“Stop running!”

Amidst the earth-shaking and mountain-shaking, Wen Shaoqing dragged Hua Xiangwan along and rushed into the corridor ahead in a hurry. Heavy snow was pouring down behind them. Just as they were about to stand firm, Hua Xiangwan pushed him away and said breathlessly, "You go first, I..."

"Ah Wan!"

Wen Shaoqing didn't wait for her to finish, and grabbed her shoulders. He looked at her with excitement: "You chose me! You chose me!"

"Yes, yes, yes," Hua Xiangwan quickly comforted him, "You are the most important. Calm down first. I'll go see him."

"No, Wan, listen to me first."

Wen Shaoqing calmed down a little. He looked at her with an expression that could not help but get excited: "I have a plan and I need your help. I have to tell you while he is not around."

Hearing this, Hua Xiangwan paused, looked up, and seemed to be confused: "Plan?"

"That's right." Wen Shaoqing nodded. He looked into Hua Xiangwan's eyes and confirmed again, "Ah Wan, I am the most important person in your heart, right?"

"That's natural," Hua Xiangwan smiled bitterly, "but I'm already married..."

"Don't say that," Wen Shaoqing raised his hand and placed it on her lips, his eyes full of tenderness, "Ah Wan, I don't mind this. I know that you were forced by Qin Yunyi and my mother, but didn't we get to this point because we were too weak?"

Hua Xiangwan did not interrupt him and waited quietly for him to continue: "I was wrong before. We had nothing. I forced you to leave him, which was impossible. So I have decided that I want to become the Demon Lord."

Wen Shaoqing looked at Hua Xiangwan with a serious face: "When I become the Demon Lord, I will marry you and you will be the queen. From now on, Hehuan Qingle will join hands to rule the Western Territory together."

"Shaoqing," Hua Xiangwan pulled his hand down and spoke worriedly, "Don't push yourself so hard. Living well is more important than anything else. Qin Yunyi is in the Tribulation Crossing Stage..."

"Xie Changji too!"

As soon as Wen Shaoqing opened his mouth, Hua Xiangwan vaguely knew what he meant, but she was a little unsure and frowned: "What do you mean?"

"Awan, actually I deliberately got rid of Wu Li and Ming Huo," Wen Shaoqing said quickly, "Wu Li is Qin Yunyi's man. Although Ming Huo is the leader of Yin Yang Sect, he received great favors from Qin Yunyi in the past and had secretly surrendered to Qin Yunyi. It's just that my mother has long been in the same mind with Mingluan Palace, so she tolerated him. They were both sent by Qin Yunyi to monitor me, for fear that I would embezzle the Blood Order. I found a way to get the Blood Order when I entered the mountain, but I didn't want them to know that it was me who got the Blood Order. We were already in this cave yesterday. There was a mermaid in the cave who fought with us. She was no match for us, so she ran away. I let Ming Huo chase her first, and then deliberately clashed with Wu Li and ran out. Ming Huo should still be in the cave now, and we will meet him soon."

"What's the situation in this cave?"

Hua Xiangwan glanced at the dark corridor.

Wen Shaoqing smiled and said, "Do you know that Shennv Mountain has always been guarded by the Goddess?"

"I know all this," Hua Xiangwan nodded, "Is there a goddess inside?"

"Yes," Wen Shaoqing replied, "but the goddess seems to have been imprisoned by the mermaids. I guess the blood order should be in the goddess's hands. But this is not the key. The key is that there is an ancient formation in this cave."

"What big formation?"

Hua Xiangwan frowned, and Wen Shaoqing explained: "This was originally a magic circle left by the ancient great power to protect the snow mountain, but it was changed by the mermaid. This large formation was changed into a refining magic circle. The center of the magic circle will absorb all the power in the magic circle. Therefore, the people at the foot of the mountain have white hair overnight, all because of this formation. As long as you can follow my instructions and feed this medicine to Xie Changji," Wen Shaoqing said, handing a pill to Hua Xiangwan and instructed, "then send Xie Changji to the location I specify, and then I will open the magic circle at the center of the formation, and I can absorb his cultivation. By then, I will have the Demon Lord's blood order, and I will have Xie Changji's cultivation. Will you and I still be afraid of Qin Yunyi?"

