Upon hearing Liu Ruyan's words, Gu Xue immediately raised her head and said, "Yes, that place is called the Emperor Dragon Star Palace."

Emperor Dragon Star Palace?

Liu Ruyan asked in surprise, "Is the Imperial Dragon Star Palace also a palace in the secret realm? Where is it?"

Gu Xue shook her head and said, "The witch said it's a palace within the Nine Heavens Star Palace. But..."

Liu Ruyan asked, "But what?"

"But I don't know exactly where it is."

Gu Xue spoke, a troubled expression appearing on her delicate face.

He looked at Liu Ruyan and said, "Back then, when the demons came, the witch used an ancient secret technique to teleport us to a palace. The plaque above the door of that palace reads 'Emperor Dragon Star Palace'."

"Grandma Witch told everyone that the Emperor Dragon Star Palace is a palace in the Nine Heavens Star Palace Secret Realm."

"Because it's too terrifying outside the palace, no one can get out, so we don't know exactly where the palace is located in the secret realm."

Ai Youwei asked curiously, "Little Bilian, is that witch really that powerful? She was able to teleport you all to this Cloud Realm."

"But since he brought you in, why didn't he take you out? Wouldn't it have been better if she just took you out directly?"

Gu Xue shook her head and said, "When Granny Wu led the villagers to the Emperor Dragon Star Palace, she used her ancestral treasure. It shattered after being used only once."

"I was able to leave the Nine Heavens Star Palace Secret Realm because there was a teleportation array in the Emperor Dragon Star Palace. Unfortunately, the teleportation array was mostly damaged. Granny Witch managed to repair it, but it can only allow one person to teleport at a time, and only once."

"After discussing it, everyone decided to let Xue'er leave to find her brother. They hoped that her brother could enter the secret realm and rescue everyone."

"So that's how it is..."

The women who heard Gu Xue's words suddenly realized what was going on.

Ai Youwei understood, but then said, "Tch, they actually hope that Senior Brother will risk entering the secret realm to save you."

"You people from Jiugong Village are so selfish, just as selfish as your scumbag father."

Gu Xue immediately said anxiously, "Sister Youwei, don't talk about Father like that. Father is fine, and everyone is fine too. Xue'er's friends are still in the village, and they are all very good."

Seeing Gu Xue's expression, Ai Youwei didn't bother arguing with her. In Ai Youwei's eyes, these people were just selfish.

If you're not selfish, you can just leave it to fate.

Why send someone to risk their life to save them? The senior brother doesn't owe them anything.

Ye Qingcheng shook her head and asked Gu Xue, "Gu Xue, don't take Youwei's words to heart. She's just so outspoken."

"Oh, right, do you remember you said your father was injured when you left?"

Upon hearing Ye Qingcheng's words, Gu Xue immediately thought of her father's injured appearance.

Tears welled up in her eyes. "Yes, Father was injured. His leg was crushed by an object in the Star Palace."

"Now several months have passed, and I wonder how Father is doing now."

The objects in the palace?

Ye Qingcheng's expression turned slightly serious upon hearing this.

This is the most dangerous Nine Heavens Star Palace Secret Realm in the human realm.

Everything in the Nine Heavens Star Palace is extraordinary.

The injury caused by the broken leg being crushed by the Star Palace object is probably not an ordinary injury.

Ye Qingcheng wasn't particularly concerned about Gu Xue's father.

That's because he was also Gu Jian's father.

She didn't want him to die either.

After a moment, Ye Qingcheng shook her head and said, "Unfortunately, we don't know where the Emperor Dragon Star Palace is either. Even if we did, it would be difficult to get there in this secret realm."

"The only way forward is to find Jian'er."

"Jian'er is so capable, and he has many Saint-level experts by his side. He might be able to lead us to the Emperor Dragon Star Palace."

"Um!"

Gu Xue nodded.

Meanwhile, deep within the mysterious Nine Heavens Star Palace.

The starlight array transformed into the shape of a giant dragon, hovering around a palace.

In the palace.

A young girl exuding the aura of a dragon is examining the injuries of a middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man looked to be in great pain, his face as pale as paper, while the girl merely touched the gauze wrapped around his leg.

He was sweating profusely from the pain.

Blood seeped through the bandages for quite some time.

The flesh inside looked like it had long since rotted away.

Beside the dragon girl was an old woman dressed in a witch's robe, with white hair and a face full of wrinkles.

The dragon girl examined him for a moment, then solemnly took out a pill and gave it to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man's complexion had improved slightly.

She slowly stood up.

Beside her, the old woman in the witch's robe looked at the girl with concern and asked, "Princess, how is Gu Xiu's injury?"

The dragon girl, about sixteen or seventeen years old and of stunning beauty, shook her head and said, "Grandma Gu, his injury is not optimistic."

"You said that he only had his leg broken that day. But he suffered more than just external injuries; he was also cursed by an ancient talisman."

"Now, through the ancient documents of the Emperor Dragon Star Palace, I have figured out that it is the Heartless Ancient Curse of the Nine Heavens Star Palace."

"As long as the Heartless Ancient Curse is not removed, his injuries will continue to worsen until he dies."

The Ancient Curse of Heartbreak?

The old woman in the Taoist robe clearly knew what kind of ancient incantation this was.

She was heartbroken upon hearing this, and said, "I never imagined that Gu Xiu would be cursed by such an ancient curse."

"If I remember correctly, the Heartless Curse was a spell used by a woman from the Nine Heavens Star Palace hundreds of thousands of years ago to punish unfaithful men. Anyone who is cursed with this spell will slowly die if they betray their beloved."

"I've heard that only the blood of a true lover can cure it. But Gu Xiu doesn't have a true lover right now."

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