior sister liked Brother Ye, but no one expected this matter to be exposed by an outsider.
"Senior sister is actually quite pitiful; she’s really a nice person."
"We shouldn’t talk about these things recklessly."
"What exactly is the relationship between that Mu Wu and Brother Ye? It seems like Brother Ye likes her."
"It’s not ’seems like,’ it’s certain. Have you ever seen Brother Ye so close to any woman before?"
Behind, Wei Ziling had witnessed everything.
She approached and lightly patted Zhao Lan’s shoulder.
"Sis, what is Ye Yunzhou, you will find someone better in the future."
Zhao Lan lowered her head, hiding the tears in her eyes, and murmured softly.
"Mu Wu did a good thing; it’s better to wake me up early."
"What gives her the right to do this? This is your and Ye Yunzhou’s matter, why does she have the right to intervene?"
Wei Ziling never had seen so clearly through Mu Wu before.
What was she doing just now?
On the surface, it was to wake Zhao Lan up sooner, but wasn’t it just forcing Zhao Lan to confess?