Something's wrong with this demon.

"Incredible."

Shangguan Yunman looked at the two of them with a look of astonishment, as if she were looking at two extremely strange monsters.

"You two are such geniuses, how come you don't have a master?"

"Is there not a single person in your Demon-Slaying Sect willing to be your master?"

Both of them remained silent.

Indeed, no one on Black Phoenix Peak was willing to be their master.

Because they came from Medicine Man Town.

They have come this far on their own, and they thought they could break through to the Tongqiao Realm on their own now.

However, it seems that won't work now.

"Why is no one willing to be your master?"

Shangguan Yunman was puzzled and curious.

Luo Qingchen glanced at the girl in the coffin and said, "Because we came from Medicine Man Town."

"Drugman Town?"

Shangguan Yunman was stunned for a moment, and then a look of astonishment suddenly appeared on her face.

"You two were once medicine people from Medicine People Town?"

Luo Qingchen nodded.

Shangguan Yunman's beautiful face was filled with disbelief. She stared at the two of them for a long time, becoming even more puzzled.

"Logically speaking, the disciples who come from Medicine Man Town are all geniuses, and the sect should value them highly. The outer peaks should also... wait, which peak are you disciples from now?"

Her expression shifted, as if she had suddenly thought of something.

"Black Phoenix Peak".

Luo Qingchen said calmly.

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Yunman's face immediately lit up with realization: "No wonder, no wonder..."

Luo Qingchen asked, "You also know about what happened back then?"

Shangguan Yunman nodded with a complicated expression and said, "That incident back then wasn't just known to our Blood Eagle Sect; all the cultivation sects and the imperial court of the Feather Kingdom knew about it. That person... he was originally a ruthless killer, heartless and cruel, a demon who murdered his brother and killed his teacher, committing all sorts of evil deeds. In the end, he actually became a hero who sacrificed himself for righteousness and died a glorious death. Who doesn't know that?"

"Why would someone like that willingly sacrifice themselves to kill a demon?"

Luo Qingchen was very puzzled.

When his senior brother, Yang, first mentioned this matter to him, he was very curious and asked about it, but the other party seemed to have something difficult to say and did not answer. "How would I know?"

Shangguan Yunman's eyes flickered slightly, but she did not answer.

She obviously knew that too?

Luo Qingchen grew increasingly puzzled. Just as she was about to ask again, she glanced at the two of them and said, "Without a master's guidance and help, no matter how talented you two are, you wouldn't be able to break through to the Tongqiao Realm. I guess your sect was planning to wait until the last moment before sending someone to help you, but they didn't expect that you would be breaking through so quickly."

"So what should we do now?"

Luo Qingchen quickly asked.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he looked at her, saying, "Can you help us?"

Shangguan Yunman immediately snorted coldly: "Even if I could help, I wouldn't. First, you are not disciples of the Blood Eagle Sect; second, I am not your master, why would I do something that is thankless and difficult?"

Luo Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "What if I give you an order?"

Shangguan Yunman narrowed her eyes and said coldly, "You can try. But I can't guarantee that I won't act impulsively and die with you." "Then what will it take for you to help us?"

Luo Qingchen decided to try to communicate properly.

At this point, the only way to successfully break through to the Tongqiao Realm is to rely on the other party.

Going back to the sect to ask for help is not very realistic.

Besides, there's no guarantee that anyone will genuinely help him when the time comes.

Even if the sect forces those elders to help him, what if they are wary of his background and sabotage him halfway through, deliberately causing him to suffer a qi deviation? Wouldn't all their efforts be in vain?

Relatively speaking, he trusted the woman in front of him more.

After all, there was a blood pact between the two.

If she were to deliberately harm him, she herself would not survive.

"Kneel down, kowtow three times, and call me master, then I might consider helping you."

Shangguan Yunman crossed her arms and said with a cold and arrogant expression.

Luo Qingchen said, "Are you sure? I can refuse your help. I can make you kneel down, humiliate you for months, and then let you go, or I can keep you here."

"Why don't you give it a try?"

Shangguan Yunman seemed completely unafraid of him, saying, "If I'm not mistaken, the two of you hiding here trying to break through your cultivation level must have offended a lot of people in the Demon-Suppressing Sect, right? You've been humiliating me here for months, wasting months of your time. Do you really have that much time to waste?" "Of course I do."

Luo Qingchen was not to be outdone.

"Oh, then go ahead and humiliate me."

Shangguan Yunman was naturally not to be outdone.

At this moment, Ye Fu, inside the coffin, suddenly spoke coldly: "You are not allowed to humiliate her!"

