The starlight gradually fades, the sky brightens, and the boundless grasslands of Heart-wrapping Grass float in a misty layer, with dewdrops glistening in the morning sun.

Wu Jinliang jumped onto a stalk of Heart-wrapping Grass, causing the dewdrops to fall like raindrops in a downpour. Below, Shi Chun, caught off guard, shivered from the soaking and looked up with an obvious expression of cursing.

After checking the sky, Wu Jinliang took out the Mother-child Talisman to contact Xiao Sheng. After confirming the message, he jumped back down and informed, "It's been almost two hours, and Xiao Sheng, waiting along the way, still hasn't found anyone following us. It seems your cultivation technique can indeed conceal traces. If we had known earlier, we wouldn't have caused such trouble in the Divine Fire Domain. Sigh."

Shi Chun, brushing the water off his sleeve, said, "It's also possible that the Demon Eye is lurking outside the formation and didn't notice us leaving. We still need to test it again given the chance."

Wu Jinliang: "That makes sense, better to be cautious. At least it proves we're not currently being tracked and we're temporarily safe. Now what?"

Shi Chun: "First deal with the Reversing Soul Tree, refine enough Soul Returning Incense early, and get out of this miserable place quickly. Right now, there's a bunch of monsters and demons gathering here, one misstep and we're in trouble. It's quite annoying." He stomped his foot, indicating it was right below.

Wu Jinliang understood, immediately used the Earth Escape Technique, and took him deep underground…

On a large rock on a hillside, a red-clothed woman, cloaked in black, gazed into the distant morning mist.

In the distance, a figure flickered in, it was always smiling Lan, who landed below the stone, looking up and reporting, "Madam, all the pits dug on the mountain have been investigated, a total of more than two hundred pits, no anomalies found. The surroundings have also been searched thoroughly, no trace of the target was found."

The red-clothed woman, basking in the morning sun, curled a mocking smile at the corner of her mouth, having sent someone to track, only to be shaken off; chasing them all the way here only to have the trail go cold again, and she even came personally.

"Just came out for some fun. Don't let anyone else know about this." She suddenly instructed.

Lan quickly bowed, "Yes, I will instruct them to keep their mouths shut."

The cloak fluttered as the red-clothed woman separated the cloak with her hand to take out a Mother-child Talisman, sending out a message: Missing you a bit, where are you?

She hadn't used such little tricks for a long time, didn't think much of them, but today she suddenly felt she couldn't resist.

In an underground cave somewhere, the space was sizeable, and countless pieces of Sandal Gold Illumination were embedded around the cave walls.

Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang were vigorously trimming the branches of the Reversing Soul Tree, needing to shave off a layer outside the trunk, leaving only the black core. This couldn't be entrusted to others, they had to do it themselves.

As the knife in Shi Chun's hand kept flickering, he suddenly stopped, took out the Mother-child Talisman, and chuckled at its sight.

Wu Jinliang inadvertently glanced over and saw his two rows of gleaming white teeth. Given the current situation, being able to laugh so uninhibitedly, he couldn't help but stop his work and ask, "What's the matter?"

Shi Chun chuckled, "Nothing, just a vixen."

At the mention of a vixen, Wu Jinliang got instantly spirited, "Where, where, let me see."

With a clang, he dropped the wood in his hand, fearing he might miss it, quickly darted to Shi Chun's side to closely inspect, and indeed saw something before the faint characters on the Mother-child Talisman dissipated.

After reading it, Wu Jinliang grinned widely, "That's quite bold, looks like it's time to take off the pants, who is it?"

Shi Chun: "Just that woman from the library I mentioned earlier."

Wu Jinliang blinked his big eyes, "Is that woman a vixen?"

Shi Chun gestured, "Dressed all in bright red, afraid of not being noticed, a big red flower pinned here, drinking in broad daylight behind Dongliang Ying's counter, such recklessness is obvious."

Wu Jinliang chuckled, "With your description, she does sound quite flirtatious, but with Dong Wenshu's personality, could he endure having such a person in his library?"

Shi Chun: "They have connections, perhaps can't save face."

Wu Jinliang waved it off, "Not important, the key is how does she look?"

Shi Chun pondered, "Quite beautiful, with her own charm."

Wu Jinliang was curious, "Have you already hooked up with her?"

Shi Chun: "Trying hard, this woman's maternal uncle's face is indeed exceptionally significant. Building a good relationship is truly necessary. If someday, I need help from her in private, the benefits are self-evident. Were it not so, I wouldn't have helped her with Li Hongjiu and Situ Gu's matters."

Wu Jinliang chuckled, "From your tone, it seems you're somewhat reluctantly involved. How about…" He patted his own chest with both hands, "Chun, don't trouble yourself, you keep maintaining your refined facade. This kind of shady business, let me handle it. With my physique, with my bushy brows and big eyes, which vixen wouldn't like me? I guarantee to handle it easily!"

Shi Chun chuckled, "Are you sure your stature can wander around the library in Dazhi City? As long as it doesn't implicate me, I won't stop you."

"…" Wu Jinliang was momentarily speechless, the light in his eyes slowly dimming, suddenly sighing with melancholy, "Didn't expect sometimes your advantages can become life's burden."

Shi Chun ignored him and first replied to a message on the Mother-child Talisman.

