After a long time, Youluo plunged into a black mist, following Lu Ye's winding path. Remarkably, the scene before them shifted!

A gigantic black lake appeared before their eyes, with a stone in its center, atop which perched a creature with two horns growing from its head.

"Is it a Guardian or an Elder?" Lu Ye glanced twice and looked towards Youluo.

Youluo: "..."

"This isn't a Guardian Elder, but one of the Evil Beasts raised by the Celestial Demon Divine Sect."

Seeing two humanoid beings appearing by the lakeside, the drool of the two-horned Evil Beast on the black stone flowed unreservedly.

"That's not right; these Evil Beasts all have masters. There's no way only one Evil Beast is sealed here," Youluo said somewhat perplexed, annoyed by the greedy gaze from the Evil Beast, and directly struck with an attack.

Sealed for so many years, the power of these once formidable Evil Beasts severely weakened. This Evil Beast retained only a cultivation equivalent to a Half-Step Grandmaster Realm and couldn't withstand Youluo's blow.

Instantly, it was engulfed in black mist, roaring painfully.

"By your logic, if another demonic creature were sealed here, it likely escaped already," Lu Ye said. "This Sealing Array is already quite damaged, otherwise, with my level of Array skills, we wouldn't have gotten in so easily."

"Damn, so we still arrived a step too late," Youluo said, frustrated as she unleashed several more attacks on the two-horned Evil Beast.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye's eyes darted around, scanning the surroundings.

Soon, he indeed discovered something.

Behind the left side of the lake, there's a small array, but it's quite well preserved.

Lu Ye approached it and found nearly a hundred Source Crystals inside!

Under the Source Crystals, it appeared as a consumptive array.

Lu Ye promptly guessed that this was the energy source for maintaining the Sealing Array.

However, due to certain reasons, the seal was damaged, unable to operate correctly.

These Source Crystals weren't completely depleted; they remained intact.

Otherwise, they could have sustained the seal for a considerable period.

Outside the array, traces of evil aura linger, along with some impact marks.

"So before escaping, the demonic creature attempted to breach this small array to seize the Source Crystals…"

Lu Ye pondered for a moment and intended to try as well.

After all, if he could acquire this batch of resources, he could advance two to three realms at least.

A casual attack was launched to test the strength, and Lu Ye found that a typical strike from a Grandmaster Sixth Layer left no trace upon the array's barrier, like a stone sinking in the sea.

"No wonder the demonic creature gave up,"

Freshly escaped from the seal, it would surely be in its weakest state, probably lacking the strength that Lu Ye possessed at the Grandmaster Sixth Layer.

If even Lu Ye's attack didn't stir the surface, the demonic creature likely tried and abandoned the effort.

After a moment of contemplation, Lu Ye turned and said, "Step back a bit."

Upon hearing this, Youluo, who had just vented her anger on the two-horned Evil Beast, quickly withdrew.

She knew that her lord husband had a powerful move at his disposal!

Moments later, Lu Ye's eyes focused, the most potent single-target attack, the Divine Origin Invisible Sword Qi, instantly gathered!

Boom!

In the next moment, it blasted directly onto the array's protective barrier.

Instantly, a tiny hole appeared in the previously impenetrable defensive array, with dense Source Qi emanating from it!

...

Moments later, as the two retreated from the dark lake, the two-horned Evil Beast had already perished.

Since the Celestial Demon Divine Sect's sealed personnel in Soul Falling Valley had escaped, there was no need to stay longer.

Moreover, although they had slain the evil spirit deep in Soul Falling Valley, that faintly unsettling feeling persisted since their entry.

Lu Ye thought that this infamous Soul Falling Valley might be more complex than it appeared, and the sooner they left, the better.

When the two exited Soul Falling Valley, the sun bathed them once more, and the chilling aura that enveloped them vanished at last.

After a while, they returned to outside East Cang City.

Lu Ye finally took out a Communication Jade Token and sent a message to the eagerly awaiting Jiang Lingyue, informing her of his return.

He shed his disguise and stood amidst the Purple Bamboo Forest where Youluo had been earlier.

Before long, a figure rushed over, entering the bamboo grove full of anticipation.

In an instant, she locked onto the youthful silhouette standing in the forest.

"Ah! I missed you so much!"

Immediately, Jiang Lingyue lightly tapped her foot, darting like a swallow straight into Lu Ye's embrace.

"It seems like you've been diligent during this period, reaching the Postnatal Second Layer," Lu Ye laughed, glancing around, "Is it because you missed me so much after just a short period of absence?"

"I did! I missed you so much!" Jiang Lingyue inhaled deeply, savoring the familiar scent, and raised her little face seriously.

"I never knew what it meant to feel like a day apart is like three autumns, or when people say it feels like years passing by, I thought it was exaggerated."

"But once I actually went to the Wuxiang Sect, I realized that every day I didn't see you felt like years to me!"

Lu Ye looked at this clever girl for a moment and smiled, "You sure have a way with words, yet you say you're not good at speaking?"

Jiang Lingyue buried her head in Lu Ye's chest, muffledly saying, "I really am not, everything I said comes from the heart."

After a moment, Lu Ye asked, "Are you getting used to life on the mountain?"

"It's alright, they diligently practice every day, and I didn't slack off either, training rigorously every day!" Jiang Lingyue confidently said, "I must become an Innate Realm powerhouse as soon as possible!"

...

Half an hour later.

After sending Jiang Lingyue, who aspired to become an Innate powerhouse soon, into East Cang City, Lu Ye followed his usual routine, looking for a secluded area.

Having just acquired nearly a hundred Source Crystals from Soul Falling Valley, now is the perfect time to cultivate.

Setting up a barrier, he casually grabbed two Source Crystals, held them tightly, and immediately began refining them.

On the other side.

When Jiang Lingyue returned to the inn accommodated by the sect, entering the room, she instantly caught Yu Yu's attention.

The Wuxiang Sect disciples numbered in the dozens, and with tight spacing, they shared rooms two apiece. Jiang Lingyue shared hers with her senior sister Yu Yu.

"Junior Sister, where did you go? You seem a bit different."

Observing the slight blush lingering on her younger sister's face, Yu Yu asked curiously.

"Didn't go anywhere, just… casually went out for a walk." Jiang Lingyue smiled bashfully.

Though Yu Yu suspected her junior sister seemed off, having never experienced such things herself, she merely shook her head, burying her doubt.

Soon, time lapsed.

As evening approached, the Red Cloud Sect's Spiritual Boat also descended outside East Cang City.

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