Lu Yunqi waved his hand, closed the door, and set up a protective barrier.
"What are you doing?" Lu Yunlin looked at him strangely.
“That sword,” Lu Yunqi suddenly said.
"What?" Lu Yunlin asked, puzzled.
Lu Yunqi came over and grabbed Lu Yunlin's hand: "That sword, the sword that Xiao Ba pulled out, you and I both saw it. That sword looked strange. As soon as Xiao Ba pulled out that sword, the secret realm collapsed..."
Every time he thought about this, about how Xiao Ba caused the secret realm to collapse and Xiao Qi was trapped inside, never to come out, he couldn't calm down. A voice was telling him that it was Xiao Ba who harmed Xiao Qi, and not just Xiao Qi, but many, many others.
He didn't really care how many people from other sects died, but Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi's own sister, was also trapped inside. Xiao Ba, Xiao Ba harmed her, but Xiao Ba didn't seem to realize this. Everyone, no one knew, and they even blamed Xiao Qi for being willful.
The thought that Xiaoqi might have met with misfortune weighed heavily on my heart, like a stone was pressing down on it.
I feel terrible, extremely terrible.
You are not allowed to tell anyone this!
Lu Yunlin suddenly became agitated. He excitedly grabbed Lu Yunqi's hand and said, "Fifth Brother, we absolutely cannot mention this to anyone else. We can't let them know that the collapse of the secret realm is related to Xiao Ba. So many people have died. If they find out, they will definitely not let Xiao Ba off the hook."
"Fifth Brother! Did you hear that? If you tell anyone, you'll get Little Eight killed!"
Lu Yunlin gripped Lu Yunqi's hand tightly, his expression almost ferocious.
He absolutely, positively will not allow Xiao Ba to suffer any harm.
Lu Yunqi was tormented by the thought that his eighth sister would become a sinner and be blamed by everyone. Of course, he didn't want that to happen. Little Eight, Little Eight didn't do it on purpose!
"I understand, I'll forget about it," Lu Yunqi said softly, but his mind was even more confused.
Xiaoqi, Xiaoqi, is Xiaoqi still alive?
Will she come back?
At this moment, he felt as if he had returned to those days.
His beloved younger sister, the one he cherished like a treasure, had disappeared. He searched tirelessly for her, unable to find her. He worried about her day and night, hoping for her return, and fearing for her life. Later, she was found, but what did he do?
Now she's gone again, gone again...
There's a place in my heart that suddenly feels empty, just like it did sixteen years ago.
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Amidst the spatial turbulence, tens of thousands of cultivators were repairing an ancient teleportation array on a fragment of a secret realm tens of thousands of feet in size. This fragment was enveloped in golden light, while outside this light, countless ferocious beasts, reduced to mere wreckage, were attacking the golden restrictive barrier.
Rumble—
The entire fragment of the secret realm was shaking violently, and the cultivators inside were all pale-faced. Ayao said to everyone, "Calm down, everyone. My barrier can still hold for a while. Don't panic, it won't help if you panic."
Ayao looked up at the undead creatures that completely surrounded the area, and gritted her teeth. She didn't quite understand why so many undead creatures had been attracted all at once. Generally speaking, these creatures shouldn't attack them since they were isolated from the presence of living beings.
Among the crowd, an ordinary-looking young man looked at A Yao and revealed a malicious smile.
Bang! Bang!
A large, skeletal bird frantically crashed into the barrier, causing cracks to appear. Everyone couldn't help but look at the cracks, but Ayao's voice was icy: "Don't get distracted, keep your work in mind!"
"Concentrate if you want to live!"
Ayao's composure influenced everyone. Seeing her confident demeanor, they forced themselves to concentrate and continue reinforcing the formation.
A Yao surveyed the entire scene; almost every cultivator was working, except for a certain white-robed youth. A Yao flew towards him and saw him take out several bright green fruits from his storage bag. The fruits were about the size of apples and looked very tempting. Feng Chu took a few bites and crunched away.
Ayao looked at him in surprise and said, "This is the Longevity Fruit."
"So what?" Feng Chu blinked his big, golden eyes; his eyelashes were very long.
The Longevity Fruit is a rare fruit that grants longevity; mortals who eat it can live for hundreds of years, while cultivators can maintain their youth forever. This fruit is extremely rare. However…
Just as Ayao was about to speak, a voice rang out:
"The longevity fruit can grant immortality and maintain a youthful appearance, but it can only be consumed by adults; children who eat it will not grow up."
A Yao looked to the side and saw that the speaker was an extremely ordinary-looking young man in black, whose strength was only at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. This male cultivator was not wearing sect robes and seemed to be a rogue cultivator. He held a spirit-drawing brush in his hand and the corners of his lips were slightly upturned.
Despite his plain appearance, for some reason he seemed more charming than those handsome men. Just by standing there, the female cultivators next to him couldn't help but linger their gazes on him.
When Ayao met his gaze, her heart fluttered.
What kind of cultivation technique does this person practice?
Enchanting magic?
It doesn't make sense. With her self-control, how could she be seduced by a mere early-stage Nascent Soul male cultivator?
Could she be one of those naturally alluring types?
Ayao immediately became wary of this person.
Feng Chu's mouth-opening action froze. The man looked at Feng Chu with a smile. His face was extremely ordinary, but his smile had a captivating charm.
"Little brat, you'll never grow up, hehe~"
The mysterious young man's laughter was laced with malice.
"You're lying!!" Feng Chu bristled like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. He looked at A Yao, who looked away in disbelief. Feng Chu tugged at her sleeve and said, "He's lying, isn't he? Isn't he?"
"that……"
I'm so sorry, it's true!
Eating the longevity fruit will prevent your body from aging and keep you young forever. However, if children eat it, they will not grow up.
“Don’t worry too much. That’s generally how it is. But once you reach a higher level, you’ll definitely find a way,” Ayao comforted her. In reality, this was a white lie.
It might be possible for others, but it's probably out of the question for Feng Chu.
If it were someone else, they could simply change their body or reconstitute their physical form, but Feng Chu possessed a Chaotic Overlord Body and a natural sword seed. His body alone was worth millions of times more than everything in the entire Burial Dragon Mountain Secret Realm combined. Who would abandon such a body to possess someone else?
His body is even rarer than that of ordinary dragon and phoenix holy spirits.
A Yao's reincarnation as a phoenix from a mortal body was a huge win; if he were to abandon this physical body and reshape it into a dragon, phoenix, or other holy spirit, he would be at a loss.
So, he had no other choice.
I saw him in the immortal realm in my past life. He was also a child, about twelve or thirteen years old. I guess he must have eaten the longevity fruit in his past life too!
After hearing what A Yao said, Feng Chu calmed down and glared fiercely at the plain-looking young man in black.
The young man in black's smile suddenly widened; he seemed to really enjoy Feng Chu glaring at him like that, and was in a very good mood.
After glaring at the young man in black, Feng Chu continued munching on the longevity fruit. Since he was already eating it, he might as well finish it.
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