The memories of all humanity are awakening, except for mine.

"Illusion Barrier!"

Jiang Chuan immediately realized that he had been ambushed.

His eyes swept quickly across the room, and he soon spotted his wounded companions.

Despite her white robes being stained with blood and a shocking wound on her left arm, she still stood tall at the front.

Wang Han and Su Wen knelt behind her, their clothes soaked in blood, and they were both weak and listless.

Even more alarming is that the three men from the Liang Prince's Mansion have vanished without a trace.

"Senior sister!"

Jiang Chuan flew down to Chen Qing's side, warily staring at the figure opposite him that looked exactly like Hong Luan.

But his intuition told him that this Hongluan was more dangerous than the previous one.

Chen Qing glanced at Jiang Chuan and whispered.

"Take good care of Senior Brother Wang and Junior Brother Su, as well as the people from the Liang Prince's Mansion. They are on the second floor."

"Senior sister, you..."

"I'll deal with her."

Chen Qing's tone was resolute, and the long sword in his hand gleamed with a cool, moonlit light.

Jiang Chuan flew to the top floor of the restaurant on his sword.

As soon as they landed, Wang Han weakly offered a reminder.

"Be careful...those snakes...some of them are real..."

Su asked, coughing as he added.

"She might be the Blood Shadow Tower's... Elder Ten Thousand Snakes..."

Upon hearing this, Hongluan across from her giggled, but her voice was as cold as ice.

"Smart. But it's too late to realize it now."

She gracefully tossed her long hair.

"That's right, I am the Old Man of Ten Thousand Snakes. Someone has offered a high price for your head, Young Master Jiang."

Jiang Chuan's pupils contracted.

"Blood Shadow Tower? When have I ever offended you?"

"If you take someone's money, you're obligated to solve their problems."

Hongluan casually toyed with a strand of hair.

"But I've changed my mind. If you return my things, maybe I can let you die a quicker death."

Jiang Chuan remembered the object in his arms.

He reached in and pulled out the red undergarment.

"You mean this?"

The moment the undergarment was exposed to the air, it suddenly twisted and deformed, turning into a crimson venomous snake that bit into Jiang Chuan's tiger's mouth.

"Junior Brother Jiang, be careful!"

Wang Hanqiang took a deep breath, and with a flash of sword light, he cut the venomous snake in two.

After the snake's body landed, it transformed back into undergarments, except for a sword mark in the middle.

"mean!"

He petitioned and angrily rebuked them.

"A supreme being of the fourth realm would resort to such despicable means!"

Hongluan shrugged dismissively.

"All's fair in war. Let's talk about it later."

Her eyes suddenly turned cold.

"Impersonating the Old Man of Ten Thousand Snakes? Little girl, you think too highly of yourself."

She clasped her hands together abruptly, and an even more terrifying demonic aura surged into the sky.

"Let me show you what a real black and white python is!"

The water beneath the stone arch bridge suddenly churned violently, and a huge dark shadow quickly rose to the surface.

A giant python burst from the water. Its body was as thick as a restaurant, its scales were black and white, its head was huge, and its golden vertical pupils looked down at the crowd with cold indifference.

"This is this"

Su Wen's face was deathly pale, and his voice trembled.

Jiang Chuan's hand holding the sword trembled slightly.

They were indeed small in the face of such a behemoth.

The red phoenix landed lightly on the python's head, looking down at everyone from its high position.

"Although I am at the peak of the fourth realm, I don't even need to use 30% of my power to deal with you."

She gently stroked the python's scales.

"But since someone's willing to pay such a high price, I should at least come and see for myself Young Master Jiang's prowess, shouldn't I?"

Jiang Chuan forced himself to calm down.

"Miss Hongluan, is there some misunderstanding between us? Why don't we sit down and talk?"

"Talk?"

Hongluan seemed to have heard a joke.

“You didn’t have this attitude outside just now.”

Her eyes suddenly turned dangerous.

"But I've changed my mind. I suddenly want to bring you with me for a few days."

"presumptuous!"

He pleaded and shouted.

"How dare you offend the majesty of the Immortal Sect! Even if the Blood Shadow Pavilion Master were here, he would have to consider his own status!"

