System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Within the core formation of the God-Demon Melting Mountain Range, Chen Xuan resolved the conflict between Zhan Xin and his newly acquired servant, Gu Yingying.

He gently grasped Zhanxin's soft hand with one hand and flew slowly in the direction Gu Yingying had indicated. It had been several months since they had last been so close since they parted ways at the sect branch in Qingtian City before the New Year.

"What do you plan to do with him? I've used my divine sense to investigate him. He's surrounded by a bloody aura. Even if he can destroy the Gu God Sect, can that really atone for all his sins?" With no one else around, Zhan Xin, holding Chen Xuan's hand, no longer felt shy and asked softly.

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan smiled slightly and nodded, explaining, "The Gu God Sect has been entrenched in a mid-level world for more than two hundred thousand years. Over the years, they have poisoned and harmed the creatures of that world, committing heinous crimes, and their blood-red aura is probably a hundred feet high. If Gu Ying can truly destroy this sect with his own hands, he will not only be able to atone for his own sins, but he will also be blessed with golden light of merit."

As he spoke, Chen Xuan gently pulled Zhan Xin's hand. Caught off guard, Zhan Xin gasped and threw herself into Chen Xuan's arms. The familiar scent enveloped her nose, and her face immediately flushed red.

"The Immortal Realm is full of cultivators of the same generation. How dare you act like this..." Zhan Xin glared at Chen Xuan reproachfully.

Chen Xuan lowered his head, looking closely at Zhan Xin's coy and shy appearance, and said with a smile, "What does it matter if others see you being intimate with your Daoist partner?"

"Hmph, I'm ignoring you." Zhan Xin pretended to be angry, but in reality, he was overjoyed to hear Chen Xuan's words.

"By the way, did your master punish you after you returned to the sect?" Chen Xuan asked Zhan Xin with concern.

When the conversation turned to business, Zhanxin's expression softened somewhat. She smiled, looked at Chen Xuan, and nodded, saying, "Chen Xuan, my master has agreed."

This answer surprised Chen Xuan, but he knew Zhan Xin's nature well; she wouldn't lie to him unless she was absolutely certain.

“However…” Zhanxin blushed and repeated, “Master was very angry at first, but after I told him about our experiences, your background and your master, he seemed to be much more at ease.”

“Perhaps Master has also noticed the changes in me.” Zhanxin hugged Chen Xuan’s waist tightly, buried her face in his chest, and whispered, “Last time I went down the mountain to participate in the God-Slaying Guard assessment, I returned after only a year, but I have changed so much that I am completely different from before.”

"However, before I went down the mountain this time, Master said that we can only be together after my cultivation level breaks through to the Nascent Soul Realm. Also, Master hopes to see you after the secret realm ends." Zhan Xin looked at Chen Xuan with worry.

Seeing Zhan Xin's uneasy expression, Chen Xuan smiled and nodded, saying, "To be honest, I really want to see your Taiqing Palace's mysterious little blessed land."

Zhan Xin was overjoyed that Chen Xuan agreed so readily, and immediately smiled broadly, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. Coming to her senses, she was startled by her own action, and her face grew even hotter.

"Oh, compared to when I first met you, Fairy Heartbreaker looks more and more like a mortal woman."

Hearing Chen Xuan's teasing, Zhan Xin secretly pinched him and said reproachfully, "If you make fun of me again, see how I deal with you, hmph."

Time always flies when two people are together. In the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a massive, crimson mountain range, thousands of feet high, suddenly appeared before them. Unlike the other mountains in the area, which were thousands or tens of thousands of feet high, this mountain range had a nine-dragon-like shape. The central peak, thousands of feet high, was four-sided, as if it had been deliberately sculpted.

"Master, this is bad! A divine and demonic furnace has appeared here. Because the Great Dao artifact embryo has not been taken away for a long time, it has attracted cultivators from tens of thousands of miles around to come and fight for it." Gu Yingying, who had gone to the front to investigate the news, returned and respectfully reported.

"Don't panic. They don't have the smelting tokens, so they can only compete for the outer 20% of the opportunities. The core Dao artifact embryo is still mine."

Gu Yingying nodded respectfully, then quietly stood guard behind Chen Xuan and the other person, ready to be ordered at any time.

"This bronze fragment was obtained by our sect's disciples by chance in the ruins of gods and demons. If we hadn't been completely unaware of this opportunity and activated it without any preparation, we wouldn't be in such a passive position."

Chen Xuan turned his head and saw a rusty bronze armor plate floating in Zhanxin's palm. Judging from its shape, it seemed to be a fragment of some large artifact.

Seeing that Zhan Xin had entrusted him with such a significant opportunity without hesitation, Chen Xuan did not refuse. After all, only by becoming stronger could he protect more people.

"Thank you, Zhanxin. Whatever the opportunity inside may be, we'll split it fifty-fifty," Chen Xuan said, looking at Zhanxin.

Zhan Xin shook his head and smiled at Chen Xuan: "You should improve your strength as much as possible. The stronger you are, the more satisfied my master will be with you when we return to the sect. At that time, even the other senior uncles and elders in the sect will probably have nothing to say."

Hearing Zhan Xin's words, Gu Yingying couldn't help but look at her master, Chen Xuan, with envy. With a wife like this, what more could a husband ask for? But when she thought of her Daoist partner, her junior sister, her eyes instantly dimmed.

"Master, this matter is of utmost urgency." Gu Yingying quickly reminded Chen Xuan, clearing her mind of the chaotic thoughts. "The divine and demonic fusion here has been manifesting for half an incense stick's time. According to the secret records of the Gu God Sect, once the manifestation of the divine and demonic fusion exceeds one incense stick's time, it will automatically retreat underground. At that time, if we want to reopen it, we can only find another token."

Upon hearing this, Chen Xuan was even more grateful that he hadn't killed Gu Yingying directly before, otherwise he would have had no way of knowing such secret information.

"Without further ado, let's head straight to the smelting core."

As soon as Chen Xuan finished speaking, his body crackled with electricity, and he shot out like a bolt of lightning.

Then, Zhan Xin and Gu Yingying followed closely behind.

As the saying goes, "looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death," although cultivators fly extremely fast, it still took the three of them a full half-cup of tea's time to fly to the core area of ​​the Melting Mountain Range.

Upon approaching, Chen Xuan discovered the strangeness of the place. The bizarre and enormous smelting runes flashed with strange light time and time again. Then, the nine crimson dragon veins that spread out around seemed to be forced to send large amounts of true essence to the core of the furnace under the influence of the runes.

"Ok?"

As soon as they got close, Chen Xuan and his two companions were unsurprisingly stopped.

"Who is coming!"

"How dare you! Stop! If you try to trespass again, don't blame Qilin City for being impolite!"

Chen Xuan frowned, stopped, and scanned the men and women with extraordinary auras ahead. These people were different from the disciples of the Tianlong County sect he had encountered before; they appeared much younger, both in aura and appearance, with several even looking like teenagers.

"This place has been occupied by my Qilin City. Fellow Daoist, if you don't want to cause trouble, you'd better go elsewhere to seek your fortune."