Luo Qingchen turned to look at her, surprised, and asked, "You're going to help her?"

Ye Fu glared at the woman and said, "She's deliberately trying to humiliate you; you can't let her succeed!"

Luo Qingchen was taken aback.

"I've rested enough, it's time for me to go."

Shangguan Yunman stood up from the corner and began to gather the blankets on the floor.

Luo Qingchen asked, "Where are you going?"

"Return to the sect."

Shangguan Yunman quickly put away the blankets, turned around and looked at him, saying, "I wish you both a speedy breakthrough."

After saying that, she walked towards the passage.

Luo Qingchen hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Besides kneeling and kowtowing, and calling you 'Master,' are there any other options?"

Shangguan Yunman stopped, as if pondering for a moment, then turned to look at him and said, "If you don't want to call me Master, you can call me Sister. From now on, if you call me Sister Shangguan, then you can skip the kneeling and kowtowing."

"Of course, you can call me master, after all, I called you master before."

A slight smile played on her lips, and she suddenly added, as if she had him completely under her thumb.

Luo Qingchen hesitated for a moment, then looked at her and said, "Are you sure that if I call you 'sister,' you can help me break through to the Tongqiao Realm?" "I can't be sure."

Shangguan Yunman said very seriously, "I can only assure you that I will wholeheartedly help you break through this barrier. As for whether you will be able to successfully break through in the end, that depends on yourself."

Luo Qingchen's lips moved slightly, and she glanced at her again before saying, "Could we go outside to call them?"

"Shy? Afraid she'll hear?"

Shangguan Yunman smiled faintly, thought for a moment, and agreed: "Then let's go outside and call them."

As she spoke, she walked out of the cave.

Just as Luo Qingchen was about to follow, Ye Fu suddenly stood up from the coffin, clenched her fist, and said, "Don't you dare shout! She's humiliating you!"

Luo Qingchen stopped and looked at her, saying, "Junior Sister Ye, if she can really help me break through this barrier, I would be willing to endure any humiliation, even if it meant kneeling and kowtowing, let alone calling her 'sister.'"

He paused, then added, "I need to break through to the Tongqiao Realm as soon as possible and start cultivating soul techniques."

He said no more and left the cave.

Outside the cave, it was pitch black.

For the first time ever, the clouds overhead parted, revealing a patch of space.

The moonlight shone down.

That graceful and slender figure stood outside the cave, bathed in the pure white moonlight, gazing at the waterfall in the distance, seemingly lost in thought. Her curvaceous profile and beautiful, aloof face were even more captivating under the moonlight.

Luo Qingchen came up behind her, just about to speak, when she suddenly turned around, looking at him with her watery eyes and said, "You can also just call me by my name."

Luo Qingchen was taken aback.

"Master, Sister Shangguan, you can choose any name for me."

For some reason, her tone suddenly softened, a stark contrast to her cold arrogance and aggressive demeanor in the cave just moments before. Without further hesitation, Luo Qingchen called out, "Shangguan Yunman."

The air fell silent for a moment.

Shangguan Yunman narrowed her eyes, her voice suddenly turning icy: "Call me again, and only two words are allowed."

Luo Qingchen thought for a moment and said, "Shangguan?"

Without saying a word, Shangguan Yunman walked directly into the cave.

"Yun Man."

Luo Qingchen quickly changed to another one.

Shangguan Yunman stopped and turned to look at him coldly, saying, "What exactly do you want to call me? Say it again."

Luo Qingchen said, "Yunman."

Shangguan Yunman stared at him coldly for a while before saying indifferently, "Alright, I don't have anything else to do anyway, so I'll help you pass the level." Luo Qingchen hesitated for a moment and said, "Could you also help Junior Sister Ye?"

Shangguan Yunman's eyes turned cold, and she said, "No."

Luo Qingchen didn't say anything more and went into the cave.

When Shangguan Yunman entered the cave, her face had regained its previous cold arrogance.

Inside the coffin, Ye Fu was glaring at her.

"What should I do?"

Luo Qingchen asked.

Shangguan Yunman said, "Go sit on your bed, I'll explain it to you first."

Luo Qingchen nodded and sat cross-legged on the bed.

No sooner had he sat down than the junior sister, who had been sitting in the coffin just a moment ago, appeared beside him and sat down cross-legged. Shangguan Yunman looked at her and said coldly, "I never said I would help you."

Ye Fu raised her small face, her dark eyes looking at her for a while, then suddenly said, "I can call you Sister Shangguan too." Luo Qingchen: ...