"If you want to live, you'd better pretend you never came to the Soul-Stealing Valley."
When the few junior disciples who had been taken away by Liu Yunqing opened their eyes in a daze, they heard Liu Yunqing's voice, which was no longer hoarse but was still indifferent.
The group looked up and found that the senior was nowhere to be seen, only a corner of red clothing on the horizon. They tried to recall her face, but found that they couldn't remember it at all.
The group, unaware of what had happened, stared blankly into the distance for a moment before someone broke the silence:
"That senior..."
As soon as these words were spoken, someone gave a soft "shh" and then said in a serious tone:
"Don't say anything, don't say anything about what happened today. We have never been to the Soul-Stealing Valley."
Before anyone could say anything more, the cautious young disciple quickly interrupted:
"Regardless of whether that person has any problems, taking us away is saving our lives, if I'm not mistaken."
Seeing his overly serious expression, the others were initially taken aback, but then one of them curled his lip and said:
“I say you’re such a coward. You just do whatever you’re told, and you’re saving us? I think you’re only afraid we’ll tell her secret.”
The junior disciple, mocked for being timid, said nothing more. He got up, straightened his clothes, and left on his own, ignoring everyone else, leaving only a message for his companion.
"If you're really that fearless, you can go back to the Soul-Stealing Valley and take a look."
Those arrogant guys didn't even know what that senior looked like, and they thought he was just trying to prevent them from letting it slip.
Perhaps the prudent young disciple, who was sensible and cautious, left too decisively and spoke with too much certainty. After hesitating for a while, the remaining few people ultimately did not return to the Soul-Staying Valley.
Liu Yunqing, who had already left, didn't care whether they obeyed or not. In any case, it was all her life, so she didn't care whether they wanted it or not. She was busy right now.
Just after leaving those junior disciples behind, Liu Yunqing received a message from Wuchen.
She wanted to figure out some things, so she arranged to meet Wuchen at a certain place and rushed over there.
When Liu Yunqing arrived at the agreed meeting place, she saw Wuchen's pale face and realized it was too late to run away.
"I have never met you before, senior. What do you mean by this?"
Looking at the young and handsome male cultivator standing in front of her, whose eyes were as deep as an old monster, Liu Yunqing wondered to herself, but calmly asked a question.
Wuchen pursed his lips, his eyes filled with apology and guilt as he looked at Liu Yunqing. His usually calm and aloof face was now tinged with weariness, dishevelment, and troubled anger.
Liu Yunqing gave Wuchen a reassuring look, then was surprised to find that she could no longer clearly see Wuchen's cultivation level. He was obviously a whole level higher than her and had entered the Nascent Soul stage.
Liu Yunqing guessed that it was probably related to the opportunity he had recently encountered.
While happy for her friend, Liu Yunqing became even more wary of the person who could hold Wuchen hostage.
Liu Yunqing was able to easily take a Nascent Soul stage cultivator hostage. He couldn't even detect any fluctuations in spiritual energy from the other party. Either this person had practiced a special method to conceal his cultivation level, or his cultivation level was so high that it was impossible for others to see through him.
Moreover, even though Liu Yunqing didn't know this person at all, she felt a faint sense of familiarity from him.
Liu Yunqing's question was neither too soft nor too hard, but the probing and scrutinizing look in her eyes was particularly obvious.
The man wasn't angry. Instead, he looked Liu Yunqing up and down with a somewhat surprised gaze, then nodded with considerable appreciation and said:
"Although it is very impolite of you to treat your savior like this, your talent and luck do seem to be quite good."
"It's only been a few years since we first met, and you've already progressed from the early to the late stage of the Golden Core realm. Tsk, what a stroke of luck!"
Upon hearing the words "savior," Liu Yunqing's mind raced, and he immediately realized what was happening, blurting out:
"Was that person outside Red Moon City?"
"No manners at all!"
The man dragged out his words, uttering reproachful remarks, but his tone was mostly smug.
After speaking, he raised his chin, waiting for Liu Yunqing to come up and thank him.
Unfortunately, instead of Liu Yunqing's thanks, he received a puzzled look and a tightly furrowed brow.
Liu Yunqing felt something was wrong.
The sense of familiarity she felt upon seeing this person did not stem from the palm strike outside Red Moon City.
At the time, she was seriously injured and unconscious. She only remembered the earth-shattering palm strike and knew nothing else.
Seeing that Liu Yunqing wasn't responding, the man was about to say something more teasing when he heard Liu Yunqing suddenly raise her voice:
"What did you just say, senior? A few years?"
From falling into Sun Valley from outside Red Moon City to coming out of Sun Valley, Liu Yunqing calculated the time, and it was only about a year in total.
When this person said "several years," it was clearly not a matter of one or two years, but rather several years.
Liu Yunqing turned her attention to Wuchen for verification, and Wuchen gave a clear answer directly.
"Five years have passed since we parted ways in Red Moon City."
Does that mean she stayed in the Soul-Stealing Valley for three or four years?
No wonder the person who was waiting for her before has left.
However, considering the wandering souls and vengeful spirits throughout the Soul-Staying Valley, Liu Yunqing felt that this time was not only reasonable, but even quite fast.
The reason Liu Yunqing hadn't noticed how much time had passed before wasn't because she was careless and hadn't checked her bone age, but because after leaving the Soul-Stealing Valley, her bone age was no longer discernible.
Now that I have the answer, another thing comes to mind—the Cultivation Grand Competition.
Seeing that Liu Yunqing was thinking about this and that, completely disregarding him, the man of unfathomable cultivation could no longer maintain his nonchalant facade and said with great dissatisfaction:
"I allow capable juniors to be presumptuous, but I will not allow them to be presumptuous like this."
Liu Yunqing didn't sense any murderous intent from this person and knew that the other party wouldn't want to kill her, but because of that unfamiliar sense of familiarity, she felt very vigilant and annoyed.
Upon hearing this person's words, Liu Yunqing looked over calmly and returned her thoughts to the present moment.
"I am very grateful to the senior for saving me, but I don't understand why the senior brought my friend to see me."
"If you wish to repay me, senior, I will agree as long as it is within my ability and does not violate my moral principles."
The moment Liu Yunqing finished speaking, a sudden flash of inspiration struck her, and she seemed to know who this person was.
This man doesn't actually intend to kill her now, but that's because he's wary of what happened last time. If she can't satisfy his curiosity this time, things might get complicated.
Indeed, Liu Yunqing remembered who this person was. It was the one who wanted to forcibly search her soul outside the Qingmeng Reincarnation Pool in order to find out what she was dreaming about.
The reason why Liu Yunqing only felt that this person was somewhat familiar, but did not immediately remember who he was, was not only because of the different appearance, but also because although he could not see through this person's cultivation level, it was definitely lower than when he saw him at the Qingmeng Reincarnation Pool.
Sure enough, as soon as Liu Yunqing said this, the man's eyes lit up and he said:
"Then tell me, what exactly did you dream about?"
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