Baili Qingxue’s Concern

Nobody dared to delay any further and started running ahead as quickly as possible.

A forest filled with Magical Beasts became most dangerous in a storm. This was common knowledge among everyone in the Tianyuan Continent.

The heavy and pressurizing air accompanied by the roaring sound of thunder brought out the ferocity within these Magical Beasts' blood.

Their prejudice against Yun Qingyan had been secretly put aside now. The Tianyuan Continent prized one's ability above all else. One's outer appearance helped to give one bonus points, but nothing was as worthy of admiration as one who truly had substance.

Once might be a coincidence, twice might be luck, but what about the third time or fourth time?

This journey so far had proven that Yun Qingyan wasn't a useless bum through and through.

She understood Magical Beasts better than them and was even more well versed in survival skills in the forest.

Even if they still didn't want to admit it now, somewhere deep in their consciousness, they had grown a strange feeling of admiration for that ugly and disgusting looking young lady.

"Yun Qingyan, are you able to keep up?" Baili Qingxue was in front leading the way when he glanced at Yun Qingyan with a complicated expression. He decided that if she couldn't keep up with their pace, he was going to help her.

After all, the speed at which Elementalists could run with the help of Elemental Power was a speed that ordinary people could not possibly keep up with.

Even if she could keep up for a while by putting in all her energy, she would soon become exhausted.

Never mind Yun Qingyan – even Elementalists who were at a lower level or had poorer constitutions would be panting heavily by now. Fatty Yu was one of them. His head was covered with tiny beads of perspiration and he was panting away like a bull.

Just as Baili Qingxue's cold and distant gaze fell upon the young lady in black who was at the back of the team, that pair of clear and aloof pupils narrowed ever so slightly.

The young lady was moving along like a swallow, light and nimble. She looked like an energetic cheetah and she continued walking very easily.

Her green freckled face kept her usual faint and flippant smile. When her bright black eyes turned towards him, Baili Qingxue couldn't help but look away.

"I can keep up, you can continue leading the way." Yun Qingyan replied, keeping pace.

Was Baili Qingxue actually concerned about her?

Yun Qingyan had a mocking look on her lips. It was a pity… the one who really appreciated his concern was already dead…

Yun Qingyan's cold and distant attitude made Baili Qingxue's heart suddenly sink. A sharp stabbing pain began to rise from his heart. His heart felt like it was empty as if someone had dug out a large portion of it.

For a moment, he wished that the young lady he was looking at could be just like she was before. She used to be around him all the time as if she was the air he was breathing and always followed closely behind him. She would always use that pair of bright and pure black eyes to look at him adoringly and shyly as she quietly and gently called him Qingxue.

What was he thinking about now? Baili Qingxue had a bitter smile on his face. Wasn't he irritated by how she was constantly hanging around him and her infatuation with him? Why was he now…

He stopped himself from revealing the complicated feelings in his heart and tried his best to regain his usual cold demeanor. "That's good then."

He turned and ran ahead, afraid to display the change in his expression.

Baili Qingxue thought that nobody would have noticed the change in his expression and emotions, but what he didn't know was that Lin Wanyue had seen all of it.

Women were always so exceptionally sensitive in this area.

Especially because the bliss she was feeling now was stolen from Yun Qingyan in the first place.

"Kaboom!"

A flash of lightning tore through the clouds and lit up the viciousness in Lin Wanyue's eyes. She looked like a vengeful ghost and a lingering spirit, with a madness that didn't care about the consequences.

"Master! Master! It's right in front of you! I can feel it, that aura is getting stronger and stronger! The chance to unlock the Forbidden Zone is just in front of you!" Yun Qingyan was hurrying along when the spirit of the Magic Ring's insanely excited voice suddenly started shouting away within her consciousness. Her hidden Magic Ring was slowly giving off flashes of heat, and it was so hot that she felt her flesh was getting cooked.

"Master! Master!" The spirit of the Magic Ring got more and more excited and was nearly about to jump out from the Magic Ring itself.