The sky gradually brightened, and the sun slowly rose from the east again, illuminating the world.

Li Yinchen felt as if he had had a very long dream, in which he had died in an accident.

Sparse bird calls could be heard in his ears, and his body seemed to be covered with a soft blanket. He slowly opened his eyes, sorted out his vague memories, and then looked around.

here it is...?

It looked a little strange, but it seemed to be a place where humans gathered. It was relatively quiet, with only occasional voices coming from afar.

He slowly sat up and looked at his hands and body. They were already bandaged and no longer painful. No wonder he could sleep well. But who saved him? Could what he saw last night really not be a dream? But that scene was too fantastical to be true.

He sat quietly on the bed like this. After a long time, the door creaked open and a little girl walked in. She saw him sitting up.

"Ah, you're awake." The girl had green hair and snow-white skin. She was obviously a child of the Youchi clan.

"Yes, may I ask where this place is..." Li Yinchen looked at the girl.

"This is a secluded valley in the sunset mountains. I don't know its specific name, but that's what everyone around me says." The girl pressed her finger under her chin and answered thoughtfully.

"Then why should I..." Li Yinchen wanted to continue to understand the situation, but the girl seemed to know what he was going to ask, so she answered first.

"I know. You were rescued by Lady Jialan last night, along with a man and a woman. They are lying next door now."

"After that, Lady Jialan treated you with herbs and spells, and then asked me and the others to take care of you. That's all."

So we're already near the shrine, Li Yinchen thought to himself, and then he wanted to try to get out of bed and walk out to take a look.

"Hey, be careful, your injury hasn't healed yet." The girl hurried over and tried to dissuade Li Yinchen.

"It's okay, I'm used to this little injury. Thank you for your care. My name is Li Yinchen." He refused the girl's help and stood up by himself with the help of the wall.

Seeing that this man did have some ability to act, the little girl felt relieved.

"My name is Caiwei. Currently, I'm helping my mother and the shrine with some work." The little girl introduced herself, and then saw Li Yinchen slowly walking out.

"You'd better go slower." Caiwei followed slowly behind and walked out of the house with Li Yinchen.

When Li Yinchen stepped out of the small courtyard halfway up the hill, the vast and lively scene of the valley came into view. Everywhere were the Youchi people walking around. Everyone was bustling about, but there were few quarrels. They were trading various things, and some were exchanging experiences and practicing martial arts, etc., sitting aside to prepare for the subsequent battle.

Seeing this, Li Yinchen was surprised. This was different from the quiet valley he had seen a long time ago, so he stared at it carefully on the hillside.

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There is silence in the shrine.

Granny Gro knelt in the main hall, listening to Loran Hill slowly recount what she had learned in Zhaoye Palace yesterday.

"I didn't expect so many things to happen, and Yu Jian also died there..." There seemed to be sadness and sigh in Granny Gro's words.

"Mother-in-law, do you know Jade Sword Master?"

"I know him. He's an old acquaintance." Granny Gro sighed and said to Loran Hill.

"Thank you for your hard work this time. Leave the rest to me. Your training is almost over, and this place is no longer suitable for you to stay for long." Although Loran Hill would be a great help if he stayed, considering that the situation would only become more and more dangerous, it would be a pity and regret if this important disciple of the Xiangyu Sect died here.

"Although the Xiangyu Sect and Zhaoye Palace were one and the same hundreds of years ago, they are not so familiar with each other now. If you go to Zhaoye Palace for help, you may not be able to see the leader of the sect immediately." Granny Gro said slowly.

"So let's go back to the Xiangyu Sect first. It will be safer and more secure this way." She wanted the girl to leave this dangerous place.

"But..." Loran Hill was about to argue when a burst of hurried footsteps came from outside, and then someone pushed open the curtain in front of the shrine and stepped in.

"Wait a minute, miss." Caiwei's anxious voice came from behind.

Loran Hill turned around and saw a woman with injuries that had not yet healed walked in. She was wearing a green coat on the outside and a bright yellow dress underneath.

"Excuse me, are you the shrine maiden of this shrine?" The woman looked at Granny Gro who was wearing gorgeous black clothes in the middle.

"Yes, it's me. May I ask who this lady is?" Granny Gro could tell that this woman was not from the Youchi tribe in these mountains.

"I'm from Luojing, under a secret order from the Jinzhan Xuanhua Mansion, to investigate the situation in the Sunset Mountains."

The woman approached slowly, then stopped in the hall and explained her origins, but her brows furrowed slightly as she looked closely at Granny Grove.

"Are you really the presiding shrine maiden of this shrine?" she asked again.

"Indeed." Granny Gro nodded again.

"You are so rude." Caiwei ran in breathlessly and got a little angry when she heard the woman ask this.

"Lady Gro has been serving as a shrine maiden in the shrine, soothing and mediating the dragon veins for more than sixty years. Everyone in these mountains knows the name of the shrine maiden," Caiwei explained.

"Is that so? But... you are not from the Youchi clan." The woman looked at Granny Gro's face and finally said these words slowly, her voice seemed to be filled with confusion and doubt.

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