"Ha." Feng Chenlan seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. "If she were really your child, she probably wouldn't have achieved such success."

After saying this, Feng Chenlan turned and left.

Nalan Yao collapsed to the ground, hearing a voice from the doorway: "Without my order, no one is allowed to release her!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

Nalan Yao screamed shrilly, but Feng Chenlan had already gone far away.

Her voice was swallowed by the wind.

For a long time, no one responded.

"Feng Chenlan, you will all die a horrible death!"

"I won't let you get away with this!"

Suddenly, at that moment, darkness enveloped Nalan Yao on the ground.

"What's going on?" Nalan Yao asked in horror. She circulated her spiritual power, but the next moment, a hand pulled her into a dark abyss.

"Who, who's playing tricks on me!" Nalan Yao shouted angrily.

"It's me. Don't you remember me?"

Not far away, a figure in green appeared; the woman looked almost exactly like Nalan Yao.

But her demeanor was completely different; she walked over slowly.

"Long, Long Li!"

Nalan Yao shuddered, took two steps back, and fell to the ground: "Weren't you already dead? You...you stay away!"

"You're still alive, how can I die like this?" Long Li said with a smile. Then, a cold hand gripped Nalan Yao's neck. "I'm here today to take you away. On the road to the Yellow Springs, we'll have each other's company."

"Long, Long Li, please let me go! I don't want to die! What happened back then... it was my fault. I'll never do it again. Please, have mercy..."

Nalan Yao trembled with fear. She couldn't use her spiritual power and was like a fish on a chopping board, completely at the mercy of others.

When Nalan Yao met Long Li's green eyes, she trembled with fear.

"Wrong? Do you really know you're wrong? What I hate most is deception! You broke the sacrificial oath, do you know what the consequences will be?" Long Li whispered close to Nalan Yao's ear.

"Wh-what?"

"Didn't the warlock you were working with tell you that?"

The voice was enchanting and bewitching, deep and drowsy, like a seductive demon bewitching the soul.

"The body dies and the soul dissipates."

"ah!"

Nalan Yao let out a shrill scream, and when she opened her eyes again, she was back in the courtyard of Fengning Palace.

Her palms were covered in cold sweat...

In the corner, a black shadow flashed by.

Finally, she stopped on the rooftop, hands on her hips, and said, "Hmph! So this is how vicious you are. I'll drag you into the illusion again and scare you to death!"

This is the old hag; she sent people to assassinate the young master before.

Although the Nightmare Beast didn't have the ability to kill Nalan Yao directly, it could drag her into the illusion time and time again. If this continued, even if she didn't die, she would go insane.

——

Feng Chenlan wanted Jun Liuyue to stay in the palace, but she didn't like the place, so she didn't stay there and returned to the academy overnight.

After leaving the Spirit Realm, she arrived at the Azure Dragon Palace before she even had a chance to exchange a few pleasantries with her two masters.

By now, those two old men must be eagerly awaiting their arrival.

Just as Liu Yue had guessed, the two old men were pacing back and forth in the courtyard.

"Oh dear, you're walking around so much, it's making my eyes dizzy!" the dean couldn't help but say.

"You didn't leave?" Jing Xuan stopped and looked at the dean who was pacing back and forth.

"It's precisely because I keep walking and you keep walking that I'm getting dizzy!"

Jingxuan: ...

This old man is getting more and more unreasonable as he gets older.

"Old man, you're not worried about that girl Liuyue, are you? That girl is very capable, she'll be fine."

The dean waved his hand: "Don't worry about it."

"I know my disciple's abilities very well, so why would I worry?"

Jing Xuan curled his lip: "She can come out safely from a dangerous place like the Spirit Realm! What is the Azure Dragon Palace compared to that?"

"Then why are you pacing back and forth like that?" the dean couldn't help but call him out.

"My feet are itchy, can't I walk around?" Jing Xuan snorted coldly.

"Okay, okay."

"And what are you doing, walking around like that?"

Jing Xuan scoffed softly.

"I'm getting old, so I like to take walks. What's wrong? Is there a problem?" The dean raised an eyebrow, stubbornly insisting.

"Masters, have you finished arguing?"

A girl's clear voice suddenly rang out from the rooftop.

She raised an eyebrow slightly. "It seems my timing is terrible."

"You brat! How long have you been sitting up there?"

Jing Xuan said irritably, "This brat is taking advantage of her high cultivation level to conceal her aura, so none of us noticed her."

"Well, ever since you two started arguing," Liuyue said with a smile.

"You little brat, aren't you going to get down here right now?"

"Yes, Master."

Liu Yue leaped into the air and landed in front of her two masters.

The red dress stood out vividly in the dark night. It was a gift from Yin Ming, and miraculously, any stains it got on would disappear on their own after a while.

It's brand new.

"You brat, are you hurt?" Jing Xuan asked irritably.

"Master, do I look injured?" Jun Liuyue shrugged. "With my cultivation level, it would be quite difficult for me to get injured."

"Cough cough cough."

Jing Xuan was about to offer some praise, but upon hearing his disciple's arrogant words, he instantly lost his compliment.

She didn't need any praise; this girl was very confident in her cultivation talent!

However, she does indeed have the qualifications.

Such talent may only appear once every thousand years.

Even Long Li's talent back then couldn't compare to Liu Yue's now; truly, the student has surpassed the master.

"It's good that you're alright. Even though your cultivation level is high, you can't let your guard down!" The dean couldn't help but remind her, then looked at Jun Liuyue: "Girl, did you discover anything strange in the Spirit Realm?"

"Strange?" Liu Yue raised an eyebrow slightly, then repeated everything Mei Niang had said.

If her master hadn't mentioned it, she would have completely forgotten about it.

"really."

The dean frowned deeply. "It's Heavenly Realm Island."

"Those bastards from Sky Island are trying to drag the entire continent into the abyss!"

"What do you mean by the Heavenly Realm Island that the two masters mentioned?" Liu Yue asked in confusion.

“You are young and do not know this. Back then, before you were born, the continent suffered a great calamity. That time, the demon beasts swarmed and almost flattened half of the continent. In the end, it was your... father.” Jing Xuan looked at Liu Yue deeply. “Jun Jing used himself as a medium to seal the demon beasts.”

"Your mother led a large army to seal the remaining demons on the continent into the Spirit Realm. After so many years, the strength of the demons in the Spirit Realm has been weakened. The demons that appeared in the Spirit Realm this time are obviously not the batch that your mother sealed into the Spirit Realm back then."

Jingxuan sighed.