Huo Fenglie was also very fast, and when he saw the incoming palm, he directly raised his palm to meet it. 

At the moment their internal forces collided, Huo Fenglie’s face paled and blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth.

Huo Fenglie was in disbelief. How could the dwarf before him have such abnormal internal force? In terms of martial arts, Huo Fenglie was definitely among the top. He could handle any number of powerful masters, but the one in front of him was simply superior to all of them, just like a legendary hermit master.

Huo Fenglie knew that his internal force couldn’t last long, but upon careful inspection, he found that this person was also very strange. His body twitched, and blood began to ooze from under the mask, but there was no sound of being hurt, only a steady stream of internal force.

At this moment, Qin Yu abruptly leaped out of the water and struck the dwarf with a palm. He Lan also jumped over at nearly the same time.

Three against one, they still couldn’t shake the dwarf at all. With a burst of internal force, Qin Yu and He Lan were struck away again. Huo Fenglie’s eyes gradually turned red, indicating that his internal force was beginning to go out of control, and increasing at the same time.

The man and woman began to besiege He Lan and Qin Yu, causing them to be unable to assist Huo Fenglie.

Such an unfavorable situation made Liu Zhenqing anxious. At this moment, he noticed something flash past the dwarf’s messy head.

He suddenly recalled that there was a twisted method of controlling people recorded in some medical tome. It used silver needles to stimulate the brain and the body’s potential, but after using them once, that person would be useless.

Liu Zhenqing didn’t dare to make a random guess, but there was no other way at the moment.

“There’s something wrong with the top of his head,” Liu Zhenqing called out at once.

This time, except for the unreacting dwarf, everyone else was startled.

Especially the remaining three villains, whose expressions changed drastically.

The old man stopped secretly releasing his hidden weapons and attacked Liu Zhenqing directly.

When Huo Fenglie witnessed this scene, he immediately lost control and raised his other hand to slap the dwarf on the head. Even though the dwarf dodged, the silver needle on his head was still knocked off.

In an instant, the dwarf twitched even more violently and fell to the ground. He soon became stiff, dying just like that.

Although it was a great victory, no one cared. Huo Fenglie flew wildly toward Liu Zhenqing, while He Lan and Qin Yu continued to deal with the other two Evils.

Liu Zhenqing saw the old man close by and looked at the hidden weapon hidden in his hand with a deep understanding. If he couldn’t dodge in the next moment, he would certainly die, but he didn’t know martial arts and couldn’t evade at any speed.

At the critical moment, the sound of rushing water gave Liu Zhenqing inspiration. He happened to be standing on the edge of the stone bridge, and jumped backwards. The old man’s hands froze before they could take action.

He seemed to have avoided the flying hidden weapons, but during the fall, he heard Huo Fenglie’s roar. Liu Zhenqing anxiously wanted to call out, but could only grunt as he entered the water.

Liu Zhenqing was good in the water, and even though the current was strong, he was able to suddenly poke his head out and call, “I’m okay!”

But when he looked up, he saw a red-eyed Huo Fenglie break the old man’s neck with one hand and then fly toward him.

Huo Fenglie’s hard strike and fierce demeanor was so unfamiliar that it startled Liu Zhenqing as he drifted in the water. But soon after, he was embraced by Huo Fenglie. He thought that Huo Fenglie would use qinggong to fly them out, but all he did was hug him. Huo Fenglie fainted on the spot, and Liu Zhenqing had to keep him afloat.

Liu Zhenqing awkwardly assisted him, and looked to the side to seek help. The moment he glimpsed the stone bridge, he saw He Lan confronting the two in order to save Qin Yu, who had suffered internal injuries.

The man’s palm was blocked by He Lan, but then the woman threw a handful of white powder, and He Lan’s eyes were instantly blinded. Both sides were at the end of their fight. Qin Yu regained his breath and grabbed He Lan, jumping into the river to escape in the current.

This was good, all four people had entered the water.

Because Qin Yu accelerated them through the water, he quickly caught up with Liu Zhenqing and Huo Fenglie. They were currently far away from the stone bridge. If the two villains wanted to catch up, they would have to dive into the water, but this was also disadvantageous for them. They could only stand on the bridge and watch them fade away.

Everyone was knocked around by the current that swiftly carried them away. Soon, a horizontal branch appeared and saved the lives of the four of them.

