Actually, Liu Yunqing didn't do anything.
However, after Liu Yunzhao led his people in, he placed some good things around the Soul-Swallowing Stream.
After finishing her work, Liu Yunqing prepared to leave before the item took effect. However, after stepping out of the Soul-Stealing Stream, she remembered something and went back.
After wandering around the edge of the Soul-Gathering Stream for a while, Liu Yunqing cleared his aura and left.
When Liu Yunqing caught up with Wuchen and the others, about half an hour had passed. It was obvious that they had deliberately slowed down and were waiting for her.
Even though they were still quite a distance from the flying boat, Feng Piaopiao began waving to Liu Yunqing.
Liu Yunqing returned a smile, unaware that anything was amiss.
It wasn't until she boarded the airship and Feng Piaopiao finished keeping her in suspense that she realized something was off about the atmosphere on board.
Ruan Qing was too quiet.
Aside from not speaking very well to Liu Yunqing, Ruan Qing was second only to Feng Piaopiao in terms of activity among the five.
Their curiosity and gossip-loving nature are almost on par with those of others.
Normally, Ruan Qing would be even more eager than Feng Piaopiao to listen to gossip, but today she sat alone in a corner, staring silently out of the flying boat, as if she hadn't seen Liu Yunqing return at all.
"What happened to Ruan Qing?"
When Liu Yunqing asked about Ruan Qing, Feng Piaopiao, who had been laughing nonchalantly, suddenly stopped smiling and snorted coldly through his nose, but did not say anything.
Liu Yunqing looked at Zhuo Ying, who, unusually, didn't stare directly at her. Instead, she shifted her gaze to Feng Piaopiao's side and then gave Ruan Qing a light, fleeting glance.
Sitting in the corner, Ruan Qing noticed Liu Yunqing's gaze and quickly turned her face away, revealing her red eyes and nose, eagerly waiting for Liu Yunqing to ask her a question.
But Liu Yunqing only glanced at her before turning around and heading to the cockpit to find Wuchen.
As expected, Wuchen is still the most reliable.
Of the remaining three, two refused to speak, and one refused to speak properly. Only Wuchen revealed the origin of this strange atmosphere in a single sentence.
"It was all caused by that fight with Liu Yunzhao."
Upon hearing this, Liu Yunqing knew what was going on.
She recalled the scene she and Wuchen saw after they came out of the Soul-Stealing Stream.
Both Feng Piaopiao and Zhuo Ying were exhausted of their spiritual power and covered in wounds, while Ruan Qing remained radiant and beautiful.
Clearly, during the fight, either Ruan Qing would hide, or the other party would deliberately avoid hitting her. The former would discourage her teammates, while the latter would cause infighting among them.
Regardless of the reason, Liu Yunqing felt that Liu Yunzhao's way of doing things seemed to be slowly deviating from the trajectory of his previous life.
She was no longer aloof and arrogant, but began to use the "trivial skills" she once despised.
I don't know if it's because of my rebirth or because a change in a person's spiritual root can really change their temperament.
Once Liu Yunqing understood the crux of the problem, she stopped thinking about Liu Yunzhao and turned to walk towards Ruan Qing's position at the stern of the ship.
...
Liu Yunqing tried not to think about Liu Yunzhao, but Liu Yunzhao was thinking about Liu Yunqing very much.
I want her to die!
Liu Yunzhao could only guess that Liu Yunqing's willingness to let them enter the Soul-Stealing Abyss and his easy dismissal of the previous fight meant there must be something wrong with the Soul-Stealing Abyss.
The problem is simply that the Soul-Stealing Valley is a bit dangerous, but there are no benefits to it.
What Liu Yunzhao didn't expect was that, in addition to the danger of the Soul-Stealing Gorge itself, there was also the danger caused by Liu Yunqing!
Only after watching Liu Yunqing and his group leave did Liu Yunzhao feel relieved enough to lead his people deeper into the Soul-Swallowing Valley.