"But," Hua Xiangwan hesitated, "The Heavenly Sword Sect lit a soul lamp for Xie Changji, and the scenes before his death will be sent to the Heavenly Sword Sect truthfully. The Heavenly Sword Sect will not let this go."

"Just give them a killer."

Wen Shaoqing immediately gave a solution: "There is a drowning area under this snowy mountain. After I absorb his power, I will pretend to be a dark fool so that he can find me. I will give him a chance to escape, but I will destroy his limbs. When he wakes up, he will definitely look for you. We will set a trap on the road and he will crawl into the drowning area by himself."

Drowning is a highly poisonous water that corrodes bones and flesh. If one falls into drowning water, no bones will be left of the body. By then, the Tianjian Sect will not even have a corpse, so it will be difficult to determine the real cause of his death.

The images before his death were all of him struggling while drowning, which were also difficult to distinguish.

Before he dies, he will see Ming Huo. If he is lucky, he may even send a message to Hua Xiangwan. In this way, with Hua Xiangwan's identification, he can completely put the blame on Ming Huo.

Hua Xiangwan listened to Wen Shaoqing's plan and almost wanted to applaud him.

He was very brave to cheat Xie Changji like this.

But she suppressed her impulse to award him the prize and continued to ask, "Thank goodness Chang Ji has no intention to kill Ming Huo."

"You point it out," Wen Shaoqing smiled, "and then you have it, right? Ah Wan," he said in a low voice, taking a step forward. Hua Xiangwan couldn't help but step back, hearing him sigh in amazement, "You don't know how beautiful you are."

Hearing this, Hua Xiangwan turned her face slightly, as if shy.

She couldn't bear it any longer and could only say, "I'll go see Xie Changji first. I have to gain his trust first."

"good."

Wen Shaoqing nodded, and Hua Xiangwan walked back. After taking two steps, he turned back and said, "Don't follow me. Don't provoke him."

"Know."

Wen Shaoqing seemed unusually obedient and looked at Hua Xiangwan gently: "Go ahead, I'll wait for you."

Hua Xiangwan responded and hurried out.

She controlled her steps at first, but when she turned the corner and Wen Shaoqing could no longer see her, she started running wildly in the corridor.

Heavy snow covered the entrance to the cave. She didn't dare use her spiritual power, so she could only dig a way out with her own hands.

When she crawled out of the snow, her hands were bleeding and red from the cold, but she didn't care about the pain. She turned her head to look at the vast white snow and shouted: "Xie Changji? Xie Changji?"

Logically speaking, it was just falling off a cliff or being buried by an avalanche. For a swordsman in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, this shouldn't be a big deal.

But she was still a little worried when she saw Xie Changji hadn't shown up for a long time.

She used her spiritual sense to explore all the way and finally found Xie Changji's location. She rushed to the edge and started to dig snow.

Xie Changji was lying in the snow.

At first he felt the snow piling up layer by layer, and he waited for a long time before it calmed down.

Then he seemed to be buried in a cemetery. All sounds around him disappeared. He silently looked at the ice and snow piled in front of him, waiting for his spiritual power to heal all the discomfort in his body, and tried to experience all the emotions at this moment.

He lacked too many emotions in his life. Whether it was love or hate, surprise or joy, he was much slower than many people and experienced them slowly.

He had wondered countless times why she had faked her death and why she had not returned for two hundred years.

At this moment when he was buried deep in the snow, he finally felt faintly in his heart the pain that she had felt when she fell into the alien world.

He had reasons back then, countless reasons. He knew her personality and she should understand him.

Just like today, he also knew that she might have a plan in mind to make Wen Shaoqing fully trust her, but he had a high level of cultivation, so this matter did not have much impact on him. Saving Wen Shaoqing was much more appropriate than saving him.

