The whole family went mad, but the junior sister turned the tables and her luck soared.

Shen Huaichuan, unaware of her thoughts, listened to Yun Yici's words and his eyes crinkled slightly: "I'm not leaving."

"I have nothing left to do."

"My leaving here would only be a burden to you."

Yun Yici asked curiously, "Who exactly are you? Are you so mysterious?"

Even if there's nothing to do, there are always people you can't let go of.

"Being locked up here is like being a bird with its feet tied."

Yun Yici guessed that there should be an exit in this place, and it was most likely above them, guarded by that dragon.

She's so small now, she can't do anything to that dragon.

Shen Huaichuan probably couldn't defeat that dragon either, otherwise he wouldn't have been imprisoned down there.

To Yun Yici, his words sounded more like insincere statements made out of a knowledge that he knew he couldn't get out no matter what.

After listening to Yun Yici's words, Shen Huaichuan remained silent for a long time before saying, "There was someone I cared about, but I was too proud to face her again."

Yun Yici said, "You haven't even seen him, why are you saying such discouraging things?"

"You're worried about him, and he's probably worried about you too. It would be more worrying if he knew you were locked up here."

"I didn't know who I was until I met you, and that's when I realized my true identity."

“I always remember that when I left Juexian City, my master had already come looking for me.”

"Right now, I just want to cultivate as quickly as possible and return to the human world to see those who are worried about me and put their minds at ease."

As Shen Huaichuan listened to the girl's chatter, a bitter feeling welled up in his heart.

He has already seen her.

He is the one who caused her to end up like this.

Yun Yici was caught completely off guard when the person next to her suddenly stood up.

"Eh?"

Yun Yici was startled by Shen Huaichuan's actions. Her hand, which was supporting her ear, trembled and grabbed his dark hair.

Fortunately, she was small at the moment, so Shen Huaichuan probably couldn't feel anything.

Yun Yici glanced at the few strands of hair that she had messed up and guiltily withdrew her hand.

"I will now refine the Netherworld Leaf for you. The sooner you cultivate, the sooner you can return."

Shen Huaichuan knew that Yun Yici had found him again through that strange random array.

Not to mention that Yun Yici himself doesn't know any formations, even if he did, he had never heard of a teleportation array that could locate and bind someone to a specific person.

He had doubted Yun Yici's identity more than once.

The reason why he was initially asked to teach Yun Yici swordsmanship was the will of Heaven.

He is the person who understands Yun Yici the most.

At that time, Yun Yici knew nothing about swordsmanship.

Later, when he was traveling with Wen Fuyue, he talked about Yun Yici's past.

He traced the timeline back to when he met Yun Yici, just as Yun Yici had become a disciple of Wen Fuyue.

How did a genius who grew up in a large clan but knew nothing about swordsmanship pass the Grand Sect Trial and become an inner sect elder?

Wen Fuyue even mentioned the trial that day and praised Yun Yici highly.

Shen Huaichuan initially guessed that Yun Yici was a pair of eyes sent by Heaven to watch over him.

He had never seen Yun Yici in the Mirror of Reflection.

She is someone who should not exist.

Heaven has been paving the way for her all along, making him teach Yun Yici swordsmanship, giving her Huaichuan, and allowing her to obtain the Lingwei Seal.

Shen Huaichuan didn't understand the last one the most.

Given Shen Fengzhi's pride, he would rather destroy the Lingwei Seal than casually hand over the last hope of the entire sect to someone else.

Before Yun Yici appeared, the Lingwei Seal was indeed destroyed.

Shen Huaichuan had been observing Yun Yici, and to his surprise, she was completely unaware of anything and trusted him unconditionally.

Out of this trust, he built a "nest" for her, so that she could forget her past when she was manipulated by the heavens.

Once Yun Yici has absorbed all the spiritual energy he left behind, regardless of whether Yun Yici is willing to rebuild the Lingwei Sect, he will have a foundation to stand on.

Then, he lost again.

Thrown back into the Xuanling Prison, he was on the verge of madness due to the influence of demonic energy.

Shen Huaichuan thought he was wrong; Yun Yici might not have been sent by the Heavenly Dao to monitor him at all.

She is the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, the missing piece he has been searching for.

However, Yun Yici appeared again, and her appearance once again overturned his guess.

Contrary to his guess, she was not doing well.

Like him, he was cursed by the heavens, losing both his body and his memories.

Shen Huaichuan sighed.

When Yun Yici saw the beauty frowning and standing there in a daze, she assumed that Shen Huaichuan was tired.

She quickly said, "Refining the Netherworld Leaf must be troublesome, there's no need to rush."

"Can you teach me how to refine the Netherworld Leaf?"

As Yun Yici spoke, she flew to the treetop, picked a smaller leaf, grasped the stem, and pulled hard!

A child's scream immediately rang out: "Aaaaaah, why are you pulling my hair?"

"??"

The sudden sound from below startled Yun Yici so much that she almost flew to heaven on the spot. Shen Huaichuan quickly tucked her into his sleeve.

Yun Yici peeked out and cautiously examined the Netherworld Tree whose crown was shaking.

"Is this tree talking?"

The tree didn't scream when Shen Huaichuan plucked the leaves.

"Yes, this Netherworld Tree, like the Mother Tree of Qingqiu, has a tree spirit."

"But the Netherworld Tree Spirit is extremely lazy and usually sleeps."

Yun Yici gasped and apologized honestly, "I'm sorry, I didn't know."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Shen Huaichuan reach out and pluck a few more leaves.

No, you...

Seeing Yun Yici's shocked expression, Shen Huaichuan said, "The newly sprouted leaves cannot be pulled out, otherwise they will be very difficult to grow."

"Like these large leaves, they would naturally fall off."

He had been imprisoned here for a long time, spending his time with the dragon and the tree, and had long since figured out their temperaments.

As long as you don't go so far as to sever the roots of the Netherworld Tree, the tree spirit won't bother with it.

The sudden warning just now was probably because they realized that Yun Yici needed a lot of Netherworld Leaves.

If you keep plucking it randomly, it will become bald.

The voice of the spirit of the Netherworld Tree was neither male nor female, but it was very childlike.

Hearing Shen Huaichuan explaining to it, it said, "Don't pull them out, don't pull them out, I'll shake some leaves for you."

Before Yun Yici could even rejoice, Shen Huaichuan said, "The effect of the Netherworld Leaf will be greatly weakened once it leaves the tree. Thank you for your kindness, but you can take as much as you need."

The Nether Tree's little scheme was exposed, and it immediately became weak and feeble, with many of its branches drooping.

Yun Yici calmed down and flew from Shen Huaichuan's sleeve to his ear, whispering, "The tree spirit may have heard what we just said."

"Won't it expose our secret?"

There's a menacing dragon lurking above.

Another thing is that she needs the Netherworld Tree Branch to draw a teleportation array.

Since the Nether Tree has a tree spirit, obtaining the tree spirit's permission to acquire a branch of the Nether Tree would be extremely difficult.