Yang Guo: I'm invincible in the opening battle against Aunt Guo!

The waiting process was a bit boring.

Thinking about my own sign-in system.

Having arrived at Zhongnanshan, I hadn't checked in yet, so I decided to check in.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have successfully checked in.]

[Check-in Address: Zhongnanshan Ancient Tomb School]

[A method for quickly mastering the Nine Yin Manual]

[Once the host finds the Nine Yin Manual, the speed-learning method can be used to quickly master it.]

Upon seeing this quick method, Yang Guo's eyes lit up.

The Nine Yin Manual was originally engraved in the ancient tomb; all you have to do is find it.

Once you learn it, you'll be invincible.

Yang Guo, who was planning to slip away, sensed that Xiaolongnu was about to wake up.

He stood still.

Soon.

The white mist on the cold jade bed slowly receded inward.

Little Dragon Girl's long eyelashes trembled.

Then those clear, deep eyes opened.

She had just completed the final cycle of her Jade Maiden Skill, her inner energy returning to her dantian, and her five senses regaining their perception of the outside world.

Then, she froze completely.

Just a few feet in front of her, at the edge of the hazy glow emanating from the jade bed, stood a figure.

A... man.

He stood casually in the stone chamber, dressed in a simple blue robe, with an upright posture, as if he had been standing there for a long time.

What alarmed her most was that, with her skill, she hadn't even noticed there was a second person in the room!

When did he come in?

How did I get in?

The first rule of the ancient tomb: Men are not allowed to enter the tomb of the living dead.

For many years, apart from the long-deceased Patriarch Granny and Wang Chongyang, no man has set foot in the core of this place.

At that moment, a strange young man appeared like a ghost in the stone chamber where she was practicing her skills!

"Who are you?" Little Dragon Girl's voice rang out.

Like her, she was aloof and calm, with little discernible emotional fluctuation.

But if you listen closely, you can detect a very subtle tension beneath that calm surface.

She did not immediately get up or make a move, but simply watched Yang Guo quietly, while the fingers of her right hand were slightly tense, ready to flick the jade bee needle from her waist at any moment.

Yang Guo met her gaze.

Upon closer inspection, those eyes were crystal clear, yet unfathomably deep, as if all emotions were frozen within them.

He secretly praised it in his heart, but on his face he showed a slightly embarrassed and apologetic smile, cupping his hands and saying:

"My name is Yang Guo. I had no intention of offending you, young lady. It's just that I got lost in the mountains and stumbled upon a crevice in the rocks to take shelter from the cold. I didn't expect to have intruded into your secluded place of cultivation. I hope you will forgive my rudeness."

He spoke sincerely and with neither servility nor arrogance, positioning himself as a pure "lost person".

"Lost?" Little Dragon Girl repeated, her gaze lingering on his face for a moment, as if trying to determine whether his words were true or not.

She could tell that the young man's steps were steady, and his aura...

He seemed more reserved and restrained than ordinary martial arts practitioners, but there was no obvious malice.

"This is a private place, not for outsiders, and especially not for men. Please leave immediately, sir."

Her tone left no room for negotiation; she directly ordered them to leave.

Yang Guo was about to say a few more words of explanation.

Outside the tomb chamber, at the end of the long passage, faint sounds could be heard.

At first, it was the sound of stones rolling down.

Then, a clear and cold female voice spoke.

The sound, penetrating layers of stone walls and passageways, boomed in, echoing through the empty ancient tomb.

"Junior sister—! I know you're in there! Come out!"

That sound...

On Xiaolongnu's cool and aloof face, her brows furrowed almost imperceptibly.

It's my senior sister, Li Mochou.

She did indeed come looking for me.

But there is still this outsider inside the ancient tomb.

She knew her senior sister's personality well; she would stop at nothing to achieve her goals, her martial arts were insidious, and she was determined to obtain the "Jade Maiden Heart Sutra".

If she doesn't show up today, she might force her way in and even destroy the tomb's mechanisms.

She made a quick decision.

Deal with the external enemy first, then deal with this "stray intruder".

"Stay where you are, do not move rashly, and do not go deep into the tomb."

She glanced at Yang Guo, her tone still icy.

Having said that, with a slight flutter of his white robes, he drifted out of the stone chamber like a light snowflake, his movements swift and silent.

How could Yang Guo really "stay in the same place"?

One of his goals on this trip was to find Xiaolongnu, and the other was to deal with the potential conflict.

He immediately replied, "Miss, be careful. It sounds like the people coming from outside are up to no good. I'll follow them from a distance and won't cause any trouble. Maybe I can be of some help?"

He spoke with great "enthusiasm" and "tact," but his feet had already started moving, keeping a distance and quietly following behind Little Dragon Girl.

Xiaolongnu frowned again when she heard footsteps behind her.

But at this moment, Li Mochou's cursing came again. She had no time to turn around and rebuke her, so she had no choice but to acquiesce to the existence of this "tail".

However, her opinion of Yang Guo became more complicated.