But the moment he was really abandoned, he still felt a sharp pain in his heart.

His eyelashes trembled slightly, and he controlled his emotions. After calming down, he crawled out of the snow to find her.

However, he didn't have to wait long before he heard footsteps on the snow.

After a while, someone started shoveling snow and called his name: "Xie Changji? Xie Changji, are you okay?"

He was stunned for a moment, and in a daze, he heard the sound of shoveling snow from above.

Then the snow in front of him was suddenly dug up, light came down, and the woman's panting and worried face appeared above him.

He stared blankly at the person in front of him. The dead silence just now disappeared in an instant, and his eyes were filled with light.

Hua Xiangwan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was fine, and then she couldn't help but laugh: "Why are you lying here? Get up, the avalanche has stopped."

Xie Changji didn't move, Hua Xiangwan was a little worried: "Are you injured?"

Xie Changji didn't say anything. His eyes fell on the ice and snow between Hua Xiangwan's brows and the bloody hands.

"Xie Changji?"

Hua Xiangwan opened her arms and waved them in front of him.

Xie Changji said nothing. He reached out and held her bloody hand.

Hua Xiangwan was stunned, and then felt this person pulling her to the ground.

The snow quickly melted and evaporated between the two of them. Hua Xiangwan leaned on his chest, as if she could hear his heartbeat.

Feeling the freshness and agility of this person, Xie Changji closed his eyes: "Flowers bloom in the evening."

"ah?"

"You're here."

That was all he said, and nothing else.

Hua Xiangwan waited for a moment, and seeing that he seemed to be fine, she stood up from him and urged him, "Don't hang around, hurry up."

Xie Changji responded, and his spiritual power flowed to her, and the wound on her hand healed quickly.

She pulled him up, turned around to find where they came from, and pulled Xie Changji inside.

After walking a few steps, she suddenly turned around and whispered, "Xie Changji, I don't have time to explain too much to you, but you have to believe me."

Xie Changji raised his eyes, and Hua Xiangwan said seriously: "As long as you don't want to hurt me, I won't hurt you."

Hearing this, Xie Changji's eyes softened: "I know."

Seeing Xie Changji being so cooperative, Hua Xiangwan smiled and pulled him inside.

The two of them held hands and returned to the corridor. As soon as they entered, they saw Wen Shaoqing waiting for them inside.

Seeing the two holding hands, Wen Shaoqing's face darkened, but he seemed to think of something and forced a smile: "Xie Daojun, are you okay?"

Xie Changji nodded and said nothing more.

Wen Shaoqing glanced at Hua Xiangwan and coughed softly: "Then... shall we go?"

"good."

Hua Xiangwan nodded, and Xie Changji looked at the two of them without saying much.

Wen Shaoqing had obviously been here before, and he was walking very quickly. The two followed him and saw him constantly calculating his location and then choosing a direction.

This place seemed like an underground palace, with passages extending in all directions. Wen Shaoqing led the two of them for a long time, and suddenly heard a cry of surprise: "Young Master!"

The three of them turned around together and saw a young man in black standing not far away.

This young man was born very strong, but he was filled with an evil aura. Xie Changji came forward without leaving a trace, and held Hua Xiangwan behind him a little.

"Confused?"

Wen Shaoqing saw the person coming and smiled: "Ming Huo, you are here?"

The young man came forward from the darkness, with blood on his body, and asked in a cold voice: "Young Master, where have you been?"

"When you're not here, Wu Li rebels!"

Wen Shaoqing said harshly, turning his head to glance at Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji: "Luckily I met Master Hua and Master Xie, otherwise I would have been killed by Wu Li by now!"

Ming Huo didn't say anything, but Hua Xiangwan vaguely felt that he seemed to smile for a moment.

"Where's the mermaid?"

Wen Shaoqing glanced around: "Did you find him and kill him?"

"No." Ming Huo said calmly, "I can't find it."

Hearing this, Wen Shaoqing looked at Ming Huo with disdain, but didn't say much, only said: "Then let's go find the goddess."

