Liu Yunqing noticed that when Master Xu mentioned the Thousand Sun Fruit, the smile on his rugged face softened instantly, as if he had drunk honey, and couldn't help but ask:
"Thousand Sun Fruit? It must be a specialty spiritual fruit of Thousand Sun City. I haven't had a chance to try it yet."
Perhaps it was Liu Yunqing's interest in the Thousand Sun Fruit that made Master Xu think of something. He stopped constantly entertaining Liu Yunqing with drinks and food, and stopped asking her if she wanted to go to the casino, the black market, or the arena. He simply took her to find the Thousand Sun Fruit.
"The Thousand Sun Fruit is indeed a specialty of Thousand Sun City, but it is not available in the city."
Liu Yunqing followed Master Xu out of the city, and listening to the other man speak with great enthusiasm, he couldn't help but smile:
"If Master Xu praises it so highly, the Thousand Sun Fruit must taste quite good."
Master Xu's smile suddenly became tinged with shyness. Realizing what he'd said, he chuckled somewhat embarrassedly and said:
"Whether it tastes good or not, I'm a rough man and I don't really like it, but you female cultivators should like it."
"Look, it's over there in that rocky forest."
Liu Yunqing lifted her foot to follow, and as she smelled the first hint of fruity fragrance, she slowly spoke:
"Master Xu and his Daoist partner must be very loving, right?"
Master Xu stopped in his tracks, a hint of wariness on his face, and asked:
"How did Fellow Daoist Zhenru know that I have a Daoist partner?"
Liu Yunqing glanced at Master Xu from head to toe, smiled, and then walked straight toward the rocky forest.
Ignoring Master Xu's expression, he said as he walked:
“I not only know that Master Xu has a Daoist partner, but I also know that Master Xu loves your Daoist partner very much, and similarly, your Daoist partner also loves you very much.”
"However, Fellow Daoist Xu, there is no need to be nervous. I know these things not because I did anything, but simply because I guessed them from your words and actions."
"To have such a loving and devoted partner in the cultivation world is such a precious and rare thing. To lose them suddenly would surely be the cruelest thing in the world."
Master Xu could no longer laugh. Seeing Liu Yunqing's pace quickening, he became anxious and couldn't help but step forward to stop Liu Yunqing.
"What do you mean by that, Fellow Daoist Zhenru?"
Liu Yunqing was not annoyed by being blocked. He simply looked into the distance at the rocky forest and said in a calm and peaceful voice:
"It means exactly what I said, or whatever you think Fellow Daoist Xu means."
After Liu Yunqing finished speaking, he ignored Xu Zhenren's changing expression and walked around him towards the chaotic rock forest.
Master Xu turned around, looked at Liu Yunqing's retreating figure, gritted his teeth, and said:
"Fellow Daoist Zhenru, I have no intention of being your enemy, but I have offended you today!"
The moment the words fell, the fragrance of the Thousand Sun Fruit in the rocky forest vanished, replaced by a long sword that suddenly appeared.
The long sword, its blade gleaming with powerful spiritual energy, grazed past Liu Yunqing's cheek.
Liu Yunqing retreated a considerable distance following the attack, and with a flick of his right hand, a spiritual arrow appeared in his hand. He casually nocked it onto the Purple Spirit Bow and unleashed an unstoppable arrow.
"BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"
An explosion rang out, and a cloud of gravel and yellow sand billowed up from the rocky forest ahead.
Along with it, a figure was also sent flying backwards.
"Cough, cough cough cough—"
A violent coughing sound came from inside, and Xu Zhenren, who was attacking Liu Yunqing, instantly showed worry on his face.
As he slashed at Liu Yunqing, he turned to look at the figure flying backward and asked with concern:
"Yingying, how are you? Are you alright? Uh—"
Before Master Xu could finish speaking, he felt a burning pain in his back and couldn't help but groan.
The figure that was sent flying backward heard Xu Zhenren's cry of pain and a weak but furious curse:
"You won't die! Take care of yourself, you're getting dumber and dumber! Be careful a little girl doesn't shoot you through the head!"
Liu Yunqing guessed that Master Xu had a Daoist partner and that the two were very affectionate, but she never expected that they would be such an unconventional Daoist partner.
"Are you two sure you want to fight me? Then I'll have to give my natal magic weapon its first taste of meat."
Master Xu was startled. So what the other person just used wasn't even their natal magic weapon?
Master Xu never wanted to be enemies with Liu Yunqing, and when he heard that the other party hadn't even brought out his natal magic weapon yet, he couldn't help but start to back down.
Before Master Xu could speak, the figure that had been flying backwards had already flipped over and was charging towards Liu Yunqing with his long sword in hand.
"Are you kidding me?! There are two of us and she's one of us, are you afraid we can't beat her?"
Liu Yunqing had been waiting for the two to step forward. He drew the Purple Spirit Bow to its fullest extent, gently rubbed the ring on his right hand, and a shimmering spiritual energy arrow instantly split in two, becoming two arrows that shot towards the two people simultaneously.
The hot-tempered female cultivator was not to be outdone. She wielded her long sword with great force, and the clanging sound of her deflecting Liu Yunqing's arrows was incessant.
Master Xu's cultivation was already higher than Liu Yunqing's, so dealing with Liu Yunqing at the beginning of the battle was indeed not a difficult task.
Liu Yunqing's spiritual energy reserves were already more abundant than those of ordinary cultivators, and his divine sense was also stronger, so he didn't seem to have any pressure fighting two people at once.
Well, with all three of them feeling confident in their abilities, the intense fight somehow managed to maintain a harmonious atmosphere.
Of course, where there is harmony, there will also be disharmony.
For example, Zhuo Ying.
Among the four, Zhuo Ying's cultivation level was slightly weaker, and his combat strength in a direct confrontation was also relatively weaker.
Therefore, the "guide" assigned to Zhuo Ying was the weakest among the other guides.
They probably genuinely felt that Zhuo Ying posed no threat, so they didn't arrange any additional "guides" for her, only this one, and showed her disdain from beginning to end.
After parting ways with the others, on the first day he went out with Zhuo Ying, he stopped Zhuo Ying directly and asked her bluntly:
"What are you all here in Qianyang City to investigate?"
Zhuo Ying looked around and saw that the place where the two were located did not seem to be a place where people would appear, so she simply stopped pretending.
You'll find out soon enough.
Even more swift than Zhuo Ying's reply was the movement of her hands.
The arrogant and conceited cultivator, before he could even retract his outstretched mouth, found himself unable to do so.
He was trapped by Zhuo Ying.
The kind that doesn't move at all.
He had no idea when Zhuo Ying had set up the formation.
This wasn't the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing was that Zhuo Ying clenched his fist into a claw and, without saying a word, aimed it at his skull.
What are you doing?
Without even asking any questions, are they planning to directly search the soul?
"Wait, wait a minute!"
The "guide," who had been pursing his lips and unable to move, was terrified by Zhuo Ying's actions. He no longer cared about his previous disdainful attitude towards her and shouted out those words with all his might.
Zhuo Ying's eyes flashed, and she slightly opened the door for the man, asking:
"Since that's the case, then you should confess yourself."
The man swallowed hard, glanced at the hand still hanging above his head, and stammered:
"May I ask, fellow Daoist, are you here to investigate the ghost stories of Thousand Sun City?"
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