As she spoke, Hua Xiangwan saw that all the disciples had boarded the spirit boat, which then rose from the ground. She let go of Xie Changji, raised her hand and summoned the sword.

Qin Yunshang and Xie Changji followed closely behind, leading the spirit boat towards Mingluan Palace.

After sailing for a day, Hua Xiangwan brought his disciples to the top of Mingluan Palace. Looking from a distance, they saw that Mingluan Palace itself was in chaos, with disciples fleeing in all directions and no one guarding the mountain gate. Only the mountain protection formation of Mingluan Palace was still open, maintaining the remaining dignity of this thousand-year-old sect.

During the time that Qin Yunshang escaped from the palace, the people of Mingluan Palace fled or were killed. Qin Yunyi devoured two monks who were undergoing tribulation in succession, making Mingluan Palace a mess. It was obvious that he had given up on Mingluan Palace and was only making a final desperate struggle.

As the spirit boat approached Mingluan Palace, it slowed down, and the team stopped completely in front of the mountain protection formation.

Ling Bei looked around, turned back to look at Hua Xiangwan, and said respectfully: "Young Master, we must first break the mountain protection formation."

Hearing this, Xie Changji was about to take action when Hua Xiangwan held his hand.

"I'll do it."

She spoke, and everyone looked at her. They saw her raise her sword to a high place and shouted, "Qin Yunyi, come out!"

There was no response from Mingluan Palace. Upon hearing her voice, the people on the ground looked up in panic and then hurriedly ran out.

Seeing that Qin Yunyi did not respond, Hua Xiangwan simply drew his sword.

Xun Qing held the sword in her hand, and the surrounding spiritual energy surged. Hua Xiangwan slowly swung the sword, then chopped it hard and shouted: "Qin Yunyi, come out!"

The sword, with a sword light as fast as thunder, slammed into the barrier fiercely. In an instant, the earth shook and cracks appeared in the barrier.

With one sword, the mountain protection formation was split apart. Everyone looked at this powerful force with different thoughts.

The people of Hehuan Palace were overjoyed, while those of Mingluan Palace were filled with fear, and the rest of the people watching the fight were both afraid and respectful, and could not help but step away.

A heavy sword chopped down, and then Hua Xiangwan's long sword flew down quickly. Each time it produced a strong impact, and the whole palace shook.

Cracks spread across the barrier like a spider web, until the last blow from Hua Xiangwan's sword!

There was a loud bang, and light shot up into the sky. Then the mountain protection formation shattered like glass in an instant.

The mountain protection formation broke apart, and the disciples on the spirit boat immediately flew down. Hua Xiangwan turned around to look at Qin Yunshang, and ordered according to the plan: "Go to the back mountain to block them, so that they won't run away."

"OK."

Qin Yunshang took a group of disciples to the back mountain, while Lingbei and Lingnan led their men to attack from the front mountain.

Although it was called an attack, they actually encountered no resistance at all. The group rushed to a high place, Lingnan and Lingbei led the way, Hua Xiangwan and Xie Changji walked behind them, watching the disciples of Mingluan Palace being either killed or surrendered. They looked calm and headed straight for the main hall.

After crossing the stairs, Hua Xiangwan ordered Lingnan and Lingbei to deal with the remaining disciples who were resisting outside, and led Xie Changji inside.

I walked through the gate, past the bronze tripod where the incense had gone out, and as soon as I entered the hall, I smelled a strong smell of blood.

The two of them stopped and Hua Xiangwan looked up, and saw that the hall was densely covered with runes. These runes were all drawn in blood and looked extremely evil.

"You're here."

Qin Yunyi's voice came from inside. Hua Xiangwan looked in the direction of the voice and saw a woman sitting upright under the shrine in front of the hall.

She was dressed in plain clothes as usual, with her hair tied up high with a magnolia hairpin. Her face, untainted by the worldly affairs, was filled with a kind of compassion that showed pity for all living beings.

But her eyes were as cold as an animal's, totally out of tune with her appearance.

