“Just like your name.” Xu Fengzhi looked at A Yao, his handsome face smiling, his eyes full of affection.
Those were ancient incantation runes, and they did indeed look very similar to the character "Yao" in A Yao's name. The mark on Xu Fengzhi's chest was as if A Yao had engraved her name on his heart.
Xu Fengzhi looked at A Yao with undisguised fervor. He touched the curse mark on his chest with one hand and said in a gentle voice, "A Yao, I will never forget you now."
The intense emotions in his eyes were like an overwhelming tide, crashing against A Yao's tens of thousands of years of life. Although they could not move A Yao, they forcefully tore open a corner of A Yao's heart and left his name.
The blood-red curse mark that A Yao pierced on his chest turned into a red thread, binding him, Demon Lord Xuan Tian, and A Yao together tightly, an unbreakable and tangled bond.
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A few days later.
A streak of blue lightning was streaking across the mountains. Upon closer inspection, the streak of lightning was actually a cute little beast. The beast looked like a tiger cub, but had antlers like a deer. Its fur was snow-white with a touch of gray, and its entire body was crackling with lightning as it moved.
The little beast was incredibly fast, fleeing in a panic, followed by hundreds of streaks of light. These streaks of light were all cultivators chasing it; these cultivators were core disciples of major powers in both the Southern and Northern Regions, including Nangong Rou and Nangong Yan from the Nangong family.
The Nangong sisters originally went to chase after Xu Fengzhi and A Yao, but A Yao trapped them with a restriction. By the time they resolved the problem, A Yao and the others had long since disappeared. Nangong Rou and her cousin, along with their guards, continued their search for opportunities. A few days ago, they discovered a Light Thunder Beast.
The Light Thunder Beast is the finest among wild beasts. Once it reaches adulthood, it possesses the strength of the Void Refinement stage, and its growth potential is extremely high. This kind of wild beast is almost extinct in the Canglan Realm. Upon seeing the cub of this wild beast in this secret realm, the Nangong sisters were overjoyed.
Cubs are easy to tame. Once tamed, they can become Void Refinement stage spirit pets as long as they grow up. How could you not be tempted?
So they immediately tried to capture it. But the Light Thunder Beast was too fast and difficult to catch. Not only did they fail to capture it, but the attempt also attracted other contenders. Apparently, someone leaked the information, and the number of contenders grew.
The Tianshui Palace, Wuji Sect, Yuyang Palace, Mingxin Sect, and other forces all joined the manhunt. Normally, with so many people working together, they would have been captured long ago. But now, no one was willing to let the others succeed, leading to this scene:
The disciples of Tianshui Palace set up an array and used chains to bind the Light Thunder Beast. The people of Wuji Sect cut the chains with a sword, and the Light Thunder Beast immediately escaped.
The people from Yuyang Palace had just captured the Light Thunder Beast when they were immediately attacked by the disciples of Mingxin Sect, and the Light Thunder Beast escaped their grasp.
The Nangong sisters almost succeeded on several occasions, only to have their plans thwarted by others.
Neither side would give way to the other, so the Light Thunder Beast escaped for three days.
Rumble—
Flying swords shot towards the Light Thunder Beast, which dodged continuously. Suddenly, a giant purple net descended from the sky, binding the Light Thunder Beast, which struggled violently.
The giant net was a magical artifact belonging to a disciple of the Tianshui Palace. He was overjoyed when a cultivator from the Zhao family cut the net in half with a single strike, and the Lightning Beast escaped again.
"You bastard! You ruined my magic weapon!"
"So what if I destroy your magic weapon?"
The disciples of Tianshui Palace and the cultivators of the Zhao family in Gufeng immediately started fighting.
Suddenly, a purple-haired cultivator addressed them:
"What's all the noise about? Chase after them! Don't let anyone else get there first!"
Seeing that everyone else had transformed into streaks of light and chased after them, the disciples of Tianshui Palace and the cultivators of the Zhao family of Gufeng immediately stopped fighting and transformed into two streaks of light to chase after the Light Thunder Beast.
The direction the Lightning Beast fled was precisely the direction where A Yao and Xu Fengzhi were.
Ayao and Xu Fengzhi stood at the front of the flying boat, Ayao's purple clothes fluttering in the wind. Her divine sense was at the Refinement stage, and she had already spotted the Light Thunder Beast running towards them. When the Light Thunder Beast was still fifty feet away from them, she raised one hand.
The blood jade bracelet on her wrist flew out, transforming into a red halo. This halo then split into five in mid-air, heading towards the Light Thunder Beast and encircling its limbs and neck. The little beast immediately became unable to run and collapsed helplessly on the spot.
Ayao leaped off the flying boat and landed lightly.
She walked over to the little beast and picked it up. The little creature whimpered, its purple eyes filled with fear. Ayao smiled gently: "Don't worry, I won't eat you."
Xu Fengzhi landed on the flying boat and walked to A Yao's side. He casually played with a folding fan in his hand. Looking at the little beast in A Yao's hand, he smiled and said, "Light Thunder Beast. I didn't expect there to be a Light Thunder Beast cub in this secret realm. A Yao, you're lucky."
Ayao said, "It's lucky that it met me."
Xu Fengzhi looked at her peerless face and chuckled, "You're right."
Just then, two figures flew over from not far away and landed a few steps away from A Yao and Xu Feng. It was Nangong Rou and Nangong Yan, the two sisters followed by their guards.
They were quite surprised to see A Yao and Xu Fengzhi. When Nangong Rou saw that it was Xu Fengzhi, a smile appeared on her face. She said happily, "Senior Brother Xu, what a coincidence!"
Xu Fengzhi clasped his hands in greeting to her and Nangong Yan, saying, "Greetings, junior sisters!"
Xu Feng, dressed in a blue robe and adorned with a precious belt, was gentle and handsome, with an ethereal charm. Nangong Rou gazed at him, a shy blush immediately appearing on her pretty face. However, upon seeing A Yao beside her, she instantly became jealous. Seeing the Lightning Beast in A Yao's arms, she said without hesitation:
"This must be Miss Lu Qi! We were the ones who first set our sights on this Light Thunder Beast."
A Yao knew from her past life that Nangong Rou liked Xu Fengzhi. Looking at Nangong Rou's eyes, which seemed to want to devour her, A Yao knew that Nangong Rou regarded her as a rival in love. A Yao gently stroked the little beast in her arms and said with a smile, "So what if you took a liking to it first? Everyone can fight for what's in the secret realm."
Long streaks of light flew down from the sky, and people from Tianshui Palace, the Zhao family of Gufeng, and others all arrived. Upon seeing Xu Fengzhi and A Yao, they were all surprised and amazed. They all recognized Xu Fengzhi, but many did not know A Yao and wondered about her identity.
The rainbows landed and transformed into young men and women.
A beautiful woman in a light gold dress stepped forward, looked at A Yao, and clasped her hands in a fist salute:
"I am Su Qing from Tianshui Palace. May I ask who you are, my friend?"
Su Qing is the niece of the Palace Master of Tianshui Palace. She has the cultivation level of the early Nascent Soul stage. Because the Palace Master of Tianshui Palace has no children, he treats this niece as his own daughter. She is also very intelligent and is one of the most outstanding juniors in Tianshui Palace.
“Lu Xueyao,” A Yao said calmly.
"You are Lu Xueyao? The seventh young lady of the Lu family of Kunshan?" The speaker was a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator from the Zhao family of Gufeng. This male cultivator was named Zhao Qin and was a core member of the Zhao family of Gufeng.
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