Chasing after her husband? Is it even possible to win him back?

Her vision was completely filled with the cold glint of two daggers.

So, there was another assassin...

Chu Xunfeng pushed Yun Conglong's bloodline supernatural power to its limit. The moment he threw the spear, he rushed to Xu Bailing's side first.

[User! Human Profound Realm!!! This is truly unbeatable!!!]

The suddenly opened light screen was ignored by Chu Xunfeng. He didn't care about manners or gentleness at this moment. The young man grabbed the young lady's shoulder and tried to pull Xu Bailing out of the range of the attack from above.

Xu Bailing made up her mind instantly.

So close, yet worlds apart!

A wisp of thought was infused into the magic weapon. At this moment, not only Xu Bailing, but also the young man holding the young lady's neck, suddenly became illusory and disappeared from Number Nineteen's sight.

The assassination attempt failed. Number Nineteen, rolling to his feet, silently looked at the spear embedded in the tree trunk, then turned to look at Number Forty-Seven, whose body was covered in blood.

From where we are standing now, extending outwards for a hundred miles... there is no way we would have time to find Xu Bailing.

"Mission failed." The man's voice was low and hoarse.

A bronze beast that fails its mission has no value.

He pulled a firecracker from his waist, paused for two seconds, pulled off the fuse, and held it high.

A sharp whistle pierced the sky, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers exploding, and traveled for dozens of miles.

The two guards who were still searching for Xu Bailing in the Southern Wilderness Mountains received this signal.

Now they can take action against the ordinary cultivators.

The fifth elder of Baidi City, who had ventured deep into the Southern Wilderness Mountains, also heard this voice.

Chapter Thirty: We're safe, temporarily.

The sharp whistle, accompanied by the sound of firecrackers exploding, carried for dozens of miles.

Deep in the forest, many cultivators frowned and looked up at the sky.

The southern wilderness mountains are sparsely populated, and such distinctive sounds that transmit messages can easily frighten some monsters.

"Fatty, southeast." Li Qinglian squinted as he watched the gray smoke gradually dissipate in the sky.

"Hmm." Jin Fugui nodded. "It's probably used for communication between disciples of some sect, right?"

"Why use it at this time?" Li Qinglian frowned. "Something feels off."

"Never mind that, we haven't even opened for business yet." Jin Fugui patted Li Qinglian on the shoulder. "Let's go."

"Hmm." Li Qinglian nodded, glanced one last time in the direction where the firecrackers exploded, and then suddenly stopped in his tracks. "Hey, Fatty, look over there."

Jin Fugui paused for a moment and looked back at the sky.

A figure stands suspended in mid-air.

"That's... the Three Profound Realms?" Jin Fugui and Li Qinglian exchanged a glance, both sensing that something was amiss.

"It looks like the leader from Baidi City." Li Qinglian frowned, watching the figure rush into the forest. He then looked away from the figure and turned to his companion, "Fatty, what about us?"

Jin Fugui frowned in thought. He had just opened his mouth, but before he could speak, he suddenly heard an old voice in his mind.

[I am Mu Ye, the leader of the Bianzhou Cultivator Alliance. I hereby announce to all cultivators participating in the Autumn Hunt that the Autumn Hunt Tournament is suspended. Everyone must immediately return to the tournament venue!]

[To reiterate, the Autumn Hunting Tournament is suspended. All cultivators must immediately return to the tournament venue!]

Four people have gone missing from the autumn hunting competition. All participants are urged to return to the competition venue immediately, preferably in groups!

Jin Fugui and Li Qinglian exchanged a glance, both seeing the surprise on each other's faces, and both understanding that the other had heard the voice of the Mu Alliance Leader.

"Let's go." Jin Fugui put away the talisman and glanced at Li Qinglian.

Li Qinglian nodded. He watched as the fat man leaped up, flicked vines from his sleeves, wrapped them around the fat man's ankles, and followed the fat man into the sky.

In mid-air, Li Qinglian subconsciously glanced in the direction where he had just seen the leader of Baidi City, only to see a large number of trees being uprooted, spinning and flying into the sky, only to be torn apart into countless fragments by an invisible force halfway up.

"Wow...that's incredible," Li Qinglian muttered to himself.

"This is none of our business. Let's get back to the venue as soon as possible." Jin Fugui also glanced at the spectacular scene.

The chopped wood chips, mixed with dust, broken rocks, and withered leaves, gradually filled that invisible force into something tangible.

It was a tornado that almost spanned the entire sky.

Dharma Cultivation, Dharma Cultivation of the Wind Spirit Root.

"If you don't want to die, answer my question: Who sent you?" The Fifth Elder's eyes were bloodshot as he stared at the man in black who was being pressed into the ground by the air pressure.

