"What!" Even though Zuan was mentally prepared, he still felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this.
How did she disappear?
"Come with me." Yan Xuehen lightly touched the ground with her toes and flew towards the highest mountain peak.
This time, Zu'an didn't cling to her hand and hurriedly followed.
Many cultivators along the way bowed to Yan Xuehen upon seeing her, and some were even curious about who the man accompanying the abbot was, but Yan Xuehen had no time to care about such things.
They soon arrived at the highest peak and passed several heavily guarded sentry posts. A high platform appeared before them, with a spatial rift that looked like a mirror.
Zaun recognized the crack as a familiar sight, clearly the entrance to a secret realm. However, the spatial elements at the entrance were extremely chaotic and violent, and anything that entered would likely be torn to shreds.
"This is a treasured secret realm of our Baiyujing. The spiritual energy inside is much more abundant than outside, making cultivation twice as effective. Originally, only a select few of the sect's most outstanding members were qualified to enter and cultivate. Last time, Chu Yan returned from the Daoist secret realm with many insights and understandings, so the sect specially granted her permission to enter this secret realm for secluded cultivation,"
Yan Xuehen's brows were furrowed with worry.
"But for some reason, a few days ago, this secret realm suddenly had a problem. At that time, the sect's high-level cultivators all felt the abnormality, so I and several sect elders went in to try to find Chu Yan. But the secret realm had changed drastically, and Chu Yan was not where she should be."
"This secret realm isn't very big. We quickly searched every corner of it, but we couldn't find her. Before long, the spatial elements in the secret realm became increasingly violent, and the interior even began to collapse, so we had to come out first."
"After a while, the spatial elements at the entrance became extremely chaotic. Even if a Heavenly Rank weapon was thrown in, it would be immediately destroyed into fragments, let alone a human body. We were no longer able to go in to check on her whereabouts."
Zuan asked expectantly, "You've searched everywhere but can't find her. Could it be that Chu Yan came out from inside before the anomaly occurred?"
Yan Xuehen shook her head slightly: "No, our secret realm is very special. Because it is extremely precious, all the peaks are keeping an eye on this place and have left some restrictions around it. Everyone will notice if anyone enters or leaves."
"The strange thing is that Chu Yan is neither inside nor out. It's as if she has vanished into thin air. We don't know what happened."
Her eyes were somewhat blank. She was quite knowledgeable, but she had never seen anything like this in all these years.
“I roughly know where she went…” Zuan sighed and, under the other’s questioning gaze, roughly recounted the story of the Snow Maiden.
"How could the Snow Maiden be Chu Yan?" Yan Xuehen shook her head repeatedly after hearing this.
Chu Yan was clearly in seclusion in the sect's secret realm before, so how could she possibly appear in the distant Great Snow Mountain and even transform into a snow maiden!
"I know it's incredible, but it's true. I can feel that the Snow Woman is Chu Yan." The Snow Woman's gaze as she disappeared flashed through Zu An's mind, and he felt as if a knife had been plunged into his heart.
"I still can't believe it. We clearly saw the Snow Woman before. We were even being chased by her together, and then..." At this point, Yan Xuehen's face flushed. Even though so much time had passed, her heart still pounded wildly when she thought about what happened back then.
"At that time, she had lost her memory and didn't recognize us." Thinking of how Chu Yan had endured countless years alone, causing her memory to be worn down, and how lonely and painful she must have been during that time, Zu An felt incredibly sorry for her.
"If Chu Yan hadn't entered another timeline, how could she have disappeared from your sect's secret realm for no reason?"
Seeing that his explanation was reasonable, Yan Xuehen's face gradually turned pale, and she murmured to herself, "How could this be..."
Because of her past dealings with Zuan, she always felt like there was a sword hanging over her head at any moment, and her biggest fear was being discovered by Chu Yan, as she simply couldn't face her disciple's eyes.
But now that the other party has clearly discovered their affair, what she is most worried about is Chu Yan's safety.
After all, whether Chu Yan became a snow woman, spent countless years alone, or later disappeared into the world, any of these events would be unimaginable suffering for ordinary people.
She was completely distraught: "It's all my fault, it must be God punishing our forbidden love... But if you're going to punish someone, punish me! What does it have to do with Chu Yan!"
As she was speaking, she suddenly vomited a mouthful of blood, then closed her eyes and collapsed to the ground.
"Xuehen!" Zu'an rushed over and hugged her, only to find that she had fainted and her breathing was extremely weak.
Zuan was greatly surprised. He had studied the "Supreme Forgetfulness Chapter" and knew that there were many harsh conditions for practicing it. After mastering it, one could achieve a state of perfect emotional stability, and even when unleashing a killing move, the enemy would not feel any killing intent.
However, if a cultivator experiences extreme emotional fluctuations, they are easily harmed by the cultivation technique.
Of course, normally this is almost impossible. Once you've cultivated to the point of being detached from worldly emotions, your willpower and perseverance would be exceptional, so how could you possibly have any major emotional fluctuations?
However, Yan Xuehen happened to encounter Zu An, a demon star. On one hand, she fell in love with him, but on the other hand, she was terrified because he was her disciple's man. Gradually, a demon was left in her originally perfect state of mind.
Of course, given Yan Xuehen's cultivation level, this inner demon shouldn't have much of an impact normally.
Upon suddenly learning of Chu Yan's tragic fate, she was overwhelmed with sadness, pain, guilt, and self-blame. All sorts of negative emotions erupted at once, triggering a latent inner demon that caused her meridians to become disordered and her vital energy to flow in reverse and conflict.
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