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This was Jiang Huali's first time flying on her sword since arriving in this mission world.

It feels pretty good.

She flew along the route given by the system and jumped down when she reached a dense forest.

With a steady landing, Jiang Huali stepped into the dense forest before her.

This was a maze-like forest, thick with fog, but thankfully she had the system, so she didn't get lost.

[Host, I sense Liu Mulin is up ahead!]

Jiang Huali pushed aside the waist-high weeds and walked several hundred meters forward, where a wide-open space came into view.

She concealed her presence and quietly observed the situation from the side.

Not far away, Liu Mulin was confronting Yu Tian.

Several unconscious people were lying on the ground nearby; they were disciples of the Lingxiao Sect who had entered the secret realm with Yu Tian.

Jiang Huali also saw two unexpected people among them.

Mingyao and Song Quanzhen.

How did they get here?

Before Jiang Huali could figure it out, she heard Liu Mulin laugh and say, "Senior sister, just surrender. I only want a little bit of your blood; I won't harm your life."

The smile on his face was cold and hypocritical, making people feel very uncomfortable.

Yu Tian angrily questioned, "Liu Mulin! You colluded with the demons, harmed innocent mortals, stole the Mind-Controlling Bell, and controlled your disciples to attack me. Why did you do this?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Mulin chuckled lightly: "Senior sister, for so long, wherever you are, no one else can ever see me. I just want a bit of your luck, why are you born with such good fortune, while I'm always overshadowed by you!"

Yu Tian stared at him coldly, then suddenly said, "You are not Liu Mulin."

"Who are you?"

Liu Mulin's expression remained unchanged: "What do you mean by that, Senior Sister? I grew up with you since I was a child. If I'm not Liu Mulin, then who is?"

Yu Tian: "I don't care who you are or where you came from, or where the real Liu Mulin is now. If you tell the truth, I might spare your life."

Liu Mulin threw his head back and laughed loudly, then stopped laughing and said expressionlessly, "He died a long time ago."

“He died years ago; he gave me this body willingly. Besides, do you think you can kill me?”

Yu Tian's expression was icy, and the Sun Chasing Sword was pointed directly at Liu Mulin's face.

"Whether I can kill you or not, we'll find out soon enough."

Before he finished speaking, Yu Tian made his move.

In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged hundreds of blows.

Yu Tian truly lived up to his reputation as the number one swordsman of the younger generation; his cultivation and strength were not to be underestimated, and he forced Liu Mulin into a series of defeats.

Just then, the situation suddenly changed.

Liu Mulin gritted his teeth, formed a hand seal, and used some kind of evil magic to strike Yu Tian. Yu Tian's face turned pale instantly, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Yu Tian's cultivation continuously flowed into Liu Mulin's body.

A ball of light emanating black mist floated out from Liu Mulin's body.

Yu Tian knelt on the ground, leaning on his sword as he looked at Liu Mulin: "What did you do?"

Liu Mulin said, "Now that most of your fortune belongs to me, do you think you can still defeat me? I want not only your fortune, but also your cultivation. From now on, I am the chosen one of this world's destiny, hahahahaha..."

Yu Tian spat out another mouthful of blood: "What are you saying?"

Jiang Huali waited for her chance, and taking advantage of Liu Mulin's momentary lapse in vigilance, she drew her sword and rushed out.

Caught off guard, Liu Mulin was stabbed by Jiang Huali, who suddenly appeared.

"Pfft—"

It was the sound of a sword piercing through a body and then being pulled out.

Liu Mulin coughed up blood, quickly stepped aside, and stared at Jiang Huali who had suddenly appeared.

The disguise on Jiang Huali's face has disappeared.

He paused for a moment, wiped the blood from his lips, and laughed, "So it was you. How come you're still alive? Wasn't your cultivation supposed to be destroyed?"

Noticing the protective spiritual energy surrounding Jiang Huali, and recalling her swift movements just now, Liu Mulin said, "You've recovered your cultivation? I suppose you used some underhanded methods, right? In that case, aren't we on the same path? What are you trying to do?"

