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”What are you thanking me for? If I were in danger, I believe you’d also risk everything to protect me. So me protecting you is only right.”

Their eyes met; Qin Tian gave a faint smile.

Yin Susu said, ”But I might not be able to do it—at the critical moment, throwing my life away to save you. Yet when the Ghost Lake’s waves were towering, I saw you charge over without a second thought. Even Yin Tianyun and Yin Tianqi couldn’t do that.”

There was gratitude in Yin Susu’s words, but Qin Tian had no idea what she meant by saying this. A hint?

”Didn’t you do the same for Yin Zilan? The moment you saw her in danger, you instinctively rushed to save her. It’s the same with you and me.”

”Also instinctive?”

”Mm.”

”Lin Feng, you’re a good person…”

”Uh…”

Qin Tian scratched his head and said, ”This isn’t the time to talk about gratitude. Let’s first see where we are. Are we at the bottom of Ghost Lake, or in some secret cliff cave on the Third Peak? We survived Ghost Lake by sheer luck, we can’t walk right into danger again.”

Qin Tian sat up, glanced at his own soaking-wet clothes, then took off his top, planning to pull a clean set out from his Storage Bag.

Only after taking it off did he remember that the Spiritual Domain wasn’t like Earth; taking off your shirt in front of a woman was very taboo.

He turned his head and sure enough, saw Yin Susu turn away, her face flushed red.

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. Qin Tian joked, ”Last time I saw you, now you can look at me. Your chance is here, don’t miss it.”

”I’m not looking.”

Yin Susu was mortified. ”Hurry up and change. When you’re done, it’s my turn.”

”This place is only so big. You don’t look while I change, but later, when you’re changing, I can’t guarantee I won’t look…”

”Don’t you dare!”

”Just kidding, I’m already done. Your turn.”

As he spoke, Qin Tian’s whole appearance had been renewed. A set of azure fine robes on him made him look full of vigor and spirit.

Yin Susu turned back and froze for a moment when she saw how Qin Tian was dressed. It seemed that compared to before, his aura today was worlds apart.

”Dressed like this, you don’t look like a house servant.”

Yin Susu said.

”Then like what?” Qin Tian asked.

”Like a young master from some great clan.”

”Oh, then you guessed wrong. I’m actually just a poor peasant from the boondocks. Anyway, enough talk, hurry and change. We’ll look for a way out in a bit.”

”Then you turn around first.”

Qin Tian obediently turned around, though he was really curious—did Yin Susu truly dare to ”lay it all out” and change in a situation like this?

He turned his head slightly and directly saw Yin Susu still standing there, staring fixedly at him.

”See? I told you no peeking, and you peeked.” Noticing Qin Tian secretly turning back, Yin Susu said angrily.

Qin Tian was thoroughly embarrassed. ”Ah, my neck just got a cramp, I only moved a little. Okay, change now, I really won’t look this time.”

Qin Tian turned back around.

”If you look again, you’re a little dog.” Yin Susu pouted.

”Alright, alright, if I look again, I’m a little dog.”

Hearing Qin Tian say that, Yin Susu finally took off her wet clothes and quickly changed into a white dress.

”Done.”

Once Yin Susu spoke, Qin Tian turned around. Seeing the equally refreshed Yin Susu, he froze for a moment and praised, ”Bare-faced goddess. Gorgeous.”

Yin Susu shot him a glare, comb in hand, tidying her damp long hair.

”Your hair is completely wet. Use Fire Attribute True Qi to blow it dry, it’ll be faster,” Qin Tian suggested. He had seen female cultivators use Fire Attribute True Qi to blow-dry their hair before.

Compared to a blow-dryer on Earth, using Fire Attribute True Qi to toast it was all-natural and didn’t damage the hair.

”I can’t condense Fire Attribute True Qi.” Yin Susu said helplessly.

”I can.”

Qin Tian smiled. ”If you don’t mind, I can lend you my Fire Attribute True Qi. That way your hair will dry faster, and we can head out sooner.”

”Mm.”

After hesitating for a moment, Yin Susu nodded.

Inside the cave, Qin Tian stood behind Yin Susu. In his right palm, Fire Attribute True Qi radiated heat, directly covering the top of Yin Susu’s head.

Yin Susu combed her hair as the heat, carried by a whistling breeze, surged out. Her long hair flew, carrying a faint fragrance. Qin Tian stood at her side, staring in a daze.

”I damn well look like some shampoo-and-blow-dry stylist right now. But the customer’s a beauty, I’ll endure…”

Looking at the Fire Attribute True Qi in his palm, Qin Tian couldn’t help mocking himself inwardly.

In contrast to Qin Tian’s relaxed mindset, Yin Susu, though her face looked calm, was actually extremely nervous inside.

This was her first time being alone with a man in the wilderness like this.

Even with Luo Tianming before, she had only taken a few walks with him on the Second Peak, and had never even let him touch her hand.

Yet now this Lin Feng not only had touched her hand, he had even seen her body, and at this moment was carefully using True Qi to help blow her hair dry…

Thinking of the scene of Qin Tian charging over to save her at Ghost Lake without regard for life or death, Yin Susu felt a surge of emotion.

”If it were Young Master Luo, would he risk his life to save me?”

Yin Susu thought silently. ”He’s an ambitious man. Between me and his ambitions, which would he put first?”

This was something that had weighed on her mind for days, a question she couldn’t get an answer to, yet one that made her heart ache.

She didn’t want to marry a man who didn’t care about her, who didn’t love her.

”Is your hair dry now?”

Qin Tian’s words broke her silent thoughts. Yin Susu came back to herself, her face flushing a little. ”Yes, thank you.”

In front of Qin Tian, Yin Susu gathered up her long hair. The sight was so beautiful that Qin Tian was briefly intoxicated.

”Damn, Luo Tianming must have accumulated blessings for eight lifetimes, huh?”

Qin Tian pursed his lips, only to see the now-finished Yin Susu walk over and say, ”Let’s go, let’s find a way out. I see light coming from that direction, the exit should be over there.”

The two of them walked along the direction from which the light entered the cave. The cave was dead quiet; the lakewater by the shore was still black, calm and mirror-smooth.

Clearly, Qin Tian knew they were still by Ghost Lake; he just had no idea exactly where.

However, when they stepped out of the cave and saw the gray haze all around, Qin Tian and Yin Susu both reacted at the same time—

They were already on Ghost Island!

”The legends say Ghost Island is extremely dangerous. My father and the others came here only once; they stayed for a single day before they couldn’t bear it and withdrew. We… we probably can’t keep going deeper into the island. We have to find a way to leave Ghost Island directly.”

A trace of worry appeared on Yin Susu’s beautiful face.