Lu Chengfeng did not delay any longer. Even a few extra moments of lingering would endanger him, as the mana within him was rapidly depleting, and the Kun Roc wings were almost unsustainable.

"Xiang Qingchi, dreaming that I would become your whip bearer is sheer delusion. If you are willing to bow down, maybe I could consider making you my twenty-eighth concubine."

"Hahaha!"

He mocked from his mouth, as the pair of Kun Roc wings behind him shed a cyan glow, enveloping his entire body, swiftly retreating into the depths of the mountain gate.

Xiang Qingchi was not angered upon seeing this. She merely watched him leave silently, speaking in a gentle yet indifferent voice: "Why struggle needlessly? Even if you hide within the Sword Array, you still can't escape the grasp of my palm."

She lowered her eyelids, connecting with the thirty-six petals of the Cyan Lotus beneath her. Through this magical treasure, she could clearly feel the endless magma roaring madly deep beneath the earth.

After accumulating throughout the winter, the underground Fire Vein was like an alchemy furnace on the brink of explosion. Once it erupted, it would burn everything, destroy everything, turning all of heaven and earth to ashes.

Yet more terrifying was that, under some inexplicable force's guidance, the earth's veins deep below seemed to be splitting at a tremendously slow pace, providing a path for the increasingly intense magma to erupt.

"Soon, soon!"

There was not the slightest emotion on Xiang Qingchi's beautiful face. Her moon-white long robe was immaculate, untouched by even the slightest dust. Even though she was about to personally initiate a terrifying disaster, burying countless lives and causing the entire Yun Cang mountain range to turn into a lifeless land.

Her emotions remained unperturbed, as if the impending events were nothing more than a breeze, not worth worrying about at all.

To her, the withering of life was merely flowers blooming and wilting.

There was a chilling and unsettling aura about her, as if she had transcended the mundane world and didn't belong to the Red Dust.

...

Yuncang Sword Sect, Jade Immortal Peak.

A streak of cyan light descended from the sky, landing atop the mountain peak, manifesting the figure of Lu Chengfeng.

This time's expedition results made him uneasy, so after returning to the mountain gate, he did not immediately meditate to restore his mana or head to the Trapped Dragon Abyss.

Instead, he sought out Zhu Yuxian right away.

Though it was already spring, the mountain peak remained cold. The chill of spring was biting, the cold wind fierce, causing Lu Chengfeng's robes to flap heavily in the mountain breeze, making him appear solitary and weighed down.

After only around a dozen breaths, a red sword light flashed by, landing beside him. Zhu Yuxian arrived, clad in snow-white clothing, with a sword on her back.

"How was it? What did you find during your trip this time?" Zhu Yuxian just looked at his face and knew that the news Lu Chengfeng had brought back was surely not good.

Otherwise, this man wouldn't skip visiting her Immortal Encounter Palace.

"I intended to lure Xiang Qingchi away from the mountain to engage in a life-and-death battle elsewhere, but she refused without hesitation," Lu Chengfeng spoke with a somber tone. "She claims to want to kill me, yet her actions don't seem to align with avenging me at all. Instead, it seems she has another purpose."

"At first, I wasn't sure, but today's encounter has extinguished any lingering hope. Xiang Qingchi must have ulterior motives, and it's related to the entire Yuncang Sword Sect and the Red Dragon suppressed underground."

Zhu Yuxian, hearing this, did not appear surprised. She merely nodded and said, "Since the battle at Danyang in the south several months ago, when the waters of Dongting breached, turning an entire county into a vast ocean, I had already anticipated this."

"The Yuncang Sword Sect suppresses the corpse of a True Dragon beneath it. It is destined to become a pawn in the hands of some influential individuals, and we cannot avoid being involved."

Lu Chengfeng gazed far into the Trapped Dragon Abyss, that endless chasm, in truth the gaping maw of the True Dragon, as if capable of devouring everything.

"I've conducted numerous deductions, and I believe if something disastrous were to occur, it might be related to fire. Furthermore, I feel that this time, you are likely to be entangled in it as well."

"Are you suggesting that, like King Chu Mi Ying, I would become a pawn in the hands of some individuals?" Zhu Yuxian's tone was calm, even carrying a faint, elusive smile at the corners of her mouth.

She did not continue on this topic. Instead, she casually removed the sheathed ancient sword from her back, drawing out the blade by three inches with a clang. It resonated like a dragon's roar, enveloped in flames and golden light, dazzling and brilliant.

"This is the Nanming Lihuo Sword Embryo, forged from the peerless immortal material Nanming Lihuo True Gold. Even just the supplemental materials used for this sword embryo are hard to gather in the whole Thirteen States of the World."

"Moreover, this sword perfectly matches the divine technique I'm currently cultivating, the Nanming Lihuo Sword Technique. With this sword embryo, not only does it greatly enhance my combat and defensive capabilities beyond other practitioners of the same level, but it also aids in practicing my divine magic, yielding twice the result with half the effort."

"In addition, that White Lotus possesses properties akin to an Immortal Bone, further boosting my aptitude and perception, allowing me to break through barriers and make significant progress in cultivation."

"The various fortuitous encounters I've obtained, be it the divine technique, sword embryo, or White Lotus – any one of them, if released into the Martial World, would cause a sensation, prompting countless martial artists to risk their lives to seize them."

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