Enter the Incense Valley

The group passed by the bulletin board in the city. Yue'er was sharp-eyed and took a quick glance: "Isn't that a picture of the thorny phoenix flower from the demon world?"

Seeing her curiosity, Peng Wanxi brought the cloud they were riding closer and said, "Indeed, it is said that the city lord had some problems with his skills and needed a thorny phoenix flower as medicine, so he hired a monk to go to the demon world to get one for him."

"A reward of one hundred thousand? Just one?" Yue'er smacked her lips at the notice board.

"Yes, this reward has been posted for some time," Xi Cheng replied, "but no one knows what the demon world looks like now. Even if a large reward is offered, no one dares to accept it rashly."

Bai Roushuang sat cross-legged on the fire cloud, holding her chin and saying, "This flower is so beautifully painted. I wonder what this thorny phoenix flower, which is worth one hundred thousand yuan, actually looks like."

"is that so?"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound and saw Yue'er holding a bright red flower and smiling triumphantly at them.

The red flower seemed to have been picked when it was in full bloom, and has since remained in this blooming state, bright and brilliant, like red brocade or red clouds.

Several people were startled: "Phoenix thorn flower?!"

Peng Wanxi was surprised: "Girl, you carry this kind of flower with you?"

"Yes, I still have a lot." Yue'er's fingers reached for the shells on her waist. They were the unique storage tools of the demon world, the Xuyou Shell. "I originally planned to make them into jewelry belts, but I didn't expect them to be so valuable in the world of cultivation."

Just as she was about to take out more thorny phoenix flowers to show everyone, everyone tried to stop her: "Don't show off your wealth, or you'll be targeted."

Yue'er then stopped, turned her eyes slightly, and handed the flower in her hand to them.

Peng Wanxi was stunned: "What are you doing, girl?"

Yue Er smiled slyly: "Since this flower is worth 100,000 spirit stones, can I use it to hire you to do something?"

"What's up?"

"Come with me to Fenxiang Valley," Yue'er bit her lip, "I want to see Nan Xiuxiu's ice coffin with my own eyes, and then ask Li Muci in person why he married someone else."

“……” She was really persistent about this love story.

Xu Shulou looked at the expressions of the other people. She herself had no shortage of spirit stones, but Xi Cheng and Peng Wanxi were both independent cultivators with no fixed income. On weekdays, they would occasionally take on tasks within their capabilities on the bulletin board to earn some spirit stones. Now that they had this opportunity, they were naturally tempted.

Xu Shulou looked at his junior sister again. Bai Roushuang also seemed to be interested. Of course, she might just think it was fun.

As the four of them looked at each other, Xu Shulou understood what everyone meant, and nodded to Yue'er: "Okay, we accept it."

Yue'er cheered: "Then shall we set off now?"

Peng Wanxi was a little worried: "Should we make a plan first?"

Xu Shulou raised his hand: "I can think of two."

Except Bai Roushuang, everyone looked at her expectantly.

Xu Shulou said: "The first one is that I go in alone and tie up Li Muci. The second one is that we go in together and surround Li Muci and interrogate him."

"This plan seems..." Xi Cheng commented with difficulty, "a little crude?"

Xu Shulou was not surprised that someone opposed his plan. He just nodded and said, "Then let's take it one step at a time."

"..." Peng Wanxi and Xi Cheng looked at each other and smiled bitterly. They both had the illusion that they were on an unreliable pirate ship.

———

More than half a month later, the group was lying in the mountain protection formation of Fenxiang Valley, gasping for breath.

This mountain protection formation consumes spirit stones every time it is opened. It is usually not opened. This time it was opened obviously to deal with them.

Xu Shulou looked up at the sky, not understanding how things had developed to this point: "Is this really better than my plan?"

“……”Everyone was speechless.

The story begins when everyone arrived at Fenxiang Valley half a month ago. Yue'er suggested sneaking in to take a look at the ice coffin first, while Xu Shulou was arranged to stay nearby to keep watch and provide support.

