The blind girl is called a saint with a sword!

"odor?"

An Qingwan was quite sensitive to this word.

Gongsun Hongdie said, "It was an indescribable smell. My father had only smelled that smell on Huanxi Daoren and Yushenghan. He found it strange at the time, but he didn't dare to verify it himself, so he could only guess."

An Qingwan said, "This is very important. If we can capture Huanxi Daoren today, we will be very happy. If we cannot capture him, we can try at Qingcheng Sect tomorrow."

Gongsun Hongdie hummed in agreement.

An Qingwan sighed, "If Yu Shenghan is indeed the Joyful Daoist, then his ambitions are probably greater than any of us can imagine."

The evening breeze is blowing.

A chill unconsciously crept into the hearts of Gongsun Hongdie and Lao Huang.

As An Qingwan said, if Huanxi Daoren's goal was only Moyu Valley, why would he bother to transform into Yushenghan?

But what exactly does he want?

An Qingwan said, "Miss Gongsun, the valley is in chaos right now. You should leave here first, and I will help you find the murderer who killed your father."

Gongsun Hongdie opened her mouth, but ultimately did not refuse An Qingwan's suggestion.

There's no time to waste right now.

Suppressing her grief, she and Lao Huang worked together to carry Gongsun Yang's body out.

After she left, An Qingwan also left the courtyard.

She opened the system as she walked.

Having just killed fourteen masters, I'll see what martial arts skills I've acquired.

This time, she was really lucky, as she managed to unlock two very practical martial arts techniques.

First, it involves transmitting sound secretly.

The second is the technique of converting Yin to Yang.

The former's efficacy is self-evident, while the latter originates from "Kunlun," a profound internal martial arts method that subtly aligns with the most subtle principles of medicine and Taoism.

Its function is to reverse Yin and Yang, generating Yang energy in Yin meridians and Yin energy in Yang meridians. When fighting with others, it can instantly transform Yin energy into Yang energy and Yang energy into Yin energy.

An Qingwan raised her hand, and a metal plaque hanging nearby flew into her palm with a whoosh.

She activated her inner strength, but instead of freezing, the iron plate emitted scalding white steam. In an instant, the iron plate melted into a crimson iron ball in her palm.

"The Yin-dominant Mingyu internal force, after being transformed into Yang, becomes the Yang-dominant internal force."

An Qingwan was in a great mood.

With this Yin-Yang Transformation Technique, her martial arts skills became even more versatile. If she were to acquire a superior Yang-based mental cultivation method in the future, she would have no need to worry about the clash between Yin and Yang.

She tossed the iron ball aside and walked toward the noisiest part of the valley.

……

An Qingwan was in a good mood, but Liu Keren was in a terrible mood.

In front of the Mandarin Duck Palace where Zhou Lingyue and Gongsun Mo were buried.

Liu Keren stared intently at the several corpses on the ground and the somewhat unfamiliar figure from behind.

"The Joyful Taoist?!"

After burying Gongsun Yang's head, she immediately rushed to this place, but she never expected that the Taoist Huanxi would be here.

The Happy Taoist turned around, a smile on his ethereal face.

"I never expected to see Madam Liu here. Is Valley Master Gongsun well?"

Liu Keren said, "He is good, but why did the Taoist priest come to this cemetery alone instead of stopping An Qingwan?"

The Happy Taoist said, "Madam Liu, it's strange. With the situation so chaotic, why aren't you with Valley Master Gongsun? What are you doing here?"

Liu Keren's face was sullen.

She thought she understood why the Taoist of Joy had come here.

This was precisely the situation she least wanted to see.

"The Taoist priest used the Great Qi's secret treasure as bait to lure Zhou Chongyu closer to the Black Jade Valley, but it turns out he was after the real, insinuating blueprints?"

The Happy Taoist narrowed his eyes slightly: "Madam Liu has such keen insight, no wonder she can captivate both Valley Master Gongsun and Zhou Chongyu."

His voice had unconsciously taken on a colder tone.

Liu Keren stamped her foot anxiously: "You can't kill me!"

The Happy Taoist said, "When did I ever intend to kill you?"

Liu Keren said, "Since you only came here now, it means you don't know where the blueprint is. Otherwise, you would have already secretly taken the blueprint. Why would you come here again? In that case, you can't kill me, because if you kill me, you will never find the blueprint."

The Happy Taoist sighed, “Madam Liu is truly an exceptionally intelligent person. With just two sentences, she made me change my mind. If you had been born into a wealthy family, you would probably be famous throughout the world by now.”

Liu Keren smiled sweetly and said, "You flatter me, Daoist Master."

She walked with light, girlish steps to the entrance of the Mandarin Duck Palace and opened the gate in a few quick movements.

"Taoist Master, please!"

The Taoist priest walked in calmly, completely unafraid of Liu Keren's mischief.

The two walked one after the other, and after only a hundred or so steps, they arrived at a hall.

This is an extremely cold place.

Two ice coffins were placed among the icicles filling the room, and Zhou Lingyue and Gongsun Mo lay in the coffins respectively.

