He'd rather run than be turned into a cannon fodder for the broken engagement.

The spiritually rich Southern Moonlit Immortal City is located on the edge of several mountain ranges, in a wide and flat mountain valley. The magnificent and elegant city buildings rise from the ground. Standing on the distant mountain peaks, you can see the immortal city surrounded by mountains and water, with picturesque scenery.

Only when they got closer and stood beneath the city gate did they realize that it was twenty or thirty feet tall, incredibly magnificent. Recently, due to the Immortal Alliance Conference, countless cultivators had come and gone, and it took Leng Huan and his group quite a while to pass through the city gate.

"I wonder where Qi Ruxing and the others are?" Leng Huan asked after they had settled in a teahouse and the waiter had served tea and refreshments and left.

Fu Xun took out a communication talisman: "I'll contact them."

"By the way, my martial uncle told me to come south. I suppose the sect will send other fellow disciples to participate in the conference." After delivering the message, Fu Xun looked at Leng Huan: "The conference will open in two days, and the fellow disciples should have arrived by now."

Leng Huan nodded: "Yes, I almost forgot. The sect should have received an invitation. I wonder which elder will be leading the team."

Fu Xun: "Perhaps it's Elder Sun from Lingyao Peak, and my third uncle." I mentioned this before.

"Yes, and there are other senior brothers and sisters who have reached the Foundation Establishment and Core Formation stages." They are basically the elite among elite disciples, personally taught by their respective peaks. There might even be Fairy Piaomiao, who is the chief senior sister of this generation.

She then asked, "Do you want to participate in the competition?"

"Yes. Brother Huan, I heard that the top ten on the Immortal Alliance Ranking receive rewards, and the top three receive even more special rewards. Rumor has it that the rewards include Heaven-Rank Spiritual Herbs."

Do you want the elixir?

Fu Xun nodded: "Yes, I need to train my body."

He has used a special body-forging formula since childhood, which requires a lot of spiritual herbs. This secret method is domineering and seems to be a very high-level body-forging technique. It requires a lot of materials to assist him, and no one knows where his mother got it from.

"Okay, then you should go and give it a try. I mainly want to broaden my horizons..." Leng Huan scratched her face. She didn't plan to go on stage; she was just here to join in the fun.

He didn't want to return to the sect, but the Leng family might be lying in wait for him. He sighed, "But the Leng family might come to this conference too."

He wasn't afraid of anything else, but the key issue was that Leng Huan hadn't figured out how to deal with the Leng family yet. What was he going to do about that damned arranged marriage?

"Brother Huan, don't you want to participate in the competition?"

Hearing Fu Xun ask her, Leng Huan snapped out of her reverie and nodded: "I don't really want to. Am I just asking for trouble, being such a noob?"

"..." Fu Xun slowly shook his head: "No, compared to others of the same realm, unless they go to a special arena, people of the same level are generally about the same."

"Besides, you're not weak. Compared to them, you're already very capable."

Leng Huan blinked: "Ah...actually, I don't really like fighting and killing."

Wouldn't it be better to cultivate quietly?

Seeing that she was unwilling to compete, Fu Xun didn't try to persuade her further. He smiled and said, "...Alright. The tournament lasts for a month. After the competition, I'll take you to gain experience..."

Go to the mass grave to catch ghosts to toughen her up.

Not knowing what he was thinking, Leng Huan waved his hand boldly: "Don't worry, I'll be cheering you on from the audience."

Go, Pikachu!

"...No need for that." Instead, she watched from below the stage, worried that Fu Xun might underperform.

Seeing her eating pastries with her cheeks puffed out without a care in the world, Fu Xun suddenly said meaningfully, "Brother Huan..." The voice lingered for a moment, "Our sect elders and fellow disciples will be staying at Huanyue Immortal Sect temporarily."

Leng Huan hummed in agreement.

Seeing that she still hadn't reacted, Fu Xun had no choice but to remind her, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

What did you say? Leng Huan had been in seclusion in the carriage for so many days, and his mind hadn't recovered yet.

I'm a little confused.

Fu Xun rubbed his forehead: "We need to go and pay our respects to the elders."

Greetings...?!

Leng Huan suddenly glanced at the concealing magic item at her waist, exclaimed "Holy crap!" in her mind, and after a moment of stunned silence, she reached out and touched the crescent-shaped jade pendant.

He withdrew his hand, picked up the spirit tea, took a few sips to calm himself down, and thought, how should I explain this?

Earlier, on the carriage, she said she was going to tell Fu Xun a secret. At that time, she hadn't thought that the Misty Immortal Sect would also send people to participate in the Immortal Alliance Conference.

