"Friend, why are you constantly staring at that girl?"

"Have you perhaps fallen for her?" Zhi Qingge walked up to Chu Nan, teasingly said.

A trace of embarrassment flashed across Chu Nan's face, but what Zhi Qingge said was true. Fixating on Huo Nianfang like this could indeed lead to a misunderstanding.

So he explained, "It's not like that. I just feel she looks familiar, like I've seen her somewhere before."

But Chu Nan's words only made Zhi Qingge laugh lightly, saying, "You men always say someone looks familiar when you see a pretty one—I've heard that excuse plenty."

"I'm telling the truth!" Chu Nan hurriedly defended himself.

Zhi Qingge laughed silently, clearly not believing Chu Nan's words.

Chu Nan felt rather helpless, and right at that moment, Huo Nianfang opened her eyes, her injuries generally recovered.

Seeing Chu Nan and Zhi Qingge seemingly in a disagreement, Huo Nianfang asked, "What's up with you two?"

"Nothing really, have your injuries healed?" Chu Nan quickly changed the subject.

Huo Nianfang nodded, then slowly stood up, "Thanks a lot, Friend Wang, I will repay you in the future."

"Are you also here for the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm?"

Chu Nan nodded, "Opportunities in the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm are endless, of course, I want to try my luck."

But Huo Nianfang worriedly said, "Friend, if you're by yourself, you shouldn't go to the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm."

"This time, our Huo Family has two Cloud Sea Realm experts here. They won't participate in the fight, but even if you gain benefits in the Secret Realm, you won't be able to protect them."

Chu Nan was aware of this, but fortunately, the Spirit Corpse Sect's Chu Lingshan was coming soon.

With them here, Chu Nan needn't fear the Huo or Zhou families.

"Thank you for the warning, there's no need to worry about that," Chu Nan courteously replied.

Seeing Chu Nan unconcerned, Huo Nianfang guessed he had backing, so she said, "If that's the case, let's set out now."

"By the looks of it, the lunar eclipse night is approaching."

Hearing that the lunar eclipse night was near, Chu Nan looked at Zhi Qingge, as no one understood the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm better than her.

Zhi Qingge silently nodded.

Then Chu Nan said, "If that's the case, let's set off together."

Next, the trio—one man and two women—headed toward the direction of the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm.

Along the way, Chu Nan conversed a lot with Huo Nianfang, wanting to know the reason Kui Guang said he'd regret not saving her.

Thus, through various roundabout ways, he tried to learn more about Huo Nianfang.

At the same time, there was something Chu Nan was very concerned about.

"Miss Huo, I heard that after the Huo Family arrived at Cyan Profound Mansion, they exterminated the Mansion Master's whole family. Do you know anything about it?" Chu Nan inquired.

If Huo Nianfang had also targeted the Lin Family, he wouldn't forgive it no matter what.

Huo Nianfang slightly furrowed her brows, then shook her head, "Exterminating the Cyan Profound Mansion Master's family—my status in the Huo Family is not high enough to participate, so I'm not familiar with the details of the Lin Family extermination."

Chu Nan understood, feeling relieved that she hadn't participated.

So he asked again, "I heard the Cyan Profound Mansion Master and his daughter are still alive. Is it true? Your Huo Family wouldn't be unable to kill just those two, would they?"

Huo Nianfang thought for a moment, then said, "They are indeed alive. It's not that we can't kill them, but because the Mansion Master's daughter, Lin Yian, somehow awakened a special physique, which piqued the elders' interest."

"They plan to take them back to the Imperial Capital after exploring the Secret Realm to study this secret."

"Why are you asking about this? Are you interested in that resurrected special physique as well?"

Chu Nan's words made Huo Nianfang cautious. In her view, Chu Nan wasn't from Qin Kingdom, so why would he care about a small Mansion Master's family?

"Who wouldn't want a special physique? Since Lin Yian has been captured by the Huo Family elders, I have no choice but to give up," Chu Nan showed a hint of regret, then asked based on Huo Nianfang's previous statement,

"Earlier, you said your status in the Huo Family wasn't high, which is odd. You have a special physique and reached the fifth layer of Divine Illumination Realm at fifteen."

"With such talent, how could your status still be low?"

Hearing Chu Nan's questioning, a glint of gloom passed in Huo Nianfang's eyes, and she sighed, "Friend, you don't know. Although my surname is Huo, in reality..."

Huo Nianfang hadn't finished when suddenly a terrifying aura burst forth from afar with a roar.

Chu Nan looked intently, while Zhi Qingge's eyes turned vigilant, and Huo Nianfang was even more surprised, "It's the Royal Family's Flying Ship!"

Spiritual Power howled, causing the trees to sway wildly from side to side.

Just visible was a completely golden dragon-head ship flying through the air, its speed unmatched by any Cloud Sea Realm Martial Artist!

The erupted aura was truly astounding.

Flying Ships were the highest-grade mode of transportation in the Celestial Crossing Realm, only owned by a select few powerful forces and extremely rare.

Their value surpassed King-tier Spirit Martial and rivaled Emperor-tier Spirit Martial!

Seeing this magnificent Flying Ship, Chu Nan couldn't help but show a trace of longing in his eyes, and his desire for power became even more resolute.

He had assumed this Flying Ship would fly overhead, but unexpectedly, it suddenly stopped when passing over Chu Nan and the others.

"What's happening?" Zhi Qingge's eyes flickered with suspicion.

Back then, the Zhi Family was wiped out by the Royal Family's schemes, which even had means to locate Zhi Family Martial Artists within a certain range.

Now that the Royal Family's Flying Ship had stopped, Zhi Qingge suspected that the Royal Family on board had discovered her.

Huo Nianfang was also frowning, knowing even more and naturally recognizing whose Flying Ship this was, so she became even more worried.

At that moment, atop the dragon-head Flying Ship stood a young Martial Artist dressed in a python-patterned brocade robe, overseeing everything below from the ship.

Huo Nianfang recognized the youth on the Flying Ship and said, "Be careful, he is Ji Rugui, the Sixth Prince from the Imperial Capital, who has always wanted to make me his concubine."

The youth in the python-patterned brocade robe appeared haughty, looking down on everything, except when gazing at Huo Nianfang, his heart stirred, "Unexpectedly meeting Miss Nianfang here, are you heading to the Heaven-Shaking Secret Realm as well?"

"It's a good thing this Prince has brought a Flying Ship; how about taking you along?"

In Ji Rugui's eyes, there was undisguised yearning, directly expressing his intentions.

Huo Nianfang was quite famous in the Imperial Capital, comparable only to the recently emerged Gu Nianxue of the Ma Family with the Cold Frost Battle Body.

Every time Ji Rugui saw Huo Nianfang, his heart couldn't help but race, but with the protection of the Huo Family in the Imperial Capital, he had no chance to act.

Huo Nianfang frowned tightly, then said, "I already have companions, so there's no need to trouble the Sixth Prince."

Ji Rugui's eyes revealed a trace of displeasure. Seeing no members of the Huo Family here other than two unidentified people, he joyfully declared, "This Prince's invitation is sincere. Are you perhaps refusing me?"

"Miss Nianfang, to establish yourself in the Imperial Capital, the Huo Family can't help you. Only this Prince's sincere heart can be relied upon—don't let it down~"

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