After finishing these tasks and ensuring that Bian Weiyin had been thoroughly picky, Shi Chun shouted loudly toward the cave entrance, "Jinliang."

Soon, footsteps could be heard. Wu Jinliang poked his head around the corner of the tunnel first to make sure there were no anomalies before striding in with his head held high. Seeing Bian Weiyin on the ice bed, he cheerfully said, "Senior Sister, we meet again. Your injury..." Suddenly, his eyes bulged, and his words came to an abrupt halt.

He wasn't blind; the size of the clothes was obvious. The clothes on Bian Weiyin's body were clearly much too large, as were the clothes on Chun Tian's body. Clearly, they were Wu Jinliang's clothes.

Moreover, Chun Tian wasn't wearing trousers; it could be seen through the slit at the bottom of his long shirt that he was bare-legged.

Shi Chun had no choice. He could temporarily go without trousers, and it didn't matter if his legs were bare, but Bian Weiyin couldn't. He had no choice but to take off his own to give to her.

But Wu Jinliang didn't see it that way. He gasped sharply, pointing first at one and then at the other, "You, you..." They had exchanged clothes. He wanted to say they had an illicit affair, but as the words came to his lips, he changed what he was about to say, "Chun Tian, aren't you disinterested in women?"

Disinterested in women? Bian Weiyin, who had been feeling a bit embarrassed, seemed to have caught an important piece of information and quickly turned his head to scrutinize Shi Chun.

Shi Chun said, "What do you think I could have done in such a short time?" saying this, he nodded toward the corpse on the ground to indicate.

Wu Jinliang looked in the same direction, saw the state of Zhao Shanqi's fallen trousers, and was taken aback. He carefully scanned the scene of the incident again, saw Bian Weiyin's torn clothes, and inhaled sharply again as if he understood something. He couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Senior Sister, I'm not criticizing you, but with this environment, this situation, how could you dare to mix with them? You're just asking for trouble. Chun Tian has long been advising you to leave them. Why don't you ever listen?"

Bian Weiyin knew what the other person had misunderstood, but he hadn't said anything wrong. She was left terribly saddened and asked, "How is Gan Tangyu?"

Wu Jinliang sighed, "Outside, you can see for yourself."

Bian Weiyin immediately struggled to get up, but her legs gave way due to extreme weakness. She nearly tumbled headfirst from the ice bed, but fortunately, Shi Chun was quick to support her.

Shi Chun, not bothering with pretense, scooped her up in his arms and carried her out.

Gan Tangyu's body was still in its original place, and the sword that had been stuck into him was there, too.

Once on the ground, Bian Weiyin was unsteady and fell, sitting on the ground and leaning over Gan Tangyu's body, weeping bitterly with regret. She truly regretted it now.

Just before the incident, they had a chance to escape. Gan Tangyu, who had sensed the danger, hurriedly warned her, but she missed the last chance, leading to her own disgrace and the death of Gan Tangyu.

Now she finally understood that she was only able to turn heaven and earth in Lankang City because she had the protection of Wukang Mountain.

She reached out to cover Gan Tangyu's eyes, which he had struggled to keep open, and helped close them.

Yet on the other side, Shi Chun was removing Gan Tangyu's trousers. Being in the Ice Field, the air under his long shirt was chillingly cold. Even if he was used to going without trousers in the Land of Exile, he still found it uncomfortable and decided to get a pair of trousers first.

Seeing him disrespect the deceased, Bian Weiyin, with tears in her eyes, wiped her tears and looked at him furiously.

Shi Chun paused, then continued putting his trousers on, inserting his legs into the pant legs, and said matter-of-factly, "If you're willing to take off your trousers and let me wear them, I'll put his back on. Senior Sister, you didn't care when you should have, and now that you've got him killed, caring about these pointless things is meaningless."

If Gan Tangyu's clothes hadn't been torn and soaked with large patches of blood, he really wouldn't have wanted to wear Wu Jinliang's oversized clothes.

Bian Weiyin had nothing to say to that.

Sleeves of clothing could be rolled up, but the hem kept falling down when he walked, which was easy to step on. Shi Chun simply grabbed the hem, pulled a piece, and despite Wu Jinliang's cries to stop, Shi Chun forcefully tore a piece off. The hem now hung properly at the right length.

Wu Jinliang slapped his forehead, clearly in pain.

Shi Chun ordered him, "What are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and search through the things in the ice cave."

Wu Jinliang immediately darted back to the ice cave to rummage through the corpses.

Not long after, the dazzling purple light reflecting in the ice cave gradually faded until it disappeared entirely—evidently, someone had collected all the Sandalwood Gold inside.

Wu Jinliang reemerged, holding a pile of items, even having removed the armor from the dry corpse.

Shi Chun also cleaned out anything useful from the three corpses outside, including that on Gan Tangyu.

Gan Tangyu also had several talismans on him, which were confiscated.

The items were gathered together, and with Bian Weiyin on his back, Shi Chun stored everything inside the Qiankun Bracelet.

Regardless of whether they could get out or not, it was best to secure the loot first. With the Qiankun Bracelet, carrying it all would be no trouble.

After all was done, Shi Chun then walked over to Bian Weiyin, who was still sobbing, "Senior Sister, this place isn't suitable to stay any longer. We didn't have many people to begin with, and we had to be constantly on guard against sneak attacks, which is uncomfortable. Besides, it's too cold here and not conducive to your recovery. Let's go, let's change places."

Speaking of this, he too felt helpless. He had come here thinking that there was strength in numbers, but those who weren't dead were injured, and the useful ones had all run off.

