Murong Xue said with a nodding, "Hold on tight. Don't let go. It's better for us to be together."

The further down they were, the more comfortable Murong Xue felt.

Suddenly, a white light flashed. Before Murong Xue could respond, the two both fainted.

Time passed by.

Murong Xue opened her eyes slowly and she frowned as her body ached. After a while, she thought of something and sat up. "Ziling?"

She looked around, but she did not see Feng Ziling. She changed her face and rose up with pain at once.

Strangely, there was no devil's qi at the bottom of the cliff. Murong Xue looked up and saw the sky instead of the cliff, which made her wonder where she was. She vaguely remembered that both of them passed out while they were falling down. She wanted to know where she was now.

She was near a river and no one was around. Even worse, she was unable to gather her spiritual power. Changing her face, she tried to use her spiritual power a few times but failed.

Murong Xue took out a healing pill and took it, which eased her pain, but she was still unable to gather her spiritual power.

Luckily, she still had the Space. She decided to find Feng Ziling first.

Murong Xue yelled as she walked, "Ziling!"

A harsh voice not far away asked, "Who is there?"

Murong Xue’s face darkened and her body stiffened as she became alert. She was unable to use her spiritual power now, so she had to be careful.

She looked up and saw a team of soldiers and a fine carriage.

"Oh my, a monster."

"Kill him."

"..."

There was a stir in the soldiers. Murong Xue took a look at her purple hair and frowned. The purple hair caused her trouble wherever she went. She would hide in the Space if she had to.

A bright cold voice called out, "Silence."

Then Murong Xue saw a stunningly beautiful man get off the carriage.

The guards outside the carriage got down to their knees at once. "My Lord."

The man got off the carriage slowly and walked up to Murong Xue.

"Danger, my Lord!" The guards gathered around him immediately.

The man ordered in an annoyed voice, "Move."

The guards did not dare to disobey the man, so they retreated. With weapons in their hands, they glared at Murong Xue with wary eyes.

The man walked up to Murong Xue and asked, "Who are you?"

"Mu Tian," answered Murong Xue flatly.

One of the guards scolded, "Rude. You should kneel down before Prince Yan."

Murong Xue frowned, but her face remained cold. It was impossible for her to kneel down.

Prince Yan waved his hand. "It's okay."

"Mu Tian? You are seriously injured, but there is no household within a radius of one hundred miles. Do you need a ride?" Prince Yan was not bothered by Murong Xue's indifference. He even had a hint of a smile. If Mu Tian looked closer, he would find Prince Yan's purple eyes.

"No, thank you. I'm fine. Can I leave now?" Murong Xue wanted to find Feng Ziling as soon as possible.

"How dare you refuse Prince Yan? You want to die here?" Two guards came forward and surrounded Murong Xue at once. Once Prince Yan gave the order, they would end her life right there.

"Ahem! Ahem!" Murong Xue coughed up blood. She was heavily wounded from falling off the cliff, but she felt grateful that she did not have a concussion. Although she had taken the healing pill to ease the pain, it still would take some time for her to recover.

"Back off," Prince Yan ordered the guards. Then he turned around to speak to Murong Xue, "Don't pretend to be strong before me. You can't leave the forest all by yourself with your purple hair." It was a fact rather than a threat. Prince Yan had been being battered by criticism because of his purple eyes and he would have long been dead but for his noble position.

Murong Xue wiped the blood off the corners of her mouth. "I need to find my friend." She now understood that this man was trying to help her, so she softened what she said.

"Get in the carriage. I'll send men to look for your friend. You can't find him before nightfall all by yourself."

Murong Xue did not know where she was. She didn't know anyone here, either. She felt lucky that someone was willing to help her. She nodded instead of refusing him again. "Thank you."

"Let's go." Prince Yan reached out to help her hold up.

However, Murong Xue avoided his help. Seeing the prince's hands pause in midair, she raised an embarrassed smile. "Sorry, it's just I'm used to..."

Prince Yan was not bothered by it, either. He withdrew his hands and asked, "Can you walk?"

"Yeah, I can walk."

The guards standing behind were glaring at her as if they had been firing arrows at her. Their eyes were so ferocious that Murong Xue felt she would be dead if she had any inappropriate behavior.

"Be careful." Prince Yan pulled back a corner of the curtain and reached out to help Mu Tian get on the carriage.

