A Ran was completely ignited by the words “same clan.”
Her small face flushed with excitement, and her big eyes instantly filled with indescribable reverence and almost fanatical hope.
She even forgot the fear of falling just moments ago and stumbled forward a step.
“Big Brother Jiu… Big Brother Jiu! Are you really… of the same clan as Lord Fox Immortal?! Then… then where is Lord Fox Immortal… where is she?”
She eagerly wanted an affirmative answer.
After all, the reason she was willing to leave was because Su Zhiyun had said that Lord Fox Immortal had already left.
Now that Big Brother Jiu personally admitted that he was of the same clan as Lord Fox Immortal, it suddenly made A Ran understand that Sister Su had not lied to her!
No wonder she felt that Big Brother Jiu was friendly!
And since Big Brother Jiu was of the same clan as Lord Fox Immortal, didn’t that mean she not only could find Lord Fox Immortal, but might even be able to get closer to her?
Thinking of this, A Ran became even more excited.
Jiu Baiyun’s scalp tingled under A Ran’s sudden scorching gaze.
He was already feeling guilty because his identity might be exposed, and A Ran’s reaction made him instinctively step half a step back.
“Cough… A Ran, calm down. We need to escape now…”
Seeing this, Su Zhiyun immediately pulled A Ran back and gently patted her on the back.
“A Ran, you can ask about anything later. Your Big Brother Jiu isn’t going to run away… We haven’t escaped danger yet!”
It wasn’t that she wasn’t interested in Jiu Baiyun’s current state, but compared to the Fox Immortal, nothing else mattered more to her than staying alive.
These words were true at the moment, but they were like a bucket of cold water, instantly extinguishing the blazing flames in A Ran’s eyes.
However, A Ran also understood what was more important now.
She pursed her lips and swallowed the words she wanted to ask.
The sky above was still occupied by that suffocating black palace, constantly devouring the sky and ground.
They had only temporarily distanced themselves; it didn’t mean they were safe.
“Okay… Big Brother Jiu, can you still walk?”
Nodding to Su Zhiyun, A Ran suppressed the words she wanted to spit out, then trotted over to Jiu Baiyun.
While worriedly asking, she helped Xiao Mu down from Jiu Baiyun’s back.
“I can… let’s hurry…”
Feeling the weight lifted from his back after Xiao Mu got off, Jiu Baiyun sighed in relief and immediately answered.
As if to prove that he was in good condition, Jiu Baiyun forced himself to stand up.
He tried to take two steps, but his legs gave way, and he stumbled and fell to the ground.
‘Damn it!!!’
Thud—Jiu Baiyun’s forehead made intimate contact with the ground.
Seeing his miserable appearance and his attempt to be tough, Su Zhiyun couldn’t help but laugh.
“Give it up! How can you walk like that? Don’t be embarrassed and pretend to be strong. We’ll carry you!”
Hearing Su Zhiyun’s words, Jiu Baiyun instinctively struggled to stand up again.
Among the four of them, he was the only man.
How could he not be embarrassed to let three girls carry him?
If he really let them carry him, Jiu Baiyun would only feel mortified.
Especially since his body had just undergone Fox Demon Transformation, many parts of him were extremely sensitive.
If they accidentally touched a certain place and made a strange noise, where would his face be?
Seeing Jiu Baiyun struggling, Su Zhiyun helplessly shook her head, then immediately said, “Why are you in such a hurry? Don’t you have a stretcher? If you don’t want us to grab your hands and feet and carry you, take that out!”
While speaking, Su Zhiyun gestured for A Ran to help Xiao Mu move aside, then walked up to Jiu Baiyun, bent down, and turned him over.
Jiu Baiyun instantly understood Su Zhiyun’s intention, but still hesitated.
A stretcher?
‘Anyway, I really don’t have the strength to walk by myself. The palace behind us is still moving in our direction. I can’t delay any longer. And no matter what, lying on a stretcher while they carry me is better than being dragged by my arms and legs…’
After a long silence, Jiu Baiyun finally nodded to Su Zhiyun and immediately cooperated with her actions.
Su Zhiyun said her goal was simple—she just didn’t want to expose her special nature.
He had already revealed that he was a cultivator and that he was of the same clan as the Fox Immortal.
Having a special ability wasn’t that strange.
Seeing Jiu Baiyun nod, Su Zhiyun said, “Hurry up and take it out,” while reaching her hand toward Jiu Baiyun’s side.
Her action seemed to be urging Jiu Baiyun to take out the stretcher, but in reality, using the cover of leaning in, her right hand stealthily slid toward the shadow at Jiu Baiyun’s waist—an area blind to Xiao Mu and A Ran’s line of sight.
Jiu Baiyun was lying weakly on the ground, his silver-white hair stuck messily to his sweaty forehead, his fluffy fox ears drooping listlessly.
He opened his mouth to say something but was stopped by a look from Su Zhiyun.
“Don’t dawdle. That thing is still watching from the sky!”
Su Zhiyun lowered her voice, her tone urgent.
Her fingertips gently hooked through the folds of Jiu Baiyun’s robe, but her consciousness sank into the system space in her mind.
The system panel flashed in her consciousness.
In the [Inventory], there lay a simple folding stretcher.
With an almost imperceptible click, Su Zhiyun quickly withdrew her hand.
At the same time, a gray canvas stretcher appeared out of nowhere on the ground beside Jiu Baiyun.
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
A Ran and Xiao Mu’s gazes were almost simultaneously drawn to the object that had appeared out of thin air.
A Ran’s eyes instantly widened, her clear pupils filled with pure surprise and disbelief.
Her little mouth opened slightly, forming a silent “ah.”
Her gaze rapidly swept back and forth between the stretcher and Su Zhiyun.
Even though she knew Jiu Baiyun was “of the same clan as Lord Fox Immortal” and possessed extraordinary power, and had seen him ride the wind and control fire, this was the first time she had seen someone produce an object out of thin air.
Xiao Mu, however, was stunned at first, then seemed to suddenly remember something.
‘Brother Baiyun had never shown me these immortal powers before!’
Previously, because of the successive events, she hadn’t had time to think much, staying in a state of tension.
Now she suddenly realized it.
‘Brother Baiyun is an immortal!!!’
Connecting those powers that only immortals could master with Jiu Baiyun, Xiao Mu naturally equated Jiu Baiyun with an immortal.
However, Xiao Mu was first a bit excited, but soon looked puzzled, very confused.
‘If Brother Baiyun is an immortal, then why did he always tell me before that immortals are bad people?’
But before Xiao Mu could think further, Su Zhiyun had already lifted Jiu Baiyun onto the stretcher and called for A Ran to help carry it.
Xiao Mu froze for a moment, then quickly stepped forward to help.