As they were talking, a light suddenly appeared beside them, and Hua Xiangwan's eyes turned into a white light. She could not see anything, but she could clearly feel that the other party was holding her tightly, which made Hua Xiangwan feel more at ease.

Good thing you're here.

Hua Xiangwan breathed a sigh of relief, and then felt someone pulling her down and landing safely on the ground.

She couldn't see her surroundings, and the first thing she heard was the noise of the crowd. She felt the ground and found it was a bluestone road. She should be in a town.

Xie Wushuang kept pulling her along. After a while, things started to change around them. She blinked and saw a long, wide street with people coming and going, and vendors shouting as they passed by her.

She looked carefully for a moment and found that this was a most ordinary mortal town. She frowned slightly and had a bad feeling in her heart.

There are five secret realms in the Lingxu Secret Realm that can lead to the spirit core. The most difficult and complex secret realm is the Deliverance Realm.

This secret realm is woven according to the memories of those who enter it, that is, everything here is real and has happened. Between truth and falsehood, once the entrants reveal any flaw in their state of mind, they will immediately sink into this realm and find it difficult to leave.

Most of the other secret realms are filled with swords and fire, with piles of corpses. Only the realm of suffering looks the most ordinary and beautiful, but it is full of murderous intentions.

Hua Xiangwan looked around when someone suddenly grabbed her hand. She was startled and turned around to see Xie Wushuang holding her hand and bending down to bandage her wound.

The way he bandaged the wound was neat and beautiful, and there was no trace of dissatisfaction in his expression for being dragged into the state of salvation.

After the wound was bandaged, Xie Changji raised his head, let go of her hand, and said calmly, "Put away the piano, and let's go."

"oh."

Hua Xiangwan came back to his senses, put the zither into his Qiankun bag, and followed Xie Wushuang.

She looked around and asked tentatively: "I wonder which secret place this is..."

"The realm of suffering."

Xie Changji spoke, and Hua Xiangwan saw that he understood everything, and looked a little nervous: "You seem to be very familiar with it, so why did you come with me? Aren't you afraid that the ghost spirit will be lost?"

The other secret realms should have no effect on him, but the realm of salvation is probably the most difficult one to deal with for a possessed person like him.

"No problem."

Xie Changji responded. Seeing that he was very confident, Hua Xiangwan felt relieved, but she still apologized with some trepidation: "Qin Yunshang suddenly attacked me just now. I'm not as strong as her, and I'm a magic cultivator. I really couldn't do anything when she got close to me..."

"Isn't it because of that young master?"

Xie Wushuang's question was incomprehensible, and Hua Xiangwan blurted out: "How is it possible?!"

"Yes," Xie Changji nodded, his voice a little lighter, "It was Xiuwen and the others who failed to protect you."

"It's not Shen Daojun's fault," Hua Xiangwan explained, "Qin Yunshang's strength is also outstanding in the Western Territory..."

Before Hua Xiangwan finished speaking, a voice called out from behind: "Wan Daojun!"

Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji turned around at the same time when they heard this, and saw an old man running towards them, panting heavily: "Finally we found you. Everything is ready. We are just waiting for you to come back."

Hua Xiangwan looked at the old man and felt that he looked familiar. Xie Changji seemed to be thinking as well. The old man turned to look at Xie Changji with a puzzled look on his face: "What is this..."

"Oh, this is my friend," Hua Xiangwan introduced, "Xie Daojun."

"That's perfect," the old man looked at Xie Changji with excitement on his face, "We still need a groom to offer sacrifice to the river god. We are worried about it. I wonder if Xie Daojun is willing to offer sacrifice to the river god together with Wan Daojun, and then catch the pig pretending to be the river god and rescue our fairy?"

After hearing “save the fairy”, Hua Xiangwan finally realized which memory this was.

This should be the first time she and Xie Changji met Yao Guang that year.

