The person who was probably looking to take advantage of the situation sensed the madness emanating from Liu Yunqing, the woman who was like a demon.

After being shot by an arrow, he did not put up any resistance and obediently handed over the quota to Liu Yunqing.

Anyway, it was an accident that he got the spot, and even if he went there, he would just be there to watch the show, and there was no chance of him being selected.

After comforting himself like this, the man had no more intention to resist. He covered his wound, bowed to Liu Yunqing, and prepared to make a quick getaway.

"Wait a moment."

After the man took two steps cautiously, Liu Yunqing called out to him to stop.

Ignoring the man's pitiful pleas for mercy, he took out a few spirit stones from his storage bag and threw them over, saying:

"When I buy yours."

The man's eyes lit up when he saw the spirit stone. He then realized that Liu Yunqing was genuinely giving it to him, so he grabbed the spirit stone and ran away in a flash.

Seeing Liu Yunqing's actions, the square-faced male cultivator felt humiliated. After regaining his senses, he once again drew his sword and thrust it at Liu Yunqing.

"You bitch, how dare you look down on me!"

Liu Yunqing frowned. "This bastard keeps calling me a bastard. He really is Wang Laosan's brother. It's so annoying."

Parry, dodge, retreat, nock an arrow, release it—Liu Yunqing's movements were fluid and graceful, like that of a seasoned archer, precise and composed.

It's not that Liu Yunqing is particularly powerful, but rather that this square-faced male cultivator is not powerful at all.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been so anxious to act, fearing that Liu Yunqing's cultivation would break through again.

After several rounds of maneuvering, Liu Yunqing killed the square-faced male cultivator and returned to the crowd as if nothing had happened.

Previously, Liu Yunqing's image in the minds of this group was that of a young girl with a cold face, who was low-key but could not be ignored.

But because of the stereotype of her as a "weak little girl," people weren't wary of her.

Now that they have returned from the battle with ease, the people in the main force subconsciously distanced themselves from Liu Yunqing.

Only one girl, who was about the same age as Liu Yunqing, was lively, cheerful, and outgoing. She took the initiative to go up and talk to Liu Yunqing.

"Hello, my name is Si Youfeng, and I come from Xuanfeng Kingdom."

"Liu Zhenru".

Liu Yunqing glanced at the outstretched hand, but had no intention of making friends with the real girl. She simply gave a pseudonym as a polite gesture.

Well, it's not exactly a pseudonym.

The name Zhenru was given to him by Wuchen after his soul resided in the prayer beads in his previous life.

He said, "The verdant bamboo is the true nature of reality," advising her to let go and not be obsessed.

Liu Yunqing now thinks it's great; she just needs a name.

"Liu Zhenru? What a nice name! It sounds more like someone from the Buddhist sect!"

The girl smiled brightly, unfazed by Liu Yunqing's cold face, and continued to chatter on and on.

Liu Yunqing was about to ignore it when she suddenly heard Si Youfeng's gossipy voice:

"Hey, by the way, you also have the surname Liu. Do you know Liu Yunzhao from the Wanmiao Sect?"

Liu Yunqing lowered her eyelashes, and when Si Youfeng thought she wouldn't respond, she shook her head and said:

"I don't know, is she very capable?"

"You don't know her?"

After Si Youfeng finished speaking with some surprise, she glanced at Liu Yunqing's less-than-ideal attire and said knowingly:

"It's normal that you don't know. Well, it's normal for people like us from the secular world not to know."

"I only know some things because of my royal status."

Seeing that Liu Yunqing remained silent, Si Youfeng rolled her eyes and changed the subject back to Liu Yunzhao.

"I heard that he is the most talented disciple among the younger generation of the Myriad Wonders Sect, and that he has a mutated spiritual root!"

Mutant spiritual root?

"Isn't it a water elemental root?"

The chubby male cultivator who had been eavesdropping on the two gossips couldn't help but join in, immediately asking Liu Yunqing the question that had been bothering him.

Si Youfeng didn't mind being eavesdropped on, and smiled expectantly, saying:

"Has this fellow Daoist met Liu Yunzhao before?"

