It doesn't seem like I'm losing much.

Falling Cloud Valley.

Outer Sect medicine garden.

"Junior Sister Zhen, are you there?"

Outside the bamboo building, Bai Xirou knocked on the door and called out softly.

After a few moments, there was still no movement inside.

She wasn't there!

Bai Xirou's delicate brows furrowed. After pondering for a moment, she slowly pushed open the tightly shut door. Looking inside, she indeed did not see Zhen Yuyan's figure.

Confirming that there was no one in the room, Bai Xirou did not leave immediately. Instead, her beautiful eyes narrowed, and she entered the bamboo building with light steps.

The moment she stepped into the room, the bells on the eaves of the bamboo building suddenly began to ring rapidly, and black mist began to spread outside, obscuring the daylight.

For some reason, Bai Xirou did not seem to notice the abnormality outside, and she carefully searched the bamboo building.

Before long, she had checked the entire room; apart from some common ornaments, there was nothing unusual.

"Could it be that I am too suspicious, and Junior Sister Zhen is not a spy from another Sect?"

Bai Xirou pondered for a moment and was just about to leave quietly when her gaze suddenly shifted to a meditation cushion in the corner.

Compared to an ordinary meditation cushion, this one seemed a bit large, and its placement was also very strange. It was impossible for someone using a meditation cushion to sit in meditation in a corner, right?

Thinking of this, Bai Xirou quickly stepped forward and lifted the cushion, revealing a secret passage leading directly underground beneath it.

This discovery made her heart jump, and her expression instantly became grave.

"Something is wrong!"

Bai Xirou took a deep breath, then jumped down without hesitation.

This secret passage was winding and tortuous, extending dozens of zhang underground. As soon as she reached the bottom, her field of vision suddenly opened up, and an extremely dense Spiritual Qi rushed towards her.

Following the light, she soon saw a Spiritual Plant emitting purple fluorescence throughout its body.

This Spiritual Plant was half a person tall, with nine beads shaped like transparent, crystalline purple crystals at the top. Besides these, there was another slightly smaller bead gradually taking shape.

"phantom star grass?"

Seeing the Spiritual Plant before her, Bai Xirou exclaimed in shock, her expression one of utter disbelief.

phantom star grass was a seventh-grade Spiritual Plant and not uncommon, but the phantom star grass before her was clearly vastly different from ordinary phantom star grass.

It was said that phantom star grass only bore fruit once every thousand years. If the records were true, then this phantom star grass was likely nearly ten thousand years old!

"Senior Sister, what are you doing here?"

Just as she was shocked, a crisp and pleasant female voice suddenly came from behind her.

Junior Sister Zhen is back!

Bai Xirou's delicate body trembled, and she subconsciously turned to look, only to see "Zhen Yuyan" looking at her with a smile.

The next moment, wisps of dreamlike, hazy smoke spread over. Bai Xirou felt a wave of dizziness wash over her, and then everything went black as she fell unconscious.

After drugging Bai Xirou, Ji Chan'er glanced at the trembling phantom star grass and sighed:

"It seems one really cannot be lax. I had only been gone for an hour, and this little girl found her way here."

Then, she raised her slender hand and pointed her finger at the center of Bai Xirou's brow, into her Sea of Consciousness, instantly erasing the other party's memories of this period.

"Hanxiang Jade Marrow?"

Just then, Ji Chan'er's eyes flickered twice, and she immediately revealed a look of joy. "I didn't expect this False Dao woman, Bai Xirou, to actually possess the one-in-a-million top-grade Cauldron Physique, [Hanxiang Jade Marrow]."

"If those old lechers in the Yin Sha Sect discover this, for the sake of seizing a top-grade Cauldron, I fear the entire Falling Cloud Valley will suffer a catastrophe."

Suddenly, her eyes lit up, and she thought secretly:

"If I give Bai Xirou as a gift to that kid, not only can it allow that kid to obtain a fortuitous encounter, but it can also make him determine to completely abandon Falling Cloud Valley."

"Bai Xirou is, after all, the only daughter of the Falling Cloud Valley Sect Head. If Qi Da takes her primordial yin, he will immediately commit a monstrous crime that the Sect will not tolerate."

