She ran all the way to the waterfall before finally stopping, panting. As she leaned against a tree trunk to rest, she realized, "Why did I run? What does this have to do with me?"

Leng Yue scratched her head. "Am I getting a little too into the role? They're talking about Jianjia, not me. It's true!"

"But we've already come all this way, should we play a little longer before leaving? Oh, and it would be best to see if there are any caves or anything nearby. It would be even better if we could find Qianchen." Leng Yue thought to herself as she hummed a little tune and wandered around.

"The king ordered me to patrol the mountain and catch a monk for dinner..." Leng Yue sang a fitting song, in a very pleasant mood.

After enduring so long, I'm finally back to normal. It's truly a blessing. How could I not share such a happy moment? Leng Yue called out to Ling, "Is my little darling online? Your master is online!"

But Zero didn't respond for a long time, and Leng Yue was a little disappointed. "This brat, did he meet up with someone? Honestly, why doesn't he worry about his own master? So unreliable..."

Leng Yue said, clutching the leaf in her hand with resentment, "Hmph, these men are all unreliable, I'd better go find my Qian Chen!"

Passing through a thicket of bushes, Leng Yue arrived at a flower field. It was filled with flowers Leng Yue had never seen before, their fiery red leaves resembling burning flames.

At the northernmost edge of the flower field was a precipice, and from a distance, it appeared to be a cave atop the precipice. Leng Yue was incredibly excited; could Qian Chen be inside the cave?

Thinking this, Leng Yue quickly ran towards the cliff. But as the saying goes, "Looking at a mountain makes a horse run itself to death," Leng Yue never expected that this cliff could be so exhausting. After walking for most of the day, Leng Yue looked up and was surprised to find that the distance between her and the cliff hadn't changed at all.

The bamboo dragonfly was no longer usable, Leng Yue thought to herself, wishing she could fly too. As soon as she finished thinking this, her body began to feel lighter, and she actually floated up.

Like being in space, Leng Yue's body had entered a state of weightlessness. Leng Yue kept kicking her legs, waving her arms, and even blowing air, trying to control her flight direction. But in the end, Leng Yue found that it was all in vain; she was simply spinning in place.

"What's going on? Won't I get dried out by the sun?" Leng Yue was sweating profusely. "Move quickly! What's the point of just floating here like this?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Leng Yue shot into the air with incredible speed, like a shooting star. But she went in the wrong direction!

Leng Yue quickly shouted, "Wrong, wrong, we're going to the cliff!"

Leng Yue abruptly stopped, hovering in mid-air for a moment before hurtling towards the precipice. Seeing herself about to make intimate contact with the cliff, Leng Yue screamed, "Oh my god, I'm going to die! Stop right there!"

This time, Leng Yue didn't stop. She closed her eyes in fright, thinking that this time her way of dying was going to set a new record—she would kill herself by crashing into a car!

But after a while, Leng Yue didn't feel any pain. Leng Yue opened one eye and found herself flying upwards. And she quickly arrived at the cave at the top of the cliff, this time Leng Yue stopped very steadily.

When her feet touched the ground, Leng Yue felt as if she had been transported to another world. She couldn't help but pat her chest and exclaim, "Oh my god, thank goodness I didn't die! That scared me to death!"

As Leng Yue spoke, she walked towards the cave. This cave was quite different from Liuyun Cave. It was decorated in a very elegant style. Although many things were broken, Leng Yue could still tell that a girl must have lived there.

"Jianjia? Is it really you? You're finally back! I knew you'd come back!" A red gust of wind blew by, and Leng Yue was embraced by a person in red.

"Um..." Leng Yue reached out to push, only to find the person's chest was soft, a busty girl. "Um, who are you?"

"Who am I... Jianjia? You don't remember me?" The woman in red looked hurt. "I'm Hongxue! How could you forget me?"

"Um, my name is Leng Yue, I'm not the Jianjia you mentioned." Leng Yue quickly explained, touching her face as she spoke, "Do I really look like Jianjia?"

"You're not Jianjia? How could that be?" Hongxue pulled Lengyue around, looking her up and down, her brows furrowing and relaxing repeatedly.

Leng Yue waved her hand helplessly, "I'm really not the Jianjia you're talking about. My name is Leng Yue, and I haven't been here at Suxian Mountain for long."

Hongxue took one last look and then leaned close to Lengyue to take a deep sniff.

"Well, even though we're both women, and even though you're very beautiful, it's not appropriate for you to be so close to me, is it?" Leng Yue said, taking a step back.

Hongxue's beauty was different from Yulu's; Hongxue's beauty was flamboyant and even aggressive. Being around a beauty like Hongxue, for whatever reason, would inevitably make any woman feel pressured. Lengyue was no exception, and even somewhat afraid to meet Hongxue's gaze.

"Hmm, you do have some of Jianjia's scent about you, but you're definitely not the same as her at all." Hongxue nodded, then looked at Lengyue scrutinizingly. "But what are you doing here? Who sent you?"

"I'm looking for someone. I only know he's in a cave, but I don't know which one. So, when I see a cave, I want to check if he's there," Leng Yue answered honestly.

Hongxue crossed her arms, exuding a mature and sophisticated aura. "These caves on Suxian Mountain all have owners. What's the name of the person you're looking for?"

Upon hearing this, Leng Yue realized that Hong Xue was actually a walking map. "Qian Chen, I need to find Qian Chen."

Hongxue shook her head. "There is no cave dwelling of someone named Qianchen in the entire Suxian Mountain. Are you mistaken?"

Leng Yue was somewhat disappointed, "No? It seems we're not on Suxian Mountain..."

Perhaps because Leng Yue really resembled Jian Jia, Hong Xue comforted her when she saw Leng Yue looking down: "Don't worry. By the way, are there no other clues besides the cave?"

"I only remember seeing a monster that looked like an armadillo in the cave. I wonder if this counts as a clue?" Leng Yue looked at Hong Xue hopefully.

Upon hearing Leng Yue's words, Hong Xue's expression changed. "You mean there are monsters that look like armadillos?"

Leng Yue nodded.

"A very long tongue, and its whole body covered in scales?" Hongxue asked nervously.

Leng Yue nodded again. "Is there a problem?"

"What's the problem? Do you even know what that thing is? Do you know how powerful it is?" Hongxue's breathing became somewhat rapid. "That soul-controlling beast, once you're entangled by it, you'll either die or be seriously injured!"

Leng Yue was a little confused. "Is there a way to overcome this?"

Hongxue shook her head, "That thing comes from the Demon Realm, and the people of Suxian Mountain don't have a good way to subdue it. If Jianjia hadn't encountered the Soul-Controlling Beast back then, her life wouldn't have been in such a precarious situation..."

Mentioning Jianjia, Hongxue felt a pang of sadness mixed with nostalgia. "If Jianjia were still here, there wouldn't be a fake princess in the world. Now, the women of the Bamboo Fungus Clan are swaggering around Suxian Mountain, their pretentious behavior is truly disgusting!"

Leng Yue looked somewhat embarrassed and didn't know what to say, so she remained silent.