This person's lightness skill was also quite good; he could keep up with me without making a loud noise.

The two walked one after the other through the dimly lit passageway, passing several trapdoors.

They soon approached the heavy, broken stone gate of the ancient tomb.

Here, sunlight seeps in through the hidden ventilation holes above the door, making it much brighter than the depths of the tomb chamber.

Li Mochou's voice could be clearly heard outside the door, tinged with impatient ruthlessness:

"Junior sister, if you don't open the door, don't blame your senior sister for blowing it up! Are you going to be a coward for the rest of your life, guarding that old woman Lin Chaoying's belongings until you die?"

Xiaolongnu stopped in the shadows inside the door, her face as cold as frost.

Yang Guo stopped a few steps behind her, holding his breath and concentrating. Through the crack in the door and the gap in the outer stone, he could vaguely see the figures moving outside, and there was more than one.

"Senior sister."

Xiaolongnu finally spoke, her voice coming through the stone door, still calm and undisturbed.

"My master left a dying wish: the martial arts of the Ancient Tomb Sect shall not be passed on to those with impure intentions. Please return."

"Have wicked intentions?"

Li Mochou, standing outside the door, laughed shrilly as if she had heard the funniest joke in the world. "Fine, very well! Today, I'll show you what 'right' really means!"

Before the words were finished, a muffled "boom" was heard, and the entire tomb passage seemed to tremble!

Li Mochou has already made her move!

Xiaolongnu's eyes narrowed, and without further hesitation, she pressed a mechanism on a certain spot beside the stone door with her delicate hand.

With a creaking sound, the massive Dragon-Slaying Stone did not rise completely, but instead opened a gap at the bottom that was only wide enough for one person to pass through.

With a flash of white, Little Dragon Girl had already floated out.

Yang Guo's eyes flickered slightly. Without the slightest hesitation, he followed closely behind like a ghost and also darted out through the gap.

Suddenly, the view opened up before them, the sunlight blinding them, and they found themselves in a secluded valley in front of the entrance to the ancient tomb.

On the open ground, Li Mochou, dressed in an apricot-yellow Taoist robe, stood proudly, her face a mixture of fierceness and beauty, her whisk in her hand as white as snow.

Behind her stood two young women, Hong Lingbo and Lu Wushuang.

Li Mochou's gaze was fixed on Xiaolongnu like a venomous snake, and she said sharply, "Junior sister, you've finally agreed..."

Before she could finish speaking, her gaze suddenly froze, locking onto the figure in green robes who calmly stepped out from behind Xiaolongnu—Yang Guo!

"Yang Guo?!" Li Mochou's voice was filled with shock, anger, and confusion.

She had no idea that this young man, whom she found unfathomable on their journey together, was so profound.

They actually appeared in the ancient tomb, and judging from the appearance, they seemed to have come out with Xiaolongnu!

"Why are you here?!" Li Mochou blurted out, her whisk instinctively lifting, her whole body tensing.

Although she hadn't actually fought Yang Guo during their trip together these past few days.

But I already had a vague feeling that this kid had profound inner strength and an unpredictable style of doing things, and was definitely not an ordinary person.

Besides, didn't Yang Guo go to Mount Hua when we parted yesterday?

How did I end up here?

He even came out with his junior sister?

Lu Wushuang and Hong Lingbo were also astonished.

Lu Wushuang blurted out, "Brother Yang... Brother Yang?"

Her leg injury was somewhat relieved by Yang Guo's Jade Dew Powder, and she was quite grateful.

Seeing the gentle "Brother Yang" confronting his master at this moment, his feelings were extremely complicated.

Xiaolongnu's cool eyes shifted slightly as she looked at Yang Guo beside her.

This man, who claimed to have "stumbled in" by mistake, was indeed no ordinary person, and had a deep connection with his senior sister and her group.

Yang Guo met Li Mochou's surprised and uncertain gaze.

He then caught a glimpse of the complex emotions in Lu Wu's eyes and the tension in Hong Lingbo's eyes, and understood what was going on.

A half-smile played on his lips, his tone light yet carrying a chilling undertone that sent shivers down Li Mochou's spine:

"Master Li, what a coincidence! I didn't expect to meet you again!"

Li Mochou's expression changed.

She glanced at her two disciples.

Especially Lu Wushuang, could it be that Wushuang leaked her whereabouts?

But wasn't Yang Guo going to Mount Hua to complete Huang Rong's mission?

It's finished so quickly?

And they even got to the ancient tomb before me! Damn it!

I should have known better than to interrogate that old woman.

The reason she arrived so slowly was because she had stayed overnight in the town at the foot of the mountain.

This morning when I got up, I ran into Grandma Sun, who was on her way to buy groceries.

Naturally, they arrested Granny Sun.

He pressed his junior sister to reveal whether she was in the ancient tomb.

Unexpectedly, this caused a delay, and unexpectedly, Yang Guo was here.

The best course of action now is to figure out Yang Guo's purpose in appearing here.