In a world of black and white, Yun Si Ning and Xiao Jiu ran quickly toward the only color.

On the black and white hill, a large tree, as thick as five or six people could hug, stood straight.

The setting sun cast its last rays, but even the sunlight lacked color; only the tender green leaves swayed on the branches, adding a touch of brightness to this world.

And under those lush trees, a woman was leaning against something.

The woman's black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, her long black strands flying in the wind, as if some kind of energy was stirring around her.

Yun Si Ning and Xiao Jiu were both shocked to see this woman.

It's just that this person, too, has colors.

Unlike the palace maids and eunuchs who were like fleeting illusions, the woman and the tree were one with each other.

As if noticing the two, the woman slightly turned her head, her dark eyes slowly looking over.

Sure enough, this person can see us!

Alarm bells rang in Yun Si Ning's mind, but Xiao Jiu stepped in front of her first.

The first living person I encountered after entering this place, whose identity, strength, and morality were all unknown.

"Who are you, and where is this place?"

Yun Si Ning asked softly.

"I?"

The woman's voice was clear and ethereal, as if it came from the deepest hell.

A look of confusion flashed in her eyes, as if she were pondering something, or perhaps recalling something.

"I... am just a person with a miserable fate."

She said softly.

Where is this place?

"Here, outside the Great Long Imperial City, is Qingqiu Ridge."

"Da Long!"

Yun Si Ning was shocked.

Da Long, that dynasty that has already fallen, that once incredibly glorious dynasty.

What year and month is it now?

As if guessing something, Yun Sining continued to ask.

"5500th year of the Dalong calendar".

Upon hearing this, Yun Si Ning gasped.

Sure enough, this wasn't some escape from an underground cave, but rather an alternate dimension, a dimension that reflected the past.

Yun Si Ning moistened her dry lips and smiled as she spoke.

"Sister, do you... know how to leave this place?"

After appearing in this world, the door through which they had entered quietly disappeared.

Yun Si Ning didn't want to stay here any longer. She wasn't a history researcher; she just wanted to get out and find her senior sister as soon as possible.

"leave?"

The woman slowly shook her head.

"The dynasty is about to fall, and the fate of the Great Long is unstable. You and I are caught in this vortex and have no way out."

Yun Si Ning and Xiao Jiu: ? ? ?

What are you talking about?

Yun Sining felt that the other party might have mistaken her for someone else.

Is this person... a madman?

She hesitated, then walked a little closer to the woman under the big tree.

"You...you must have mistaken me for someone else?"

Unexpectedly, the woman didn't even glance at her, and said quietly.

How could I mistake your aura?

"Speak, did the Grand Steward send you to kill me?"

Yun Si Ning is now completely dumbfounded.

No, what does this chief steward do?

What kind of chaotic breathing sounds are these? We can't understand a word of it!

She opened her mouth, unsure of what to say.

"Um... sister, I really don't understand what you're saying, and I'm not here to kill you."

"oh?"

Upon hearing this, a strange light seemed to appear in the woman's eyes for the first time.

She looked directly at Yun Si Ning's face, a thoughtful expression and a hint of surprise flashing in her eyes.

“If you’re not the Grand Steward’s subordinate, then this aura you possess…”

"Sister, I really didn't come here to kill you. Look at my cultivation level."

Yun Si Ning moved closer to her again, closing the distance once more.

Seeing her like this, Xiao Jiu quickly stood beside her, guarding against any possible attack from the other party.

Sensing the cultivation level within Yun Si Ning's body, the woman nodded blankly, believing some of what she had said.

After all, no matter how much the Grand Steward looked down on her, he wouldn't send such a weakling to kill her.

"Sister, can you tell me what kind of aura I have?"

"Desire".

The woman answered directly.

What??

What kind of gas?

Desire, what is that?

"I do not know, what is desire?"

The woman gave her a deep look, her thoughts unreadable.

"The so-called desire energy is naturally the spiritual energy transformed from desire. One can enter the Dao through desire, and one can kill people with desire."

desire……

Yun Si Ning turned around and saw Xiao Jiu's equally bewildered eyes.

Not only her, but even Xiao Jiu, whose origins are even more mysterious, had never heard of this desire energy.

"Can desire be transformed into spiritual power?"

Yun Si Ning asked, puzzled.

"Of course."

The woman answered without the slightest hesitation.

Do you have desires?

The woman asked.

"I……"

Yun Sining was taken aback by the question. After hesitating for a moment, she finally spoke.

"I have desires, just as everyone has seven emotions and six desires."

"Yes, everyone has desires..."

The woman said wistfully.

"Lust, sexual desire, greed, lust for power, lust for fame..."

Throughout history, how many people have been able to sever all emotions and desires?

"Wait, wait, wait."

Yun Si Ning quickly interrupted her lamentation. This person seemed to have some serious illness; she had started wailing to the heavens again without warning.

"You say I have lustful energy, where is it?"

"exist……"

The woman stretched out her hand and pointed to her hands.

"In my hands?"

"That's right, the desire energy in your palms may be slightly weak, but it is very pure."

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