The chubby, round man scratched his head sheepishly and chuckled, saying:

"Well, I heard that my aunt's sister-in-law's niece works as a menial disciple in the Wanmiao Sect, hehe."

After hearing this long string of words, Si Youfeng, true to her royal princess nature, rolled her eyes and said:

"Listen to yourself, is this news, which has gone through eighteen roundabout ways, reliable?"

"That's my relative, how can they be unreliable?"

"..."

The two got more and more into their conversation, and started bickering back and forth, while Liu Yunqing's delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.

She didn't remember what spiritual root Liu Yunzhao had later, but before she died in her previous life, Liu Yunzhao was indeed a water spiritual root.

So, what are the connections and changes among them?

Liu Yunqing's confusion remains unresolved for the time being, but the Tai Xuan Sect's outpost is right in front of them.

They didn't have to wait too long; their arrival filled the entire airship.

The Tai Xuan Sect disciples waiting beside the flying boat checked everyone's name tags and then let them board the flying boat.

Whether it was Liu Yunqing's imagination or not, she felt that when the Tai Xuan Sect disciple was verifying the quota token, he seemed to glance at her more than once, as if trying to discern something.

Liu Yunqing immediately became alert.

Fortunately, the journey was uneventful, but by the evening of the second day, the flying boat arrived at the market outside the gate of the Tai Xuan Sect.

"You will stay in Tai Xuan Market for the next month. Once the mountain gate opens, you will be notified of your places."

The Tai Xuan Sect disciple raised his chin high, finished speaking, and then turned to leave. Liu Yunqing followed the others, bowing his head in agreement.

"Zhenru, let's be neighbors!"

As soon as Liu Yunqing stood up, Si Youfeng grabbed her arm in a familiar manner.

Before she could refuse, Si Youfeng had already dragged her into the inn to choose a room.

"I don't really like physical contact with people, so please understand, Fellow Daoist Si."

Only after selecting a room did Liu Yunqing successfully pull her arm out of Si Youfeng's grasp, express her stance, and then turn and go back to her room.

The servants following Si Youfeng wanted to step forward and reprimand Liu Yunqing for his rudeness, but Si Youfeng stopped them.

"In the world of cultivation, people who are straightforward are the easiest to get along with."

"And I always feel... never mind, you wouldn't understand anyway."

After saying that, he showed no displeasure on his face, and turned back to his room with a smile.

After that, Si Youfeng really stopped clinging to Liu Yunqing all the time. Until three days before the opening of the mountain gate, Liu Yunqing woke up from his cultivation and heard a commotion outside the inn.

Liu Yunqing pushed open the window facing the street and looked out. He immediately noticed that the cause of the commotion was a group of female cultivators dressed in moon-white sect uniforms.

Upon closer inspection of the uniform, it was indeed that of a member of the Manmyo sect.

Liu Yunqing glanced around and saw only the gentle female cultivator she had encountered before, but not Liu Yunzhao. She then looked away and closed the window.

She is currently weak and does need to avoid Liu Yunzhao's sharp edge, but that doesn't mean she should hide whenever she sees her fellow disciples.

However, considering that it had only been a month since she successfully guided Qi into her body, and that she had already reached the peak of the fourth level of Qi Refining, Liu Yunqing was full of confidence again.

Once she advances to the fifth level of Qi Refining, she will be able to use the Golden Crow Ring to save her life, as well as open her sea of ​​consciousness and break the imprisonment of her soul. At that time, her stronger divine sense than her peers will also become an aid.

"Senior sister, what's wrong?"

Just as Liu Yunqing closed the window, the gentle female cultivator seemed to sense it and looked up at the inn's window.

Upon hearing her junior sister's question, the gentle female cultivator shook her head and explained in a low voice:

"I think I just felt someone watching me."

The pretty female cultivator who had asked the question glanced up but didn't see anyone. She then waved her hand dismissively and said:

"Perhaps it's because Senior Sister is pretty. Let's hurry up, Senior Sister Yun Zhao is waiting for us!"