"Why is Master Hua here?"

Minghuo looked at Wen Shaoqing and clearly disagreed with taking Hua Xiangwan with him. Upon seeing this, Hua Xiangwan immediately spoke up: "Shaoqing...how about I..."

"She saved me," Wen Shaoqing said coldly, "Is it not okay for me to take her with me and go our separate ways in a while?"

"You are already engaged to Young Master Qin," Ming Huo said coldly, "so you should avoid suspicion."

"I am engaged to her, not her dog!" Wen Shaoqing shouted angrily, "Does your Yin Yang Sect listen to my mother or Qin Yunyi?!"

"The Palace Master said," Ming Huo said seriously, "Listen to Young Master Qin."

"Minghuo!"

Wen Shaoqing raised his voice with a hint of warning: "I am the young master."

The two of them were in a stalemate. Hua Xiangwanrao looked at both sides with interest. After waiting for a while, Ming Huo glanced at Xie Changji and finally compromised and took a step back: "Young Master, it's good that you know your limits."

"Ah Wan," Wen Shaoqing turned around and glanced at Hua Xiangwan, "Let's go."

As he spoke, Wen Shaoqing held the zither and led the way forward.

The remaining three followed and walked for most of the night. Finally, it was time to use the dragon-hunting disk. Wen Shaoqing used the dragon-hunting disk to make another divination, but the direction of the dragon-hunting disk was pointing at the wall.

Wen Shaoqing frowned in confusion. Hua Xiangwan thought for a moment and said, "How about just splitting it open?"

Wen Shaoqing was stunned: "Chop it open?"

Hua Xiangwan was also puzzled when she saw Minghuo. She knew that it would be difficult for Faxiu to understand such violent behavior. She pointed at the wall and said, "If we chop along this direction, maybe we will find it."

As she spoke, she turned to look at Xie Changji beside her: "What do you think?"

"Can."

Xie Changji nodded, and without needing Wen Shaoqing's consent, he drew his sword and chopped it down.

Cracks appeared on the wall. Wen Shaoqing laughed: "Without spiritual power, a chop like this..."

As soon as he finished speaking, a dozen walls shattered one by one, directly cutting out a new road. At the end of the road was a huge stone gate.

Wen Shaoqing stared at the stone gate blankly, and then Xie Changji reminded him: "Sword cultivation does not necessarily require spiritual power."

The sword spirit is their foundation.

However, there are very few sword practitioners who have cultivated the true "sword intent".

"Let's go."

Xie Changji put away his sword and pulled Hua Xiangwan towards the stone gate.

Wen Shaoqing and Ming Huo looked at each other and hurried forward.

Walking to the stone gate, Xie Changji raised his hand and placed it on the stone gate. After testing it for a moment, he turned to look at Hua Xiangwan: "It's okay."

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pushed open the stone door.

What came into view was a secret room made of ice and snow, with a beam of light in the middle. A woman in green was imprisoned in the beam of light. The woman's hands were shackled with irons and were covered with scars. Under her feet was a magic circle that seemed to be used specifically to seal her spiritual power.

She was very fair, and in the light she looked as if she were carved from ice and snow, with a kind of translucence.

Hearing the sound, she looked up with a gasp, and seeing several people, she was stunned for a moment, and then excitedly said: "Who are you? Are you here to save me?!"

"Miss, please be patient," Wen Shaoqing said, smiling and comforting her, "May I ask if you are Jiang Rong, the goddess of Shennv Mountain?"

The woman hesitated for a moment when she heard the name, and then nodded when she saw that the four people had no ill intentions. "It's me, who are you?"

"We are here to look for the Demon Lord's Blood Order. We heard that the Goddess was in trouble, so we came to see her." Wen Shaoqing was quite respectful when he saw that the other party had acknowledged his identity. "I wonder if the Goddess knows where the Demon Lord's Blood Order is?"

"The Demon Lord's Blood Order?"

Hearing this, Jiang Rong laughed: "Such an important thing, how can you just take it when you say so?"

