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Chapter 523: A Key!
When a beauty warmly invites you to explore hidden secrets and venture into secret realms together, how could Lin Fengmian refuse?
He immediately prepared himself, armed and ready for battle.
Although he knew that the enemy had set up the Four Seasons Vortex Formation, he was no coward.
To showcase his prowess in front of beauty, he grew wild and fierce, quickly drawing his weapon and charging into the enemy camp.
Shangguan Qiong hadn’t expected him to charge in so directly. She let out a muffled groan, caught off guard.
The two met head-on, evenly matched in skill and strength.
Lin Fengmian swung his spear, unleashing a deadly rhythm against the well-prepared Shangguan Qiong.
A cold glint flashed first, followed by the spear thrusting forward like a dragon.
Although Shangguan Qiong activated the Four Seasons Vortex Formation to trap Lin Fengmian, she couldn’t help but tremble under the dragon’s assault.
Seeing the situation turn dire, she emitted waves of war rhythms, using power to deflect force.
At the same time, the Four Seasons Vortex Formation activated, and a tide surged from all sides, submerging the battlefield.
Lin Fengmian was caught in the swirling current, unable to free himself.
Even though he knew that this battle would inevitably result in rivers of blood and countless soldiers sinking into the mire, he was determined to be the stabilizing force in this vast ocean, fighting on the front lines against the flood.
He summoned the ancient treasure, the Human Seed Bag, and charged forward without hesitation.
The two of them fought fiercely, darkening the world, dimming the sun and moon, and almost changing the course of mountains and rivers.
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A thousand years ago, at the Qionghua Cloud Return Pavilion.
After returning, Luo Xue tried to leave the Cloud Return Pavilion several times, but to no avail.
Frustrated, she said, “Master! I know you’re here. Come out! I really need to ask you something!”
The Qionghua Supreme appeared behind her and calmly spoke, “Go ahead, I’m listening.”
Luo Xue looked at her and asked, “Master, did you do something to Zhenyuan over the past ten years?”
The Qionghua Supreme replied with interest, “Why do you ask?”
Luo Xue confessed, “I have seen him again, but the flow of time between us is different now.”
“Ten years have passed for me, but only ten days for him.”
The Qionghua Supreme smiled and said, “Doesn’t that prove that he’s a demon attached to the Twin Fish Pendant?”
“Without your spiritual energy, he can’t exist in this world, so his time stands still.”
Luo Xue was speechless and asked, “Master, just tell me, did you do anything to Zhenyuan?”
The Qionghua Supreme said indifferently, “Over the past ten years, I gave it to Cangshu for research. I hoped to uncover Zhenyuan’s secrets.”
Luo Xue heaved a long sigh of relief. She had been afraid that the Qionghua Supreme would say that she had done nothing.
“Hasn’t Elder Cangshu already investigated Zhenyuan?”
“During the time it was with you, it seemed to have changed somewhat,” the Qionghua Supreme explained.
Luo Xue asked, “What has Elder Cangshu discovered?”
The Qionghua Supreme smiled and said, “It seems it’s not a weapon, but a key.”
“A key? To what?” Luo Xue asked stunned.
“Who knows?”
The Qionghua Supreme smiled faintly. “But Xue’er, you still haven’t listened to me, have you?”
Seeing her gaze fall on Zhenyuan, Luo Xue quickly hid it, afraid that it would be confiscated again.
“Master, I did listen. As soon as I left that space, I came to report to you.”
The Qionghua Supreme said with a half-smile, “Report? Are you sure you didn’t come here to confront me?”
Luo Xue felt guilty and said, “Master, you’re joking. How could I confront you?”
“I have been strictly following your teachings. As soon as I saw him, I unsheathed my sword.”
“That demon really had evil intentions. He planted a reincarnation mark on my soul.”
Qionghua Supreme flew to her side and reached into her Sea of Consciousness, indeed finding a soul mark.
Of course, it was a fake mark that Luo Xue had imitated from Lin Fengmian’s consciousness sea.
Although she couldn’t undo it, she had learned enough to easily mimic one.
“Master, how can I remove this mark?”
The Qionghua Supreme frowned slightly, and a few strands of Divine Sense transformed into sword light, easily dispersing the reincarnation mark.
The core of the reincarnation mark was a strand of the caster’s soul. Naturally, Luo Xue had used her own soul.
The Qionghua Supreme said with a half-smile, “Xue’er, this demon is quite interesting. The mark actually contained a strand of your soul.”
Luo Xue laughed awkwardly, “After all, it is my inner demon. Perhaps our souls are similar?”
The Qionghua Supreme flicked her forehead and said irritably, “Inner Demon? More like a sweetheart.”
Luo Xue covered her head, tears welling up from the pain, and looked at her pitifully.
The Qionghua Supreme’s figure dissipated as she said indifferently, “I advise you to stay away from him.”
As her figure disappeared, Luo Xue let out a long sigh of relief.
She had finally tricked her way into learning how to remove the mark and had also kept Zhenyuan safe.
She rubbed her forehead, muttering to herself.
That bastard Lin Fengmian made me take a beating. I’ll make sure to beat him up later.
After a night of hard work, Lin Fengmian had no idea that he was already marked for a beating.
As dawn approached, worried that Nangong Xiu might disturb them, he quickly finished the battle and withdrew his troops amidst the enemy’s mournful cries.
Although Shangguan Qiong still refused to engage in import-export trade or open her doors wide, she still made a fortune with his help.
Shangguan Qiong, now lazy from her profits, didn’t want to get up at all. She just wanted to curl up on Lin Fengmian and sleep until the end of the world.
If Nangong Xiu hadn’t come to wake them up on time, she really might have slept until evening and then continued to sleep through the night.
Seeing Shangguan Qiong struggling to get up, weak and unsteady, yet determined to get dressed and leave, Lin Fengmian felt a pang of regret.
“Sect Leader, you’re so tired. Why not leave tomorrow?”
Shangguan Qiong couldn’t possibly agree. If she stayed for another day, she might never leave.
Lin Fengmian had no choice but to get up and gently help her dress.
This tender gesture stirred up complex emotions in Shangguan Qiong, almost making her unable to move.
As she bent down to pick up her undergarment from the floor, Lin Fengmian chuckled and said, “Sect Leader, why not give this to me?”
Although he had already taken one of hers before, that one had been stolen. This one, given by her, held a different meaning.
Shangguan Qiong rolled her eyes at him, took off the half-worn undergarment and threw it in his face.
“What a perverted hobby. But it’s dirty now, and I don’t want it anymore. You can have it.”
Lin Fengmian lightly sniffed it and smiled. “It carries the milky scent of the Sect Leader.”
Shangguan Qiong looked at him with a mixture of embarrassment and annoyance and scolded, “You pervert!”
As the two walked out, Lin Fengmian said that he would escort Shangguan Qiong on her way, asking Nangong Xiu to give him some time.
Nangong Xiu, who had long been annoyed by his nightly revelry, nodded eagerly, almost wishing she could help send Shangguan Qiong away herself.
Before leaving, Shangguan Qiong, accompanied by Lin Fengmian, went to see the Han sisters.
She claimed that she had matters to discuss, but secretly placed seals in their sea of consciousness to prevent them from revealing the secret of the switched identities.