Jiang Huali disgustedly flicked the blood off her sword: "Stop talking nonsense. Do you think everyone is like you, as disgusting as a rat in the gutter?"

Liu Mulin laughed heartily, completely unfazed by her provocation: "Even your senior sister couldn't kill me, so what makes you think you can?"

He said calmly, "I won't die here. Even if you kill me, I'll just get a new body. Alas, it's a pity that your Senior Brother Liu didn't even leave behind a complete corpse after he died."

Jiang Huali sneered: "Are all you invaders so arrogant?"

Liu Mulin's expression changed slightly: "What did you say?"

"I'm saying, do you think your system can guarantee you'll live forever in this world? What if you don't have your system?"

Jiang Huali looked at the ball of light floating beside Liu Mulin, which was constantly absorbing Yu Tian's cultivation and transferring it to Liu Mulin.

This is the intruder's system.

Jiang Huali used her spiritual power to grab the ball of light and crushed it in her hand.

Well... luckily, I applied to headquarters for tools to destroy the intruder system before coming here.

It works quite well; it turns to ashes in a second.

Everything happened in an instant. The formation that was plundering cultivation was interrupted, and Liu Mulin coughed up blood and fell to the ground. He tried to contact the system, but it was like throwing a stone into the sea without any response.

He then shouted in a panic, "What have you done?"

Jiang Huali smiled but remained silent.

Liu Mulin gradually broke down and asked again, "Who exactly are you? You're not Jiang Huali... You're an outsider too! We're all the same, we're all companions! Why did you try to kill me?"

He was still not giving up: "If... if you also want Yu Tian's luck, I can share some with you!"

Jiang Huali chuckled, "How can you be so self-righteous about something you stole?"

She blew the dust off her hands: "It's no use saying anything now. Your system has been destroyed by me. If you don't believe me, see if you can still contact it."

Liu Mulin's face was extremely ugly, and he glared at Jiang Huali through gritted teeth.

Jiang Huali said, "The fortune of the people in the small world is something they are born with. Even if you plunder it, it will never truly be yours. Besides, you've harmed so many people to plunder their fortune. Your system is already destroyed. If we kill you now, you'll never be able to possess another person's body again, right?"

Liu Mulin then became terrified. He knelt down and begged Jiang Huali not to kill him and to give him a chance so that he could return all of Yu Tian's luck.

Jiang Huali sneered: "If I just kill you, the luck you plundered will automatically return to Yu Tian. Why should I waste my breath arguing with you here?"

Villains often die from talking too much. Although Jiang Huali is not a villain, she did not want to say anything more and directly attacked Liu Mulin.

Jiang Huali now shares Xuan Qing's cultivation level, not to mention that Xuan Qing has now obtained the Xuanlong inheritance, greatly increasing his cultivation level. Liu Mulin can't even withstand three moves from her.

Before long, Liu Mulin was pinned to a nearby tree by Jiang Huali's sword.

Jiang Huali took out the Immortal Binding Rope that Yu Tian had given her beforehand, tied up Liu Mulin, sealed his spiritual veins, and threw him aside like trash.

Jiang Huali sheathed her sword and walked towards Yu Tian, ​​asking with concern, "Senior Sister, are you alright?"

Yu Tian looked at Jiang Huali: "What did he mean by what he just said? What does 'outsider' mean? And what is this 'luck' thing?"

Jiang Huali helped Yu Tian up and said, "Senior sister, it's not convenient here. I'll explain properly to you after we leave the secret realm."

Upon hearing this, Yu Tian's expression softened, and he said, "I'll leave Liu Mulin with me for now. The disciples who entered the secret realm with us were all controlled by him with the Mind-Controlling Bell and won't wake up for a while. Once we leave the secret realm, you'll come back to the sect with me."

The Mind-Controlling Bell is a demonic artifact capable of controlling people's minds. It had been sealed in the Spirit Storage Pavilion of the Lingxiao Sect for a long time, and it is unknown why it ended up in Liu Mulin's hands.

Jiang Huali nodded: "Okay."

The exit of the secret realm will open in seven days.

Yu Tian asked, "What about the rogue cultivator who entered the secret realm with you?"

Jiang Huali: "He had something come up, so I came to find you."