She held a jade sword across her knees, her eyes steady: "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Wait for me, why didn't you answer me earlier?"

After confirming the effect of the magic circle, Hua Xiangwan walked calmly into the hall with a smile.

Xie Changji took a look at the runes and followed him in.

As soon as they entered the hall, it was as if the two people entered two different spaces. It was clearly the same hall, but the people they saw were completely different.

In front of Hua Xiangwan was Qin Yunyi, dressed in plain clothes, sitting under the shrine.

In front of Xie Changji, however, was the Jade Blood God, wearing a blue robe and a golden mask. He was sitting cross-legged on the altar, with one hand supporting his chin and the other hand on his knee, as if he had occupied the original position of the shrine.

"You look for me."

Xie Changji stared at the other person and spoke coldly.

The Jade Blood God smiled slightly, shook his raised index finger, and denied: "No, I was just asked by someone to come here and have a drink."

As he spoke, a bronze wine cup appeared in the hand of the Lord of Green Blood. He raised his hand and threw it towards Xie Changji. The wine cup spun at high speed, and a lightsaber appeared out of thin air behind Xie Changji, splitting the wine cup in half.

The wine glass fell to the ground, and the Jade Blood God tilted his head slightly: "You don't want to drink the toast, so you want to drink the punishment wine?"

"You are just a puppet. Don't act like one in front of me."

"Okay."

The Jade Blood God sighed: "It seems that if we want to keep the Lord, we have to resort to some extraordinary means."

As he spoke, he raised his fingertips and ignited an ice-blue rune. The runes drawn with blood in the hall immediately moved, as if they had life, swimming on the rune paper.

"go!"

The Lord of Green Blood gave a low shout, and an ice-blue rune flew out from his fingertips, flew into the air, exploded and landed on runes in all directions. Then Xie Changji felt the surroundings vibrate.

The ground suddenly changed, ripples appeared, and it instantly became a sea. Xie Changji stood on the sea with a sword in hand, his expression unchanged.

"I've moved Dinglihai here for you."

The Jade Blood God said with a smile: "Sir, you have never fought against the water tribe, right?"

As he spoke, water snakes rushed out from all directions under the sea. Xie Changji's body froze, and the sea surface turned into layers of ice and frost. Water snakes jumped out of the sea, and Xie Changji swept away with a sword carrying the meaning of ice and snow.

The water snake froze instantly in the frost, but after only a moment's pause, the ice snake suddenly exploded, scattered in all directions, and turned into ice lotuses, attacking Xie Changji directly!

Xie Changji swung his sword horizontally, and the ice lotus exploded. The sea surface rose up, and a hand reached out from the sea, grabbed Xie Changji's ankle, and dragged him down, as if to pull him into the deep sea.

Xie Changji chopped off the opponent's wrist with a sword, and blue blood splashed out. Then he heard countless sharp screams from the surroundings, and mermaids opened their claws, jumped out from under the sea, and attacked him frantically!

Mermaids have sharp teeth and claws, and the scales on their lower body serve as natural protection, making them the dominant species in the water.

A blue magic circle lit up under Xie Changji's feet. He was surrounded by countless mermaids. Through these mermaids, he looked at the young man on the platform not far away. The young man looked at him like he was watching a play, "Why, is this all you can do?"

"Are you a mermaid?"

Xie Changji spoke coldly. The Jade Blood God propped up his chin and stared at him: "Whether I am a merman or not is irrelevant. But the enemies in this magic circle did not appear out of thin air."

Xie Changji said nothing. He just defended and did not attack, allowing the mermaids to pounce on him one by one.

Not far away, the mermaid's singing could be heard, and some images began to appear before his eyes.

The first time he met Shen Yichen, Hua Xiangwan happily rushed over, pulled him around and introduced him to him: "Xie Changji, this is my good friend, Shen Yichen."