"What does the Goddess need us to do?"

Knowing that Jiang Rong was bargaining, Wen Shaoqing was quite graceful.

Jiang Rong took a deep breath after hearing this, then looked at Wen Shaoqing's smile and cursed: "You didn't see I was locked up, and you asked me what I was going to do? Are you blind?!"

Wen Shaoqing's smile froze, Hua Xiangwan lowered her head, trying hard not to laugh.

Fortunately, Wen Shaoqing was thick-skinned. He quickly adjusted his attitude and said gently, "Then how do we break this magic circle?"

Jiang Rong said nothing. She glanced at Hua Xiangwan and said, "Girl, come here for a moment."

Hua Xiangwan walked forward with a smile, and Xie Changji followed her to Jiang Rong. Jiang Rong pointed at the magic circle under her feet and said, "This magic circle is a sub-circle. You can't stop it alone. If no one presses on it, it will explode immediately, and no one in the whole secret room can escape."

"What about the mother formation?"

Hua Xiangwan asked, Jiang Rong propped up her chin and said, "In a location that only I know, I need you to find someone to sit here. But I said in advance that I will bring people to stop the mother array. If the other party makes any wrong step in the mother array, the sub-array will explode immediately. So girl, you choose someone," Jiang Rong raised her hand and drew a circle between Xie Changji and Wen Shaoqing, "Choose someone to sit in the sub-array, and I will take another person to the mother array."

Upon hearing this, Hua Xiangwan raised her hand and pointed at Ming Huo: "Can I choose him?"

"He has too much yin energy," Jiang Rong shook her head, "too light, the formation doesn't treat him as a human being."

Having said that, it actually means letting Hua Xiangwan choose someone to die.

Jiang Rong seemed to find this choice very interesting. She looked around and thought, "If I were you, I would choose..."

"Myself."

Hua Xiangwan spoke up and looked up at Jiang Rong: "I'll sit here."

Jiang Rong was a little surprised. She was curious: "Are you not afraid of death?"

"Of course I am afraid," Hua Xiangwan smiled, "but I have a strong life. Everyone will die, but I won't."

As she said that, she turned her head and glanced at Xie Changji: "Go ahead."

Xie Changji hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

"Come in."

Jiang Rong waved, and Hua Xiangwan stepped into the magic circle. Jiang Rong glanced at the bracelet and said, "Help me get it."

Hua Xiangwan turned around and Xie Changji came forward and cut the iron chain in half with his sword.

Jiang Rong crossed her legs and rubbed her wrists, then stood up and told Hua Xiangwan, "Just sit here and wait."

Hua Xiangwan responded, and Jiang Rong walked out of the magic circle and came to the pool next to it. She turned around and looked at Xie Changji: "Come with me."

After saying that, Jiang Rong jumped into the water. Xie Changji glanced at Wen Shaoqing and said, "Take good care of her."

As he said that, he followed Jiang Rong into the water.

Only Hua Xiangwan, Wen Shaoqing and Ming Huo were left in the room.

Hua Xiangwan propped up her chin and looked at the two of them. After thinking for a while, she looked at Wen Shaoqing and said softly, "Shaoqing, wait a minute, what should I do if I can't lift Xie Changji?"

Hearing this, Wen Shaoqing froze, Ming Huo raised his eyes, Hua Xiangwan blinked and looked at Ming Huo: "Can you let Ming Huo help me carry the person?"

"Lift what?"

Minghuo responded. Hua Xiangwan was about to speak, but Wen Shaoqing interrupted her and said, "We'll talk about this later."

Hua Xiangwan's words seemed a little aggrieved, and she whispered: "Anyway, he is your subordinate..."

Wen Shaoqing was speechless for a moment, and watched the interaction between the two with a slightly cold look in his eyes.

The three of them waited for a while, and then Hua Xiangwan heard a "click" sound, and the magic circle under his feet seemed to start moving. It should be Xie Changji casting a spell.

Hua Xiangwan raised her head and looked at Wen Shaoqing, with a hint of fear in her eyes: "Shaoqing."