"When Qi Da reaches a dead end, I will personally come forward to invite him. At that time, he definitely won't refuse, and he will even be incredibly grateful to me, and wholeheartedly defect to the Yin Sha Sect..."

Looking at the beautiful woman unconscious on the ground, the corners of Ji Chan'er's mouth rose slightly, very satisfied with her own idea.

Meanwhile.

Canglan Mountain.

Qi Yuan walked slowly towards Puzhou City, occasionally pretending that his True Qi was exhausted and stopping to rest.

A Cultivator's walking speed far exceeded that of a Mortal. Before sunset, he had already arrived at a place a hundred miles from Falling Cloud Valley.

Feeling that it was about time, Qi Yuan quickened his pace, pretending to have an urgent need to urinate, and rushed into a remote dense forest.

Suddenly, a murderous, cold shout came from the sky:

"Qi Da, let's see how you die this time!"

Before the voice fell, an Escape light descended from the sky, blocking Qi Yuan's path.

The person who arrived was wearing a black robe and a lotus crown; it was the Merit Assessment Pavilion's deacon Disciple, Yin Hong.

Seeing Yin Hong, Qi Yuan seemed to be taken aback and said "in fear":

"Senior Brother Yin, what are you doing?"

"Of course, I'm here to kill you!"

Yin Hong's expression was as cold as a saber, his Killing Intent unbridled.

He didn't waste any words, directly pulling out a long saber with brilliant silver light and hacking heavily towards Qi Yuan.

Whoosh!

The sharp long saber tore through the Void Realm, the rolling Saber Qi emitting a sharp, ear-piercing whistle, arriving in the blink of an eye.

Just as he was about to be split in two, Qi Yuan did not dodge or evade. Until the Saber Qi reached his body, his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot in a strange way.

"What is going on?"

Yin Hong's face changed drastically, and he subconsciously looked left and right.

Immediately after, an incomparably powerful force was transmitted from his wrist. The long saber in his hand immediately flew out of his hand and fell to the ground.

Following closely, Yin Hong felt a sharp pain in his chest and abdomen, and his whole body flew backward like a broken kite, smashing heavily onto a tree trunk dozens of zhang away, spitting out a spray of blood.

"No! You cannot be in the Qi Refining Realm, who exactly are you?"

Yin Hong lay on the ground, limp, looking at Qi Yuan not far away in extreme terror, his eyes full of disbelief.

What kind of monster had he provoked this time!

He was in the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, yet he couldn't even take one move!

Regarding the questions of a dying man, Qi Yuan couldn't be bothered to pay attention. He slowly withdrew his fist and walked towards Yin Hong step by step.

Seeing this, Yin Hong's pupils constricted sharply, struggling to move to the side, but his injuries were too severe, and he couldn't move his whole body, so he had to keep begging for mercy in his mouth:

"Qi Da, I was wrong! Don't kill me! I am willing to hand over my Storage Pouch; everything inside belongs to you!"

"My father is Yin Qing..."

Before he could finish speaking, a large hand was placed on his forehead, followed by an indescribable, Soul-piercing pain...

Bang!

After a Soul-searching session, Qi Yuan casually threw Yin Hong's corpse, who had died with his eyes wide open, to the side, and his expression gradually became strange.

He had originally thought that Yin Hong was a veteran Inner Sect Disciple and must know a lot of valuable information. Searching his Soul could be considered recycling waste, which would be good for investigating the Demon Sect spy matter in the future.

Unexpectedly... good heavens, the one he searched was actually a Demon Sect spy!

This gave him the feeling of winning the jackpot on a scratch-off ticket.

Now that he knew the Demon Sect spies were Ji Chan'er and the father-son duo Yin Qingyuan, there was no need to investigate anymore.

This meant that as long as he survived the so-called "crisis," the main mission would be considered complete. It was too freaking simple, with almost zero difficulty.

However, he was thinking about another matter.

That seemingly ordinary-looking Ji Chan'er was actually disguised. Her true face was actually a peerless beauty not inferior to the Linglong Saintess!

Actually... if he had really complied with her last time, it seems it wouldn't have been such a loss...

Qi Yuan thought silently.