Number 19 struggled to lift his head, glanced at the Fifth Elder of White Emperor City suspended in mid-air, and finally slowly turned his head to look at Number 47, whose head was missing half of its head, not far away.

"You care a lot about your accomplices?" The Fifth Elder angrily slapped the corpse of Number Forty-Seven.

The compressed gust of wind distorted the air and struck Number Forty-Seven's corpse in an instant. In a flash, the body exploded into a cloud of blood and gore, the spray scattering in a massive arc as the vortex carried it away. "I'm giving you one last chance!"

"Elder Zhou Pu, you should know this cultivator who sits at the bottom of the nineteenth level of White Emperor City, right?" Mu Ye's voice suddenly came from the ring that the Fifth Elder was clutching tightly in his hand.

"Chu Xunfeng? What happened to him?" The Fifth Elder raised his right hand and asked, pointing to the ring in his palm.

“Your young lady should not be in any immediate danger. This boy named Chu Xunfeng approached your young lady with a talisman, which triggered Xu Bailing’s talisman, and I sensed it. However, these two people suddenly disappeared from my perception range a few seconds ago.”

The Fifth Elder paused for a moment, then let out a long breath. His gaze slowly shifted as he looked down at the man in black who was being pressed into the mud and struggling. "Little Bell carries the 'Short-Range' given to her by the Sect Leader. Since Chu Xunfeng was taken away with the young lady, the two of them can at least look after each other."

That was all Zhou Pu could do to comfort himself at this point.

"The situation is terrible. Someone has attacked the juniors who participated in the Autumn Hunting Tournament. I sense that the will of two people has been lost. The venue is now in complete chaos. Elder Zhou Pu, take care of those you can help first!"

Zhou Pu squinted at the black-clad man who was kneeling on the ground, trying to get up. His clothes were torn to shreds by the wind, and a layer of flesh had been scraped away.

“I understand what the Chief of the Shepherd Alliance means.” Zhou Pu took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

The whole world fell silent for two seconds.

The howling wind suddenly blew the air away, and Zhou Pu opened his eyes, watching indifferently as the body of the man in black was crushed into mincemeat by the violently disturbed wind.

As the gale subsided, the Fifth Elder's figure slowly rose higher. He gritted his teeth, trying to calm the surging anger in his heart. "I am Zhou Pu, the fifth seat of the Elder Council of White Emperor City! Earth Profound Realm cultivator. Disciples of all sects participating in the Autumn Hunting Tournament, approach me now, and I will escort you back to the venue of the Autumn Hunting Tournament!"

The surging wind carried the Fifth Elder's voice for miles around.

At this moment, if we need to save people, we can't just save the disciples of Baidi City. Besides, even the Fifth Elder himself doesn't know how many disciples of Baidi City are around him.

Moreover, at this moment, the two most important people are...

Xu Bailing, and Chu Xunfeng.

Their whereabouts are unknown.

However, the leader of the Mu Alliance made it very clear that the two people had already left the range he could sense, so they probably weren't teleporting towards Bianzhou.

Zhou Pu frowned and turned to look in the south.

Deeper into the Southern Wilderness Mountains... You two must protect yourselves and wait for the sect to come and rescue you.

Zhou Pu clenched his fists tightly behind his back.

Don't let me find out who's behind this.

Please don't let me know.

——Southern Wilderness Mountains——

Nausea, dizziness, and disorientation made it difficult for Chu Xunfeng to even stand. At this moment, the young man couldn't even tell whether he was standing or lying on the ground.

Chu Xunfeng himself didn't know how long this long feeling lasted.

Once his consciousness had truly stabilized, Chu Xunfeng only knew that the environment he was in was completely different from what he remembered from the previous moment.

He found himself in a dark, damp cave, with the young lady lying unconscious beside him.

So, what exactly happened?

[Users, the magical artifact "Zhi Chi" on Xu Bailing's body has teleported you to this place.]

It turned out to be the case.

Looking at the system screen, Chu Xunfeng let out a long sigh of relief.

In short, we are safe.

Chu Xunfeng turned his head and glanced at Xu Bailing, whose brows were furrowed and whose breathing was weak.

He smiled bitterly and shook his head.

temporary.

Chapter Thirty-One: Her Smile

Deep in the mountains of the southern wilderness, in an unnamed territory.

Chu Xunfeng helped Xu Bailing sit up from the ground and lean against the rock wall.

The young man knelt down, raised his hand, and pressed hard on Xu Bailing's philtrum.

The sharp pain on her face made the unconscious Xu Bailing frown. Chu Xunfeng pressed her a few times, and Xu Bailing opened her eyes. Her eyes were still a little hazy, but she had indeed woken up.

“Chu…Xunfeng?” It took Xu Bailing a few seconds to focus her gaze. She saw the young man in front of her in the dark cave, who was breathing a sigh of relief.