Shen Yichen and Hua Xiangwan walked along the narrow paths and along the long street of lights;

On the day of their wedding, Shen Yichen was sitting in the guest seat. He looked at Hua Xiangwan with restrained and forbearing eyes...

Then came Wen Shaoqing's words, and the past that Hua Xiangwan cried about in the illusion, that even when they were making love, she never let go of the Jade Sea Pearl.

The mermaids' singing affects people's minds. While he was killing the mermaids that kept coming up to him, he was looking at the images they wove to affect his mind, and at the same time he was constantly searching for the source of spiritual power.

Even if it is a puppet, it is impossible to completely cut off the connection with the original body. However, for experts, this connection will become extremely weak and difficult to detect.

He must capture that tiny fluctuation of spiritual power in the chaotic environment.

The mermaid kept disturbing his mind. He glanced at the surroundings, shook the surroundings with a sword, threw the sword upward into the air, twisted the sword technique in his hand, and placed it on his chest.

The Sword of Conscience hung high above his forehead, and as he chanted aloud, golden runes fell around him, surrounding him. Then the runes flowed out and turned into lightsabers, which cut down those around them.

Suddenly, the lightsaber mermaids fought each other, and the sea surface screamed and turned into a bright red.

Xie Changji closed his eyes and carefully distinguished all the spiritual energy flowing around him in countless images.

Where is it?

He tried hard to find it.

There is no point in killing a puppet, he wants to find the true body of the Lord of Green Blood - where is it?

******

Xie Changji disappeared from sight as soon as he entered the hall, and Hua Xiangwan was not surprised.

She had seen the space isolation formation clearly at the door, but she knew very well who the person was, so she was not worried.

She walked into the hall, looked at Qin Yunyi sitting in front of her, raised her hand and placed it on the sword, and said with some confusion: "I thought you would either run away or take Mingluan Palace with you and perish together with me. I didn't expect that you would destroy Mingluan Palace yourself before I came over."

"Run, where can you run to?"

Qin Yunyi showed a mocking expression: "Do you want me to live my whole life like a turtle?"

"Then at least we should leave a way out for our sect."

"Did they leave it for me?"

Qin Yunyi raised her voice slightly: "Destroy both sides? I'm afraid that when the time comes, as long as the situation is not right, they will be the first to stab me. It would be better for them to offer all their cultivation to me, so that you won't get it for free."

Hua Xiangwan didn't say anything, she just looked at the woman in front of her.

After a long while, she said with a hint of regret: "I remember you were not like this back then."

"What was I like?"

Qin Yunyi spoke in a cold tone, as if he didn't care about the role he played in Hua Xiangwan's eyes back then.

Hua Xiangwan thought for a moment and said, "Back then, you were focused on learning swordsmanship."

"Yes, I am devoted to learning swordsmanship."

Hearing this, Qin Yunyi laughed: "I am more determined than you, and I work harder than you, but what is the result? You always beat me. I meditate day and night, but you can easily get enlightenment; I practice day and night, but you can learn other people's swordsmanship in one go. I have spent a lot of effort to climb to the Yuan Infant, but you have easily ascended to the God of Transformation! Why?"

Qin Yunyi stood up with the help of the altar and stared at Hua Xiangwan: "How can you live the life that others dream of so easily? Just because of your talent? Because you are smart? This is not fair!"

"Indeed," Hua Xiangwan agreed, and said, "So, didn't I just fall down?"

"That's the result of my struggle." Qin Yunyi laughed, with a bit of madness on his face, "Since I can't catch up with you no matter how hard I try, then I'll take a shortcut. You take the shortcut of heaven, and I take my own shortcut. If I were still devoted to sword training like I was back then, how could I have seen the days when you kowtowed to everyone like a dog?"

"You like watching this?"

Hua Xiangwan was helpless. Qin Yunyi stared at her: "I like it, I like it very much. But I like another thing more——"

As he spoke, Qin Yunyi raised his hand and slowly drew his sword.

Seeing her draw the sword, Hua Xiangwan felt that he was on the verge of finding love.

"Win you!"