Chu Xinxin had never run so fast in her life.
As they reached a bend in the road, two people dressed in Penglai attire suddenly appeared ahead. One of the pursuers shouted, "Stop them! They have five-star spiritual medicine!"
"Damn it!" Chu Xinxin was caught in a dilemma.
"Sister, go through that door on the right; it leads to a winding corridor. We can use that as a chance to shake them off."
Chu Xinxin pulled the person inside.
After running for a while, Chu Xinxin stopped to catch her breath when the sound behind her gradually faded away.
"Huh? Why would I run away when you're here?" Chu Xinxin realized that Xiao Linyi could take on a whole group at once, but when she turned around, she saw Qingyun.
"Xin Xin, I didn't know I had such a strong influence on you." Qingyun was very touched.
"No, where is Xiao... little brother? Where did my big brother go?" Chu Xinxin remembered that she was clearly pulling Xiao Linyi.
Qingyun was confused: "Who's the 'little brother'? That wild man?!"
System: [Sister, you've arrested the wrong person. The situation was urgent, I didn't have time to tell you.]
"Where is Xiao Linyi now? Has he been discovered yet?"
He wasn't discovered; he's looking for you, but he's looking in the wrong direction.
Since sound transmission talismans cannot be used in the Phoenix Holy Land, Chu Xinxin felt much more at ease after learning that Xiao Linyi had not been discovered, and she began to deal with Qingyun.
"Third Prince, he is not a random man, he is the one I love."
“Xin Xin, just call me Qing Yun.” A hint of sadness appeared on Qing Yun’s face. “I just overheard you talking to Ya Wen. He’s not your childhood sweetheart at all. Xin Xin, actually, I fell in love with you at first sight. If you don’t like Master Zi Chen, can you give me a chance?”
This confession came out of nowhere, and it turned out that Qingyun's hostility towards her "wild man" stemmed from this.
Wow, sister, your love interest has arrived!
Hmm? Chu Xinxin was actually a little embarrassed; she wasn't good at handling these kinds of situations.
"System, help me, what should I do?"
Put him in your fishpond, raise him for now. Maybe if you can't win over Xiao Linyi, you can find someone else.
That makes sense, but Chu Xinxin wasn't feeling comfortable. Why did she feel that she wouldn't be able to win over Xiao Linyi?
Chu Xinxin put this discomfort behind her: "Forget it, if Xiao Linyi knew I was going to take revenge on society and blow up this little world of cultivation."
Chu Xinxin and the system exchanged questions and answers, which they felt took only a few seconds, but in Qingyun's eyes, it had been a long silence.
No immediate response means rejection.
"Did I make things difficult for you?" Qingyun smiled with relief, but the smile was more like a grimace. "Don't frown. I want you to be happy. It's okay if you don't accept me. I can stay by your side and wait for the day you need me."
System: [This second male lead's speech really touched me, sister. He has a mouth, why don't we go with him? Although you and Xiao Linyi have kissed, and he gives you money and all sorts of things, haven't you noticed? He hasn't said anything about liking you or asking you to be his Daoist partner.]
"He hasn't been in a relationship for thousands of years, don't make things too difficult for him." Chu Xinxin couldn't help but defend Xiao Linyi.
[Okay, I was just suggesting. I reckon you could reach Xiao Linyi's current favorability level by tying yourself up with rope a few more times.]
In the end, Chu Xinxin gave Qingyun a "good person" card. Qingyun considerately didn't bring it up again and generously said that he roughly knew where Xiao Linyi and Yawen were and would take Chu Xinxin to find them.
The more they searched, the farther they got from Xiao Linyi's location marked on the map by the system.
Chu Xinxin: "System, do you think he did it on purpose or on purpose?"
[He's holding the mother and daughter tokens you used when you registered. The daughter token is used to identify yourselves for the competition and entry into the Holy Land, while the mother token is used for drawing lots and verifying information. The one he's holding is Ya Wen's mother token. Ya Wen is still with Xiao Linyi, but we've already reached the core of the Holy Land, so I also think he did it on purpose.]
Just as a magical elixir had fallen from the sky, Chu Xinxin and Qingyun changed their clothes and put on bamboo hats to avoid trouble. Fortunately, the people they encountered on the road all used some means of concealing themselves, so they did not stand out.
"Xin Xin, this is already the core area of the Holy Land. We'll encounter many people. People die for wealth, and birds die for food. Stay close to me." Qing Yun tried to take Chu Xin Xin's hand, but Chu Xin Xin stepped forward and avoided it. Qing Yun froze for a moment, then casually withdrew his hand.
"Are Ya Wen and the others here too?" Chu Xinxin pretended not to notice.
"Yes, but the atmosphere here is too complex, and my clues run out here."
System: [Are they taking advantage of us because we don't have that wooden sign? Yawen and the others are still behind us.]
Chu Xinxin secretly glanced at the map and saw that the two points representing Xiao Linyi and Ya Wen were still some distance away, so she went in first with Qingyun.
The two deceived each other by pretending to be looking for someone while using the pretext of searching for treasure to buy time.
Qingyun planned to stall until his father, the Emperor Liang, sent someone to him. Then, he would use the pretext of forming an alliance to get Chu Xinxin to go with him to find the phoenix egg.
Chu Xinxin wanted to wait for Xiao Linyi to arrive before going to find him.
Although the two thought differently, their actions were very consistent.
As they passed a fork in the road, the system suddenly spoke up: "Sister, turn right ahead and you'll find a treasure trove filled with countless treasures. People are already scrambling to get their hands on them."
Chu Xinxin decisively turned left. Xiao Linyi had given her all the treasures she could get, and Chu Xinxin had no shortage of them and didn't want to cause trouble.
The system then said: "Sister, there's a guqin (a seven-stringed zither) with a scorched tail inside."
Chu Xinxin turned her toes back, almost twisting her ankle because she was going too fast.
She had two great passions in life: wine and the zither. She was the kind of person who couldn't resist a good zither.
"Xin Xin, what's wrong?" Qingyun turned around and asked her when she heard the noise.
"It's alright, let's keep going," Chu Xinxin replied.
Qingyun nodded and lifted his foot to the left, following the direction Chu Xinxin had just chosen.
"Qingyun, this way." Chu Xinxin pointed in the original direction, "The west belongs to the element of metal in the Five Elements theory, and I think there must be treasures here."
Qingyun hesitated. He sensed that the person his father had sent to assist him was on his left, but he couldn't very well refuse the invitation from the beauty.
Just as he was hesitating, a golden light suddenly appeared ahead, and Qingyun immediately made up his mind: "Let's go!"
The two quickly arrived at the place where the golden light appeared. It was a palace, with bricks made of spirit stones and beams and pillars made of phoenix trees. There were huge luminous pearls on the walls, but no one paid any attention to these things, because compared to the treasures that were being fought over, they were nothing but trifles.
[There are a total of five treasures: two boxes of five-star pills, two Earth-grade spiritual treasures, and one Heaven-grade spiritual treasure.]
The system glanced at it and broadcast the message to Chu Xinxin.
There's actually a Heavenly-grade spiritual treasure?!
After the spiritual energy of the Emperor Yao Continent was depleted, weapon refiners could no longer forge Heaven-grade spiritual treasures. The existing Heaven-grade spiritual treasures are all hidden in the hands of the actual ruling forces of the Five Continents and One Island, and are regarded as sacred objects. Some top experts also have them, but there are no more than twenty in the entire world.
The sudden appearance of something in this sacred place is enough to cause people to fight tooth and nail.
Qingyun's eyes revealed a look of determination.
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