After the main character who took the blame retired, the female lead quit.

Xiao Yu was using this move for the first time, so it was a work in progress and was still a little short of being fully perfect.

However, every famous technique is perfected little by little in actual combat after it is invented, but it is more than enough to deal with Lei Huang, a cultivator at the peak of the Core Formation Realm.

Just as Xiao Yu was about to finish his work and head back to the cave to rest and wait for Lei Huang to break out of the ice, the clingy girl in his arms suddenly became restless.

The writhing body, the slightly hostile eyes, the barely suppressed, warning snoring—it looked as if it had spotted some enemy, a natural foe, its posture as if facing a formidable foe.

"Junior sister, what's wrong?"

The girl remained silent, but conveyed her restless and uneasy feeling to Xiao Yu through her actions.

To be honest, Xiao Yu was somewhat worried about Li Yunshang's current situation, especially after the little dumpling had reminded him.

So, after Bu Suantian left, Xiao Yu focused on asking the dog system in his mind about this matter.

As it turns out, the system in my mind, aside from being a bit of a jerk, can be used as an all-knowing tool in some ways, provided that... you have to pay an equivalent amount of points, which is spirit stones.

Ah!

Is Xiao Yu someone who lacks spirit stones?

Even a tiny fraction of a hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones would be a drop in the ocean.

The system remained silent. Everything is relative; you reap what you sow. There's no such thing as a free lunch. It owed Long Wanyan such a huge favor, even if it was because she felt guilty that she gave it to her.

Xiao Yu assumed that Long Wanyan, as the sect leader, had as many spirit stones as she wanted, so she accepted this huge sum of money with a clear conscience and took it for granted. In reality, this was a small treasury that Long Wanyan had saved up little by little from her daily expenses over a long period of time.

Who said the sect leader isn't short of money? Long Wanyan isn't the kind of person who would embezzle her disciples' funds, and besides, the spirit stones consumed for cultivation are also a huge amount.

It is already extremely difficult to save up 100,000 high-grade spirit stones.

Unfortunately, that person hasn't grasped this point yet.

Getting back to the main point, the matter concerning Li Yunshang is not hard to understand. When Xiao Yu found her, she was already on the verge of death.

Xiao Yu used the Gu worm Yin Hongniang, and with the Gu worm's own considerable power, he was able to save her life.

Li Yunshang is now like someone whose spine has been removed to support her entire body. She was originally going to die, but the Gu worm Yin Hongniang has taken over the role of the spine and reached a strange symbiotic relationship with the girl. In any case, Xiao Yu's Gu worm is not coming back, but the good news is that Yin Hongniang seems to be a good match for Li Yunshang.

Even so, with her soul damaged, her body could not be saved, no matter how well it was restored. In addition, the girl suffered a huge blow to her mind and body, so she would not wake up for a long time.

Therefore, in order to ensure her safety, the Gu worm Yin Hongniang temporarily maintained the girl's life force, including her body. In addition, the girl believed that she was doomed to die, and the words she uttered before falling into a coma could be considered a kind of obsession, which was read by the Gu worm Yin Hongniang.

And so... this is the situation we see now.

I wonder if, once Li Yunshang is fully conscious, she will feel so ashamed that she will bang her head against a pillar when she thinks about how she has been clinging to Xiao Yu and throwing a tantrum these past few days.

Ignoring the girl's unusual movements, Xiao Yu gently steadied her and spoke as if coaxing a child:

"Alright, stop fooling around. I'll play with you again when we get back to the cave."

"Going back to the cave? That sounds like fun. Can I join?"

A faint voice drifted over, carrying a hint of resentment.

"I didn't ask... Wait, junior sister, when can you speak again? You're back to normal?"

Xiao Yu looked down and met the gaze of the clear-eyed girl in his arms. The girl's lips were tightly closed, and her glossy pink lips were so beautiful that one would want to take a bite. Clearly, what he had just said was not what the girl had said.

That is to say...

Xiao Yu turned her head, and under the bright moonlight, a pair of almost crimson silver eyes were silently staring at her.

Her Taoist robe billowed in the wind, clinging to her body and revealing her voluptuous figure beneath.

Her round, pert shape and breathtaking curves made Xiao Yu's pupils shrink, and the little dumpling's tearful voice echoed in his ears:

"I arrived at the Qingyun Fuzong inn a long time ago, but... the Qingyun Fuzong sect leader isn't in the room!"

If Long Wanyan isn't outside, where could she have gone?

Where can I go...?

Meeting that familiar, possessive gaze, as if it belonged to a dragon, Xiao Yu secretly swallowed and involuntarily took a step back.

"Good... Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Linglong, what are you doing here? I was wondering why I couldn't find you before..." The sudden surprise made Xiao Yu's words somewhat incoherent.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Didn't you deliberately leave me alone to fight that mentally unstable brute, and then hurriedly run off with this vixen in your arms? Turns out you came here to be all lovey-dovey!"

Long Wanyan's face was ashen, with only a pair of terrifyingly bright red eyes exposed, like two flashing red lights.

"Ah?"

Xiao Yu stopped speaking abruptly, sensing something was off. Had Linglong's tone and attitude changed?

However, it's understandable that he might feel some resentment, since leaving someone there is indeed unethical. But the situation was urgent, and time was of the essence!

"I was indeed in the wrong in this matter, but, Fellow Daoist Linglong, I can explain..."

"Alright, I stopped caring about these trivial matters a long time ago..."

Long Wanyan waved her hand dismissively, planted the bronze-red spear in the ground, and fixed her eyes on the girl in Xiao Yu's arms.

"What I really want to know is, what's going on between you two right now? A secret rendezvous?"