Had he known this would be the outcome, why did he bother coming here at all?

Yet, he also considered that if Bian Weiyin hadn't maintained the habit of keeping her fellows informed, he wouldn't have shown up to rescue them.

Regardless of whether Bian Weiyin agreed to change locations, he now took matters into his own hands. Turning back, he called out, "Jinliang, give Senior Brother Gan a proper burial."

"Alright." Wu Jinliang turned and with a palm strike from afar, thump, created a large ice pit on the ground.

When dealing with an ice surface without any defensive power, his High Martial Realm's remote destructive power was not bad at all.

Then Shi Chun dragged away the mourning Bian Weiyin, while Wu Jinliang dragged the corpse into the ice pit. He then carelessly shoveled broken ice into it for the burial—a perfunctory "proper" burial by his verbal account.

After everything, Shi Chun, still holding onto Bian Weiyin, took out the Wind Scale and summoned, "Jinliang, carry my sister. She's unwell."

"Ah? Alright." Wu Jinliang, carrying his heavy Sandalwood Gold sword, scrambled over eagerly and opened his arms to lift her up, his face full of excitement and anticipation.

With her tears not yet dried, Bian Weiyin immediately turned her head to refuse, "No."

Shi Chun frowned. "You don't want to leave?"

Bian Weiyin simply clarified, "You hold me, not him."

Shi Chun wanted to ask what her problem was, but catching sight of Wu Jinliang drooling in anticipation, he rolled his eyes, thinking he understood Bian Weiyin's point—realizing Jinliang truly had no sense of restraint; wasn't this frightening?

The excitement on Wu Jinliang's face gradually became confused. He wanted to ask, Am I not taller and more imposing than Chun Tian?

In his mind, the women of the Land of Exile tended to favor his evident masculine traits.

Letting it go, Shi Chun didn't say much, bent down and scooped Bian Weiyin into his arms, not letting it affect his use of the Wind Scale.

Countless scales whirled out, quickly surrounding the three and soon lifted them into the air, rapidly cutting through the darkness.

Bian Weiyin's eyes flashed with surprise, not understanding why they possessed the Wind Scale, but sensibly she didn't ask, merely found a comfortable position, wrapped her arms around Shi Chun's neck, and quietly laid her head on his shoulder. The sorrow and joy in her heart dispersed, leaving her in profound silence. It felt as if a scene from her long-ago dreams was unfolding.

The aftermath of injury and calamity seemed to genuinely settle her mind. Gradually drifting toward sleep, she then fell into a fatigue-born, worry-free slumber.

Wu Jinliang also put away his illuminating Sandalwood Gold sword, silently sighed, and knew Chun Tian all too well. Revealing the Wind Scale so openly to this woman showed that Chun Tian harbored lethal intentions toward her. Once she served her purpose, this sister's life would be over.

Besides, if they couldn't escape, having a woman might be nice. But if they could get away, given Chun Tian's way of doing things, this woman was undoubtedly doomed!

The Wind Scale sped through the air. Having passed this way before, Shi Chun didn't take any detours. Before his right eye's superpower was exhausted, he returned to the cavernous hole in Sunzhu Mountain.

Wu Jinliang didn't quite understand why they had to come all the way back here.

After landing, Bian Weiyin also woke up. Setting her down, Shi Chun instructed, "Sister, don't wander off or produce any light. It'll attract monsters. Stay here and heal in peace."

Bian Weiyin hummed in response.

After giving instructions, Shi Chun began to meditate, using his right eye's superpower repeatedly, which took a toll. He needed to recover once again.

But a pair of delicate hands slowly reached out to him. Frowning, he couldn't imagine what this woman was doing—was she even more open than the women from the Land of Exile?

Soon, he realized he'd thought too much. Bian Weiyin merely pulled at the corner of his robe, tucking it beneath herself as she sat down to meditate. Then she leaned against him and entered a breathing technique...

In the evening, outside the imperial training grounds of Shengshen Continent, a spirit beast-drawn carriage stopped. The curtains parted, and Lan Qiaoyan and her daughter alighted, turning back to wave goodbye to the smiling Miao Dingyi inside the carriage.

Miao Dingyi wasn't particularly interested in the Sky Rain Meteor Conference from the start, and later events had curbed his enthusiasm. He no longer wished to attend, coming only to drop off others, striving to spend more time with his wife and daughter. After all, once the conference ended, they would again go their separate ways, each busy with their affairs.

As he watched his wife and daughter leave, he was about to instruct the spirit beast to return when someone suddenly called out, "Brother Miao."

Miao Dingyi parted the curtain to look, it was none other than Young Master Nan. A twinge of discomfort in his heart, he nevertheless nodded and greeted with a smile, "Young Master Nan, what a coincidence."

Young Master Nan waved his hand, "Not a coincidence, I was intentionally waiting for Brother Miao. I owe you an apology for last time."

Miao Dingyi: "A trifling matter, no need to mind it."

Young Master Nan glanced in the direction where Lan Qiaoyan and her daughter disappeared then leaned in close to the carriage window and whispered, "I caught wind of something from Yang. I'm not sure if I should speak of it."

Miao Dingyi: "Speak freely."

Well, seeing people bustling around, Young Master Nan simply stated directly, "Brother Miao, I'm afraid Shi Chun is no more. I learned from Yang that Shi Chun entered the Moon Sea. The Domain Master of Xuan State checks on Shi Chun every visit. It's been several days, and the mirror shows no sign of her. That means she's constantly in the Moon Sea, and Yang says she's most likely gone."

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