"Wait a moment, your second senior brother will go and fetch the passage jade token for you, so it will be easier for you to enter and exit the restricted area."

Wen Xuan strode toward the box where the travel tokens were kept, but after searching for a while, he still couldn't find them.

I only realized it when I thought about it carefully in my mind.

That jade token has already been given to my junior sister!

Seeing Wen Xuan standing there at a loss, Shen Sangruo guessed what was going on.

He then said, "Second Senior Brother, there's no need to look anymore. I saw that travel jade token on Junior Sister."

Wen Xuan looked embarrassed and quickly explained, "My junior sister is weak and often comes to see me, so I gave her the travel jade token."

"I don't have any more jade pendants right now. I'll have someone make another one in a few days. Xiao Ruo, don't worry about it."

Shen Sangruo immediately refused.

"No need to trouble Second Senior Brother. I remember that you don't like being disturbed. I won't bother you again. This jade token is of little use to me."

She retorted with the words Wen Xuan had once said to her.

"Is Xiao Ru still angry with her senior brother?" Wen Xuan felt a surge of indescribable emotion.

"You know that's not what I meant before. I was just going to break through at that time. Besides, how can you consider us strangers?"

Wen Xuan's tone carried a hint of reproach, seemingly dissatisfied with her portraying their relationship as distant.

Shen Sangruo remained silent.

"Are you still resenting your senior brother because of the matter of the heart's blood?"

She shook her head.

Those ten drops of heart's blood were given voluntarily. Otherwise, how could she repay their upbringing and teachings in one go, so as to sever ties with them in the future?

"Then why..."

Wen Xuan looked at her indifferent expression.

In the past, when Shen Sangruo was with them, she always had a smile on her face.

"Second Brother, I just woke up and need to rest."

"My second senior brother is the most talented medical cultivator among the disciples of the Flying Cloud Sect. He should know this better than I do."

There was no impatience or complaint in her tone; it was just a plain statement.

But this only made Wen Xuan look embarrassed.

"It was my oversight. You should get some rest. I won't bother you anymore."

The room fell silent.

Only then did Shen Sanruo have the energy to think about her next steps.

This experience strengthened her resolve to leave the Flying Cloud Sect.

If she stays here, those people might go crazy again someday, and her small body can't withstand it again.

Stay away from the Flying Cloud Sect for your safety!

She planned to seclude herself in Qingxin Pavilion for a year, and then leave under the pretext of going down the mountain for training.

But before going into seclusion, she needed to search for clues about Nine Green Peaks again.

If the search is still unsuccessful after three months, then go into seclusion.

I imagine the senior wouldn't blame me after knowing the reason.

We'll search for it properly when we leave the pass and travel down the mountain.

Fortunately, Lingxiao Zhenren and Shen Daochen left her a lot of high-quality medicines and pills.

It hasn't caused any fundamental damage, but it needs careful recuperation over a period of time.

Feng Heyun, who injured her, was also released from the Discipline Department.

But whether it was because he felt guilty or because he couldn't bring himself to apologize to her, he never appeared in front of her again.

She only sent her a jar of osmanthus wine, which Feng Heyun had brewed himself.

Because Bai Mumu loves osmanthus wine the most, Feng Heyun guards those jars of osmanthus wine very closely.

In the past, when she was jealous, she used all sorts of coquettish and tantrum-like tactics, but she still couldn't get even half a cup of wine from him.

Instead, this angered Feng Heyun, who then forbade her from overseeing the brewery.

She was only allowed to go to the brewery again after she swore she would never again try to make osmanthus wine.

Now, however, he's willing to send her a whole jar of it as an apology.

He must have known how far he had gone this time, which is why he went to such lengths and reluctantly parted with his beloved item.

He couldn't even come to her in person to apologize, yet he wanted to use a jar of osmanthus wine to make up for the serious injuries that made her unconscious for two months.

Unfortunately, his perception of her valuing osmanthus wine was merely that.

In fact, she doesn't like osmanthus wine at all.

Naturally, she would never forgive him again.

She raised her hand, and flames surged from her palm, quickly turning the osmanthus wine in the jar into nothingness.

Once her injuries had almost healed and she regained her mobility, she went to the valley where she had found the Xuanmu wood.

In recent days, she has asked many people to look for clues, but still to no avail.

Out of desperation, they decided to try their luck in the valley where they found the black wood and look for clues in the surrounding area.

Nine Green Peaks was too mysterious; she had never heard of it even after living through two lifetimes.

She had little hope of finding any clues before going into seclusion.

The three-month period is approaching, and after she returns, she will go into seclusion.

This valley is called Youyue Valley, and it is not far from Feiyun Sect.

However, it stretches for hundreds of miles, and the deeper one goes, the more unfathomable the valley floor becomes, and few people ever set foot there.

Legend has it that a ferocious demon is imprisoned deep within Youyue Valley, and even cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage would find it difficult to escape if they fell in.

Fortunately, the place she and Bai Mumu were at that day was only the edge of Youyue Valley, and there was no threat there.

Shen Sanruo quickly arrived at the place where she had found the black wood that day.

It was an open space surrounded by ancient trees, and the piece of black wood was in the center of the open space, very conspicuous.

She picked up the blackwood as if possessed.

Looking back now, it seems that this move was far too hasty.

If it were a trap deliberately set by someone with malicious intent, she wouldn't be alive today.

She carefully examined the open space several times. Apart from the six ancient trees evenly arranged in a circle, there were only weeds that reached her ankles.

It was just an ordinary mountain forest scene, nothing unusual.

She gripped the black wood in her hand, preparing to thoroughly search the weeds in the clearing once more.

Chen Sangruo searched in circles until only a small central area remained.

"As expected, there are still no clues..." she sighed.

He planned to search the remaining small area before returning to the sect.

Unexpectedly, the black wood in his hand suddenly became hot as soon as he took a step in.

If she hadn't had a fire elemental root, her palms would probably have been scalded.

Before she could figure out what was wrong with the Xuanmu tree, streaks of white light suddenly appeared beneath her feet!

A white light rapidly extended from beneath her feet, connecting with the six ancient trees around her.

If viewed from the air, it can be seen to be the shape of a six-pointed star.

The white light continued to spread, drawing more complex and intricate totems based on the six-pointed star.

"This is... an array?" Shen Sangruo was shocked.

Did her arrival activate a formation set up by someone?!

He immediately wanted to use his spiritual power to escape.

But the formation had already been drawn, and a powerful force held her firmly in place within it!

She had a bad feeling in her heart, but could only watch as her body continued to sink deeper into the ground.

After sinking completely into the ground, she felt as if the formation had teleported her to another space.

Everything was pitch black, and I was still falling!

The light from the formation disappeared, and the scene returned to its previous state, as if no one had ever been there.