Within the Six Directions
My memory ends here.
The group awoke from each other's memories. Rong Yan clutched his head and slowly got up, only to be slammed to the ground by a massive object, breaking several of his ribs.
It turns out to be Benben. This guy woke up the earliest and was the first to awaken from the formation.
In succession were my senior sister and the fox demon sister.
"Senior sister." He stepped forward to help her up and asked with concern.
Lin Yueyao was still angry that he was so devoted to the fox demon, but after going through the formation, she quickly calmed down and said peacefully, "I'm fine."
Benben panted and wagged its tail, circling around Lin Yueyao.
Shangguan Zhiru woke up from her dream and looked at the group of people. Before she could react, she saw the spirit pouch hanging from Lin Yueyao's waist shimmering with light. It was the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Heart that she had been longing for.
It could save Li Zhuo's life; she had to get it.
"Hand it over—"
Lin Yueyao gave Rong Yan a push, pushing him out of the position.
The push was delivered with full force, shattering the injured ribs completely. Rong Yan hurriedly retrieved several pills for treating internal injuries from his pouch and swallowed them raw.
He reached into his bag again and found that the Ruyi Baibaojian (a magical mirror) had fallen to the ground at some point; it had been slipped off his body when he was pushed out.
Rong Yan considered it a matter of life and death, and immediately ordered Benben, "Quickly go and retrieve it—"
Benben immediately plunged into the formation, and the two fought fiercely, sparks flying everywhere. Benben let out a howl and ran away with its tail between its legs.
Its tail fur was all singed.
"You're really useless." Rong Yan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, and had no choice but to go and get it back himself.
This thing could reveal his secrets, so he must keep it in his own hands.
Feeling the overwhelming pressure, Rong Yan gritted his teeth and stepped forward. The sharp sword light injured him, but he seemed not to feel the pain and continued to move forward with all his might.
"Don't come any closer—" Shangguan Zhi glanced at him out of the corner of her eye and quickly stopped him.
"Are you out of your mind?!" Lin Yueyao shouted angrily, and both sides unconsciously restrained their spiritual and demonic power.
Just as Rong Yan was about to touch the treasure mirror, another wave of pressure struck, and Rong Yan was overwhelmed by the heat wave and lost consciousness.
Benben rushed to rescue the person, picked them up, and tossed them onto his back, catching them safely.
Shangguan Zhi dodged several sword flashes, but staggered and stepped on something hard—a mirror of the Six Directions.
The moment I looked down, the mirror reflected the true face of a fox.
Her beautiful appearance is all due to absorbing men's essence. Even if she is incredibly beautiful, it is all fake. The true face that she tries so hard to hide is completely exposed in this mirror.
So this mirror has such a use. If it were Lin Yueyao, could it also reveal her secret?
The nimble fox tail rolled up the treasure mirror on the ground and put it into its pouch.
Rong Yan was woken up by Benben's licking. Seeing this scene, he thought it was all over and rushed forward without hesitation.
"Senior sister, stop her quickly!"
Lin Yueyao understood immediately, thinking it was some kind of evil magic artifact, and immediately tried to snatch it.
Shangguan Zhi nimbly dodged, declaring, "If you want the treasure mirror, you'll have to hand over the exquisite heart."
Lin Yueyao glanced at the spirit pouch she carried, remained silent, and then drew her sword to strike.
Rong Yan couldn't help but cheer from the side, "Senior Sister, the Treasure Mirror is very important to me."
The implication was that he wanted her to help him take it back, so Lin Yueyao took action to snatch it.
Shangguan Zhi wouldn't let her off so easily. She took dozens of steps back, and the paving stones beneath her feet cracked from the tremors.
"I can give it to you, but you have to give me my exquisite heart."
Having shared memories of each other, Lin Yueyao guessed that this heart belonged to that emperor.
Defying fate goes against the natural order, and Lin Yueyao is unwilling to aid and abet evil, much less hand over her exquisite heart.