Qin Yu and He Lan lay on one end, while Liu Zhenqing and Huo Fenglie lay on the other.

“How are you?” Qin Yu quickly asked Liu Zhenqing.

“I’m fine, but he…..” Liu Zhenqing gestured to Huo Fenglie, whose face gradually became pained. He checked his pulse, and it was so chaotic that he couldn’t tell whether his internal force was out of control or not.

“It’s probably his old illness. He has the medicine on him, see if he’ll take it,” Qin Yu quickly explained.

Liu Zhenqing tried to feel around for the medicine, but the flow of the water was too fast, making it difficult. Even if he got it, it may fall into the water and be swept away if he wasn’t careful.

Just when Liu Zhenqing raised his head to look for a way to get ashore, he heard Qin Yu say in a rare panic: “Yundu!”

Qin Yu rarely called out He Lan’s name, and almost never called his first name. Something must have happened for him to call out like this.

At this time, Liu Zhenqing saw that He Lan had fallen unconscious at some point, his expression gradually becoming abnormal.

Recalling the lady’s poison powder at the end, Liu Zhenqing hurriedly raised a hand and reached over just enough to grab He Lan’s wrist.

Qin Yu was calling out to He Lan, and couldn’t help being confused when he saw Liu Zhenqing’s brows go from frowning to twitching. He cursed inwardly, she deserved to be called lecherous.

“Hurry up and get ashore. I have antidote pills here.”

“He’s poisoned? What kind of poison?”

Liu Zhenqing didn’t talk nonsense at this time. “The woman used poison to force him to submit. Just give him the medicine later.”

Rage flashed across Qin Yu’s face. “I won’t have mercy on them.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Zhenqing spotted a vine hanging down in the water from the corner of his eye. Qin Yu also saw it, and the two of them quickly grabbed hold.

Qin Yu said: “Take Zhanyuan up first.”

“You fly up first and pull us, it’ll be faster,” Liu Zhenqing said.

“I can’t, I’m injured and can’t use my internal force at the moment,” Qin Yu explained.

Liu Zhenqing gritted his teeth, and could only quickly drag Huo Fenglie with one hand and grab the vine with the other. Finally, he touched ashore and pulled Huo Fenglie up. He turned around to grab He Lan, but as soon as he took his hand, there was a snap as the vine broke. Liu Zhenqing tried to hold onto He Lan, but his hand slipped due to the force of the water.

In the blink of an eye, Qin Yu was once again holding He Lan as they drifted away.

Liu Zhenqing was greatly alarmed. He chased a few steps but found that it was impossible. Then he thought of something and quickly took out the bottle of detoxification pills, throwing it toward the two people in the distance. Fortunately, Qin Yu caught it accurately.

Liu Zhenqing could only shout out the important part: “Detoxify him within an hour, or else he’ll die!” In an instant, the two of them vanished from sight.

He had no choice but to take care of Huo Fenglie first.

According to Qin Yu’s words, he patted Huo Fenglie down for a long moment before finding a special medicine bottle. The mark on it belonged to his senior sister.

He opened it and took a sniff. It should be good for the body. Liu Zhenqing poured out a pill unthinkingly and tried to feed it to Huo Fenglie.

But Huo Fenglie seemed to be in great pain, and clenched his teeth tightly. No matter how hard Liu Zhenqing tried, he couldn’t pry them open.

Liu Zhenqing suddenly recalled a modern TV plot. At this time, the heroine would be feeding the hero medicine with her mouth, but Liu Zhenqing thought that was laughable. She couldn’t open his mouth with her hands, but she could open it with her tongue?

With this in mind, Liu Zhenqing leaned directly toward Huo Fenglie’s ear and threatened: “Er-gou, open your mouth and take the medicine, otherwise Qing-ge won’t like you. If you take the medicine obediently, Qing-ge will kiss you.”

It was originally said as a joke, but it seemed that the unconscious person could really hear him. As soon as Liu Zhenqing finished speaking, although Huo Fenglie’s expression was still very pained and his whole body was tense, his mouth opened tremblingly.

Liu Zhenqing was dumbfounded, and then he hurriedly administered the medicine. After achieving success, he felt a little inexplicably proud.

He didn’t expect that Er-gou liked him enough to be obedient even while unconscious.

