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Chapters 711-720

Chapter 711: Why won't you?

The largest distance between peaks laid in the first and second mountains. Even a high level expert like Long Feiye needed to push off the bridge five to six times to fly to the other side. Still, the scenery was excellent, so Long Feiye slowed down on purpose to let Han Yunxi take in the views.

Han Yunxi had been both afraid and startled when this guy picked up her for the first time to travel on air. Now she'd gotten used to it. It wasn't that she wasn't afraid of heights, but that she trusted the man holding onto her. He was capable of protecting her.

"Long Feiye, I was really afraid when you took me flying the first time," Han Yunxi remarked.

"What were you afraid of?" Long Feiye asked.

"That you'd drop me if you were unhappy," Han Yunxi replied.

Long Feiye gave a start, then laughed out loud. "Would your lordship do that?"

"Yes," Han Yunxi was convinced, then added, "You really would've, back then!"

"Then how about now? Will I?" Long Feiye asked next.

"Definitely not," Han Yunxi was as convinced as ever.

Long Feiye nodded and fell silent. But after a while, he suddenly said, "Actually, I wouldn't have dropped you then, either, Han Yunxi. Definitely not."

Han Yunxi readily agreed without much thought. She could still remember his icy, aloof cruelty back then. It felt like he'd get annoyed as soon as she talked too much, so he'd outright ignore her. She was about to argue when Long Feiye suddenly asked, "Do you know why I wouldn't have?"

"I don't," Han Yunxi waited for his excuse before she refuted him.

Long Feiye just chuckled and sighed with emotion. "Your lordship doesn't know either. In any case, I just didn't cast you aside."

Because...

Is it because you long started liking me? Long Feiye, when did that happen? Could you...have started even earlier than I did?

"Yes, why is that?" Han Yunxi sighed before unconsciously tightening her grip.

Meanwhile, Xu Donglin had suddenly returned from scoping the path. "Master, there's a person blocking the way up ahead–female."

Xu Donglin was Han Yunxi's trained shadow guard, alright. He'd specifically included that detail for her sake.

"It's only the fourth month, but why are there so many peach blossoms1 about?" Han Yunxi could only sigh. The meaning of her words was obvious, but Xu Donglin didn't get it.

He only said, "Esteemed wangfei, the temperatures at Celestial Mountain are colder than those of lower elevations. That's why peach blossoms bloom later. This is the perfect time for them to flower in abundance."

"Really? How abundant are we talking about?" Han Yunxi asked lazily.

"All over the mountains. You'll see them as soon as you reach ahead. There are giant swathes of blossoms surrounding the mountain's waist, like a sea of flowers. It's very beautiful," Xu Donglin said happily.

Quite pleased, Han Yunxi only smiled and kept silent. Before Xu Donglin could say any more, he caught Long Feiye's icy eyes. Although he was still clueless, he knew he had spoken the wrong thing. He trembled a few times before retreating to the side, afraid to say anything more. Long Feiye held Han Yunxi and kept moving forward with help from the bamboo bridge. He didn't take Xu Donglin's warning to heart. One other reason he hated coming to Celestial Mountain was because its female disciples were too annoying.