Hongluan smiled meaningfully, a strange look in her eyes.

"Oh? How did you know the poster wasn't nearby?"

She suddenly stopped smiling.

"No one can stop me from taking the people I want."

Before the words were finished, the black and white python suddenly whipped its tail, and the stone arch bridge snapped in two.

The enormous snake tail stirred up towering waves and slammed down fiercely towards Chen Qing.

At the same time, Hongluan also made her move. With a wave of her hands, countless venomous snakes flew out from her sleeves and shot towards the crowd.

"careful!"

Jiang Chuan roared and attacked simultaneously with Wang Han and Su Wen.

Three sword energies intertwined to form a net, but then Hongluan chuckled lightly, raised her fair hand, and a sea of ​​red silk surged like waves of blood, completely neutralizing the three men's attacks.

Peak of the Fourth Realm

Wang Han's tiger's mouth was cracked from the shock.

Su Wen's folding fan had long since shattered, leaving only half of the fan rib in his hand.

Hongluan walked barefoot into the air, her eyes, hidden beneath a red veil, gleaming with danger.

"Young men, I'm in a good mood today. How about I take only Jiang Chuan's life?"

"fart!"

Su Wen cursed angrily and unleashed a barrage of hidden weapons from his sleeves.

Hongluan neither dodged nor evaded, but the hidden weapons mysteriously changed direction in mid-air and shot back towards the three of them.

Jiang Chuan's pupils contracted sharply, and the "Dragon Elephant Divine Demon Art" within his body began to circulate wildly, causing his skin to glow with a pale golden light.

A black sword light, like a shooting star from the sky, severed all the red ribbons and hidden weapons scattered across the sky.

"This is a matter to be handled at Yunhai Juezui Peak; demoness, begone!"

The black-clad steward arrived on his sword, the jade pendant at his waist gleaming coldly in the moonlight.

Hongluan's expression changed slightly, and with a flick of her red sleeves, she retreated ten feet.

"The dog noses of Judgment Peak are quite sharp."

"cut!"

Without a word, the black-clad butler pointed his sword and slashed, as if tearing a crack in the night sky.

The illusion created by Hongluan shattered, revealing the original appearance of the ancient town.

The two figures clashed in the air, and the shockwave generated by the collision of sword energy and red silk razed the houses on the entire street to the ground.

Jiang Chuan was thrown to the ground by the blast wave, when suddenly a white shadow flashed by.

The giant white python had silently crept up behind him, its gaping maw looming down on his head!
"Jiang Chuan!"

Chen Qing's eyes were bloodshot, but he was entangled by the black python and could not break free.

Wang Han and Su Wen had only taken two steps when they were swept into the depths of the ruins by the snake's tail.

The moment the foul-smelling snake's mouth closed, Jiang Chuan felt all the acupoints in his body being sealed by some kind of energy.

In the darkness, Hongluan's voice drifted out softly.

"Don't be afraid, Blood Shadow Tower doesn't want to take your life yet."

The viscous liquid inside the snake's belly was corroding the clothes, but Jiang Chuan unexpectedly discovered a warm current in his dantian resisting the corrosion.

"It's a life-saving charm given to me by my master."

With his mind at ease, he tried to circulate his internal energy to break through the restrictions.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Chuan was vomited heavily onto the dilapidated temple floor tiles after a dizzying spin.

Moonlight shone through the dilapidated roof, illuminating Hongluan's alluring face.

"Hey, young man, you're quite energetic."

She stood barefoot on Jiang Chuan's chest, her skin, faintly visible beneath the red veil, gleaming like pearls.

Do you know why I spared your life?

Jiang Chuan forced a cold laugh despite the excruciating pain.

"Kill me if you want, why waste words?"

Hongluan suddenly leaned down, her hair falling onto his face.

"Because you possess the aura of a dragon and an elephant within you."

Her fingertips traced the area around Jiang Chuan's dantian.

"Blood Shadow Tower needs this, but I find you more interesting."

The rustling sound of a giant python swimming could be heard outside the temple.

Hongluan got up and walked towards the shrine, casually tossing over a water pouch.