Liu Zhenqing looked at Huo Fenglie’s lips, which were still wet with water. They seemed very soft, as if they were waiting for something, and Liu Zhenqing’s face felt hot for no reason.

Thinking of the joke he had made, he darted his eyes around guiltily and finally coughed. “Anyway, this isn’t the first time I’ve deceived you. No begging allowed!”

After saying this, he quickly stood up and carried the unconscious Huo Fenglie on his back, heading in the direction of the water flow to look for traces of Qin Yu and He Lan.

But Huo Fenglie was too heavy, and Liu Zhenqing couldn’t bear it. When his legs became weak, he fell heavily to the ground with Huo Fenglie.

Liu Zhenqing grimaced in pain, but still got up quickly. After checking on Huo Fenglie behind him and making sure he was okay, he had just breathed a sigh of relief when he felt a chill come over him.

Liu Zhenqing instinctively hugged Huo Fenglie and dodged aside. When he got up in disarray, he saw a throwing knife where he had just been sitting, and two people descended in front of him.

His expression instantly became extremely ugly, and he took out a dagger, holding it in front of him.

Even though he took a posture of resistance, the two villains knew he had no martial arts skills and didn’t show any vigilance, saying scornfully: “Why only two?”

“One is unconscious and the other is useless. Let’s just kill them and then go after the other two.”

As he spoke, the man among them tried to rush over, but was hindered by the dagger Liu Zhenqing wielded.

Liu Zhenqing knew he had no choice but to use the water to escape again, but the timing…..

Just as the other party was about to rush up, Liu Zhenqing raised his hand and pushed Huo Fenglie into the river. He tried to jump in, but it was too late. 

There was pain in his shoulder as a sharp object penetrated it, and Liu Zhenqing screamed.

“Little mouse, where are you running?”

The man stabbed him with a knife in one hand and tried to pierce Liu Zhenqing’s heart with the other, but there was a sudden splash and something appeared above his field of vision.

The speed was so fast that the man only had time to raise his eyes, and his pupils instantly shrank. He only saw the black sword blade passing above Liu Zhenqing, and because the man stood a head taller than Liu Zhenqing, the black sword passed directly through his field of vision, pierced between his eyebrows, and passed through his head.

A pair of red eyes that were practically dripping blood and a face as primeval and murderous as a demon’s was the last horrific image the man saw.

The man fell down, and so did Liu Zhenqing, but this time there was no embrace. Even though Huo Fenglie was standing beside him, he didn’t pay attention to him at all.

Liu Zhenqing raised his eyes and looked over. “Er-gou?”

Before Liu Zhenqing called out, he only saw Huo Fenglie’s cold back as he walked step by step in front of him. It seemed that he was shielding Liu Zhenqing behind him.

But Liu Zhenqing felt inexplicably uneasy.

The only remaining Evil was the furious woman. She didn’t think she was unable to handle Huo Fenglie on her own, and felt that the man had made a mistake just now. After all, Huo Fenglie had previously fought against the dwarf, and under normal circumstances, he should have died from internal injuries. This was probably his last surge of strength before death. But when she looked at Huo Fenglie’s posture, she felt that he seemed to have no rational thought, only instinct. Like an animal, trapping its prey in its own territory and warning outsiders.

The woman had already rushed over. She intended to repeat her old trick and poison him, but he didn’t wait for her to raise her hand.

There was a flash of black shadow and a scream. The woman’s hand was cut off at the wrist.

The woman continued to fight back, but she was at the end of her strength. She could deal with Liu Zhenqing, but against Huo Fenglie, who had gone crazy and lost control, it was a real game of cat and mouse.

After a few moves, it was too late for the woman to escape. Her internal organs were shattered by a palm, and she completely stopped breathing.

This was simply one-sided murder.

Liu Zhenqing should have breathed a sigh of relief once all the enemies were dead, but now he watched as Huo Fenglie turned around and walked steadily toward him. 

Liu Zhenqing’s breath lodged in his throat.

Huo Fenglie approached step by step with a murderous aura all over his body. His hands were covered in the blood of the two people, and there was even some on his face. His eyes were still a dangerous red, and it was as if nothing could be reflected in them.

A low groan came from his throat, like pain and an unconscious warning.

It was overall very abnormal.