Two hundred years have passed.

Even though the body had been treated and was placed in a special ice coffin, it had now become dry and brittle.

The Taoist priest stared silently at the corpse in the ice coffin.

He had actually been here more than once, but he couldn't find any blueprints anywhere in the Yuanyang Palace.

He never believed that Zhou Lingyue could be so heartless as to destroy his life's work, so he came again.

"Madam Liu, where are those blueprints now?"

Liu Keren said with a smile, "It's far away, yet right before my eyes."

The Joyful Taoist asked, "Where is it nearby?"

Liu Keren walked to Gongsun Mo's ice coffin: "If there are still blueprints in this world that are truly veiled in sarcasm, then those blueprints must be on her body."

Upon hearing this, even the Joyful Taoist was stunned.

On Gongsun Mo?

How could he not see that? If that were true, why hadn't Moyu Valley obtained the truly insinuating blueprints so soon?

Liu Keren forcefully pushed open the coffin lid.

"Back then, Zhou Lingyue died right here, seemingly from a relapse of an old illness. Gongsun Mo died in the next room. She was lying on her back on the floor, with a pot of poisoned wine on the table in front of her. She died from poisoned wine, and her face was full of pain when she died."

"Is something wrong with this?"

“Nothing is right. If she were truly dying for love, why would she die separately from her husband? Why would she look pained?”

"Oh?"

"There must be more to the story behind the deaths of Zhou Lingyue and Gongsun Mo."

As she spoke, Liu Keren pulled out a knife.

The Joyful Taoist asked, "What do you want to do?"

Liu Keren said, "There's something wrong with this corpse. When I first entered this place, I noticed an unusual protrusion on the body, but at that time I didn't know that there was such a thing as a true 'hidden shadow'. Now that things have come to this..."

She pressed down on Gongsun Mo's chest and slashed down with the knife.

The moment the body was broken open, a rather large bead rolled out of it.

The Taoist priest's pupils contracted, and he raised his hand to suck the bead into his palm.

He opened the bead and, before long, burst into laughter.

"That's right, this is the very blueprint I've been dreaming of, the one with the hidden meaning! Hahaha, the people of Moyu Valley are truly pathetic. The treasure is right in front of them, yet they've spent two hundred years and still don't know it!"

Liu Keren smiled and said, "Gongsun Mo is one of the two founders of Moyu Valley. Who would dare to disturb her body? Besides, the bead is not very noticeable after it is swallowed. If the body hadn't dried up over the years and could no longer hide what was inside, even if Moyu Valley had another hundred years, they wouldn't have discovered the problem."

The Happy Taoist was overjoyed: "Madam Liu, you've done a great job, I will surely reward you!"

Liu Keren shook her head.

"I don't want any reward."

She slowly walked to the side of the Joyful Taoist, her eyes now filled with a seductive charm that could melt one's bones.

The Joyful Taoist asked, "Then what do you want?"

With a soft moan, Liu Keren slid into the body of the Joyful Taoist like a delicate snake.

"I only want you."

It turned out that during these movements, her outer garment had slipped down, revealing shoulders that were even more delicate and alluring than those of a young girl in her late teens.

A sudden warmth filled the ice room, a warmth that made one's soul sway.

The Taoist priest said, "Madam Liu is already a married woman."

Liu Keren said softly, "Only married women understand men better. Daoist, do you perhaps find my body unsatisfactory?"

Her hand had already reached out and was beginning to grope.

The Happy Taoist laughed, and a knife appeared in his hand without his knowledge: "You are a clever man, but you should never try to be clever in front of me."

Liu Keren exclaimed in surprise, "Daoist Master, I have no intention of scheming against you. I genuinely admire you. Not only can I offer you advice, but I can also..."

Her voice stopped abruptly.

His face no longer showed surprise, but fear and panic.

"You...you...you're not a man?"

The Taoist priest stabbed Liu Keren in the throat with a knife.

Liu Keren reached out to grab Huanxi Daoren's hand.

But in the end, she didn't manage to catch it.

She was powerless.

The strength dissipated like a receding tide.

Her eyes widened as she stared intently at the increasingly blurry figure of the Joyful Taoist, the sound of his sigh echoing in her ears.

"Your beauty is irresistible even to women, but there will always be some people in this world who will not appreciate it. You helped me, so I should reward you, but you did something wrong, so I have no choice but to punish you."

Liu Keren's body began to slowly fall, and she finally felt despair.

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The floor of the ice room is cold.

The cold rapidly consumed Liu Keren's already dwindling life.

But she was no longer concerned about the cold she felt.

Because her heart was colder, a thousand times colder than her body!

Actually, Liu Keren wasn't cold at first.

She always knew what she was doing, and she knew that she could die if she wasn't careful.

But she was not afraid of death.

No matter how sophisticated the anti-aging techniques are, they can only preserve youthful appearance, not lifespan.

Even the most advanced Taoist Qi cultivation techniques can only extend one's lifespan by a few decades.

Everyone has to die eventually, and she's willing to sacrifice everything to get what she wants.