"Drink up. We'll be spending the next five nights here." "Five days?"

Jiang Chuan took the opportunity to move his stiff joints.

"When the black-clad butler catches up, you..."

"cluck"

Hongluan's laughter echoed in the dilapidated temple.

"You think the people from Judgment Peak really care about your lives? They're after the 'Illusory Moon Mirror' on my person!"

As night deepened, Jiang Chuan noticed that Hong Luan would close her eyes and meditate every two hours, her body radiating an eerie red light.

At dawn on the fifth day, he pretended to be asleep, but in reality, he secretly observed the cultivation method of Hongluan.

"Stop pretending."

Hongluan suddenly opened her eyes and flicked a burst of energy from her fingertip, striking Jiangchuan's acupoint.

"Your little tricks can't even fool a newbie."

A small, emerald-green snake emerged from her sleeve, flicking its tongue towards Jiang Chuan.

The midday sun baked the dilapidated temple like a steamer.

Jiang Chuan was soaked in sweat, but he still insisted on practicing sword moves with tree branches.

Hongluan was leaning against a pillar, cracking melon seeds, when suddenly she threw a handful of melon seed shells on his head.

"Take a break. It's stupid to keep practicing when your inner energy is sealed."

"It's better than some people doing nothing all day long."

Jiang Chuan retorted sarcastically. Unexpectedly, Hong Luan did not get angry; instead, she hummed a little tune and went to pick wild fruit behind the temple.

As night fell, Jiang Chuan returned, dragging a wild rabbit with him.

Hongluan's eyes lit up.

"Oh, having some meat tonight?"

With a flick of her finger, the rabbit meat automatically split in two, with the fattier half floating towards her.

"you!"

Just as Jiang Chuan was about to have an attack, his stomach betrayed him and started growling.

After eating wild fruits for five days in a row, and with the Dragon Elephant Technique causing him to exert a great deal of energy, he practically wolfed down half a rabbit.

Hongluan suddenly leaned closer, her breath, fragrant with flowers and fruits, brushing against his ear.

There's a hot spring three miles away; I'd like to go bathe there, sister.

She lifted Jiang Chuan's chin with her fingertips.

"Do you want to go together, or wait until your sister finishes showering?"

Jiang Chuan almost choked on the meat.

Hongluan, however, was already humming a little tune as she walked out, her red skirt shimmering like flowing blood in the moonlight.

That damned white-striped python was coiled up at the doorway, its vertical pupils fixed on me.

"He didn't come back after an incense stick had burned."

Her voice drifted over.

"I'll take that as you choosing the first option~"

Jiang Chuan clenched his fists.

It's a trap, but also an opportunity.

The moon was bright and the stars were few. The dilapidated temple stood alone in the desolate wilderness of Longhai County, its crumbling walls exuding a sense of desolation.

Jiang Chuan rubbed his wrists, which were numb from being tied up, and looked around in the moonlight.

The demoness Hongluan had vanished, leaving him alone in this dilapidated temple.

"This witch"

Jiang Chuan cursed under his breath and tried to circulate his internal energy, but found that his meridians were still blocked by the restrictions placed by Hong Luan.

His gaze involuntarily drifted towards the outside of the temple.

The night breeze rustled the bamboo leaves, tempting him to flee.

Jiang Chuan finally stepped out of the dilapidated temple.

Heading east for about a hundred paces, passing through a dense bamboo forest, the sound of water gradually approaches.

Parting the last clump of bamboo leaves, a bright and open view suddenly appeared before me.

A silver ribbon-like waterfall cascades down the cliff, resembling the flowing skirt of a goddess under the moonlight.

The water flow crashes against the giant rocks in the pool, splashing up countless crystal-clear droplets that gather into a pool of crystal-clear water.

"What a blessed natural place."

Jiang Chuan couldn't help but admire it.

He had cultivated in the Cloud Sea Immortal Sect since childhood, and was used to seeing the immortal mountains and clouds, but rarely had such an experience of being close to nature.

The moonlight reflected in the pool, creating a shimmering effect that momentarily made him feel as if he were in a dreamlike realm.

Just as he was lost in thought, he heard light footsteps behind him.

