Fellow Daoist! That scoundrel has written a new book again.

The evening of the second day.

Someone from Zhaixinglou arrived; it was Gu Yiguan and Ye Xiaozhou.

Li, the city management officer, hurriedly stepped forward to pay his respects, wanting to explain clearly what had happened in the past few days.

But then the senior sister in the lead said:

Are there any new graves nearby?

This question caught me off guard, and it took Li, the city management officer, a moment to react before he said:

"There...it seems like there aren't any new graves here?"

Gu Yiguan rubbed his temples as he listened to the details reported by Li Yan.

Only after Li, the city management officer, left did Ye Xiaozhou, who had remained silent the entire time, raise his eyes to look at Gu Yiguan, his tone seemingly sarcastic, and ask:

"When you let Shen An go down the mountain that day, did you ever expect that he would be completely destroyed?"

"Ye Xiaozhou, when you were wandering the world alone, courting death everywhere, we were also worried that one day we would receive news of your death."

"Ha! You're worried I'll die? How strange!"

Neither of them was good at feeling sad.

Therefore, it is expressed as anger, repression, and sarcasm.

They all understood Zhu Wuyao's choice.

For Gu Yiguan, this was a very reasonable choice—given Shen Anzhi's initial answer that he would pay for Zhu Wuyao's life, the question was whether they would both die or only one of them would die.

The conclusion is beyond doubt.

For Ye Xiaozhou, if someone wants to kill her, is she just waiting to die if she doesn't fight back?

Shen Anzhi deserved it.

Therefore, Shen Anzhi's death left them with no one to seek revenge against, and realizing this only intensified their suppressed emotions.

According to Li, the city management officer, the two found the courtyard where Zhu Wuyao and Shen Anzhi had lived together for ten years.

I saw the two old poems newly engraved on the sword without a blade in front of the courtyard gate.

They also found the riverbank where the two fought their final battle.

Ye Xiaozhou carefully examined the remaining traces of the battlefield and said:

"Shen Anzhi did not exert his full strength."

"When I met him, a member of the demon race, he was able to defeat me in a one-on-one fight. There is no trace of the Yellow Springs Guide here."

"However, it is still unknown what kind of strength Zhu Wuyao will have after breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage."

She had just stood up when she suddenly looked up at a certain spot, a hint of fierceness flashing between her brows, and said:

"Another one."

"The four sects are really not much different."

"The appearance of fallen leaves inviting autumn has stirred up quite a splash. Even someone like you has come here, let alone others."

Ye Xiaozhou didn't think Gu Yiguan's trip was entirely sincere. Rather than mourning the deceased, it was more like he was trying to find out where Zhu Wuyao had gone.

There are many people from the four sects who came for this purpose.

Even a Nascent Soul stage elder personally intervened.

It can be said that Gu Yiguan took a great risk on this trip. As the successor of the Star-Picking Tower, which is known to all sects, this was a good opportunity to intercept the next sect leader, given the current tense relationship between the four sects.

Gu Yiguan explained:

"I came for Shen Anzhi, and I also came for you."

"Ye Xiaozhou, it's time to plan your own way out. The order of Heaven is in chaos, and you may have a glimmer of hope. You don't have to fight like this in the martial world forever."

"I don't want to ascend to the position of sect leader with no one by my side."

Ye Xiaozhou is not an outsider.

Yet she was able to escape the fate of this world, making the Heavenly Dao turn a blind eye to her.

The price paid was far greater than what Zhu Wuyao paid.

Firstly, because she only kills and doesn't save, she won't create new variables for this world; secondly, because—

Her way of living was like she was courting death.

I'm just lucky enough to have survived each time.

It is precisely because of this temperament that they are allowed to roam freely by the will of Heaven.

Ye Xiaozhou searched for Zhu Wuyao for ten years.

From the moment she met Shen Anzhi, her divination skills gave her a premonition of this battle.

pity.

The two were simply not meant to be, and no matter what they did, they couldn't meet. She went to the Immortal Cultivation Conference in Zhongling City, thinking that Zhu Wuyao would be there to join in the fun.

But they missed the best opportunity to arrive.

After handing over his affairs to Gu Yiguan, Sect Leader Fang left the Mosang Continent to search for other fragments of the Heavenly Dao among the ancient clans in other regions.

Those who were unaware of the inside story, even if they happened to witness the extraordinary phenomenon of the Nascent Soul breaking through the Mirror Realm, would stay far away.

The powerful elders within the sect would not easily leave the mountain. Who knows if this is a scheme by the other three sects to lure the tiger away from the mountain during the Immortal Cultivation Conference?

When it is discovered that it is a battle between cultivators, especially two extremely powerful Nascent Soul stage cultivators fighting, people will only stay far away and not rush to be caught in the crossfire.

It's pointless to talk about this now.

Ye Xiaozhou arrived a step too late.

Zhu Wuyao disappeared again, and Shen Anzhi was lost forever.

Faced with Gu Yiguan's belated display of brotherhood, she was too lazy to distinguish between genuine and fake, and even less interested in pondering how much of it was sincere and how much was calculated.

Then she flashed a bright smile and said:

"Senior sister, you've got the wrong person."

"Among us, Shen Anzhi is the most suitable person to have a heart-to-heart talk with about our camaraderie! Next is Zhu Wuyao, and Tang Xin and Zhang Zhihan are also good."

"Of course, I'm still ahead of Song Kezi in the rankings."

Unlike Zhu Wuyao's attitude, Ye Xiaozhou always liked Song Kezi very much.

Because it's very easy to get along with them.

No matter what you do to him, he will definitely hold a grudge; there's no need to try to guess what he's thinking, he certainly doesn't have good intentions.

In other words, it doesn't matter how you treat him; the outcome won't be any different.

Ye Xiaozhou and Song Kezi get along very well.

"Let's discuss which members of the various sects in Changxiao Town are suitable to be killed, and which ones would cause you trouble if killed."

Ye Xiaozhou slowly drew out two curved swords.

In the instant her killing intent surged, she said, "Time waits for no one, and two of them have already escaped!"

Gu Yiguan looked at her quietly, then said:

"There is no one who cannot be killed."

Unfortunately, Zhu Wuyao left a step too early.

I missed the "brotherhood" at the Star-Picking Tower.

In fact, when Master Fang was selecting his personal disciples, he had a bit of the feeling of guarding a captive, choosing people with extraordinary destinies.

If these people are not kept under close watch, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause when fate changes.

Therefore, although the relationship between direct disciples is close and they understand each other very well, the so-called "brotherhood" exists in a distorted way.

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Zhu Wuyao has embarked on a new journey.

"Your mastery of 'scooping the moon' from the water' is so great that every time a reflection disappears, it can change the fate of one person."

"It's a pity! This method is best not used too often."

"Otherwise, you will gradually be bound by fate in this world. Even if there are countless parallel worlds, you will only have one future."

"You can never escape fate!"

Zhu Wuyao was focused on her journey when she heard Lingbi muttering to herself. She smiled and said:

"The biggest cause and effect has already fallen on me."

A brilliant pen is rarely found in moments of bewilderment.

It remained silent for a while, seemingly examining Zhu Wuyao from head to toe, and then said with some doubt:

"I am but a part of the Heavenly Dao; how could I not know your karma!"

"Speaking of which, how do you plan to return me to the Heavenly Dao? Our relationship is too close; this isn't appropriate."