I don't want to be trained by my senior sister!

Just now.

Finally, that faint aura that had been hidden in the shadows caught Fang Xuan's slightly relaxed mind and Ning Qian's attention being diverted.

He sprang up from the shadow of a collapsed beam.

His target was none other than Ning Qian, who was closer to him and seemed easier to control!

A poisoned, dark blue dagger darted like lightning, aiming straight for Ning Qian's back.

Fang Xuan was about to casually finish him off; it was just a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

However, Ning Qian glanced over and the person was instantly cleaved into pieces by the sword intent...

She looked at Fang Xuan again, her tone calm: "It's resolved."

She didn't want to show her overly ruthless side in front of Fang Xuan, after all, her junior brother was still young and she didn't want to frighten him.

But everything that happened here, especially his participation in this brutal trial with Lu Mingxuan deep into the secret realm, must never be known to the outside world.

Lu Qingsong will not let this go easily after his son died; he will definitely investigate thoroughly.

Fang Xuan's identity may be exposed as a result, leading to unnecessary trouble.

The beginning and the end must be handled properly.

"We shouldn't stay here any longer. The secret realm is almost over. I'll go out and wait for you," she said.

Without offering much explanation, he simply looked up at the surging light of the barrier above the main hall, then pointed his fingers like a sword and gently slashed at the void in front of him.

"Sizzle—"

A pitch-black spatial rift suddenly appeared before the two of them.

Behind the crack, the familiar mountain scenery of the Qingyun Sect could be vaguely seen.

No matter how many times Fang Xuan watched it, he was always dumbfounded.

Sword intent effortlessly slices through space; Senior Sister, you're talking about the Body Tempering Realm...

After saying, "I'll wait for you at home," Ning Qian stepped into the crack.

She shouldn't appear in the main hall; with so many disciples dead, the sect will definitely investigate.

.......

Fang Xuan checked the trial rewards that had just been calculated.

There were piles of spirit stones, a considerable amount of materials, several high-quality spirit artifacts, and numerous jade slips...

His gaze suddenly fixed on one of the jade slips with an ancient and simple appearance.

The fourth to ninth levels of the "Mysterious Primordial Chaos Chapter"... point directly to the path of Nascent Soul...

It is the latter half of his nameless, incomplete martial arts manual, the complete follow-up manual.

Fang Xuan: "???"

No, this is too much of a coincidence!

He paused for two seconds, then looked up at the sky above this secret realm.

"Senior Sister's luck..." he murmured, "Could it be that the Heavenly Dao is really distributing rewards according to a script behind the scenes?"

What a coincidence! I just got the incomplete scroll, and then I found the second half in the dungeon drops?

He wouldn't believe it wasn't for the protagonist's halo, given the odds.

........

After stuffing the jade slip and other spoils into his storage ring, Fang Xuan took one last look at the messy courtyard.

He turned around, channeled his spiritual energy, and his figure pierced through the water, returning to the surface of the sea.

This trip to the secret realm yielded results that were truly outrageous.

With a complete top-tier cultivation technique, his cultivation level skyrocketed to the late stage of the Void Core realm, just one step away from the Golden Core realm. He also had a pile of spirit stones and materials, making a fortune.

But the trouble is equally hellish.

First is Shen Chen.

He destroyed one of his three souls, and had previously killed Shen Qingqing to retrieve the spirit bone.

This old man is probably beyond just being furious; he's on the verge of going insane.

Originally, he had hoped that Lu Qingsong would become an unwitting shield for him in order to suppress Shen Chen.

But now...

Lu Qingsong's only son was also personally beheaded by him, leaving not even ashes.

The sect leader of Qingyun Sect is probably currently immersed in the grief of losing his son.

Once any clue is discovered, or even just out of suspicion, one will become his primary target for investigation.

One is at the peak of the Golden Core stage, and the other is at the Nascent Soul stage; both are high-ranking members of the sect who wield power.

Fang Xuan rubbed his temples.

It would be best to get away with it...

But if I can't get away with it, even if my identity is exposed... it seems like that would work?

At worst, we can reveal the identity of the Fang family's eldest son.

But this would completely disrupt his subsequent plans.

Let's take it one step at a time. He's always been carefree and likes... Since things have come to this, let's go to sleep first.

If all else fails, have your senior sister carry him down the mountain and run away.

Thinking of the scene where Ning Qian casually opened up space, Fang Xuan suddenly felt that this escape route seemed quite reliable.

The pose might not be very cool.

However, his understanding of this world mostly came from the original female-oriented novel he hadn't finished reading; he only knew some major plot points and character relationships.

He wasn't sure what impact letting his senior sister leave the Qingyun Sect would have on her, or what the consequences would be.

......

He then wandered around the edge of the secret realm for two more days, mainly to avoid other people who might be teleported out at the same time, and to digest his surge in cultivation.

He finished making all the spiritual energy buns awarded by the system, and with the help of the newly acquired complete cultivation technique "Xuan Yuan Hun Qi Pian", his cultivation level rose steadily and remained at the peak of the Void Core stage.

It really is just one opportunity away from condensing the Golden Core.

In the past two days, he has also come to a profound realization of how... dull and monotonous life is without his senior sister cooking and without the progress of his training mission.

"Life..." He lay on a cliff somewhere in the secret realm, gazing at the unchanging sky, his thoughts drifting. "Indeed, one still needs to have some aspirations."

For example...finding a warm little home for Xiao Xuan or something...

Ahem... It's only human nature to ask for help, right?

.......

Over the past few days, he has cleared the land completely.

The secret realm finally began to tremble.

The scenery around him began to blur and spin.

My vision blurred for a moment, then cleared up again. A slightly chilly mountain breeze brushed my face, and beneath my feet was a solid bluestone plaza.

He is back.

The plaza at the entrance to the secret realm of Qingyun Sect.

Fang Xuan steadied himself and quickly scanned the area.

There were fewer than ten people scattered around the square, all injured and looking terrified...

On the high platform, the faces of the elders who remained were ashen, especially Lu Qingsong, who sat in the main seat.

Although he tried his best to maintain the dignity of the sect leader, his slightly trembling beard and the deep-seated rage in his eyes were almost overflowing.

His gaze was like a steel blade scraping bone, sweeping across the face of each surviving disciple.

She paused noticeably when she saw Fang Xuan.

Shen Chen isn't here; he's probably guarding Sword Peak.

Fang Xuan lowered his eyes and discreetly blended into the ranks of the survivors.

In his mind, however, he was quickly calculating that the interrogation was about to begin, and he had to try to get through the first hurdle.

What Lu Mingxuan? Never met him, don't know him.

All he wants now is to go back and train his senior sister... no... to be trained by her...