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Chapter 187 The Risk of Guardianship
Ye Zhaoyan's footsteps froze, and his eyes fell on the young man's back again, feeling an indescribable feeling in his heart.

This incident happened so suddenly that she didn't know how to face him at all. For a moment, she felt at a loss.

Will he have another opinion of him because of this matter?

Will the relationship between the two change?
A few thoughts only rose in her heart for a moment, and then she suppressed them. Although the young man in front of her had saved her from crisis several times, the relationship between the two families meant that there was an invisible barrier between them.

Inadvertently, there was a small distance between the two.

Zhuo Yibai led Ye Zhaoyan all the way forward, and when they arrived at an old low pavilion, they stopped, their eyes fell on the row of simple and elegant blue and white porcelain pots under the eaves of the second floor, their eyes were slightly deep, as if thinking about something .

A faint fragrance of herbs drifted in the wind, and there were various kinds of herbs planted in the row of porcelain pots. Some of the darker herbs were faintly blue, emitting a lustrous luster under the sunlight. At a glance, you can tell that this row of plants is absolutely extraordinary.Let
Ye Zhaoyan followed the young man's gaze, and saw two purple-white medicinal herbs planted in the center of a row of porcelain. One of them had a white flower with full and full petals, which looked very lively.

She was taken aback, not understanding what was so special about these two herbs.

Just as she was thinking, there was a sound of clothes fluttering beside her ear, and Zhuo Yibai flew towards the two herbs and landed on the balcony on the second floor.

With a flick of his right hand, his fingertips flicked on the purple plant nimbly, and the flowers peeled off gently in the palm of his hand. With a crackling sound, the plant slowly withered.

Seeing this scene, Ye Zhaoyan couldn't help being stunned, as if the flower was the lifeblood of the plant.

Zhuo Yibai carefully wrapped the flowers into his arms, and was about to fly down, when a shriek came through the air, carrying a cold killing intent.

He dodged lightly and dodged a dark living creature.

Looking back, it turned out to be a black strange bird, about the size of a palm, with a pitch-black body and a long, pointed black beak. It was flexible and ferocious.

Zhuo Yi raised his eyebrows, raised his hand and swung a sword.

His sword was not weak, but the bird was dexterous in shape, and it was about to fly, so it avoided the sword and rushed towards him again.

"Chirp!"

With a sharp cry, the bird was stabbed by Zhuo Yibai, a few feathers fell to the ground, its claws were scratched, and it almost fell to the ground.

Just as Zhuo Yibai was waiting in line, ready to give it a fatal blow, the strange bird turned around and rushed towards Ye Zhaoyan downstairs.

Ye Zhaoyan's expression changed drastically.

Her meridians were blocked, and her internal energy was exhausted, making it difficult for her to perform light kung fu.

But at this time, the black strange bird attacked her with lightning speed, without giving her any time to dodge.

Her face turned pale, and she took a few steps back, watching the strange bird peck at her.

"Ye Zhaoyan"

Seeing this scene, Zhuo Yibai at the side suddenly constricted his pupils, moved his body, and flew towards Ye Zhaoyan.

In the blink of an eye, the sharp beak of the strange bird happened to head towards Ye Zhaoyan's throat.

"Ah!" Ye Zhaoyan exclaimed in shock.

Seeing that the strange bird was about to peck her, Zhuo Yibai's expression changed suddenly, and he threw the long sword at the strange bird through the air.

If this hit misses, Ye Zhao said it is in danger.

His palms were sweating.

Although the strange bird dodged flexibly, it suddenly jumped down and couldn't retract its wings in time. It couldn't dodge the sharp long sword. It was hit by this blow, and its body was pierced. It let out a wail, and fell backward unbalanced , nailed to the trunk.

Ye Zhaoyan's heart tightened, his retreating body had no time to stop and fell out.

A pair of strong arms supported her body, and as the boy approached, a heartbeat like a drum rang in her ears.

Zhuo Yibai's face was pale, a dense layer of cold sweat appeared on his forehead, and he was panting slightly.

"How are you?"

There was concern on his face, and anxiety and anxiety in his voice.

If he missed a hit just now, the consequences would be unimaginable. Thinking of the dangerous situation just now, his heart couldn't stop beating wildly.

Even his master couldn't guarantee that throwing a long sword would kill such a poisonous bird.

"fine."

Ye Zhaoyan shook his head, trying to stand up, but his eyes darkened for a while.

She had no choice but to lean against the tree behind her and take a few breaths.

The blood dripped and dripped on the ground, making a "sizzling" sound.

The two heard the sound and looked over, and saw that the body of the strange bird gradually stiffened, and the blood gurgling out gradually turned black, which turned out to be something poisoned.

"It is the guardian of those herbs." Zhuo Yibai said, his eyes were a little dignified.

Ye Zhaoyan was still in shock, staring dumbfounded at the black poisonous blood, unable to recover for a long time.

She didn't expect that those herbs would be guarded by such highly poisonous living creatures.

"These herbs have excellent curative effect on the injuries of martial arts practitioners. They are rare, especially the Ziqi grass that I picked. It is not easy to say that you were injured. I wanted to pick that herb to heal you quietly, but I didn't expect "Zhuo Yibai looked at Ye Zhaoyan, deep fear flashed in his eyes, "I didn't expect that I almost killed you here."

His voice was full of worry and self-blame.

If something really happened to Ye Zhaoyan.
Ye Zhaoyan glanced over the black blood on the ground and the strange bird in the pool of blood, and fell silent for a while.

The origin of everything is because she was injured, if not, Zhuo Yibai would not take the risk of collecting herbs.

"That herb is very precious, right?" she asked.

"Well, it is indeed a very rare herb." Zhuo Yibai also noticed the mess on the ground, he pulled out the long sword on the tree trunk, and picked up a few piles of soil under the flower bed to cover the corpse of the strange bird and the blood on the ground.

Ye Zhaoyan's heart trembled, and he looked at him with a complicated look.

Such a young man is thoughtful and cautious, not like ordinary disciples of aristocratic families who are dandy and reckless, and not like ordinary men who are rude and reckless, paying attention to the details of the surroundings.

Everything about him has a distinctive taste in every move, showing wisdom and calmness that is not commensurate with his age. This kind of temperament is not available in everyone around him.

Suddenly there was an inexplicable throbbing in her heart.

Zhuo Yibai noticed Ye Zhaoyan's gaze, and turned to look at her with deep doubts in his eyes: "Why are you looking at me like this?"

Ye Zhaoyan quickly collected his mind and returned to his usual indifferent appearance, "It's okay."

Zhuo Yibai saw that Ye Zhaoyan didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask any more questions. He squatted down and carefully cleaned up the footprints on the ground, "I'll take you to heal your injuries first."

He reached out and grabbed her wrist, trying to pull her up.

Ye Zhaoyan withdrew his hand reflexively, "I can walk by myself."

(End of this chapter)