The two women started fighting again. Benben cried out and quickly hid to save her life.
The fight was fierce, and the stone pillar supporting the main room collapsed with a crash. Rong Yan was still shouting when someone grabbed him by the back of the neck and dragged him out.
It turned out to be Benben. Rong Yan was so anxious that he punched him, "Why did you only save me? Senior Sister is still inside."
"Don't worry, the Moon Fairy is very powerful," Benben comforted him, weaving through the darkness and getting further and further away from the main room.
Rong Yan crawled out of the collapsed hole; there was no one around.
The sound of the collapse echoed for miles around. After treating his injured disciples, Song Qingyun was about to enter the secret realm to rescue people.
"Senior brother, I'm scared." Lingfang was frightened, but after he comforted her, she finally calmed down. When she saw him about to leave, she immediately grabbed his hand.
"Don't be afraid, your senior brother is here." Song Qingyun patiently comforted her.
"Where are you going, senior brother?" Lingfang's eyes darkened. Before he could answer, she leaned against him, her body soft and boneless.
Song Qingyun blushed, feeling a burning sensation. In front of so many people, she didn't know whether to let go or take over, so she could only help Lingfang sit down.
"Junior Sister Yueyao is still inside, I need to go save her." Song Qingyun pried her hand away and left without looking back.
Lingfang's face stiffened. She pursed her lips, removed the hairpin from her temple, and silently slashed it down her thigh.
A stream of blood flowed down her fair skin, dripping and seeping into the earth.
"Senior brother..." Lingfang called out weakly.
When Song Qingyun looked back, Lingfang's face had turned pale, and her lips were almost bloodless.
"Junior sister—" He turned back and pulled her into his arms.
"Senior brother, don't go..."
"I'm not leaving." Seeing the blood flowing, especially in such an awkward spot, my junior sister was too weak to lift her clothes.
"I'll go and call someone," Song Qingyun decided immediately.
"No, my senior brother is holding me."
He slipped his hands under her knees, nimbly lifted Lingfang up, and flew back to the mountain gate on his sword.
Rong Yan frantically dug through the rubble with his bare hands.
Benben kept digging with his paws, and the flying stones damaged the flowers and plants.
The next moment, two figures burst out of the ground; they were Lin Yueyao and Shangguan Zhi, both unharmed.
With their hair slightly disheveled and neither able to gain the upper hand, Shangguan Zhi knew that continuing the fight would be futile, so she changed direction and flew towards the other side of Dragon Spirit Mountain.
A restriction was placed on Dragon Spirit Mountain, but Shangguan Zhi used the power of the Treasure Mirror to break the barrier.
Exhausted after emerging from the secret realm, Lin Yueyao steadied herself and immediately went to find Rong Yan.
"Master, stop digging! The Moon Fairy has come out."
With tears welling up in his eyes, Rong Yan suddenly threw himself into her arms. Lin Yueyao, unusually, did not push him away, and covered his head with her slender, white hands.
"Senior sister is incompetent."
"As long as my senior sister is alright," he comforted himself, but deep down he was full of worry.
Although the fox demon sister is good to him, after what happened in the secret realm, I wonder if she will hold a grudge.
He only ever used the fox demon; he would go to great lengths to please anyone who was of benefit to him, calling them "sister" at every turn.
Now that the fox demon has stolen the treasure mirror, I wonder what she will do.
Knowing the fox demon's memories from the formation, and wanting that exquisite heart, must be for the emperor in the mortal realm.
Rong Yan was worried that the secret would be exposed, and the assessment was also suspended for a day due to the appearance of the fox demon.
Disciples who participated in the assessment should rest on the spot, and those who received treatment were considered to have voluntarily given up the assessment.
Those disciples who were seriously injured, even if they refused treatment, had no hope of passing the assessment and were advised to leave the sect.
As for the others, those who weren't seriously injured and had the energy to cause trouble discussed how to eliminate dissidents.
It's not appropriate to interfere too much in the assessment. Lin Yueyao's intervention was already controversial, but fortunately, Master Chengshan spoke up for her.
