puff--

The moment the darkness pierced the beast, a scream rang out, followed by a loud crash. The beast collapsed to the ground and soon died.

The darkness returned to Ji Jiuying's hands automatically. Looking at the beast on the ground, a trace of helplessness appeared on her face.

“Little Jiu, you have been fighting for three days. You have killed all the high-level spirit beasts in the vicinity. You are still covered with the strong smell of beast blood, so naturally those spirit beasts dare not show up.”

Ye Qingchen emerged from the shadows, a gentle smile in his eyes, and used a cleansing spell to remove the beast blood from her body as he spoke.

"Then I'll have to move to a different location. By the way, Qingchen, do you know anything about the pyramids in the Wilderness City?"

Ye Qingchen shook his head: "If it weren't for the incident in Kamakura, I would have had no idea that there was a pyramid in the Wilderness City."

"However, I've heard that the pyramid emerged from the desert after the upheaval that occurred in the Desolate City twenty years ago. Countless people went inside, but none of them came out. Xiao Jiu, do you want to go in?"

"Yuehua said that Kamakura might be in the Desolate Castle, and the information we've gathered also points to the Desolate Castle, but there's no trace of him. I won't let go of even the slightest possibility..."

Ji Jiuying's lowered eyes exuded a cold aura.

"Since Xiao Jiu wants to go, then I will go with you."

Ji Jiuying turned to look at Ye Qingchen and noticed a sticky, affectionate look in his eyes. She was slightly taken aback.

"Qingchen, how can I trouble you? You've already helped me so much along the way."

Noticing the change in her tone, a different emotion flashed in Ye Qingchen's eyes.

"Xiao Jiu, I just don't want to see you get hurt."

Meeting those pleading eyes, he smiled and said, "Qingchen, any growth comes at a price, and on the path of cultivation, how can one avoid getting hurt?"

After a while.

"You know that's not what I meant."

"Qingchen, you are very good, but I'm sorry, my heart is only so big, it can't hold anyone else."

"Xiao Jiu, what if there is a next life? Can you promise me that you will leave the next life for me?"

Ye Qingchen looked at her intently, his expectation undisguised. Ji Jiuying was somewhat surprised and puzzled, not expecting him to have such expectations for something so vague.

However, regardless of whether there is an afterlife, she would not make empty promises to him. Thinking of this, she quickly came back to her senses.

"I'm sorry, Qingchen, in this life and in all future lives, I have only chosen A-Yue. If I cannot be with him in the next life, then I will grow old alone..."

Lifetimes upon lifetimes...

Looking at her serious expression, a chill ran through his heart. It was just a sentence, but it seemed to pierce his chest, so piercing that a desolate feeling appeared deep in his eyes.

Three lifetimes, three worlds, through countless twists and turns, we've returned to where we started...

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Blue Star, Immortal Bamboo Peak.

"Hey, Xiao Yichen, are we just going to wait for this girl here?"

Hei Xiangling leaned lazily against the soft couch, her alluring eyes half-closed as she gazed at the stars in the sky. She was charming but not seductive. The moonlight shone on her black dress with gold thread, making her curves even more prominent, which made her look both charming and aloof.

After a long while without hearing the voice of the person beside her, Hei Xiangling looked over in confusion, only to see Xiao Yichen's gaze fixed on her chest. She was slightly taken aback, and a wicked smile ignited in her heart.

Turning around, he gently rested his chin on the back of his hand. Under the moonlight, a spring scene suddenly appeared before his eyes. Xiao Yichen's nose tingled, and a foreign object flowed from his nasal cavity. Only then did he hurriedly come back to his senses.

Hei Xiangling's lips curled up slightly, seemingly unaware that she was exposing herself, her eyes fixed on Xiao Yichen.

What are you looking at?

I'm watching you.

Hei Xiangling smiled faintly, deliberately lowering her voice, her tone carrying a seductive charm.

"······"

"What's so interesting about me!"

Xiao Yichen looked away, his gaze darting elsewhere, while a smile flickered in Hei Xiangling's eyes.

She flashed in front of Xiao Yichen, her jade-like hand naturally hooking around his neck, and looked up at him.

"So, am I pretty?"

Xiao Yichen froze, his hands slightly outstretched, unsure of what to do. He stared in disbelief at the person so close to him. But the sight caused the blood that had been stopped from flowing from his nose to start flowing again.

Hei Xiangling almost burst out laughing, but his reaction was so funny that she couldn't help but want to tease him.

"You, Xiangling, you're different. I'm a normal man too..."

"I know, little man."

"······"

As she spoke, Hei Xiangling moved even closer, her alluring eyes slightly narrowed. Xiao Yichen's breath hitched. Even through their clothes, he could clearly feel the maddening softness of her abdomen pressed against him.

Does she know what she's doing?

Her cherry-red lips exuded a faint fragrance, and under the moonlight, they appeared even more alluring.

Xiao Yichen's Adam's apple bobbed a few times. Hei Xiangling was slightly taken aback. She touched her own throat, and then her fingertips involuntarily touched Xiao Yichen's Adam's apple, looking extremely puzzled.

When Hei Xiangling was sealed, she was still a minor and knew nothing about matters between men and women. So when she noticed Xiao Yichen's Adam's apple bobbing, she became curious, but she didn't realize what the man in front of her was enduring.

Just as she was pondering why she didn't have an Adam's apple, her hand was tightly grabbed by Xiao Yichen, who took the opportunity to push her away before she could react.

"Grandma, please stop making trouble."

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