Shivering, Yun Huai rubbed his arms and looked behind him.

Several unnatural voices came from the side.

"Seventh Junior Brother, what are you doing sneaking around like that?"

"Seventh Senior Brother, have you been neglecting your bath for too long and gotten lice? You're scratching at yourself like that..."

It was Zhuo Ziyu, Gu Xingchuan with a look of disgust, and Qiyue, a curious child.

Yun Huai said irritably, "What nonsense! I just suddenly felt a chill and felt a little uncomfortable..."

Zhuo Ziyu and the others looked confused, while Qiyue seemed to understand perfectly, covering her mouth with her hand and whispering, "Someone is cricketing at you."

"What do you mean?" Yun Huai asked, puzzled.

Qiyue glanced at Yun Huai several times with a look of disdain, but still kindly explained, "It's just that someone has been talking about you behind your back."

"..." Yun Huai was stunned, first looking confused, and then suddenly remembered something.

He clapped his hands: "It must be that wicked disciple!"

Qi Yue's eyes lit up, sensing something was amiss. She leaned closer, about to speak, when a voice rang out faster than hers: "What exactly happened? Tell me more."

She turned her head and saw her third senior sister, Le Luoxi, who seemed slightly excited.

Two words were clearly written on her beautiful face.

A fujoshi (a female fan of male-male romance).

[Oh no, it must be those picture books that led my senior sister astray...]

Qi Yue's heart skipped a beat. She glanced at the aloof Lou Xuanzhi in front of her, feeling strange.

[Although my senior sister, just as I predicted, has gotten rid of her romantic obsession and even lost the desire for romance, the situation seems to have taken a sudden turn...]

Le Luoxi subtly raised an eyebrow. Had she changed? No way, had she been the same all these years? No, wait, she had changed a little. But she had to thank her junior sister; she had to admit, watching others experience romance was far more rewarding than her own.

I have to say, I feel much more comfortable since I stopped liking my master. Before, when I liked him, I was careful in everything I did, always guessing what he was thinking, hoping to get his attention, and constantly restraining myself.

Tsk~ I wouldn't even talk about love, men, or dogs!

Le Luoxi pursed her lips and looked at Yun Huai again, while Lou Xuanzhi's lips curled up.

It's good that it's changed!

Xie Ji'an's expression was strange. His third junior sister had indeed changed, and she had become terrifying. He used to see her only twice a year, but now he could run into her several times a day.

She always asks him some inexplicable questions.

That's terrifying!!!

Shangguan Fu, Song Yanzhuo, and Gu Xingchuan all had meaningful expressions on their faces. It wasn't just Le Luoxi who had changed; they had all changed, and this was all because their junior sister was just too unconventional.

Yun Huai already found this senior sister a bit strange, and now, after hearing his junior sister's thoughts, he felt even stranger. His gaze fell on his master and senior brother.

His pupils contracted. Could it be that Senior Sister has misunderstood something?

This idea really startled Yun Huai. He quickly said, "It's nothing. Senior sister, you know that junior sister is my disciple's savior. He has always been thinking about junior sister and wants to repay her, but junior sister has always been very busy. He has been looking for her but has never been able to see her, so he asked me, his master, to help him. I forgot about it."

"Oh." Upon hearing the truth, Le Luoxi looked uninterested.

Qiyue frowned in thought: "That's not right. We just met not long ago, and I even gave him a pill furnace."

“That’s true, but…” Yun Huai replied, then changed the subject: “Junior Sister, why did you suddenly think of giving him a pill furnace? Anyway, he doesn’t need to go down the mountain to train now, so giving it to him would be a waste.”

"..." Qi Yue was speechless, feeling a pang of regret.

[Damn it, I was so busy maintaining things that I forgot that the kid wasn't supposed to be coming down the mountain yet. What a waste! Ugh, this is so frustrating. I don't even have a pill furnace yet!]

July felt sad.

Upon hearing this, a dark look flashed across everyone's eyes.

Lou Xuanzhi: A pill-refining furnace? He has one! He'll get one for the little guy when we get back!

Xie Ji'an and the others: Very good! Once we enter the Bone Tomb, let's see if the Fanyin Sect, Hengyang Sect, and Wanbaolou, those little trash, have any alchemy furnaces. If they do, we'll give them to our junior sister!

After landing outside the city, they entered the city and arrived at the Xie family auction house, where Jin Shang and his men had been waiting for a long time.

As instructed by Qiyue, he revealed to Hengyang Sect, Fanyin Sect, and Jin Youqian that Qiyue had gone to the Bone Tomb alone with Xie Wanfu and him.

To avoid suspicion, Lou Xuanzhi and his group disguised themselves as people from Xie Family Auction House and Jin Shang, while people from both families disguised themselves as them and stayed at Xie Family Auction House.

He sent the two spies hiding in the shadows and Kim Yu-gyeom's men back to report the news.

Watching the scout, who thought he had hidden himself well and was going back to report, leave, a cold smile flashed in Qiyue's eyes.

You all need to follow closely, don't miss a single one!

To prevent the followers from losing track of her, Qiyue specifically forbade anyone from using the teleportation array.

They flew on their swords all the way to a point a hundred meters outside the Bone Tomb in the Forbidden Forest.

Looking at the dark forest not far away, Qiyue's eyes held a strange light.

The so-called Forbidden Forest is a forest perpetually shrouded in thick fog, oppressive and devoid of light, where only withered trees and swamps are visible. A strange toxin resides within the fog; inhaling it causes numbness and coldness in the limbs, and obstructs spiritual energy. Only by continuously consuming antidote pills can the symptoms be alleviated.

The most terrifying thing is that the entire Forbidden Forest can only be traversed on foot; it is impossible to fly across it. Once inside the forest, regardless of one's cultivation level, one will be tormented by hunger just like an ordinary person, and there is no turning back; turning back will only hasten the hunger process.

This kind of hunger could only be relieved by food. As for fasting pills, they were completely useless. What normal cultivator would carry food with them? As a result, these people, driven to desperation by hunger, killed each other, lost their humanity, accelerated their starvation, and died in the forest.

This also led to the monsters inside constantly fighting and preying on each other.

[It will instinctively hunt and kill any living creature it sees.]

All of this was done by the Bone Clan, a curse that cannot be lifted. This is because, as their name suggests, the Bone Clan lacks flesh and blood; they possess only skeletal shells. Only through ascension can they gain physical bodies.

Before ascending to immortality, they cannot abstain from grains like humans who cultivate themselves; they need to consume food. For them, who rarely see the light of day and whose habitat consists only of decaying flesh and mud, human food is incredibly delicious.

Three hundred years ago, a great war was about to break out, but it was ultimately stopped by a powerful being. The Bone Clan was sealed in the Bone Tomb, never to step out. However, as the years passed, the Bone Clan became the ones who imprisoned themselves within the Bone Tomb.

[And for three hundred years, the only constant has been the opportunity possessed by the Bone Tomb, attracting countless people driven by greed, who ultimately perished in the forest.]

Qi Yue's heartfelt words stirred up a storm in the hearts of Lou Xuanzhi and the others.

No wonder no one knows the specifics of the Forbidden Forest. Fortunately, the sect has abundant resources. Although they were tempted, they gave up the idea because there was so little information available.

Thinking of this, the seven of them secretly glanced at Lou Xuanzhi.

I silently said to myself, "Thank you, Master."

Lou Xuanzhi's gaze was fixed on the figure in the light green dress.

I couldn't calm down for a long time.