Back then, she and Xie Changji went around killing the "魊" that were worshipped, trying to find the person who helped the 魊 spirit to be born.

"魊" is causing trouble in all directions, so naturally there are other righteous people who fight against demons and monsters, and the fairy Yaoguang is one of them.

However, her magical powers were insufficient, and not only did she fail to eliminate the "魊" enshrined here, she also got herself involved. She and Xie Changji happened to pass by here, and were stopped by Yao Guang's retainers, who asked Xie Changji to help save them.

Yao Guang was born in Mingjian Villa and is a family friend of Tianjian Sect. This matter is related to "魊", so she and Xie Changji will naturally not stand idly by.

So they agreed to rescue Yao Guang, but they couldn't find the "魊" after searching the city for a while. Finally, they found the place where it was enshrined and discovered that the 魊 was actually the "River God" that the people are worshipping now.

The common people have been offering sacrifices to the river god since ancient times. The sacrifices were usually presided over by local priests, who held a special status and great prestige in the local area. In the past, livestock were always used as sacrifices, and the area had been peaceful for many years.

However, ten years ago, there was a local woman named Taoyao who was favored by the priest's son because of her beauty, but she and her childhood sweetheart were in love with each other, so she rejected the priest's son's proposal. The next year, the priest asked for her and her childhood sweetheart as sacrifices in the name of "the river god entering the dream". The town elders were bribed by the priest and agreed to throw the two into the river.

Taoyao's brother was filled with resentment and went to the government to file a complaint, but his legs were broken and he was thrown out, and he has never been seen since.

The next year, the river god sacrificed himself during a sacrifice and ordered the priest's son to jump into the river. The priest's entire family then died tragically at home. From then on, the local people had to offer a pair of young men and women as sacrifices every year, otherwise the river would overflow and cause a disaster.

Ten years later, the local people were suffering. Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji figured out the whole story and volunteered to be the ones to jump into the river this year.

The person who arranges everything now is Yao Guang's retainer, Yao Jinqiu.

Hua Xiangwan looked at Yao Jinqiu, and her expression turned slightly cold when she thought of everything they had done to Shen Yichen later.

At this time, Yao Jinqiu looked at Xie Changji respectfully, and Xie Changji nodded naturally and said, "Okay."

"Okay," Yao Jinqiu breathed a sigh of relief, "I'll go and make the arrangements right away. You two can follow me to dress up first."

As he spoke, the old man stepped forward to lead the way. Hua Xiangwan walked beside Xie Changji, thinking about how to break out of this secret realm.

As she was thinking, Xie Changji beside her spoke: "The Deliverance Realm has a great impact on me. Don't be too far away from me for a while. If anything goes wrong, use the Pure Heart Bell to wake me up."

"knew."

Hua Xiangwan nodded. Xie Changji glanced at her and knew that she was worried about the secret realm. He said calmly: "As long as you can complete the tasks in the realm according to the requirements of the people in the realm, it will be considered as breaking through the realm. As long as you have no distractions in your mind, you should be fine."

"You have so much confidence in me?"

Hua Xiangwan never expected that Xie Wushuang trusted her so much.

Xie Changji didn't say much. The two of them were very close to each other. As their sleeves rubbed against each other, he asked an irrelevant question: "Who did you originally want to give that piano to?"

"The piano was given away," Hua Xiangwan sighed, "but it was later returned."

"who?"

Xie Changji persisted in asking, and Hua Xiangwan had no choice but to say a name: "Wen Shaoqing."

Xie Changji thought about it and dug out an unfamiliar title from his memory: "Young Palace Master of Qingle Palace?"

"Not bad," Hua Xiangwan felt a headache when talking about this person, "my ex-fiancé."

As soon as these words came out, "Xie Wushuang" suddenly stopped in his tracks. Hua Xiangwan turned around in surprise and saw Xie Wushuang standing there. She asked in a somewhat cold tone, "Fiancé?"