Yu Tian frowned and said in an "I knew it" tone, "For the next few days, you might as well stay by my side."

Jiang Huali scratched her head: "Senior sister, you don't need to worry about me. I have other things to do. Look at me, I'm fine now, aren't I?"

Recalling Jiang Huali's swift and decisive move, Yu Tian's expression softened, and he nodded: "That's acceptable."

Yu Tian walked towards the unconscious disciples and used his magic to wake them up.

When the disciples woke up, their eyes were glazed over, and they didn't know what had happened.

Seeing Senior Brother Liu, who was bound hand and foot and beaten until he vomited blood, they were even more confused.

Mingyao and Song Quanzhen also woke up.

Jiang Huali explained the situation to them and asked, "How did you end up here?"

Mingyao rubbed her head: "When we entered the secret realm, we fell into the same place as Fellow Daoist Yu and the others, so we traveled together. Who knew that Liu something would suddenly take out a bell and shake it, and then we lost consciousness."

Yu Tian gave them a storage bag and said, "I'm really sorry to have dragged you into this. Here are some spiritual artifacts and herbs as an apology."

Mingyao didn't hesitate and took the storage bag. She opened it and glanced at it, her eyes shining: "Fellow Daoist Yu, what are you saying? It's alright, it's alright, we're perfectly fine!"

Yu Tian smiled and said, "The matter has been resolved. You may leave now."

Song Quanzhen suddenly asked, "Who is controlling us?"

Jiang Huali pointed to Liu Mulin, whose spiritual veins had been sealed and whose eyes were sinister.

Song Quanzhen walked straight up to Liu Mulin, stuffed a dark pill into Liu Mulin's mouth, and punched him to make him swallow it.

No one expected Song Quanzhen's actions.

Jiang Huali: "What did you feed him?"

Song Quanzhen said, "They're just some small gadgets; they won't endanger his life."

After Liu Mulin swallowed the pill, he suddenly burst into laughter, then broke down in tears, acting as if he had gone mad.

Song Quanzhen said that the symptoms would be relieved in seven days, and then sealed Liu Mulin's mouth shut as well.

Jiang Huali: "..."

It seems Mingyao was right.

The intruder system has been resolved, but this matter is not over yet. Everything will have to wait until Jiang Huali and the others return to the sect before it can be discussed.

Yu Tian gave Jiang Huali some pills and magical artifacts, and then their group split into three groups.

Jiang Huali planned to go back to find Xuanqing, while Yu Tian led his disciples and Liu Mulin away, and Mingyao and Song Quanzhen went in another direction.

Mingyao smiled and said, "We still have to go search for spiritual herbs. Fellow Daoists, we'll meet again someday!"

With seven days remaining, Yu Tian will continue to lead his disciples to explore the secret realm.

After saying goodbye to the others, Jiang Huali returned to the cave along the same route.

Outside the cave, the protective barrier she had set up before leaving was still intact, indicating that no one had discovered the place yet.

After all, it's only been a day since we entered the secret realm, and most people wouldn't be able to get here yet.

Jiang Huali entered the cave and arrived at the place of inheritance, but she did not see Xuanqing inside.

The central stone platform was empty; the giant dragon had vanished without a trace.

She paused for a moment, then started looking around.

"Xuanqing?"

Jiang Huali was completely bewildered and did not notice the extremely slight friction sound behind her.

Suddenly, a thick tail wrapped around his waist.

Jiang Huali suddenly looked up and met a pair of golden vertical pupils.

The scales, which should have been cold and damp, were now frighteningly hot. Xuanlong gently touched Jiang Huali with its head.

Xuanqing's condition looked very strange.

Jiang Huali was stunned for a moment, then her cheek was suddenly licked.

What she didn't know was that after receiving the Xuanlong inheritance and completely transforming into a giant dragon, Xuanqing entered its mature stage.

And the dragon's mating season will then begin.

"Hmm..."

The tail wrapped around her waist tightened more and more, encroaching on her exposed skin inch by inch, and Jiang Huali couldn't help but grip the tail tightly.

A thin tail tip slipped into her hand and nuzzled against her affectionately.