Liu Zhenqing called out uneasily twice, but Huo Fenglie didn’t react at all. He quickly approached Liu Zhenqing and lowered his head, looking at him as if he was prey.

The moment Liu Zhenqing met his gaze, he realized that Huo Fenglie currently had no rational thought. It was probably caused by his internal force going out of control, but he had just taken the medicine made by his junior sister, which should have helped. Was…..the medicine not effective enough?

Liu Zhenqing covertly took out the bottle and took an instinctive step back, but this action seemed to anger Huo Fenglie.

Like a lion, Huo Fenglie pounced on Liu Zhenqing and pushed him down on the grass. His hands were so strong that Liu Zhenqing felt as if his bones were going to be crushed.

Enduring the pain, Liu Zhenqing struggled. While calling out to Er-gou, he turned over and crawled on the ground, but was grabbed by Huo Fenglie and instantly flipped back over.

Huo Fenglie seemed unable to bear not seeing Liu Zhenqing’s face, and insisted on the other party facing him.

After turning this person over, he lowered his head suddenly to bite his prey. His teeth bit down on Liu Zhenqing’s shoulder, which had been penetrated by a sharp blade just now, and Liu Zhenqing screamed in pain.

It seemed as if his cry brought back some of Huo Fenglie’s sanity. His sharp teeth loosened, his mouth filled with Liu Zhenqing’s blood.

Huo Fenglie licked it in a daze. He seemed to find it delicious, but he was a little confused, and his heart felt tight and uncomfortable.

He suddenly felt as if someone was attacking him, and he started to take action, but then he felt a warmth approach and the original sweet smell of blood was replaced by a sweeter scent.

Looking at the face that was so close to him, Huo Fenglie opened his mouth and allowed the other party to invade.

That feeling wasn’t danger, but a feeling of absolute comfort.

Something melted in his mouth, and Huo Fenglie frowned. He didn’t seem to like the medicinal taste, but he liked the other flavor, so he couldn’t help but embrace the person who had approached him, fearing that the delicious food would disappear. He clumsily mirrored the other person’s movements, and even outdid his opponent within a short period of time. It seemed that he could win something if he took more initiative.

Liu Zhenqing had laughed at this method of feeding medicine just now, but he was currently being slapped in the face. This was infuriating, ah.

He groaned and opened his eyes to look at Huo Fenglie, whose eyes were still blood red but narrowed slightly in enjoyment. Feeling the other party’s thoughtless actions, Liu Zhenqing was somewhat angry and aggrieved. This was his first kiss!

But ultimately, in order for Er-gou to take the medicine smoothly, he could only fight against the other party’s fervor.

When the pill completely melted, Liu Zhenqing tried to push this person away in shame and anger.

However, this person had thoroughly enjoyed sweet pleasure, and directly pressed him to the ground again. It seemed that this way, the other party couldn’t run away, and he could continue to taste him.

But Liu Zhenqing groaned in pain again when his wound was pressed.

This time, Huo Fenglie froze. He let go of Liu Zhenqing slightly and lowered his head in thought for a moment. Suddenly, a clear light flashed in his eyes.

“Qing…..”

Before he could utter the question, he suddenly fell down.

Liu Zhenqing wanted to cry but had no tears. His body was hot and painful, and he had to flip this person over to check his pulse. But he hadn’t learned well, and only felt that his pulse was chaotic, like that of a person who was about to die. However, there were also signs of improvement.

“This won’t work, we need to find a doctor.” Liu Zhenqing once again carried Huo Fenglie on his back in a state of disarray and walked forward.

Liu Zhenqing walked until he was almost numb, feeling exhausted and hopeless. Huo Fenglie was unconscious again.

Suddenly, his sleeve seemed to be caught by something.

Liu Zhenqing thought it was a branch and turned around helplessly. Then something sprayed against his face with the sound of a neigh. Liu Zhenqing felt like he was about to burst into tears.

“Shen Jiangyue!”

At the same time, on the river bank, Qin Yu’s wrists were suddenly grabbed and pinned to the ground. The medicine in his hand was also knocked away and sank into the water.

Qin Yu’s face instantly paled, and just as he was about to curse, a hot, wild kiss suddenly blocked all sounds.

His pupils shrank in shock. Just as he was about to struggle, Liu Zhenqing’s last instructions came to mind.

It had been almost an hour…..

Soon after, there was only the sound of clothes tearing.

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