As soon as Hua Xiangwan heard Xie Wushuang's tone, she immediately realized that something was wrong. She came to the Tianjian Sect to propose marriage, and she had a fiancé. No matter how she looked at it, it was wrong.

She quickly explained: "The engagement was broken off, and this guitar was returned to me when he broke off the engagement."

"Broken engagement?"

Xie Wushuang repeated, and Hua Xiangwan felt that this matter seemed to need an explanation, but she didn't know what to explain, so she could only emphasize: "I definitely don't mean to play both sides."

"Why the engagement?"

"Xie Wushuang" stared at her. Hua Xiangwan felt guilty for a moment and subconsciously concealed her private friendship with Wen Shaoqing. She only said, "After the decline of Hehuan Palace, Mingluan Palace became the only one in power. In order to balance the three palaces, the Demon Lord ordered me to get engaged to Wen Shaoqing."

After hearing this reason, Xie Wushuang's momentum dissipated a lot.

Yao Jinqiu noticed that the two men were not moving, so he turned around and looked over: "Two Dao Lords?"

"Come right away," Hua Xiangwan responded quickly, feeling a little embarrassed, and explained to Xie Wushuang, "Hehuan Palace has indeed been weak in recent years, and can only use these methods to maintain its life..."

“No.”

Xie Changji opened his mouth, interrupting the flowers in the evening.

Hua Xiangwan was at a loss, and just watched the other person walk forward, saying in a steady voice: "You don't have to do this anymore in the future."

Hua Xiangwan didn't understand what he meant for a moment, but after trying to understand it carefully, she managed to understand that what he meant was that after the marriage with the Tianjian Sect, the Tianjian Sect would be able to make the Hehuan Palace stand up straight?

Although she thought that Shen Xiuwen moving into Hehuan Palace would not have this effect, in order not to undermine Xie Wushuang's confidence in her own sect, she still coughed lightly and said, "Thank you."

The two of them were talking, and followed Yao Jinqiu to a boat. Yao Jinqiu led them into the room, asked the maid to carry two sets of wedding dresses in, and then arranged the next things: "The two of you change your clothes first, I will have someone drive the boat out in a while, the two Taoists wait on the deck, I will lead people to ambush in the dark, and wait for the river god to appear. Please be patient and follow them to the cave to find the young lady."

"We understand." Hua Xiangwan nodded and comforted Yao Jinqiu, "Don't worry, we will definitely find your young lady."

Find Yao Guang, kill the river god, and the disaster will be over.

Although she wanted to kill Yao Guang a thousand times, it was just an illusion now and she didn't need to bother with it.

Now the most important thing is to break through before Qin Yunshang and others, reach the core of the Lingxu Secret Realm and get the Lu Ling.

Hua Xiangwan took the wedding dress from Yao Jinqiu, turned to look at Xie Wushuang, and raised the wedding dress: "I'm going to change my clothes, you can change outside."

"Um."

After getting Xie Wushuang's response, Hua Xiangwan took the wedding dress to the inner room. She put it on, and then tied her hair into a simple bridal bun. She put the roses on the dressing table on her hair, looked at herself in the mirror for a few seconds, and then walked out.

When he walked out of the room, he saw Xie Wushuang had changed her clothes. He turned around and paused when he saw Hua Xiangwan. Hua Xiangwan was very satisfied with his reaction and raised her hand and turned around: "How is it, isn't it good?"

She thought Xie Wushuang wouldn't speak, but she never expected that after she asked the question, he actually nodded seriously: "Yes."

Hua Xiangwan was startled, but at this moment Yao Jinqiu knocked on the door: "Two Taoists, are you ready?"

"Okay," Hua Xiangwan turned around and happily opened the door when she heard this, "Where are we going now?"

Yao Jinqiu was also startled when he saw Hua Xiangwan, but then he quickly came to his senses and said "excuse me" and said seriously: "The ship is about to leave, you two go to the deck and wait."