Inside the dim cave, Yun Yun leaned quietly against the innermost wall, hugging her knees, her eyes staring blankly ahead, her thoughts a tangled mess.
"I never thought that after guarding my purity for so many years, I would actually let a young fellow here..."
Yun Yun's emotions were just very complex, but she didn't harbor much resentment towards Xiao Li.
She didn't know why, but she couldn't bring herself to hate him.
Perhaps it was her own fault? If she hadn't been unable to distinguish medicinal herbs, such a thing wouldn't have happened.
Or perhaps it was because she already had a good impression of Xiao Li.
After all, he was her savior, and Yun Yun already had some goodwill towards him in her heart.
Moreover, although Xiao Li wasn't a true Dou Zong expert, he could still unleash the power of a Dou Zong, so his identity must not be simple.
If it were anyone else, Yun Yun might have truly wanted to kill him immediately.
But it just had to be Xiao Li.
Just as she was in a daze, Xiao Li walked in from outside.
Yun Yun instinctively recoiled.
Seeing her wary look, Xiao Li smiled helplessly and said, "A day has passed, you must be hungry, right? Have something to eat first."
He placed a few grilled fish and some grilled shrimp, wrapped in lotus leaves, in front of Yun Yun.
Seeing the grilled fish, Yun Yun's expression immediately became a little strange.
"These are fish I grilled myself. There's nothing in them, don't worry."
These words made a faint blush appear on Yun Yun's cheeks, showing her embarrassment.
She knew she shouldn't have been so clever yesterday.
If she hadn't grilled the fish, such a thing wouldn't have happened.
"Thank you..."
"Then you eat slowly, I'll continue to guard outside."
"Wait!" Yun Yun called out to him, "You don't need to go out, just stay here."
Xiao Li didn't ask further and sat down on the spot.
Yun Yun asking him to stay showed that she wasn't really resentful of Xiao Li, which was good news.
"What happened yesterday... let's just pretend nothing happened. After I break the seal, I'll leave, and we might never meet again," Yun Yun said softly, biting her thin lip slightly.
These words sounded like a farewell.
But she had originally come for the purple spirit crystal of the Amethyst Winged Lion King. After obtaining the purple spirit crystal, she would leave this place and return to the Yunlan Sect.
Forgetting everything that happened in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
"No."
Xiao Li suddenly said seriously, "I can't pretend that what happened yesterday didn't happen. I am a responsible man. Since such a thing has already occurred, I cannot act as if nothing happened."
"I don't need you to take responsibility..." Yun Yun averted her gaze.
"Then who do you want to take responsibility?"
"It's my own fault, I'll take responsibility myself," Yun Yun said softly.
At worst, she would live out the rest of her life in solitude, and no one else would be affected.
"Yun Zhi, look at me!"
Xiao Li took Yun Yun's hand and said with a hint of dominance, "I like you, so I won't let you do that. I must take responsibility for you."
Yun Yun glanced at him, her eyes flickering evasively, and said, "I already said, I don't need you to take responsibility for me."
Seeing her like this, Xiao Li suddenly felt an inexplicable surge of anger in his heart.
So he suddenly pulled Yun Yun into his arms and dominantly kissed the woman's soft, thin lips.
"Mm..."
Yun Yun's eyes widened, her hands struggling continuously, trying to push Xiao Li away.
But how could she, who hadn't yet broken the seal, possibly push Xiao Li away?
Since she couldn't push him away, Yun Yun suddenly steeled her heart and bit Xiao Li's lips fiercely.
But even though his lips were bitten until they bled, Xiao Li didn't let go, but continued to kiss her domineeringly.
Slowly, perhaps because she couldn't bear to keep biting, or perhaps because Yun Yun's heart wasn't entirely resistant, her resistance grew weaker and weaker, and her body slumped softly against Xiao Li.
"Can you accept me now?" Xiao Li released her lips and asked domineeringly.
Yun Yun didn't know how to answer.
She felt that doing this was very wrong, and deep down, she didn't really want to accept it.
But she couldn't bring herself to completely reject Xiao Li.
This conflicted feeling left her at a loss for what to do.
Xiao Li also saw her inner conflict, and that she had been trying to avoid the truth.
If he couldn't make Yun Yun accept her true feelings, the situation might develop in a direction outside of Xiao Li's preset plan.
"Xiao Li, I actually lied to you about something." Yun Yun looked up at him.
"What is it?"
"Actually, my name isn't Yun Zhi. My real name is Yun Yun, and I am the Sect Master of Yunlan Sect," she said.
Xiao Li already knew, but he deliberately showed a surprised expression: "So you are the Sect Master of Yunlan Sect!"
"Yes, so, I can't... accept you."
Yun Yun finally understood the source of her complex emotions.
Because she was the Sect Master of Yunlan Sect, her every word and action concerned the reputation of the Yunlan Sect.
Therefore, even if something like that happened between her and Xiao Li, she couldn't make her own decisions.
"Because you are the Sect Master of Yunlan Sect, would you feel ashamed to be with me?" Xiao Li looked at her.
"It's not like that," Yun Yun quickly explained, then lowered her eyes, "I just... can't help myself."
"Then as long as I grow to a level where I can stand on equal footing with your Yunlan Sect, will you be willing to accept me?" Xiao Li asked.
"If only you were truly a Dou Zong..." Yun Yun murmured softly, then laughed at herself, finding it ridiculous.
Currently, there wasn't a single true Dou Zong in the Jia Ma Empire, so how could she demand Xiao Li to be a Dou Zong?
"My seal should break open tomorrow. By then, I should also be leaving." She looked at Xiao Li, her gaze not avoiding him for the first time.
"After I leave, it might be difficult for us to meet again, so I hope you can forget everything that happened in the cave."
"No, I won't forget." Xiao Li looked at her, "If you leave, one day, I will go to the Yunlan Sect to find you."
He would never let his woman leave!
It was just that in the current situation, it was indeed unrealistic to make Yun Yun stay directly.
But he knew that Yun Yun's heart already held his shadow.
As long as he went to the Yunlan Sect in the future, he would definitely be able to make Yun Yun accept him wholeheartedly.
Yun Yun looked at him, opened her small mouth, but swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue, sighing,
"You little fellow, you're so stubborn..."
She knew that no matter what she said, it wouldn't change Xiao Li's mind.
Just as no matter what Xiao Li said, it couldn't make her stay.
So, let's both be a little willful.
"It's getting late, get some rest early."
Yun Yun felt much more at ease, and there was no need to drive Xiao Li out.
The two of them quietly rested in the cave like that...