With someone from my sect arriving, it's no longer appropriate to continue using disguise to pay respects to my elders and fellow disciples.

Seeing her with her head down and her hand unconsciously clutching her sleeve, Fu Xun suddenly asked her softly, "Brother Huan, is there anything you want to say?"

Huan-ge, what kind of brother are you?

It feels like these past few years have passed in a blur. To be honest, Leng Huan thinks he's quite good at pretending to be a man.

However, I can't keep it a secret forever. Maybe my master and the others already know. Oh well, I'll stop pretending.

She glanced at Fu Xun, then nodded in a defiant manner, "Yes, there must be."

Fu Xun listened attentively and sat upright in a proper manner.

"Actually, the Senior Sister Leng from the Refining Peak that you asked about last time, um... I am none other than myself."

"Are you surprised or surprised?"

Fu Xun: "..."

After a long while, he nodded blankly, seemingly too shocked to speak, his expression blank.

Leng Huan finished her cup of tea, waiting for him to process the question. She guessed that Yin Xun must be surprised. If a friend she considered a brother suddenly told her that he was a woman, she would be shocked too!

After a long pause, she asked, "Were you frightened?"

At this moment, Fu Xun's expression shifted slightly, and he spoke dryly, "A little... Huan, Senior Sister..."

Leng Huan's hand trembled slightly as he placed the cup down.

Grass!

Hearing him shout like that made her feel like her whole body was covered in hair!

Leng Huan coughed strategically: "I am a member of the Leng family of Beijun, originally named Leng Huanxue, but! You've forgotten that name!"

"You can call me Leng Huan, or like them, call me Senior Sister Leng. Okay, that's about it. That's all."

Fu Xun nodded honestly: "Okay, Senior Sister Huan."

Leng Huan: "..."

There's something off about the way he calls me that. But I can't quite put my finger on it.

His voice was deep and pleasant, with a youthful clarity that was very penetrating and could be heard clearly even in a noisy environment. However, his repeated use of "senior sister" at the end of his sentences always sounded odd.

Leng Huan suddenly let out a long breath and covered her face to stop him: "No, when we're alone, just call me whatever you used to call me. When there are strangers, just call me like they do..."

Fu Xun raised an eyebrow: "Okay."

"Huan-ge, why did you leave Beijun alone?"

“Well… because my family wanted me to marry someone else, and I didn’t want to be bound by those restrictions…” After briefly explaining the entanglements of the major families in Beijun, Leng Huan spread his hands: “So I ran away and left before the Murong family came to arrange the engagement.”

So it was an attempt to elope, which is why she ran away from home. Fu Xun lowered his eyes slightly and said in realization, "I see." After a moment, he looked at Leng Huan and said, "We should go find our fellow disciples."

"Wait a minute, didn't you say you were going to exchange secrets?" Leng Huan suddenly remembered this as he was about to get up.

"..." Unexpectedly, she was quite clever at this moment. Fu Xun was thinking about how to find an excuse to slack off when he suddenly received a message, which was sent by his martial uncle.

"Nephew Yin, the disciples are gathered at Fengsheng Tower. Come quickly."

Fu Xun immediately stood up: "Brother Huan, our martial uncle has told us to go and assemble!"

Leng Huan: "..."

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With a wave of her hand, Leng Huan removed her disguise and instantly returned to her original appearance. She was wearing a black and red disciple's robe, which accentuated her curvaceous figure. Although it was still simple men's clothing, she was clearly a female cultivator.

She barely reached Fu Xun's neck. Now, she raised her beautiful face, looked at him with clear, bright eyes, and said two words: "Let's go."

"Brother Huan, you are indeed as beautiful as I imagined." After looking her over for a few moments, Fu Xun said this with an ambiguous meaning, his eyes clearly reflecting her figure, his eyes shining.

Its purity is like a lotus in bloom, its splendor like a red lotus in full bloom.

Fu Xun found it very pleasing to the eye and was delighted.

"Oh, that's a pity." Leng Huan paused for a moment, then continued walking out of the room.

What good is it if it looks good but you can't eat it?

Leng Huan pondered for a moment, wondering if he was now neither male nor female, since he had a male soul and a female body.

If someone could see through her soul and discover that she appears to be a fairy on the outside but is actually a burly man on the inside, wouldn't they be disgusted? And then give her a slap!

Is this considered possession? But she didn't do it on purpose.

If Leng Huan could still see the original owner back then, he would definitely stop her from leaving and force her to stay in this body!

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