Upon hearing the familiar voice, the man in the black robe looked up at Qi Yu with a hint of confusion.

The man's left eye was a deep black, while his right eye was a blood-red color, as if it had been quenched with blood.

It was Mu Luo, the senior brother who had helped Qi Yu so much in the Spirit Academy.

"Who are you……"

Qi Yu pursed her lips, swallowed a disguise pill, and regained the face she had when she was in the Spirit Academy.

She looked at Mu Luo, and at the gentle young woman he was holding tightly in his arms, who seemed to be asleep.

The girl's face was clean, but there was a thick, stitched mark across her neck.

...It was Xu Lanyue.

After the demon invasion, Mu Luo disappeared without a trace, along with Xu Lanyue's corpse, which turned out to be here.

The two groups stood not close together. Mu Luo looked around in confusion for a moment, then said, "You are Qi Yu."

Qi Yu nodded and said, "Senior Brother Mu Luo, how have you been? How come you..."

She looked at Fenxin, who was standing quietly to the side, seemingly not intending to interrupt their reminiscing, and asked, "How did you end up here? And how did you come to know Fenxin?"

Mentioning this, Mu Luo seemed somewhat pleased. He said, "The Holy Maiden told me how to bring Lan Yue back to life. The Holy Maiden is indeed incredibly powerful. Look, Lan Yue is perfectly fine."

With a slight movement of his fingertips, the sleeping girl began to dance gracefully in response.

Qi Yu looked at him in silence.

After the dance, the girl bowed to Qi Yu and returned to Mu Luo's arms.

"Was it beautiful? Qi Yu, Lan Yue really liked you back then. Did you like her dance? Lan Yue, she..."

Qi Yu interrupted in a low voice, saying, "Xu Lanyue is dead."

Mu Luo paused for a moment, then slowly turned her head to look at Qi Yu.

Those deep black eyes gradually turned crimson.

"Qi Yu, what did you just say?"

Qi Yu closed his eyes, sighed, and said, "Xu Lanyue is dead. She won't feel good if you desecrate her body like this."

A fierce spiritual force suddenly shot out from Mu Luo's body, heading straight for Qi Yu.

"Bang—"

Mu Luo's eyes were bloodshot as he said, word by word, "Lan Yue, she's alright."

The spiritual energy struck a thick barrier, producing a muffled thud.

Ren Pingsheng, who had been on tenterhooks, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

A master at the Tribulation Transcending stage is someone you can trust.

Standing behind the barrier, Qi Yu reluctantly opened the system shop, found the expensive Double-Petaled Green Lotus, and clicked to buy it.

A radiant double-petaled blue lotus appeared in her hand, and Qi Yu took out the Soul-Capturing Hairpin containing Xu Lanyue's soul from her storage ring.

Holding the Soul-Capturing Hairpin in one hand and the Green Lotus in the other, she said, "Mu Luo, Xu Lanyue's soul is with me. I can bring her back to life."

Mu Luo's eyes cleared for a moment. At this moment, Fen Xin gently plucked the strings of the zither. Mu Luo felt dizzy and her vision blurred. Her eyes locked onto Qi Yu and she roared as she rushed over.

"Bang!"

Qi Yu looked at Mu Luo, who had been repelled by the barrier, and then at the nonchalant Fen Xin, and gritted her teeth.

She inserted the Soul-Capturing Hairpin into the stamen of the double-petaled blue lotus, guiding the bewildered soul into the lotus.

Mu Luo, as if possessed, repeatedly rammed into the barrier, seemingly oblivious to the pain.

With a slight wave of her sleeve, Fenxin summoned the White Tiger and Black Tortoise from the other two standing beside her, who joined the team breaking through the barrier.

Ren Pingsheng felt a pang of sorrow upon seeing the two delirious divine beasts.

Even the two divine beasts have become tools of the Blood Fiend Cult.

Fortunately, they still have Lord Phoenix and Qi Yu, who is in the Tribulation Transcending stage.

The White Tiger, the Black Tortoise, and their contractors were not particularly powerful, and after a while, they hadn't even caused any significant damage to Qi Yu's barrier.

However, she did not let her guard down.

Qi Yu watched Fen Xin slowly playing the zither, wondering what she would do next.

The mournful groans grew louder and louder, and countless monsters gradually crawled out of the swamp.

They seemed to be under someone's command and began to break through the barriers set up by Qi Yu.

Only a quarter of an hour has passed.

Qi Yu lowered his eyes, took out his communication jade scroll, and sent a message to someone.

She looked around at the tightly packed crowd, then at Fenxin, and asked, "Want to know where Qiyan is?"

Burning Heart, who had remained as still as a deep well, finally showed some emotion. Her eyes flickered, and she asked, "Where?"

Qi Yu: "Hehe, I won't tell you."

Burning Heart's eyes darkened, and he quickened the pace of his zither playing.

Those who were charging at the barrier seemed to be encouraged, and their force increased even more, causing Qi Yu's barrier to even flicker for a moment.

She remained calm and secretly used her spiritual power to mend the barrier.

"Are you getting anxious? I was just joking."

A cold smile curled at the corner of Fenxin's lips. "The outsider really loves to joke, but Fenxin takes it seriously."

She put away the jade zither, her fingers flying across the strings, and a tall figure appeared beside her.

It was none other than the Sect Master of Yunyang Sect, Immortal Venerable Lieyang.

Like Qi Yu, he was a powerful cultivator in the Tribulation Transcending stage, and belonged to the Heart-Burning Puppet.

The puppet Immortal Lord of Blazing Sun, wielding a precious sword, slashed at the barrier.

"Crack—"

The sound of the barrier shattering rang out.

The monsters immediately rushed in, and then...

We hit yet another barrier.

Qi Yu chuckled and said, "You didn't expect that, did you? I know how to use nesting dolls."

Burning Heart's face was ashen, and he continued to control the Blazing Sun Immortal Venerable to slash.

As a cultivator with a Chaos Spiritual Root, Qi Yu's meridians for storing spiritual power are much wider than those of other cultivators. In addition, she refines extremely high-grade Spirit Recovery Pills. When one layer of the barrier breaks, she repairs two layers, even making the barrier's range even larger.

Burning Heart: "..."

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