This step did not encounter any obstacles. Fenxiang Valley was most famous for its weapon refining. In order to do business with the outside world, the valley often received strange visitors. Moreover, Li Muci probably never thought that anyone would steal the ice coffin, so he only sent a few people to guard it. These few guards became negligent in their duties over a long period of time, giving the group an opportunity to take advantage of.

After several days of secret searching, they finally met the heroine of this love story in an ice cave in the back mountain.

In the ice coffin, there lay a peaceful woman with a faint smile on the corner of her lips. Perhaps at the moment of her death, she had no regrets in her heart.

She was indeed a very beautiful girl, about twenty years old, with a face like a lotus and black hair like a waterfall.

The protagonist of the story was lying in front of her, which was ultimately different from the feeling of listening to the story. Even Yue'er, who had originally praised this practice, couldn't help but feel a little regretful that her life ended at too young a moment.

At this time, Yue'er still wanted to find Li Muci to ask him why he let down Nan Xiuxiu, until she ran into a woman in the valley.

The woman in front of him looked extremely similar to Nan Xiuxiu in the ice coffin.

A closer look showed some differences, but at first glance, it startled several people.

You Yue'er blurted out: "Nan Xiuxiu?"

"What Nan Xiuxiu?" The maid beside her glared at her, "This is our young valley master's wife."

“……”Everyone was stunned.

The woman probably had never heard of the name Nan Xiuxiu. She just shook her head calmly at Yue'er and said, "You may have recognized the wrong person."

After she left, Bai Roushuang raised a possibility: "Reincarnation?"

"No," Peng Wanxi shook her head. "I have heard of this young valley master's wife. She was born in the cultivation world and is at least two hundred years old now. How could she be related to Nan Xiuxiu? At most, they just happened to look alike. Besides, if you look closely, they are not that similar."

"Moreover..." Xi Cheng continued, "There has always been a theory about reincarnation in the cultivation world, but no one has verified whether it is true or not."

"What's that argument?" Bai Roushuang asked curiously.

Xi Cheng and Peng Wanxi looked at each other and replied softly, "For someone like Nan Xiuxiu who easily gives up her life for such a... worthless reason, she will not get the chance to reincarnate immediately. Opportunities should be given to those who know how to cherish them."

"...It's actually like this." Bai Roushuang was slightly stunned.

Yue Er frowned: "This young valley master's wife is naturally not Nan Xiuxiu, Li Muci..."

Everyone then realized that Li Muci did not remarry because he had completely forgotten his old love, but instead found himself a wife who looked similar to Nan Xiuxiu.

This is a bit disgusting, whether from the perspective of new love or old love.

Yue'er was confused: "Is this considered a deep love or a change of heart?"

Bai Roushuang thought about it and was also puzzled by this question: "I don't know, maybe I should let his wife judge this."

So Yue'er, who couldn't keep it secret, stepped forward, chased after her, stopped the wife of the young master of the valley, and poured out the truth in front of her like pouring beans.

Then, the lady flew to the back mountain in anger.

Several people watched her back, wondering what would happen next. About an hour later, the entire Fenxiang Valley was in chaos.

They bumped into the young master's wife who had changed into inconspicuous clothes. She looked at them and said, "What are you standing there for? Run!"

So everyone followed her in a daze, and met Xu Shulou who was responsible for picking them up halfway.

On the way, we learned that the reason why the wife of the Young Valley Master wanted to escape was because she was so angry that she chopped off a part of the Young Valley Master Li Muci's body after learning that her husband had used her as a substitute.

Things developed so quickly that no one could react for a while.

Yue'er opened her mouth wide. She never expected that this trip would end up causing the male protagonist of this beautiful love story to die... ahem.

Of course, as to whether this love story can still be considered beautiful in her heart now, it is hard to say.

Time passes to this moment.

The group hid for several days, but were eventually forced into the mountain protection formation.

There was a rumor in the cultivation world that Xu Shulou broke into Fenxiang Valley, chopped up the young valley master Li Muci, and ran away with his young mistress.

Xu Shulou leaned on the sword in his hand in confusion and looked at the mastermind of this incident - Yue'er.

The main culprit - the wife of Shaogu Lord.

Accomplices: Bai Roushuang and several others.

She couldn't understand why she was just a lookout and a support, but in the end she had to bear the biggest blame?