At first, those wandering souls and vengeful spirits were weak. Although the environment in the Soul-Staying Valley was strange, the chosen ones of heaven had many tricks up their sleeves and were able to deal with them easily.
Then, for some unknown reason, they triggered something, and all the wandering souls and vengeful spirits in the entire Soul-Stealing Valley seemed to go mad, swarming towards Liu Yunzhao and his group.
The spirits at this moment were several times stronger than those they had encountered before. It was difficult to defeat them one by one, and they couldn't even defeat those with lower cultivation levels, let alone surround them completely.
Even disregarding the strength of the souls, their sheer number could easily exhaust everyone's spiritual power, leading to total annihilation.
Liu Yunzhao reacted quickly. Upon noticing the restlessness and abnormality of these spirits, he immediately ordered everyone to retreat.
"Head towards the area where the power of the souls is weaker! That's the edge of the entrance!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd, who had been scrambling around like headless flies, suddenly found their goal and direction, and all headed towards the area where the soul power was weak.
It's difficult to go from weak to strong, but it's much easier to go from strong to weak when everyone is fighting.
But as time went by, a new question gradually crept into everyone's minds.
"It didn't take us this long to get here, so why is it taking us so long to get back and we're still not at the exit?"
The question caused a pause, and after a long while, someone answered hesitantly:
"Would it be faster to eliminate these souls when we arrived, given that our spiritual energy was abundant?"
These words probably had some comforting effect, calming the crowd somewhat, but they did little to comfort Liu Yunzhao.
She sensed something was wrong and stopped hiding it. With a flick of her wrist, an antique-style lamp resembling a wind lantern appeared in Liu Yunzhao's hand.
At the same time, the lamp lit up out of thin air, unafraid of the surrounding darkness, illuminating the environment around everyone.
Clearly, this lamp has an extraordinary origin.
But at that moment, no one was in the mood to praise a lamp; instead, they were amazed by the surrounding environment.
The number of spirits raging in the air was small, even fewer than when they first entered, and their strength was also weak.
However, when the group looked around, they found that they could not see an exit at all, and instead it seemed that they were going even deeper.
"What's going on? Where's the exit?"
The one who voiced the question on everyone's mind was Song Jiansheng, an old acquaintance of Liu Yunqing.
He was in a terrible state; his once cold and hard face now showed more weariness and solemnity.
At the same time, the words "Rogue Cultivator Zhenru" popped into his mind even faster than they did into Liu Yunzhao's.
Unfortunately, even if both of them thought of Liu Yunqing, it wouldn't solve their current problem.
Just as Liu Yunzhao was realizing in disbelief that he might have fallen for Zhenru's trick, he saw countless high-level souls rushing towards them from all directions.
"how so?!"
The group, whose spiritual energy was already nearly depleted, thought they would soon reach the exit and had relaxed their vigilance. Now, the sudden appearance of high-level souls could only arouse immense anger, fear, and despair, rather than the fighting spirit they should have had.
Those who were slightly calmer immediately turned to Liu Yunzhao with a look of dependence and asked:
"Fairy Yun Zhao, what should we do now?"
What could she do?
If she were alone, it wouldn't be difficult for her to escape using some of her skills.
But she was leading a group of people, and she was the only Golden Core cultivator in the group. What was she supposed to do?
Liu Yunzhao looked around, his brows furrowing even more deeply.
If those who followed were just second-rate sects or insignificant disciples, she would have simply left.
Unfortunately, most of them are among the top-ranking members of major sects, and several of them are even disciples of first-rate sects on par with their own.
The prestige of the Daughter of Destiny has already been diminished due to the meddling of Zhenru and Liu Yunqing. If the precious treasures of each family are further damaged, things could become very bad.
After weighing the options for a while, Liu Yunzhao decided that it would be better to activate the recording stone and lead everyone to resist for a while, and only be forced to escape if necessary.
Just as she was about to speak, Song Jiansheng's cold voice suddenly rang out:
"It's not difficult for us to escape, it just depends on whether Fairy Yun Zhao is willing or not."
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