"Well……"

Feeling the burning gaze of Long Wanyan, the girl remained silent, only lowering her head and making continuous whimpering sounds, looking as if she might rush up and bite someone at any moment.

Seeing this, Long Wanyan frowned and looked away from the girl, her gaze falling on Xiao Yu's extremely guilty face.

"What kind of game is this? Role-playing? You're really going for something fancy."

"No, this... Linglong, Junior Sister has a special situation, like this right now..."

Before he could finish speaking, a flash of copper light appeared, and the heavy spear tip swung, stabbing straight at the girl in his arms.

Chapter Twenty-Nine, Future Friendship

Twenty minutes before Long Wanyan met Xiao Yu.

Rumble…

The sky was filled with the sound of lightning, attracting the attention of many people. Long Wanyan, who was wandering around searching for someone nearby, was the first to notice this strange phenomenon.

This overwhelming and unabashed momentum is rare in the secret realm; even fireflies twinkling at night would attract attention.

However, the intense thunder and lightning, with their concentrated chill, drew attention and deterred those who wanted to join the fun, thus deterring some petty thieves.

Long Wanyan didn't belong to this type of person. She was wandering around like a headless fly, with nowhere to go. Seeing this situation, she would naturally be subconsciously attracted by the lightning. Maybe Ye Ba was there.

The place where the lightning originated was not far away; it would only take a short walk to get there. However, she was not the only one attracted by the lightning.

"Hey! Fellow Daoist, what brings you here all alone? Where are the others?"

A graceful figure walked towards us. Upon closer inspection, it was a beautiful young woman with delicate features, a graceful figure, and a pair of unadorned eyes that were as beautiful as a poem or a painting.

Looking at the pretty woman who greeted her, Long Wanyan sheathed the bronze spear behind her back and frowned, pondering the woman's name:

"Hello, you are... from the Moon Shadow Sect, what's your name...?"

Long Wanyan pondered for a moment, her tone drawn out and hesitant. Clearly, she had met the person a few times before, but she didn't know his name and hadn't bothered to remember it.

"Answer my question first. Wasn't Ye Ba exploring the secret realm with you? Where is he? I've heard that killing and robbing are commonplace in the secret realm. Could it be that you..."

The pretty woman looked around, searching for something. After confirming that no one was around Long Wanyan, she narrowed her eyes and scrutinized Long Wanyan with a wary look.

"No, Ye Ba... we went through some things and got separated by accident. I'm looking for him now." Upon seeing this, Long Wanyan denied it, while a strange emotion rose in her heart.

"Oh, I see... You got separated from him. No wonder you look so lost, like a stray puppy. You must be very worried about him."

The woman nodded, looking as if she understood.

"Disappointed? Is it that obvious? I am indeed a little worried..."

Upon hearing this, Long Wanyan patted her fair face and murmured, though she didn't deny it subconsciously.

"However, this was probably unavoidable. After all, judging from the situation, Li Yunshang of the Xuanling Sect was seriously injured, and I insisted on fighting that battle maniac and refused to leave. That's why things turned out this way. No wonder Ye Ba didn't wait for me and abandoned me... or rather, we were separated, forced to separate..."

Long Wanyan began to explain to herself, though she was actually explaining to the woman more than to herself. The pretty woman who noticed this scene smiled with pleasure.

She patted herself, her slender, jade-like fingers interlaced:

"I see... In any case, the secret realm has been quite unstable lately, so it's best to be careful, fellow Daoist. If you want to find Ye Ba, you should do it as soon as possible. I'll be going now, fellow Daoist, please take care."

I originally wanted to see who was making all this noise in broad daylight, but it seems like all bark and no bite, and they quickly quieted down; there's nothing to see here.

Seeing that Xiao Yu was not near Long Wanyan, the pretty woman turned around, waved goodbye, and walked towards the towering tree, speaking in a loud voice as she went.

The secret realm is not very peaceful...

Long Wanyan frowned. Indeed, compared to the others in the secret realm, as a Nascent Soul cultivator, she had a more detailed perception of the secret realm. The secret realm was like an unstable furnace, and no one knew when it would explode.

If the furnace, which has been burning for a thousand years, were to explode, no one in the secret realm could withstand it, not even her.

That's why Long Wanyan went around looking for Xiao Yu to prevent him from getting into danger.

Just as she took a step forward, preparing to check the spot where the lightning had struck, the words of the pretty woman who had walked a short distance drifted over on the warm air:

"Sigh! The secret realm is very dangerous now. I hope nothing happens to Ye Ba, otherwise that little fortune teller... no, fortune teller will become a widow."

The voice sounded like someone was worried about Ye Ba's safety.

Upon hearing the voice, Long Wanyan, who had initially paid little attention, tensed up. She quickly stepped forward and caught up with the woman who was about to leave: "Widow? Miss, what's going on here? And who are that fortune teller and Ye Ba...?"

"Oh dear! You heard that..."

Upon hearing this, the pretty young woman took a step back, then belatedly covered her mouth. However, under Long Wanyan's unwavering gaze, she obediently lowered her hand.

"This...you don't know? I told you not to tell anyone, Ye Ba...and our Moon Shadow Sect's sect leader, a fortune teller named Bu Suanzi, are a couple. They are very much in love."

We've been sharing a room in the secret realm for the past few days. By the way, I heard that Ye Ba created this sect for the sake of the fortune teller. Wow! Giving someone a sect as a gift, don't you think that's romantic...?

Teng!

The loose gun barrel was suddenly gripped tightly. Long Wanyan remembered that the sect recommendation letter that Xiao Yu had asked her for that day had the sect leader's name written on it, which was Bu Suantian.

"Achoo~"

Outside the secret realm, Bu Suantian sneezed loudly. As a fortune teller with keen spiritual senses, she had just felt a chilling coldness rise from her back.