The weather was exceptionally fine today, but in Wucheng, there were only a few disciples of Qiankun Fortress dressed in Taoist robes searching around, and occasionally some cultivators dressed in blue robes.

A window of a house was flung open, and a dark-skinned man looked around frantically.

"My dear husband, what's wrong? I just made these fried dough sticks, and if I don't take them to sell soon, they'll never sell," a woman with a wrinkled face asked.

The man who had been looking out the window closed it again and sighed, "This damn Kunbao, they're saying they're going to capture a witch, and they won't let anyone go out today, saying it will interfere with their witch-catching."

"Then my fried dough sticks will just... sigh!"

"Those adults don't care about our fried dough cakes. They probably don't even eat fried dough cakes. They eat delicacies all day long!"

"Stop talking, don't let anyone hear." The woman placed the fried dough on the table and called over a few teenagers. "We can't sell them anyway, kids, eat these."

The children, who were no more than six or seven years old, picked up the fried dough sticks with a bewildered look and ate them bit by bit with great care.

They didn't understand anything about witches or anything like that; all they knew was that their mother usually wouldn't let them eat fried dough, but today they could.

A young girl in a loose white Taoist robe walked past the window with her head down, heading towards the city gate with a calm expression.

...

Several disciples of Qiankun Fort stood guard at the city gate, their expressions solemn.

Wan Jiayu stood in the corner, touching the bruise on her neck.

Just now, Qi Yu disappeared into thin air right under Li Daogu's nose using some unknown method. Li Daogu was furious and immediately summoned all the disciples of Qiankun Fort to search the entire city, vowing to tear Qi Yu to pieces.

At that time, the Spirit Academy was in chaos, and he was forgotten by Li Daogu.

However, having offended Li Daogu, he would certainly have no place to stand in Qiankun Fortress.

Wan Jiayu sighed.

Suddenly, a commotion arose at the city gate.

Wan Jiayu looked in the direction of the sound.

A young girl wearing a butterfly-shaped hairpin and a light purple dress shouted at a tall young man, "Why won't you let me out! Do you know who I am?"

The tall Qiankun Fort disciple stood at the very front of the group of disciples; he was probably the leader.

He said impatiently, "I don't care who you are. Today, Elder Li has spoken, and no one is allowed to leave the city!"

"Senior brother!" Another girl with delicate features, holding a black puppy in her arms, stepped forward and tugged at his sleeve, saying, "She is An Rong'er, the second young lady of the An Yao family. The largest escort agency in Wucheng is run by her family."

The girl in the light purple dress, An Rong'er, whom we haven't seen in a long time, curled her lips smugly upon hearing this and said, "You know Yaoguang Escort Agency, right? My father, An Yao, is a Golden Core cultivator. I advise you to be more polite."

“Miss An Yao…” The tall man scratched his head and said, “Even if you are Miss An Yao, you still can’t go out today. You have to report to Elder Li first.”

An Rong'er's eyes widened: "Report? Are you kidding me! I'm in a hurry to get to Yuncheng, the sun is almost setting, how can I have time to wait for you to report!"

The tall man scratched his head in embarrassment.

The pretty young girl whispered in my ear, "Senior brother, Golden Core cultivators are not people like us who can mess with them. If we really delay Miss An's business, we'll probably be the ones punished in the end. Why don't we just turn a blind eye and let her go?"

"This..." The tall man hesitated for a moment. He glanced at the smiling girl and suddenly asked suspiciously, "Junior sister, why do you look a little unfamiliar?"

The girl smiled and gently stroked the puppy's fur, saying, "I'm a new disciple this year, but I don't like going out, so it's understandable that you don't recognize me, senior brother."

She turned to look at Wan Jiayu in the corner, revealing the sword hanging at her waist, and asked softly, "Senior Brother Wan, right?"

Wan Jiayu stared wide-eyed at the familiar sword, then coughed lightly and said, "Yes, Junior Sister."

"Oh." The tall man, unsuspecting, said to An Rong'er, "Miss An, how about this, you leave me a written agreement, so that I can explain if the elders ask about it later."

An Rong'er gave a soft snort, "That's more like it."

The tall man took out paper and pen, had An Rong'er sign and affix her fingerprint, and then said to the other disciples, "Open the city gate!"

An Rong'er was about to leave when the girl suddenly grabbed her and said, "Things have been rather unsettled lately. It might be dangerous for Miss An to travel to Yuncheng alone. Why don't I accompany you?"

Looking at the girl's smiling face, An Rong'er thought to herself that this was another one trying to curry favor and build connections, and said with her head held high, "Okay."

The girl then said to the tall man, "Senior brother, these past few days have been plagued by demons. If anything happens to Miss An, I'm afraid we'll be blamed. Yuncheng isn't far from Wucheng, so I'll escort Miss An there."

The tall man pondered for a few seconds, then nodded and said, "That's fine too."

The pretty young girl's hair fluttered in the wind as she and An Rong'er walked step by step toward the city gate.

"Bang"--

The city gate closed behind the two girls.

An Rong'er walked with her head held high, saying, "Hey, what's your name? You seem pretty savvy. If you can't make it in Qiankun Fort, coming to our family's escort agency isn't out of the question."

All around was silent.

An Rong'er turned around in confusion, but the pretty girl seemed to have vanished into thin air.

"Damn Qiankun Fort's lackeys, how dare they play tricks on me?!"

An Rong'er stomped her feet in anger, wanting to turn around and run to confront the tall man, but the city gates were already closed, and if she continued to linger, the sun would really set, so she had no choice but to start hurrying on her way in a huff.

"When I get back, I'll have my dad settle the score with you!"

In the dense forest outside Wucheng.

A tall, howling moon wolf galloped through the forest, with a pretty young girl in a white robe sitting on its back.

"Master, you've really done well, you've made it big."

The pretty young girl, Qi Yu, who had a new face, laughed and said, "I was lucky to run into An Rong'er. I just had to tease her a little and she took the bait."

It was also thanks to Wan Jiayu that she was willing to help her out of trouble once again.

She turned back, took one last look at the magnificent Wucheng, and silently said "Goodbye".

The communication jade talisman lit up, and Qi Yu took it out to see that it was a message from Xu Shen Shen.

"Are you dead yet? You're not allowed to die until I get what my sister asked you to do."

Before she could reply, another message came through.

Do you know where Senior Brother Mu Luo went? We can't find him anywhere.

Qi Yu put away the communication jade scroll, not intending to reply to Xu Shen Shen.

Mu Luo's condition was indeed not right before.

He was devastated by the passing of his senior sister, Lan Yue.

During the battle between Lai Pi and Mu Luo, Lai Pi's mention of "fallen demons" also bothered her.

If Mu Luo goes missing, where would he go?

Suddenly, the Howling Moon Wolf stopped abruptly, warily watching the two figures that had suddenly appeared in front of it.

Qi Yu gripped her sword tightly, watching the two men walk towards her.