"Bang—"

With a loud bang, a surge of dark purple spiritual energy poured out, slamming Ye Luo's body directly into the soil.

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Ye Luo was breathing heavily, his chest heaving, and many of his body was covered in gruesome wounds.

"Lin Youyou...you crazy woman!!"

She raised her head, roaring and howling.

Above her, Lin Youyou looked down at her, her anger still burning.

Clearly, she won this battle, a complete and utter victory, with Ye Luo utterly powerless to retaliate.

"Ye Luo, speak!"

"Where did you hide that girl?!"

"Oh!"

Blood trickled from the corner of Ye Luo's mouth, but his expression remained disdainful.

"What little girl? I don't know."

"Okay, okay, you don't know, do you?"

Lin Youyou gritted her teeth, and a new layer of dark purple light instantly condensed in her hand.

"Since you don't know, then you're of no use to me."

The purplish-blue spiritual energy seemed to come alive, tearing through the air with a deafening roar as it hurtled down.

Ye Luo used all her strength to weave layers of spider web defense with her spiritual power.

However, under the impact of that dark purple spiritual power, the spider web instantly collapsed and turned into nothingness.

"ah--"

With a deafening roar, Ye Luo was slammed into the ground once again.

Mud flew everywhere, dust rose, and her figure was instantly buried in the deep pit. The surrounding air vibrated violently from the impact.

The lingering purple spiritual energy still echoed in the air, shimmering with an eerie yet beautiful light, until it slowly dissipated into the night.

Lin Youyou stood in the air with her hands behind her back, quietly watching this earth-shattering scene.

Suddenly, her expression turned serious, and she turned her head sharply to look into the distance.

However, there was no one in that direction.

"asshole!"

Realizing something, Lin Youyou flashed and appeared on the ground next to the deep pit she had just created.

The veins on her forehead bulged, and her teeth were clenched, making a "crunching" sound.

This was because Ye Luo's figure had already disappeared from the deep pit.

In the soil, two words, "Goodbye," were woven from spider webs.

"Aaaaaah!"

Lin Youyou roared, and beside her, a dark shadow appeared, the black-robed man from before stepping out of the shadows.

"Master..."

The man in black called out softly, clearly aware that Lin Youyou was not in a good state.

"asshole!!"

"Don't let me find out who's hiding behind Ye Luo, or I'll break all the rules of this sect and tear you to pieces!!"

"Then, Master... what should we do now?"

"What else can we do!"

"Find it! Find it for me!"

"This must be Ye Luo's lair. We must dig three feet into the ground to find Yun Si Ning, alive or dead!"

"Yes, sir!"

The man in black lowered his head and then disappeared back into the shadows.

Lin Youyou stared at the deep pit where Ye Luo had disappeared, her chest heaving violently, and bursts of anger leaping in her eyes.

After a long while, she took out a jade talisman and held it in her hand with some hesitation.

She raised it and put it down, put it down and raised it again, unable to make up her mind.

In the end, she took the communication jade talisman back.

"Sigh... never mind, I'd better not tell her about this. Let her get the inheritance first..."

…… ……

What on earth is this?!

Yun Si Ning was inwardly amazed.

The previously sparkling points of light slowly flowed into her body, and then gathered together again.

Ultimately, those points of light formed a small space above Yun Si Ning's dantian, but it was only about half the size of her dantian.

This is……

Yun Si Ning tried to channel the spiritual energy from her dantian into the space, but she couldn't do it at all, as if the space was completely independent.

Unsure of its purpose, she turned her attention to the light screen.

New text has appeared on it.

"The basic tasks have been completed. We will now begin the formal exploration."

"Task: Activate the container. The task is considered complete when the progress reaches 100%."

Just those two short sentences left Yun Si Ning somewhat stunned.

If I'm not mistaken, this extra little space is the system's reward for this.

However, the screen didn't explain what this space was for, so it seemed she would have to figure it out herself.

This "basic task" likely refers to her learning 40 spiritual techniques and breaking through to the Deer Bone Realm.

The next step is "formal exploration".

Hiss~~

Could this "container" be referring to that space?

It only says to activate, but doesn't say how to activate it! How can you be so irresponsible?!

Yun Si Ning gritted her teeth and tried again to channel her spiritual energy into it.

The result was obvious: failure.

Damn it, I don't believe it!

She then tried to bombard that space with the spiritual power within her body.

Still a failure...

Yun Si Ning tried several other methods, but none of them worked.

Finally, having no other choice, Yun Sining threw a punch directly at the location in that space.

"Bang!"

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Yun Si Ning clutched her stomach and lay on the ground, writhing in pain.

Meanwhile, Xiao Jiu, watching this scene from the side, stared wide-eyed.

She watched as Yun Sining stared at something, sometimes wide-eyed, sometimes shouting, and sometimes muttering to herself.

In the end, she even started hitting her own stomach.

Seeing Yun Si Ning rolling around on the ground, Xiao Jiu walked to her side and gently stroked her forehead.

"Strange, Xiao Ning's brain isn't feverish. Could something be wrong inside?"

Yun Si Ning: ...

There's no way to blame her for being so anxious; given the current situation, she has to find a new way to save her senior sister.

And now, the only thing that seems most likely to help Qingyu and prevent her from dying tragically at the disciple assembly after October is this mysterious system.

However, the thing the system gave her now seems completely useless.

Despite the dull pain in her lower abdomen, Yun Sining stood up again and looked at Xiao Jiu.

When she was captured from Jianping Mountain, the communication jade talisman she carried was left there.

Thinking of Qingyu's current situation and looking at her own predicament, Yun Sining felt a pang of sadness.

"What's wrong, Xiao Ning? Don't cry, Xiao Ning."

The little girl gently rubbed Yun Si Ning's cheeks with her tiny hands, wiping away a few of her tears.

"Um."

Yun Si Ning held back the tears that continued to well up in her eyes.

Her senior sister is waiting for her to save the mountain, and Qingmu Peak is waiting for her to revive it.

She absolutely cannot cry now, nor does she have time to cry.

It doesn't matter if the system doesn't work; there will always be other methods!

Thinking of this, Yun Sining's eyes became firm again.

"Xiao Jiu, you said you're not human..."

"Then... what were you transformed from?"