Zuo You has been relatively free lately, and as is customary, someone who has reached the Refinement stage should be going out for a trip now.

Shi Xuan then made some preparations and decided to take a look at Wenqu City, which had been massacred.

If we find any clues, we'll consider it a gift to make them a couple; if we don't, we'll just consider it a natural journey.

Lu Shenzhi also went with Shi Xuan, but when it was time to board the spirit boat, Lu Wenxing also came along.

Shi Xuan has recently come to see this former Void Refinement stage master in a clearer light.

Aside from not being as loud and boisterous as the original second senior brother, their temperaments and personalities are quite similar.

This person also loves to join in the fun, and he has a kind of simple-mindedness about him, but he doesn't boast about it as much as before.

Since they were already there, Shi Xuan took his two senior brothers with him and they headed to Wenqu City together.

It was still that spirit boat shimmering with seven-colored light. Lu Shenzhi was helpless, but Shi Xuan could tell that Lu Wenxing genuinely liked this style.

The journey to Wenqu City will take seven days aboard the spirit boat.

With nothing to do, the three of them gathered together to chat.

For the first time, Lu Wenxing brought up his past story with the demon clan.

"Back when I was still a demon, I lived a muddled life. It wasn't until everyone died that I realized how good she really was."

This refers to Xin Yao's wife from his previous life, the legendary Ice Wolf Clan Saintess.

Shi Xuan nodded in agreement.

This person is indeed very loyal and devoted. When Xin Yao was almost taken into the Soul Suppression Altar, she was the one who stepped in to stop him in time.

Even after he passed away, he continued to protect him.

He left behind a place to pass on his legacy, and also integrated his inner elixir into his body.

Lu Wenxing concluded with a sigh: "Everyone says that women from other races are mostly wicked, but I think it's quite the opposite."

"That's not necessarily true."

It was Lu Shenzhi who said this.

After saying this, he stopped talking, picked up a spirit fruit, and took a bite.

"Oh, hahahaha..." Shi Xuan was overjoyed. She immediately understood what Lu Shenzhi was talking about: the witch woman who had kept him in a coma for ten years.

"It's just that Senior Brother is too attractive," Shi Xuan said, now that Senior Brother's predicament was over, he didn't give him a sympathetic look, but only gloated: "It's been twenty or thirty years now, I wonder how that witch woman is doing, whether she still misses Senior Brother."

Lu Shenzhi rolled his eyes at Shi Xuan, disregarding his image. This junior sister was good in every way, except that she had no compassion at all.

"It's been a long time since I've been to the trial grounds in the chaos, so I wouldn't encounter any strange people there."

Shi Xuan clutched his chest and exclaimed, "Oh dear, the witch was so devoted to my brother, and all she got in return was a strange and grotesque comment! What a cruel heart she has!"

As she spoke, she deliberately leaned to one side, feigning heartbreak.

Lu Shenzhi remained expressionless, took another bite of the spiritual fruit, and said calmly, "If I ever meet her again, I will kill her."

His tone was flat, but that's how ruthless people speak—with such nonchalance.

Shi Xuan knew he was serious.

If it weren't for the chance encounter with Zhao Cai that led him into a dream, the eldest brother would probably still be a living dead to this day.

Shi Xuan, always eager for a good show, remarked, "It's great to run into someone like this; it's been a long time since I've seen anything exciting."

Lu Shenzhi was exasperated by the sight of his two junior brothers and sisters, both quite grown up, looking at him with expectant eyes. However, their expectations had nothing to do with proper cultivation; they just wanted to see him make a fool of himself. He couldn't help but rub his forehead and sigh inwardly at his bad luck in meeting such people.

According to historical records, Wenqu City was a very prosperous city, but now, due to the previous massacre, it looks very desolate.

Decades have passed, and it still cannot recover its vitality; only a few scattered people can be seen walking around.

After what happened last time, people felt that this place was ominous, and they rarely chose to travel there.

As Shi Xuan's magnificent spirit boat approached, the city's residents were astonished and stopped to watch, for it had been a long time since anyone had visited their Wenqu City.

A city can go from prosperity to decline in the blink of an eye.

The place where Li Jun used to live was the very central street in the city.

At that time, Li Jun, as a Nascent Soul stage cultivator, held considerable influence in the city.

Shi Xuan moored the spirit boat at the place where Li Jun used to refine weapons.

It was an extremely spacious courtyard.

Shi Xuan pushed open the door, went around the screen wall, and suddenly the view opened up.

The courtyard was entirely flat, lacking the winding paths and secluded scenery typical of courtyards.

Even now, some broken refining tools are still scattered in the courtyard.

The layout of the courtyard reveals the nature of its owner; he must be someone extremely obsessed with crafting and detached from worldly matters.

This does match Li Jun's image.

Upon arriving here, Shi Xuan released Li Jun and showed him the place where he used to live.

Li Jun had not appeared in the cultivation world for many years. Seeing his old residence from many years ago, he felt as if he had lived through another world.

His gaze swept around the courtyard, looking at the place where he had lived for so many years. Now, it seemed there was still nothing worth missing.

In those years, he focused solely on forging weapons here and paid no attention to the outside world. Now, looking at these old tools, he feels no nostalgia.

Anyway, you're refining weapons no matter where you are. There are too many distractions in the outside world, and you're also burdened by worldly matters, so you have to collect materials for refining weapons everywhere.

Things are different inside Silverfrost. Good materials are readily available, and you can focus solely on weapon crafting research. Compared to your previous life, it's incredibly pleasant.

Looking back now, I can no longer appreciate those things from before.

A man obsessed with forging weapons was suddenly accused of being the murderer who massacred the city.

He was unable to defend himself and suffered greatly after being captured.

He thought he would never have a peaceful day again, but luck still smiled upon him, and he was bought by Shi Xuan.

This owner, well, she wasn't exactly a wonderful person, but her temperament was exactly what I wanted to see.

She spends half of her time working every day, and she doesn't dictate what magical artifacts are made at the Shanghai Stock Exchange, or even what kind of artifacts they are made.

This kind of good fortune seems tailor-made for him.

"Do you still remember what happened back then, and why they came to you and said you were the murderer?" Shi Xuan asked him.

Li Jun felt a mix of emotions. He hadn't expected that Shi Xuan would actually remember his matter and come to investigate.

“Actually, I don’t know the specifics,” Li Jun said, recalling the events. “At that time, I had just finished refining a top-grade magic weapon, and the courtyard was filled with a bright spiritual light. At the same time, the city was filled with blood, and tens of thousands of people died at the same time. They said that the spiritual light emitted by my weapon was due to the blood used in its refinement. But during that period, I was completely focused on refining the weapon and knew nothing about the outside world.”