The cliff!
Before her, a bottomless abyss!
Jifeng had actually stopped her at the edge of the cliff.
Chu Qianli leaped from the horse and stood at the cliff's edge, her expression grave.
Had they really gone down here?
"Jifeng, are you worried too?" Chu Qianli took out the mechanism bracelet from the Qiankun Chain and fastened it onto her wrist.
"If you can't go down, wait for me here. I'll go down and take a look!"
With a flick of her hand, the silkworm silk hooked onto a nearby large tree.
Glancing once more at the unfathomably deep cliff, Chu Qianli closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
When she reopened her eyes, only a determined glint remained within them.
Even if she knew it was a dead end, as long as he was below, she had to go down!
Chu Qianli concentrated her qi and was about to leap down.
Unexpectedly, a low voice suddenly came from not far behind her: "This is a ten-thousand-zhang cliff. The crosswinds below are fierce. Even with your silkworm silk for leverage, you'll likely have no chance of returning alive if you go down."
Chu Qianli froze and turned around abruptly.
Upon seeing the figure sitting beneath the tree, her eyes lit up, and she could hardly believe her own eyes!
It was him.
"How did you..." Chu Qianli retracted the silkworm silk, strode quickly to his side, both surprised and delighted.
"How are you? Are you injured? That man in black... where is he?"
Thinking of this, her surprise immediately subsided. Chu Qianli's gaze deepened, and she drew her short knife with a swish, positioning herself protectively in front of Feng Yexuan.
Feng Yexuan sat on the ground, still circulating his qi to recover.
His initially unpleasant mood finally brightened slightly upon seeing her so worried.
However, there was still no hint of joy in his brows.
Instead, there was a melancholy that Chu Qianli had never seen before.
For Prince Xuan to be melancholic was truly a rare sight in a century!
There was no one around; the man in black had already left.
After confirming there was no danger, Chu Qianli sheathed her short knife and knelt beside Feng Yexuan, taking his wrist.
"What are you doing?" Feng Yexuan's eyes darkened slightly, and he withdrew his hand.
"Let me check your pulse," Chu Qianli was still somewhat anxious.
Although his complexion seemed normal, and even slightly more ruddy than when she had last seen him, he had just fought with the man in black, and she couldn't shake her unease.
"Are you injured?"
"What business is it of yours?" Feng Yexuan snorted coldly.
Chu Qianli froze, finally remembering what he had seen before he left the prince's mansion.
"You misunderstood, my master's qi deviation..."
"What business is it of mine, your master's trivial matters?" This time, he not only snorted but also turned his face away, unwilling to see her.
Chu Qianli felt a sense of helplessness; her mood was truly complicated.
"Prince Xuan, can you stop being so willful? Can you let me explain properly?"
"No."
"..." She had truly never met such an unreasonable man!
Alright, he was naturally noble, pampered and spoiled since birth by countless people. This temper... well, she would endure it!
"It's just that my master had a qi deviation, and I needed to use silver needles to seal his acupoints. But I couldn't get behind him, so I reached for his back shoulder."
"When you came in, from the angle at the doorway, it looked like I was hugging him proactively, which is why..."
"I already said, your matters with your master have nothing to do with me, no need..."
"Feng Yexuan! That's enough!"
Chu Qianli stood up abruptly, almost unable to resist kicking him: "Don't push your luck. If you keep giving me the cold shoulder, I'm really leaving!"