After giving Rong Yan her instructions, she flew away on her sword.
Rong Yan sat down and leaned against Benben to rest.
The fellow disciples lit a fire, and everyone sat around it, chatting about how powerful the fox demon was.
Someone made a sarcastic remark, which immediately drew criticism and shifted public anger towards Rong Yan.
"It's all because of Rong Yan. He keeps a wolf demon by his side and has an ambiguous relationship with that fox demon."
"All these injuries I have are because of you!" Someone was so angry that he made a move to hit Rong Yan, but was stopped by several people.
“Yes, if it weren’t for Junior Brother, we wouldn’t have gotten hurt.” Xu Youruo chimed in, and his brother Xu Yourong did not stop him.
"Exactly! And this wolf demon is always by his side, helping him in every way. It's so unfair!"
Rong Yan remained silent throughout. Since his master didn't speak, Benben didn't dare to say anything either. The two of them sat obediently in the corner.
"I don't care. Even if Master Xuantong doesn't care, Junior Brother, you must give me an explanation today."
"What are your intentions in keeping this wolf demon by your side?!" someone jumped out and questioned.
Rong Yan opened his innocent big eyes, looking somewhat confused, "Senior brother, you've misunderstood. I didn't have any ulterior motives."
"You still say you didn't? Look at the injuries on my body, it's all because of this wolf beside you!! I think you clearly want to kill everyone!!" Xu Youruo rolled up her sleeves, revealing her bruised arms.
The crowd gasped softly, "It's true."
"Everyone, please calm down. Let's clarify some things." There are still rational people among them.
Benben couldn't bear to watch any longer and kept rubbing his head against him, whispering, "Master, please speak up, or these people will skin you alive."
"Hmph, even if he didn't mean any harm, he's still a wolf—"
"What's wrong with me?!" Benben couldn't help but retort, much to everyone's surprise. They hadn't expected this wolf to be able to speak human language.
“Even if I am a demon, I am protected by a restriction so I can’t hurt you. Besides, I didn’t mean to harm you. Your injuries are from when you accidentally fell into the cave. If I hadn’t thrown down a vine, you wouldn’t be able to climb out now.”
Xu Youruo was so shocked and angry that she couldn't speak, so she simply sat down on the ground.
"And that fox demon, she does know the young master, but as you all saw, the young master didn't help her harm people. On the contrary, she repeatedly stopped you from making a move." Benben said a lot in one breath, and was a little out of breath, so she took a deep breath. "But you guys, you could have turned hostility into friendship, but you insisted on fighting, and you ended up being defeated and suffering a miserable end."
It's hard to reason with a damned ghost. After saying a lot, Benben felt that being human was too stifling and that being a demon was better, at least there weren't so many twists and turns.
For a moment, no one could defeat Benben, and the atmosphere became deadlocked. Suddenly, a fragrant aroma wafted out.
It was Rong Yan grilling fish.
"After saying all that, you must all be starving, senior brothers. If you don't mind, please have some." The aroma of grilled fish, coupled with Rong Yan's humble and ingratiating manner, extinguished everyone's appetite.
Seeing that no one was moved, Rong Yan lowered his eyes, as if he had been discouraged. "Since my senior brothers dislike it, then I'll just throw it away."
After he finished speaking, he picked up a fragrant, roasted fish from the fire and tossed it outside.
Benben leaped into the air and caught the grilled fish in the wolf's mouth, then devoured it with gusto.
After a busy day, everyone was parched and starving. One of them couldn't take it anymore and said, "Junior brother, don't throw it away. It's not good to waste food."
After saying that, he stepped forward and started eating the fragrant grilled fish.
The aroma wafted for miles. Rong Yan stood guard by the fire, roasting the meat strips one by one. When everyone had almost finished eating, only the Xu brothers remained steadfast and unmoved.
He picked up a freshly baked fish and handed it to him, saying, "Senior brother, have some."
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