Liu Yunzhao's words startled Cheng Yunyun, who asked, puzzled:

"What are you saying? Your spiritual root is of utmost importance, what method do you suggest?"

Just as Liu Yunzhao was about to smile upon hearing Cheng Yunyun's words, Cheng Yunyun abruptly changed the subject:

"But there's no rush. Tell me about Liu Yunqing first."

Liu Yunzhao's smile froze, and he swallowed back the words he was about to say, only repeating what he had said before:

"Master, I really don't know where Liu Yunqing is going."

Cheng Yunyun waved her hand and said:

"You've already said that, I know. What I want to ask is, what's going on with Liu Yunzhao? Her cultivation level is only Foundation Establishment, so why can't you, a Golden Core cultivator, defeat her?"

Liu Yunzhao pursed his lips, carefully choosing his words, when he heard Cheng Yunyun's voice sound cold:

"Yun Zhao, you are already a Golden Core cultivator. You should be able to distinguish between what is important and what is urgent when considering problems. Don't get bogged down in the useless sentiments of mortals."

Liu Yunzhao had heard these words since he was a child.

Ever since he was sent to the Wanmiao Sect at the age of five and became a disciple of Cheng Yunyun, he has heard her admonish him like this every day.

When Liu Yunzhao was still young, he did not understand what these words meant. He just looked at his master with admiration and believed whatever his master said.

As he grew older, Liu Yunzhao always had many questions when he saw other disciples of the same age interacting with their own masters or elders.

"Master always says that mortal affection is useless, so why is Senior Brother Zhang willing to risk his own life to save his disciple?"

"Why would Steward Liu from the outer sect leave spirit stones and pills to his daughter when he himself is ill?"

"Why……"

"There's no reason why!"

Liu Yunzhao remembered that whenever this happened, her master would interrupt her and then tell her with a solemn expression:

"Because they are foolish, they don't even know what's important, so how can they know right from wrong?"

"Because they are lowly, nothing more than ants in the cultivation world. Who cares what ants value?"

“But you are different from them. You are my disciple, Cheng Yunyun’s disciple. You are the daughter of destiny. You are the one who will shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Sun Realm. Why would you care about a bunch of stupid and lowly ants?”

This was an answer Liu Yunzhao had heard countless times, and she wholeheartedly agreed with it. Even if she occasionally had doubts, she would suppress them and refrain from asking foolish questions.

“Master, I wasn’t thinking about anything, I was just recalling the details of my battle with Yun Qing.”

Cheng Yunyun's expression softened, and she nodded, signaling Liu Yunzhao to continue.

Liu Yunzhao nodded in agreement and slowly recounted his battle with Liu Yunqing to Cheng Yunyun in detail.

"What did you say? Liu Yunqing refined the Golden Crow's essence blood?"

"So that's how it is! No wonder I was able to defeat you so easily, no wonder your cultivation level has risen so quickly."

"No...we can't let this go on, we have to kill her as soon as possible!"

It seemed as if she was talking to Liu Yunzhao, or as if she was talking to herself.

After Cheng Yunyun finished speaking, she was about to get up and leave. Liu Yunzhao thought about the situation at the time and still voiced a certain guess in his heart.

"Master, please wait a moment, I have made another discovery."

"I've noticed that Liu Yunqing and that rogue cultivator Zhenru... are quite similar in some ways."

"Although the two women have different auras and there is no trace of the Golden Crow's essence blood in the spells of the rogue cultivator Zhenru, their cultivation levels are not much different and they both have fire spiritual roots."

Previously, Cheng Yunyun hadn't thought much of the other information Liu Yunzhao had given her; she was only focused on finding Liu Yunqing.

But after hearing Liu Yunzhao's guess, Cheng Yunyun's expression changed.

In the world of cultivation, concealing one's appearance and aura is not a particularly difficult thing.

Especially when he thought about the mask on the face of the rogue cultivator Zhenru that he saw in the water mirror.

That's not the point. The point is, if Liu Yunqing is really a rogue cultivator named Zhenru, then what is Chunyu Changfeng planning to do?

Cheng Yunyun could no longer sit still, so she flashed away from Wanmiao Sect and headed straight for Luoxia City.

But they didn't see Liu Yunzhao sitting on the bed, his eyes darting around.

Liu Yunzhao told Cheng Yunyun her guess because, besides having genuine doubts, she also wanted to know the truth about the things she had been told to do since childhood.

And then there's that so-called title of "Daughter of Heavenly Fortune".

Liu Yunzhao had never doubted that she was the rightful chosen one of the Sun Realm, and that she should be the number one person in the Sun Realm.

But ever since Liu Yunqing escaped, she has suffered setbacks several times. And now, after being seriously injured by Liu Yunqing, she has begun to doubt whether she is truly the chosen one.

The fire poison raged in his heart meridian, causing Liu Yunzhao so much pain that he was unable to continue thinking. He quickly closed his eyes, took deep breaths to calm his mind, and prevented the fire poison from surging even more violently.

Before falling into a deep sleep, Liu Yunzhao suddenly had a premonition—even if his master personally intervened, he would not be able to capture Liu Yunqing.

Liu Yunzhao's premonition was indeed worthy of her title as the woman of destiny; it was very accurate.

Cheng Yunyun was indeed unable to catch Liu Yunqing, because Liu Yunqing himself did not know where he was.

Liu Yunqing was awakened by choking.

"Cough cough cough cough cough—"

After a series of earth-shattering coughs, Liu Yunqing realized that she was lying under the waterfall in a clear stream.

The rushing water kept hitting her, making her bones ache all over. She tried to get up but found she couldn't move at all.

Only then did Liu Yunqing's memory begin to return, recalling the events that occurred before she fell into a coma.

She thought that Cheng Yunyun would give Liu Yunzhao more things to save her life, but she didn't expect that she would also give her a mother-child teleportation talisman.

Once the person holding the mother card crushes the jade card, the holder of the child card will arrive instantly and launch a powerful attack.

Feel the body, with its arms and legs intact and its internal organs still there, but the meridians and dantian, devoid of spiritual energy, are completely empty.

In the relief of surviving the ordeal, the pain of the waterfall crashing against my body didn't seem so unbearable anymore; it even carried a sense of exhilaration, as if I were proving my existence.

The thought of severely injuring Liu Yunzhao and successfully escaping from the clutches of a Nascent Soul expert made Liu Yunqing burst into laughter.

Before the laughter could even register, a dark cloud drifted over, and the waterfall stopped.

The waterfall? It's stopped?

Sniffing, Liu Yunqing noticed a slightly pungent, putrid smell in the air, and her expression changed.

She carefully looked up, only to be met with nostrils that could fit two or three of her own!

As soon as he saw his nostrils flare, a whirlwind began to rise around him. Liu Yunqing, disregarding his broken body, quickly raised his hand to cover his nose and held his breath, then desperately rolled downstream into the stream.

"Moo—"

A sound like a cow or an elephant rang out, and not only Liu Yunqing, who was trying to roll away, but also the entire stream was instantly swept up by the hurricane and flew towards that black hole-like nostril.

Liu Yunqing was terrified. Without thinking twice, she hid in the space.

Listening to the angry roars of the monster outside the space, and the sounds of things being smashed and broken, it took quite a while before they left.

After confirming that she was safe, the commotion she had just made caused Liu Yunqing to roll her eyes and almost faint again.

The next instant, several green branches wrapped Liu Yunqing up and threw her under the hibiscus tree.