Jiang Chuan turned around and saw Hong Luan walking gracefully towards him, her red dress looking particularly alluring in the moonlight.

"Have you seen enough?"

Hongluan parted her red lips slightly, a mischievous smile in her eyes.

Jiang Chuan turned around hastily, his ears burning.

Miss Hongluan, I am just…

"Just what?"

Hongluan chuckled softly, her slender fingers already resting on her sash.

"Since we're here, why don't we take a bath together? We're in the middle of nowhere, and no one else will see us."

Jiang Chuan quickly closed his eyes and silently recited Buddhist mantras.

"When Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva was practicing the profound Prajnaparamita..."

Trying to calm my restless mind.

The rustling sound of fabric against fabric reached Jiang Chuan's forehead, and cold sweat beaded on his forehead as he silently counted on his fingers faster and faster.

Only when there was a splash did he dare to open his eyes slightly. He saw that Hongluan had entered the pool, leaving only a snow-white silhouette that was faintly visible in the moonlight.

"Do not look at what is improper; do not look at what is improper."

Jiang Chuan muttered to himself, then turned and disappeared into the depths of the bamboo forest, his heart pounding like a drum.

The bamboo forest was deep and secluded, and the moonlight was cut into fragments by the bamboo leaves and scattered on the ground.

Jiang Chuan had only taken ten steps when he suddenly froze.

He keenly sensed something unusual happening nearby.

Thanks to the spiritual connection brought by the Mountain Spirit Seal, he clearly sensed a figure hiding in the bamboo forest.

"Who?"

Jiang Chuan asked in a low voice, while secretly remaining on guard. Although his true energy was sealed, his instincts honed over many years of cultivation remained.

A shadow flashed, and a man appeared in front of Jiang Chuan, covering his mouth with his hand.

The man had striking features and was extremely handsome, but he was somewhat unkempt. His long hair was casually tied back, with a few strands falling across his forehead, adding to his unconventional and unrestrained appearance.

"Shh-"

The man raised his index finger and placed it in front of his lips.

His gaze swept across the river and fixed intently on the direction of the pool.

Jiang Chuan was horrified, but dared not make a move. He could only nod to indicate that he would not make a sound.

The man then let go.

"Who are you? And why are you here?"

Jiang Chuan asked in a low voice, but was interrupted by the man before he could finish speaking.

"Young Taoist priest, do you know the meaning of the phrase 'beauty is food for the eyes'?"

The man raised an eyebrow and asked, his eyes full of mischief.

Jiang Chuan was stunned for a moment, then blushed.

"This is the principle of the Master, pointing to..."

"Hahaha!"

The man couldn't help but laugh.

"A member of the Taoist sect actually advocates Confucianism? Interesting, very interesting!"

Jiang Chuan was speechless for a moment, but he was secretly on guard.

This person could tell at a glance that he belonged to the Taoist sect, so he was definitely not an ordinary person.

Seeing Jiang Chuan's predicament, the man's smile deepened.

"Jiang Chuan of Zuowang Peak in the Cloud Sea Immortal Sect, am I right?"

Jiang Chuan's pupils contracted slightly, his shock growing even greater.

How could you?

How would I know?

The man took over the conversation, leaning lazily against the bamboo.

"The jade pendant at your waist is a unique Concentration Jade from Zuowang Peak, and the Jiangchuan lineage is most skilled in the art of the soul. Furthermore..."

He pointed to Jiang Chuan's cuff.

"The subtle pattern on these cuffs is the mark of an inner disciple of the Cloud Sea Immortal Sect."

Jiang Chuan subconsciously touched his cuff, secretly amazed by the man's sharp eyesight.

"but."

The man suddenly leaned closer and lowered his voice.

"How could a disciple of Jiangchuan be reduced to being held hostage by that vixen Hongluan?"

Jiang Chuan's expression darkened.

"This matter has nothing to do with you."

"Tsk tsk, quite the temper."

The man didn't take it seriously.

"Speaking of which, how is your senior brother Chu Yang doing lately?"

"Senior Brother Chu?"

Jiang Chuan's eyes lit up. (End of Chapter)