The guards' faces further darkened and their eyes grew more ferocious when they saw the prince help Mu Tian.

Murong Xue accepted his help readily. She held out her hand and got on the carriage with the prince's help.

The carriage was big enough to accommodate ten people easily. The seats were padded with soft silk, so she felt very comfortable.

Prince Yan opened a hidden drawer in the carriage and took out a bottle of salve. "Take off your clothes, and I'll apply the medicine to your wounds," said he while removing the cap.

"Ah?" Murong Xue raised her voice at once and waved her hand. "No need. I'm fine."

She used the ring to disguise herself as a man, but it was still inappropriate to take off her clothes in front of a man. After all, she was a woman.

"Don't worry. It's not poisonous." Prince Yan even applied a little salve to his hand.

He saw the holes in Mu Tian's clothes and the blood, so he knew Mu Tian was injured.

"I know, but I don't need the salve. Minor injuries are no cause for concern."

Prince Yan grunted, "Minor injuries also need treatment. As a man, you need to be more candid."

Murong Xue felt a twitch in the face. She really wanted to tell him that she was a woman, but she could not.

Murong Xue explained, "I have a weird body, so I don't want others to see it. Please forgive me."

Prince Yan's hands paused for a moment, and then he handed the salve over to Mu Tian. "I'll turn my back to you to let you apply the salve. Also, take off your mask. Don't you feel hot?"

Murong Xue touched the cold silver mask and said, "I don't want to scare you." Her face was very scary. Those on the Fengyun Continent who had seen many weird things even found it difficult to tolerate a face full of runes, so she felt that people here would only find her face more horrifying.

Besides, she had noticed that the spiritual qi was very thin in this place.

She jumped off the cliff through the devil's qi, but she woke up to find a new world. Murong Xue wondered if she was having an illusion. She pinched herself and bellowed in pain.

Prince Yan could not help laughing, "Ha-ha!"

Hearing his laughter, Murong Xue looked up with an embarrassed face and realized what she did was very stupid.

"I don't judge people with their appearance, so I don't mind what you look like. Don't worry. Just take off your mask."

Murong Xue hesitated for a moment and took off her mask. Her stunningly beautiful face with fair skin and finely-carved features was revealed.

Prince Yan thought to himself, "If such a face is horrifying, I'll be ashamed to see people."

Prince Yan felt dazzled, but he managed to calm himself down at once. "You'd better put on the mask."

Murong Xue heard what he said and felt upset. She touched her face and asked, "Is it so ugly?" She felt sad when she thought of how beautiful and popular she used to be in the university.

Hearing what she said, Prince Yan almost spat out the water he drank. He was confused that Mu Tian would claim himself ugly.

In the end, he could not refrain from taking out a bronze mirror and handing it over to Murong Xue. "Have a look."

Taking over the mirror, Murong Xue looked and felt surprised. "I am handsome. Ha-ha! I'm back."

Murong Xue's laughter was very amusing.

Prince Yan said contemptuously, "A man should not care so much about his face. Don't you feel ashamed?"

"You are wrong. This is self-admiration. You don't know how lonely and proud I am as a beautiful man." Murong Xue looked into the mirror with a smug look.

Prince Yan was almost convinced by what Murong Xue said, but he managed to remain sane as he was also a good-looking man.

Later, Prince Yan had reached his limit and took back the mirror in Mu Tian's hands.

Murong Xue winked her big eyes. "What? Are you jealous of me?"

Prince Yan felt speechless.

Then Murong Xue felt that it would be better for her to behave herself in a strange land, so she ceased to laugh and asked, "Where am I now?"

When Prince Yan looked at Mu Tian who had a puzzled face, he began to wonder if Mu Tian was an idiot.

After some time, Prince Yan still did not respond, so Murong Xue looked up and looked into his eyes. She could feel the twitch in her face. "I'm not an idiot."

But Prince Yan doubted it.

"We are in the Infinite Forest of Snow Country."

Murong Xue blurted out, "What is Snow Country?"

Prince Yan clenched his fists and answered patiently, "Snow Country is a country. Your head is injured, so you don't know things now?"

He found it strange that Mu Tian did not know about Snow Country and he also realized that what Mu Tian wore was also different from the local clothes. Therefore, he started to survey Mu Tian with his eyes again.