"Don't be afraid."

When Wen Shaoqing saw Hua Xiangwan asking for help, he didn't care whether Ming Huo was there or not, and immediately stood up and stepped forward. He couldn't help but hold Hua Xiangwan's hand and hurriedly said, "I'm here, nothing will happen to me."

Minghuo was watching them from behind. Before long, the formation under Hua Xiangwan's feet began to move, like gears, dispersing in the opposite direction.

At this moment, a sharp scream suddenly came from the side. The sound formed a huge sound wave, which made Hua Xiangwan cover her ears instantly.

Then a huge one leaped out of the water and bit Hua Xiangwan with its claws.

Hua Xiangwan did not dare to leave the magic circle. When the opponent grabbed her with a claw, she raised her hand and grabbed the opponent's wrist. Only then did she see the opponent's appearance clearly. She should be a mermaid, wearing a mask, staring at her ferociously.

Her scales scratched Hua Xiangwan's hand, and the poison instantly seeped into Hua Xiangwan's body. Hua Xiangwan's hand went numb. Wen Shaoqing raised his hand and smashed the guqin at the mermaid's head, but the other party moved faster and slapped the guqin away with a slap, then jumped into the water again.

"Minghuo!"

Wen Shaoqing grabbed Hua Xiangwan's hand and shouted at Ming Huo: "Catch him!"

“I can’t catch it.”

Ming Huo said calmly: "I have been catching them these past two days. It is very dangerous to go into the water."

Upon hearing this, Wen Shaoqing quickly turned around and saw the poison spreading from Hua Xiangwan's hand. She pinched her hand and felt a little dizzy.

At this time, the formation had been completely released, and Wen Shaoqing hurriedly fed her medicine. In a daze, Hua Xiangwan heard the sound of water.

She looked up and saw Xie Changji coming out of the water. The moment he saw her, Xie Changji was stunned, and Jiang Rong, who was following behind him, was also stunned.

Xie Changji rushed forward, pushed Wen Shaoqing away, and held Hua Xiangwan in his arms. Hua Xiangwan looked up at him and said calmly: "The mermaid's poison has no effect on me, so there's no need to be too nervous. Take out a green bead from my arms and give it to me. Put it in your mouth and you'll be fine after a good sleep."

Hearing this, Xie Changji calmly and quickly took out the green bead and put it in Hua Xiangwan's mouth. Hua Xiangwan held the bead in her mouth and suddenly felt a cool feeling spread throughout her body.

She knew it was no big deal, so she leaned on Xie Changji's shoulder and closed her eyes.

Wen Shaoqing reacted at this time and stepped forward hastily: "She..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw Xie Changji looking at him coldly. His eyes were like swords, carrying a cold murderous intent. That murderous intent instantly covered his whole body and made him unable to move.

"Rubbish."

Xie Changji spoke coldly, picked up Hua Xiangwan, turned to look at Jiang Rong: "She needs to rest."

Jiang Rong came back to her senses at this moment and nodded hurriedly: "Okay, I'll take you to the house."

Jiang Rong turned her head and looked at Ming Huo and Wen Shaoqing beside her: "You guys come with me?"

Minghuo nodded and followed Jiang Rong.

Wen Shaoqing stood where he was.

The word "waste" kept appearing in his mind, the same sound he had heard countless times when he was young.

"You useless thing, Hua Xiangwan is the same age as you and has already established her foundation. How could I give birth to a useless thing like you?"

"He's fat, lazy, and not very talented. If he hadn't been born into a good family, how could he have become the young master?"

"You dare to compete with me?" Qin Yunyi looked at him coldly, "Waste."

"Waste"

"Waste"

"Waste"

The insulting voice lingered in his mind. He clenched his fists and looked over coldly.

What about waste?

So what if he is a proud son of heaven?

In the end, don't you still have to kneel before him?

He will get the most beautiful woman in the world, the most powerful force, and the most supreme power.

He will soon let Xie Changji know who is the real waste.