273: The flawed jade is the king (twelve).

It was not a warning. She opened her eyes abruptly, her consciousness sweeping uncontrollably toward that unremarkable pile of rubble in the distance. That young man.

"Hmm?" The leading Golden Armor Guard noticed her abnormality. He looked in the direction of Luo Xi's gaze but saw only a patch of empty rubble.

"Death is imminent, what are you still looking at?" He snorted coldly, having lost his last bit of patience. His hand, covered in golden scales, reached directly for Luo Xi's shoulder.

Now is the time! A crazy thought instantly occupied Luo Xi's mind. Either way, it was a dead end, so why not... take a gamble!

Using her last ounce of strength, she flashed, narrowly avoiding the Golden Armor Guard's grasp, and stumbled toward the pile of rubble where Wang Yun was.

Thud. Luo Xi knelt heavily on the ground, sobbing uncontrollably toward the thin young man who still had his back to her, seemingly indifferent to everything.

"Senior... I beg you... save my life!"

Wang Yun's footsteps stopped. He was on his way to the second Grandmist Secret Realm and did not want any complications. This woman was trouble.

He didn't even look back; he simply turned slightly, preparing to bypass this trouble and continue on his own path.

Seeing Wang Yun's indifferent reaction, Luo Xi's heart sank to the bottom. Her last hope was extinguished along with it. She gave a miserable smile, her eyes filled with utter despair.

"Hahaha! How utterly ridiculous!" The captain of the Golden Crow Ancient Clan's guard saw this and let out a mocking laugh.

He walked over step by step, looking down at Luo Xi kneeling on the ground, and then cast a contemptuous glance at Wang Yun, who was preparing to leave, with the look one gives an ant.

"Do you think it's useful to just find some wild brat by the roadside to beg for help?"

In order to completely cut off Luo Xi's hope, and also to intimidate this ignorant brat, he arrogantly puffed out his chest and brought out his backing.

"Listen well, brat. This woman is someone our clan's Golden Crow Daozi has set his eyes on."

"And our clan's Daozi is the sworn brother of the 'Little Sage' Yu Tianheng, who is currently famous throughout the Eastern Region and has the potential to attain the Dao and become an Emperor in the future!"

He deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of the three words "Little Sage," his face full of fanatical pride and arrogance.

"Now, roll away like a dog, and you might still keep your life!"

However, the moment the words "Little Sage" fell, Wang Yun, who was about to walk away, paused abruptly. He slowly turned around.

The indifference and impatience on his face vanished in that instant. They were replaced by a cold and playful gaze.

"You said... Little Sage?" His voice was very soft, seemingly playful, yet it made everyone around feel a chill.

The captain of the Golden Armor Guard felt his heart skip a beat under Wang Yun's gaze, but he still stiffened his neck and shouted, feigning ferocity: "That's right! If you're scared, get lost!"

"Scared?" Wang Yun smiled. That smile made everyone present feel an inexplicable chill. "Interesting."

Just when the Golden Crow Ancient Clan guards and Luo Xi thought Wang Yun would be scared off, Wang Yun moved.

His movements were not fast, yet he seemed to ignore the distance of space, appearing in front of the despairing Luo Xi in a single step.

The moment the guard captain grinned and reached out to grab her, Wang Yun extended his hand and gently pulled the delicate body, which was trembling slightly from despair and fear, into his embrace.

The warm touch and the faint scent that seemed to soothe everything made Luo Xi's mind go blank.

Wang Yun lowered his head, looking at the beautiful face in his arms, tear-stained and filled with shock and confusion, then looked up at the hand that was frozen in mid-air, looking completely stunned.

Wang Yun's eyes remained calm, as if he had just done an insignificant thing, and he said softly: "I will protect her."

"You're courting death!" The Golden Crow Ancient Clan guards were completely enraged by this sudden turn of events and Wang Yun's arrogance.

Several Divine Abilities burning with golden flames transformed into Fire Dragons and Fire Phoenixes, bombarding Wang Yun simultaneously from all directions.

Luo Xi, in his arms, subconsciously closed her eyes.

However, Wang Yun held her without even moving a step. He simply raised his eyes and looked calmly. Hum!

A vast aura of life erupted from him as the center. The earth began to tremble violently.

Countless emerald vines awakened, tearing through the parched land and breaking through the soil. They met those overwhelmingly domineering golden flames.

Sss, sss, sss! The Golden Crow True Fire, capable of melting gold and iron, was easily extinguished and absorbed by the emerald vines the moment it touched them, turning into their own nutrients.

"This... what kind of sorcery is this?!" The Golden Armor Guards were shocked.

But this was just the beginning. More vines rose from the ground; like living green divine chains, they bound and restrained all the Golden Crow Ancient Clan guards, along with the expert of the Three Origins Realm, hanging them high in the air.

No matter how they activated their spiritual power or burned their essence blood, they could not break free in the slightest.

After doing all this, Wang Yun, holding the dumbfounded Luo Xi in his arms, turned and walked toward the entrance of the Grandmist Secret Realm nearby, which emitted an ancient aura.

With every step he took forward, endless vitality surged from the withered land beneath his feet.

Green grass grew wildly, lush and green, covering his ankles. Divine flowers bloomed, paving the path ahead and emitting a refreshing fragrance.

Towering ancient trees rose from the ground, their branches bending voluntarily to clear a path for him to the Secret Realm.

That path, filled with flowers and lush greenery, was full of a sacred aura of life, forming a sharp contrast with the desolate and dead environment around it.

Everyone was stunned. The Golden Crow guards hanging in the air were terrified. The various Cultivators watching from afar were already scared out of their wits.

They felt as if they were witnessing a deity of vegetation walking in his own green kingdom of gods, his words becoming law, with all things submitting.

Finally, Wang Yun walked to the entrance of the Secret Realm, which was shrouded by a powerful Restriction. The Restriction, which even a Venerable could not easily shake, melted like ice and snow the moment Wang Yun approached, opening a door for him voluntarily.

Wang Yun, holding Luo Xi, stepped into the legendary Secret Realm, the most famous one in the Eastern Region for the past ten thousand years, without looking back.

As his figure disappeared, the Restriction at the entrance of the Secret Realm closed again, as if nothing had happened. The path of miracles paved by ten thousand trees also turned into specks of green light and dissipated in the air.

The scene was deathly silent, with the Golden Crow Ancient Clan guards collapsed on the ground, trembling all over, and a group of onlookers, their minds lost as if they had seen a miracle.

Today's events were destined to become a legend that would spread throughout the entire Eastern Region.

A young man in white, holding a Fairy in his arms, with lotus flowers blooming with every step, walked into the first Secret Realm left behind in the Eastern Region by the Grandmist Saint.

PS: Gifts will be thanked collectively tomorrow.