The red-clad woman standing in the morning breeze noticed that the other party had yet to reply to her message. Her lips curled into a cold smile, and she played deftly with the mother-child talisman in her hand.

Sensing a message, she quickly unfolded the talisman and read the line: "I miss you too, and for you, I am currently on the way to find Situ Gu and Li Hongjiu."

The red-clad woman raised her hand, wanting to reply with something, but after hesitating repeatedly, she put away the mother-child talisman and looked down at the person standing below, "Find a suitable spy here at the Divine Mountain to watch over things."

Lan bowed slightly to receive her orders, "Yes."

Then, looking up again, the silhouette of the red-clad woman had vanished along with the crack in the void.

On the Divine Mountain, Feng Qingping and others stood in front of the pit, which had been disturbed and then restored, each showing signs of confusion and mystery on their faces.

The commotion made by the elder sister leading the group on the Divine Mountain was quite reckless, and it was impossible for such actions not to be noticed by the people on the mountain. Yet, they simply couldn't understand what it meant. They checked the soil but found no clues or answers...

That afternoon, in the Bai Family's imprisoned land on the Divine Mountain, Patrol Yin Fei once again took the opportunity to appear before Granny Qi.

Their meeting was brief, and Yin Fei wasted no time, quickly reporting, "Miss Ru sent a message saying she was fished out by Gao He and his team."

Granny Qi was surprised, "Wasn't it said that someone from the Demon Queen's side intervened?"

Yin Fei: "Not sure, but that's what Miss Ru said. Miss Ru asked me to relay to you that Gao He prepared another batch of materials and left it at the usual spot, urging you to finish soon."

He had no idea what the materials were supposed to be or where the so-called usual spot was.

But Granny Qi understood, and was quite startled upon hearing it, muttering to herself, "There are still materials." Then she decisively instructed Yin Fei outside the cage, "Send another message to the tavern, tell them to pick up the materials at the usual spot and finish the dish promptly."

"Alright." Yin Fei agreed, then quickly mentioned other matters, notably the commotion the elder sister under the Demon Queen had caused on the Divine Mountain...

Days later, in the bamboo sea behind the Yanbao Sect, outside the small stone pavilion where leaves fluttered in the gentle wind, Guang Haoyou led a grey-clothed man to the fence wall, the man carrying a basket on his back.

"Master Uncle, Master Uncle, Master Uncle..." Guang Haoyou shouted repeatedly from outside the closed door, seeing that the door inside was left open.

With no response coming from within, he was about to open the door to find out when he heard a languid voice from behind, "Why are you shouting, is the sky falling?"

Turning back to look, they saw Li Hongjiu climbing up from the depths of the bamboo forest on the slope, carrying a hoe over his shoulder, a bamboo basket hanging from the hoe, appearing leisurely, with fallen bamboo leaves hanging from his hair.

Guang Haoyou quickly stepped forward to greet him, offering a hand to help carry something.

Li Hongjiu casually tossed everything to him, "Great, exercise yourself by cleaning and cooking them well. If they're not tasty, I'll hold you accountable."

A look that said, "You brought this upon yourself."

Guang Haoyou took a look and thought, well, inside the basket were freshly dug bamboo shoots and a lifeless mountain chicken.

Generally speaking, it was no big deal, but he couldn't help sighing afterward. He really didn't know what to say about this Master Uncle. Despite having such a high cultivation talent and enough cultivation resources that others couldn't even dream of, he didn't train diligently but spent his days idling in nature, no wonder the Sect Master got angry whenever he saw him.

Nonetheless, the trip to the Divine Fire Domain did yield benefits in the end, not wasting the three Divine Fires absorbed. It was heard that this Master Uncle had swiftly advanced his cultivation to the Human Immortal Great Success Realm.

He had witnessed this Master Uncle demonstrating his power at the High Martial Great Success Realm, and really wondered what kind of style he would have after advancing to the Human Immortal Great Success Realm.

Approaching the courtyard gate, Li Hongjiu noticed an unfamiliar face and exclaimed, "This person looks very unfamiliar."

Guang Haoyou, accompanying him, explained, "He's not a disciple of our sect. He came to deliver a message to you, saying a friend of yours entrusted him with a letter for you, insisting it must be handed to you personally."

"A letter? My friend sending me a message?" Li Hongjiu turned his head to Guang Haoyou in doubt, asking, "Do I have friends who indulge in such elegance?"

He usually rarely interacted with outsiders and wasn't inclined to make friends among the mundane. Different mentality, he was unwilling to mix with them.

He seldom associated with sect disciples, mostly staying secluded here.

Guang Haoyou was quite speechless; your friend, you're asking me? He replied, "Master Uncle, you'll know once you see whose letter it is."

Li Hongjiu reached out to the man, "Where's the letter?"

The man immediately took out an envelope from his chest and handed it over, then untied the basket on his back and placed it down, chuckling, "Your friend said you appreciate good wine, even specifically asked me to bring two jars of exceptional brew for you, and to tell you there's plenty more where that came from, just ask if you need more, it's guaranteed."

Li Hongjiu's eyes lit up upon hearing about the wine, and he wasn't in a hurry to open the letter. Instead, he bent down first to open the basket.

This wine enthusiast, Guang Haoyou couldn't help but mutter inwardly and roll his eyes.

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