Seeing the palm descending upon his head, this was the first time Liu Yunqing had felt genuine fear since his rebirth.

No matter how dire the situation, she had never truly lost hope.

No matter how difficult it was, Liu Yunqing firmly believed that she could find a glimmer of hope, even if it was only a one in ten thousand chance.

Today, Liu Yunqing felt afraid because this person made her clearly aware that she had no ability to resist in the slightest.

Just like now, no matter how hard Liu Yunqing tried, she couldn't move her body at all. Not only that, she couldn't even hide in the Golden Crow Space.

What level of cultivation and how much power does it take to do this?

Knowing clearly that she was powerless to resist, Liu Yunqing's excessive shock gave rise to an even greater longing for such power.

If she could achieve that one day, I wonder if it would be enough to solve the troubles of the Sun Realm, enough for her to freely roam the heavens and earth, and then go to a wider place on the path to immortality.

"boom--"

"Bang—!!!"

Just as the old man's five fingers were about to press down on Liu Yunqing's head, an invisible force arose from nowhere and suddenly shoved the ethereal man away, sending him crashing heavily into a distant boulder with a loud thud.

Liu Yunqing, who was lamenting the loss of immortality, felt the power binding him vanish the moment he heard the sound.

She looked up and saw the old man who had tried to search her soul earlier being thrown away in a completely unseemly manner!

Liu Yunqing's daze lasted less than half a breath. With the fastest speed he had ever seen, he grabbed the just-reacting Mingxin Zhenren, spread his wings, and soared straight into the sky.

Liu Yunqing knew very well that with the old man's cultivation level, she had no chance of escaping at her current speed.

But now that she had the chance to move, she couldn't just sit and wait to die; she had to give it a try.

After all, what if?

What if she manages to seize even that one in ten thousand chance of survival?

In this respect, Master Mingxin admired Liu Yunqing.

Unlike Liu Yunqing, who acted without hesitation and took the opportunity to participate, she admitted that she felt discouraged when she realized the huge difference in strength between the two sides.

This is probably what she lacked in her cultivation.

The greater shock of Liu Yunqing's act of taking her to escape came from the fact that the two had been away for so long that the overwhelming sense of crisis in their hearts had completely disappeared, and they had not seen anyone chasing after them.

Master Mingxin knew that they had succeeded.

Liu Yunqing seized that one in ten thousand chance to escape once again.

The two escaped temporarily, but dared not linger and fled all the way back to Luoxia City.

It wasn't until they entered Liu Yunqing's cave that the two of them, still shaken, collapsed to the ground, letting their depleted spiritual energy slowly circulate through their bodies to replenish it.

Once spiritual energy began to flow again within their empty bodies, True Immortal Mingxin looked at Liu Yunqing with a worried expression and said:

"Fellow Daoist Zhenru, that person's cultivation is unfathomable, I'm afraid even the patriarchs of various families cannot compare to him. Do you... have any guesses about his origins?"

Master Mingxin was indeed worried about this friend, whom he hadn't known for long but who was compatible with him in every way. The old man was clearly after Zhenru.

Liu Yunqing had no idea where the other party came from, and feeling the same worry, she shook her head and said:

"His exact origins are unknown, but we can only speculate that he might be the one who set up the Qingmeng Reincarnation Pool checkpoint."

Speaking of the Pure Dream Reincarnation Pool, Liu Yunqing turned to ask Master Mingxin:

"When you were on the ship, did you hear anyone talking?"

Master Mingxin decisively shook his head and said:

"No, all I know is that after boarding the ship, I forgot everything else, then I had a dream or entered a dream world, and then I woke up and got off the ship."

"Speaking of this, not only do I not have it, but no one else does either."

“During the two weeks I waited for you to disembark, I asked around among the people who came and went. Everyone’s time interval between boarding and disembarking was about the same. I’ve never heard of anyone taking as long as you.”

After saying this, Master Mingxin looked into Liu Yunqing's eyes and said:

"Based on your guesses about that person's identity, I think there are only two possibilities."

"Firstly, your unusual time of day caught that person's attention, so they wanted to see what you went through on the ship."

"Secondly, the person who set this up was looking for someone, and your behavior may have matched the characteristics of the person they were looking for."

"Which category do you think that person belongs to?"

"It's hard to say," Liu Yunqing shook her head.

It wasn't that she was being perfunctory; she genuinely couldn't explain it well.

Judging from the "eh" she heard on the boat, it seemed to be the curiosity of an old man.

But after she came out, the deliberately set-up dream interpretation stall and the act of having to look at one's own dream during the soul search were hard to explain as mere curiosity.

And what was the meaning of that person's cold laugh when Mingxin Zhenren mentioned ascension?

Is it indifference, or disdain stemming from knowledge of the situation in the Sunrise Realm?

The thought that someone with such cultivation could easily find him if they wanted to could make him happy made Liu Yunqing feel anything but cheerful.

She can't keep disguising herself and fleeing or hiding in the Golden Crow Space forever, can she?

How could she possibly have the energy to cultivate and track down the traitors of the Sun Realm?

Liu Yunqing's worries were easy to see, but Master Mingxin could only offer words of comfort:

"Those old monsters are just bored and their interests are just fleeting curiosity. They might not even come after us if we run away."

"Even if they're really that stingy and keep chasing us, if we can run away once, why can't we run away two or three times?"

Seeing Liu Yunqing's expression soften, Master Mingxin paused and said:

"But what exactly happened back then?"

Liu Yunqing looked at Master Mingxin, puzzled.

"What...what's going on?"

After asking the question, seeing the look in Mingxin Zhenren's eyes, Liu Yunqing realized what was happening and shook her head in equal confusion:

You mean the person was bounced away?

"I really didn't know that. The best defensive magic treasures I have were given to me by some seniors. They can only withstand one or two attacks from a Nascent Soul cultivator at most. That person's cultivation level is far beyond Nascent Soul."

"At the time, escaping was the priority, so I didn't pay much attention to the situation. I only realized the restraints were loosening the moment I ran away. As for that inexplicable power, I don't know where it came from."

Master Mingxin didn't think Liu Yunqing would lie about this, so he could only nod and then comfort Liu Yunqing for a few more words before going to his guest room to meditate and recover.

After staring blankly for a while, Liu Yunqing got up to find Chunyu Changfeng, hoping to get some clues from him. However, when he arrived, he was told that Chunyu Changfeng was not in the city, so Liu Yunqing had no choice but to return to his cave.

After returning to his cave, Liu Yunqing still couldn't calm down and meditate. After thinking for a while, he sent a message to Wuchen about the situation he had encountered.

Just as Liu Yunqing was about to enter a deeper level of cultivation, the array at the entrance stirred.

When Liu Yunqing opened the cave door, she found that it was a blood pact message sent by Si Youfeng.